Search Results: Authors starting with D from Fables Bookshop

Camera Series". Cape Town (1906).. Used. some markings hence near VG condition.. Coloured photographic view postcard Shows horse-drawn traffic, trolley buses, opposite Stuttafords and W.D. Duncan & Co.

Unmarked vinyl, in VG original sleeve and inner sleeve. Gift inscription on rear.. 7" 33rpm vinyl record. Sermon Preached By The Dean, The Very Rev. J.R. da Costa, In The Cathedral Of St. Mary And All Saints In Salisbury, Rhodesia, On Friday, 8th September, 1978 At The Service For Those Who Were Massacred In The Viscount Air Disaster Sunday 3rd September 1978. The Viscount was Air Rhodesia Flight 825, a scheduled passenger flight, was shot down by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA). The Viscount, named the Hunyani, was flying the last leg of Air Rhodesia's regular scheduled service from Victoria Falls to the capital Salisbury, via the resort town of Kariba.

Van Nostrand Reinhold 1976 1st edition.. Bookplate to front pastedown. near VG in dustwrapper (spine tanned, minor wear, no chips, tears, or loss).. Black cloth boards. 210pp illustrated 8vo. A specialist book on the subject. Authors carried out extensive field research. An extensive bibliography is given. "Some writers have discovered ugliness and a want of grace in the giraffe, but I consider that he is one of the most strikingly beautiful animals in the Creation ..." Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, 1850.

Mambo Press. Gwelo 1972 2nd revised and enlarged edition.. A Good copy.. 337pp softcover. "A Practical Guide To Rhodesia's Most Widely Spoken Language". A grammatical guide to the language with extensive examples. Not a phrasebook.

Henry Greenwood. London 1967.. Calligraphic gift inscription ffep. White boards show some foxing. contents excellent, in Good only dustwrapper (chipped, minor loss and tears).. White cloth boards. 256pp 4to 1.3kg.

Susquehanna University Press / Associated University Presses (1997). Top corners bumped hence VG++ condition in VG dustwrapper (minor wear and creasing, no chips, loss, or tears).. Black cloth boards. 259pp 8vo. 0.6kg. Examines the responses of Kabiye & Lamba farmers to animal traction at Agabassa, a sector of the Kara River Valley Agricultural Development Project. Using ploughs was a major innovation for both groups of farmers who had traditionally farmed manually and who had little or no experience of handling large livestock.

Witwatersrand University Press. Johannesburg 2012.. As new unused copy.. 250pp softcover. A scrutiny of the ANC's treatment of the print media since the inception of democracy in South Africa in 1994.Examines the pattern of paranoia that has crept into public discourse about the media and the ANC and their conflictual relationship. Presents the arguments against the impending clampdown on media freedom witht the trhreat of the Protection of State Information Bill and the media appeals tribunal. Disputes the ANC view that journalists are anti-transformation and that they take instructions from the owners of the media houses, that they are 'capitalist bastards' and 'enemies of the people'.

Books of Zimbabwe. Bulawayo 1981. Newly Set Reprint Edition Combining The 1940 And 1950 Editions, Respectively, Of The Above Works. as originally published by Frank Godden and Robson Lowe. 1st edition thus.. Bookplate to front pastedown else a near Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper (very minor wear to head of spine which is just slightly tanned. no chips. tears, or loss).. Chocolate cloth boards. 311pp illustrated 8vo. 0.6kg. 'The Romance ...' is a standard reference work. In addition to the many pictures of postal significance, over 1300 cancellations are described of which about 150 are illustrated. Date stamps of particular rarity are noted. Some of the places mentioned have long since become ghost towns or have changed their names. It has been brought up to 1949 and includes the date-stamps of the R.A.F. camps in Rhodesia.

Purnell. Cape Town 1979 1st edition. unumbered copy.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. near Fine condition in VG dustwrapper (no chips, tears, or loss).. Gilt on full blue 'leather' boards. 147pp illustrated 4to. 0.7kg. Starting as a trading post in Lesotho, Frasers Limited developed as a wholesale trading company with a presence over the whole of Southern Africa. Genealogy chart starting from Malcolm Fraser, Laird of Culduthel.

David Philip 1988.. No inscription. tanned, generally VG condition. original tape cassette not included.. 235pp softcover 8vo. Outlines the techniques of the music, including the only use of overtone singing in African traditional music, which are studied from the African and Western musicological viewpoints. In its rhythms, its instrumental and singing techniques, Xhosa music is at the same time typically African and yet in many ways unique.

Books of Rhodesia. Bulawayo 1977. Rhodesiana Reprint Library Silver Series. Vol.17. Facsimile of the 1914 Simpkin Marshall edition with new illustrations, foreword, nominal roll, route map; and list of corrections to the original edition.. Edges & eps spotted, minor tanning to preliminaries, else a VG-Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper (minor rubbing to fold at top front of spine, tanned inside). A particularly clean and attractive copy.. Argent title on maroon cloth boards. 213pp illustrated b/w plates, map. 8vo. Includes 26 photographs by Ellerton Fry. Author joined the Pioneers in 1890 and was one of the few to write an account of his personal experiences. In every line the thrill of adventure and the joy of companionship shine through in his youthful account. Darter wrote this however to persuade the British that the British South Africa Company's Charter should be brought to an end as he believed that the Company had forfeited its rights when it used force to invade Matableland in 1893.

Macmillan. Johannesburg 1981 2nd edn.. No inscrip. has a 'set' but a clean sound copy.. Printed wraps. xv + 432pp illus b/w photos, cartoons, maps. 8vo indexed. Covering from the late stone age through to 1977, with the emphasis on the 20th century. A good standard history.

W.P. Nimmo Hay, & Mitchell. Edinburgh nd. (early 20thC).. No inscriptions. a few marks else near new, very attractive.. Gilt title on soft royal blue leather. hardback. all edges gilt. marbled eps. frontis. 316pp sm.8vo

Oxford UP / Princeton UP. 1961 1st edition.. No inscriptions. boards faded just around lower edges. prelims very lightly foxed. lower area of text block (below page number) shows damp stain & crinkle, contents o/w clean and sound, near VG in sp sl fad G+ d/w (rubbed & worn but no loss or tears). Sounds a lot worse than it really is.. Navy cloth boards xiv + 355pp. illustrated b/w plates, bibliography.

Oxford University Press. Cape Town 2012 4th imp.. Used academic text. No apparent highlighting or annotation. Sold w.a.f.. 418pp softcover. 0.7kg

Abelard-Schuman. London 1974 1st edition.. One annotation on Contents page . Fine copy in Fine dustwrapper (price-clipped, bookseller's ticket to front fold-in, no chips, loss, or tears). a most attractive copy.. Yellow cloth boards. 140pp 8vo. Includes stories by Ray Bradbury, Ken Bulmer, Tim Stout, Brian Aldiss, Elizabeth Fancett, Frances Stephens, T.E.D. Klein, Basil Copper, & Pamela Cleaver. The annotation on Contents page is to the effect that Bradbury's story 'Tomorrow's Child' is or is from 'The Shape Of Things'.

Abelard. London 1975, 1st edition.. No inscription. Fine copy in glossy d/w. a most attractive copy.. Black cloth boards. 158pp 8vo.

Abelard. London 1976, 1st edition.. No inscription. Fine copy in Fine dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears). a most attractive copy.. Orange and yellow buckram boards. 152pp 8vo. Stories by Brian Mooney, Rosemary Timperley, Isaac Asimov, David Campton, Ray Bradbury, Les Harding, & Peter L. Cave.

The Five Mile Press, 3rd edition. 1996.. No inscription. VG condition.. 456pp, large format soft cover. 0.9kg.

Balkema. Cape Town 1969.. Small ownership name. 4 square corners, eps tanned with sello offset else a VG+ copy in lesser dustwrapper (damp-crinkled, no tears or loss).. Gilt on blue cloth boards. iii + 8 b/w plates + 300pp. illustrated b/w line drawings. photos. large 4to. 1.4kg. Standard descriptive work covering the marine biology of South African shores and estuaries. Keys and illustrations to identify over 1200 common animals and plants with brief biological notes for each. References, glossary of terms.