Church History from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Klerksdorp, 1979). Thesis submitted for doctorate in theology. 203 x 142 mm; printed wrappers; pp. xiv + 428; some photographs. Author's presentation inscription to first blank. Light wear to slightly tanned cover. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. From 1903 onwards, around 600 Afrikaner 'bittereinder' families arrived in Patagonia after the terrible experiences of the Anglo-Boer War, having been promised land… Read more

(Potchefstroom: Die Kerkblad, 1959). 4to; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 418; photographs, artwork and facsimiles. Afrikaans text. Trace of foxing to endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. This is a history of South Africa's Gereformeerde Kerk, established in 1859 after a prolonged theological dispute with the Dutch… Read more

(no place: privately published, [1943]). 215 x 140 mm; original printed wrappers; pp.133; some illustrations including portrait. Side-stitched; signed by a Pauw on the half-title; wrappers somewhat foxed and worn; archival tape strengthening to spine; some foxing; occasional pencilled highlighting. Good condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. Jacobus Cornelis Pauw (1837-1918) "is, with good reason, called the father of the N.G. Sendingkerk… Read more

(Cape Town: [printed by] Nasionale Pers, 1942). 8vo; original dark green cloth, blocked in black on upper cover; pp. (viii) + 117; photographs in text. A little foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 333) "Die kerkraad het dit aan die skrywer opgedra om 'n gedenkboekie in… Read more

(Clanwilliam: N. G. Gemeente Clanwilliam, 1981). Small 4to; original green boards; pp. (x) + 137; photographs. Trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Toe daar op 26 September 1826 daadwerklik oorgegaan is tot die stigting van die N.G. gemeente van Clanwilliam, het 'n ligstraal geval uit Roodezand tot aan die Gariep. Uit… Read more

(Cape Town: N.G. Kerk-Uitgewers, 1952). 4to; no dustwrapper; original green cloth; pp. (vi) + 383; illustrations. Regular, light browning; some foxing to endpapers and sporadically elsewhere. Good to very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie gedenkboek is 'n poging om die boodskap van die drie eeue wat agter ons lê deur te dra na die volgende geslagte.… Read more

(Paarl: Kerkraad van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeente, [1941]). 8vo; original burgundy cloth; pictorial gilt upper cover; pp. xv + (i) + 399; monochrome illustrations. Spine somewhat fishmothed; endpapers foxed. Good condition. Afrikaans text. "U word hier aangebied die geskiedenis van die tweehonderd-en-vyftigjarige bestaan van een van die oudste gemeentes van die N.G. Kerk, en omdat die… Read more

(Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1947). Original brown cloth, pp. (ix) + 158, frontispiece portrait, a few plates. Preliminary pages and edges foxed. .

(Cape Town, N.G. Kerk-Uitgewers, 1952). Small quarto, pictorial dustwrapper, scuffed and slightly frayed, original green cloth, pp. 383, illustrations. .

(Pretoria, N.G. Kerkboekhandel, 1979). Pictorial dustwrapper, little torn, with very slight loss, pp. 243, plates. Bosman served as minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria for fifty years. .

(Pretoria, Makro Boeke, 1979). Pictorial dustwrapper, pp. 345, illustrations. .

(Amsterdam & Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy, 1920). Royal octavo, original maroon cloth, a little rubbed, spine lettering faded, pp. 133 + clxxxiv, frontispiece portrait, plates. Text lightly browned. .

(no place, prob. Cape Town, no date, foreword dated 1941). Original blue cloth, pp.86, illustrations. .

(Cape Town, Struik, 1964). Small quarto, original cloth, lightly fishmothed, pp. 84, illustrations. Biography of this Dutch Reformed Church minister who served in Johannesburg during the Anglo-Boer War; also Editor of Die Kerkbode; written by his son. .

(Cape Town, Townshend, Taylor and Snashall, printers, 1898). Demy octavo, original cloth, a little worn, particularly along the edges, and slightly water-stained, creased at the spine, pp. 245. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, some light foxing. Fair condition. .

(Die Unie van Oudstudenten, 1918). Large octavo, original purple cloth, gilt-blocked, unevenly faded, pp. 198, plates. Owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, hinges slightly tender. .

(Amsterdam & Pretoria, Boekhandel voorheen Höveker & Wormser, no date, foreword dated 1904). Drie en vijftig leerredenen over verscheidene stoffen door eenige predikanten der Gereformeerde Kerk in Zuid-Afrika. Original cloth, little scuffed, light wear on the hinges, chipped at the head of the spine, pp. 589 + iv. Light foxing on the preliminary pages and text edges. One of the… Read more

(Cape Town, Van de Sandt de Villiers, 1923). Original brown cloth, little worn, pp. 154, portrait. Endpapers a little foxed. 'In de volgende bladzijden, wil de schrijver ons vooral een duidelijk overzicht geven van de gebeurtenissen, die aanleiding gegeven hebben tot het ontstaan der Vereenigde Kerk, en aantoonen hoe het gekomen is, datt ondanks die vereeniging er toch nog een… Read more

(Cape Town, N.G. Kerk-Uitgewers van S.A., no date, foreword dated 1952). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly worn, pp. 193, portraits. .

(Pretoria, no date [1923]). Original wraps, creased and torn with loss, especially to the lower wrap, pp. 99. Some creasing, some margins frayed; side-stitched, last few leaves detached. Poor condition. Upper wrap reads: "Lief en Leed. Deur Danie en Tonnie." Includes some humorous anecdotes about the Transvaal; proceeds from the sale of the pamphlet went towards the erection of a… Read more