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

(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1971) 0620000562. Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No 2. Part One only is offered here. 8vo; original brown cloth; pp. xviii + 367 + (10); plates; maps (including folding). Parallel text in Dutch and English (introduction in Afrikaans and English). Cloth partially sunned; bottom fore-corners a little turned; earlier owner's book label to front free endpaper; endpapers and edges a bit foxed. Good to very good condition. Description of visits to the Cape of Good Hope between the years 1685 and 1714. .

(London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890). Volume 8 in "The Story of the Nations" series. Crown 8vo; original pictorial green cloth, with gilt title to spine and upper cover; pp. xvi + 453, incl. index; frontis.; full-page illustrations and line drawings in text; map. Light wear to cloth; spine a little darkened; binding slack; upper hinge reinforced with archival tape; tipped in map working loose; moderate foxing throughout. Fair to good. "For a task such as that presented to me, I concluded that the knowledge and ideas of a Hungarian man of letters were not inadequate; I have, nevertheless, had recourse, in certain instances, to the assistance of writers who had given special attention to our national history, with the idea of making as accurate as possible this the first Story of Hungary written in English." .

([The Hague]: L.J.C. Boucher, ca 1939). 16mo; cloth-backed pictorial papered boards; unpaginated (but pp. 76); plates. Lightly rubbed; some foxing to edges and outermost leaves; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Good to very good condition. Dutch text. Facsimile reprint of the 1778 edition of Jan van Terveen. Van Alphen's children's poems enjoyed great success, and were translated into a variety of European languages and Malay, no doubt for the benefit of the Netherlands' subjects in Batavia. .

(Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1919). 12mo; original decorative cloth; pp. 101. Scattered light to moderate foxing; binding a bit slack. Good condition. Previous owner's handstamp on front free endpaper. .

(Cape Town: Landbouweekblad in cooperation with Afrivet Training Services, 2013). Oblong 4to (172 x 245 mm); glossy pictorial boards, with matching laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 152; profusely illustrated with full-colour livestock photographs and some diagrams. Small chip from head of dustwrapper's spine panel, else fine. Afrikaans text. "Die Nguni-bees met sy unieke raseienskappe is reeds baie bekend en gewild onder stoet-, kommersiële, opkomende en kommunale boere. Hierdie kompendium bevat riglyne waarvolgens Nguni-beeste vir die ras se karaktereienskappe geëvalueer kan word. Aanvullende tersaaklike inligting word ook hierin vervat om sodoende die inspekteur, teler en ander belangstellendes toe te lig met breër agtergrondkennis ten opsigte van belangrike dieresiektes en ander relevante toestande by Nguni-beeste." .

(Pretoria: Briza Publications, 1999) 1875093184. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 193; monochrome illustrations. Fine condition. "Many of South Africa's politicians, sportsmen and women, musicians, actors and actresses, television personalities, businessmen and even criminals, are household names. Very few of our scientists are well-known to the public. This, in spite of the fact that they include some of the most enterprising and dedicated individuals in the country, that their work is often fascinating and exciting, and that it is of enormous benefit to our country and to science in general. As unofficial ambassadors, they travel around the world, making friends for, and generating goodwill towards, South Africa. They do not deserve to be ignored. This book introduces a mere handful of them. What sort of people are they? What are their backgrounds? Were they bright kids? Why are they interested in science? What motivates them? What are their secrets of success?… Read More

(Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1941). 8vo; original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. (xii) + 318. Edges somewhat browned; earlier owner's name on front endpaper; occasional foxing. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Throughout his life Van den Heever was obsessed with writing. In 1942, when D.F. Malherbe warned him to write less, he replied: 'I do not have the time'. And his daughter confirms that he continued to write assiduously every day between lectures and meetings. It was probably precisely this frenzied activity that caused him gradually to withdraw from the world of experience into a 'world of words', even though the gift of the clear, direct word often evaded him, despite his admiration for Flaubert's mastery of this art." - André P. Brink, in DSAB IV, p. 685. .

(Pretoria, 1938). Decorative cloth slightly worn. Verse. (Nienaber, vol. I, page 150). .

(Cape Town: Timmins, 1984). 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 123, incl. index; colour plates; maps; line drawings in text. Boards slightly rubbed; some foxing to endpapers, and a little spotting elsewhere. Very good. 'Every year thousands of keen anglers try their luck in False Bay. And many of them never catch anything at all. "Why need they go to all this trouble for so little reward", thought André van den Berg, "when I always succeed?" With this thought in mind he came to Irvin and Johnson's Cape Town office with his idea - a simple, handy and clear record of his own expertise to take the frustration and disappointment out of angling. ... this manual on False Bay is the result.' .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1984). 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 122, incl. index; colour plates; line drawings; locality maps. Sunned on spine; some light foxing to endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Menige ywerige hengelaar het al sy moses teëgekom in die waters van Valsbaai, en telkens word daar sonder sukses weer huiswaarts gekeer. Dit het André van den Berg laat dink: "Hoekom moet ander so baie moeite doen met so min welslae, terwyl ek altyd sukses behaal?" Angevuur deur hierdie idee het hy nou 'n helder, eenvoudige en nuttige uiteensetting van die hengelkuns geskryf om talle hengelaars van frustrasie te verlos. … Vir diegene wat weet waar, hoe en wanneer om te hengel, is Valsbaai 'n hengelaarsparadys, maar soos enige ander stryd verg dit voorbereiding, kennis en ondervinding as jy nie bedroë daarvan wil afkom nie. Met Kom hengel in Valsbaai as basis, is sukses binne die bereik van elke hengelaar. Daarna is… Read More

(London, John Murray, 1996). 8vo; brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 340; frontispiece portrait, map; name stamp of previous owner on front free endpaper; scattered light foxing and browning. Good to very good condition. "This book is the magnificent sequel to Night of the New Moon in which Laurens van der Post described, with such compassion, his brutal captivity in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. On the surrender of the Japanese, he found himself overnight in the unusual position of having to keep peace in Java through the Japanese who had held him in captivity for three and a half years. The Admiral's Baby tells vividly, for the first time, this extraordinary episode in the history of the twentieth century." .

(London: Chatto & Windus, 1986). 8vo; original blue boards; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxi + (i) + 326, incl. index. Dustwrapper very slightly sunned on spine panel; regular, light browning; top edge a little foxed; occasional spotting. Very good condition. "The result is a book brimming with ideas, insights, people and events; at once thoughtful and exciting, mellow yet full of promise, autobiographical but also topical. For all the apparent diversity of its elements - world leaders, writers, tribespeople, politicians, intriguing stories of human and animal life - they are held together by Laurens van der Post's distinctive and cohesive vision. All form part of a whole, a positive, healing, unifying outlook which is sustained by a strong set of values forged from a lifetime of intense experience and challenge. For those who have never ventured with Laurens van der Post before, A Walk with a White Bushman offers a tempting preamble to many longer… Read More

(Cape Town, Juta, 1974). 8vo; original blue boards; dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 190, incl. index; tables. Dustwrapper somewhat rubbed and a little edgeworn; previous owner's discreet hand-stamp on front free endpaper. Very good condition. "This study depended on the co-operation of nearly one thousand of South Africa's top men and women who devoted a few hours of their valuable time to complete comprehensive questionnaires. The book contains not only details about their socio-economic backgrounds, educational achievements, images of the future, views on class and race, and attitudes towards other population groups, but also places them in the wider context of the rest of the White population. A major finding of the book is the striking contrasts between backgrounds and opinions of English- and Afrikaans-speaking elites; such contrasts are far less marked between the younger members of the White population." .

(Cape Town: Don Nelson, 2002) 1868062058. 232 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; colour plates. Fine condition. "Author Rob van der Valk - Nick Mallett's friend, confidant and manager at club, provincial and Springbok level - pulls no punches as he lays bare the back-room deals and clashing egos that dominate South African rugby. The issues of race, money and politics are unflinchingly tackled as Nick & I explains exactly why South Africa has slipped down the international rankings. And Van der Valk provides intriguing insights into what really happened in the national set-up under Mallett; what really happens at Springbok initiation; why Breyton Paulse was told he wasn't good enough; which player got the best pay deal at the 1999 World Cup and how Joost van der Westhuizen's sacking as Bok captain was cleverly disguised. Nick & I isn't just the story of what went on then, it's essential reading to understand what's happening now." .

(Johannesburg: Bookstorm and Pan Macmillan, 2012) 9781920434441. 208 x 282 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 207, incl. index; evocative full-colour photographs of ingredients, dishes and settings. Earlier owner's name signed on half-title. Fine condition. "Come with me on a journey through this hauntingly exquisite city at the foot of Table Mountain. Share a glimpse of the places where I love to prepare and savour the abundant meals that are part of our lives in Cape Town. We'll walk along the promenade in Sea Point and explore the narrow streets of De Waterkant and the Bo Kaap. We'll have tapas in Long Street or we'll wander through Woodstock and have a bowl of spaghetti in Observatory. We'll visit the market for a glass of champagne and a plateful of freshly shucked West Coast oysters … I invite you to sit down at my table and share in the meals that I love to prepare: rich duck soup, Pam's fish pie, lamb and date tagine, duck breast with blueberries,… Read More

(London: Vintage, 2002) 0099429861. 197 x 128 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xii + 275. Very good condition. "Laurens van der Post was a long-time friend of Jung, and here presents Jung as he knew him: Jung the man, the discoverer and explorer of a new dimension in the human spirit, rather than Jung the psychologist. Calling him 'a universal personality, one of the greatest since the Renaissance', van der Post writes much more than simply a biographical study of Jung. Jung is a full-scale, unflinching attempt to convey the creative pioneering greatness of the man and to show how his far-seeing vision has so greatly enlightened and enriched the spiritual poverty of modern man." .

(Potchefstroom, Uitgewery Lochwalt, 1983). Original wraps, pp. (vi) + vii + 258. Perfect-bound. .

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 2002) 06270113473. Fifth revised edition. 240 x 175 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (xii) + 281, incl. index; liberally illustrated with line drawings, tables and diagrams. Fine condition. Afrikaans text. "Ná verloop van veertien jaar waarin Algemene Plantkunde, 'n Handleiding vir Eerstejaar-universiteitstudente reeds ses oplaes beleef het, kom hierdie verbeterde, uitgebreide en aangepaste uitgawe. Ons ideale en benadering is dieselfde, nl. om basiese plantkunde, die vakwetenskap wat oor plante handel, waarvoor ons lief is en waarvan alle lewe op aarde afhanklik is, aan ons studente bekend te stel." .

(Johannesburg: Rollerbird Press and Pan Macmillan, 2006) 1920075011. 208 x 280 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 207, incl. index; lovely full-colour photographs of ingredients, dishes and settings; maps. Earlier owner's name signed on title page. Fine condition. ' "A passion for food is a gift that I love to share … with rolled-up sleeves and my hands covered in flour, a rather messy glass of superb red on the side. Or picking sun-warmed blueberries on the way home from a French village market, a basket filled with asparagus, artichokes, blood-red tomatoes, lambs lettuce, fresh bread and Comté cheese over my arm …" This quote encapsulates the essence of Delectable, the sharing of a food and wine journey from Cape Town, South Africa to medieval Charroux, France … and all the exquisitely beautiful little lunch breaks in between. Delectable is more than just a cookery book … it's about good living as much as it is about good food.' .

(Johannesburg: Dagbreek Boekhandel, 1961). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in black on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 241; plates. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn and rubbed; spine a bit cocked; light browning and a few fox spots to edges. Good condition. Afrikaans text. A series of essays on the winds of change affecting Africa, as independence movements gained strength. There is much on South Africa's outlook in the face of these changes, including race relations in the Nationalist-governed Republic and the aftermath of Verwoerd's assassination. 'Met die reeks radiopraatjies in die bekende rubriek "GEBEURE IN AFRIKA", het prof. H. J. J. M. van der Merwe aan duisende luisteraars 'n intieme blik gegee van die bewoners van Afrika en hulle strewe. Waar hierdie praatjies nou in blywender vorm aangebied word, glo ons dat dit die leser diep sal laat nadink oor die toestande in Afrika. En dis slegs deur nadenke wat 'n mens gevoer kan word tot oplossings.' .