Search Results: Authors starting with E from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Johannesburg, the South African P.E.N. Centre, 1960). Dustwrapper frayed, pp. 100, text in double columns, errata slip. Very slight browning. 'Surveys of creative English writing in South Africa during the past half century - from the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to its fiftieth anniversary in 1960 - constitute a special feature of this volume, which has been produced by the South African Centre of the International P.E.N. Club. These surveys cover half a century of achievement by South African writers in poetry, drama and the novel. new stories, essays, poems and translations by South African writers appear in this book for the first time. All the writers are members of the South African P.E.N. Centre.' Includes contributions by Alan Paton, Nadine Gordimer, Jack Cope, Anthony Delius, etc. .

(Bloemfontein: Orange Free State Ornithological Society, no date). 205 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. (i) + 47; locality maps; species checklist. Wrappers very slightly sunned. Very good condition. Text largely in English, and partially in Afrikaans. "This booklet will introduce you to eight areas of the Free State which are all easily accessible to any person. The maps with each of the areas show you how to get there and the text as well as the checklist at the back of the book will tell you what to expect in the areas." .

(Bloemfontein: National Museum, 1987). 243 x 176 mm; pictorial wraps; pp. (ii) + (ii) + 428, incl. index; map of the province, with place names; some line drawings in text; distribution map for each of the species covered, showing seasonal occurrence throughout the region. From the library of ornithologist Gordon Maclean, who provides the foreword, and signed by him inside upper cover. An edition of one thousand copies. Very good condition; spine a little tanned, with chip to head. "For me personally the Orange Free State Bird Atlas is part of a dim vision realized. My own birding career began over 30 years ago in the districts of Ladybrand and Tweespruit where as a boy I haltingly set out to identify what I saw, to record and, in a sense to map." - Gordon Lindsay Maclean .

(Dundee: R. A. Burns & Co., 2000). Author's presentation inscription on copyright page. 240 x 170 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. xii + 104; map; monochrome photographs and diagrams in text. Near fine condition; slightest crease to corner of lower cover. "The discovery of coal in Northern KwaZulu Natal nearly one hundred and forty years ago set the stage for the development of the coal mining industry in the region. Mother Nature created an extremely challenging mining environment that at times has imposed a heavy toll on human life. The need arose for the formation of a mines rescue service. A corps of trained men, with courage, skill and efficiency, combined with the use of modern breathing apparatus and ancillary equipment, who could be called upon in emergencies. Their focus was in saving lives and limiting further loss. The Central Mine Rescue Station in Dundee is one of four Rescue Stations in South Africa that provide mine emergency response and consultancy services to… Read More

(The American Ornithologists' Union, 1939-1999). Broken run of this renowned ornithological journal: there are three issues from 1939-40, and the sequence resumes from January 1953, and is virtually continuous thereafter. 189 journals, bound in original wrappers, plus an index volume for the years 1981-1990. The format is 235 x 155 mm until October 1976, and 257 x 174 mm thereafter. Besides the pre-1953 issues, the missing numbers are: Volume 90, No. 3 (July 1973) and the final number of 1999 (October). Illustrated with maps, tables and photographs; the last seven issues in the set have attractive colour covers. Trace of fishmothing to some covers, esp. to spines; occasional light soiling to covers; a few issues initialled on upper cover by earlier owner Jack Vincent. Very good condition. The previous owner of this set was Jack Vincent, ornithologist, soldier, and former head of the Natal Parks Board, whose contribution to the study of birds included the discovery of the Namuli Apalis in… Read More

(no place: Jo'burg Records, 1978). 45 rpm vinyl recording in 180 x 180 mm printed sleeve; overall running time 8 minutes 46 seconds. Sleeve very slightly creased. Very good condition. Side One has a vocal version of 'Voices of Rhodesia': Paul Greeff and the pipers of the Light Horse Regiment accompany the St. George's Boys Home Choir, under choirmaster Eric Moir. Side Two has an instrumental version of the anthem: Paul Greeff with the pipers of the Light Horse Regiment. 'Voices of Rhodesia' was chosen as the national anthem of Rhodesia in 1974, following a national competition. The words were penned by Mary Bloom, a South African living in Gwelo (now Gweru). .

(Port Elizabeth: sponsored publication, [2005]). 297 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 61 (upper cover included in pagination); full-colour photographs. Slightly rubbed. Good to very good condition. Spectacular photographs and informative text on the larger marine fauna of Algoa Bay. "Algoa Bay is one of the largest bays in Africa, its mouth measuring 90 km from Cape Recife in the west to Woody Cape in the east. The bay is in the middle of a transition zone between winter and summer rainfall regions, cold and warm currents as well as geological and geomorphologic features. As a result of this, we find a much greater variety of ecological niches which are occupied by a much greater variety of coastal fauna than is found elsewhere in bays along the South African coast or elsewhere in the world." .

(Pietermaritzburg: Natal Agricultural Union, 1991) 0620156260. 8vo; original red rexine with gilt titles; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 141; black-and-white photographs. Dustwrapper a bit sunned on spine, slightly edgeworn with short tear to top edge of lower panel. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. History of the Natal Agricultural Union, the official association of the farmers of Natal and East Griqualand, covering the century from 1891. .

(Port Elizabeth: sponsored publication, [2005]). 297 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 61 (upper cover included in pagination); full-colour photographs. Small scuff to lower cover. Very good condition. Spectacular photographs and informative text on the larger marine fauna of Algoa Bay. "Algoa Bay is one of the largest bays in Africa, its mouth measuring 90 km from Cape Recife in the west to Woody Cape in the east. The bay is in the middle of a transition zone between winter and summer rainfall regions, cold and warm currents as well as geological and geomorphologic features. As a result of this, we find a much greater variety of ecological niches which are occupied by a much greater variety of coastal fauna than is found elsewhere in bays along the South African coast or elsewhere in the world." .

(Pretoria: Academica, 1981) 0868740152. 8vo; papered boards; pp. 142, incl. index. Fore-edges slightly chipped; regular browning throughout. Very good condition. "Vroeg in 1974 het Morkel van Tonder, die Hoof van die Afrikaanse Diens van die S.A.U.K., my gevra om 'n weeklikse rubriek oor die woorde van Afrikaans vir die oggendprogram Monitor te behartig. Ek het dit gedoen en met verrassing gevind dat die luisteraars daarvan gehou het. Talle mense wat na die rubriek luister, het my dan ook versoek om die praatjies in boekvorm te laat verskyn. Die praatjies is hersien, maar wat inhoud betref, verskyn hulle hier soos ek hulle oorspronklik oor die radio gelewer het. Agter is daar 'n register, sodat mens 'n bepaalde woord of uitdrukking maklik in die teks kan opspoor." .

(Pretoria: Academica, 1984) 0868741957. 8vo; papered boards; pp. 96. Light browning. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Louis Eksteen se gewilde radiopraatjies oor taalkwessies, Weeklikse Woordeboek, is aan vele luisteraars bekend. 'n Beeld van Afrikaanse woorde is 'n versameling van hierdie kort stukke waarin, net soos in Die Afrikaanse woord, die skrywer op onderhoudende wyse bewys lewer van die genuanseerdheid en verskeidenheid van Afrikaans. Hy skroom nie om fyn spottend sy misnoeë oor dinge soos "Romaanse geswollenheid", "Oortolligheid" en "Vaagheid omhul in mistigheid" te kenne te gee nie, maar sy liefde vir en behae in die kleurrykheid van ons taal bly die hooftema van hierdie versameling.' .

(Hermannsburg, Verlag Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, 1954). Pictorial wraps, a little foxed, pp. 40 + plates. Owner's name to inside upper wrap, light foxing. .

(Wynberg, The Rustica Press, pref. 1907). Original cloth, faded and partly stained, pp. 223, portrait. Foxing and browning. Fair. (SABIB, Vol. II, p. 175: 3 repositories under this imprint.) The author, 1858 - 1931, cam to the Cape from Holland in the late 1870s to teach Dutch at the the Cape Town normal college. Early in the Twentieth Century, he established the Rustica Press, in order to publish to publish his numerous school-textbooks, religious and writings. .

(Wynberg, The Rustica Press, pref. 1907). Original cloth, unevenly faded and a little marked, pp. 223, portrait. Some foxing and browning. (SABIB, Vol. II, p. 175: 3 repositories under this imprint.) The author, 1858 - 1931, came to the Cape from Holland in the late 1870s to teach Dutch at the Cape Town Normal college. Early in the Twentieth Century, he established the Rustica Press, in order to publish his numerous school-textbooks, religious and other writings. .

(Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth Municipality, [1991]). 205 x 146 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial card wrappers; pp. (ii) + 10 + (iv), (ii) + 10; map of the estuary; diagrams of hand safety signals for waterskiing. Bilingual publication (English and Afrikaans). Very good condition. "This pamphlet is to help you to enjoy your visit to the Swartkops River. At the back is a copy of the regulations relating to the Swartkops River. You are asked to read it carefully so that you and others may enjoy the river in peace and safety. The first part of the pamphlet consists of a summary of the most important rules governing boating on the river and the second part summarises the nature conservation regulations applicable to the river." .

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine sunned; trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Good to very good condition. (Schapera M652 [French edition]) "A history of the Paris Mission Society in Basutoland and the Basuto Church, and a record of activities." - Schapera: Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, p. 184. .

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine tanned; some light wear to extremities of cloth; earlier owner's name signed on title page; edges browned; sporadic foxing. Good to very good condition. (Schapera M652 [French edition]) "A history of the Paris Mission Society in Basutoland and the Basuto Church, and a record of activities." - Schapera: Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, p. 184. .

(London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1953). Quarto; original green cloth, with gilt title label on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. (iv) + 363, incl. index; two folding maps. Good condition. Spine sunned and mottled; earlier owner's name on front pastedown; label remnant to front pastedown; some rippling to endpapers; some foxing. Good. "With regard to the imposing work of Roberts (1951, The Mammals of South Africa) we find ourselves in some difficulty. The canon "de mortuis . . . " is one to which men of goodwill universally subscribe: on the other hand we believe that in scientific work there is an overriding consideration. We therefore record, with regret, that the scientific thought of the last few decades appears to have had little influence on this author's taxonomic assessments, and that his systematics to the last were little advanced from those of Père Heude who, in the 1880s, had five specimens of Sika Deer from the island of Formosa, and described five… Read More

(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, no date). 12mo; cloth-backed papered boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 120; line drawings. Boards a bit rubbed and slightly soiled; Hermannsburg Seminary ink stamp to half-title; some minor foxing. Good. Translation in isiZulu of Geraldine Elliot's African folk tales, with the charming Sheila Hawkins illustrations. .

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1930). 4to; black cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover; booklet (245 x 188 mm), without wrappers, stitched into more permanent binding; pp. (viii) + 77 + (iii); some illustrations. Earlier owner's bookplate; some foxing; occasional light creasing. Good to very good condition. "Those [photographs] in the exhibition of 1930 were described by W. R. Morrison in the catalogue South Africa through the Centuries (Cape Town, 1930). ... A most unassuming man, [Elliott's] personality was warm, and he was fond of young people. It was his greatest ambition that his collection of historical negatives should be bought by the government, and he therefore declined tempting offers, such as one of R14000 from the U.S.A.; but he died without realising this ambition. A few years after his death the commission for the preservation of natural and historical monuments bought the collection for R5050." - DSAB II, p. 217 .