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British Steam Engines, The Memorabilia Collection by Igloobooks A first edition hardcover published by Igloo Books in 2012 Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong, an unread book, ideal gift for train enthusiast Postage cost within South Africa will be R30.00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote abe #

About the product 8vo; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 270, incl. index; maps; plates. Very good condition."Georges, Comte de Villebois-Mareuil, had in fact been the youngest Colonel in the French Army and had commanded its Foreign Legion in Algeria. Roy Macnab's book is the first in English to trace the complicated circumstances and motives that brought this dashing and romantic hero of French imperialism to fight and die in vain but valiantly, in action against the British in the Orange Free State." Books: The French Colonel. Villebois-Mareuil and the Boers 1899-1900

About the product First edition. 8vo; original grey pictorial cloth, lettered in blue on spine and upper cover; pp. 143; line drawings by D. Ogilvie. Spine somewhat cocked; cloth a touch rubbed; a little foxing. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 267) Uncommon. Besides some examples held by South African repositories, OCLC finds only the British Library copy. The charming story of a circus escapee, Ogus the baboon, who is able to speak to the children Lettie and Hennie, who become his friends.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The Big British Quiz Book is the ultimate trivia challenge for anyone who believes they have the best British quiz brain. The questions cover all your favourite pub quiz topics, focusing especially on the British Isles, its history and culture. Test your friends and family with more than 120 quizzes to be enjoyed. All of the trivia questions come with multiple-choice answers, and topics cover everything from movies and TV shows to politics and history. Use this book to crib up for your next pub quiz or set your own! Features Summary The Big British Quiz Book is the ultimate trivia challenge for anyone who believes they have the best British quiz brain. The questions cover all your favourite pub quiz topics... Publisher Carlton Books Ltd Release date 20180712 Pages 256 ISBN 1-78739-144-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78739-144-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Featuring amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning about different animals, with gorgeous photographic images on every page. Features Summary Featuring amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning about different animals... Publisher Nosy Crow Ltd Release date 20180315 Pages 24 ISBN 1-78800-214-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78800-214-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A journey through British food, from the acclaimed author of The Apple Orchard In Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We've been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet when someone with a clipboard asks us what the best things are about being British, our traditional food and drink are more important than the monarchy and at least as significant as our landscape and national monuments in defining a collective notion of who we are. Taking nine archetypically British dishes - Pie and Peas, A Cheese Sandwich, Fish and Chips, Spag Bol, Devonshire Cream Tea, Curry, The Full English, The Sunday Roast and a Crumble with Custard - and enjoying them in their most typical settings, Pete Brown examines just how fundamental food is to our sense of identity, perhaps even our sense of pride, and the ways in which we understand our place in the world. Features Summary A journey through British food, from the acclaimed author of The Apple Orchard In Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We've been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet when someone with a clipboard asks us what the best things are about being British... Author Pete Brown Publisher Particular Books Release date 20190404 Pages 352 ISBN 1-84614-959-2 ISBN 13 978-1-84614-959-7

    I have to considerably decrease my own personal library consisting of thousands of books in English, Afrikaans, German and Dutch. Please have a look on the hundreds of valuable books I am going to offer. There are lots of rare Africana & Militaria collectibles among them. Richard Price An Imperial War and the British Working Class Working-Class Attitudes and Reactions to the Boer War 1899-1902 London 1972, first edition, hard cover, 279 pages, former library copy   in excellent antiquarian condition   RARE AFRICANA COLLECTIBLE     Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, BBB

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between 'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery. 'Excellent and stimulating' Correlli Barnett 'The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history' Michael Howard, Sunday Times 'By far the best study that has ever been done on the subject...a sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page' Daniel A. Baugh, International History Review 'The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us' Jon Sumida, Journal of Modern History Features Summary Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day... Author Paul Kennedy Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170121 Pages 464 ISBN 0-14-198382-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198382-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Includes chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 from the Home Office's Life in the United Kingdom book. This fully updated edition of The British Citizenship Test For Dummies covers all the most up to date information that you need to know to pass the latest UK Government's Life in the UK test - valid for tests taken after April 2007. With an in-depth coverage of the nation's history, culture, customs and educational, political and social institutions, and over 300 questions to practice on, this is the perfect helping hand on your way to becoming a British citizen. The British Citizenship Test For Dummies 2 nd Edition covers: Part I: Deciding to Stay in the UK. Part II: Getting to Know the Immigration and Citizenship Players. Part III: Taking Care of Immigration and Citizenship Paperwork. Part IV: Taking the Citizenship Test. Part V: Troubleshooting Your Application. Part VI: Reaping the Rewards of Citizenship. Part VII: Ten Helpful For Dummies Books. Appendix A: Revision Material for the Life in the UK Test. Appendix B: Sample Questions and Answers for the Life in the UK Test. Index Features Summary Includes chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 from the Home Office's Life in the United Kingdom book. This fully updated edition of The British Citizenship Test For Dummies covers all the most up to date information that you need to know to pass the latest UK Government's Life in the UK test - valid for tests taken after April 2007.. Author Julian Knight Publisher John Wiley & Sons Release date 20071109 Pages 304 ISBN 0-470-72339-4 ISBN 13 978-0-470-72339-5

Buy The British Empire The Stirring Chronicle of the Greatest Empire the World Has Known Time Life Books for R60.00

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The British Empire - The Story Of A Nations Heritage - Set Of 6 Books By Time - Life International First Editions, Hard Covers, Published By Ferndale 1979 Cover Boards Clean & Bright. Binding Tight & Strong. Inscription On Front Flyleaves In Black Pen. Light Browning Of Pages. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R100.00 Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days 'A provocative take on the UK's new tribal divisions... a book whose timing is pitch-perfect' Andrew MarrMany Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around them, and who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration and rapid social change. In a world increasingly divided by Brexit and Trump, Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand and respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism. Features Summary 'A provocative take on the UK's new tribal divisions... a book whose timing is pitch-perfect' Andrew MarrMany Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country... Author David Goodhart Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20171031 Pages 304 ISBN 0-14-198697-2 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198697-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'Sign Language Companion' aims to help young people become more fluent in British Sign Language by presenting signs that link ideas and concepts, and enabling students to construct their own combinations in everyday conversations. Features Summary A major reference book, not only for the deaf community. Completes a set of already bestselling standard basic books by Cath Smith with her 'Signs Make Sense' and 'Sign in Sight'... Author Cath Smith Publisher Souvenir Press Ltd Release date 19970807 Pages 128 ISBN 0-285-63333-3 ISBN 13 978-0-285-63333-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives, the book captures the experience of the war and the profound emotional depths on display from the beginning. History at its most compelling. In June 1773, King George III attended a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britain's bright future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the king's soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America. The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause, the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and the creation of a new republic. Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about the Second World War has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the first twenty-one months of America's violent effort to forge a new nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1776-77, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of America's greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nation's wiliest diplomat; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of America's creation drama. Features Summary Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives... Author Rick Atkinson Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20190516 Pages 800 ISBN 0-00-830329-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-830329-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days From simple classic bakes to more challenging showstoppers, these are reliable recipes to be used time and time again. This book is for every baker -- whether you want to whip up a quick batch of easy biscuits at the very last minute or you want to spend your time making a breathtaking showstopper, there are recipes and decoration options for creating both. Using straightforward, easy-to-follow techniques, there are reliable recipes for biscuits, traybakes, bread, large and small cakes, sweet pastry and patisserie, savoury pastry, puddings and desserts. Ideal for both a novice and an experienced baker who is looking for more of a challenge, there are accessible, achievable recipes that range from classic ideas to the new and unusual. Each chapter also showcases the best recipes from the series -- Mary and Paul's Signature Bakes, Technical Challenges and Showstoppers, plus the best bakers' recipes from series 5. There are step-by-step photographs to help guide you through the more complicated techniques and beautiful photography throughout, making this the perfect gift for all bakers. Features Summary Suitable for every baker - whether you want to whip up a quick batch of easy biscuits at the very last minute or you want to spend your time making a breathtaking showstopper... Author Linda Collister (Author), Love Productions (Author) Publisher Bbc Books Release date 20140814 Pages 319 ISBN 1-84990-483-9 ISBN 13 978-1-84990-483-4

Outlines Britain's attempts to deprive the Afrikaners of Independence. Barthorp selects typical battles from each period of the long Wars to give a real flavour of the Anglo-Boer conflicts as they developed. Complemented by a large number of illustrations & 6 Detailed Maps. Edition: 1st, DW VG Publisher: Bok Books International Binding: Hardcover

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 Miller Christy Publisher Forgotten Books Release date 20150927 Pages 50 ISBN 1-331-29271-9 ISBN 13 978-1-331-29271-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Hundreds of challenging Pub Quiz questions await you in this fun pack. Each card contains themed questions, with answers on the reverse so you can give yourself a mental workout, challenge your friends or organize your own Pub Quiz! Features Summary Hundreds of challenging Pub Quiz questions await you in this fun pack. Each card contains themed questions, with answers on the reverse so you can give yourself a mental workout... Author Roy Preston (Author), Sue Preston (Author) Publisher Carlton Books Ltd Release date 20171005 Pages 60 ISBN 1-78739-026-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78739-026-3

 Lot of five African books Art of the South African townships by Gavin Younge Springboks Past and Present published by the South African Olympic and British empire games association Gardens of South Africa by Dorathea Fairbridge Kruger Park Saga by Piet Meiring Grey Steel by F.C. Armstrong

Railway & train books, all in fantastic condition hard covers: Large format: Encyclopedia of Railways (ed. By Nock, 1977, 480 pages) R250 Large Format: The Atlas of Train Travel (1980, 192 pages) R120, All Colour World of Trains (1978, 104 pages) R150, The Story of the Train (1989, 128 pages) R80. A5: The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways (1980, 591 pages) R150, The Four Great Railways (1980223 pages) R40. A6: The Observer’s Book of British Steam Locomotives, 1977, 190 pages) R60.

  BOER WAR 17 EBOOKS   Aletta: A Tale of the Boer Invasion - Bertram Mitford Boer Politics by Yves Guyot British Concentration Camps of the Second South Afrian War Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn My Reminiscences of the Anglo Boer war Native Life in South Africa Before and since the War Neutral Rights and obligations in the anglo boer war South africa and the Transvaal war The peticoat commando The record of a Regiment of the line The relief of mafeking The Vee Boers The Young Colonists Trekkerswee War of words With the boer Forces With Boer and Britisher in transvaal    

About the product A history of the Zulu nation from their rise under Shaka to their destruction by the British Colonial and military policy. A fair account of the trials, errors and triumphs of Imperial Policy in Natal. Bookplate and previous owner's name on verso of front cover. Foxing to verso of covers. Heavy creasing to spine with edge-wear and some rubbing to the edges. Foxing to all edges. Some thumbing. Light tidemark to the lower page edges of the rear prelims. 670 Pages. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Binding: Softcover

 Books and wrappers in very good condition - Previously belonged to Stuart Hendry, Longtime History Master at Pretoria Boys High and all 4 have his signature and bookplate inside - Stunning wrappers now in removable transparent sleeves.  >>>    Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, First edition, first printing. This is a jacketed, British first edition set of Churchill's sweeping history and last great work. Churchill's four volume epic, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, was published between 1956 and 1958. The work traces a great historical arc from Roman Britain through the end of the Nineteenth Century, ending with the death of Queen Victoria. Perhaps not coincidentally, this is the very year that saw Churchill conclude his first North American lecture tour, take his first seat in Parliament, and begin to make history himself. The work itself was two decades in the making. The Churchillian conceptions that underpinned it were lifelong. The cultural commonality and vitality of English-speaking peoples animated Churchill throughout his life, from his Victorian youth in an ascendant British Empire to his twilight in the midst of the American century. Churchill began A History of the English-Speaking Peoples in the 1930s, completing a draft of "about half a million words" which was set aside when Churchill returned to the Admiralty and to war in September 1939. The work was fittingly interrupted by an unprecedented alliance among the English-speaking peoples during the Second World War - an alliance Churchill personally did much to cultivate, cement, and sustain. The interruption continued as Churchill bent his literary efforts to his six-volume history, The Second World War, and then his remaining political energies to his second and final premiership from 1951-1955. This first edition is regarded as one of the most beautiful productions of Churchill's works, with tall red volumes and striking, illustrated dust jackets.     *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book   – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A medieval A to Z with letters from the collections of the British Library to colour in. Before the invention of the printing press, books were written out by hand, and were priceless objects. The most precious books were illuminated with gold or with bright colours. Initial letters were often highlighted either as decoration or to mark an important passage. This new colouring book is packed with a series of intricate letters carefully selected from the extensive collection of the British Library. The letters are sourced from medieval charters and seals, historical and literary manuscripts, from Virgil to Chaucer and Royal Statutes to the Book of Psalms. Each of the original letters is reproduced in colour, so that you can decide whether you prefer to choose your own colours, or to use the colours that the artist intended. With key facts about each of the letters and their source, this is the perfect book for history buffs and colouring-in fans alike. Features Summary A medieval A to Z with letters from the collections of the British Library to colour in. Before the invention of the printing press, books were written out by hand... Author British Library Publisher Pavilion Books Release date 20161115 Pages 56 ISBN 1-911216-00-7 ISBN 13 978-1-911216-00-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Harry Potter: A History Of Magic is the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and the brilliant curators of the British Library. It promises to take readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - from Alchemy and Potions classes through to Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures. Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition - absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme. Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears. This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person. Features Summary The Book of the Exhibition. Beautiful design, magical Jim Kay illustrations and unseen treasures from J K Rowling's own archive combine in this unique souvenir of the British Library's much-anticipated exhibition... Author British Library Publisher Bloomsbury Children's Books Release date 20171001 Pages 256 ISBN 1-4088-9076-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4088-9076-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 20 - 25 working days Britain formally colonised Van Diemen's Land in the early years of the nineteenth century. Small convict stations grew into towns. Pastoralists moved in to the aboriginal hunting grounds. There was conflict, there was violence. But, governments and gentlemen succeeded in burying the real story of the Vandemonian War for nearly two centuries. The Vandemonian War had many sides and shades, but it was fundamentally a war between the British colony of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and those Tribespeople who lived in political and social contradiction to that colony. In The Vandemonian War acclaimed history author Nick Brodie now exposes the largely untold story of how the British truly occupied Van Diemen's Land deploying regimental soldiers and special forces, armed convicts and mercenaries. In the 1820s and 1830s the British deliberately pushed the Tribespeople out, driving them to the edge of existence. Far from localised fights between farmers and hunters of popular memory, this was a war of sweeping campaigns and brutal tactics, waged by military and paramilitary forces subject to a Lieutenant Governor who was also Colonel Commanding. The British won the Vandemonian War and then discretely and purposefully concealed it. Historians failed to see through the myths and lies - until now. It is no exaggeration to say that the Tribespeople of Van Diemen's Land were extirpated from the island. Whole societies were deliberately obliterated. The Vandemonian War was one of the darkest stains on a former empire which arrogantly claimed perpetual sunshine. This is the story of that fight, redrawn from neglected handwriting nearly two centuries old. Features Summary The Vandemonian Wars will reveal the untold story of the orchestrated and successful attacks on the aboriginal population of Tasmania after British settlement and the British Government's part in it. Author Nick Brodie Publisher Hardie Grant Books Release date 20170801 Pages 352 ISBN 1-74379-311-1 ISBN 13 978-1-74379-311-4