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

(Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers, 1948). 8vo; original red cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. (iv) + 416; black-and-white plates. Cloth somewhat sunned and worn, otherwise very good condition. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Compilation of articles about Leipoldt, by many contributors. .

(Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1940). Uitgawe van die Patriot-Vereniging vir Afrikaanse Teksuitgawes No. 2. 8vo; original grey boards, lettered in black on spine, and with black device to upper cover; pp. 181; frontis. portrait. Corners of boards slightly turned; a little mottled on backstrip; earlier owner's hand-stamps to front endpaper; edges lightly browned; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Early Afrikaans text, with accompanying critical material in Afrikaans. "Die eerste omvangryke prosawerke word geskryf deur C. P. Hoogenhout. In Die geskiedenis van Josef (1873), wat gerig is op die begripsvermoë van die kind met aanpassing van die idioom aan die Afrikaanse werklikheid, gee hy 'n oorvertelling van die Bybelverhaal. In Catharina, die dogter van die advokaat (1879) is die verhaal romanties gekleurd en word die verteller pleitbesorger vir die Afrikanersaak." - Kannemeyer: Die Afrikaanse Literatuur 1652-1987, p. 35 .

(Cape Town: Cape Performing Arts Board Ballet Company, 1984). 305 x 216 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; photographs. Wrappers a little rubbed and creased; bump to tail of spine. Good condition. Text in English and Afrikaans. .

(Pretoria: CSIR, 1990) 0798849398. Presentation bookplate from the CSIR mounted to half-title. 4to; original black boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xii + 352, incl. index; many portraits and other photographs, largely in monochrome, but with some colour. Dustwrapper curled to edges, with old tape marks, very scuffed on lower panel; recent archival tape repairs to reverse side; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. "This story of the first 40 years of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is presented in three parts. The first includes the events leading up to its establishment in 1945 and discusses the need for such a body in South Africa as seen against the background of world events, notably the impact of two world wars and the emergence in other countries of organizations with specific responsibilities for co-ordinating and developing scientific research. It continues as a chronological narrative of events… Read More

(London, Blandford Press, 1956). 8vo; original green cloth gilt; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 487, incl. index; black-and-white photographs. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, with short tears, and sunned on spine; moderate, scattered foxing. Good condition. "In the second edition of Cacti a further 312 species have been added, bringing the total number of species described to 1,500, and there are 36 additional illustrations. . . . This book will be of the greatest assistance to growers of Cacti and its scientific accuracy will also commend it to botanists interested in these plants." .

(London: Studio Vista, 1965). 8vo; pictorial cloth; no dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. 264, incl. index; line drawings; colour plates. Spine a bit cocked; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "This comprehensive handbook on the cultivation of Cacti, midday flowers and other succulent plants, is written by a world famous authority on the subject and contains over 900 illustrations." .

(London: Ward Lock Limited, 1988) 070636628X. 222 x 168 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 96, incl. index; diagrams; colour photographs. Wrappers a little rubbed. Very good condition. "Many thousands of people around the world have become involved with collecting and growing cacti and succulents. This is at the least a fascinating hobby and once infatuation has taken hold the wonder of it all rarely ceases to attract. ... Cacti and succulents are closely akin as both can withstand long periods of drought by storing water and nourishment in their stems, leaves and rootstock. They can therefore survive when most other plants would succumb. This book provides adequate guidance to identifying and understanding these plants." .

(Cape Town: Purnell, 1969). 4to; original blue cloth, with gilt secretarybird icon to upper cover and gilt lettering to spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248 + (viii); full-colour plates; line drawings and colour illustrations in text. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; trace of foxing. Very good condition. "This is a book about the watching and drawing of birds in action. The artist and author, Simon Calburn, works only from life and this book is essentially a record in pictures and words of his contact with the world of birds. Over one hundred of the species found in Southern Africa are illustrated, and there are birds from all the principal types of habitat." .

([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: Howard Timmins, 1962). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 176; plates. Dustwrapper edgeworn; pages somewhat browned; some foxing. Good condition. "Putting aside considerations of financial security, risking the loss of his legal practice, Archie Snyman bought a yacht ... a lovely boat he could ill afford ... he taught himself to navigate and sail, Senta, off the Natal coast and then with an inexperienced crew set off to cross the Atlantic. ... How they eventually managed to reach their destination makes a story that will enthrall all who love the sea." .

(Cape Town: David Philip, 1972) 0949968048. Small 4to; original yellow boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. viii + (ii) + 101; line drawings and paintings reproduced in monochrome. Dustwrapper somewhat rubbed and edgeworn, with trace of foxing to reverse side; light bump to bottom corners of boards; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition, in a good dustwrapper. "The unfamiliar faces in this book are those of Xhosa- and Zulu-speaking people who live in the country that lies between the Drakensberg and the sea. The portraits are exact in every detail and delight those who have lived among these people - Xhosa, Pondo and Thembu, Bhaca and Zulu - because of their veracity. Equally they delight strangers and travellers because they reveal the unfamiliar and romantic. … One of the pleasures this book provides is that it expresses in painting and words the personal reaction of the artist, what she feels about… Read More

(Cape Town: David Philip, 2000) 0864862520. 230 x 150 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (xviii) + 252 + (i); photographs. Fine condition. "Katie Makanya, whose voice once charmed Queen Victoria, died in Natal in 1955 at the age of 83. But not before she had related the remarkable story of her life to Margaret McCord, daughter of Dr James McCord, for whom Katie worked for 35 years as interpreter, dispenser and loyal assistant. Now Margaret has written down Katie's oral testimony as an engaging and moving biography that spans the late nineteenth century into the apartheid years. We read of Katie's travels to England, where as a member of the Jubilee Singers she was presented at court to Queen Victoria; her return to South Africa; her faith, her marriage and her children; and her work with Dr McCord at the Zulu hospital he founded in Durban." .

(Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1998) 9728128452. 228 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 131; full-colour photographs of the artworks, with descriptive text, along with floor plans. Near-fine condition. 'Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born into an Armenian family in Scutari near Istanbul in 1869. He was educated in England and made his fortune as a petroleum magnate. The collection of works of art he assembled throughout his lifetime numbers some 6000 pieces and is now the property of the foundation named after him. In bequeathing it to Portugal, Gulbenkian stipulated that nothing should be taken from the collection: it was to be kept, in his own words, "under the same roof".' .

(Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1926). Small 8vo; original paper over boards, with pictorial onlay and title label on spine, a little sunned, and slightly worn at extremities; past owner's hand stamp on front free endpaper; pp. viii + 108; some browning to endpapers; black-and-white plates. Good condition. "The Cambridge undergraduate of to-day would hardly recognise his prototype of a hundred years ago, if the latter could be brought to life. The past century has wrought a vast change in his appearance, vernacular, sobriety, diversions, and general behaviour. We can congratulate ourselves, however, that a better type has been evolved, although we can still recognise to-day modified (and improved) specimens of the men who were in residence in the early twenties." .

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988) 0521309751. Large 8vo; original grey boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 302, incl. index; profusely illustrated, with some colour plates and many monochrome photographs. Earlier owner's discreet book label to front free endpaper. Near fine condition. "The books are intended for general readers and specialists, and for everyone interested in exploring how the arts relate to each other and to the culture of the age. Contributors have taken care to avoid technical terms and to characterise the special nature of their art and the artists they describe. Each volume concludes with a substantial section of further reading." Contributors: Derek Pearsall, Nicola Coldstream, Nigel Nicolson, Stephen Medcalf, Richard Axton, T. A. Heslop, R. B. Dobson, N. J. Sandon, Christopher Page, Tom Williamson; Further reading: Carol Meale. .

(London, Royal Historical Society, 1987). Original boards, very slightly rubbed, pp. (v) + 432. Top edge very slightly dusted. Contents: Computus Rolls of the English Lands of the Abbey of Bec (1272 - 1289); Financial Memoranda of the Reign of Edward V. Longleat Miscellaneous Manuscript Book II.; A collection of several speeches and treatises of the late Lord Treasurer Cecil, and of several observations of the Lords of the Council given to King James concerning his estate and revenue in the years 1608, 1609 and 1610; John Howson's Answers to Archbishop Abbot's Accusations at his 'Trial' before James I at Greenwich, 10 June 1615; Debates in the House of Commons 1697 - 1699. .

(London, Royal Historical Society, 1990). Original boards, spine slightly rubbed, pp. (v) + 540. Top edge dusted. Contents: The Hospitallers' Western Accounts, 1373/4 and 1374/5; William Latymer's Chronickille of Anne Bulleyne; The Letters of Richard Scudamore to Sir Philip Hoby, September 1549 - March 1555; The Undergraduate Account Book of John and Richard Newdigate, 1618 - 1621; Captain Henry Herbert's Narrative of his Journey through France with his Regiment, 1671 - 3. And: Ane Account of Our Regements Marches from the Winter Quarters to ther Entrance in France; Lord Cutt's Letters, 1695; George III and the Southern Department: Some Unprinted Royal Correspondence; John Robinson's 'State' of the House of Commons, July 1730.' .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1980) 0869782029. Folio; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 224, incl. index; monochrome photographs. Dustwrapper quite edgeworn and foxed to reverse side; spine cocked; a little shelf-rubbed; earlier owner's name scored out on front free endpaper; a little light foxing. Good, in a modest dustwrapper. "One of South Africa's leading exponents of colour photography, Malcolm Pearse, has decided in this book to put colour behind him, and to go for black and white. ... Landscape photography is never easy, but somehow he has managed to capture on film those indefinable qualities that almost make the mountains breathe." .

(Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1967). Small quarto, dustwrapper, rubbed, pp. (ix) + 91, line-illustrations in the text. Bookseller's label on the front pastedown endpaper, edges slightly foxed. Number 16 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. 'The first poets of the Cape are all forgotten now and Nerine Desmond decided to rescue some of them from oblivion.' .

(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. .