New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the front cover of dustjackt: 'One of the decade's most impressive and shocking close-ups of crisis: an American Negro journalist's firsthand report on the storm of racism and revolution raging through Africa from Cairo to Capetown.' Map insert and map endpapers. 117 pp.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - South African author's second novel, the story of a young Cape Coloured, who is light enough to pass for white, but still finds himself crushed between conflicting traditions. 300 pp.

New York: Norton, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in the UK under the title 'Politics in Ex-British Africa.' A title in the Comparative Modern Governments series. Suggestions for further reading, index. Map. xx, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-393055167.

New York: Norton, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in the UK under the title 'Politics in Ex-British Africa.' A title in the Comparative Modern Governments series. Suggestions for further reading, index. Map. xx, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-393055167.

Capetown & Johannesburg: David Phillip Publishers, (1995). SIGNED first edition - "A fresh and engaging book which spans [Makanya's] life from the end of the nineteenth century into the apartheid years." Illustrated with photographs in black and white. Winner of the Johannesburg Sunday Times Alan Paton Prize for Nonfiction. Winner of the CNA Literary Award for Nonfiction. Very warmly and personally INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page "To -- so faithful a listener to my story of Katie Makanya - hope you enjoy the final version. As ever, Margaret McCord aka Peg Nixon." 252 pp. ISBN: 0-864862520.

New York: Norton, 1985. Edited by Anne Benjamin and adapted by Mary Benson. 168 pages. Photographs. ISBN: 0-393-302903.

New York: New American Library 1987. The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-452-259436.

New York: New American Library 1987. The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-452-259436.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second volume of his autobiography: this begins when he arrives in the US as an 18 year old college student on a tennis scholarship - and it recounts his coming of age in a country overwhelmingly in its immensity, luxuriousness, poverty and despair - and not free from racism. Photographs. Index. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-684190435.

New York: Free Press, (1987.). The story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa. Photographs. Index. 354 pgs. ISBN: 0-684-848287.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 274 pp. . ISBN: 0-8929-62747.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 274 pp. . ISBN: 0-8929-62747.

London: Faber & Faber, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - South African mystery featuring Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi, set in a small town in northern Zululand in 1962. This book is a prequel to the other Kramer and Zondi mysteries - the story of how they first met each other. 281 pp. . ISBN: 0-571-164838.

New York: St Martin's, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel spanning 4 decades and two very different worlds - from Scotland in 1936 through war-torn Europe to South Africa in 1976. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312183445.

New York: St Martin's, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel spanning 4 decades and two very different worlds - from Scotland in 1936 through war-torn Europe to South Africa in 1976. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312183445.

New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.

New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928.). Hardcover - Novel by one of the most popular writers in South Africa during the period between the wars. Best known for her biography of Cecil Rhodes, her reputation as a writer has declined since her death, partly because of her politics and her later position as an apologist for apartheid. This novel is the story of the conflict between Levites, a religious cult containing members of many South Africa tribes, and the Vigilance Association, a group formed to make sure the 'kaffirs' stayed in their place. A young Jewish doctor who stays with the blacks to try and avert the deaths from the inevitable coming massacre, because 'they are human beings.' 284 pp.

New York: The Third Press / Joseph Okpaku Publishing Co., (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of poems by this South African, a Zulu born in Natal, who lived in Soweto, and wrote in English. Foreword by Nadine Gordimer. Illustrated with drawings 79 pp. ISBN: 0-89388-0345.

New York & London: Reader's International, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this young South African writer, a collection of 5 stories that deal with the hardships of life in the urban townships of South Africa. Originally published in South Africa, where it was the winner of the s1984 NOMA Award, the continent's highest literary award. ISBN: 0-930523-199.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - South African author's second novel, the story of Enoch Mistas, a black youth with a Bible chained to his wrist and starnge voices in his head, who leads a messianic rebellion against an imperious, bewildered government.

London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1970). Hardcover first edition - An account of the scramble during the 19th century by European countries for control in Africa, with an emphasis on South Africa where the struggle was the sharpest and the stakes highest. Includes a table of principal events in South Africa, illustrated with photographs and maps, bibliography, index. 454 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-094569509.

New York: Picador, (2017). First edition - The first novel to be published in the United States by this award-winning author, born in Barbodos, who grew up in Nigeria and now lives in South Africa. The story of two women, neighbors. "One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers and both have recently been widowed. . . Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility, which they maintain with a zeal that belies their age. But, one day, an unexpected event forces Hortensia and Marion together." This novel was a finalist for many prizes. Issued as a trade paperback original in the US. 278 pp.

New York: Scribner's, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in South Africa, by this noted South African writer, a founder of the Liberal Party there. This covers the years from 1952-1958 and includes both real and fictitious characters who were involved in the fight against apartheid. 271 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-684173360.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's third novel - after years of living a comfortable middle class life in the US, Michael Dorstiger is suddenly called back to South Africa - where he was born - after the death of his father, only to discover a world very different from the childhood he remembered - and he grudgingly finds himself escorting a black fugitive to a meeting place on the coast. 300 pp.

London: Allison & Busby, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir by a Soweto music teacher, active in the promotion of Black culture and in opposition to apartheid, of the 281 days he was held, without trial, as a political prisoner in South Africa (271 of these days in solitary confinement). 218 pp. ISBN: 0-850315247.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Includes an overview of African political history and a more detailed comparative study of the systems found in four countries: South Africa, Tanzania, Somalia, and the Ivory Coast. Maps. Footnotes, index. ix., 308 pp. ISBN: 0-133295990.

New York: Random House (Aventura ) 1986. First edition - Novel of apartheid written by a young South African while he was under government bannings and in prison himself for his opposition to apartheid.

Glasgow: Burns Press, 1962. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author was a Catholic priest from Liverpool who was recuperating from several operations by sailing around Africa in 1960: his comments on the vovage and on the places where they stopped are very interesting. He chose to visit Africa because he thought it was the 'crossroads of the world' and 'possibly the place where the future of mankind will be decided.' He expresses strong anti-apartheid sentiments, describes visiting the site of the Sharpeville massacre, the pro-Nkrumah sentiment in Kenya, as well as discussions of the history and customs of Africa. Illustrated with photographs. 183 pp.

London: Pavillion, (1994). Hardcover first edition - The first book by this Welsh journalist and documentary filmmaker. "This is a travel book with a difference. A terrifying , funny, breathtaking journey where Ronson lies and cheats his way around the world, sampling the jet set life that we all deserve but few get to experience" -from South Africa to Las Vegas to the Queen Elizabeth 2. In 2017 on Twitter, Ronson referred to this book as "the child I keep in the attic because I'm so ashamed." 142 pp.