Search Results: Titles starting with V from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 1999) 1859605982. Cover title reads: "VW Polo 1994 to 1999 (M to S registration) Petrol & Diesel. Includes Roadside Repairs and MOT Test Checks." 4to; laminated pictorial boards; profusely illustrated with detailed technical drawings, photographs and circuit diagrams. Very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on title page; trace of foxing. Very good condition. "Models covered: VW Polo models with four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, including special/limited editions; 3- and 5-door Hatchbacks. 1.0 litre (999 cc), 1.05 litre (1043 cc), 1.3 litre (1296 cc), 1.4 litre (1390 cc) and 1.6 litre (1598 cc) SOHC engines. 1.7 litre (1716 cc) and 1.9 litre (1896 cc) diesel engines." .

(Johannesburg: Perskor, 1974) 0628004540. 8vo; original tan boards, lettered in red on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 257; maps. A little sunned on spine. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Wat hier volg is 'n bystudie oor 'tema wat saamhang met die Oranje-Vrystaat, naamlik die oplossing van 'n grensgeskil, wat nog voor die onafhanklikheidswording van die Soewereiniteit begin het. Die manuskrip wat die geskil tussen die twee Republieke oor die Vaalrivier as grenslyn behandel, was reeds in 1953 voltooi. Daar is gehoop om dit as aparte hoofstukke van deel II van die bogenoemde boek [Eenheidstrewe van die Republikeinse Afrikaners], wat teen 1956 'n hele ent gevorder was, op te neem. ..." .

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1958). 8vo; cloth-backed papered boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. 150 + (i). Very light wear to edges of boards; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. An important compilation of W. E. G. Louw's essays. 'Die teoretiese besinning van die taak van die nuwe literatuur en die besondere aard van die Afrikaanse geesteslewe word beoefen deur C. M. van den Heever … . 'n Veel juister karaktisering van waaroor dit vir hierdie geslag wesentlik gaan, is W. E. G. Louw se opstel oor "Vernuwing van die Afrikaanse poësie" (1938), later opgeneem in die bundel Vaandels en voetangels (1958), waarin hy die ou Afrikaanse "motiewe"-kuns as 'n beperkte soort literatuur verwerp en daarop wys dat die nuwe Afrikaanse letterkunde groter aandag vir die Afrikaanse mens vra en met die kardinale probleme van die lewe worstel.' - Kannemeyer: Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I, p. 269 .

(Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1971). 8vo; original black boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 95; frontis. portrait. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn, sunned and soiled; previous owner's discreet hand-stamp on front free endpaper. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Ds. Kestell, die "goedertierene mens van yster", se lewe was een van diens, daarom het die Afrikanervolk hom begrawe aan die voet van die Vrouemonument saam met pres. Steyn en genl. De Wet. Met die hulp van interessante aanhalings, gee prof. P. J. Nienaber sy lesers dieper insig in die vol en ryk lewe van die beminlike Vader Kestell.' .

(Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1971). 8vo; original black boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 95; frontis. portrait. Dustwrapper slightly sunned and rubbed, with closed tear to top edge of upper panel. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Ds. Kestell, die "goedertierene mens van yster", se lewe was een van diens, daarom het die Afrikanervolk hom begrawe aan die voet van die Vrouemonument saam met pres. Steyn en genl. De Wet. Met die hulp van interessante aanhalings, gee prof. P. J. Nienaber sy lesers dieper insig in die vol en ryk lewe van die beminlike Vader Kestell.' .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1956). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 230, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape reinforcing to reverse of spine at head and tail; pages foxed and browned. Good. An account of the Cape colony's troubled eastern frontier and some of its key historical figures. .

(Cape Town: Timmins, 1984) 0869782622. Foreword by Ian Player. 8vo; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (xxiv) + 183; frontis. portrait; line drawings. Light bump to bottom fore-corner of upper board; very slightly shelf-rubbed. Very good condition. Personal record of the natural history and early settlement of the southern Drakensberg region, KwaZulu-Natal. .

(Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2009) 9780620431743. 210 x 145 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. 152; graphs; tables. Very good condition. "This study is an attempt to give an overview of opinion leaders' attitudes regarding a host of issues in contemporary South Africa. It also compares the attitudes and values of opinion leaders with those of the public, and assesses the level of congruence between opinion leaders and the general public. ... [It] should be stressed that this is predominantly an opinion leader study, which implies that generalisations should not be made to the broader South African public. Generalisations are only applicable to opinion leaders in South Africa." .

(Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2004) 1868729214. 8vo; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. vi + 154, incl. index; text figures; ribbon marker. Spine panel slightly sunned. Near fine condition. "We've all heard of the Big Five, but what is the Big Six? Or the Big Twelve? What is the tallest building in Africa? Who was the first South African to climb Mount Everest, and when and where was the first rugby test played in South Africa? The answers to all these questions, and many, many more, are to be found in Van Lill's South African Miscellany. Covering subjects such as nature and politics, entertainment and sport, the book will inform you about Olympic gold medallists and Nobel Prizes, political leaders and Miss South Africas, rugby nicknames and the national anthem, inventions and world records. You'll learn more about South African's biological diversity, its wealth in gold, its mountains and conservation areas, its toll roads and cities, all of which… Read More

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1973). 8vo; original blue boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 261. Good to very good condition; dustwrapper slightly sunned, with tape marks to reverse; bump to fore-edge of lower board; previous owner's hand-stamp to front free endpaper; some tape marks and browning to endpapers; small penned marginal annotation (supplying date) to p. 216. Afrikaans text. "Waarom is so lank gesloer met die Wet op afsonderlike verteenwoordiging van kiesers? Was daar werklik 'n spanning tussen dr. Malan en adv. Strijdom? Wou dr. Malan hê dat Havenga hom moes opvolg? Hoe het dit gekom dat adv. Strijdom aangewys is as Hoofleier en Eerste Minister? Watter rol het dr. Verwoerd agter die skerms gespeel met die verkiesing van adv. Strijdom? Het adv. Strijdom as Transvaalse Nasionalis teenstand van die Suide ontvang? Hoe is dr. Verwoerd gekies? Wat was die verhouding tussen dr. Verwoerd en dr. Dönges? Hoe het dr. Verwoerd die Senaat verklein? Wat was sy… Read More

(Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1939). 213 x 138 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 171. Wrappers somewhat browned, very slightly creased and marked; bump to tail of spine; earlier owner's name signed, with date, on title page. Good to very good condition. (Nienaber I, p. 268) Life and death of Charles Boniface, literary figure, dramatist, polyglottist, controversialist, at the Cape of Good Hope and very early Natal. .

(Clanwilliam: N. G. Gemeente Clanwilliam, 1981). Small 4to; original green boards; pp. (x) + 137; photographs. Trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Toe daar op 26 September 1826 daadwerklik oorgegaan is tot die stigting van die N.G. gemeente van Clanwilliam, het 'n ligstraal geval uit Roodezand tot aan die Gariep. Uit hierdie ontsaglike groot gemeente van destyds het daar oor die afgelope 150 jaar neëntien goed georganiseerde gemeentes gegroei. Waar daar op 17 Oktober 1826 by die eerste amptelike erediens nagmaal aan vyftig lidmate bedien is, kom daar vandag elke Sondag etlike duisende lidmate in dieselfde gebied in aanbidding saam." .

(Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1971). 8vo; original pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 470; illustrated with numerous maps, photographs, tables. Dustwrapper partially sunned, a little rubbed, and edgeworn, with some archival tape repairs to reverse of edges; edges a trifle browned; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. Afrikaans text. One of the few one-man general histories of South Africa, in the tradition of S. F. N. Gie, E. A. Walker, and C. W. de Kiewiet. "Die voordeel van hierdie eenmangeskiedenis is eenvormigheid van styl, eenheid van visie en bou en daarby bondigheid, laasgenoemde veral wat die tydperk tot 1902 betref. … Die boek het 'n groeps-uitgangspunt: dis nie bloot 'n geskiedenis van blanke Suid-Afrika nie, maar behandel die ontstaan van en interaksie tussen die bevolkingsgroepe in 'n multi-nasionale of veelvolkige samelewing as geheel. Die kragte, lewensforme en leefwyse wat in die hede bestaan, word beskryf en hulle ontstaan en… Read More

(Gent & Utrecht: W. Siffer & A. Oosthoek, 1914). 8vo; original brown pictorial cloth, blocked in red to upper cover; pp. LIX + (i) + 121 + (ii). A little rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers; discreet pencilled underlining to introduction. Good condition. Dutch/Flemish text. The medieval Reynard stories are thought to have originated in the Lorraine region, later spreading to the Low Countries. Drawing upon all extant sources, the editor places the allegory in context and provides a readable version of the original. .

(Cape Town: Purnell & Sons, 1966). 4to; original black boards; no dustwrapper; pp. 206; photographs. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Scattered foxing, heavy to endpapers and prelims. Travel in North Africa and the Middle East. .

(London: Hutchinson, 1931). Medium 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 287, incl. index; colour frontis. and several other plates, some of which in colour. Backstrip slightly sunned. Remarkably clean and bright internally. Very good condition. Phillip Tennyson Cole (1862-1939) was "a painter of genre, interiors and portraits ... His sitters included Cecil John Rhodes, Lord Milner and the Duke of Norfolk. 1897 a founder member of the SA Society of Artists. 1900 accompanied Dr Carel Peters on an expedition up to the Zambezi. Lived in London and Cape Town ... Travelled widely in Australia and New Zealand." - Grania Ogilvie: The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors. Tennyson Cole's recollections include much on the society figures he painted. .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1982) 0798112727. Third, revised edition. Large 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 159; diagrams and line drawings in text; map; plates in full colour and monochrome. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie boek is vir Suid-Afrika se varswaterhengelaars net wat hulle nodig het: 'n gesaghebbende, vlot geskrewe handleiding oor alle aspekte van hul geliefkoosde sport. Prof. Ben Engelbrecht, 'n kenner op die gebied van varswaterhengel, het die gegewens deur die jare versamel en steeds gesorg dat hy op die hoogte bly met nuwe tegnieke en toerusting. Hierdie ryke skat aan kennis en ervaring dra hy in hierdie boek op boeiende wyse aan sy medehengelaars oor." .

(Bellville, Beau Rivage, no date). Signed by the author on the title page. 8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 205. Dustwrapper partially sunned, also edgeworn, with old tape marks, and some loss; endpapers and edges foxed, some fox spots elsewhere. Good condition. 'Vast Heritage is a fascinating, powerful book which once started is difficult to put down. Through its pages stalk drama, adventure and romance. Against the stark and tragic background of privation and disaster, heroism dressed in homespun stands staunch and true. And added to this is the tenderness of a great love story. The epic of the 1820 Settlers is second to none in the historic and heroic records of our country.' .

(Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1961. 8vo; pictorial boards; pp. (viii) + 149; plates. Tape marks to endpapers; small hole margin of pp. 23-24 (conceivably an aboriginal fault). Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Chapter headings: Beeld van Bartolemeu Dias; Standbeeld van Jan van Riebeeck; Standbeeld van Maria de la Queillerie; Hugenotemonument; Setlaarsmonument; Taalmonument; Bloedriviermonument; Paardekraalmonument; Driemanskapmonument; Nasionale Vrouemonument; Kindermonument; Vredesmonument op Vereeniging; Danie Theron-monument. .

(Pretoria: Department of Agricultural Technical Services, 1962). Botanical Survey Memoir No. 33. 242 x 155 mm; side-stitched card wrappers; pp. (iv) + 32; plates; large, folding colour map in end-pocket. Slight creasing; short, closed tear to top edge of lower cover. Very good condition. "Owing to the dissected terrain and the wide range in altitude within a relatively short distance from the coast to the mountains, the vegetation exhibits a correspondingly wide variation in form and complexity of distribution pattern. The vegetation is composed of two plant formations, namely Woodland and Grassland. Woodland is the dominant component and has replaced Grassland in many localities. Grassland occurs in exposed situations mainly in the midlands. These two plant formations are themselves composed of two floral elements, namely, an eastern component of tropical affinity and an austral component related to the flora of the south-west Cape. The flora is mainly of tropical affinity; the austral… Read More