African History from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: New Africa Books, 2003) 085255091X. The first six volumes in this eight-volume series, laminated pictorial wrappers in each case; 210 x 145 mm; pp. xviii + 349, incl. index, xx + (ii) + 420, incl. index, xviii + 398, incl. index, xxii + 294, incl. index, xviii + (ii) + 491, incl. index, xxiii + (i) + 356,… Read more

(New York: Oxford University Press, 2012) 9780195382075. Six 4to volumes; uniform yellow pictorial boards; pp. xlix + (iii) + 522, (vi) + 545, (viii) + 542, (viii) + 544, (viii) + 544, (viii) + 592, incl. appendices and index; portrait illustrations. Fine condition. "The print edition of the Dictionary includes 2,126 entries in six volumes dealing with individuals drawn from… Read more

(no place: McAlan, 1958). Dustwrapper title: More True Stories from THIS AFRICA. 8vo; original pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; decorative endpapers; pp. xiii + (i) + 313; line drawings as head-pieces. Slightest edgewear to dustwrapper. Very good condition. 'Again, as in his first successful book of this… Read more

(Johannesburg: Dagbreek Boekhandel, 1961). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in black on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 241; plates. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn and rubbed; spine a bit cocked; light browning and a few fox spots to edges. Good condition. Afrikaans text. A series of essays on the winds of change affecting Africa, as independence movements gained… Read more

(Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1968). 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 313, incl. index; maps; tables. Dustwrapper sunned to spine panel; archival tape repair to reverse at head of upper panel; earlier owner's hand-stamp to front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Later to attain some… Read more

(London: Longman, 1980) 0582603218. 215 x 135 mm; printed wrappers; pp. vi + 242, incl. index; maps; photographs. Wrappers a little rubbed; slight damp stain to top edge of inner wrappers; earlier owner's name signed on half-title. Good condition. "In 1800 Southern African affairs could be seen in the same context as developments in East or West… Read more

(London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991) 0297820222. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 284, incl. index; several maps; some line drawings. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper; light browning to endpapers. Very good condition. "This authoritative work covers the entire span of human history across the African… Read more

(London: Oxford University Press, 1945). Second edition. 8vo; original blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. xxviii + 1837, incl. index; several maps and tables, incl. folding. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn and foxed, with earlier tape repairs to head of spine panel; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; some foxing. Good condition.… Read more

(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1991) 0947464476. 8vo; original brown boards, titled in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xix + (i) + 738, incl. index; monochrome plates; several maps; some cartoons and engravings in text. Merest trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "The Scramble for Africa astonished everyone. In 1880 most of… Read more

(Cape Town: Juta, 1951). 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 944, incl. index. Backstrip sunned; cloth very slightly rubbed; bump to bottom fore-corners; name of earlier owner, illustrator Alba Bouwer, signed on front free endpaper; trace of foxing to endpapers; light browning to edges. Very good condition.… Read more

(Johannesburg: South African Broadcasting Corporation, 1973). 215 x 133 mm; saddle-stitched wrappers; pp. 54. Earlier owner's name on title page. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. " 'n Reeks praatjies wat uitgesaai is in die Afrikaanse Diens van die Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie vanaf 3 tot 24 Mei 1973." An ambitious project for such small space: Twenty-five short… Read more

(London: Hutchinson, 1954). 8vo; original salmon-coloured cloth; no dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. 288, incl. index; frontis. portrait. Extremities very slightly worn; trace of fishmothing to fore-edge of upper cover; ownership inscription to half-title; sporadic moderate foxing. Good condition. Recollections of Sir Philip Mitchell after a career in the colonial service in Africa. There are some interesting… Read more

(Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981) 081081448x. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 32. 8vo; original brown cloth, with yellow lettering to spine and upper cover; pp. xv + (i) +436, incl. index; map. Ex-library copy, with ink stamps, codes and two small labels to endpapers; trace of gum residue to tail of spine. Good to very good condition.… Read more

(Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981) 0810814420. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 33. 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xiii + (i) + 116. Ex-library copy, with ink stamps, codes and small label to endpapers; slight bump to top fore-corner of upper board; trace of gum residue to tail of spine. … Read more

(London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931). Crown 8vo; original black cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (i) + 125, incl. index; plates. Spine sunned; boards slightly rubbed; label and "Withdrawn" stamp of Talbot Reference Library to front pastedown; light browning to endpapers. Good condition. The first edition of this important work. The deliberations of the Conference… Read more

(Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1985) 0869813242. 4to; original yellow boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. x + 418; maps. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Afrika noord van die Limpopo bied 'n geselekteerde beeld van die Afrika-verlede. Dit is dikwels meer gemoeid met Europese motiewe en optredes as met die gevolge van… Read more

(London, Seeley and Co., 1898). Original brown cloth, little soiled, spine little creased with short tear at the head of the spine, pp. 335, frontispiece portrait, few plates. Endpapers very browned, a little foxing, dust-soiling on some pages. Fair. .

(Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1968). Dustwrapper, pp. 291. 'In central Africa a considerable amount of historical research has been carried out, especially in the field of radio-carbon dating and in the taking of linguistic evidence. ... on into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Rhodesia, Zambia, and Malawi. ...' .

(London, Longmans, Green, 1942). Original blue cloth, somewhat stained, corners of boards bruised, pp. 284, few maps, charts. Some foxing, mark on one page. .

(London, The African Publications Trust, 1960). Card wraps, very light soil, pp. 44, saddle-stitched. Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. .