Fiction & Poetry from Quagga Books

Edition Olms. Exploring the fascinating life and work of a solitary but universal figure through a combination of extracts from his works, photographs and other archive material, some published here for the first time. 206 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Near fine. Binding: Hardcover.

Van Schaik. Text: Afrikaans. Inscribed by the author, Leon Rousseau. Discolouration mark from an old label on front fep of both volumes. Foxing to top edge. Some thumbing. 1296 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Some mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Edge-wear.

Tafelberg. Text: Afrikaans. Slim volume of 6 short chapters. Inscription on front fep. Previous owner's name on verso of cover. 49 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Hemel en See Boeke. Conversations with people who knew Ingrid Jonker, amongst others, Anna Jonker, Jan Rabie and Marjorie Wallace, Uys Krige. Voicing their own experience and personal intepretation of the person who was Ingrid. Mild foxing to prelims. 255 Pages. Binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Softcover. Mild edge-wear.

Lorrimer Films Ltd. Filom at the International Poetry Reading at the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 11th, 1965. Featuring poetry from Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Christopher Logue; Harry Fainlight, Adrian Mitchell, Michael Horovitz, Ernst Jandle, Andrei Voznesensky and Alexander Trocchi. 72 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Reprint. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Edge-wear to… Read more about this item

Nelson & Sons. A very good set of 5 volumes bound in red cloth. Charlotte Bronte (Currer Bell) and her Sisters Emily and Anne Bronte (Ellis and Acton Bell). Titles: Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villett; Tenant of Wildfell Hall and The Professor; Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey and Poems.Two original glassine wrappers. The bindings are very good having been preserved in… Read more about this item

Howard B Thimmins. Inscribed by the artist, the poet and the philosopher to the front fep. No. 413 of 500 limited numbered copies. From the Introduction: "... the drawings, philosophy and poetry, although coming from three difference sources, have but a single theme... but one answer The Essence." 28 Colour plates tipped in. Small mark with some light cockling… Read more about this item

Tafelberg & Human en Rousseau. Text: Afrikaans. A collection of poetry from 1960 to 1995. 641 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Light edge-wear.

Unie-Volkspers. Text: Afrikaans. Anthology of Afrikaans poetry. Inscribed by the author. The poems feature aspects of the lives, culture and religion of the Cape Malay community in Cape Town, South Africa. Index to the poetry at the rear. Beautiful woodcut engravings. Bookplate on front fixed end paper. 63 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Edge-wear… Read more about this item

T & J Allman. A new edition corrected, with notes. Half title page removed. Foxed throughout. 364 Pages. New Edition, Corrected. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Scuffed marbled boards over leather spine and corners. Edge-wear to all extremities. Rubbing to leather.

Tafelberg-Uitgewers / J L Van Schaik. Text: Afrikaans. Contents: Die Nederlandse Letterkund in Suid-Africa; Die Oudste Geskrifte in Afrikaans; Die Genootskap van Regter Afrikaners; Die Afrikaanse Beweging na 1900; Die Viermanskap en daarna; Die Jare Twintig.. to die Jare Sestig. 132 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear. Mild bumping… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus. A cautionary tale, a satire and a nightmare - a warning to mankind of what will happen if we persist in our present follies. 6cm split to gutter at title page. 153 Pages. 1st UK Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Dust jacket: Fair. Open tears to the header and footer and front corners.1cm… Read more about this item

Ediktions du Parnasse, 1931. Inscribed by the author and signed twice, with possible association to South African artist Lippy Lipshitz. Number 219 of a limited edition. Tape scars to the tipped in author's portrait, some insect damage to the binding and only the front panel of the dust jacket is incliuded.

Chato & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original 'Das Totenschiff: Geschichte lines Amerikanischen Seemanns' by Eric Sutton. A few spots of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. 311 Pages. Binding firm. First Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge wear. 1cm piece missing to… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original Der Schatz der Sierra Madre by Basil Creighton. Some age toning to the prelims and a spot or two of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed brown, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. Bookseller's label to the bottom of the rear end paper. … Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original Der Schatz der Sierra Madre' by Basil Creighton. Some age toning to the prelims and a spot or two of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed brown, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. Booksellers label to the bottom of the rear end paper.… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original 'Das Totenschiff: Geschichte lines Amerikanischen Seemanns' by Eric Sutton. A few spots of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. 311 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge wear to the dust jacket 1cm… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Colonial Library. A historical novel set in the late 19th century during the Boer War. A young British officer named Harry Feversham stationed in South Africa becomes disillusioned with the war and decides to resign from the army. The novel follows his journey through the war-torn South Africa. 4 Illustration. Lacks half title page. Tide… Read more about this item

Sold at all Booksellers, Circa 1800. The first edition was published in 1753 by Ralph Griffiths and almost 200 years later, an examination of his records revealed that the until then anonymous author was John Cleland. Cleland was an associate of Griffith's and both men were arrested as author and publisher over the erotic content contained in Cleland's book… Read more about this item

Bateleur Press. A novel exploring the lives of Jewish immigrants during the late thirties in Johannesburg. The first of a series of four novels written against a South African and israeli background. Toning to the page edges. 172 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good+. Some mild edge-wear. Some sunning to… Read more about this item