Search Results: Titles starting with B from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(London: Oxford University Press, 1943, 2nd edition). Crown 8vo; original green cloth; no dustwrapper; endpaper map; colour frontis. portrait; pp. 122; plates; some illustrations in text. Cover somewhat worn and a little soiled; corners bumped; previous owner's name on front pastedown; sporadic, light foxing. Fair to good condition. Brief account of the life of Baden-Powell, the hero of the Matabele War, who went on to further prominence as a general in the Anglo-Boer War and as founder of the Boy Scouts movement. .

(Port Elizabeth: The Wild Life Society of South Africa, Eastern Province Branch,. 248 x 160 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 20; map. Light silverfish attention to wrappers; occasional fox spot; earlier owner's name signed on first page. Good condition. While raising concerns about "the depradations of civic development", this booklet also provides lists of vegetation, birds, mammals and reptiles found in the valley. .

(Pretoria: LAPA Publishers, 2004) 0-7993-3319-0. 4to (268 x 215 mm); laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 160; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs and some facsimiles. Upper board very lightly rubbed. Near-fine condition. A beautifully produced tribute to this charismatic primate. .

(London, Collins, 1977). Small quarto, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed, pp. 158, line-illustrations. .

(London: Macmillan, 1987) 0333543696. Translated by Stacey Knecht. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. (vi) +231. Dustwrapper lightly sunned on spine panel; front free endpaper removed; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; trace of foxing and browning. Good. "Fascinated from childhood by the enigmatic figure of her uncle, a Catholic missionary in Africa who returned only for short leaves bearing unfamiliar presents, Lieve Joris set out on board the Fabiolaville to the former Belgian Congo, the modern Zaïre of the ubiquitous President Mobutu. The author describes equally vividly the remnants of Zaïre's colonial past, the mission stations and the white expatriate community - many of whom ignore as far as possible the country in which they live - and the realities of modern Zaïre. From the chaos of Kinshasa to the remote villages of the interior, she falls for the charm of the… Read More

(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972) 684127547. 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt crowned cranes device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (iii) + 302; illustrations by the author. Dustwrapper torn and sunned; light wear to bottom fore-corner of upper board; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition, in a modest dustwrapper. "Jan Juta is a many-talented man: painter, designer, author, lecturer, and lay preacher in the Episcopal Church. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, he was the only son of Sir Henry and Lady Juta, politically and socially prominent members of what was then called the Cape Colony. After attending Christ Church College, Oxford, he studied art in Rome, Madrid, and Paris. His murals have been commissioned in France, England, South Africa, and the United States ..." .

(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, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909). 8vo; original pictorial cloth; pp. xiv + 358 + adverts.; plates, line drawings (incl. some by Whymper); tables. Ex-library copy with label on front pastedown and code on spine; light wear to cloth; some hand-stamps and codes inside; scattered light foxing. Good to very good condition. "Invigorating mountain air and wild scenery impart a special charm to grouse shooting. To see good dogs working over a wide range of heather, carefully quartering the likely ground and backing each other with stiffened limbs and tails at each steady point, is delightful to a sportsman, the more so as the use of dogs in the pursuit of partridges is more and more rare. Good lungs, good muscle, good nerve, and good sight are all more or less essential to any large measure of success." .

(London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909). 8vo; original pictorial cloth; pp. xx + 448, incl. index; plates (incl. some by Whymper); line drawings in text. Ex-library copy with label on front pastedown and code on spine; light wear to cloth; some hand-stamps and codes inside; scattered moderate foxing. Good condition. "I feel some apology is due to what are, after all, perhaps, the great body of fishermen, for the second part of the title of the present volume. The term 'coarse fish' has been adopted because it seems to be that most generally used and understood, and, therefore, best calculated to convey readily a correct idea of the contents of this essay. Even whilst employing the expression, however, I must record my protest against it. What is there coarse, for example, about the perch of gorgeous scaling, armed cap-à-pie like a paladin of old, and glowing with half the colours of the rainbow? Or the 'arrowy dace,' almost as mettlesome, and perhaps even more… Read More

(London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907). 8vo; original pictorial cloth; pp. xviii + 513 (+ adverts.); plates; line drawings in text. Ex-library copy with label on front pastedown and code on spine; light wear to cloth; some hand-stamps and codes inside; scattered moderate foxing. Good condition. "People who are only acquainted with the comparatively rough methods of professional fishermen may be disposed to declare that there is no sport to be obtained in the sea. But those who do me the honour of perusing the following pages can hardly fail to be convinced that salt water is as sport-yielding as fresh, and that there are many kinds of sea fish so wary and such powerful swimmers that in their capture the knowledge and skill of the sportsman are all important." .

(London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906). 8vo; original pictorial cloth; pp. xii + 391 (+ adverts.); line drawings in text. Ex-library copy with label on front pastedown and code on spine; some hand-stamps and codes inside; scattered moderate foxing. Good condition. "The animal chosen as an example of what a hound should be is the Badminton Potentate . . . As a contrast to him the picture of a bad hound is given, his defects being purposely emphasised in order that they may at once strike the observer. Such a nightmare of a hound is not to be discovered in any hunting field, but by a course of injudicious breeding he might conceivably be produced. From head to stern he is all that a hound should not be. His shapeless head is joined by a thick neck to a shockingly clumsy pair of shoulders, which have no liberty of action about them. His legs are weak and crooked; he has the reverse of those 'round cat feet' which Somerville properly desires. He is flat-sided and slack in the loins;… Read More

(Washington, DC: United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1955). 231 x 150 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. iv + 51; photographs; artwork; tables; map. Lightly rubbed. Very good condition. "As a background for better understanding the economics of the bald eagle, this paper assembles information concerning its characteristics and life history. Included are data on range, abundance, movements, plumages, age, sex ratio, dimensions, weight, nesting, eggs, young, and enemies." .

(Cape Town/Amsterdam: A A Balkema, 1949, First Edition). 193 x 115 mm; original green cloth; pp. 27 + (3). .

(Bampton: The Friends of St. Mary's, Bampton, 2005). Republished with new illustrations. 258 x 210 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 124; contemporary photographs. Near fine condition. "Hughes-Owens was powerfully aware that the last memories of traditional rural life were fading before his eyes (he thanks 'many elderly parishioners, some of whom, alas, are no longer with us'), even if he was enough a man of the 1960s and 'Progress' to write approvingly that the returning First World War veterans 'had lost that old parochialism which had been the besetting fault of Bampton folk for so long'. Hence the title of the book. But it is a slightly misleading title: even if the recent memories which Hughes-Owens recorded give it its most enduring interest, the work is in fact a history of Bampton through the ages." .

(London: The Commonwealth Secretariat in association with James Currey, 1989). Statement by The Commonwealth Committee of Foreign Ministers on Southern Africa. Report of the Inter-Governmental Group of Officials. 215 x 134 mm; laminated wraps; pp. (ii) + 94. Crease to upper cover. Very good condition. 'South Africa's apartheid economy is now trapped in a situation where it cannot sustain a satisfactory rate of growth without sufficient new sources of foreign exchange which are no longer in prospect', says the Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir Shridath Ramphal about the findings of this study by an inter-governmental Group from Australia, Canada and India. .

(Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1992) 079931790X. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 179, incl. index; photographs in text. Spine sunned; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Daar word twee en dertigduisend vyfhonderd Boerekrygsgevangenes na kampe in Suid-Afrika, Ceylon, Bermuda, St. Helena, Portugal en Indië gestuur. In BANNELINGE OOR DIE OSEAAN vertel Coen Groenewald op deernisvolle wyse die dramatiese en aangrypende verhale van die mans en seuns wat in die kampe aangehou is. Hier is verhale wat spreek van die heroïese, verraad, ontbering, humor, gewaagde ontsnappings, eensaamheid en verlange na die vaderland. Interessante foto's lig die prikkelende vertellings toe." .

(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987) 0297790420. 8vo; original dark brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (i) + 289, incl. index; plates; maps. Dustwrapper slightly sunned on spine panel. Very good condition. "The Banner of Battle is the first comprehensive interpretation of the subject stressing the European and Baltic angles, and so bringing the Crimean War clearly and astutely into focus." .

(Bloemfontein: Nasionale Pers, 1944). Number 26 in the "Kennis vir Almal" series. 178 x 133 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 106; plates. Wrappers foxed and a little worn; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; some fox spots. Good condition. Afrikaans text. Overview of childhood among traditional South African tribes. "Ek het probeer om in hierdie boekie 'n algemene oorsig te gee van die jeuglewe van die Bantoe in Suid-Afrika. Aangesien die omstandighede waarin die naturelle vandag verkeer, baie verskil van die vroeëre toestande, vind daar ook 'n groot verandering plaas in hul kulturele lewe, en die jeuglewe soos hier beskrywe is al in groot mate iets van die verlede. Iets daarvan vind 'n mens nog net in die naturellestreke. Baie word vandag op dorpe en in stede groot en hul jeuglewe vertoon nou nie juis die beeld soos in hierdie boekie geskets word nie." .

(London: Faber & Gwyer, 1929, 1st edition). 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. xii + (ii) + 328, incl. index; large, folding map at rear. Boards very slightly bumped and rubbed; some foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves. Good condition. (Schapera M73) "A valuable examination of the development and effects of 'frontier' policies." - Schapera. "In this book the South African problem is shown, by its historical setting, to have been from the beginning a problem of the possession of land, and a matter of hard economics. To say that there is a clash between the interests of Bantu, Boer and Briton is but to indicate a specific manifestation of a world-wide conflict of races. While the closest parallel is perhaps to be found in the Southern States, similar conditions may be said ipso facto to arise in any modern state (e.g. Kenya and Southern Rhodesia) where widely divergent races meet. Native policy in South Africa, too long… Read More

(Oxford: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1976). 214 x 134 mm; wrappers; pp. 381, incl. index; plates. Wrappers very slightly creased; spine and portion of wrappers sunned; trace of foxing to edges; occasional underlining and marginalia. Good. "This study of Independent Zulu Churches in South Africa was first published in 1948 and has been in continuing demand. ... Sundkler's considerable experience in the African mission field and his wide knowledge of the social and cultural as well as the theological background of the problems have enabled him to present an accurate and sympathetic picture of the South African Independent Churches today." .