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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours South Africa in the 1970s was a divided and increasingly traumatised country, seemingly permanently in the toils of apartheid, and with little space available for open discussion of apartheid policies or awareness of just what those policies were meaning in the lives of people. It was in this context that David Philip, a South African already involved for several years in publishing, became convinced there must be more opportunity for books with informed discussion and debate to be written and published within the country. He persuaded his wife Marie, also with publishing experience, that they could together set up their own independent publishing company, to publish 'Books that matter for Southern Africa'- in social history, politics, literature, or whatever, good of their kind and ready to challenge mainstream apartheid thinking. This is an anecdotal account - a memoir - of the lows and highs of a small, cheerful, underfunded but vibrant 'oppositional' publishing company, David Philip Publishers, from the year 1971 through to the birth of the new South Africa. Features Summary South Africa in the 1970s was a divided and increasingly traumatised country, seemingly permanently in the toils of apartheid, and with little space available for open discussion of apartheid policies or awareness of just what those policies were meaning in the lives of people. Author Marie Philip Publisher David Philip, Publishers Release date 20141120 Pages 154 ISBN 1-4856-2287-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4856-2287-1
R 159
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About the product 400 x 290 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. xiv + 157, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs; map. Trace of foxing to edges. Near-fine condition."The War Reporter is an imaginary newspaper. There was no single Republican or Boer newspaper that was published on either a daily, weekly or monthly basis for the whole duration of the Anglo-Boer War. The'editor','reporters'and'correspondents'of The War Reporter never actually existed. The aim was to publish an account of the course of the war in its totality - meaning not merely the military confrontations. The format represents the way in which the war could have been reported in a pro-Boer weekly newspaper (monthly from September 1900), published in the South African Republic as the war progressed. One of the most formidable challenges that face historians is to understand the zeitgeist or atmosphere of the period they write about. The same is true for readers of history books. A failure to understand the situation at the time makes it virtually impossible to understand the major events, the decisions taken by the major participants, the reactions of the ordinary people and the contradictions of the past in the context in which they occurred. This was my biggest challenge as I attempted to portray the world and the views of the Boers as the Anglo-Boer War progressed. The book is first and foremost an attempt to answer the question: how did the Boers experience the Anglo-Boer War?"- Author's Introduction. Books: The War Reporter. The Anglo-Boer War through the eyes of the Burghers
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South Africa
This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Features Author Will Schwalbe Publisher Knopf Publishing Group Release date 20161227 Pages 288 ISBN 0-385-35354-5 ISBN 13 978-0-385-35354-0
R 365
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About the product Am Beispiel des Australischen Diamanttäubchens Geopelia cuneata und des Afrikanischen Kaptäubchens Oena capensis. 210 x 148 mm; wraps; pp. (vi) + VI + 151; 2 colour plates, graphs, tables, line drawings; author's presentation inscription inside front cover to Prof. Gordon Maclean. Fine condition. German-language doctoral dissertation on the ecophysiology of two arid-zone dove species, the Namaqua dove Oena capensis of Africa, and the Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata of Australia. Books: Untersuchungen zur Okophyiologie von Taubenarten aus Extremen Biotopen
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About the product 175 x 110 mm; pictorial wraps, a little worn; pp. 90; frontispiece portrait; black-and-white photographs; scattered mild foxing; signed by the author on the title page; typed epilogue page inserted at rear. Good condition. The story of a pet Black-collared Barbet.
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About the product Author's inscription to upper cover reads"Mrs L. Richfield / with best wishes from / H. M. L. Bolus / Bolus Herbarium / University of Cape Town / Oct. 1 1954."185 x 123 mm; printed grey card wrappers; pp. 96; line drawings in text. Trace of foxing to wrappers; small crease to bottom fore-corner of upper cover; label stain to tail of spine; penned accession code to title leaf verso; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Uncommon (DSAB I, p. 236)"Because of her training as a teacher, Louisa Bolus did everything in her power to inculcate a knowledge and love of the indigenous flora and of nature study among children and laymen. She wrote a school textbook,'Elementary lessons in systematic botany based on familiar species of the South African flora'(Maskew Miller, 1919)."- DSAB V, p. 61 Books: Elementary Lessons in Systematic Botany. Based on familiar species of the South African Flora with an Introduction and Eight Summaries
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About the product Number 89 of an edition limited to two hundred copies, signed by the author. 4to; quarter-leather deluxe binding, marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. (xiv) + 196, incl. index; colour plates after contemporary artwork; monochrome illustrations in text, from original photographs and artwork, with some sketches by the author. Very slightly shelf-rubbed. Very good to near-fine condition."Early explorers and settlers, courageous and eccentric personalities, trade, farming and enterprise, shipwrecks and frontier wars - this is the subject matter of the panorama of Port Elizabeth. The enthusiasm and conscientious scholarship of Eleanor Lorimer, regional historian of the social and cultural life of P.E., is manifest thorughout this absorbing book. Colonel Robert Gordon, Sir Rufane Donkin, Frederick Korsten, Captain Francis Evatt, Sophia Pigot, the Lovemore family - these are some of the names that feature in the early history of the region.. This rich and varied story is enlivened by a unique collection of illustrations: an extensive search was made for old photographs, with exciting results; there are reproductions of pictures by Daniell, Bowler, Baines, Huggins, and of engravings from contemporary issues of'Illustrated London News'and'Graphic'. The author herself has made wash drawings based on old photographs and Tony Grogan has contributed line illustrations of houses and monuments made especially for this edition."
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About the product Signed by the author on inside of upper cover. Introduction by Roger Boyle. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; line drawings by the author. Near fine condition."'This finely observed and moving collection'wrote Lord Lichfield of Paul Wigmore's previous book of verse, It's funny about the trees. And Penelope Betjeman said:'He is by far the best poet of the John Betjeman school'. Mr Wigmore has excelled himself in this major new collection, which he has also illustrated. It covers the first 21 years of his life, from short-trouser days in Harrow and Wealdstone, through long-trouser early working experiences in factory and shop, and on to his national service in the RAF. His ability to crystallise the pangs of suburban childhood, adolescence and early manhood has not been bettered. There is a sensitivity and honesty about this writing which will strike a chord in many readers."
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About the product 1st English-language edition. 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. viii + 124 + (ii). Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, sunned on spine panel, with trace of foxing; earlier owner's name signed in pencil on front free endpaper; sporadic foxing. Good to very good condition."This work, mainly about the habits of and adventures with baboons, is a translation of articles written in Afrikaans by the late Eugène Nielen Marais (the author of The Soul of the White Ant). The articles appeared originally in Die Vaderland. Subsequently collected and arranged by Dr. M. S. B. Kritzinger, they were published in book form under the title Burgers van die Berge, by J. L. van Schaik Ltd., of Pretoria. These chapters in popular vein are but sparks from the anvil on which the author had been fashioning for years a more detailed and scientific work, The Soul of the Ape, the final manuscript of which has unfortunately been lost. A small portion of the first draft of The Soul of the Ape has, however, been included."
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About the product Inscribed by Author(s)The jacket is shelf rubbed.Gift inscription signed by author.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product The narrative follows a journey of discovery by the author of the nature of eccentricity and the multiple identities of a unique South African conceptual artist, John Anthony Boerma. The book is in excellent condition and appears to have never been read. [TK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Inscribed by Author(s)The wraps are minimally rubbed. Internally clean tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author. 253 Pages. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with chips at the top and bottom corners, despite this the jacket is intact and protected in cellophane. The strong boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, clean and complete. tightly bound. r*17/01/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author(s)The jacket is a bit rubbed. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author(s)The jacket is shelf rubbed.One small stain.Internally clean.Tightly bound.Signed.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Inscribed by Author(s)The jacket is slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author(s)Pamphlet format. Book has been signed by Margo Mackay. Wraps are a touch shelf rubbed. Binding is excellent, tight and square. Included is a newspaper article with reference to Margo Mackay. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Inscribed by Author(s)The jacket is edge worn and shelf rubbed. Small closed edge tears. Damp marked and stained (but not affecting the text). Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author(s)A bit worn and tanned. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product inscribed and signed by author. the boards are shelf rubbed. mild foxing and a bit marked. binding is intact. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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About the product Signed by Author(s)The wraps are slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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South Africa
This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Rabbit loves adventure stories, Hedgehog adores happy endings, and Mouse and Fox enjoy reading together. So when the friends discover a mysterious house full of books, it's a dream come true! But - uh-oh! - these books belong to a very grumpy bear! Bear's House of Books is a new book with a classic feel - perfect for bookworms big and small! Featuring beautiful and heart-warming illustrations from Alison Edgson (Waiting for Santa and Me and My Dad), this picture book is perfect for teaching little ones about the joys and rewards of sharing with others. Features Summary Rabbit loves adventure stories, Hedgehog adores happy endings, and Mouse and Fox enjoy reading together. So when the friends discover a mysterious house full of books... Author Poppy Bishop (Author), Alison Edgson (Illustrator) Publisher Little Tiger Press Release date 20170810 Pages 32 ISBN 1-84869-438-5 ISBN 13 978-1-84869-438-5
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Author: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (2015) ISBN-10: 1509801839 ISBN-13: 9781509801831 Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover Pages: Unpaginated Dimensions: 17.3 x 21 x 2.5 cm +++ by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler +++ This essential Gruffalo and Friends Activity Case is packed with puzzles, colouring-in, activities and hundreds of stickers, all based on four award-winning picture books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, The Snail and the Whale and Room on the Broom. The two activity books, two colouring books and four sticker sheets all come neatly packed in a case with a convenient carry handle, so you can take the fun with you wherever you go. Perfect for birthdays, rainy days and school holidays -- a great gift for any child.
R 97
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Author: Priddy Books Publisher: Priddy Books ISBN-10:1783413646 ISBN-13: 9781783413645 Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: Unpaginated Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 1.3 cm +++ by Priddy Books +++ This book is designed to help build a memory of how numbers are formed. Children can trace each number with their fingers before they try writing with the pen. Each page can be wiped clean to encourage practice.
R 57
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Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson Title: Familiar Studies of Men and Books; Virginibus Puerisque ISBN: n/a Publisher: Collins This Edition: Collins Edition 1956 Place Of Publication: Great Britain Binding: hardcover Dustjacket: n/a Number of pages: 383 Weight: 257g Condition: Back end page has come away from binding (see pictures below). No pages missing
R 22
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South Africa
Author(s): various - William Caxton, John Calvin, Nicolaus Copernicus et al; edited by Charles W. Eliot Title: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books ISBN: none Library of Congress Cat. No.: none Publisher/place: P.F. Collier and Son, New York This Edition: The Harvard Classics series, deluxe registered edition, 62nd printing Year of Publication: 1969 First Published: 1909 Binding: hardcover Dustjacket: n/a Number of pages: 437 Weight: 710g Condition: Beautiful vintage book, faux-leather binding, in excellent condition
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AUTHOR TITLE COVER CONDITION 1ST EDT COUNTRY PUBLISHER YEAR Trew, Anthony Death of a Supertanker 1 Very Good Yes Britain Collins 1978 Trew, Anthony Kleber's Convoy 1 Excellent Yes Britain Collins 1974 Trew, Anthony Running Wild 1 Very Good Yes Britain Collins 1982 Trew, Anthony Sea Fever 1 Excellent Yes Britain Collins 1980 Trew, Anthony Smoke Island 1 Very Good Yes Britain Collins 1964 Trew, Anthony The Antonov Project 1 Very Good Yes Britain Collins 1979 Trew, Anthony The Moonraker Mutiny 1 Good Yes Britain Collins 1972 Trew, Anthony The Sea Break 1 Very Good Yes Britain Collins 1966 Trew, Anthony The White Schooner 1 Good Yes Britain Collins 1969 Trew, Anthony The Zhukov Briefing 1 Good Yes Britain Collins 1975 Trew, Anthony Towards the Tamarind Trees 1 Good Yes Britain Collins 1970 Trew, Anthony Two Hours to Darkness 1 Excellent Yes Britain Collins 1963 Trew, Anthony Ultimatum 1 Excellent Yes Britain Collins 1976
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Author - Frank R Bradlow. Binding - Hardcover. Book Condition - Good. Book Number - QB-008737 Jacket Condition - Fair. Edge-wear and insect damage to rear fold. Foxed. Location - Kalk Bay Shop Published Year - 1975 Published Place - Cape Town Publisher - A A Balkema Size - Large 8vo. 136pp. A selection of published papers featuring 19th century South African art and artists. Light foxing to ffep, pastedowns and top page edges. Contents lean and tightly bound.
R 160
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Author: S. Francis and H. Dugmore & Rico Signed by the Author's Publisher: Penguin Books (1994) ISBN-10: 0140248331 ISBN-13: 9780140248333 Condition: As new, minor reading creases down the spine, minor bumps to the textblock. Binding: Softcover Pages: 176 Dimensions: 19.4 x 24 x 1 cm +++ by S. Francis and H. Dugmore & Rico (Signed by the Author's) +++ This is the second collection of the popular South African cartoon strip, "Madam and Eve", in book format. It is a contemporary satirical series about a white South African woman and her maid.
R 250
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