Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951), a household name in South Africa, was born near Cape Town but lived most of his life in the Transvaal. He spent the first six months of 1926 as a teacher at a farm school in the Marico District of what was then the Western Transvaal. His term was cut short when, on a vacation back at his family home in Johannesburg, he shot and killed his step-brother. He spent four years on death row in Pretoria Central Prison before his sentence was commuted. Upon his release in 1930, he took up a career as a journalist and began his celebrated Oom Schalk stories, which culminated in the publication of Mafeking Road in 1947. His first novel, Jacaranda in the Night, appeared the same year while his prison memoir, Cold Stone Jug, was published two years later. Bosman died of heart failure in October 1951. He has come to be widely considered South Africa’s greatest short story writer.
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1947
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Godalming, Surrey, GBR
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Central News Agency, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo, original cloth boards with title and author printed black on spine and upper board, 133pp, text very clean and binding tight, boards clean with just a couple of small marks; illustrated dustwrapper with title etc printed red, dull on spine and edges, worn at top and bottom of spine and and there… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1947
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Central News Agency Ltd, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Book in very good condition, presented with the very rare (but in quite poor condition) original dust jacket. The jacket is very shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with small chips and creasing along the edges and a chip out of the spine that obscures the title. Other… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road: and Other Stories
by Herman Charles Bosman
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- June 2008
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- Trade
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Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Archipelago Books, June 2008. Trade . Good. Good+ Softcover. Moderate shelfwear to covers, including rubbing. Textblock lightly soiled. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 5th or later Edition
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- 1978
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Human & Rousseau, 1978. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 166 pages. The dustjacket has been subjected to poor storage conditions. It has been sunned and the extremities attacked by insects. The bodies of the dj front and back covers are foxed and marked. The spine is faded. The head and foot of the spine has wear. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1979
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Human & Rousseau, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Jacket is edgeworn and marked.Gift inscription.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1974
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Human & Rousseau, 1974. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 166 pages (complete). The dustjacket has much wear and scuffing. The spine is sunned. The board cover is secure and firm. The edges have wear. The frontis and end pages have a previous owner stamp. They are also have areas of tanning. The contents are clean, bright, clear and comfortable.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1982
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Human & Rousseau, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 1982
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Human & Rousseau, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Jacket is torn. Tanning. Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Herman Charles Bosman
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- 1969
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Human & Rousseau, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1969. New Edition. 166 pages. Red dust jacket over black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
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MAFEKING ROAD - The best short stories that ever came out of South Africa
by Bosman. Herman Charles
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- Used - Good
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- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, edge worn and scuffed in places. A large small piece of the top and bottom panel is missing and there are other tears, chipped pieces and creases. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 9781920608903
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(Cape Town: Suiderkruis Boeke, 2016) 9781920608903. 214 x 136 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. viii + 168; cartoon illustrations. Fine condition. "This time ... [Oom Schalk Lourens is] not leaving out any part of the story. For in this edition, for the first time in seventy years, the author's wish that the stories be restored to their longer, original format… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman , Herman Charles
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- Published
- 1981
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Human & Rousseau, 1981. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn.Tanning.Inscription on end page.Well bound.Good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman,Herman Charles
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- Published
- 1976
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Human & Rousseau, 1976. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. jacket is rubbed and worn.small ownership inscription,tanning.well bound.sixth edition.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 9780979333064
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Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
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Steerforth Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Central News Agency, South Africa, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 133 pages (complete). Classic Bosman. This copy is a first edition - "Mafeking Road" was the first book published during Bosman's lifetime. The cover is grubby but secure. There is wear to all edges and corners. The spine is also grubby with wear to the head and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Central News Agency Limited, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The original dust jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with creasing along the edges and small chips out of the top and bottom of the spine which cuts out some of the title. Despite this, the dust jacket is whole and intact. The boards are rubbed but… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by HERMAN CHARLES BOSMAN
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- Used - Good
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- 9780798128216
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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HUMAN & ROUSSEAU. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Herman Charles Bosman
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Oudtshoorn, ZAF
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Cape Town: Central News Agency, 1964 A clean and tightly bound book. Name on flyleaf and Title page. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Bosman, Herman Charles
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- 9780979333064
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Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
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Steerforth Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
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Mafeking Road
by Herman Charles Bosman
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9780979333064
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Steerforth Press, 2008. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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