Search Results: South Africa from DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt), 2001. Book has 177 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. The heartbreaking account of one of the most sensational political assassinations in recent history. Dimitri Tsafendas entered South Africa's parliament and stabbed Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd four times with a long knife, killing the architect of apartheid, the architect of his misery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Wrens Park , 2001. 274pp/illus/maps. In-depth study of the principal commanders of both sides of the Boer War: Roberts; Kitchener; Buller; Botha; de Wet; de la Rey and Smuts. Trew examines each personality seperately and highlights the differences between command styles. Clean. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Caracas: Fundación La Casa De Bello, 1981. Vol 1 -689pp/illus. Vol 2 - 666pp/illus. Spanish text. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Capetown, SA: Purnell, 1976. 413pp/illus. The story of Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi is not just a biography.It is first the life story of a leading South African and world figure.Then it is the story of the struggle of a black man to achieve equality in a world organized and controlled by whites. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Capetown, SA: Purnell & Sons (SA) Pty. Ltd, 1962. In chipped dj w/340pp. With a double page and a full-page col. map., num. text-illuss., and illus. end-papers by B. Gruzin. Story of the miners in the South African gold mines from 1885 to 1961. DJ has wear.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Capetown, SA: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council, 1972. 354pp, 20 maps, 12 colour plates, many b/w illustrations, index, dustjacket. Survey of the important historical buildings, sites & localities in South Africa. The book covers archaeological sites, battle sites & buildings of note from the colonial era. The sites are from Early Stone Age in date onwards. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. 564 pp Reprint of 1902 edition, brown cloth as issued w/o DJ, index, appendix. Mackenzie's travels in Cape Town, Shoshong, Kuruman, Cape Colony, the Warren Expedition, Bechuanaland. . Reprint Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. 372pp/maps. Churchill's early military experiences in school, India and Africa. Clean. Reprint Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Springfield, VA: DBM Press, LC, 2010. 352pp/illus. My Race is the memoir of a gifted Jewish athlete growing up under the Apartheid system in South Africa.. Clean New. 1st Printing. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Springfield, VA: DBM Press, LC, 2010. 352pp/illus. My Race is the memoir of a gifted Jewish athlete growing up under the Apartheid system in South Africa.. Clean New. 1st Printing. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2003. 340pp/illus. This book reconstructs the Robben Island inmates' resistance strategies.Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who opposed apartheid. This book reconstructs the inmates' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars.Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who opposed apartheid. This book reconstructs the inmates' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars.Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who opposed apartheid.. Clean. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988. 198pp/illus. The photographer documented the daily life of South Africa for 3 years. Book opens w/sequence of photographs of black funerals, the gatherings that come to symbolize the country's yearnings and sorrow. The photographs expose the tense status quo against which the violence in South Afica occurs. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1973. 350 pages with several photos and maps. Churchill's dispatches as a war correspondent from India, Sudan and during the Boer War - from South Africa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1973. 350 pages with several photos and maps. Churchill's dispatches as a war correspondent from India, Sudan and during the Boer War - from South Africa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Dorset, 1986. 181pp/illus/maps. Packed with fascinating contemporary photographs (many scarce) maps and diagrams, a detailed record of the Zulu War, and the battles at Rorke's Drift and elsewhere. Very comprehensive history, well-documented and superbly illustrated throughout. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.