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Cape. London 1985 1st edition.. No inscriptions. VG+ in dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears), a very nice clean attractive copy.. Black cloth boards. 230pp. illustrated b/w photos. 8vo.

Howard Timmins. Cape Town 1975.. VG condition in G-VG dustwrapper (writing impressions show but no chips, tears, or loss). a bright copy.. Yellow cloth boards. 161pp. illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. Gift inscription by author on title page. Sydney Barnett Potter emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s for health reasons where he worked as a journalist and broadcaster. He left South Africa in 1950 with the rise of the Nationalist government, but returned in later years. He was the Author of the controversial bestseller (in SA) "The Fault, Black Man ..". Much of his unpublished manuscript about flying is included in this biography making it almost autobiographical.

Mvusi 2018.. A Mint unread copy.. 125pp illustrated paperback. John Stanford was born in 1929 on Inungi, his father's farm in East Griqualand. After qualifying as a civil engineer and working for a short time in Canada he returned to Inungi to work alongside his father. In 1965 he took over the running of the farm. Cut off from the rest of the Kokstad district by the Umzimvuvu river, Inungi was mountainous and remote. Horses were indispensable for transport, fire and flood were ever-present hazards, living was exhilarating but tough for both farmers and farm-workers. This memoir spans John's life from his childhood years until 1984 when the farm was expropriated for inclusion in Transkei. In his factual and vigorous style he tells of the risks, disasters, joys, and satisfactions of a self-sustaining way of life.

Hamish Hamilton. London 1978 1st edition.. Ownership inscription ffep o/w VG in VG bright d/w.. Navy cloth boards. xi + 237pp. illus b/w photos, plates.

Bodley Head 1984 stated 1st edition.. Large inscription ffep hence VG+ in protected dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears, but spine faded). a very clean copy.. Red cloth boards. 216pp illustratated colour & b/w. 8vo.

Footprint Press. 2016 2nd edition.. A Mint copy.. 132pp illustrated large format softcover. Outline biographies of: Samuel Daniell, William Burchell, Thomas Pringle, Andrew Geddes Bain, William Cock, William Cornwallis Harris, Dr William Guybon Atherstone, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Thomas Bain, James Chapman, Frederick York St Leger, & AlbertVictor Lindbergh, as well as sundry Barbers, Atherstones, Bowkers, and other notable ancestors of the author.

SABC nd. c.1950s.. Tanned, staples rusted. G-VG condition.. 28pp stapled booklet. Based upon a series of six talks broadcast on the English service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.