South African History from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1932). Large 8vo; original papered boards; pp. xvi + 1044, incl. index; numerous tables; folding colour maps. Boards very rubbed, sunned and browned; joints fractured, backstrip just holding; handstamps to front endpaper and prelim.; pocket to rear pastedown. Good internally; binding fair only. Containing all vital statistics for the region at the time,… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1953). 8vo; original red boards; dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 151. Spine a bit sunned; top fore-corner of upper board bumped; earlier owner's ink stamp to front free endpaper; endpapers foxed, some spotting elsewhere; dustwrapper a little edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel. Good. "This book is not just another detailed description of… Ler mais sobre este item

(Paris: F. Juven, [1900]). Author's signed presentation inscription in pencil to first blank. 203 x 140 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 316; plates; some illustrations in text. Wrappers somewhat soiled and worn, with earlier owner's serviceable paper repair to spine; cheap paper pages rather browned, with scattered foxing. Fair to good. (Boshoff: French Publications on South Africa, 83) Original… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1988) 0868521515. 8vo; original turquoise boards; laminated dustwrapper; pp. 367, incl. index; colour frontis.; map; graphs and tables. Bumps to bottom fore-corners of boards; scattered foxing. Good condition. "The principal focus of the book is economic sanctions because of the negative effects these could pose for the economy. However, since the October 1987 world stock markets' crash,… Ler mais sobre este item

(The Hague: N.V. Uitgevers-Maatschappij "Oceanus",. 8vo; red cloth-backed green cloth over boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; endpaper map; pp. 351. Ex-library copy; cover worn, with code and label remnant to tail of spine; assorted codes and stamps, with earlier owner's signed name, to prelims.; one plate removed; binding slack; some foxing. Fair condition… Ler mais sobre este item

(Pretoria: Aktuele Publikasies, 1983) 0620067039. 210 x 138 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 145. Wrappers very slightly rubbed; a little foxing. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Manifesto of the hardline leader of the right-wing Herstigde Nasionale Party. 'Die sentrale probleem van die Suid-Afrikaanse staatkunde is dat ras en kleur nie maar net "nuanses van pigmentasie" binne een nasie is… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Griffel Media, 2010) 9781920424107. 229 x 149 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 296, incl. index. Scar of earlier bookseller's hand-stamp to inside of upper cover; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Extremely uncommon. "Rassis, profeet, egoïs, kampvegter, held - wie was Eugène Terre'Blanche, hierdie boer van Ventersdorp wat 'n bekroonde eenbedryf en gedigte geskryf… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Melinda Ferguson Books, 2022) 9781990973420. 234 x 152 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 244; plates. Very good condition. "Too White to be Coloured, Too Coloured to be Black is a dazzling hybrid of memoir, commentary, first-hand observation and analysis, encapsulating defining moments of contemporary South African history and society. As a photographer, journalist, academic and columnist, the author forces… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Human Rights Media Centre, 2009) 9780620383745. 207 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 254; photographs and portrait sketches. Very good condition. "This book challenges us. The storytellers are not just talking about those things society is comfortable with. They take us out of our comfort zones, into areas which we are all taught should not be spoken… Ler mais sobre este item

(no place: National Party of South Africa, 1964). 8vo; original white boards, lettered in blue on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 349, incl. index; photographs. Ex-library copy: dustwrapper housed in cellophane cover, which is mounted to lower board; stamps, pocket and label scars to front endpaper; occasional fox spot. Good reading copy. Afrikaans text. The foreword is provided by H. F. Verwoerd,… Ler mais sobre este item

(Bloemfontein: MA thesis in unpublished form [University of the Orange Free State], 1988). 208 x 148 mm; cloth-backed printed card wrappers; pp. (iv) + III + (vi) + 161 + (xv); printed rectos. Wrappers slightly creased; occasional marginal annotations; penned name of earlier owner (UOFS academic Leo Barnard) to first and one subsequent page. Good condition. Afrikaans text. This work… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Cover2Cover Books, 2014) 9780992201791. Author's signed and dated presentation inscription to title page. 220 x 140 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xi + (i) + 131; genealogical table; plates. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "May I have this dance tells the courageous and moving story of Connie Ngcaba, who grew up in the Eastern Cape, where she… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1990) 0868521728. 198 x 128 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 350; map. Wrappers a little rubbed and sunned; some foxing; regular browning throughout. Good condition. "Naboth Mokgatle was born in 1911 in a tribal village called Phokeng near Rustenburg, Transvaal. His youth alternated between schooling by Lutheran missionaries and spells of lonely… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2002) 9781868427185. 229 x 147 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xi + (i) + 164; photographs. Small crease to top fore-corner of lower cover. Near-fine condition. "Bram Fischer was born into an aristocratic Afrikaans family but became one of South Africa's leading revolutionaries. Regarded in his youth as having a brilliant career ahead of him, he rebelled not… Ler mais sobre este item

(London and New York: Routledge, 2001) 0415211786. 245 x 174 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. x + (ii) + 260, incl. index; numerous maps. Very good condition. "Since the first edition was published in 1994 as The Atlas of Apartheid there has been enormous change in South Africa. Gradually apartheid is being dismantled but in many sectors the effects have… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Wits University Press / Athens: Ohio University Press, 1996) 9781868143030. Author's signed presentation inscription to half-title. 216 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xvi + 483, incl. index; contemporary illustrations. Fine condition. "Brian Willan has assembled and edited this fascinating collection from a variety of disparate and often obscure sources, making a comprehensive selection of Plaatje's writings available… Ler mais sobre este item

(London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970) 34012931X. 8vo; original beige boards, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. (ii) + xi + (iii) + 234, incl. index; frontis. Backstrip and portion of boards slightly sunned; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; light spotting to top edge. Very good condition. 'In the years before World War I new prophets stepped… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1973). 4to; original cherry-red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; dustwrapper; pp. x + 261, incl. index; reproductions of contemporary artwork, including full-colour plates. Dustwrapper very slightly creased, and tanned on spine panel; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; tape marks to endpapers; sporadic, light… Ler mais sobre este item

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2015) 9781868426552. 232 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. ix + (i) + 333, incl. index; plates. Fine condition. "In the dying years of apartheid, a most extraordinary story hit the headlines. Agent Olivia Forsyth had escaped from ANC imprisonment in Angola. Upon her return home she was feted as a hero by the government. In… Ler mais sobre este item

(Cape Town: Struik, 1992) 1868252795. Folio; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 303, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Very good condition. "A Vision of the Past is a fascinating photographic survey of life in South Africa from the early years of the Victorian era to the time of Union… Ler mais sobre este item