South African Literature

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Stir

STIR, 1986

49 pages, 4to (290 x 220mm), numerous baclk and white illustrations, a very good copy

R100

Time of Our Lives

Asfat (Farouk)

TIME OF OUR LIVES, 1982

96 pages, 8vo (190 x130mm), pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy

R250

Mafeking Road

Bosman (Herman Charles)

MAFEKING ROAD, 1947

133 pages, 8vo (220 x 145 mm), original grey cloth titled in black on the upper cover and spine - the spine is faded and slightly stained , the front and back covers are spotted, otherwise the ...

R450

Other Side of Silence

Brink (A.)

OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE, 2002

311 pages, 8vo (200 x 130 mm), pictorial card covers -paperback, a very good copy

R350

Adamastor

Campbell (Roy)

ADAMASTOR, 1950

101 pages,4to (270 x 230mm), 7 black and white illustrations, foxing on the page edges, half leather with blue boards, titled gilt on upper cover and spine (the spine is lightly rubbed and worn at ...

R3,500

Rose of Rietfontein

Close (George Herbert)

ROSE OF RIETFONTEIN, 1882

163 + 40 pages of commercial advertisements, 8vo (175 x 120 mm), original blue glazed paper covered boards, rubbed and worn along the back

R750

South African English Poets

Cornwell (Gareth) [compiler]

SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH POETS, 1985

30 pages, 8vo (220 x150mm0, brown pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy

R500

Mixed Humanity

Couper (J.R.)

MIXED HUMANITY, No date (1892)

400 pages, 8vo (1900 x 130 mm), frontispiece, 7 plates, red cloth titled gilt on upper cover spine.

R1,500

I Would Like to Be

Grahamstown Peoples Programme Writers Group

I WOULD LIKE TO BE, 1982

43 pages, 4to ( 300 x210mm) sketches on the upper cover - paperback with the pages stapled together, a good copy

R100

Driscoll, King of Scouts

Hales ( A.G.)

DRISCOLL, KING OF SCOUTS, 1901

386 pages, 8vo (190 x130mm), frontispiece, red cloth gilt, corners bumped, spine faded

R950

Hoop Van Suid-Afrika

Langenhoven (C. J.)

HOOP VAN SUID-AFRIKA, No date (1913)

69 pages, tall 8vo ( 260 x110mm), green paper wrappers, frayed at the edges and on the spine. Nieuwe, verbeterde uitgaaf.

R750

Eyes Closed Against the Sun

Livingstone (Douglas)

EYES CLOSED AGAINST THE SUN, 1970

43 pages, 8vo (210 x 140 mm), pictorial card wrappers, a very good copy

R250

No Time for Dreams

Matthews (James)

NO TIME FOR DREAMS, 1981

62 pages, 8vo ( 210 x150mm), pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy

R500

Kontakion for You Departed

Paton (Alan)

KONTAKION FOR YOU DEPARTED, 1969

142 pages, 8vo (225 x 150 mm), blue paper-covered boards, titled gilt on back on a black background, signature of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, dust jacket. First edition

R350

Ephemerides; or Occasional Poems

Pringle (Thomas)

EPHEMERIDES; OR OCCASIONAL POEMS, 1828

220 pages,12mo (180 x 100mm), foxing throughout, half polished calf with marbled boards, matching marbled end papers and edges, book plate on front paste-down end paper, decorative gilt on the ...

R3,200

Selected Writings

Rive (Richard)

SELECTED WRITINGS, 1977

183 pages, 8vo (205 x 130 mm), blue cloth, some dust soiling on the top edge, dust jacket, signed by the author on the title page

R350

Little Karoo

Smith (Pauline)

LITTLE KAROO, 1925

167 pages, 8vo (195 x 135 mm), original decorated yellow cloth, spine faded, edges uncut, a good copy. First US edition

R1,000

Wreck of the Grosvenor

[Scully (William Charles)]

WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR, 1886

134 pages, 8vo (220 x140mm), brown cloth faded on spine and watermarked on front cover, corners slightly bumped

R3,500