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(Bulawayo, Books of Rhodesia, 1971). 125 x 210 mm; pictorial wraps; a little mild foxing to endpapers and wraps; pp. 95; colour photographs. Very good condition. "The National Tapestry which hangs in the House of Parliament is an artistic study of Rhodesian history. The work had its origin in 1946 in a suggestion by Lady Tait, wife of the then Governor of Southern Rhodesia, that the Women's Institutes of the country should combine to create a tapestry which depicted the cardinal events in Rhodesian history on the lines of the famous Bayeux Tapestry." .

(London: Michael Joseph, 1967). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 184, incl. index; tables; large, folding map. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed and edgeworn; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. "The first and major portion of this book consists of a factual account of some of the more important political, social and economic developments in Britain's colony of Southern Rhodesia from the time of the first European occupation to the present day. ... The book collates much of the kind of factual material which used to appear regularly in the Salisbury journal, the Central African Examiner, before it ceased publication. UDI and the censorship imposed under the Emergency regulations in November, 1965, resulted in the Examiner's December issue being heavily cut - about half the material submitted for censorship was banned." .

(Salisbury: The Rhodesiana Society, 1971). 240 x 152 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. x + 114; black-and-white photographs. Handstamp on first leaf. Wrappers a little rubbed; trace of sunning to spine. Very good condition. Contents: Mazoe and the Mashona Rebellion, 1896-97, by E.E. Burke; H.H.A. de Laessoe: Pioneer, Administrator and Explorer in Rhodesia from 1896 to 1914, by B.M. Randles; Antonio Fernandes - A Reassessment, by R.W. Dickinson; In Search of Macambo, by C.J.W. Fleming; The White Induna, by J.G. Storry. .

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1966). 4to; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (viii) + 239, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs, etchings, facsimiles, etc. Very good dustwrapper with trace of foxing to reverse side; earlier owner's name on front pastedown and gift inscription to front free endpaper verso; old tape marks to rear free endpaper; some foxing to edges and outermost leaves; front endpaper lifting somewhat at gutter. Good to very good condition. "Two prominent historians have spent years on obtaining the material for this history of Rhodesia, a history that has nothing to do with U.D.I. as apart from the last chapter it virtually ends in the 1920's. Apart from being an ideal gift book it will interest everyone interested in the early days of the country. All the material is authentic and the adventures experienced - and so well described - will surely keep the reader entranced." -… Leer más

(Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball, 2002). 235 x 155 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. (viii) + 243 (including index); map; black-and-white plates. Very good condition. Martin Meredith 'pieces together the riveting and tragic political story of what happened to Zimbabwe and to a leader who once represented one of the world's best hopes for a democratic Africa. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand today's Africa.' .

(Salisbury, the Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company, 1953). Original blue buckram, spine slightly faded, very slightly rubbed, pp. (vi) + 45, plates. .

(London, Faber and Faber, 1965). 8vo; original brown cloth; price-clipped dustwrapper, somewhat rubbed and worn; stamped "Redemptorist Fathers Common Room Pretoria" on endpapers and title-page; previous owner's signature on title-page; pp. 331 including index. Good condition. "This book, which Dr Hanna has thoroughly revised and brought up to date for its second edition, records the rise and fall of British supremacy, and its effects upon the African population, from the coming of the first missionaries and traders to the dissolution of the Federation. It explains how the three territories took shape, and how they attained a sufficient measure of economic, social and political development to enable their inhabitants to claim the status of sovereign nation-states." .

(Harare: Quest Publishing, 1987) 0908306040. 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; endpaper maps; pp. xv + (i) + 431, incl. index; liberally illustrated with line drawings and full-colour plates. Dustwrapper rubbed, creased and torn, with archival tape repair to reverse side of upper panel; scuff to upper cover; some tape marks to pastedowns; trace of spotting to final blank . Dustwrapper notwithstanding, very good condition. The essential reference work on this landlocked southern African country. "The objective was to produce a book which would be an invaluable source of information in the home, in the office, in libraries and in schools in Zimbabwe, as well as in libraries throughout the world. ... In deciding which Zimbabwean personalities merited inclusion we were faced with a difficult task. Broadly, the biographical entries in this encyclopedia are of people who have made an impact internationally in a particular field of endeavour, be it sport, science, art or any… Leer más

(London, Faber & Faber, 1973). Uncorrected proof copy in plain printed wraps, slightly worn, pp. 349. Text browning toward the margins. Proof copy, issued without illustrations. .

(Cape Town, Purnell, 1962). 8vo; laminated pictorial dustwrapper very slightly rubbed with short tear; original red cloth; pp. 308, incl. index; black-and-white photographic plates. Very good condition. "In writing this book [Garry Allighan] has had the benefit of personal help from Sir Roy Welensky and has been given access to many private papers and hitherto unpublished documents. The result is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of the 'Architect of Federation', both as man and statesman, and at the same time an invaluable record of the whole struggle for racial emancipation in which he plays a leading and constructive role." .

(Bulawayo, Books of Rhodesia, 1974). 208 x 278mm; pictorial wraps slightly soiled; gift inscription on title page; pp. (ii) + 50; cartoon drawings and commentary. Good condition. "I dedicate this book to those people a part of whose emergence I have tried to illustrate. Because they so readily enjoy the funny side of their own lives, with a philosophy which I admire, I have tried to go along with them, without derision, and with, I hope, a degree of humility, for what European can ever pretend to know all their laws, customs and beliefs, which, although unwritten, are as firmly observed as though they were deep cut upon the rocks of Rhodesia." .

(South Africa, Central News Agency, 1950). Pictorial dustwrapper, frayed and worn, original cloth, endpaper maps, pp. viii + 164, text illustrations, plates. light browning, edges a little foxed, binding a little strained, with upper hinge splitting internally. Inscribed by the author on the title-page. 'a cavalcade of mystery and romance threading its way through ruins, gathering a company of authors and carrying the reader along the East Coast trade routes on the wings of the monsoon to meet the peoples of the East. Inland Portuguese explorers, Rhodesian pioneers and migrating Bantu take up the tale.' .

(London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., no date, foreword dated 1925). Original cloth-backed paper over boards, little stained, some wear at spine, pp. 79, plates. Binding a little strained, Signed inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, some stray foxing, one or two corners turned over. .

(Salisbury, Galaxie Press, 1975). Illustrations by Len Curling and Joan van der Merwe. 280 x 214 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 184 (including index); numerous illustrations, colour plates, map. Slightly rubbed, with trace of foxing to edges. Good condition. "GARDENING IN RHODESIA is the most comprehensive gardening book published for Rhodesian conditions. Volume One contains detailed, simple-to-follow descriptions of more than 1000 plants, and nearly 800 magnificent illustrations." .

(London, Longmans,Green & Co., for Central African Archives, 1956). Quarto, card wraps, somewhat soiled and frayed at the spine, pp. 282, few plates. Some foxing, few corners a little bumped. .

(London, Heinemann, 1960). Dustwrapper, torn and a little soiled, pp. 226, plates. Owner's name on the front free endpaper. 'One of the most urgent problems facing the British Government at the present time is that of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. ... This book has been written to give the facts of the case.' .