Search Results: Biography from BOOKLOVERS PARADISE

Dj is slightly scuffed on top edge and corners; minimal stains. Book is only very slightly yellowed. Frontis plus 17pp b&w photog plates of prominent members of the community. Also of Kajee meeting King George, Queen Mary and the Princesses. RARE!

Dust jacket has 2 vert stripes 10mm wide down the edges, where fading has taken place and a 25x10 mm total loss of colour. (Both faults can be rectified on request). Blank "Ex Libris on ffep. With Glossary; 16pp b&w photog plates plus 16 in colour

333pp incl index. Previous owners inscription to half tittle page. Light staining to edges of first six pages. Foxing to edges and pages lightly yellowing.IN THE DYING YEARS OF APARTHEID, a most extaordinary story hit the headlines. Agent Olivia Forsyth had escaped from ANC imprisonment in Angola. Upon her return home she was feted as a hero by the government. In a flurry of media appearances and press release, Forsyth claimed to have infiltrated the ANC and passed on vital information. Is that what really happened? In the world of espionage, truth is the first victim and nothing is as it seem. Here, for the first time and in her own words, South Africa's most notorious apartheid spy lays bare the story of her life. Olivia Forsyth was also known as agent RS407, codename Lara, lieutenant in the Security Branch of the South African Police, ANC comrade Helen Bronson, prisoner Thandeka, alias Christine Smith. Forsyth is the mother of two daughters and currently lives with her husband in Italy.

My attractive Bookplate on front fep, all pages yellowing. Covered in PVC plastic.

Front lower cnr slightly bent. 267pp; occasional b&w photos in text.

Map,434pp; 8pp b&w photo plates. Clean and well bound. No inscriptions, annotations or marks. Covered in adhesive plastic.

Pretoria.: Van Der Walt., 1985. 53 bladsye.. Tweede Druk.. Hardeband.. Fyn in Plastiek./Fyn. 217x9p9mm.

Book is slightly bent on cnrs. Book very slightly scuffed at tail of spine. 8 pp b&w photog plates

Dust jacket has faded spine. Book has slight bumping on head & tail. Lengthy inscription of interest. 32 page b&w photographic plates.

Dj is frittered at head & tail and all 4 cnrs; rubbed front & back and more esp on spine. Book is edge worn. Dedication to prev owner, who shares a name ( Warington) with B-P ancestors. Genealogy of the Waringtons and Smyths (including Piazzi and B-P) in ink on rear fep, done by wife of prev owner, who also might well have been a relation of B-P. 457pp plus 16pp b&w photos. Please expect some extra postage.. Association Copy.

Apparently unread., but head of spine is bumped. Light tape staining on end pages.. Book covers somewhat bent; edges browning but interior of pages white. New front ep. Line drawings. This book is rare to the point of being unique.!?

Unread. Better than new. No inscriptions, annotations or marks. Illustrated with black and white motifs and photographs. Introduction by Mike Nicol. Designed by Cameron Gibb, Annetjie Matthee and Carolyn Lewis.

With a newspaper review. An anthology of insightful biographies of some remarkable S Africans of yesteryear, who deserve to be remembered. A treasure of S African History.

The dust jacket has a replaced matching chip to the rear of 80x50mm.

Unread, better than new. 8pp b&w and col photog plates. A private printing, not generally available.

Corners rather scuffed. No pagination. In the form of a file; includes a poster. Soft Card Cover.

Un-read, but some pages have been carelessly opened. Author's signed and dated inscription to Neville Crookes

light black mark on fore edge: 339pp

Dust jacket has 4 lines where the lamination has lifted. Book has minor blemish on 2 pages. 248pp incl index. Wonderful b&w photos throughout the text.

London: Hamilton., 1987. Dj is v slightly along top edge, 4mm closed tear on one cnr. Book has slight discol on top edge. 512pp incl index, 16pp b &w photog plates. Expect some extra postage.. First Edition.. Hard Cover Black Boards.. Fine in Plastic./Fine.. 240x44p45mm.