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 GOODBYE DOLLY GRAY The Story of the Boer War;  RAYNE KRUGER; Softcover;  Pan Books 1983;              ISBN 0 330 23861 2 ; No. of Pages; 540 ; Illustrated. Good condition , no tears and very good binding;   note some light shelfwear  and minor creases to the cover and light browning of the paper. For postage; within S A  ; Preferably Postnet to Postnet  for a parcel of books of up to 5kg then add R100.00           (addit. books may be included - up to 5kg)  OR Via PAXI  which is delivery via the PEP Stores branches add R55.00  delivery 7 to 9 days; Please add under Option 1  and use " Notes " to note your closest Pep branch. OR   via SA PO  (option 1) with tracking no. and within SA   please add R55.00 ;   Collection / drop off can be arranged for Pietermaritzburg / Hilton or Howick.  From Goodreads; "  4.04  ·  Taking his title from that bade farewell to an era, Rayner Kruger brilliantly describes the background, the arms and armies, the campaigns and personalities of the war in which soldiers from across the British Empire marched to a succession of brave defeats at hands of sharpshooting farmers. These were calamitous blows, struck not only at an immense British Army but - as t  Review; " Taking his title from that bade farewell to an era, Rayner Kruger brilliantly describes the background, the arms and armies, the campaigns and personalities of the war in which soldiers from across the British Empire marched to a succession of brave defeats at hands of sharpshooting farmers. These were calamitous blows, struck not only at an immense British Army but - as the old century passed into the new - at Victorian prestige, assumptions and complacency."

After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommels German Afrika Korps in North Africa, the South Africans fought a see-saw war of defeats followed by successes, culminating in the Battle of El Alamein, where South African soldiers made a significant contribution to halting the Desert Foxs advance into Egypt. This is the story of an army committed somewhat reluctantly to a war it didnt fully support, ill-prepared for the battles it was tasked with fighting, and sent into action on the orders of its senior alliance partner. At its heart, however, this is the story of men at war. Paperback, 352 pages

How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith   by Donald Macdonald 1999 - 289 pages Hard Cover in Good Condition.A Covos Books Anglo-Boer War Centenary Edition Excerpt from How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith In this book I have attempted no specialist's description of the siege and battles of Ladysmith, but have given just the every-day impressions and sensations of an observer to whom war, with all its thrilling incidents and vivid colour, was a new and strange experience. It is not so much a history of the siege as a story of the siege written while the events were fresh in the mind. In a calm retrospective view much might be added, much omitted, but the complete military history of Ladysmith may be left to the historian and the expert. Without being consciously in error, I have sought to give the reader some idea of the moods and colour of the time. In the multiplicity of names there may be some confusion; thus I have spoken of the fight at Rietfontein as Tinta Inyoni, and of Wagon Hill as Caesar's Hill, since local opinion always differed as to which was correct. With a full appreciation of the patriotism and pride of race which has made Australasia a fighting unit in the British Empire, I dedicate this book to my fellow-countrymen who took part in the South African Campaign.  

  Rustenburg at War - Lionel Wulfsohn 1992, second edition. Hard cover. 330 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. A comprehensive account of this Northwest town in its battles with the British Empire.  

      Rustenburg at War - Lionel Wulfsohn 1992, second edition. Hard cover. 330 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. A comprehensive account of this Northwest town in its battles with the British Empire.  

  The Elite: the story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service - Barbara Cole - Paperbackin good condition. Barbara Cole's "The Elite" is the the singular cornerstone book on the Rhodesian Special Air Service, one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world. They operated almost exclusively across the Rhodesian border during the long bitter bush war undertaking deep-penetration missions against insurgents being harboured inside neighbouring Mozambique and Zambia. There were missions into Botswana too and at one stage. They were operating without benefit of passport in all three neighbouring black territories at the same time. Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their battlefield, secret clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by Special Air Service operators, Later, when the situation intensified, they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war. Yet little is known of this highly-professional Special Force unit which had its beginnings in the days of the Malayan Emergency and like its parent unit. the British SAS. boasted the coveted and very apt motto. Who Dares Wins. Fought against the magic and madness of a changing Africa, against almost insuperable odds, against two terrorist armies who were aided and abetted by the armies of their host nations and backed by Russia and China, two of the world's superpowers, the role of the Special Air Service was unique. The Commander of Combined Operations, Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, while reluctant to single out any one unit, was to acknowledge this after the war.      

  The Elite: the story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service - Barbara Cole - Paperback in good condition, few photographs loose. Barbara Cole's "The Elite" is the the singular cornerstone book on the Rhodesian Special Air Service, one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world. They operated almost exclusively across the Rhodesian border during the long bitter bush war undertaking deep-penetration missions against insurgents being harboured inside neighbouring Mozambique and Zambia. There were missions into Botswana too and at one stage. They were operating without benefit of passport in all three neighbouring black territories at the same time. Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their battlefield, secret clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by Special Air Service operators, Later, when the situation intensified, they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war. Yet little is known of this highly-professional Special Force unit which had its beginnings in the days of the Malayan Emergency and like its parent unit. the British SAS. boasted the coveted and very apt motto. Who Dares Wins. Fought against the magic and madness of a changing Africa, against almost insuperable odds, against two terrorist armies who were aided and abetted by the armies of their host nations and backed by Russia and China, two of the world's superpowers, the role of the Special Air Service was unique. The Commander of Combined Operations, Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, while reluctant to single out any one unit, was to acknowledge this after the war.      

SPRINGBOK RECORD Compiled and Edited by HARRY KLEIN; Hardcover; Published by the South African Legion of the British Empire Sevice League 1946 ; No. of Pages; 302   plus addit. 2 pages of " Sponsors ".  Commemorates the service in World War II; Includes an insert a fold out 2 page  showing the   RIBBONS OF BRITISH ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND SERVICE MEDALS. " The story of the men who bore the " Orange Flash" of liberty on the battlefronts of the war against Nazi-Fascist tyranny . It soared in the skies with the gallant airmen of the S A A F ;  it rolled with the seamen of the little ships  of the S A N F  in the troughs of ocean battlegrounds. " Condition; Very good; The cover is pulling away from the book however the binding is still " good "  (Please see the second last photograph). No tears ; no browning; Pages crisp and sharp and clean. One name written neatly inside the front cover. Please see all the photographs. POSTAGE  - within SA) Preferably via POSTNET  to Postnet  for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit. books may be included - up to 5kg) Or via PAXI /Pep Stores  to your closest Pep Store ;  delivery around 9 days; add R55.00 under Option 1;  Please add Pep Stores to the Notes. Or via SA PO (  delays may occur)   with tracking no. then please add R60.00 Buyers from outside of SA  may contact me for a postal quote. Below ; 2 pages of SPONSORS Second World WAR World War 2 World War 11  South African involvement; participation in; South African Forces Air Force Airforce Navy  Orange Flash  General Smuts North Africa  Dessert war military army South african Anti aircraft Regiment  Desert campaigns  El Alamein Brigadier  B F Armstrong Afrika Korps  6th S A Division South Africa'c V C s  Royal Natal Carineers  Jelib Abyssinia    

The Africa House The true story of an English Gentleman and his African dream - Christina Lamb - Penguin Books - pp, black and white photographs - Paperback in good condition. Postage & packaging R In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Browne built himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia. The House of the Royal Crocodiles was a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest stately homes in England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades, rose gardens and lavish dinners finished off with vintage port in the library. He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful unconventional Ethel Locke King, one of the first women to drive and fly. She, however, was nearly twenty years his senior, married and his aunt. Lorna, the only other woman he had ever really cared about, had married another many years earlier. Then he met Lorna’s orphaned daughter, so like her mother that he thought he had seen a ghost. It seemed he had found love and companionship. But the Africa House was his dream, and set against the backdrop of the dying days of empire, it became an increasingly hard dream to share. Based on his extensive diaries and correspondence, this portrait of a fascinating and complex man – a colonialist who beat his servants yet was one of the only white men to support independence, a stiff Englishman with deep passions – is a masterpiece of biography and storytelling.

Hard back with DJ. Davud McKay Co. pages inc index. Some small nicks to DJ and inscrition to previous owner on ffep. Otherwise in good condition for its age. " At the turn of the century Mr Steward's maternal grandfather, Lynn Lyster, was writing his Ballads of the Veld-land, about South Africa's heroes. His paternal grandfather, Sir William Steward, was a newspaper proprietor and Speaker in the New Zealand Parliament: as an elder staesman of the British Empire he attended the national convention in Bloemfontein, which preceded the creation of the Union of South Africa in . Me steward grew up on a sugar plantation in Zululand. After attending one of South Africa's best-known schools, Hilton College, he joined Johannesburg's Rand daily Mail as a reporter at the age of seventeen in . During the war he was transferred from the armed forces to an information post in the South African foreign service in nairobi kenya. In he was a member of the South African delegation to the Third General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, and subsequently served in Ottawa and as Director of Information at South Africa House in london. In he left the foreign service and since that time he has been a regular commentator on political affairs for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Mr steward has published a bi-quarterly political journal, RSA World. " Please feel free to ask questions. Local postge will be R25 inc insurance Please look at my other book listings as I am happy to combine postage should you wish to purchase more than one item. 10% discount will be given for orders of 5 or more books packaged and posted together. Click the link below to see what other books I have for sale

Subtitle: Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the Inspiration for Kipling's Masterpiece Author: Chris Ash Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers / Helion () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 384 Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm +++ by Chris Ash +++ The famous poem If by Rudyard Kipling is based on the life of Jameson, and the suffering he endured as a result of the doomed raid that he and his Rhodesian and Bechuanaland policemen carried out against Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic in . In this engaging biography, Chris Ash recounts the life of this colonial statesman. He was an enigmatic man: when he died The Times estimated that his astonishing personal sway over his followers was equaled only by that of Parnell, the Irish patriot. During the fervor of the South African diamond rush Jameson established a small medical practice in Kimberley in ; it was here that he met and forged a lifelong friendship with Cecil John Rhodes. Jameson's thirst for adventure, coupled with Rhodes's dream of expanding the British Empire from the Cape to Cairo, led to the occupation of Mashonaland in , with Jameson having laid the groundwork in his political dealings with Lobengula, king of the Matabele. This is Jameson's story: from Administrator of Mashonaland, to the 'invasion' of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), the Matabele War, the infamous 'Jameson Raid' and his subsequent trial and incarceration in London.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

1997. Hard  cover with dust cover, 691 pages. Very good condition. Over 1kg. "[An] awesomely scholarly study.... The importance of this book is not only in its intrinsic interest, or its usefulness as a superb resource, but its demonstration that [Britain's] story cannot be told without a thorough knowledge of what happened at sea."¿Alan Judd,  Sunday Times  [London] Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integrity of the realm. Without its navy, Britain would have been a weakling among the nations of Europe, could never have built or maintained the empire, and in all likelihood would have been overrun by the armies of Napoleon and Hitler. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, a prominent naval historian has undertaken a comprehensive account of the history and traditions of this most essential institution. N. A. M. Rodger has produced a superb work, combining scholarship with narrative, that demonstrates how the political and social history of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength-or weakness-of her seapower. From the early military campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada in the reign of Elizabeth I, this volume touches on some of the most colorful characters in British history. It also provides fascinating details on naval construction, logistics, health, diet, and weaponry. "A splendid book. It combines impressively detailed research with breadth of perception....[Rodger] has prepared an admirable historical record that will be read and reread in the years ahead."¿ Times  [London] 24 pages of illustrations