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About the product 400 x 290 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. xiv + 157, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs; map. Trace of foxing to edges. Near-fine condition."The War Reporter is an imaginary newspaper. There was no single Republican or Boer newspaper that was published on either a daily, weekly or monthly basis for the whole duration of the Anglo-Boer War. The'editor','reporters'and'correspondents'of The War Reporter never actually existed. The aim was to publish an account of the course of the war in its totality - meaning not merely the military confrontations. The format represents the way in which the war could have been reported in a pro-Boer weekly newspaper (monthly from September 1900), published in the South African Republic as the war progressed. One of the most formidable challenges that face historians is to understand the zeitgeist or atmosphere of the period they write about. The same is true for readers of history books. A failure to understand the situation at the time makes it virtually impossible to understand the major events, the decisions taken by the major participants, the reactions of the ordinary people and the contradictions of the past in the context in which they occurred. This was my biggest challenge as I attempted to portray the world and the views of the Boers as the Anglo-Boer War progressed. The book is first and foremost an attempt to answer the question: how did the Boers experience the Anglo-Boer War?"- Author's Introduction. Books: The War Reporter. The Anglo-Boer War through the eyes of the Burghers

About the product 185 x 123 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 106. Some rust marks to upper cover; chip to fore-edge of upper wrapper, with archival tape repair to reverse side; slightly frayed at head of spine; some foxing and regular, light browning. Good. (Strange Collection, 1168; Doke, p. 252; SABIB 4, p. 703) Uncommon title: OCLC finds just the North-West University Library copy."As regards books in Zulu, there are many to be had, and some of them are excellent. The knowledge they impart is without doubt of great service in many cases. But I think they will of only limited service to beginners and to junior pupils. One fault is that they presume some previous knowledge or insight on the part of their readers, such as very often does not exist. Again, they have always seemed to me to fail in not being sufficiently full in the explanation of difficult points, and also to fail in not being graduated carefully and easily, so as to render it possible that progress may be at once easy and sure." Books: Elementary Zulu. A Course of Easy Elementary Lessons in the Zulu Language. Intended Chiefly for Beginners and Junior Pupils

About the product 240 x 152 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. x + 114; black-and-white photographs. Handstamp on first leaf. Wrappers a little rubbed; trace of sunning to spine. Very good condition. Contents: Mazoe and the Mashona Rebellion, 1896-97, by E.E. Burke; H.H.A. de Laessoe: Pioneer, Administrator and Explorer in Rhodesia from 1896 to 1914, by B.M. Randles; Antonio Fernandes - A Reassessment, by R.W. Dickinson; In Search of Macambo, by C.J.W. Fleming; The White Induna, by J.G. Storry.

About the product Am Beispiel des Australischen Diamanttäubchens Geopelia cuneata und des Afrikanischen Kaptäubchens Oena capensis. 210 x 148 mm; wraps; pp. (vi) + VI + 151; 2 colour plates, graphs, tables, line drawings; author's presentation inscription inside front cover to Prof. Gordon Maclean. Fine condition. German-language doctoral dissertation on the ecophysiology of two arid-zone dove species, the Namaqua dove Oena capensis of Africa, and the Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata of Australia. Books: Untersuchungen zur Okophyiologie von Taubenarten aus Extremen Biotopen

About the product 175 x 110 mm; pictorial wraps, a little worn; pp. 90; frontispiece portrait; black-and-white photographs; scattered mild foxing; signed by the author on the title page; typed epilogue page inserted at rear. Good condition. The story of a pet Black-collared Barbet.

About the product 210 x 297 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; unpaginated (but pp. 12, excluding cover); three actual commemorative programmes mounted within, with accompanying text alongside; some illustrations; short history of the regiment; roll of honour for wars from the Anglo-Boer War to South Africa 's border war. Foxed and a little curled. Loosely inserted are several items relating to the Durban Light Infantry, including correspondence from the Col. Cyril Metcalfe, two programmes from Metcalfe's 80th birthday celebration (the cover of which is a Leyden cartoon showing the colonel, in a tank, bearing down on Father Time, and one of which is signed by several regimental luminaries), programmes from the 1989 Officers'Mess Dinner and the Presentation of the National Colour to the regiment in the same year, plus several issues of the DLI Flash newsletter, etc. Books: The Durban Light Infantry. One hundred and twenty-five years of service. Commemorative Brochure. September 1979

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

About the product Author's inscription to upper cover reads"Mrs L. Richfield / with best wishes from / H. M. L. Bolus / Bolus Herbarium / University of Cape Town / Oct. 1 1954."185 x 123 mm; printed grey card wrappers; pp. 96; line drawings in text. Trace of foxing to wrappers; small crease to bottom fore-corner of upper cover; label stain to tail of spine; penned accession code to title leaf verso; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Uncommon (DSAB I, p. 236)"Because of her training as a teacher, Louisa Bolus did everything in her power to inculcate a knowledge and love of the indigenous flora and of nature study among children and laymen. She wrote a school textbook,'Elementary lessons in systematic botany based on familiar species of the South African flora'(Maskew Miller, 1919)."- DSAB V, p. 61 Books: Elementary Lessons in Systematic Botany. Based on familiar species of the South African Flora with an Introduction and Eight Summaries

About the product 210 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 64; photographs; tables; graphs. Very slightly rippled and creased; occasional minor fox spot. Good to very good condition."The removal and relocation of people in South Africa is a process so destructive of people and communities that it challenges us to action. Removals continue to take place on an immense scale, while the manner in which particular removals are carried out usually causes great suffering. This tragic process affects the lives of each one of us in some way."

About the product Signed by the author on inside of upper cover. Introduction by Roger Boyle. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; line drawings by the author. Near fine condition."'This finely observed and moving collection'wrote Lord Lichfield of Paul Wigmore's previous book of verse, It's funny about the trees. And Penelope Betjeman said:'He is by far the best poet of the John Betjeman school'. Mr Wigmore has excelled himself in this major new collection, which he has also illustrated. It covers the first 21 years of his life, from short-trouser days in Harrow and Wealdstone, through long-trouser early working experiences in factory and shop, and on to his national service in the RAF. His ability to crystallise the pangs of suburban childhood, adolescence and early manhood has not been bettered. There is a sensitivity and honesty about this writing which will strike a chord in many readers."