Search Results: Namibia from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1961). 4to; original pale boards; dustwrapper; pp. 154; plates; map. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; a little browning and spotting. Good. "With affection she describes the fascination of its deserts, mountains and vast savannahs; the variety of its inhabitants, from the Okavango river people to the Bushmen struggling always against harsh nature, to the continental sophisticates of Windhoek, and the prospectors and farmers braving life in the outposts." .

(London: The Macmillan Press, 1988) 0333457226. 8vo; original black boards lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 203, incl. index; tables. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed, with damp stain to tail of spine panel; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "Eleven of the world's leading scholars on Namibia offer a collection of articles that provide a comprehensive examination of the importance of Namibia to each of the major Western capitalist powers, and analyse the extent to which each power contributes to South Africa's continuing occupation of Namibia." .

(Kreuzfeld: the author, 1981). 210 x 148 mm; pictorial wraps; pp. 48; 13 photographs and a map. Very slightly sunned on spine. Very good condition. German text. "At the beginning of 1856 Hahn was back in South Africa; he settled at Otjimbingwe, where some of the Herero people had sought refuge. Hoping to expand his mission Hahn undertook two journeys to the north. With the Rev. Johannes Rath he set out for Ovamboland on 20.5.1857 on an exploratory expedition of four months. He reached Ondonga but, fearing for their lives, the party fled because of the hostility of the natives." - DSAB I, p. 342 .

(London: Collins, 1986). 8vo; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 158; map; colour photographs. Reverse of dustwrapper very slightly foxed. Near fine condition. "North-west Namibia is a desert - rugged, utterly uncompromising, frequently beautiful and always fascinating. It comprises two adjoining tribal homelands, Damaraland and Kaokoland, and until recently was virtually untouched by the intrusive influence of the technological age. Here live great herbivores such as elephants, rhinos, and giraffe, in an environment unlike any other in Africa. Living amongst them are Himba Pastoralists, a tribe that time has left behind. The author joined the area's resident ecologist Garth Owen-Smith, to see for himself what has happened here. This book deals with the people they met and the wildlife encountered - it tackles the problems caused by the war between the South African Army and the Swapo guerillas which has spilled over into the area; the poaching that is going… Read More

([Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, 1958). 8vo; original blue cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. 164; line drawings by Wolf von Loeben. Endpapers and edges rather foxed. Good condition. Humorous memoir of life in South West Africa. .

(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1991) 0620160799. Second Series No. 21. 8vo; original dark grey cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxxiv + 441 + (ix); endpaper map; colour frontis. tipped in; map; plates. Near-fine condition. "William Coates Palgrave was active in the former South West Africa (now Namibia) over a period of 25 years. He spent some eight years in the country as private individual before becoming a civil servant in Griqualand West. This prepared him for his work as Special Commissioner to Hereroland (or Damaraland, as it was called) and Namaland, undertaking five consecutive commissions in all on behalf of the Cape Government. This volume contains the official journals, or in some cases minutes and reports, which were produced by various secretaries during these commissions. The main theme of Palgrave's instructions and work was an endeavour to introduce British influence in the… Read More

(Cape Town: W. J. Flesch & Partners, 1978) 0949989185. Signed inscription by Harry Gundry on title page. 210 x 147 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 184, incl. index; map; photographs. Wrappers and bit rubbed and creased, and sunned on spine; small tape or label mark to half-title; trace of spotting to edges. Good condition. "The Bank first began operating in Windhoek in 1915 and, since then, has made a considerable contribution to that territory's progress and prosperity. It has been associated with all sections of South West Africa's economy, becoming closely involved with the mining, fishing, karakul and beef-producing industries. ... The book includes the reminiscences of Harry Gundry, a Bank pensioner, whose humorous writings are well known to Bank staff and to the people of South West Africa through his numerous contributions to magazines. His memories add colour and atmosphere to the early days of banking in the territory ... " - From the Foreword. .

(Pretoria: The State Library, 1979) 0798900598. The State Library Reprints No. 83. 12mo; original red textured cloth with gilt titles; pp. (viii) + 96; black-and-white illustrations. Very slightest bump to top fore-corner of lower board. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the 1915 first edition. Articles arising from the author's visit to Walvis Bay in 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I. .

(Windhoek: Verenigde Pers, 1974). 8vo; rexine-backed papered boards, lettered in white on spine; pp. (viii) + iv + 128; tables. Boards very slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Om soos die woordvoerders van die Nasionale Party en die regering die strydpunt te verteenwoordig as 'n blote keuse wat by die blanke alleen berus om te deel of nie te deel nie, is om die blanke se ondergang te verseker en te bespoedig. … My ideaal is 'n gemeenskap waar wet en orde gegrond is op 'n beskaafde regsorde en geregtigheid; waar vooroordeel wyk voor kennis; waar ons verskille en eienaardighede gerespekteer word; waar die volle ontplooiing van die talente van ons hele bevolking verwelkom word in plaas van gevrees word; waar die bydraes van 'n ieder en elk waardeer word; waar ons saam kan bou aan 'n gelukkige en voorspoedige toekoms." .

(Windhoek: the author, 1974) 0620019123. 208 x 147 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 200. Spine slightly sunned; trace of scuffing to upper cover; previous owner's name signed on half-title. Very good condition. Translation of 'Die toekoms van Suidwes-Afrika gebou op die werklikheid'. German text. According to the OCLC listing of this title, Federale Publikasies is the publisher. .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1962). 8vo; original light blue boards, lettered in black on spine; dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 169; plates. Dustwrapper somewhat rubbed and edgeworn, with a little loss to spine panel; small trace of damp-stain to bottom edge of pastedowns; some foxing and tape marks to endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; pencilled annotations. Good reading copy. Afrikaans text. 'In 1948 het die skrywer 'n reis gedoen na Suidwes en aan die einde daarvan belowe: "Ons sal terugkom, Suidwes … " … In 1952 kom hy en twee vriende dié belofte na. Klim gerus saam in die bakkie en vaar daardie woeste wêreld in. Ontmoet die nasate van die Dorslandtrekkers, gesels met die polisie op hul eensame buiteposte, verneem die geskiedenis van 'n ontsaglike landstreek uit die mond van hulle wat dit beste ken. U sal ongerief verduur, maar aan die einde van die reis sal u 'n ondervinding agter die rug hê wat u vir… Read More

(Windhoek: S.W.A. Scientific Society, 1961). Herausgegeben von Professor Dr. W. Drascher, Tübingen, und Dr. H. J. Rust, Windhoek, im auftrage der S.W.A. Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, Windhoek. 235 x 170 mm; side-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 168; frontis. portrait and a few other illustrations. Wrappers slightly rubbed; discreet archival tape reinforcing at head of spine; penned Latin inscription to copyright page. Very good condition. German text. Celebration to coincide with the 85th year of Heinrich Vedder, missionary, researcher and historian, honorary doctor of the universities of Tübingen and Stellenbosch, honorary member of the Africa Institute and the S.W.A. Scientific Society, and senator of the Union of South Africa. .

(Pretoria, Department of Information, 1966). 8vo; original red cloth; pp. (iv) + 304; map; photographic plates. Earlier owner's name on front free endpaper; code at tail of spine. Very good condition. ". . . the UN persisted in its condemnation of South Africa's involvement in Namibia, noting in 1959 that the Union was administering the territory in a manner contrary to the mandate, the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice. Finally, in 1960 the only two African members of the UN General Assembly who had also been members of the League of Nations, Ethiopia and Liberia, took the matter to the International Court. Four years later the judges, in a split vote, narrowly declared that they had no power to decide the dispute, a decision that brought joy to the South African Government and gloom to the Namibian lobbyists." - Illustrated History of South Africa: The Real Story, p. 460. .

(Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1997) 3905141698. 374 x 245 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 120; photographs. A little bumped. Very good condition. "This book contains the facsimile reprint of the first African newspaper published in Namibia, South West News - Suidwes Nuus. Issued in 1960 in Windhoek, it has to be regarded as the earliest example of independent African journalism in Namibia. South West News was the only newspaper in Namibia at the time with a non-racial and nationalist concept. It was also a community paper for the Old Location, the African township in Windhoek, whose residents were threatened with forced removals. The paper was launched shortly after the shootings in December 1959 at the Old Location. It published statements by Hosea Kutako, SWANU as well as OPO/SWAPO and the testimonies of Mburumba Kerina, Jariretundu Kozonguizi and Sam Nujoma at the hearings of the UN Committee on South-West Africa in New York. It reported on social events in the Old… Read More

(no place: Government of South Africa, 1963). Volumes I and IX. Two 4to volumes; original pale grey papered boards, with lettering in black to upper cover in each case, and similar lettering to the spine of the second volume; pp. (vi) +40, (x) + 116; two folding colour maps in Volume I; numerous photographs in Volume IX. Boards slightly soiled and bumped; a little spotting. Good to very good condition. In November of 1960, the governments of Liberia and Ethiopia submitted an application to the International Court of Justice to institute proceedings against the government of South Africa, on the grounds that the Union [shortly to become the Republic] had, in their view, failed to fulfill the obligations connected with its United Nations mandate over the territory of South West Africa. These volumes represent part of the South African government's response in its own defence. The second volume is particularly interesting, presenting a photo-essay on Namibia and its peoples. .

(Windhoek: SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 1979). 240 x 175 mm; side-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 152; some text figures; advertisements. Wrappers slightly rubbed. Very good condition. The articles in this journal, which includes German, Afrikaans and English, are as follows: Köhler, O.: Mythus, Glaube und Magie bei den Kxoe-Buschmännern. Bericht aus den Studienergebnissen 1959 - 1974; de la Bat, B.: Natuurbewaring in Suidwes-Afrika; Gilges, W.: Natur- und Umweltschutz in Rhodesien; Niemeier, H.G./Haubner, K.: Naturschutz und Raumordnung - Beispiel Bundesepublik Deutschland; Fuggle, R.F.: A Technique for Assessing Possible Environmental Impact from Development Schemes; Jensen, R.A.C.: Ornithological Research in South West Africa; Hofmeyr, J.M.: Catching Game in South West Africa/Wildfang in Südwestafrika; Vees, R: Methoden und Ergebnisse tiefenseismischer Untersuchungen unter spezieller Berücksichtigung Südwestafrikas. .

(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1998) 0958411247. Second Series No. 28: This is the volume for 1997. 8vo; original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xliv + 292, incl. index and publisher's catalogue; colour frontis.; photographic portrait of De Vylder; illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. "Gustav De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country. His travels were undertaken some years before the German colonial occupation when the European presence, except for a handful of missionaries, traders and travellers, was slight. De Vylder’s journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region." .

(London: C. Hurst & Co, 1978) 0903983842. 8vo; original dark green boards; dustwrapper; pp. x + 258 (including index); maps. Very good condition in slightly rubbed and edgeworn dustwrapper, a little brown spotting. Study of Ovamboland at a time when it was the focus of international political activity. .

(Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954). Volume 35 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original pale grey cloth, with black lettering to spine, and publisher's device in black to upper board; pp. (viii) + 197 + (vii); plates; folding map. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola." .

(Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan, 1992) 1868487644. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. (v) + (72); charming ink and wash drawings of the architectural highlights of the town, with a map. Spine a little bumped and scuffed; earlier owner's bookplate to half-title. " ... this book ... records and preserves the character of old Swakopmund, not only for the people of Namibia but also for tourists visiting our country." .