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Buy John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900. Fifty Years in the Cape Colony. - Brooke Simons, Phillida (Ed) for R900.00

Book and wrapper in very good condition - published by Hutchinson in 1972. >>>    A bittersweet coming of age account of John Bowers' year and a half at a highly unconventional writer's colony run by James Jones and Lowney Handy in Marshall, Illinois.   The Colony.  It was 1952 and James Jones had just published from Here to Eternity, a huge best seller that had taken the country by storm. His larger-than-life mentor, a formidable Midwest housewife by the name of Lowney Handy, set up a "writer's colony" in Marshall, Illinois, funded in large part by the proceeds of Eternity, to train an odd assortment of rules: no women; members literally copied pages from masters such as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Dos Passos; no radios, newspapers, or TV; meals were Spartan; a neophyte moved from a tent to a barracks-like room if he abided by the rules; mail was scrutinized as in the Soviet Union; about every month members were let loose in Terre Haute for brothel time in Cherry Street and epic toots. *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.    

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  History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from it's discovery to the year 1819.By A. Wilmot, ESQ. From 1820 - 1868 ~ By The Hon. John Centlivres Chase. M.L.C. Published in 1869 by Juta. Rebound Copy, 530 pages plus Appendix, & includes the NAMES OF MEMBERS CONSTITUTING FIRST CAPE PARLIAMENT 1854. A large part of the middle section of the book has some tanning to the outer edges, but not effecting the print block. O/A a good copy. *Please look at the thumbnail pic's* Postage R100.00 Postnet or R75.00 S.A.P.O.

About the product Brenthurst Second Series, number 2. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Large 4to; original crimson cloth; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; tinted top edge; silk markers; pp. 275 + (i), incl. index; several reproductions of contemporary illustrations, in monochrome and full colour. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A few fox spots to fore-edge, else fine."The name of John Blades Currey (1829-1904) is seldom mentioned in histories of southern Africa. Indeed, the young Englishman who arrived at the Cape in 1850 made little direct impact on its story. He was nonetheless to become a profound influence on some of the Cape's most famous men and an astute chronicler of the political and social events of his time. His memoirs, published here for the first time, cover half a century of Cape history, from 1850 to 1900. Soldiering, farming, copper-mining - Currey tried all these; then, on the advice of governor Sir George Grey he joined the Cape civil service. While in its employ in the late 1860s he was entrusted with the task of introducing to a sceptical Europe southern Africa's first diamond, the'Eureka'. Later, as secretary to the government of Griqualand West, he chose the new name of' Kimberley 'for the burgeoning diamond-fields town of New Rush. But in 1875 Currey was blamed for the diggers'rebellion there, and this led to his dismissal from office and blighted his subsequent public career. While he was in Kimbeley Currey befriended two young fortune-hunters, both of whom were to become renowned premiers of the Cape: Cecil John Rhodes and John X. Merriman. To both of them Currey was to remain a lifelong friend and counsellor.. He is revealed in the account not as a politician but as a man who helped to shape politicians, not as a man who made history but rather as one who was passionately part of it. The manuscript forms part of The Brenthurst Collection, as do the majority of the contemporary illustrations which complement the text." Books: John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony

Paperback. English. Tor. 2007. In good condition. pp. Book No: 45402

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the assassination in 1828 of King Shaka, the celebrated founder of the Zulu Kingdom and war leader of legendary brilliance: Why did prominent members of the royal house conspire to kill him? Just how significant a part did the white hunter-traders settled at Port Natal play in their royal patron's downfall? Why were Shaka's relations with the British Cape Colony key to his survival? And why did the powerful army he had created acquiesce so tamely in the usurpation of the throne by Dingane, his half-brother and assassin? In his search for answers Laband turns to the Zulu voice heard through recorded oral testimony and praise-poems, and to the written accounts and reminiscences of the Port Natal trader-hunters and the despatches of Cape officials. In the course of probing and assessing this evidence the author vividly brings the early Zulu kingdom and its inhabitants to life. He throws light on this elusive character of and his own unpredictable intentions, while illuminating the fears and ambitions of those attempting to prosper and survive in his hazardous kingdom: a kingdom that nevertheless endured in all its essential characteristics, particularly militarily, until its destruction fifty one years later in 1879 by the British; and whose fate, legend has it, Shaka predicted with his dying breath. Features Summary In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the assassination in 1828 of King Shaka... Author John Laband Publisher Jonathan Ball Publishers SA Release date 20170815 Pages 226 ISBN 1-86842-807-9 ISBN 13 978-1-86842-807-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days From the bestselling author of Katherine, this is the richly detailed story of Elizabeth Winthrop and her struggle against hardship and adversity in the new American colonies of the 17th Century. 'A rich and panoramic narrative full of gusto, sentimentality and compassion' (Times Literary Supplement) In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against this background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded. And so, as a response to this almost unmatched courage and vitality, Governor John Winthrop came to refer to this woman in the historical records of the time as his unregenerate niece. Anya Seton's riveting historical novel portrays the fortitude, humiliation, and ultimate triumph of the Winthrop woman, who believed in a concept of happiness transcending that of her own day. Features Summary From the bestselling author of Katherine, this is the 17th Century story of Elizabeth Winthrop and her struggle against hardship and adversity in the new American colonies. Author Anya Seton Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Release date 20140813 Pages 640 ISBN 1-4736-0338-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-0338-7

Hardback. English. John Murray. 1905. ISBN: N/A. 205pp with bw illustrtions. Good condition in stlightly marked original covers. Typical account of a whistle-stop tour round the country, for the visitor to acquaint himself of the problems and opportunities of a new colony. Book No: 27587

Softcover.. John Meinert. 1973. ISBN:. 92 pp with bw photos. Good condition in slightly fishmothed softcover. Booklet of anecdotes and songs about the old colony of SWA. German text.