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Africa’s Super Power Publisher: Sigma Books (pty) Ltd & Collins Vaal (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg Edition: 1981 – First Edition Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket ISBN: 0 86876009 0 Pages: 191 with numerous colour black & white photographs and illustrations     Extra Information Condition – Good. Wear and tear to hardcover cover and previous owners inscription on the inner page Language: English.   A dramatically written and graphic insight into the total onslaught that loomed over South Africa at the time the book was published and South Africa’s powerful military machine that was prepared to repel it.   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

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 DESCRIPTION BELOW ILLUSTRATION:     ITEM DESCRIPTION: SOUTH WEST AFRICA - LOW STARTING PRICE LOT.   CONDITION: MNH CONDITION.  SOLD AS PER SCAN. ILLUSTRATION FORMS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. SHIPMENT FEE (RSA ONLY): R35.00 WE COMBINE WHERE POSSIBLE. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: BIDDING: BIDS PLACED WILL NOT BE DELETED UPON REQUEST. Should the ratings profile of a bidder display a history of not paying for items won all bids placed by such buyer will be deleted. No correspondence will be entered into regarding such deletions. Bids from new users will be accepted at our discretion. We reserve the right to close any auction early if deemed necessary by us. FOREIGN BIDDERS: Bids from South African expatriates are welcome providing that payment can be made from a South African bank account. We do not accept PayPal. Foreign nationals are required to make payment via normal banking channels. An additional R100.00 should be added to foreign payments in order to cover local bank charges. PAYMENT: Payment is required within 48 hours from date of sale. In the event of non payment an SNC will be filed. An additional R16.50 is required in respect of cash deposits in order to cover bank charges. We prefer payment by bobPay EFT. SHIPMENT: Local shipment fees are included with the item description. Fees include postage and packaging. No order will be shipped unless paid for in full. Kindly allow a reasonable time after payment clearance for packaging and shipment. We ship at regular intervals. No shipment during weekends (Friday afternoons to Sundays). MULTIPLE PURCHASES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY COMBINED FOR SHIPMENT. Should combining result in the shipment falling into a higher weight category the shipment fee will be adjusted accordingly. No shipment will be undertaken by "normal mail" in view of losses incurred. Please do not request shipment by "normal mail". PLEASE NOTE THAT LATE PAYMENT WILL RESULT IN LATE SHIPMENT Shipment is undertaken at the risk of the buyer and we accept no responsibility for the actions of the South African Post Office. Once an order is shipped a SAPO Track and Trace number will be forwarded to the buyer. Should a shipment remain uncollected and is returned to us by SAPO such shipment will be kept in storage for seven days after which items will be returned to stock. No refunds will be considered. Shipment by POSTNET TO POSTNET can be arranged for suitable items. Such shipments are charged for at cost plus a service charge of R15.00 As a security precaution the personal collection of orders will not be considered.  

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Rhodesian Bush War British South Africa Police Tankard - Operation Hurricane - Bindura Height 11cm base 10cm Top 8cm Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time   Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description   Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment.   We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted   The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given.   South African Bidders to request detail of courier shipping options and costs   International bidders to kindly request details of shipping costs      

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Smith's 23rd doorstopper - nearly all of them about South Africa (Elephant Song, Golden Fox, etc.) - gallops swiftly through the action and flying blood his fans have come to relish, though for the first time Smith sets his story in Egypt years before Christ. Readers hoping for descriptive riches on the order of Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings will quickly find their hopes flattened by the banal style and fountaining cliches here, which give only a faint sense of the domestic particulars of daily life in those days, and will haave to satisfy themselves with Smith's sheer storytelling. At the start, Smith's narrator is the 30-year-old eunuch Taita, chief slave of Lostris, the 14-year-old daughter of Lord Intel Lostris's breasts are "the size and shape of ripe figs just ready for plucking, and tipped with rose garnets," while she has "the neatest, tightest pair of buttocks in all Egypt." Lostris is beloved of young warrior Tanus, whose bow is so stiff only he can draw it and then loose three arrows before the first has landed. These matters once in place, the story will spread over three decades, during which Taita, Tanus, and Lostris put up with the machinations of her father, My Lord Intel, who is Grand Vizier; Lostris marries the Pharaoh; Tanus becomes supreme commander of the armies and battles the Hyksos invaders; he and Lostris have a moment of madness in the tombs of Tras as Tanus sires Memnon; the Pharaoh dies in battle, Lostris becomes queen, Tanus loses a major battle against the Hyksos and then his life to the magical blue sword that can pierce any soft bronze sword or shield; Memnon becomes pharaoh and Lostris dies. Brightly colored, sweeping escapism. (Kirkus Reviews)

The Tempered Sword, Colonel Jan Breytenbach's 2011 published book, is aptly sub-titled "Forged in Battle revisited; Operation Savannah and the birth of 32Bn".  This fascinating account takes the reader back to the period before the launch of Operation Savannah in 1975, through this epic campaign in South Africa's military history, to 1976, when South African soldiers withdrew from Angola and the formation of 32Bn. As you know, Operation Savannah encompassed and touched the whole country, from the Recce Operators who were instrumental in training the rag-tag FNLA soldiers, the Paratroopers, the Armour guys in their noddy cars, the Infantry and logistics chaps doing their National Service, to the CF regiments contributing "border camps" and a host of ancillary arms, both on the border and back in the "states"! Colonel Breytenbach tell his fascinating story in his no-nonsense direct style, punctuated by his often wicked sense of humor, interspersed with the compassion and humility of one of SA's greatest warriors of our time.  The Tempered Sword is illustrated with a generous selection of black and white photographs, and for once, accurate and detailed campaign and battle maps to satisfy the most ardent student of latter day Bush War history. Hardcover, 444 pages FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT - VERY  RARE. 

Van der Waals W. S. Portugal's War in Angola 1961-1974. Rivonia [South Africa]: Ashanti, 1993. Scarce First Edition. "This volume is a complete chronicle of Portugal's war in Angola from 1961 to 1974, and of the demise of the Portuguese empire. It is a popular version of the author's doctoral thesis which dissects the events leading up to the armed insurrection of 1961 and the subsequent uprisings by the various national liberation movements, and proceeds to examine the nature of the war that was to end where yet another conflict was merely to begin. The book describes the period until 25 April 1974, and provides a background for the analysis and comprehension of subsequent and present events in Angola. The nature and development of the war, with all its tragic repercussions, is also a case study in revolutionary warfare. It was ultimately to become a war attrition that Portugal could never win, despite her gradual ascendancy on the battlefield. As Portugal lost control over the process of decolonization, Angola was to be left to the icy machinations of the Cold War that had come to the region with a vengeance. At a time when Angola is once again a dark stain on the African continent, embroiled in renewed bloody civil war, this book should provide insight into that long-ago conflict in which the fathers of the Angolan and Portuguese youth fought, and show the pointlessness of the present bout of fighting" - mercenary-wars.net xviii, 296 p.: ill. (some col.), maps; Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-286) and index, 150x230mm Tall. Glossy Pictorial Soft Cover.  Faint surface scratching on cover and corners slightly curling up.  Rest of book in good condition.    

  We Fear Naught But God: The Story of the South African Special Forces “The Recces”by Paul Els Publisher: Covos-Day, Johannesburg Edition: 2000 – First Edition Binding: Softcover ISBN: 0-620-23891-7 Pages: 248 with numerous colour black & white photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps   Extra Information Condition – Excellent, clean with tight binding Language: English. CD not included with book   Special forces operators were carefully selected and trained to gather covert strategic and tactical information about enemy activities. They learned how to observe silently, harass the enemy and destroy selected targets – all behind enemy lines. Frequently required to face great dread, they had to learn to control that fear to survive.   We Fear Naught But God bring the reconnaissance soldiers – the recces – to those who have wondered about what kind of men they were. Their families, their heartaches, their sufferings and achievements.   These men were not assassins who eliminated spies in hotel rooms. They were responsible men who had a sense of integrity and served their country proudly. Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

Viscount Down - The Complete Story of the Rhodesian Viscount disasters as told by a SAS operator Keith Nell - Paperback Revised Edition 1 -  Signed by the author 485 Pages with illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN 978-0-620-54450-4 The icredible but true story of a Rhodesian SAS Operator, Keith Nell, who hunted the terrorist group that brought down civillian airliners, killing 107 passengers and crew including 10 crash site survivors who were shot and bayoneted to death in one of history's most heinous and barbaric acts of terrorism. P lease note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as these form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing. Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History   Author: William Weir Publisher: Bounty Books, London Edition: First Edition, 2006 Condition: Excellent. Really clean with tight binding. Binding: Hardcover with dustcover Pages: 281 Numerous black & white photographs.   Additional Information   Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History resurrects the actions of 10 soldiers who for one reason or another, are all but forgotten. The book contends that these controversial military leaders, in various ways over the course of a century, played a great part in eliminating the old-world order of mother countries and colonies, of the free and the enslaved. The book pulls these soldiers out of the shadows and shines a spotlight on the fascinating military stories surrounding them.   Soldiers in the Shadows: Unknown Warriors who Changed the Course of History is the result of meticulous research and provides an unconventional glimpse of history spanning from the years leading up to the American Civil War to the Vietnam War. Focusing also on Strategies, tactics, famous contemporaries and the shape of the changing world. The book shows how each of these unknown warriors was brave, resourceful and often a brilliant soldier.   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World War 2 – Breakout From Normandy   Consultant Editor: Brig-Gen James L. Collins, Jr., USA Chief of Military Hist5ory Department of the Army Publisher: Orbis Publishing Ltd, Great Britain Edition: First Edition, 1972 Condition: Good. Wear to cover, edges and corners, otherwise really clean with tight binding. Binding: hardcover Pages: 145. Numerous colour and black & white photographs, illustrations, maps and diagrams    ,       Additional Information   “The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World War 2 – Breakout From Normandy ” covers General De Gaulle & the Fighting French, Aid from the Greeks & Czechs, Poland’s Overseas Armies, Volunteers from Holland, Growth of the French Resistance, etc.   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted     The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa  

  Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa