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Recent publications relating to the North

256 Croukamp, Dennis. ONLY MY FRIENDS CALL ME "CROUKS": Rhodesian reconnaisance specialist. Cape Town: D. Croukamp, 2006.

478 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 290

A personal account of the bush war in Rhodesia during the sixties and seventies.
257 Nyarota, Geoffrey. AGAINST THE GRAIN: memoirs of a Zimbabwe newsman. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2006.

xvi, 352 p.: ill. (chiefly col. ports.). Paperback. R 180

258 Parker, Jim. ASSIGNMENT SELOUS SCOUTS: inside story of a Rhodesian Special Branch officer. Alberton: Galago, 2006.

360 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. Trade paperback. R 240

259 Roberts, Adam. THE WONGA COUP: the British mercenary plot to seize oil billions in Africa. London: Profile Books, 2006.

xv, 304 p. Paperback. R 165

On 7 March 2004, Zimbabwean police impounded an American plane carrying sixty-four men en route to Equatorial Guinea, on suspicion that they were mercenaries. Led by a former SAS officer, Simon Mann, they were alledgedly going to overthrow the government of Obiang Nguema- not to ensure democracy in the region, but to secure a share of the country's oil wealth. The plot failed and the men were imprisoned in Zimbawe and Equatorial Guinea.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

260 Anderson, A.A. & Wall, A. A ROMANCE OF N'SHABE: being a record of startling adventures in south central Africa. London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.

viii, 364 p., [10] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., ports., map. [The plate listed as facing p. 101 has been used as the frontis.]. Pict. cloth, worn on edges. Name and address on front free endpaper. R 650

Based on Anderson's hunting experiences and travels. Anderson also wrote a factual account of his travels in TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN A WAGGON IN THE GOLD REGIONS OF AFRICA.
261 Cope, Jack. TALES OF THE TRICKSTER BOY; illustrations by Azaria Mbatha. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1990.

88 p.: ill. Pict. paper covered boards. Inscription on front free endpaper.

R 75
262 Doke, Clement M. TEXT BOOK OF ZULU GRAMMAR. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand Press, [1927].

341 p. Cloth, worn on corners. Preliminary pages rippled. R 200

263 Dronsfield, John. SATIRES AND VERSES; edited by Denis Hatfield Bullough. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1955.

67 p. Paper covered boards, clear d.w. with title. Slightly soiled along edges. Signature of Thelma Gutsche on front free endpaper. R 200

264 Goldie, Fay. ZULU BOY; illustrated by Tessa Beaver. London: Macmillan, 1968.

104 p.: ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 75

265 Head, Bessie. MARU. London: Heinemann, 1971.

127 p. (African writers series). Paperback, faded on spine. R 50

A novel set in Botswana, Head's country of exile from South Africa.
266 Hertslet, Jessie. BANTU FOLK TALES: seven stories; lino-cut illustrations by Joyce Wallis. Cape Town: The African Bookman, 1946.

91 p.: ill. Cloth. R 100

267 Jonker, Ingrid. KANTELSON. Johannesburg: Afrikaner Pers-Boekhandel, 1966.

47 p.: port. as frontis. Cloth, d.w. very slightly discoloured on spine. R 500

Jonker took her own life in 1965, at the age of thirty-two. Nelson Mandela quoted from her poetry in his speech at his inauguration as South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994. In a later edition of her VERSAMELDE WERKE Jack Cope and William Plomer stated in their introduction that: "…she was deeply affected by the racial tensions in her own country and her poems reveal her emotional involvement with the deprived and the oppressed, with the child, the aged person and the outcast, as well as with the bewilderments of her own identity."
268 Kriel, Abraham. AN AFRICAN HORIZON: ideals in Shona law and literature. Cape Town: Permanent Publishing House, 1971.

247, xxii p. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed along edges. R 75

269 Louw, W.E.G. [Festschrift]. SKANSE TEEN DIE TYD: bundel aangebied aan W.E.G. Louw by geleentheid van sy vyf-en-sestigste verjaardag op 31 Mei 1978. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1978.

85 p.: port. (laid down). Cloth, d.w. No. 243 of an edition limited to 500 copies. R 75

270 Schoeman, Karel. PROMISED LAND; translated by Marion V. Friedmann. [1st English ed.]. London: Julian Friedmann, 1978.

205 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Originally published in Afrikaans in 1972. R 75

A young man returns to the farm he inherited from his mother and tries to rediscover a world he hardly remembers. Has recently been made into a film.
271 Smith, Pauline. THE LITTLE KAROO: [ten stories]; with an introduction by Arnold Bennett; and a preface by William Plomer. 6th impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961.

188 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Inscription on front free endpaper.

R 50
272 Stillwell, Valerie [comp.]. MONSTERS, HEROES AND SULTAN'S DAUGHTERS: Cape Malay folk tales retold by Valerie Stillwell; illustrations by Alida Bothma. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1989.

63 p.: ill. Paperback. R 75

273 Vaughan, Iris. O VALIANT HEARTS. Cape Town: Timmins Publishers, 1984.

346 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signature on front free endpaper.

R 75

A novel set in the Eastern Cape in the early 19th century.
274 WaNthodi, Motshile. FROM THE CALABASH: poems and woodcuts by Motshile wa Nthodi. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1978.

67 p.: col. ill. Paperback, creased on lower corner. R 150

The poems and woodcuts celebrate the cycle of life in an Ndebele village.
275 Yates-Benyon, John. LAWRENCE GREEN: memories of a friendship. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1973.

xi, 222 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed

R 100

Recent literary publications

276 Galassi, Jayne. EZULWINI: place of heaven. Cape Town: David Philip, 2006.

188 p. Paperback. R 95

A novel based on the author's childhood spent in Swaziland.
277 Maart, Rozena. ROSA'S DISTRICT 6. Cape Town: David Philip, 2006.

232 p. Paperback. R 110

Five connected stories, centred around a little girl, Rosa, and the inhabitants of District Six.
278 Malan, Robin, [ed.]. AFRICAN ROAD: new writing from southern Africa 2006; [winning stories selected by J.M. Coetzee]. Cape Town: Spearhead [New Africa Books], 2006.

x, 245 p. Paperback. R 110

Entries to the HSBC / SA PEN Literary Award, which encourages creative writing [in English] by writers under the age of forty and resident in the SADC countries.
279 Marais, Eugene N. THE SOUL OF THE APE; introduction by Robert Ardrey. 2nd ed. [New impression]. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2006.

192 p. Paperback. R 130

280 Marais, Eugene N. THE SOUL OF THE WHITE ANT; with a biographical note by his son; translated by Winifred de Kok. [New impression]. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2006.

175 p.: ill. Paperback. R 130

281 Themba, Can. REQUIEM FOR SOPHIATOWN; [selected by Stephen Gray]. London: Penguin, 2006.

161 p. (Modern classics). Paperback. R 90

A selection of twenty-five short stories and sketches.

FLORA AND FAUNA

282 Breyne, Jakob & Johann Philipp; Gunn, Mary [ed]. THE FLORA CAPENSIS OF JAKOB AND JOHANN PHILIPP BREYNE; [edited and introduced by] Mary Gunn and Enid du Plessis. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Brenthurst Press, 1978.

218 p.: chiefly col. ill., col. frontis., port. (Brenthurst Press. [First] series; 4). 4to. Cloth, d.w. R 1000

The Breynes were wealthy merchants of Danzig who collected rare and exotic plants. Father and son were both celebrated botanists. Jakob made a collection of water-colour drawings of Cape plants by several artists. Eighty-six were bound together in 1724 in an album for his son, Johann Philipp, and given the title FLORA CAPENSIS.
283 Bryden, H.A. WILD LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA. London: George G. Harrap, 1936.

282 p.: frontis. Cloth, d.w. slightly frayed along top edge. Bookplate on front endpaper. R 300

"A book of information and anecdote for sportsmen and naturalists about bird and beast in South Africa" cover.
284 Clancey, Phillip A. KINGFISHERS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; text and illustrations by Phillip A. Clancey. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1992.

212 p.: ill. (some col.), range maps. Folio. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.

R 500
285 Delpierre, G.R. & Du Plessis, N.M. THE WINTER-GROWING GLADIOLI OF SOUTH AFRICA: a pictorial record with descriptions. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1974.

71 p.: col. ill., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

286 Frandsen, Joy. BIRDS OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CAPE. [Johannesburg]: Sable Publishers, 1982.

xviii, 230 p.: col. ill., map on front endpaper. Skivertex, d.w. R 200

Bird names are also given in Xhosa and/or Zulu. Excellent illustrations and easily accessible to the amateur bird enthusiast.
287 Hamer, A. Handel [et al.]. WILD FLOWERS OF THE CAPE: a floral year; [drawings by] Ethel Driscoll & Dorothy Levyns. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, [197-].

104 p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), col. frontis. 4to. Cloth, d.w., spotted. R 165

288 Horne, Charles. FISHERMAN'S ELDORADO. Cape Town: Howard Timmins,

218 p.: ill., ports., maps. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, d.w., slightly frayed along top edge. R 135

A guide to fishing seasons at various locations on the south and east coasts of South Africa.
289 Manning, John [et al.]. THE COLOR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAPE BULBS; John Manning, Peter Goldblatt [and] Dee Snijman. Portland, Cambridge: Timber Press, 2002.

486 p.: col. ill., col. range maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 400

290 Murray, Desmond P. SOUTH AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES: a monograph of the family Lycaenidae: with a description and illustration of every species and figures of many of the larvae. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1935.

vi, 195 p.: ill. (chiefly col.). Cloth. Name on front free endpaper. Some spotting on preliminary pages. R 500

Beautifully illustrated by Murray.
291 Vogts, Marie Murray. PROTEAS: know them and grow them: on the cultivation of the South African proteaceae. Johannesburg: Afrikaanse-Pers, 1958.

206 p.: ill. Cloth, d.w. frayed with tears; cellotape marks on endpapers. Small bookplate laid down on front endpaper. Accompanied by correspondence from the author to the previous owner; together with some newspaper clippings.

R 250

Recent publications on flora and fauna

292 Brown, Neville & Graham, Duncan. GROW FYNBOS PLANTS: a practical guide to the propagation and cultivation of plants from some of the major families of the Cape floristic region of South Africa. Kirstenbosch: SANBI, 2006.

vii, 240 p.: col. ill. (Kirstenbosch gardening series). Paperback. R 170
293 Smith, Gideon. CACTI AND SUCCULENTS. Cape Town: New Holland, 2006.

160 p.: col. ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 200

294 Zsilavecz, Guido. COASTAL FISHES OF THE CAPE PENINSULA AND FALSE BAY: a diver's identification guide. Cape Town: Southern Underwater Research Group, 2006.

108 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), map. Paperback. Signed & dated by Zsilavecz on title page. R 75

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902

295 Brink, J.N. RECOLLECTIONS OF A BOER PRISONER-OF-WAR AT CEYLON. Amsterdam: Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgewers, 1904.

220 p.: ill., frontis., plan, ports. Cloth, with ill. laid down. R 450
296 Davey, Arthur. THE DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH AND MAFEKING: accounts of two sieges, 1899-1900, being the South African War experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down and Samuel Cawood. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Brenthurst Press, 1983.

275 p.: ill., ports. (some col.), maps. (Brenthurst [first] series; 9). 4to. Cloth, d.w. R 1000

297 Journal for Contemporary History. THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902 = DIE ANGLO-BOEREOORLOG 1899-1902: a reappraisal. Special ed. Vol. 27, no. 2. Bloemfontein: University of the Orange Free State, 2002.

219 p. Paperback. Text in English and Afrikaans. Afrikaans articles are summarised in English. R 100

298 Kotze, J.G. AN APPEAL TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (TRANSVAAL). Pretoria: John Keith (printer), 1898.

27, iii p. Paper wraps. Centre fold line. Accompanied by a folded loose-leaf sheet containing articles headed: CHIEF JUSTICE KOTZE'S REPLY TO MR KRUGER'S ASSERTIONS and THE JUDICIAL QUESTION. R 250

Kotze stood against Kruger and P.J. Joubert for the Z.A.R. presidency. They received 7854 and 7009 votes respectively, and Kotze received 81. He had a severe disagreement with Kruger concerning legal matters, eventually leaving the Z.A.R. His distinguished legal career in the Cape led to a knighthood.
299 Meintjes, Johannes. PRESIDENT STEYN: a biography. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969.

272 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. with very small chip to spine. R 200

300 Meintjes, Johannes. STORMBERG, A LOST OPPORTUNITY: the Anglo-Boer War in the North-Eastern Cape Colony, 1899-1902. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969.

206 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

The Boer victory at Stormberg was one of the disasters for the British during what came to be known as "Black Week".
301 Norris-Newman, C.L. WITH THE BOERS IN THE TRANSVAAL AND ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1880-1. Johannesburg: Africana Book Society, 1976.

xvii, 387, viii p.: : ill., ports., (1 col. as frontis. with tissue-guard), folding maps. (Africana reprint library; vol. 6). Skivertex, d.w. Facsimile reprint of the 1882 edition. R 200

302 Reitz, Deneys. COMMANDO: a Boer journal of the Boer War: "A lamentable tale of things done long ago- and ill done". [New ed.]. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1990.

xviii, 320 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. First published in 1929. R 375

"Reitz had the uncanny knack of living through the war as though leafing through the pages of an adventure story" Thomas Pakenham. THE BOER WAR.
303 Riall, Malcolm & Riall, Nicholas [ed.]. BOER WAR: the letters, diaries and photographs of Malcolm Riall from the war in South Africa, 1899-1902; compiled and edited by Nicholas Riall. London: Brassey's, 2000.

207 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps (1 on endpapers). Oblong 8vo. Cloth, d.w. R 100

304 Schikkerling, Roland William. COMMANDO COURAGEOUS: a boer's diary. Johannesburg: Hugh Keartland, 1964.

396 p.: port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. price clipped & worn along edges. R 250

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