Search Results: Great Trek from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(no place: presented with the compliments of Commando Round Cigarettes, no date, [but circa 1949]). Quarto, pictorial wraps, creased and slightly soiled, title-page and five full-page black-and-white illustrations, captioned in English and in Afrikaans. Crease through the entire pamphlet. Celebrating the dedication of the Voortrekker Monument, near Pretoria. .

(Port Elizabeth: Afrikaanse Kultuurraad van Port Elizabeth, 1990) 062014971X. Signed by all three authors on the title page. 207 x 146 mm; side-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. xii + 96; photographs; maps. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Verskeie onsekerhede word in hierdie boek opgeklaar. Die monument staan beslis op 'n gedeelte van die plaas Strandfontein wat ongetwyfeld op die naam van hierdie Trekkerleier geregistreer was. Verder word die boek ryklik illustreer met 'n verskeidenheid kaarte en foto's; sommige voorheen onbekend en hier nuut afgedruk. Hierdie beeldmateriaal bring dan self ook groter helderheid." .

(Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1966). Uitgegee met Inleiding, Aantekeninge en Glossarium. 8vo; original boards; no dustwrapper; pp. (xxxiv) +275; frontispiece. Boards very slightly rubbed and bumped; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; light browning to edges. Good condition. Dutch text with Afrikaans introduction, notes and glossary. Perhaps the only - and certainly the only surviving - diary by a Trekker leader, and an eloquent leader at that. The story of Trigardt's ill-fated pioneering trek is one of the great stories of South African history. .

(Pretoria: Protea Boek Huis, 2003) 186919. 8vo; original purple boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 300, incl. index; map; plates. Fine condition. "Susanna Smit was die suster van die Trekkerleier Gert Maritz en die vrou van die Trekkerpredikant Erasmus Smit. Aan haar word die kreet van verset teen die Britse oorname van Natal toegeskryf wat verewig geraak het in die vorm, 'Liewer barrevoets oor die Drakensberge …' … In Die wêreld van Susanna Smit beskryf Karel Schoeman die lewe van 'n uitsonderlike vrou. Terselfdertyd beeld hy ook die agtergrond uit waarteen dit plaasgevind en die gebeure waardeur dit geraak is, van haar onrustige jeug aan die Oosgrens en haar verbintenisse met Bethelsdorp en die vroeë werksaamhede van die Londense Sendinggenootskap tot die Groot Trek en die opkoms en ondergang van die Republiek Natalia." .

(Stellenbosch: Pro Ecclesia Drukkerij, 1908). 209 x 138 mm; saddle-stitched wrappers; pp. 48; portraits. Wrappers slightly sunned; a few fox spots. Very good condition. Dutch text. "Van harte wek ik ons Afrikaansch volk op, om zich met deze Herinneringen uit den tijd der Vrijstaatsche Voortrekkers bekend te maken. Er is zulk een innige band, die ons Hollandsch-sprekend volk in heel Zuid-Afrika tezamen bindt, dat wij de Voortrekkers zoowel van de Transvaal als van Transoranje onze Voortrekkers noemen. De geschiedenis van de eerste kolonisten in de genoemde gewesten is onze geschiedenis." - From the Foreword by N. J. Hofmeyr .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1962). Octavo, lacks dustwrapper, pp. (ix) + 180, fold-out map. text-edges slightly foxed. Very good. Hermanus Potgieter's Commission Trek. Louis Trichardt. .

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1924). 8vo; original pictorial pale grey cloth; pp. vii + (i) + 187, incl. index; plates. Very light wear to extremities; previous owner's name signed on front endpaper; browned throughout, owing to paper stock used. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 344) Uncommon, intensely interesting cultural history study of the life of the Voortrekkers while on trek, and, particularly, on their farms. Gustav Preller writes in his introduction: "Dit verskaf my veel genoege om die welgeslaagde werk van meneer B. Spoelstra by my landgenote te mag aanbeveel. Ek reken hy het daarmee gelewer 'n bydrae van blywende waarde tot ons asnog seer skrale kultuurhistoriese literatuur; en in 'n vorm wat, hoewel dit ál die materiaal van die wetenskap as sodanig oorsien, nogtans genot sowel as lering kan verskaf ook aan die gewone leser." The subjects considered are as follows: Hoe die Boere hulle plase gekry het en hoe die plase afgebaken is;… Read More

(Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1988) 0947025294. Oblong 4to; original glazed pictorial boards; decorative endpapers; pp. 240, incl. index; maps; profusely illustrated, including some pictures in full colour; folding pictorial chart in endpocket. Boards a little rubbed; bump to bottom fore-corner; faint trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "OP TREK is 'n uitbeelding van die daaglikse lewe tydens die Groot Trek. 'n Mens lees van mense wat die Trek meegemaak het; van die voorbereidings vir die lang tog die onbekende in; van gevaarlike reis met die ossewa oor berge en vlaktes en deur vol riviere; van kosmaak op die trekpad; van die klere wat die Trekkers gedra het; van die maak van kerse, seep, kruithorings, swepe en pype; van onverskrokke jagters en noue ontkomings op die jagveld; hoe daar laer getrek is in tye van gevaar; van siektes, rate en medisyne; van die begrafnis van gestorwenes; van kerkdienste, die doop van kinders en die aanneming van jongmense… Read More

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1978) 0624012298. Folio; original coarse, light brown cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 111, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary artwork and facsimiles, incl. some colour pictures; maps. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn; light foxing to outermost leaves and edges. Very good condition. "Professor C. F. J. Muller, the acknowledged authority on the Great Trek, has brought together in this book the largest concentration of pictorial evidence ever published on this scale on the subject; it is the result of many years of archival research here and abroad. ... In exploring the visual documents collected in this book, the reader may begin to decide for himself whether the Great Trek was, as some historians think, a magnificent bid for political freedom in which to cradle a new nation or, as others say, the greatest disaster in the history of South Africa." .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1976) 0798106743. 8vo; original orange boards; dustwrapper; pp. 174. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, somewhat rubbed, and sunned on spine panel. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. "It will pain many white South Africans to learn that Piet Retief, whom they have been made to believe was a great national hero, is not entitled to that distinction at all. But there it is: the story of his life is one of failure from the very day he started on his own until the day he died on Hlomo-ambutu." .

(Bloemfontein: A. C. White P. & P. Co. Ltd, 1937). Title continues: Ter herdenking aan die Stoere Voortrekkers van 'n eeu gelede, voortplanters van beskawing en stigters van 'n Nasie. 270 x 216 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial paper wrappers; pp. 19; map; photographs. Wrappers a little worn; archival tape strengthening to tail of spine. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Dit is Aprilmaand 1837. Langs die noordelike oewer van Laaispruit waar dit in Vetrivier vloei, staan saamgeskaar meer dan duisend Voortrekkerwaens deur Voortrekkergesinne bewoon. Hendrik Potgieter, Sarel Celliers, Gerrit Maritz en Piet Retief - leiers van hulle verskillende trekke - is almal daar. Was dit afspraak dat hulle op een plek en op een tydstip so bymekaar is? Nee! Dit was noodgedwonge. Hendrik Potgieter en Sarel Celliers was op die spoor van Trigardt na die Noorde, toe die moordende assegaai van Moselekatse by Vechtkop in Oktober 1836 hulle terugvoer na Thaba 'Nchu. Gerrit Maritz en Piet… Read More

(no place: 1938). Large 4to; original blue cloth with gilt title; pp. (22); frontispiece portrait and black-and-white photographs. Inscription on frontispiece reads: "With best wishes and many thanks from Myles Bourke, 1939". Cloth a little soiled; endpapers browned; binding slack. Afrikaans text. Not in Nienaber. Record of theatrical performance staged during the Voortrekker Centenary celebrations: Episode 1 was "Uys ontvang 'n Bybel van die Engelse Koloniste in Grahamstad", Episode 2 was "Piet Retief word Gekies tot Goewerneur op Winberg"; also included is the song "Afscheid van de Voortrekkers" by Henri ten Brink. .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938). Ons Geskiedenis-Serie. 8vo; original beige decorative cloth; pp. (viii) + 258 (including index). Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Mainly Dutch text, with some English documents. Includes documents relating to Dingane and Blood River. .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938). Ons Geskiedenis-Serie. 8vo; original beige decorative cloth; dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 258 (including index). Dustwrapper tanned and edgeworn. Very good condition. Mainly Dutch text, with some English documents. Includes documents relating to Dingane and Blood River. .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1920). Crown 8vo; original dark green cloth, with lettering in black to spine and upper cover; pp. (viii) + 291, incl. index; some plates; facsmiles. Cloth a bit worn to extremities; trace of soiling to fore-edge, with slight ingress to title page and a few early leaves. Good condition. Dutch text, with Afrikaans commentary. Contents: I. Herinneringe van Karl Trichardt; II. Gedenkskrif van Anna Steenkamp (Retief); III. Dagboek van Erasmus Smit. .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938). Ons Geskiedenis-Serie. 8vo; original beige decorative cloth; pp. (vi) + 190(including index); plate. Top edges of boards scuffed; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. Texts in German, Afrikaans and Dutch. Contents: I. Behrens-Dagboek (Afrikaanse Vertaling); II. Behrens-Dagboek (Oorspronklike Duitse Teks); III. Herinneringe van J. H. Hattingh (Slot, vervolg uit Voortrekkermense I). .

(Pretoria, University of South Africa, 1960). Wraps, browning a little, pp. 24. .