Search Results: Lesotho from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: Juta, 1948). 8vo; blue cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248; black-and-white plates. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; foxing and browning throughout; small handstamp on front free endpaper. Fair condition only. .

(Underberg: the author, 2002) 062018664X. 210 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 52, incl. index; map; some line drawings. Lower cover has penned note of height of mountain peaks; earlier owner's name is hatched over on upper cover. Very good condition. 'I was ... motivated by the fact that existing backpackers' books are poor in their treatment of Lesotho, covering it almost as an afterthought. Lesotho is a beautiful and fascinating country, an ideal place for the back packer, and deserves better. And so "A Backpacker's Guide to Lesotho" was born, and will, I hope, provide a basis for many enjoyable days of travelling.' .

(London: Jonathan Cape, 1923). Large 8vo; original dark blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 132, incl. index; colour frontis. with tissue-guard; plates. Slight, partial discolouration to cloth; a little scattered foxing. Very good condition. (Hosken, p. 64; Schapera E522) "These few pages attempt to show the Basuto people in their homes, to tell in brief outline their history, and to describe their country. They aim at satisfying the appetite of those who, having friends in Basutoland, want to know something of the place, its scenery and its people without being glutted with the intricacies of tribal genealogies and the minute details of internecine strife." - From the Preface. "Useful, general account ... good bibliography." - Schapera: Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, p. 89 .

(London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963). Original wraps, with a few small library markings, pp. 115, tables, plates, folding map. Cancelled library hand-stamp on the first page. .

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine tanned; some light wear to extremities of cloth; earlier owner's name signed on title page; edges browned; sporadic foxing. Good to very good condition. (Schapera M652 [French edition]) "A history of the Paris Mission Society in Basutoland and the Basuto Church, and a record of activities." - Schapera: Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, p. 184. .

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine sunned; trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Good to very good condition. (Schapera M652 [French edition]) "A history of the Paris Mission Society in Basutoland and the Basuto Church, and a record of activities." - Schapera: Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, p. 184. .

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1967). An edition limited to 3000 copies. 8vo; original blue rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 583, incl. index; photographs; maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper edgeworn and rippled, with earlier owner's tape repairs to reverse; slightest trace of damp-staining to bottom edge; endpapers and edges a little foxed. Good to very good condition. "Dr. R. C. Germond has rendered a service to Basutoland, to South Africa, and to students of history in general in publishing these translations of the letters of the early French Protestant missionaries in Basutoland. ... These letters tell the story of men of God who came to Basutoland primarily to preach the Gospel and never forgot that first calling, but who almost unwillingly found themselves often cast for the role of ambassadors or special pleaders for the Basuto people. They tell the story also of their heroic wives, whose part in the pioneering story… Read More

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1967). 8vo; original blue rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 583, incl. index; photographs; maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and edgeworn; gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "Dr. R. C. Germond has rendered a service to Basutoland, to South Africa, and to students of history in general in publishing these translations of the letters of the early French Protestant missionaries in Basutoland. ... These letters tell the story of men of God who came to Basutoland primarily to preach the Gospel and never forgot that first calling, but who almost unwillingly found themselves often cast for the role of ambassadors or special pleaders for the Basuto people. They tell the story also of their heroic wives, whose part in the pioneering story is certainly not of minor importance. Let the letters speak for themselves. They tell a dramatic story and tell it with… Read More

(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1981). 8vo (213 x 140 mm); original wraps laid on boards; pp. xvi + 219, incl. index; map, tables and diagrams. Ex-library copy with reinforced wraps, covered with clear adhesive plastic; stamps and label remnants to endpapers and prelims. Good condition. "Lesotho, once 'the granary of the Free State and part of the Cape Colony', eventually became an impoverished labour reserve. Mass labour migration destroyed family life in Lesotho as well as in Botswana, Swaziland and the Bantustans within South Africa. Why did the migrant labour system not end with political independence in these countries? This fundamental question is examined by Colin Murray in his penetrating historical study of Lesotho." .

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1971). 8vo; original green rexine, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. (viii) + 116, incl. index; plates; maps, incl. folding. Very good condition. Uncommon. The author attempts "to describe how, between 1871 and 1881, the Cape government on behalf of the British Government, performed the task of ruling the Basotho, who had become British subjects in March 1868. Several problems arose from this exercise in government by proxy. The attitude of the Basotho towards the Cape, for example, hinted at their dissatisfaction with the arrangement. From time to time their spokesmen said they would have preferred direct rule by England, and were a little unhappy to find themselves wards of the Cape Colony. The Cape's relations with the republic of the Orange Free State were in danger of becoming less cordial because of the treatment of the Basotho by the officials and/or ordinary citizens of that country, which sometimes elicited protests from the Cape… Read More

(Maseru: Schwager Publications, 1986) 0620090405. 4to; original green boards, lettered in silver gilt to spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 141 + (i); map; lavishly illustrated with large, full-colour photographs of the scenery and people. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. "Known as the 'Roof of Africa' the mountains of Lesotho are the most important watershed in southern Africa. The Maletsunyane falls at Semonkong are the highest straight drop falls in Africa and Thaba Ntlenyane is the highest mountain south of the Congo. The Basotho are the only Africans to have adapted to living part of the year in snow. In two-thirds of this rugged mountainous country horses, donkeys and light aircraft are the only means of transport. Despite this, the Basotho have the highest literacy rate of any African tribe and are known for their cheerful hospitality." .

(Cape Town: Dirk Schwager Photographic Illustrations, 1972) 0620006889. Small 4to; original white boards, lettered in gilt to spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 96; map; profusely illustrated with largely full-colour photographs of the scenery and people. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, and partially sunned; scattered, light foxing. Good condition. "Known as the 'Roof of Africa' the mountains of Lesotho are the most important watershed in southern Africa. The Maletsunyane falls at Semonkong are the highest straight drop falls in Africa and Thaba Ntlenyane is the highest mountain south of the Congo. The Basotho are the only Africans to have adapted to living part of the year in snow. In two-thirds of this rugged mountainous country horses, donkeys and light aircraft are the only means of transport. Despite this, the Basotho have the highest literacy rate of any African tribe and are known for their cheerful hospitality." .

(Himeville: the author, 2010) 0620283785. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 224; profusely illustrated in monochrome. Fine condition. Second edition of this history of a hair-raising route into the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. "This book is the result of his personal involvement and abiding interest in the history and the people who have used the Sani Pass for their livelihood and pleasure for so many decades." .

(University of Natal Press, 1996). Edited by K. Limakatso Kendall; with a foreword by Ellen Kuzwayo. Laminated pictorial wraps, pp. 174, plates. Hand-stamp on the half-title-page. Signed by both Mpho Mthunya and Kendall. 'A compelling and unusual book in which Nthunya remembers the many lives she has led: as a township girl in Benoni just before the apartheid government came to power; as a prosperous farmer in Lesotho; as a domestic worker; as a matriarch and family elder. Her autobiography unrolls as a succession of related but independent, overlapping stories in spare, simple 'Sesoth-ised English.'' .