Brink, Andre P.

Kinkels Innie Kabel. 'n Verhoogstuk in Elf Episodes Deur Andre P. Brink (Met Apologie Aan William Shakespeare).

Buren. Cape Town 1971 1st edition Tan paper-covered boards. 59pp small 8vo. Institutional library stamps to eps else a clean VG copy in original brown-paper dustwrapper. Afrikaans. A comedy play: 'Twists In The Cable'.

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Book number: 25758

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Brink, Andre P.

Die Muur Van Die Pes. (the Wall of the Plague).

Human & Rousseau. Cape Town 1984 stated first edition. Black cloth boards. 355pp 8vo. 0.7kg. No inscriptions, a VG copy in near VG dustwrapper (rubbed, chipped to top front). The dustwrapper may have had edes trimmed, it is definitely a little short of the full length. Quite attractive still if a little short of pristine. ISBN: 9780798116961 Signed by Author to title page. Also authorial gift inscription to 'Rachel' dd. 1984 opposite half-title page.

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Book number: 28397

Keywords: fiction modern first edition afrikaans africa african south southern signed inscribed

Brittain, F. & Playford, H.B.

The Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge.

W. Heffer & Sons. Cambridge 1928. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xv + 298pp. illustrated plates, folding chart. 8vo. 0.91kg. No inscriptions. Spine well faded and ends soft. overall near VG, contents excellent. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and contributions by Rev. C.A. Skinner, Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson, & Bernard L. Manning.

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Book number: 27716

Keywords: rowing cambridge university

Brittain, F. & Playford, H.B.

The Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge.

W. Heffer & Sons. Cambridge 1928. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xv + 298pp. illustrated plates, folding chart. 8vo. 0.91kg. No inscriptions. Spine fading. overall VG, contents excellent. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and contributions by Rev. C.A. Skinner, Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson, & Bernard L. Manning.

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Book number: 28537

Keywords: rowing cambridge university

Broekmann, Elizabeth. & Weldon, Gail.

There Are Stories to Be Told. St Cyprians School. 1871-1996 (Printed 1971-1996).

St Cyprians School . Cape Town (1996). Printed yellow boards. 152pp illustrated 4to. Bookplate. VG+ condition, covered secured protective wrap. Incorrect date on title page neatly corrected. spine faded. a very clean and attractive copy. Inscribed by (first) author. Founded by Bishop Robert Gray in 1871 this Anglican boarding and day school for girls is located in the Cape Town suburb of Oranjezicht.

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Book number: 21695

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Brokensha, David.

Brokie's Way, an Anthropologist's Story. Love and Work in Three Continents.

Amani Press (2007). 566pp illustrated softcover 8vo. Owners signature ffep. spine curved, else a VG copy. ISBN: 9780620390644 Includes email between author & book reviewer. Author and his partner Bernard Riley lived and worked together in Africa, the USA, & the UK, for nearly 50 years. His memoir follows his career, as a soldier and prisoner of war in WW2, a university student, a colonial administrator, a founder of an NGO, a professor of anthropology, and a South African exile who returned home in 1999. Not only following his life and love it demonstrates how anthropological field research can generate benefits for both researcher and researchee.

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Book number: 24394

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Brome, Vincent.

J.B. Priestley.

Hamish Hamilton. London 1988. Black cloth boards. 512pp illustrated 8vo. No inscripition. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780241125601

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Book number: 21164

Keywords: literary biography

Bromilow, Clive.

Problem Plants of South Africa.

Briza. Pretoria 1995 stated 1st edition. Printed boards. 315pp illustrated colour 8vo. 07kg. No inscriptions. Boards lighty rubbed, contents as new, overall a VG+ copy. ISBN: 9780620185639 A full-colour identification guide to the problem plants of South Africa. With over 400 species listed and over 500 photographs, this comprehensive guide covers the most problematic plants of the region and allows confident identification of each for botanist and layman alike. Give full information of each plant including control measures.

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Book number: 28417

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Brookes, E.L.

A History of the University of Natal.

University of Natal Press. Pietermaritzburg 1966. Green cloth boards. 194pp illustrated b/w. 8vo. Bookplate half-title. one small highlighted sentence hence a VG copy only in protected dustwrapper. Includes appendices with list of professors, roll of honour, honorary graduates, Rhodes scholars, donations.

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Book number: 17655

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Brost, F.B. & Coale, R.D.

A Guide to Shell Collecting in the Kwajalein Atoll.

Charles Tuttle. Tokyo 1973 reprint. Printed red card wraps. 157pp illustrated. Bookplate to ffep, no inscriptions. faded around spine, bookplate, else a clean sound G-VG copy. ISBN: 0804809429 Photographs by Dennis Koizumi.

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Book number: 20846

Brown, Leslie.

African Birds of Prey.

Collins. London 1970 1st edition. Brown skivertex boards. 320pp illustrated b/w photos. maps, diagrams, tables, graphs, appendices. etc. 8vo. No inscription. VG+ in attractive G-VG dustwrapper (price-clipped, rear tanned. spine fading, but no tears or loss). ISBN: 9780002110440 A study of Africa's 89 diurnal raptors and owls.

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Book number: 10808

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Brown, Leslie. & Amadon, Dean.

Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Volumes 1 & 2.

Country Life Books 1968 1st edition. 2 volumes gilt dec brown cloth boards. 945pp total. illustrated. in matching slipcase. 305mm x 235mm x 958mm overall. 5.7kg. Edges & eps spotted else contents unmarked. edges spotted, light wear only. minor signs of wear at bottom of spines else VG+ condition. Worn slipcase. Gift inscription "To Cecily & Jack (Niven) ... ". Cecily Niven was the daughter of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (author of 'Jock Of The Bushveld') and in her own right the founder of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at UCT Cape Town.

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Book number: 23201

Keywords: birds avian ornithology eagles hawks falcons signed inscribed cecily niven percy fitzpatrick

Brown, James Ambrose.

A Gathering of Eagles. South African Forces: World War 11. Vol. 2. The Campaigns of the South African Airforce in Italian East Africa June 1940 - November 1941. With an Introduction 1912-1939.

Purnell. Johannesburg 1970 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. xviii + 342pp. Illustrated photos. maps. large 8vo. 0.9kg. Four square corners, eps, prelims. a little foxed else VG+ in matching dustwrapper (slightly tanned but no chips, tears, or loss). Inscribed by Author ffep thus: "To Brigadier John & Seti Daniel. J.A. Brown". Covers the early history of the SAAF as well as the campaigns in Italian East Africa during World War 2.An excellent copy.

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Book number: 9679

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Brown, William H. (Ed).

History of Warren County, New York.

Board of Supervisors of Warren County. NY 1963. Gilt title on green cloth boards. 302pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. VG in dustwrapper. excellent map in rear pocket.

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Book number: 11576

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Brown, James Ambrose.

Retreat to Victory. A Springbok's Diary in North Africa: Gazala to El Alamein 1942.

South Africans At War series. Ashanti. Rivonia 1991 stated 1st edition. Cream cloth boards. 301pp illustrated b/w photos, maps. 8vo. 0.7kg. Neat ownership signature to half-title page. VG+ condition in VG dustwrapper (chip at top front corner, else excellent). ISBN: 9781874800248 Author's diary chronicles the Allied retreat from the Gazala line; Rommel's thrust for Tobruk and its fall with the capture of nearly 40000 men; the retreat into Egypt and the South African stand at El Alamein. A worm's-eye view of the battle with an hour to hour depiction of the battle that sent the enemy back across North Africa.

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Book number: 27152

Keywords: south southern africa african world war second two 2 ii el alamein gazala