Search Results: Africana - Photography from Chapter 1 Books

Struik Publishers, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Harvey, Martin ; Zandbergen, Ariadne van (Photogs). 296 pages (complete). A vivacious, generous copy. The dustjacket has a clear cellophane cover. The dustjacket is smart, handsome. The boards are healthy, as new. The opp-first free page has a gift inscription (not from the author or photographers). The contents are most gratifying. They are very clean, very clear - as if new throughout! Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book need be posted outside of South Africa, additional postage charges may be made. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jenbook, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ferrini, Jenny. Complete. A placid copy of this soft-focussed book of poetry and photographs of naked African women. The illustrated matte covers are much worn, knocked about the edges and seams. The covers are scuffed, marked from handling and storage, rubbed. They are nonetheless secure, sure, sound. The contents are in much better condition. They are serene. They are clean, clear, romantic, certain, generous, wistful, healthy, bright. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Agfa South Africa, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Adamson, Val (photographer). Complete. A sure, tranquil book. The covers are placid. They have some shelving and handling wear to the edges, corners and seams. They are scuffed, a little marked by handling. However, they are also certain and contented. The contents are most pleasing. The photographs are expressive, the contents are clean and clear, generous and fresh-faced. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jessica Hilltout, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 208 pages (complete). A contented copy. The covers have wear to the corners from use; they have scuffing and light marks. They are otherwise sure and healthy. The contents have evidence of happy use throughout. Whilst the page edges may have some handling wear, the pages are bright, energetic, joyful, clean, clear, generous.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.fk[RF38]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. Complete. A pleasantly engaging copy. Signed by Obie Oberholzer on the copyright page (dated: 8.12.87). The covers have sunning patches. Otherwise, they are sound. There is some wear, scuffing and marks from storage. Within, a gift page from 'Rand Merchant Bank Limited' has been inserted at the fore of the book. The pages are very clean, clear, vibrant, vivacious, confident, generous and wonderfully convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Signed. Complete. An amiable copy. Signed by Oberholzer on the copyright page. The dustjacket has light wear, sunning, handling marks. It is comfortable and sure. The illustrated laminated boards have sunning discolouration around all edges. Otherwise, the boards are healthy, sure. The frontispage has a notice from the sponsors (Rand Merchant Bank Limited). The contents are most pleasing. They are bright, cheerful, evocative, very clean and clear, generous, fresh-faced and congenial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Reijger Publishers, Cape Town, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/Good. Alberts, Paul (photogs). Signed. 80 plates plus text (complete). Signed by Alberts on the title page. A pleasingly assured copy. Softcover with flaps. The dustjacket is healthy, a little scuffed, worn from shelving and handling. It is comfortable, certain. The covers are certain. They have shelving wear about the edges. Otherwise, they are healthy. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh, clean, clear, entrancing, engaging, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Tafelberg-uitgewers, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Wissema, Jansje. 55 pages of text, 27 photographic plates. Numbered 497 of a limited editin of 1000 copies. A comfortingly smart copy. The dustjacket has wear, sunning about the edges and spine, scuffing. It is secure and sure. The stone-coloured cloth covered boards are handsome and healthy. The contents are most pleasing. They are bold, confident, generous, very clean and clear, contented, convivial, poignant. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Brett Morris, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Kapp, Fanie ; Maboka, Kleinboy ; Mathebula, Maria ; Walt, Veronica van der ; Lekobe, Welcome ; Peyper, Thomas ; Masedi, Michael ; Khoza, Petrus ; Morris, Brett (Photogs). 118 pages (complete). An excellent copy of this extraordinary book of photographs (taken with disposable cameras) of quotidian life in Johannesburg. The illustrated matte boards are very healthy, tidy, fresh. The contents are in tip-top condition. They are bright, vivid, often poignant, evocative, clean, clear, very certain, utterly generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Revue Noire, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 45 pages (complete). Illustrated exhibition catalogue. A neat, tidy copy. The matte covers are healthy, good-looking. They have scuffing, wearing about the edges. The contents are most agreeable. The pages are tight, clean, clear, evocative, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 240 pages (complete). A handsome, healthy copy. The laminated, illustrated boards are tidy, smart. There is some mild scuffing. The contents are most agreeable. They are clean, clear, vivid, poignant, evocative, certain, generous.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RF80] fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Struik Travel and Heritage, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. complete and intact, with may vibrant photographs. jacket is neat. little edge wear on the book. gift inscription. excellent binding. a neat and impressive copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Struik Travel and Heritage, Cape Town, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Kotze, Steven (photog). 128 pages (complete). A most pleasing copy of this loving book of photographs of farm gates that are such an evocative part of the rural landscape in South Africa. The dustjacket is very smart and fresh. It is comfortable and very secure. The boards are tidy, neat, very healthy. The frontispage has a gift inscription (not from author or photographer). The contents are in an immaculate condition. They are tight, bright, clean, clear, very confident, most generous - as if new throughout! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Gallery Press, Cape Town, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Complete. An agreeable copy. The dustjacket has scuffing, wear about the edges from use, shelving. The dj is comfortable, sure. The boards have very light wear about the edges from shelving, handling. The spine has light shelving wear to the head and foot. They are steady and sound. The papertrims are very, very faintly sunned. The contents are most pleasing. They are evocative, clear-eyed, acute. The pages have very, very light strips of sunning along the top trims and binding corners. Otherwise, the pages are fresh-faced, clean, clear, neat, generous, bountiful in spirit, convivial, aware. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Gallery Press, Cape Town, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete. A comfortable copy of this collection of extraordinary, effective, affecting photographs of the working class Afrikaans town of Boksburg, near Johannesburg. At the end is a reproduction of: "Declaration of Group Areas at Boksburg, District of Boksburg, Province of the Transvaal" from 20/1/1982 - a bewilderingly detailed legal separation of and allocation of areas for different races. The book has evidence of avid use throughout. The boards have some mild-mannered wear about the edges, corners. There is light scuffing. They are steady and sure. The contents have occasional wear and user creases. Otherwise, they are confident, certain, clean, clear, confident, assured, curiously addictive. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

HAUM, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Complete. A comfortable copy. The silver dustjacket has wear, scuffing, rubbing, marks and bit torn at the front. It is sure, secure. The black boards are handsome. There is light wear to the head and foot of the spine and to the corners. The contents have evidence of amiable, careful ownership. The contents are yet, clean, clear, contented, certain, at times powerful, at other times striking. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Author, 2008. Limited. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Signed. Complete. Hand-numbered 152 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Affectionately inscribed and signed (as 'Jack') by Hochfeld, on the frontispage (dated: January 2011). Fully bound in leather. Gilt stamped titling. Landscape format. A most pleasing copy. The boards are handsome, elegant, healthy. The contents are in excellent condition. They are bright, firm, tight, gleaming, clean, clear, confident, beyond generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

KMM Review Publishing Company (Pty) Ltd., Sandton, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Suzman, Caroline ; Bieber, Jodi ; Miller, Eric ; Oberholzer, Obie ; Dreyer, Johannes ; Hallett, George ; Ntsoma, Neo ; Wulfsohn, Gísèle ; Sibeko, Siphiwe ; Ludbrook, Kim ; Lemon, T J ; Lurie, David ; Safodien, Mujahid ; Williams, Graeme ; Weinberg, Pau. 280 pages (complete). A comfortable, genially owned copy. The matte boards are worn, scuffed and marked about. The binding is a little wobbly - it is however, secure and sure. The contents are most agreeable. They are lively, joyful, energetic, clean, clear, bright, most companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Old Cape Colony Committee, 1926. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 85 pages plus advertising pages (complete). Signed by Arthur Elliott at the end of his preface. Elliott was one of the most extraordinary photographers in South Africa's history. He started recording quotidian and architectural Cape Town and beyond in 1900 and eventually amassed a collection of over 10,000 photographs. This exhibition was one of several travelling the country over time. The covers are much worn, marked from use, shelving all about. They are quietly secure and sure. The early and later pages are much foxed. The contents have evidence of careful use, particularly about the page edges and corners. Despite foxing fore and aft and the papertrims. However, the pages are overwhelmingly clean, clear, comfortable, convivial, conscientious, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad / Pretoria, 1973. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Jansen, Chris. Signed. Complete. In Afrikaans throughout. Hand-numbered 148 of a limited edition of 1250 copies. Inscribed and signed by Chris Jansen on the first free page (dated: Dec 1976). Signed by both Adam Small and Chris Jansen on the last page - as part of the certification. A comfortable copy of this most evocative book of poems by Small, and photographic studies of District Six by Chris Jansen. The dustjacket is mild-mannered. It has scuffing, wear and creasing about the edges and seams. It is comfortable and secure. The black cloth covered boards are steady, healthy and sound. Within, the early pages have residue marks from scotch tape, storage and age marks. They are otherwise placid and benign. The contents are otherwise comfortable, direct, at times moving, at times astonishing, always personal. They are clean, clear, generous of and in spirit. All most gratifying. fk. Our orders are… Read More