Search Results: Biographies from Quagga Books

Perskor, 1991. Lyrical, romantic realism with a colourful decorative naturalism. Full colour plates throughout. 120 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. In thick card slipcase with mild edge-wear. Mild edge-wear to boards.

Perskor, 1991. Text is clean and clear with full colour plates throughout. Boards and DW show slight general wear.

Print Matters, 2009. Biography of the artist illustrated throughout with relevant cuts, aditionally contains over 40 works by the artist

Isbister and Company Ltd. Written by the author who wanted a memoir in which those who knew Barney Barnato would find his stories told in his own words and those who did not know him would be able to see what sort of a man he was. A business man and astute financier from the old Kimberley camp days and through the development of Johannesburg. 6 portraits and 4 cartoons. Splitting and a few tiny abrasions to end papers. Age-toning and foxing to the page edges. Text clean. Deckle edging. 208 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with edge-wear to all extremities. Fraying. small nicks to the spine edges. Some evidence of insect nibbling.

Isbister and Company Ltd. Written by the author who wanted a memoir in which those who knew Barney Barnato would find his stories told in his own words and those who did not know him would be able to see what sort of a man he was. A business man and astute financier from the old Kimberley camp days and through the development of Johannesburg. 6 portraits and 4 cartoons. Small splits to end papers. Previous owner's details on fep. Some light toning to edges of frontispiece. Deckle edging with spots of foxing and toning. Text clean. 208 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Hardcover. Bumping to extremities. Fraying to lower spine edge and corners. Some small discolouration marks to boards.

Harrison, 1855. With a sketch of the public affairs connected with the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, during his administration as colonial secretary from 1843 to 1853. New end papers. Foxing to front and rear prelims with scattered foxing throughout. Faded red tint to all edges. 612 Pages. Binding tight. 1st Edition. Rebound. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Rebound with green leather boards. Title on red label on spine. Edge-wear especially around the spine area, bands and corners. Sunning to spine.

J. Nichols, 1782. Re-bound in later quarter leather over cloth covered boards.

F. Newbery, 1780. 18 portrait plates. Top edge of the fep bearing previous owner's name removed. Gutters and spine professionally repaired with tissue. Repaired tears to a few pages of text. Some age toning, foxing and spotting.

Voortrekkerpers. Uitgawe van die Patriot-Vereniging via Afrikaanse Teksuitgawes No.2. Some creasing and wear to the prelims. Splitting at the frontispies, otherwise a clean copy. 181 Pages. Condition: Good. Binding: Card Wraps.

Central African Who's Who, 1953. An official, political, social, sporting and commercial survey of the Rhodesias, Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Portuguese East Africa and the Belgian Congo. Illustrated with b/w. Bound in blue cloth covered board with black titles to front board and spine. Some scattered foxing to leaves, especially first and last leaves and edges. Some scuffing to boards and chip to head of spine. Board corners scuffed. A very good copy besides general wear.

Arams Books. A close look at Churchill's grand manner of living - the home life away from politics. A concise biography charting his career but with a focus on the personal nuances of his day-to-day life. 240 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound.

Galley Press. Dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the Sam Cohen enterprise in South West Africa (now Namibia). The story of Sam Cohen's life and work. Mild foxing to a couple of pages. 63 Pages. Numerous b&w photographs. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Dust jacket: Poor. A number of closed and open tears. Yellowing and light foxing to the verso and flaps. Some soiling, abrasions, sunning to rear cover. Binding: Hardcover. Green boards.

Jonathan Ball Publishers. Biography. Previous owner's name on front fixed end paper. Blind stamp on title page. Some marginalia on Page 528. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good+. Some mild edge-wear and grubby marks. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Pula Press. The story of a dedicated missionary and medical superintendent of the Scottish Livingstone Hospital at Molepolole in the Kgalagadi Thirstland. A selection of monochrome and colour photographs. 221 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. 2 cm closed tear to front fold. Some light edge-wear and creasing. Binding: Hardcover. Black boards with gilt lettering.

Howard Timmins. Nostalgic account of the author's life growing upl in the South Africa of yesteryear. Delightful and humorous as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Light foxing to all edges. 62 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Reprint. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear. Old label on rear cover. Some sunning. Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Tafelberg, 1974. The author farmed at Vredendal in the Olifants River valley from 1970 onwards. This book describes his struggle to understand his coloured workers. Text in Afrikaans.

Stilbaai-bewaringstrust. Text: Afrikaans. The life-sketches of 3 family members of the Volschenks and their close ties to the town of Stilbaai and Riversdale as well as their contributions to the local area and cultural heritage. B&w and colour illustrations. Colour illustrations. 118 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Some mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover.

Human & Rousseau. Language: Afrikaans. Susanna Smit, sister of one of the Trek leaders, Gert Maritz and wife of the Trek Minister, Erasmus Smit. Against a background of the turbulent Eastern Frontier, the author tells of a re… Read More

Alec Marjorie Reynolds. A biography of the well-known South African portrait painter from Port Elizabeth. Superb draughtsman, etcher and illustrator. 490 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. Some edge-wear and creasing. Binding: Hardcover. Some edge-wear.

Zebra Press. A controversial and influential figure with his noble but doomed struggles for justice in the context of his times." He arrived in South Africa as superintendent of the London Missionary Society in 1819 and played a major role in the humanitarian campaigns of the day, fighting for the emancipation of slaves, protecting the Khoi against injustice and opposing the dispossession of the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape. 413 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Mild edge-wear. Bumping to footer. Binding: Hardcover. Bumping to spine. Mild edge-wear.