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A rRELUCTANT HERO
by HOPTON, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hard cover black boards
- ISBN
- 9781848843707
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$24.02
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Unmarked, appears unread. 16 pages b&w photo plates. Item Price
$24.02
MOUNTBATTEN
by ZIEGLER, PHILIP
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Soft card cover illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780006370475
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$13.73
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A biography of Louis, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. It examines his long and distinguished career, his wartime activites as Allied Chief of Combined Operations and his time as Viceroy and Governor General of India. A remarkable book about a remarkable achiever. Covered in light plastic. Item Price
$13.73
MY LIFE AND THOUGHT
by SCHWEITZER, ALBERT
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Edition in English, 11th imp
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hard cover green cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$12.87
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No Dust jacket. Frontis. Book has all pages slightly yellowing; Translated by Campion, C T , Item Price
$12.87
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100 GREAT LIVES
- Condition
- Used - Fine in plastic
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- None
- Binding
- Hard cover blue cloth.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$42.90
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Only Winston Churchill (the last entrant) was still alive so date around 1956. Dj is a can be either a col facs of a repaired original or the original. Book is v slightly worn on head and tail. 16 complete b&w plates; 100 lives. Decorative eps. Exceedingly rare on the net - this copy was rescued just prior to being… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.90
OS
by DU RANDT. OS met Chris Schoeman
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Eerste uitgawe
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Soft card cover illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780624043812
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$18.59
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Ongemerkd. 12 bladsye kleur fotos. We have the same book in English. Item Price
$18.59
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DOC
by DOBSON, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hard cover black boards
- ISBN
- 9780798133142
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$25.74
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Dust jacket is perfect. Book is very slightly worn on tail; dedication label to Willie Du Plessis on front free end paper. 32 pages b&w photo plates. Fascinating stories of Craven's battles on and off the field. Item Price
$25.74
JAMES THOMASON
by MUIR, Sir William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1897
- Binding
- Hard cover maroon boards.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$28.60
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Slightly worn at head & tail of spine; 2 signatures by Spencer in pencil. Portrait as frontis with tissue guard. Author's compliment slip. Titles on front are rather tarnished; hand-printd title on spine. Rare. Item Price
$28.60
SHOOTING THE MOON Callie and Monique Strydom
by THAMM, MARIANNE
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Soft card cover illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780864864734
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$11.44
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Signed inscription from one author; otherwise unmarked and appears unread. Some snap-shot photos in text. Covered in adhesive plastic. Item Price
$11.44
GOODBYE BAFANA, NELSON MANDELA
by GREGORY, JAMES with Bob Graham
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hard cover grey boards.
- ISBN
- 9780747216988
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$20.76
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Appears unread, unmarked, not price clipped. Top edge slightly tanned. 16 pages b&w photo plates. Possible extra postage to overseas. Covered in archival plastic. Item Price
$20.76
ISAAC ASIMOV
by WHITE, MICHAEL
- Condition
- Used - Good+ in plastic
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Soft Card cover
- ISBN
- 9780786715183
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$12.87
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Edges slightly discoloured and somewhat foxed. Appears unread. No illustrations. Covered in adhesive plastic. Item Price
$12.87
CELINE DION:
by DION, CELINE (in collaboration with Georges-Hebert Germain.)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Plastic
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hard cover black boards
- ISBN
- 0007104081978
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$19.68
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Dj is somewhat scuffed on top edge. Book has all pages uniformly yellowed . 16pp b&w photog plates. The title p sadly does not mention the collaboration but the (dedication) p does. Odd! But the publishing history is also not clear! A warm and wonderful story of a warm and wonderful woman married to the man she has always loved.… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.68
MANDELA
by MEER, FATIMA
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Soft cover illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780620146968
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$18.59
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Covered in adhesive plastic. Illustrated in b&w with photos, docouments and cartoons. Clean and unmarked. Item Price
$18.59
CATCH ME A COLOBUS
by DURRELL, GERALD
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First English Edition.
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hard cover yellow boards
- ISBN
- 9780002111485
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$21.45
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True first British printing with original unclipped jacket, £1.60. Dust jacket has lower edge slightly crinkled. Book is clean and unmarked; occasional b&w drawings. Covered in archival platic. Item Price
$21.45
LIKE A ROLLING STONE
by MARCUS, GREIL
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First English Edition, 3rd impression
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hard cover black boards
- ISBN
- 9780571223855
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$25.17
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Perfect condition, appears unread, unmarked. Occasional b&w image in text. A collector's item. Covered in archival plastic. Item Price
$25.17
ORPHAN OF THE DESERT
by KRIGE, UYS
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition. 3rd Impression
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hard Cover cream boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$12.87
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No ISBN. Dust jacket has restorations at head & tail and 2 front corners. Book has some underlining in 1 essay; simple "X'' annotations on 7 of 15 of the sketches & conversations. A most interesting book written by a master of English and Afrikaans. Covered in archival plastic. Item Price
$12.87
BROTHERS IN ARMS
by SCHOEMAN, CHRIS
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hard cover brown boards
- ISBN
- 9781920545475
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$22.88
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Unmarked, appears unread. 16 pages b&w historic old photographs. List of members of Hollander Corps plus Roll of Honour. Covered in archival plastic. Item Price
$22.88
CHURCHILL'S SOUTH AFRICA
by SCHOEMAN, CHRIS
- Condition
- Used - Very Fine in Plastic
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hard cover brown boards
- ISBN
- 9781920545475
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$15.73
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Unmarked, appears unread. The book has been printed on paper, which has been stained to appear old.... the stains are identical on all pages. More of a travel book for Boer War enthusiasts than a biography. Many historic old photographs and some modern travelogue photos in colour. Maps as end papers, unlisted maps in text. Covered in archival plastic. Item Price
$15.73
EINSTEIN, A to Z
by FOX, KAREN C; ARIES KECK
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Soft Card Cover.
- ISBN
- 9780471466741
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$15.73
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2 front corners worn 2mm each and patched; all pages yellowing. A fascinating biography of a great man. Item Price
$15.73
LOVE AND CAPITAL
by GABRIEL, MARY
- Condition
- Used - Very Fine in plastic
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hard cover red boards
- ISBN
- 9780316066112
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$18.30
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Almost new. 16pp b&w photog plates. A most important work and an interesting insight into the early days of Communism showing how Marx's ideas were the product of the social problems of the time in Europe. Shows K M as human and brilliant and ultimately very outdated . Please expect extra overseas postage. Item Price
$18.30
SERGEI
by KOURDAKOV, SERGEI
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hard cover black boards
- ISBN
- 9780551004276
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Johannesburg, ZAF
- Item Price
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$13.61
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16 pages b&w photog plates. Item Price
$13.61
