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  SACC 974: National Women's Day in control strip of 5. Issued 9.8.1996. Unmounted mint (**). Please contact me if any further information is required. You will receive the items shown in the image. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF ANY ITEM FAILS TO MEET WITH YOUR APPROVAL - FOR ANY REASON - THEN  PLEASE RETURN IT WITHIN 7 DAYS, WITH A COVERING NOTE, AND A FULL REFUND WILL BE MADE. NO RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE TAKEN FOR ANY ITEMS LOST BY THE POST OFFICE. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS - PLEASE READ THE PAYMENT AND SHIPPING OPTIONS BEFORE BIDDING          

The concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War caused thousands of deaths and much suffering. But should the women and children in the camps only be seen as victims, or is there another story to be told? The War at Home tries to do just that. Firstly, it explores the unique strength of Boer women, who were often more vehemently anti-British than the men, and their role in supporting the Boer guerrilla fighters. There is also a chapter on the extraordinary Nonnie de la Rey (wife of General Koos de la Rey) who lived in the veld with her six children for nearly two years to avoid capture. A chapter on everyday life in the camps again points out how some camps were run more effectively than others and how for many women the biggest challenge was keeping boredom at bay. In an effort to stay busy, many young Boer women for instance received valuable training as nurse's assistants. Another chapter on the clash of cultures between British doctors and Boer women explains why camp doctors started to blame the personal hygiene and mothering abilities of Boer women when they could not find ways to cure the dying children. The book also takes the suffering of black civilians in the black camps into account with a special focus on black children. As in the white camps, the majority of the 20 000 deaths in the black camps were children. Lastly, in the year in which the Women's Monument in Bloemfontein celebrates its centenary, The War at Home looks critically at the meaning of the monument then and now. Hardcover, 272 pages

Subtitle: Perspectives from South Africa Editor: Shamim Meer Publisher: David Philip () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 146 Dimensions: 23.2 x 15 x 0.9 cm +++ edited by Shamim Meer +++ The issue of land is crucial in South Africa's democratic transformation, but the extremity of apartheid's racial legacy is in danger of obscuring an equally pervasive oppression: that of woman. This volume brings together research on women by the National Land Committee in . It reveals the circumstances of tenure and rights of access to land in a changing South Africa.   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.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas St. Andrew`s Church Monument Baroque XVIIIth Kyiv Silver 2011 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2011 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   8,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Architectural monuments of UkraineThe commemorative coin is dedicated to an architectural pearl of Kyiv built in the middle of the XVIIIth century in the style of Baroque to a design by prominent architect F.B.Rastrelli, i.e. to the St. Andrew`s Church. The church`s sophisticated outlines, clear-cut proportions, splendid harmony of forms and surrounding landscape won it general recognition and fame.Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the three-line legend: ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; lower there is depicted a fragment of Baroque embossment on which an emphasis was put in decoration of the interior of the church; beneath there are the coin face values and issue year: 10/???????/2011 (10 hryvnias).Reverse: there are the St.Andrew`s Church image and legends: ???? (Kyiv) against the background of the church, ??????????? ?????? (St. Andrew`s Church) to the left, semicircular, and XVIII ??. (XVIII century) to the right, vertical. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Livadia Palace Architectural Monument Yalta Crimea 2003 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2003 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   3,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Architectural monuments of UkraineDedicated to the Great Livadia Palace, an exquisite architectural monument of the new Renaissance and the former tsar`s summer residence. It was founded at the beginning of 20th century according to the design project of the architect M.Krasnov. In Livadia in February 1945 there was held the Yalta conference of the heads of states-allies in anti-Hitler coalition.On the coin obverse there is depicted a fragment of the gate in the Italian courtyard and a lion statue. Above there is the inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Ukraine), the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the designation of the metal, its fineness and its weight in fineness. Below there are inscriptions: 10 (to the left) and ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ o 2003 (hryvnia/ 2003). There is also placed the logotype of the NBU MintOn the coin reverse against the background of mountains silhouette there is engraved the palace and the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ (Livadia palace) ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Livadia Palace Architectural Monument Yalta Crimea 2003 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2003 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   3,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Architectural monuments of UkraineDedicated to the Great Livadia Palace, an exquisite architectural monument of the new Renaissance and the former tsar`s summer residence. It was founded at the beginning of 20th century according to the design project of the architect M.Krasnov. In Livadia in February 1945 there was held the Yalta conference of the heads of states-allies in anti-Hitler coalition.On the coin obverse there is depicted a fragment of the gate in the Italian courtyard and a lion statue. Above there is the inscription ??????? (Ukraine), the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the designation of the metal, its fineness and its weight in fineness. Below there are inscriptions: 10 (to the left) and ??????? o 2003 (hryvnia/ 2003). There is also placed the logotype of the NBU MintOn the coin reverse against the background of mountains silhouette there is engraved the palace and the semicircular inscription ???????????? ????? (Livadia palace) ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas St.Michael`s Golden-Domed Cathedral Spiritual Silver 1998 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   1998 Weight:   31.1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   10,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Spiritual Treasures of UkraineThe commemorative coins are dedicated to the restoration of St.Michael`s Golden-Domed Cathedral, historical and architectural monument of Rus-Ukraine of 12th-18th centuriesOn the obverse of all the coins from this series within the frame made of a vegetal ornament of the Eucharist mosaic there is depicted the small National Emblem of Ukraine and the inscriptions: on the gold coin - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 100 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 1998 (Ukraine/ 100/hryvnia/1998) and the designation of the metal- Au 900, its fineness, and 15,55, the coin weight in fineness; on the silver coin - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 10 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 1998 (Ukraine/ 10/hryvnia/1998) and the designation of the metal- Ag 925, its fineness, and 31,1, the coin weight in fineness; on the German silver coin - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 5 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 1998 (Ukraine/ 5 /hryvnia/1998)On reverse of all the coins from this series against the background of the picture of the St.Michael`s Golden-Domed Cathedral, there are the silhouettes of the twelve apostles from the symbolic communion scene of the Eucharist mosaic. On the coin there is the circular inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ XII ¿¿. (St.Michael`s Golden-Domed Cathedral of the 12th century) ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days The Hundred Years War () dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. He also explores how the long war altered governance in England and France and reshaped peoples' perceptions of themselves and of their national character. Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known characters--Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many others--as well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years War's impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost. Features Summary What life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world Author David Green Publisher Yale University Press Release date Pages 339 ISBN ISBN

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This illustrated and comprehensive volume presents and explains the team shirts worn by the world's leading soccer clubs and national teams from 100 countries over the past 100 years. In addition to detailing the colourful histories behind each shirt, the book also highlights the personalities and players behind historic matches and celebrates iconic victories and goals. Find out why the Italian national team chose blue as their color, why the US women's team boasts two stars on their jersey, the relationship of Vasco da Gama to the colours of the Portuguese team, and what the 11 patterns on the South African shirt signify. Features Summary This illustrated and comprehensive volume presents and explains the team shirts worn by the world's leading soccer clubs and national teams from 100 countries over the past 100 years... Author Bernard Lions (Author), Carlo Ancelotti (Author) Publisher Universe Publishing Company Release date Pages 304 ISBN ISBN

Condition: Good. Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. The fourth volume of her enthralling autobiography finds Maya Angelou immersed in the world of black writers and artists in Harlem, working in the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King. Maya Angelou has... achieved a kind of literary breakthrough which few writers of any time, place, or race achieve.... What makes [her] writing unique is... a melding of unconcerned honesty, consummate craft, and perfect descriptive pitch, yielding a rare compound of great emotional force and authenticity. -The Washington Post Book World To say that Angelou is a living legend is in no way an exaggeration. [She is] one of the great voices of contemporary literature. -The Voice Angelou is one of the geniuses of the Afro-American serial autobiography. -The New York Times About the author () Maya Angelou - Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April in Saint Louis, Missouri. She attended public school in Stamps, Arkansas and San Francisco, California. She is perhaps best known for her semi-autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", and for the tireless effort she puts forth to make the world aware. In her youth, Angelou traveled the world, eventually marrying a South African freedom fighter and settling in Cairo, where she edited The Arab Observer, the only English language weekly newspaper in the Middle East. They later moved to Ghana where she was Features Editor of The African Review and taught at the University of Ghana. In the 60's, Dr, Martin Luther King requested that Angelou return to the US to become the northern coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She was later appointed to the Bicentennial Commission by President Ford and to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year by President Carter. "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die" was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in . Ten years later, in , Angelou was appointed to the lifetime position of Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University. Angelou became only the second poet in United States history to write and recite an original poem at a Presidential Inauguration; in she read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's Inauguration Ceremony. In , Angelou received an amazing amount of honors. Her semi-autobiographical tale, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was originally published in , became the longest running nonfiction best seller by an African American on the New York Times Bestsellers List. That same year, "A Brave and Startling Truth" was recited at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the United Nations, and "From a Black Woman to a Black Man" was recited at the Million Man March in Washington D. C.. Angelou is best known, however, for the five books of her autobiography, beginning with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (), which she adapted for television, through "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" (). Angelou's collection of essays entitled "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" was published in . She has assumed the roles of poet, educator, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil rights activist, producer and director. Angelou had also appeared in the movie "Roots" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in for her role in the movie. She also had a role in the movie, "How to Make an American Quilt" and wrote and produced "Afro-Americans in the Arts", a PBS special for which she received a Golden Eagle Award. She is the author of 11 best selling books. Her title Mom and Me and Mom made The New York Times Best Seller List in .

USA Blister Coin & Pin Half Dollar Olympic Games Basketball Atlanta 1995 Sport Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: USA Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: Blister:ﾠYes Year of Issue: 1995 Weight: 11.34 CoA: Yes Face Value: Half Dollar Dimensions: 30.61 Quality: Brilliant UNC Mintage: New coin, blister may has some attritions Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost completely of NBA players won the gold medal.This was also the last Olympics before the founding of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States, and it has been the only Summer Olympics to take place in a city with an NBA team ﾖ since the International Olympic Committee started allowing these professional players to compete ﾖ because Atlanta is the home of the Atlanta Hawks team. The Summer Olympics have never returned to the United States or to Canada (Toronto) since then. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Frog is a richly complex new novel about China's one-child policy by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature . A respected midwife, Gugu combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. After a disastrous love affair with a defector leaves Gugu reeling, she throws herself into enforcing China's draconian new family planning policy by any means necessary. Her blind devotion to the party line spares no one, not her own family, not even herself. Spanning the pre-revolutionary era and the country's modern-day consumer society, Mo Yan's taut and engrossing examination of Chinese society will be read for generations to come. "Mo Yan deserves a place in world literature. His voice will find its way into the heart of the reader, just as Kundera and Garcia Marquez have". (Amy Tan). "One of China's leading writers...his work rings with refreshing authenticity". (Time). "His idiom has the spiralling invention and mytho-maniacal quality of much world literature of a high order, from Vargas Llosa to Rushdie". (Observer). Mo Yan was born in in Gaomi County in Shandong province, China. He is the author of various novellas and short stories and numerous novels including Red Sorghum, The Republic of Wine, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out and The Garlic Ballads. In he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Howard Goldblatt is the award-winning translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese into English. He has been awarded the National Translation Award from the American Literary Translation Association and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Features Summary A respected midwife, Gugu combines modern medical knowledge with a healer's touch to save the lives of village women and their babies. After a disastrous love affair with a defector leaves Gugu reeling... Author Mo Yan (Author), Howard Goldblatt (Translator) Publisher Hamish Hamilton Release date Pages 400 ISBN ISBN

Ukraine 5 UAH 120 Years of the Odesa State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre 2007 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2007 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule he coin is issued on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a famous building which is a wide-known architectural monument built in the Viennese Baroque style according to the design project of architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. The theatre was opened in 1887. The ceiling of the theatre hall was painted by the Vienna artist Franz Lefler with motives of Shakespeare`s plays. The theatre is famous not only due to its architecture but also due to its staging record. On the obverse of the 5 Hryvnia coin a ballet scene is depicted, the Small National Emblem of Ukraine (above) and the inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is 5/ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (5 Hryvnias) and the coin mintage year 2007. On both coins there is the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the reverse of both coins the building of the Odesa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is depicted. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 5 UAH, Kobzar, LAST JOURNEY, Taras Shevchenko, 2011, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2011 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko`s death and his reburial in Ukraine. On the obverse there are: the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed up on Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T.Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left there is the legend 5 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿/2011 (5 hryvnias / 2011). On the reverse there are: a conventionalized sketch of T.H.Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s port. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 5 UAH 120 Years of the Odesa State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre 2007 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2007 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule he coin is issued on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a famous building which is a wide-known architectural monument built in the Viennese Baroque style according to the design project of architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. The theatre was opened in 1887. The ceiling of the theatre hall was painted by the Vienna artist Franz Lefler with motives of Shakespeare`s plays. The theatre is famous not only due to its architecture but also due to its staging record. On the obverse of the 5 Hryvnia coin a ballet scene is depicted, the Small National Emblem of Ukraine (above) and the inscription ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is 5/ ??????? (5 Hryvnias) and the coin mintage year 2007. On both coins there is the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the reverse of both coins the building of the Odesa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is depicted. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.