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Human & Rousseau. Cape Town 1973.. Eps lightly browned, a little shelfwear, else VG+ in dustwrapper (spine faded, minor wear, no tears or loss,).. Blue cloth boards. 234pp illustrated line drawings. 4to indexed. Inscribed ffep thus: "Colin & Sheila, With best regards for 1974 and so forth, Jose" and signed on title page "Jose Burman". A collection of 36 humorously told incidents in South African history, little gems hidden away behind the major events. Many of these individual essays were originally published in Personality magazine. Cartoon chapter heading illustrations by Jackson.

CUP. Cambridge 2nd edition 1972.. No inscriptions. VG condition.. Printed wraps. 343pp illustrated maps. 8vo. Starts by describing the precolonial history of Africa in the first three-quarters of the 19thC, followed by partition and colonial rule, finally looking at the roads taken to independence and developments thereafter. This edition covers up to 1971.