Search Results: Authors starting with W from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: Juta & Co., 1921). 185 x 123 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 106. Some rust marks to upper cover; chip to fore-edge of upper wrapper, with archival tape repair to reverse side; slightly frayed at head of spine; some foxing and regular, light browning. Good. (Strange Collection, 1168; Doke, p. 252; SABIB 4, p. 703) Uncommon title: OCLC finds just the North-West University Library copy. "As regards books in Zulu, there are many to be had, and some of them are excellent. The knowledge they impart is without doubt of great service in many cases. But I think they will of only limited service to beginners and to junior pupils. One fault is that they presume some previous knowledge or insight on the part of their readers, such as very often does not exist. Again, they have always seemed to me to fail in not being sufficiently full in the explanation of difficult points, and also to fail in not being graduated carefully and easily, so as to render it possible that progress may be at… Read More

(Halifax, Sentinel Projects, 1996). 203 x 145 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. (vi) + 118. Near fine condition. "Frederick Brian Wade set off from South Africa to join the British Forces to serve King and Empire during the First World War. He trained with the King Edward's Horse at Bishops Stortford and the Curragh in Ireland. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment which formed part of the 47th Division. Generally serving in the transport section, he served at the Somme and Ypres. Medically discharged due to illness, he returned to South Africa, and then went on to colonial service in formerly German-held Tanganyika. The military sections of this material were written subject to the censorship restrictions of the time." .

(Cape Town: Purnell, 1965). 4to; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 242, incl. index; photographs in colour and monochrome. Dustwrapper slightly worn and soiled to edges, with lamination partially lifting; code to dustwrapper's spine panel and to front free endpaper; ink stamp to copyright page and final text page; light foxing to endpapers. Very good, in a fair to good dustwrapper. "All his life Dr. Wager has maintained his interest in his unusual hobby of delving into the life histories of the South African Frogs. ... The book is lavishly illustrated, and even if one is not particularly interested in frogs, the reader cannot fail to be attracted by the hundred monochrome and eighty coloured pictures. Animals are notoriously hard to photograph for they will seldom co-operate, stay still, face the right direction, eat or call, and immediately attempt to retreat to a safe refuge. Dr. Wager's skill and patience are shown in… Read More

(Cape Town: Chameleon Press, 1986) 0620098309. 214 x 147 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 24; line drawings. Fine condition. Afrikaans text. The story of the ostrich feather industry and the place played by Oudtshoorn in its growth. "Soos Johannesburg en goud, of Kimberley en diamante, is die dorp Oudtshoorn sinoniem met volstruise. Soos met minerale, is daar goeie jare en insinkings - niks anders nie as met die goudstormlope van die 19de eeu. Waar het die broeivoëls vandaan gekom, en hoekom het spesifiek Oudtshoorn die wêreldsentrum van die volstruisboerderybedryf geword?" .

(Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1922). 8vo; original grey card wraps; pp. 136; plates, map. Wraps a bit sunned and fragile. Good condition. .

(Pretoria: Government Printer for Union of South Africa. Department of Mines and Industries, 1927). 240 x 150 mm; card wrappers; pp. 104. Wrappers a bit sunned. Geological survey of the Potgietersrust and Waterberg districts. .

(Breslau, Ferdinand Hirt, 1921). Original decorative cloth-backed paper over boards, mottled, as usual, corners slightly bruised, pp. 206, frontispiece, plates, sketch-map. Browning, a little foxing, binding slightly strained, owner's hand-stamp in the top margin of the title-page. Fair condition. 'Ich habe dies Buch während des erfolgreichen Kriegjahres 1917 in der Einsamkeit einer südwestafrikanischen Farm geschrieben. Was ich im Schatten grüner Wälder, auf sonnendurchglühter Savanne, auf frier Steppe, in einsam stiller Wüste von deutschen Tropen gesehem, gedacht und erlebt habe, wollte ich in einer Reihe von einzelnen, in sich abgeschlossenen Bildern darstellen und meinerseits dadurch den kolonialen Gedanken in der Heimat fördern helfen.' German colonies in Africa. Namibia, etc. .

(Vancouver, J.J. Douglas for the Vancouver Public Library, 3rd reprinting of the 1909 edition, 1973). Dustwrapper, lightly soiled, original green cloth, endpaper map, pp. xix + 546, illustrations. Owner's name on the verso of the half-title-page, edges a little marked and foxed. .

(Cape Town, Maskew Miller, 1970.). 182 x 117mm, laminated pictorial wraps very slightly rubbed, endpaper plan of the caves, pp. (vi) + 83, including index, with a colour frontispiece and 14 black-and-white photographs. A good, clean copy with no marks of previous ownership. An excellent introduction to one of Africa's greatest natural wonders. .

(Johannesburg: Sable Publishers, ca 1982) 0620062215. Large 4to; original grey cloth, lettered in silver gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 208; profusely illustrated, with photographs in colour and monochrome. Trace of sunning to dustwrapper's upper panel adjacent to spine; a little foxing to edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition. "Most recent extinctions can be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to man; more specifically to man's demographic and technological expansion. ... If mankind continues to allow whole species to perish, when does their peril also become ours? In South Africa we have witnessed the extinction of the Quagga, the Bluebuck, the Cape Lion and any number of plant species. Right now there are certain species whose survival is threatened; the Black Rhino, the Cheetah, the elephants of Kaokoveld and Knysna, the Cape Vulture and the floral kingdom of the south western Cape." .

(Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers, 1989) 0947458050. 4to; original blue boards, with silver gilt lettering to spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 156; colour map; lavishly illustrated with stunning overhead photographs. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, and very slightly edgeworn; some spotting, particularly to reverse of dustwrapper and to top edge of some leaves. Good condition. German version of 'Okavango from the Air'. .

(London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928). 8vo; original dark buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; gift inscription to front free endpaper; pp. xii + 623, incl. index; several maps. Spine darkened, with light wear to extremities; cloth partially mottled; a little foxing to endpapers and edges. Good condition. The front endpaper inscription reads: "To Miss Winifred de Villiers / in recollection of many pleasant / motor drives from C. W. Darwin / Cape Town / 1928". .

(Johannesburg: The South African Trade Union Council, 1961). 8vo; original papered boards; no dustwrapper; pp. xxiii + (i) + 387, incl. index; plates. Good to very good condition. Spine somewhat sunned; some light browning to endpapers and outer leaves; a little soiling to edges. The first major history of trade unionism in South Africa. "The most elementary of trade union principles demands that workers, irrespective of race or colour, shall have the recognised right to organise and to bargain collectively for the improvement of conditions of employment and other standards of life. The time is long overdue for the trade union forces to overcome any reaction in their ranks, to boldly follow the path of democracy and progress and to fight for the establishment in our country of internationally accepted trade union rights for all workers. Should they fail to do this they will be helping in their own destruction and in the collapse of the living standards and working conditions so painfully… Read More

(Cape Town: J. F. Midgley, 1977) 0620024704. 8vo; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; illustrated pastedowns; pp. (xii) + 171, incl. index; photographs and monochrome illustrations. Name signed on title page; trace of fishmothing to dustwrapper; a little spotting to edges. Very good condition. "I have ... written the stories of my ancestors and my own reminiscences and have allowed myself to expand on those aspects which I believe to be of general interest and perhaps even amusement. In particular I have done my best to draw a pen picture of my beloved father, Eric Anderson Walker, as I knew him and his famous works. I have glossed over my own sadnesses and heartaches and extracted some of the more light-hearted anecdotes from the kaleidoscope of my life, referring 'pari passu' to episodes in recent and contemporary History as they have impinged on me." .

(Cape Town: J. F. Midgley, 1977) 0620024704. Publisher's presentation inscription to title page. 8vo; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper with later lamination; illustrated pastedowns; pp. (xii) + 171, incl. index; photographs and monochrome illustrations. Earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; loosely inserted press review of the book. Very good condition. "I have ... written the stories of my ancestors and my own reminiscences and have allowed myself to expand on those aspects which I believe to be of general interest and perhaps even amusement. In particular I have done my best to draw a pen picture of my beloved father, Eric Anderson Walker, as I knew him and his famous works. I have glossed over my own sadnesses and heartaches and extracted some of the more light-hearted anecdotes from the kaleidoscope of my life, referring 'pari passu' to episodes in recent and contemporary History as they have impinged on me." .

(London, Oxford University Press, re-issued, 1934). 12mo, original card wraps, rubbed and with short tears on the hinges, pp. viii + 336 + (i) + xxx: publisher's advertisements, a few diagrams in the text. Bookplate of Jack Vincent on the inside upper wrap. Edges slightly foxed. .

(Salisbury: Galaxie Press, 1972, First Edition). 8vo; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 339. Some edgewear to dustwrapper. Very good condition. Novel set in Rhodesia. .

(Cape Town: the author, 2006) 0620373652. Signed by the author on the title page. 210 x 160 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. vii + (i) + 85, incl. index; several historic photographs; map; advertisements to inner wrappers. Near fine condition. "This book is not a chronology of shipwrecks along our Far South coast which extends on the west from Kommetjie Beach and on the east from Muizenberg Beach, to Cape Point. This book is about the human element associated with these wrecks. The drama, the tragedies, the bravery, the sorrow, the seamanship, the discipline, the unsung heroes and the story of mutiny and murder, all of which have occurred along our Far South coast. The time span is from 1650 - 1950, when hundreds upon hundreds of sailing ships and steamships passed this coast, and were very much on their own if wrecked." .

(Princeton: D. van Nostrand Company, 1964). 180 x 107 mm; wrappers; pp. 192, incl. index. Wrappers a little rubbed; light browning; occasional fox spot; earlier owner's name signed on title page. Good condition. 'In bringing his popular account of contemporary Africa up to date, Professor Wallbank has added a new chapter entitled "Eight Momentous Years, 1956-1964." He has also included the text of Macmillan's "Winds of Change" speech, and made revisions to the first six chapters.' .

(London: Chatto & Windus, 1946). The Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia Oppenheimer Series, Number Three, consisting of three volumes: Volume One (First Journey 1869-1870), Volume Two (First Journey 1870-1871), Volume Three (Second Journey 1871-1872). Three royal 8vo volumes; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt Rhodesia crest to upper cover; no dustwrappers; top edges gilt; pp. xxxviii + 278, viii + [279-598], viii + [599-855, incl. index]; several monochrome and colour plates; some illustrations in text; two folding maps in the first volume, one folding map in the second, and a further two maps in the third, one of which is folding. Spines slightly sunned; bookplate of C. Payne to front pastedown in first two volumes (see 'South African Bookplates from the Percival J. G. Bishop Collection', p. 49) and subsequent owner's name signed on front free endpaper in all three; some foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere; short crease to end map in final… Read More