History (SA)

Front Cover of The Critic Vol.II - No. 1 edited by H. A. Reyburn
The Critic Vol.II - No. 1 - H. A. Reyburn

The Critic Vol.II - No. 1 was a South African Quarterly Journal edited by H. A. Reyburn and this edition was published in September 1933. This volume contains the following articles:

ZAR 250.00
Front cover of With the Da Gamas in 1497 by E. Forbes Robinson
With the Da Gamas in 1497 - E. Forbes Robinson

With the Da Gamas in 1497: A story of adventure told from the South African point of view by E. Forbes Robinson, MA was originally planned as a school text-book but at the time presents a story of adventure and discovery, which will appeal to all lovers of Historical Romance.

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Front Cover of Gold! Gold! Gold! by Eric Rosenthal
Gold! Gold! Gold! - Eric Rosenthal

Gold! Gold! Gold!: The Johannesburg gold rush by Eric Rosenthal is an account of the South African gold rush in the Rand, and how it changed the world's economy. A small strip of veldt in southern Africa has produced more than half the world's gold reserve. It is known as the Rand, and around it has grown the great modern city of Johannesburg.

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Front cover of Runner & Mailcoach by Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum
Runner & Mailcoach - Rosenthal & Blum

Runner & Mailcoach: Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa by Eric Rosenthal and Eliezer Blum is a comprehensive account not only of the postage stamps, but also of the romantic and exciting postal developments in the entire sub-continent.

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Front Cover of The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs
The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law - Albie Sachs

The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs is an autobiography of Albie Sachs, who played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. The book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind.

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Front Cover of Long, Long Ago by R C Samuelson
Long, Long Ago - R C Samuelson

Long, Long Ago by R C Samuelson is a book on the lives of the early settlers especially in Natal. Illustrated with b&w photos.

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Front Cover of The Jews in South Africa by Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz
The Jews in South Africa - Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz

The Jews in South Africa: A history edited by Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz describes the immigration of Jews, their settlement, and their adaptation to the cultural and economic life of South Africa. This remarkable work is a history of Jewry in South Africa from the earliest white settlement till the mid 1950s. Illustrated with b&w photos.

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Front cover of Marianhill: A Study in Bantu Life and Missionary Effort by F. Schimlek
Marianhill - F. Schimlek

Marianhill: A Study in Bantu Life and Missionary Effort by F. Schimlek is a description of the efforts of the Catholic missionaries in South Africa to influence African education and culture.

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Front cover of Churchill's South Africa by Chris Schoeman
Churchill's South Africa - Chris Schoeman

Churchill's South Africa: Travels during the Anglo-Boer war by Chris Schoeman covers the future statesman's travels across the Great Karoo and through the green hills of Natal, his capture by the Boers, his escape to Delagoa Bay and his triumphant return to the Natal front as an officer in the SA Light Horse.

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Front Cover of Kitty and the Prince by Ben Shephard
Kitty and the Prince - Ben Shephard

Kitty and the Prince by Ben Shephard is the story of the doomed love affair between Kitty Jewell, the white daughter of a Cornish mining engineer and Prince Lobengula, a black man. He was a member of a travelling show called Savage South Africa comprising African natives and wild animals brought from South Africa for the entertainment of the British public in 1899.

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Front Cover of Silverrandjie by MTR Smit
Silverrandjie - MTR Smit

Silverrandjie deur MTR Smit is die geskiedenis van die dorp Ugie in Oos-Grikwaland.

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Front Cover of Images of Defiance by South African History Archive
Images of Defiance - South African History Archive

Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1980s by South African History Archive presents a visual record of grassroots mobilisation and resistance. Ex-libris copy.

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 Front Cover of The Natal Carbineers by John Stalker
The Natal Carbineers - John Stalker

The Natal Carbineers: The History of the Regiment from its Foundation, 15th January, 1855 to 30th June, 1911 by John Stalker is an early detailed history of one of South Africa's most famous regiments. The Natal Carbineers participated in the invasion of Zululand in January 1879, and on 22 January, 23 members of the Regiment perished in the famous battle of Isandlwana.

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Front cover of The Unification of South Africa: 1902-1910 by L. M. Thompson
The Unification of South Africa: 1902-1910 - L.M. Thompson

The Unification of South Africa: 1902-1910 by L. M. Thompson tells of the events in the inauguration of the Union of South Africa and gives a comprehensive analysis of the South African Constitution of the time.

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Front cover of Transvaal Epic by Paul Tingay and Jill Johnson
Transvaal Epic - Paul Tingay and Jill Johnson

Transvaal Epic by Paul Tingay and Jill Johnson is an exceptionally well illustrated history of the Transvaal from the cradle of humankind to the 1970's

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Front cover of Parcel of Death by Gaongalelwe Tiro
Parcel of Death - Gaongalelwe Tiro

Parcel of Death: The Biography of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro by Gaongalelwe Tiro recounts the little-told life story of the first South African freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued beyond the country’s borders to assassinate with a parcel bomb.

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Front cover of No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu
No Future Without Forgiveness - Desmond Tutu

No Future Without Forgiveness: A Personal Overview of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Desmond Tutu is a quintessentially humane account of an extraordinary life. Desmond Tutu describes his childhood and coming of age in the apartheid era in South Africa.

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Front Cover of Penpricks by Ken Vernon
Penpricks - Ken Vernon

Penpricks: The Drawing of South Africa's Political Battlelines by Ken Vernon is a fascinating and informed look at the world of SA's political cartoons.  It covers the period prior to 1900 to 2000.

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Front Cover of   An I.D.B. In South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
An I.D.B. In South Africa - Louise Vescelius-Sheldon

An I.D.B. In South Africa by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon is a novel written during the booming diamond mining era in South Africa.

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Front cover of O B: Traitors or Patriots by George Cloete Visser
O B: Traitors or Patriots? - George Cloete Visser

O B: Traitors or Patriots? by George Cloete Visser is the story of the Ossewabrandwag between 1938 and 1948, particularly during the Second World War.

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Front cover of The Great Trek by Eric A Walker
The Great Trek - Eric A Walker

The Great Trek by Eric A Walker is told with thoroughness and with an eye on the human beings who make up this story. The Great Trek is a journey in South Africa; an exodus in the late 1830's and 40's of Afrikaner sheep and cattle farmers from the frontier districts of the Cape Colony to Natal the Orange Free State and Transvaal.

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Front cover of South Africa under King Manuel by Sidney R. Welch
South Africa under King Manuel - Sidney R. Welch

South Africa under King Manuel: 1495-1521 by Sidney R. Welch is the  story of discovery and development of South Africa under the successor to Henry the Navigator.

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Front Cover of The Randlords by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Randlords - Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Randlords by Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the story of those men who transformed South Africa from a dry barren land, leaving modern South Africa as their legacy, particularly Johannesburg whose history of mining underlies that of the whole country. Illustrated with b&w photos.

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Front cover of How I Became A Governor by Ralph Williams
How I Became A Governor - Ralph Williams

How I Became A Governor by Ralph Williams is an entertaining record of the author's adventurous and distinguished career and his wanderings abroad beginning in 1870. Chapters 6-13 relate to South Africa.

Includes map and illustrations.

ZAR 375.00

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