Search Results: Folklore from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Johannesburg: Penguin, 2006) 0143025058. 198 x 129 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiii + (i) + 328. A little foxing to edges. Very good condition. "In exploring ghost stories as urban legends, Goldstuck makes a fascinating discovery: the ghostly beliefs of each culture in South Africa have had a profound impact on the supernatural beliefs of every other cultural group in the country over the past four centuries. The result is the story of the South African ghost: a unique and complex character that reflects a turbulent history and a harsh existence and sheds a fascinating light on the nature of supernatural experience throughout the world." .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1972). Small quarto; original pale brown boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapperj pp. 159; line drawings. Dustwrapper slightly sunned on spine panel and very slightly rubbed to lower panel; a little foxing to endpapers and reverse of dustwrapper, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. 'These Swazi Tales handed down from generation to generation are an important part of their age-old history and Phyllis Savory has again saved for posterity these priceless relics of the African Continent.' .