Search Results: Africana - Poetry from Chapter 1 Books

Saul Solomon en Co., Drukkers, Kaapstad, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 146 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. A benign copy. Gilt titling. The boards are much stained, marked, worn, sunned all about. The spine too is faded and worn. The boards and spine are steady and sure. The contents are mild-mannered. The early pages have sparse handling marks. Overwhelmingly the pages are clean, clear, convivial, bourgeois, contented, amenable, healthy, harmonious. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author ; The Ditchling Press, Ditchling (printer), 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Meikle, Jill. Signed. 45 pages (complete). A much owned copy. Noeline Barry inscribed and signed the frontispage (dated: Salisbury, August- 1971). She also signed the title page (noting too that the book was considered the London Poetry Society's 'Book of the Year' 1957). The paper covers are much worn about the edges and spine. They are scuffed and marked by handling and shelving. Nonetheless, the covers are comfortable and secure. The contents have evidence of avid use throughout. The pages have handling marks and wear and creasing. However, the pages are mild-mannered, clean, clear, contented, affable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

COSAW (Congress of South African Writers), 1988. Second Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 71 pages (complete). A most pleasing copy. The Reading Session of 17 July 1988 was the first, and one of great importance in the history and progress of resistance/ liberation writing in South Africa. It was a focussed intention to reassert and reframe radical creativity. The booklet ends with the word for 'Nkosi Sikelele Africa - the liberation Anthem which was, at the time, banned by the apartheid regime. The yellow covers are dramatic, clean, healthy. The contents are most pleasing. They are bright, very clean and clear, confident, certain, eager, energetic. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Kosmo-Uitgewery Edms Bpk., Stellenbosch, 1965. Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Langdown, A A. Complete. Numbered 722 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. A most satisfying copy of this wrenchingly beautiful book. The dustjacket - that is stuck to the boards - is worn, scuffed, creased. It is still dramatic, secure and sure. The contents are in excellent condition. The illustrations by Langdown are vivid, vibrant, visceral. The pages are clean, clear, embracing. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

John Brett Cohen, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Korzennik, M.M. This large book comes with its own protective slipcase. The boards are pristine, and without visible defect. There is a tiny smudge on the back, and the gold gilt of the front board is a touch rubbed, but apart from this, the boards are strong and square. Internally, the pages are absolutely impeccable. There are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp, clean and complete. The binding remains beautifully strong. A well preserved and charming book. JV.K. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Human & Rousseau, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Afrikaans text. 104 Pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and marked, despite this the boards remain strong. Internally, the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound. r* 04/11/2021. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Poets Printery, East London, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Scott, Sally. Signed. 202 pages (complete). Signed by Harry Owen on the title page. A comfortable copy of this anthology of poems to raise awareness of the plight of the rhino. The covers have wear about the edges and seams. They are sure, placid, healthy. The contents have some mild evidence of happy use. The page corners have very mild wear. Otherwise, the contents are bright, eager, tidy, clean and clear, pleasing. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 133 pages (complete). A stoic copy. At some stage the book has been subjected to damp storage conditions. This affected the covers rather than the contents. The boards and cloth spine have much wear and marking. They are firm and passive. Within, the contents have foxing and wear throughout. The pages are yet thick, clear, generous of spirit, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New Books, Cape Town, 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 18 pages (complete). Inscribed and signed by Stokes on the frontispage: "That through a long trek of years / the highways and byways spoored by Mr F R Bradlow/ will be fraught with the choicest gifts of life/ is the only sincere hope of/ C S Stokes/ Cape Town November 1961". Stokes also signed by the title page (dated: Cape Town, January 1957). A placid copy. The card covers have tanning, wear, scuffing and marks from storage and handling. They are sturdy and sure. Within, the guttering along the frontispage is ajar, but the security of the book is unaffected. The card pages are narrowly tanned about the edges. There are flecks of age-related marks. The pages are clean, clear, benign, amiable, tidy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 79 pages (complete). Signed by de Priester on the title page (a dedicatee's name has been vigorous scribbled over). In Afrikaans throughout. A placid copy. The covers have wear and scuffing. They are contented and secure. The contents are bright, clean, clear, energetic and engaging. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64 pages (complete). A neat, alert copy. The covers are bright, mildly worn about the edges. The contents are healthy. The final pages have shallow creases to the bottom corners. The contents are fresh, clean, clear, energetic, serene. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

B H Blackwell, Oxford / Longmans, Green & Co., New York / T Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 57 pages (complete). An aging, valiant copy. Included: A newspaper clipping about Hamilton, who fell in battle in 1917. The boards are much worn and scuffed all about. The spine has been repaired with a leather strip. The pages are mellowed with age. They have foxing and some light wear. The pages are thick, certain, clear, poignant. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Buren Publishers, Cape Town, 1973. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Signed. 60 pages (complete). Signed by Izak du Plessis on the frontispage (dated: 8/5/74). Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 500 copies. Included is a press obituary for du Plessis. A benign copy. The dustjacket has wear, scuffing and marks all about. It is placid. The boards are mild and hale. Within, the contents have some areas of tanning to the frontis and end papers. The pages are clean, clear, comfortable, affable, redolent of their time, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cum-Boeke, Roodepoort, 1981. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 67 pages (complete). Numbered 166 of a limited edition of 500 copies. In Afrikaans and English. A tidy copy. The dustjacket has storage / shelving wear to the top edges in particular. The dj is otherwise smart and secure. The boards are healthy. Within, the contents are most agreeable. The pages are very clean and clear, amiable and amenable, generous and contented. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Juta & Co., Ltd., Cape Town and Johannesburg, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. 234 pages (complete). A MOST UNIQUE copy. This copy was Vine's own pre-proof editing copy. Considerable amount of editing notes, comments, updates, inserts throughout. A note pasted on the front board, in Vine's own handwriting: "Final corrected copy... Only proof to see now,- which I shall return the day I receive it, and almost without an alteration so carefully done is this. A Vine Hall". All editing etc in Vine's own handwriting. The notes are exceptionally detailed and precise. Despite the wear and use, the book thrills with the intimacy it brings with it, the originality of its presence. It is seems trivial to quibble too much about wear, scuffing, marking as much of it was due to handling by Vine during the process. Nonetheless, the boards do have some areas of sunning, scuffing, wear. They are comfortable, sure. The pages are certain, neat, most agreeable. A… Read More

Edward Moxon, London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 219 pages (complete). Original pressed boards. Newer end-papers(?). Frontispiece, vignette, plus illustration of 'Bechuana Boy'. A placid copy. The boards have wear from age, storage all about. The edges and corners have wear, sunning. The spine is sunned; there is wear to head (a short closed rip) and foot. The gilt titling is genial. Blind-stamped decoration. The boards are steady and sure. The papertrims are lightly tanned. The contents are agreeably affable. The early and later pages are much marked with foxing and age-related marks; there are blotches, spots, smudges of foxing here and there throughout. Nonetheless, the contents are tight, healthy, tidy, clean and clear, convivial, confident, very certain, companionable, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Juta and Co., Ltd., Cape Town, Johannesburg, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Westhofen, W. Complete. Six coloured tipped-in plates (complete). A tidy, neat copy. String binding. The covers are genial, contented, sure. They have mild storage tanning about the edges. Pressed text. The contents are genteel, homely, clean, clear, genial, companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Juta and Co., Ltd., Cape Town, Johannesburg, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Barclay, D. Complete. Six coloured tipped-in plates. These are genteel and bourgeois. String binding. The covers are neat, gratifying. Pressed text. The contents have some light storage foxing here and there. The contents are mild-mannered, contented, healthy, clean, clear, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

David Philip Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 25 pages (complete). "Perhaps my fear/ is that we swear/ too much - we never/ leave our love / like quietly folded hands./ We touch each other's faces / with words, watching / to see each other dissolve./ And each time / we stiffen more quickly./ With every 'I love you'/ we fill the closing vein/ of silence." The covers are worn and tanned but still firm and sure and patient. The frontispage has a gift inscription to a teacher followed by signatures of her pupils. The pages are clear, assured, placid, tidy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Clifton Publications, Cape Town, 1987. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Schoeman, Amy. Signed. Complete. Hand-numbered 924 of a subscriber's limited edition of 1100 copies. Signed by Amy Schoeman (dated: 11 Feb, '88) on the title page. The book is housed in a thin card slipcase (tidy and competent). A most agreeable copy of this artistically inclined, rather beautiful book. The cloth covered boards are neat, healthy, smart. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh, bright, utterly engaged. Clean, clear, fresh, bright, creative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.