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POLITICS IN AFRICA: The Former British Territories
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31406More details Price: $21.50 -
POLITICS IN AFRICA: The Former British Territories
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name stamped on title page)
Book ID: 85971More details Price: $20.00 -
THE CALLING OF KATIE MAKANYA.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 55718More details Price: $30.00 -
PART OF MY SOUL WENT WITH HIM
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Norton, 1985. Edited by Anne Benjamin and adapted by Mary Benson. 168 pages. Photographs. ISBN: 0-393-302903.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 24292More details Price: $9.50 -
KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.
Edition: Trade paperback.
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.
Condition: Fine condition
Book ID: 36146More details Price: $9.00 -
KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.
Edition: Trade paperback.
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.
Condition: Very good in wrappers (crease on front cover.)
Book ID: 21184More details Price: $10.00 -
KAFFIR BOY IN AMERICA: An Encounter With Apartheid
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 78547More details Price: $18.00 -
KAFFIR BOY: An Autobiography.
Edition: Trade paperback.
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.
Condition: Very good in wrappers (crease on front cover.)
Book ID: 15758More details Price: $9.00 -
THE SONG DOG.
Edition: First UK printing.
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.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (rather severe toning to the pages, edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 63586More details Price: $15.00 -
THE SONG DOG.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line bottom edge)
Book ID: 63190More details Price: $15.00 -
THE SONG DOG.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63062More details Price: $17.50 -
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Ex-library - no specific markings, but glue discoloration under dj flaps, missing rear free endpaper, spine cocked - in a very good dj.
Book ID: 33792More details Price: $12.50 -
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Good in very good dust jacket (missing front endpaper, spine slightly cocked.).
Book ID: 56537More details Price: $13.50 -
HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53049More details Price: $20.00 -
HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj)
Book ID: 59030More details Price: $18.50 -
THE COMING OF THE LORD.
Edition: Early reprint.
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.
Condition: Just about fine in orange cloth with black lettering and two small devices on front cover, lacking the dust jacket.
Book ID: 48429More details Price: $16.00 -
SOUNDS OF A COWHIDE DRUM: Poems.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (stamp on front endpaper saying that this was an employee copy,)
Book ID: 57745More details Price: $25.00 -
FOOLS AND OTHER STORIES.
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (the usual toning to the pages found in this publisher's editions.)
Book ID: 27175More details Price: $25.00 -
THIS DAY AND AGE.
Edition: First American edition.
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.
Condition: Very good+ in like dust jacket. (book & dj- little edge wear)
Book ID: 15282More details Price: $18.00 -
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA: The Great Trek to the Boer War.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (several short edge tears to dj. price-clipped)
Book ID: 85110More details Price: $21.50 -
THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
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.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages).
Book ID: 70570More details Price: $18.00 -
AH, BUT YOUR LAND IS BEAUTIFUL
Edition: First US printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 79728More details Price: $18.50 -
RUNAWAY.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, in a somewhat worn, but unmarked dj (sunning to spine, some loss at ends of spine, etc)
Book ID: 86561More details Price: $16.50 -
AND NIGHT FELL: Memoirs of a Political Prisoner in South Africa.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (a clean, tight copy, but with rather severe toning to the pages)
Book ID: 72355More details Price: $20.00 -
FOUR AFRICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in brown cloth boards with silver and orange lettering in a good dustjacket with rubbing and edgewear.
Book ID: 38759More details Price: $15.00 -
WAITING TO LIVE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
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.
Condition: Near fine in wrappers.
Book ID: 14185More details Price: $20.00 -
RACE AND INTELLIGENCE: Fallacies Behind the Race - IQ Controversy.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
Baltimore, MD: Penguin, (1972). First edition - A collection of essays from psychological, sociological, and biological perspectives about intelligence and the nature versus nurture controversy. Suggestions for further reading at the end of each article. Index. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-140215921.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 80349More details Price: $15.00 -
AFRICAN DIARY.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear at top of spine and lower corner). Uncommon.
Book ID: 24168More details Price: $20.00 -
CLUBBED CLASS.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) Sticker noting that this is distributed by Trafager Square, Vermont, on title page. Clearly they did not distribute a lot of copies in the US since this is quite hard to find, especially in this condition.
Book ID: 75726More details Price: $175.00 -
BLACK ANGER.
Edition: First thus.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. Hardcover - A study of a South African medicine man, whom he called John Chavafambira -originally intended to be a psychoanalytic study, but one which became much more. Frontispiece drawing. 324 pp.
Condition: Very good in black cloth.
Book ID: 54671More details Price: $15.00