Poetry from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Johannesburg: AD Donker, 1999) 0868521094. 200 x 130 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 318 (including index). Very slightly sunned on spine; some foxing. Very good condition. "This anthology offers a selection of South African poetry written in English, from its beginnings in the 1820s to the mid-1980s. ... Over one hundred poets are represented, more or less in the… Read more about this item

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1935). 8vo; original papered boards; pp. 54. Backstrip abraded at head; lower board somewhat mottled; earlier owner's name with date "April 1936" to front pastedown. Good condition. Afrikaans text. The scarce first published work by one of South Africa's most celebrated writers. 'Uys Krige's even then strong gift for rhythm builds up… Read more about this item

(Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1950). 8vo; original yellow cloth, with gilt lettering to spine; dustwrapper; pp. xv + (i) + 104. Dustwrapper tanned, scuffed, and damp-stained; bookplate of Ernest Aldington Hunt to front free endpaper; moderate foxing to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges. Good condition, in a fair dustwrapper. The verse of Arthur Shearly Cripps, Kingsley Fairbridge, Cullen… Read more about this item

(Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1938). With a Foreword by His Excellency Sir Herbert J. Stanley, G.C.M.G., Governor of Southern Rhodesia, an Introduction by Arthur Shearly Cripps, illustrated by D. J. Avery. Squarish 8vo; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with small gilt vignette to upper cover; dustwrapper; pp. 128; line drawings. Dustwrapper partially tanned, and… Read more about this item

(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. .

(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1984) 086852056x. Revised and expanded edition of 'A World of Their Own'. 8vo; original brown boards; dustwrapper; pp. 254. Dustwrapper reinforced with tape; signature on front pastedown; slight spotting to endpapers. Very good condition. Poetry written in English in South Africa in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. .

(Cape Town: Citadel Press, 1942). 183 x 123 mm; card wraps; pp. 16. Wraps detached and fragile; a little browning to edges. Second World War poems in memory of "Peter": Mornay Andre du Plessis, Air Sergeant , 11th Squadron S.A.A.F. The poems "Missing" and "Death in the Desert" suggest that he was killed in action. Marie… Read more about this item

(London: Longmans Green & Co, 1925, First Edition). Small 8vo; original blue boards; top edge gilt; dustwrapper; pp. xxiii + (1) + 238. Edgeworn, sunned and soiled dustwrapper. Fore-edge soiled; sporadic moderate foxing; ownership inscription dated 1927 to front free endpaper. "It has been the aim of the editor to include in this volume a thoroughly representative… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: AD Donker, 1993) 0868521094. 200 x 130 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 318 (including index). Inside of upper cover slightly mottled; edges a little browned. Very good condition. "This anthology offers a selection of South African poetry written in English, from its beginnings in the 1820s to the mid-1980s. ... Over one hundred poets are represented,… Read more about this item

(Bloemfontein: 1919). 180 x 125 mm; pictorial wrappers; unpaginated. Staple rusted, a little scattered foxing. Verses giving an impression of Bloemfontein in 1919: soon after the Great War and the Spanish Flu. .

(Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1950). Dustwrapper, soiled, pp. 104. Owner's handstamp on the front free endpaper, lightest foxing on the endpapers and text edges. .

(London, A. C. Fifield, 1911). Crown 8vo; cloth-backed papered boards; pp. 116 + publisher's advertisement. Cover slightly rubbed, with light soiling. Very good condition. (SABIB I p. 653) "Nearly all the South African poets have, with varying success, experimented with that exquisite yet severe mode of poetic expression - the Sonnet. To them, as to… Read more about this item

(London: Macmillan, 1938). Crown octavo, original brown cloth, scuffed, pp. viii + 156. Some scattered foxing, small pen-mark on last page of text, few corners curled. Epic poem of the Great Trek. Good. .

(Johannesburg, Ad. Donker, 1975). Small octavo, laminated dustwrapper, pp. (vii) + 103 + (1). .

(London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co./Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller, 1900). Original cloth-backed paper over boards, decorative gilt; edges of boards a little worn, pp. ix + (i) + 108; tissue-guarded frontis. detached but present; a little foxing to endpapers. Some gatherings unopened. Fair to good condition. .

(Cape Town, David Philip, Mantis Editions of Southern African Poets 2, 1973). Wraps, pp. vi + 25. 'Sally Bryer, one of the most gifted of the younger South African poets, is here represented by a selection of 25 poems written over the past six years. Pure lyrical writer as she is, much of this first book by her consists of… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg, Ad. Donker, 1975). Wraps, lightly rubbed, pp. 60. Scarce first poetry collection by the wife of playwright, Athol Fugard. .

(Cape, circa 1929, circa 1930, circa 1931, circa 1933). Wraps, four slim pamphlets, each with one colour illustration laid down. Wraps worn, a few tears, some foxing. Sold as a collection. Cover title: A South African greeting. Most of these verses by Lily Maud Wynne Cole were reprinted from their first appearance in the periodical press. Each of the pamphlets… Read more about this item

(Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell, no date, possibly circa 1959). Dustwrapper, part lightly sunned, original blue cloth, very lightly scuffed on the edges, pp. 72. Inscribed by the author. Endpapers a little foxed. .

(Cape Town, Stewart, no date, circa 1946). Original paper over boards, lightly rubbed and lightly soiled, pp. 61. Gift inscription dated 24-2-46 on the front pastedown endpaper, text lightly browned. .