South African Literature from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1988) 0868521485. Zoological descriptions by Carmen Welz. 8vo; original butter-coloured boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 281; line drawings. A little light browning; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "African fauna, in its abundant variety, provides the theme for this overflowing cornucopia of poetry and art. The essence of man's relationship with this valuable heritage… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: David Philip, 1986) 086486051X. 185 x 122 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xii + 202 + (i). Some fox spots. Very good condition. "These short stories of southern Africa are Jack Cope's own choice from his three published volumes of short stories (now out of print) and from some as yet uncollected. ... For many this selection will… Read more about this item

(London: Secker & Warburg, 1999) 0436204894. 8vo; original black boards with gilt lettering to spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (iv) + 220. Spine ever so slightly cocked; some foxing to edges. Very good condition. Clays printing. "Chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable, Disgrace is a masterpiece." .

(Cape Town: Cape Times, [1911]). 148 x 114 mm; printed green card wrappers with string binding; pp. 29; plates. Yapp edges of wrappers a bit frittered; some fox spots. Good condition. Reprinted from the Cape Times Xmas number of 1909, this is an appreciation of Table Mountain. (SABIB 2, p. 534) Elaine Helps née Scully was the first child of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: David Philip, 1978) 0949968935. 215 x 138 mm; limp boards with dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 58. Some light foxing. Good to very good condition. A selection of the best work of two of South Africa's foremost poets .

(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1979). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in white on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 315, incl. index. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, with tape repair to reverse of top edge of upper panel; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "From the modern ballad 'Ag Pleez Deddy' to a rhyme from the Kimberley Diamond Fields, from the… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Bateleur Press, 1977) 0620022833. 210 x 135 mm; original card wrappers; pp. (x) + 181. Wrappers a little rubbed and foxed; some foxing to page edges. Good. "He has published two collections of poetry Thresholds of Tolerance (1975) and Journal of a New Man (1984), and a noteworthy sequence of stories about the experiences of a spastic The Celibacy… Read more about this item

(Edinburgh: Thomas Allan & Sons, 1917). 182 x 125 mm; saddle-stitched printed wrappers; pp. 23 + (1). Very good condition. (SABIB, Vol. I, p. 20) Apart from the title poem, this little collection of lyrics on South African subjects includes items on the Matopos, the Secretarybird, and the song of the Bokmakierie. .

(Cape Town: Kagiso Publishers, 1996) 0798643595. 208 x 133mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 226. Wrappers a bit creased with slight edgewear; name of previous owner inked out on title page. Good condition. South African novel. "The Jailer's Book chronicles the relationship between a prison warder, Dolf, and a political prisoner, the writer Grintz. Dolf holds material power over the writer, but… Read more about this item

(Durban: Printed by Robinson & Co., [1952?]). 8vo; pale blue cloth lettered in dark blue on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 477. Boards somewhat bumped, mottled and a little rubbed; edges and endpapers foxed, sporadic foxing elsewhere. Fair to good. Uncommon title. .

(Durban: Robinson & Co., printers, 1932). 213 x 138 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 27. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Ethel Campbell (1886-1954) was the sister of the poet Roy Campbell. "She became interested in the history of the Voortrekkers in Natal, and her researches ... led her to to adopt a strong pro-Afrikaner attitude, which is reflected in… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill, 1985) 0074506773. Southern African Literature Series, No. 5. 220 x 150 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 217, incl. index; monochrome illustrations. Wrappers very slightly rubbed; price label remnant to lower cover; gift inscription inside upper cover; some foxing to edges and outermost leaves. Good to very good condition. "Thirty-five years have passed since Doris Lessing's legendary… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Juta, 1923). Illustrated by Messrs Coster & Somerville. 8vo; original limp, papered boards; silver gilt lettering and illustration to upper cover; pp. 154; illustrations; synopsis of story pasted to title page. Boards irregularly tanned, with some fox spots; bookplate to front free endpaper. Good. Uncommon. (SABIB 1, p. 196) "A little girl, afraid of the outside world, seeks… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Umuzi, 2009) 9781415200704. 220 x 146 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 268. Earlier owner's hand-stamp and penned accession code to half-title; some fox spots to edges. Very good condition. "The violent death of her biologist husband forces Nafisa into a world of illegal organ transplants, bribery, and scientific and political controversy. With an acute sense of the disruptions… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983) 086975159X. First edition. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 250. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Early work by the Nobel Literature laureate. "The story of Michael K is the story of a man caught… Read more about this item

(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,… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Strandwolf Press, 2023) 9781998954919. Introduction by Grant Christison. A volume in the 'African Lives' series. 197 x 127 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. lxxiv + (ii) + 218. New. Grant Christison provides a substantial introduction, detailing the rediscovery of Grendon's work, and an appraisal of his life and merit as a pioneering poet. "Robert Grendon's epic Paul Kruger's Dream… Read more about this item

(London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011) 9780715637968. 233 x 155 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 160, incl. index. Fine condition. "The teaching and research of the Classics in South Africa are deeply rooted in the racial, political and educational inequalities which have characterised its turbulent history. In this original study, Michael Lambert opens three windows on to this history, using the… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: David Philip, 2000) 0864864558. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in white on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 244. Dustwrapper partially sunned; earlier owner's name to first page; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Internationally celebrated for her novels, Nadine Gordimer has devoted much of her life and fiction to the political struggles of the Third World, the New World, and… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Picador Africa, 2008) 1770100075. 197 x 128 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (x) + 211. Some foxing. Very good condition. "Amazingly unembittered autobiography of a black man growing up in South Africa. No easy indignation, but the reader is closely involved in the boy's realisation of the injustices behind the poverty, brutality and fear. Honest and with an open… Read more about this item