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Author: Rabbi Rudi Brasch  Publisher: Angus & Robertson (1998) ISBN-10: 020718979X ISBN-13: 9780207189791 Condition: Very Good - Dust jacket has some wear to edges and a closed tear along the spine. Boards have slight shelf wear. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 272 Dimensions: 24.2 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm +++ by Rabbi Rudi Brasch +++ Reminiscences of a Roving Rabbi provides remarkable insight into the richly varied life of this much-respected Rabbi and author. Brasch's story abounds with anecdotes, traveler's tales, fascinating facts and colorful recollections from places he has visited and worked in around the world.

The author’s life in Natal & Zululand with much on tribal history & customs. Previous owner’s name on title page with a 5cm tear at the gutter. Tape residue on free end page. Foxing throughout with heavy foxing to prelims. Bumping to spine and corners with insect damage to the cloth. Publisher: Lovedale Mission Press Date Published: 1896 Publication Place: Lovedale, South Africa First Edition: Yes Condition: Good to fair Binding: Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and black pattern across spine and front cover.

General Condition: *fair Cover/Dust Cover: *fair to good, with damage to the top & bottom of the spine Owners Inscriptions: *inside the front cover & on the first page Pages: *fair to poor, yellowed & heavily foxed Additional notes: *none **Postage & Packaging SAPO R70, optional insurance at 3% of order's value (minimum R100) for this postage option only. *Postage & Packaging Postnet to Postnet R120 *Postage & Packaging The Courier Guy R100 *For international clients I will provide a postage quotation relevant to your item & country. *To SAVE on postage I am always happy to combine items won on different auctions.  

  Free Postage Within SA for Orders Over R900! Softcover. Undated. SABC Publication. 40 pages. Brochure based on a series of 6 talks broadcast in 1958. Mild shelfwear & rubbing to covers, otherwise very good condition. Additional photos on request. Please ask any questions before placing your order. Many more books on sale, click here to browse!

Unconventional Reminiscences - William Charles Scully - Paperback as new. William Charles Scully was Irish-born and largely self-educated. As his Unconventional Reminiscences describes, at fourteen he set off for South Africa's diamond fields to find his fortune and during the 1870s lived as a digger panning for gold. For the rest of the nineteenth century he worked as a magistrate in remote areas of Namaqualand and the Transkei, which he introduced to the world's literary map.  

Russian and Soviet Story By: S. Aini - Bukhara Reminiscences ***Scarce Copy*** A SCARCE softcover edition published by Raduga Publishers Moscow in 1986 Picture cover boards are agecoloured, loss to cover picture at top right front cover, binding is tight & strong, stain at book top back pages, gift inscription on first page Packaging and Postage within South Africa R60.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation Abe #

Author: W. A. Millar Publisher: Juta and Co. Ltd. (1926) Condition: Good. Hardcover Octavo bound in dark green cloth boards, with black titles on the front and the publisher's logo on the back. The book has a Frontispiece portrait of the author, with black & white illustrations of sport teams throughout. Head/heel and corners are a bit bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. The book also has some foxing on the front/rear endpapers and lightly throughout the book. Light cup ring stain on the rear board. A tightly bound copy, but in good condition. Binding: Hardcover  Pages: 106 Dimensions: 18.5 x 12.5 x 2 cm +++ by W. A. Millar +++ Millar enjoys a special place in S.A. rugby history. Initially not selected for the 1906 tour, he was included at the last moment due to an injury to another player. He captained the 1912 Springboks on the second tour to Europe and was the first man to take a Springbok head on tour with the team! An outstanding boxer and walker, he did not allow a Boer War wound deter him from playing sport. Millar's book provides unbiased commentary on many of the games of the 1906/12 tours. Despite being severely wounded in World War I, he continued to serve rugby in SA in his later years.

About the product Numbers 39 and 43 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series, the first volume covering 1850-1885, and the second dealing with 1885-1929. Two 8vo volumes, each of original pale cloth, lettered in navy to spine, with the Society's device blocked to upper cover; pp. xxviii + 221, incl. index, xi + (i) + 270, incl. index; plates; three maps overall, incl. folding. Merest trace of stippling to cloth; occasional fox spot. Very good condition."Sir Walter Stanford served for many years in the Native Affairs Department of the Cape Colony, retiring in 1907, when he began to write his memoirs. This first volume describes his youth, education at Lovedale College and his work in the Native Affairs Department during the 1870s, concluding with the Cape Native Laws and Customs Commission in 1881-3. Stanford's second volume of reminiscences records his life in Pondoland as chief magistrate, up to its annexation, the impact of the South African War, the creation of Ndabeni, Cape Town 's first location and the Native Affairs Commission of 1904."- The Van Riebeeck Society

About the product Number 458 of an edition limited to 510 copies. Text facsimile of the Saul Solomon printing of 1885. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with publisher's device in blind to upper cover; pp. (vi) + 107 + (i) + 5, incl. index. Occasional fox spot. Near-fine condition."Louis Henry Meurant combined enterprise and ability with high ideals, and his activities during his long and varied life illuminate many aspects of the history of South Africa during the nineteenth Century.. In 1828 he moved to Graaff-Reinet, and from there accompanied a party of hunters across the Orange River. On his return he bought the printing press of Godlonton and Stringfellow, which had previously been confiscated by Governor Donkin, and set up a Printing Works in Grahamstown, when only twenty years of age. The border Settlers immediately implored him to bring out a newspaper, and he decided to establish the Graham's Town Journal. Sixty Years Ago gives an interesting account of all that this involved, and includes many light-hearted anecdotes of life on the frontier in those perilous days. The first number appeared on December 30th 1831, and in 1832 Godlonton joined Meurant as partner, and was thus re-united with the printing press that had originally been his." L. H. Meurant: Sixty Years Ago; or, Reminiscences of the Struggle for the Freedom of the Press in South Africa and the Establishment of the First Newspaper in the Eastern Province

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Born into the plantation gentry of South Carolina, granted the advantages of wealth, social position, and education by virtue of her family and her marriage to another prominent South Carolina family, Mary Chesnut has emerged as one of the key figures in American history, but not because of a career, her family, or her involvement in a humanitarian cause. Rather, Chesnut's significance comes from her extensive diary. Her commentary and reminiscences about the Confederate era provide an excellent window into the life and death of the Confederate nation. Her keen insight into political, economic, and social developments makes her an excellent source to understand the Southern homefront during the Civil War. Professor DeCredico uses Chesnut's life to address the role of women in the South, the ideology and leadership of the Southern white elite, and how Southern women in general and Chesnut in particular viewed the institution of slavery. Furthermore, DeCredico shows how Mary Chesnut's privileged position gave her an ideal perspective for observing and commenting on the events of the Confederacy. Features Summary Chesnut's keen insight into political, economic, and social developments makes her an excellent source to understand the Southern homefront during the Civil War.. Author Mary A DeCredico Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Release date 19960128 Pages 212 ISBN 0-945612-47-8 ISBN 13 978-0-945612-47-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Part of what makes our most cherished memories of cricket so special, be it a magisterial innings or an unplayable spell of bowling, is the recollection of where the action took place. Those blazing centuries Barry Richards used to score before lunch; Dennis Compton breaking Jack Hobb's record in 1947 with his 17th hundred of the season; that session by Frank Tyson that was the fastest anyone in the ground had ever witnessed - such moments were special not just because we witnessed them but because of where we witnessed them. In this beautiful book, Chris Arnot goes in search of the most beloved lost cricket grounds up and down Britain. From the county ground at Southampton and the former test match ground at Bramall Lane in Sheffield to the many works grounds that have fallen into disuse in recent decades, the halcyon days of every one are evoked in the reminiscences of players and spectators; as are the sad histories of decline, dereliction and, all too frequently, re-development that followed. Whether it was the old school ground that witnessed a young Wally Hammond test its boundaries, the country house ground that was graced by Ranjitsihji, or a tiny village ground not much more than a bucolic farmer's field, Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds takes the reader on a nostalgic tour of the places great and small that will never host cricket's greats again. Features Summary From county grounds where Denis Compton hit a century to the smallest village field Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds movingly shows how picturesque greenery gave way to shopping malls and housing estates. Author Chris Arnot Publisher Aurum Press Ltd Release date 20141002 Pages 192 ISBN 1-78131-333-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78131-333-6

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 fields of Angus to the mills of Dundee, a family struggles to find their way home. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Rita Bradshaw and Kitty Neale. To young Victoria Cameron, Angus, Scotland is the most beautiful place on earth and she dreams of staying on her little farm for ever. But the death of her beloved grandfather leaves her and her mother without a farm and without a home. Never one to give up, Victoria soon finds work in a Dundee mill, while her mother starts taking in lodgers. But always on her mind is the young man Victoria thinks she could love if only he comes back from the war. Then, back into her life comes John Cameron, the father that walked out on his wife and daughter so many years ago. Can these two women overcome the odds and make their dreams come true? What everyone's saying about Eileen Ramsay: 'This wonderful panoramic novel sweeps you up and carries you along to the end. Lovely!' Katie Fforde 'An unpredictable ending, a few surprises along the way and several tear jerkers - I enjoyed every minute of it.' Historical Novel Review 'Captivating romance...The beautiful Scottish setting only adds to this poignant and poetic journey... This book is as unique as it is exquisite.' Daily Record Missed the first in Eileen Ramsay's Flowers of Scotland series? Rich Girl, Poor Girl is available now! Search 9781785762215 to get your copy. MEMORY LANE Introducing a new place for story lovers - somewhere to share memories, photographs, recipes and reminiscences, and discover the very best of saga writing from authors you know and love, and the new ones we simply can't wait for you to meet. Join us at www.MemoryLane.club. Features Summary Lovely!' Katie Fforde'An unpredictable ending, a few surprises along the way and several tear jerkers - I enjoyed every minute of it.' Historical Novel Review'Captivating romance. Author Eileen Ramsay Publisher Zaffre Publishing Release date 20170608 Pages 368 ISBN 1-78576-229-X ISBN 13 978-1-78576-229-1

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

Author - Edited by B. B. Brock and B. G. Brock in close collaboration with H. C. Willis Binding - Blue cloth boards with gilt. Tide mark to lower spine area. Book Condition - Very good. Light age-toning to paste-downs and feps. Previous owner's bookplate to ffp. Book Number - QB-010061 Jacket Condition - Good. Sunning with tide mark to spine. Age-toning to verso. Edge-wear with a few small abrasions Location - Kalk Bay Shop Published Year - 1976 Published Place - Cape Town Publisher - A. A. Balkema Size - 4to. 28cm x 20 cm. 217 pp.   Vignettes, reminiscences and illustrations of the harbour and community from the days of the VOC and the Royal Navy with notes on administrators, personalities, old buildings, navigation and shipwrecks. Includes numerous photographs, illustrations, maps and colour prints. Previous owner's name of ffep. Contents clean and tightly bound.  

Author - Edited by B. B. Brock and B. G. Brock in close collaboration with H. C. Willis Binding - Blue cloth boards with gilt Book Condition - Very good. Mild sunning to board edges. Small bookshop stamp on ffep. A pressed fern leaf from previous owner has left marks from page 126-135. Book Number - QB-008790 Jacket Condition - Good. Card wraps show some general wear to edges with mild foxing to verso. Location - Kalk Bay Shop Published Year - 1976 Published Place - Cape Town Publisher - A. A. Balkema Size - 28cm x 20 cm 217 pp. with numerous illustrations.   Vignettes, reminiscences and illustrations of the harbour and community from the days of the VOC and the Royal Navy with notes on administrators, personalities, old buildings, navigation and shipwrecks.