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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days If you have struggled to knit with needles, loom knitting is an easy craft to master - children and adults alike can learn in a few hours.Loom knitting is a revolutionary way of knitting that uses a circular or rectangular loom, or knitting board, consisting of a frame with pegs. Looms are easy and fun to use, even without conventional knitting experience. You can create almost anything, from knitted tubes for hats or socks to flat panels for scarves, shawls and sweaters.This book is designed as an essential reference and a hands-on project resource for the loom knitter. Throughout the book you will find loom-knitting techniques for both round and rectangular looms, together with practice projects. An inspiring design section presents more than 30 patterns to get you started in your new loom-knitting adventure. Also included is a guide to the similarities between loom knitting and needle knitting, and a glossary of techniques.This book provides everything you need to master loom knitting quickly and easily. It is an essential loom-knitting manual to supplement the often scant instructions supplied with the looms. It includes more than 30 nifty, no-needle, quick and easy patterns. Features Summary Loom knitting is a revolutionary way of knitting that uses a circular or rectangular loom, or knitting board, consisting of a frame with pegs. This book includes loom-knitting techniques for both round and rectangular looms... Author Isela Phelps Publisher Search Press Ltd Release date Pages 144 ISBN ISBN

TITLE........................: BRITISH EAST AFRICA OR IBEA SUBTITLE..................: AUTHOR...................: P.L. McDERMOTT PUBLISHER...............:CHAPMAN & HALL Ltd., LONDON DATE & EDITION.......:st COVER SIZE (mm)....: 137 x 227 CONDITION...............: DUST JACKET...........: no COVERS.....................: olive cloth covered boards with gilt title and IBEA Co. device, light age soiling with wear to edges, corners bumped SPINE.........................: with title, wear to extremities, & area of damage where library number has been removed, sunned END & FLY PAPERS.: black, good, split PAGES.......................: 382pp including index, generally bright & clean BINDING....................: loosening, covers and fly split, o/w fairly tight PLATES & MAPS.......: fold out map INSCRIPTIONS..........: Label for ?ROSEBERY, 10 DOWNING STREET? SYNOPSIS, BLURB...: A wonderful title being the history of the formation and operation of the IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY until . This volume was in the library of Lord Rosebury whilst he was Prime Minister of Great Britain. Rosebery was a pivotal figure in the formation of the IBEA Co and a firm supporter. Indeed, without his input it is doubtful the company would have become manifest upon the ground in East Africa. A good copy of the first edition of a very scarce title of only two editions (also ). An ambitious and short lived project, the IBEA Co kick started European government, trade and settlement in Kenya. The IBEA Co was wound up in and the administration assumed by Imperial government. A good copy of the first edition of a very scarce title of only two editions (also ). Unique in having been within the library of so pivotal and important a personage as Lord Rosebery. It was later within another library, the labels and marks of which have been sadly (and badly) removed leaving the ghost of the impression of a hand stamp and m/s entries inside the front fly.                      

Subtitle: The Zulu War,   Author: James W. Bancroft  Publisher: Jonathan Ball () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 168 Dimensions: 27.3 x 20 x 1 cm +++ by James W. Bancroft +++ A graphic account of the British defense of the storehouse and field hospital at Rorke's Drift, Natal at the beginning of the Zulu War in January .   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.

Subtitle: A Novel Author: Hamilton Wende Inscribed by the Author Publisher: Jacana () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 304 Dimensions: 17.7 x 11 x 2.2 cm +++ by Hamilton Wende (Inscribed by the Author) +++ In the East African frontier of and the World War I colonial wars between Germany and Britain, Lieutenant Michael Fuller, a South African fighting for the British, enlists only to find that the physical battles of war are not the only ones being fought - rampant racial prejudices are issues of contention. After suffering an embarrassing defeat, Lieutenant Fuller must join forces with two men from the King's African Rifles to embark on a secret mission deep into enemy territory and the African bush. Faced with the compelling conflicts of war, characters make difficult choices between duty and individual compassion.   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.

Volume 1 A Complete Facsimile of the Original Codex Editor: T.D. Kendrick Other Contributors: T.J. Brown, R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford, H. Roosen-Runge, A.S.C. Ross, E.G. Stanley, A.E.A. Werner Publisher: Urs Graf Verlag () Edition: Deluxe Limited Edition copy No. . Condition: Very Good. Light foxing on the vellum cover and the edges of the endpapers. Full condition description available on request. Binding: Full cream vellum blind stamped on the upper board. Pages: 518 pages of which 28 pages are in full colour and the 490 Lindisfarne text pages in monochrome. Dimensions: Folio - 40.5 x 30.5 x 7 cm   Volume 2 The Commentary Volume Subtitle: The Lindisfarne Gospels Editor: T.D. Kendrick Illustrator: F. Schwitter AG Basle Other Contributors: T.J. Brown, R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford, H. Roosen-Runge, A.S.C. Ross, E.G. Stanley, A.E.A. Werner Publisher: Urs Graf Verlag () Edition: Deluxe Limited Edition. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Quarter cream vellum. Pages: 24 pages of prelims and 450 pages of text, illustrations and appendices. Dimensions: Folio. 40.5 x 30.5 x 7 cm +++ Edited by T.D. Kendrick +++ In the s and s, the artistic director of the  Urs Graf Verlag  publishing house was the eminent thinker and scholar of antiquities, Titus Burckhardt. Under his direction, Urs Graf Verlag embarked on the publication of a series of facsimiles of ancient hand-made manuscripts, such as the Book of Kells and the Ilias Ambrosiana. These productions were of such high quality technically and intellectually that they were highly acclaimed by both experts and the wider public. All the Urs Graf facsimiles were limited editions much prized by collectors, but they were also acquired by museums and by the major libraries. The Lindisfarne Gospel Codex, created in the 8th century contains the four gospels of the New Testament Bible - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is a year old, hand-made illuminated manuscript, which is housed in the British Museum. The Urs Graf facsimile for sale here, is a complete reproduction of the original codex, bound in vellum with tipped-in colour plates. Only 680 copies were produced. When permission was granted by the British Museum for Urs Graf Verlag to go ahead with the production of the complete facsimile, a decision was also taken to organize a comprehensive study by a panel of experts to cover all aspects of the Lindisfarne Gospels. The accompanying commentary volume contains the results of the exhaustive study they conducted. The result is a triumph of classical scholarship. For more information, see our blog post   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.

Subtitle: How British Intelligence Broke Hitler's Deputy Author: Stephen McGinty  Publisher: Quercus () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good  Binding: Softcover Pages: 336 Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 cm +++ by Stephen McGinty +++ On 10 May , Rudolf Hess, then the Deputy Fuhrer, parachuted over Renfrewshire in Scotland on a mission to meet with the Duke of Hamilton, ostensibly to broker a peace deal with the British government. After being held in the Tower of London, he was transferred to Mytchett Place near Aldershot on 20 May, under the codename of 'Z'. The house was fitted with microphones and sound recording equipment, guarded by a battalion of soldiers and codenamed 'Camp Z'. Churchill's instructions were that Hess should be strictly isolated, with every effort taken to get any information out of him that could help change the course of the Second World War. Stephen McGinty uses documentation, contemporaneous reports, diaries, letters and memos to piece together a riveting account.   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.

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.

Subtitle: A Springbok's Diary in North Africa: Gazala to El Alamein   Author: James Ambrose Brown  Publisher: Ashanti () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 301 Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm +++ by James Ambrose Brown +++ James Ambrose Brown's journal of the life of a South African infantryman in the British North African 8th Army, almost exactly half a century ago, gives a day-to-day account of the campaign in the Western Desert against the redoubtable Rommel's Africa Korps.   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.

Subtitle: An Autobiography Author: Jack Vincent With Author's Inscription Publisher: Jack Vincent () ISBN-10: X ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. Foxing to edges of leaves. Internally clean. Well bound.  Binding: Hardcover Pages: 365 Dimensions: 21.7 x 15.5 x 3 cm +++ by Jack Vincent (With Author's Inscription) +++ The autobiography of significant conservation figure, Jack Vincent. He traveled all over Africa, discovered several new bird species in Mozambique, was a bird collector for the British Museum in London, had an endangered squirrel named after him and was the first director of the Natal Parks Board, a body which played an important role in the conservation of the White Rhinoceros in KwaZulu Natal in the 's. From to he took part in conservation projects for the International Council for Bird Preservation and for this work he received the gold medal of the World Wildlife Fund.   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.

2008 Mahatma Ghandi 1/10oz Gold Proof   The Protea coin series commemorates various aspects and important events in the history of South Africa. The 2008 Protea Coin Series will feature Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – better known as Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948). Mahatma Gandhi lived in South Africa from April 1893 to July 1914 Although not South African by birth, he said “I was born in India, but I was made in South Africa”. He said these words because he first started with his campaign of “Ahimsa” (non-violence) and “Satyagraha” (way of truth) while he was campaigning for freedom in South Africa.   Gandhi influenced both nationalist and internationalist movements and brought the cause of India’s independence from British colonial rule to world attention. Gandhi’s principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit satya: truth, and graha: grasp/hold), has also inspired other democratic activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon and the 14 th Dalai Lama.   The title of “Mahatma” (Sanskrit term of reverence “mahatma” meaning “one of great soul”) was accorded on Gandhi in 1915 by his admirer Rabindranath Tagore (the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature). It was given in response to Gandhi conferring the title of “Gurudev” Hindus and Muslims in India made Gandhi a target and he was shot and killed on 30 th  January 1948 by a Hindu extremist. It is ironic that this great pacifist, the first to employ non-violence in a political context, was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize! The 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Luthuli from South Africa, applied Gandhi’s principles while fighting apartheid South Africa. The profound lessons Gandhi leant that South Africa, spurned him to stand-up and without violence fight for his beloved India, earning him the title of “Father of the Nation”  

Subtitle: The Epic Story of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift Author: Ian Knight Publisher: MacMillan () Edition: First Edition ISBN-13: Condition: As New Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 697 Dimensions: cm +++ by Ian Knight +++ Zulu Rising by Ian Knight is a gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles - Isandlwana - through the eyes of the men who fought on both sides. A 'compelling, wide-ranging and even-handed study that is definitive in the field' - John Laband.   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.

Subtitle: The Diary of a Siege Author: Alan Chalmers Publisher: Covos Day () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: X ISBN-13: Condition: As New - Contains a fold out map of the Ladysmith Siege and the Battles of Colenso, Vaal Krantz, Elandlaagte and Nicholson's Neck. Binding: Softcover Pages: 321 Dimensions: cm +++ by Alan Chalmers +++ Bombardment of Ladysmith Anticipated tells the story of the Siege of Ladysmith from the perspective of George Charles Maidment, a British orderly who survived the 119 days of the siege. Alan Chalmers has reproduced George Maidment's diary in full with only minor corrections and included his own insightful commentary. This is a fascinating and detailed account of events of the siege: the daily tedium, the fighting, the sniping, the lack of food and the disgust at having to eat their own horses.  'Of the myriad of books published for the Anglo-Boer War Centenary this is one of the best illustrated and most well written' - Meurig Jones, Victorian Military Society.    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.

Editors: Maurice Boucher and Nigel Penn  Series: Brenthurst Second Series No. 9 Publisher: Brenthurst Press () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Dust jacket has slight wear to edges. Book itself is in fine condition. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 263 Dimensions: 30 x 24.3 x 2.9 cm +++ edited by Maurice Boucher and Nigel Penn +++ In incident and character alone, the period of the Cape history known as the 'first British occupation' ranks amongst the most colourful in South Africa's past. In the eight years from to , the colony at the Cape experienced three different regimes, pitched battle and conquest, burgher revolt and frontier war, naval mutiny and Khoikhoi rebellion.  These troubled times also produced an extraordinary crop of memorable people: Lord Macartney and General Francis Dundas, Lady Anne Barnard and John Barrow, Sir George Yonge and W.S. van Rijneveld, landdrost Maynier, Ngqika, and many more. This book is a synthesis of editorial text, documents and artworks, examining the era through eye-witness accounts, personal trade letters, government reports, contemporary maps,    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.

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: The Man and His Travels at the Cape  Author: Patrick Cullinan  Publisher: Struik () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Fine/Very Good - Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. Laminated pictorial dustwrapper and matching laminated pictorial slipcase. Slipcase has some wear. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 215 Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm Weight:  +++ by Patrick Cullinan +++ The first full-length biography, of the remarkable eighteenth-century soldier, scientist and explorer Robert Jacob Gordon (). It examines his early life, his explorations in southern Africa, his military service at the Cape, and concludes with his tragic suicide after the surrender of the Cape to the British . Quoting extensively from his own translation of Gordon's papers and journals, as well as from numerous contemporary sources, the author skilfully reveals a man of discipline, integrity and humanity, whose resourceful and enquiring mind was indefatigable in its pursuit of knowledge.   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.