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.

The South African Tourist Corporation, (1958.). First edition - Descriptions of exotic African creatures from the antelope and antbear to the ystervark and zebra, illustrated with both color photographs and full color paintings by Bernard Sargent. Includes separate sections on African birds, games reserves and national parks, general travel information. Maps, Oblong format measuring 6'' x 8''. 48 pp.

Buffalo, New York: White Pine Press, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African born writer, set (in large part) in South Africa during the years of apartheid. 327 pp. ISBN: 1893996166.

New York: Summit Books, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afrikaans writer to be published in English. Originally published in 1978, this was reissued because changing circumstances in South Africa made it even more relevant - it presents a picture of South Africa in what was then 20 or 30 years in the future, with the former privileged ruling class of whites barely managing to survive - a warning of the consequences of apartheid (or of any misrule). Graham Greene described this novel as "a South African 1984" Translated by Marion V. Freedman. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-671-644254.

New York: Norton, (2002). Hardcover first edition - Novel set in modern South Africa - "successful prosecutor Sarah Barcant returns home to a rural town in South Africa, former deputy Dirk Hendricks is on the way to meet Alex Mpondo, a prisoner he tortured, and soon, the lives of these three people will be connected by the Truth Commission." 340 pp. ISBN: 0-393041484.

Lovedale, South Africa: Published in the Book Department, 1888. Hardcover - Uncommon second edition of this early work on South African indigenous medicine, which was first published in 1885. The preface notes that although there is still work to be done, the first edition has been sold out, and so a new edition was appropriate, Among the Native contributors who are acknowledged in the preface is W. W. Gqoba and the students of Lovedale. Includes indices of the botanical, Kaffir, English and Dutch names of the plants. viii, 163 pp. plus errata.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The Revolutionary Years." Set in South Africa in the early 1960s, during the years of apartheid, this is a portrait of Mandela as "a committed revolutionary who left his family behind to live on the run, adopting false names and disguises and organizing the first strikes to overthrow the apartheid state" Photographs. Timeline, notes, selected bibliography, index. 405 pp. ISBN: 978-0316035484.

New York: Henry Holt, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African writer, a thriller set against a Capetown of gang violence, crime and corruption. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0805088755.

New York: Henry Holt, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this South African writer, a thriller set against a Capetown of gang violence, crime and corruption. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0805088755.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. dj. Hardcover - A first hand look at the explosive racial situation in South Africa at the height of apartheid - and also a book that discusses the hope which can arise from the young liberal leaders - such as Manilal Gandhi, Alan Paton, Luthuli and others. Index. 317 pp. Map endpapers.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - A "first hand report on the most explosive racial situation in the world" - one which traces the course of Afrikaner D. F. Malan's National Government in South Africa to its dictatorial powers. Includes interviews with liberal leaders, including Manilal Gandhi, Alan Paton, Luthuli, and young intellectuals. Index. 317 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - The story of a brother and sister with so much to live for, who find their future haunted - he by events at a South African diamond mine where he had worked as an engineer, she by fears for her mental health. 245 pp. Dust jacket by Ben Stahl.

New York: Arcade Publishing, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - 100 years after Mark Twain, 59 years old and deeply in debt, set out on a world-wide lecture tour, boarding a night train from Elmira to Cleveland on July 14, 1895, Cooper set out to retrace Twain's footsteps and the result is the first full-length book treatment of this journey since Twain's own. Twain's trip took him across North America and to Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa. Based on journals, letters and newspaper accounts, this is a combinationof travel writing, social history, historiography and biography. Photographs, extensive notes, references, index. 420 pp. ISBN: 1-55970-5221.

New York: Atria Books - Simon & Schuster, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring actor turned detective Tennyson Hardwick, set mostly in South Africa. SIGNED by Steven Barnes on the title page. 365 pp. ISBN: 1439159122.

New York: Atria Books - Simon & Schuster, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring actor turned detective Tennyson Hardwick, set mostly in South Africa. SIGNED by Steven Barnes on the title page. 365 pp. ISBN: 1439159122.

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First edition - Novel of greed, goldfever, black magic and feuding families set in a remote mountain town of South Africa. Winner of the WA Hofmeyer Prize for best Afrikaans literature. Translated by Catherine Knox.

London: Adam and Charles Black, (1965). Hardcover - Later printing of a book originally published in 1934. The Great Trek was the journey undertaken in South Africa in the late 1830s and 1840s of Afrikander sheep and cattle farmers from the frontier districts of the Cape Colony to Natal the Orange Free State and Transvaal. A title in The Pioneer Histories series. Illustrated with four plates, 3 maps, including 2 folding map.Index vii, 389 pp.

New York: Philomel Books, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of self-discovery, set against the backdrop of contemporary South African politics, this is based on an actual incident that occurred in Shongweni Valley in 1989. Winner of the 1990 Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature. ISBN: 0-399-225161.

Paia, HI: Pilgrim's Tales Inc., (2006.). First edition - Adventures of the author and his wife, a young couple who live in Hawaii when not traveling, on a trip from Morocco to the southern tip of Africa, partly as part of a group of "overlanders" (a group trip from hell), and partly on their own, Written with humor but also with a deep respect for both the people and the natural environment of Africa. Photographs. Map. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-9770536-44.

New York: Granta, 2000. First edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. Includes the long piece 'The Assassin' by Henk van Woerden about Demetrios Tsafendas, the part African, part Europeon man who stabbed the South African premier who was considered the architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, to death. Also includes contributions from Diana Athill, Graham Swift, Hanif Kureishi, Paul Theroux, a photo-essay on the HIV infected children of Romania by Kent Klich and an essay on searching for lost jazz trumpeter Dupree Bolton by Richard Williams. Photographs, notes on the contributors. 256 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-964561190.

Durban, Natal, South Africa: Bennett & Davis, Printers, 1907. dj. Hardcover first edition - A greatly revised and expanded work based on a pamphlet originally issued in 1888 by the Colonial Herbarium. Index. 202 pp.