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

(Himeville: Himeville Museum, 2007, revised 2nd edition). 295 x 211 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 160, incl. index; liberally illustrated with photographs and artwork. Small scuff to tail of spine; earlier owner's name signed on first page. Near-fine condition. Well-researched local history, originally published to coincide with the centenary of the southern Drakensberg district surrounding Underberg and Himeville. "The first part records as far as can be established those who took up properties from the 1880's in the old iPolela District and later the Underberg - Himeville District up to the year 1910, and those families who continued to farm and live there. A final addition has been made to record the present farm owners, thus naming the first farmers of the period and the last to come in the hundred years. The second part aims at giving basic details of all organisations which have functioned here up to the year 1987. These include the Churches, Missions, Government… Read More

(London, Andre Deutsch, 1978). Laminated dustwrapper, pp. 252. Owner's name on the front free endpaper, a little foxing on the edges. .

(Cape Town: Chameleon Press, 1987) 0620109408. Small 4to; pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 152; map; liberally illustrated with contemporary artwork and facsimiles. A little shelf-rubbed; trace of foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere; light tape marks to boards and reverse of dustwrapper. Very good condition. "M D Nash has produced a completely new list of these original 1820 settlers, working from various primary sources including material previously unavailable locally - the files of the Public Record Office in London. Most importantly, she has arranged the list - after a general index of names - party by party, with a detailed account of each party's formation and peculiarities. In addition, further reading is indicated wherever possible. The result is a book that will be an invaluable aid to the researcher and to the settler descendant wishing to explore his ancestral origins. The final chapter, 'Tracing your settler roots', tells you clearly how to… Read More

(Pretoria: Herstigde Nasionale Party, 1985). 208 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 24; photographs. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Sympathetic portrayal of Jaap Marais, leader of the right-wing Herstigde Nasionale Party, extreme offshoot of apartheid South Africa's ruling National Party. "In 'n tyd van verwarring en heftige politieke debat is dit moeilik om 'n leidende persoon objektief to beoordeel, veral weens waninligting wat deur opponente en media versprei word. Mnr. Jaap Marais is een van die leidende Afrikaans nasionale figure wat reeds 'n belangrike rol gespeel het en klaarblyklik nog sal speel. Dit is daarom nodig dat persone wat verantwoordelik aan die politiek deelneem, minstens basiese feite oor sy lewe sal hê. Dít is die doel van hierdie beknopte publikasie." - W. T. Marais, Chairman of the HNP .

(Johannesburg: Penguin, 2007) 9780143025351. 235 x 154 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. ix + (i) + 257, incl index; plates. Corners of upper cover very slightly curled; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; a little foxing. Very good condition. "The Great War of 1914-18 was a conflict which engulfed the whole world, directly or indirectly. It was an imperialist world war that tugged the new Union of South Africa and its people into a series of separate but connected conflicts - from the domestic Afrikaner Rebellion on the highveld, through the sands of German South West Africa, the steamy bush of German East Africa, and on to the mud and blood of France and Flanders. This book is the first general study of the complex ways in which South Africans experienced the impact of the First World War, and responded to its demands, burdens and opportunities. Told with his customary narrative energy and ironic style, Bill Nasson's new history is a lively account not only of how South… Read More

(Cape Town: Penguin, 2016) 9781776090273. 8vo; original teal boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvii + (i) + 286, incl. index. Near-fine condition. "History Matters is an eloquent selection of writings over four decades by Bill Nasson, one of South Africa's most popular and highly respected historians. The pieces in this compendium are lively and entertaining, written with wit, humour and a finely tuned sense of irony. Chapters cover the South African War, the two world wars, cricket, District Six, schooldays and education, Hollywood and history, Mandela and other political biographies, and a great many other topics. Resembling a pudding of spicy plums, this is a perfect book for anyone interested in South Africa and its history, and in a broader appreciation of tweaking the tail of life in the past." .

(special issue of NEON, May 1974). Oblong quarto, pictorial card wraps, pp. (ii) + 66, numerous illustrations, captions in English and in Afrikaans. Commemorates 150 years since the landing of the 'European settlers at the Bay of Natal in May, 1824'. .

(Pietermaritzburg: Natal Parks, Game and Fish Preservation Board, no date). 210 x 140 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wraps; pp. (ii) + 44; line drawings; monochrome photographs; maps inside lower wrap. Wraps a little rubbed; light browning throughout. Good condition. In addition to checklists of the vegetation and vertebrate life of the famous reserve now known as Mkhuze, this publication has chapters by experts on such subjects as the mammals, the birds, the reptiles, the frogs, plant ecology, the fossils of Nhlonhlela Hill, prehistoric man, and the early history of the area. There is no comparable publication currently available either from KZN Wildlife or the reserve's shop at Mantuma Camp, and we strongly recommend this booklet to anyone planning a visit to Mkhuze. .

---. Large folio, pp. (1) Somewhat browned, folded. 'Russia in the War; Attacked by Germany; Fighting on a 1500-mile front.' .

---. Large folio, pp. (1). Light browning, folded. 'German help for Italy; Troops pouring through Brenner Pass; Embarking at Trieste.' .

---. Large folio, pp. (1). Some browning, folded, small tears, no loss. 'Yugoslavia invaded; Germans cross frontier; Greece also attacked; Amazing Proclamation by Hitler.' .

(London: John Murray, 1926). 8vo; original dark green cloth; pp. 324; folding map. Fragments of dustwrapper inserted loose. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Good to very good condition. Cloth a little scored, gilt on spine dulled; scattered light foxing and browing, mainly to endpapers and edges. History and life in South Africa, with particular emphasis on the period 1910 - 1926. .

(London: John Murray, 1926). 8vo; original dark green cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. 324, incl. index; folding map. Good condition. Cloth somewhat rubbed; edges rather foxed, some foxing elsewhere. History and life in South Africa, with particular emphasis on the period 1910 - 1926. .

(South Africa: Central News Agency / London: Gordon and Gotch, 1937). 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. xv + (i) + 428, incl. index; plates and maps. Moderate foxing throughout. Good condition. "In this book I have endeavoured to tell the story of the Voortrekkers, the fathers of the Boer people and the founders of civilisation in the interior of South Africa. Their centenary celebration will take place in 1938." .

(London: Gordon and Gotch, 1938). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. viii + 358. Backstrip tanned; upper cover partially mottled; joints slightly rubbed; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers. Good condition. Best known for several legal works and commentaries, besides works on constitutional matters and South African history, Manfred Nathan (1875-1945) also wrote this novel. .

(Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1965). Original cloth-backed paper on boards, title-label on upper board, lightly fishmothed, pp. 47. .

(Cape Town, 1956). 12mo, original cloth, pp. 47. 'And if my spring dires on the shelf, choked with the dust of uneasiness, It is because I find myself/ A dumb, wordsworthless poetess.' .

(Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1970). 8vo; original blue pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 194. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's hand-stamp to front free endpaper and title page; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie studiewerk handel oor een van die vernaamste gebeurtenisse in die geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika gedurende die twintigste eeu: die omstandighede wat daartoe gelei het dat generaal Louis Botha in 1912 besluit het om generaal J. B. M. Hertzog uit sy kabinet te laat, wat uiteindelik daartoe gelei het dat laasgenoemde in Januarie 1914 die Nasionale Party gestig het. Die invloed van die Nasionale Party op die geskidenis van Suid-Afrika is van so 'n aard dat inderdaad beweer kan word dat geen ander faktor die politieke verhoudinge in Suid-Afrika so diep beïnvloed het nie as juis die Nasionale Party. Om hierdie rede was dit werklik wenslik om 'n spesiale studie te maak van die omstandighede wat generaal Hertzog… Read More

(Pretoria: Nasionale Raad vir Trustees, 1969). 8vo; original dark blue papered boards, lettered in gilt; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 284, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn, very sunned on spine panel; boards very slightly bumped; earlier owner's discreet ink stamp to half-title. Good condition. Afrikaans text. "Dit is so bestem dat die weë van die energieke en besielde Albert Hertzog en die ewe besielde Piet Meyer baie gou in Suid-Afrika by mekaar sou aansluit. Saam met 'n paar ander jong Afrikaners sou hulle 'n beslissende rol speel om die Afrikanerwerker stewig te koppel aan die res van die Afrikanervolk en sodoende die politieke mag weer in die hande van die Afrikaner terug te plaas." - pp. 10,11 .

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1929). 8vo; original grey pictorial cloth; pictorial dustwrapper (torn, with loss); pp. (viii) + 195, incl. index; 16 cartoon plates by 'Quip'. Dustwrapper edgeworn and torn, with substantial loss to upper panel; endpapers, outer leaves and edges somewhat foxed, some spotting elsewhere. Very good condition, in a fair dustwrapper. (Hosken, p. 148) Lawrence Elwin Neame (1876-1964) "was a quiet, unassuming man whose forte was leader writing, which he developed into a fine art. He spent many years in the press gallery and had a wide knowledge of South African politics; one of his contemporaries, Scott Haigh, wrote of him: 'Few understand South African politics more deeply than this gentlest of kindly men with a delightful pen'." - DSAB IV, p. 400. The politicians profiled in this volume are the following: CABINET MINISTERS. General J. B. M. Hertzog, T. J. Roos, Dr. D. F. Malan, F. H. P. Creswell, N. C. Havenga, F. W. Beyers, C. W. Malan, P. G. W.… Read More