1. [South Africa – From Union to Rainbow Nation].

A Collection of Thirty [30] publications related to the evolution of South Africa – from Boer republics, Apartheid to the post-Mandela era. 1. Denis Beckett, Madibaland / 2. Gavin Bell, Somewhere Over The Rainbow / 3. Trewhella Cameron, Jan Smuts: An Illustrated Biography / 4. Justin Cartwright, Not Yet Home: A South African Journey / 5. Apollon Davidson, Cecil Rhodes and His Time / 6. Eugene de Kock, A Long Night’s Damage: Working for the Apartheid State / 7. John Fisher, Paul Kruger: His Life and Times / 8. Darrell Hall, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 / 9. Pat Hopkins, Eccentric South Africa: A Celebration of Extraordinary People and Places / 10. Stanley Jackson, The Great Barnato / 11. Phyllis Scarnell Lean, One Man in his Time: A Pictorial Review of the Life of Jan Christian Smuts, May 24th 1870 – September 11th 1950 / 12. Rian Malan, My Traitor’s Heart / 13. Richard Mendelsohn, Sammy Marks: ‘The Uncrowned King of the Transvaal’ / 14. Mike Nicol, The Waiting Country: A South African Witness / 15. Ellen Palestrant, Johannesburg One Hundred: A Pictorial History / 16. Richard Rive, ‘Buckingham Palace’, District Six (2 copies) / 18. David Robbins, Driving South / 19. David Robbins, The 29th Parallel: A South African Journey / 20. Kevin Shillington, History of Southern Africa / 21. J.C. Smuts, Jan Christian Smuts / 22. Allister Sparks, Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa / 23. Allister Sparks, The Mind of South Africa: The Story of the Rise and Fall of Apartheid / 24. Allister Sparks, Tomorrow is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa’s Negotiated Revolution / 25. Lester Venter, When Mandela Goes: The Coming of South Africa’s Second Revolution / 26. René De Villiers and S. Brooke-Norris, The Story of the Rand Club / 27. John Wentzel, A View from The Ridge: Johannesburg Retrospect / 28. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Randlords: The Men who Made South Africa / 29. Zapiro, Dr Do-Little and the African Potato: Cartoons from Sowetan, Mail & Guardian and Sunday Times / 30. The Staff of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company, The Story of ‘Johnnies’ (1889-1964): A History of the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited.

London / Johannesburg / Moscow / And Others, Victor Gollanz / Penguin Books / Arrow / Progress Publishers / And Others, 1952 – 2002. 11 cm x 18 cm to 22 cm x 28.5 cm. Circa 7,800 pages. Numerous plates throughout volumes. 9 hardcovers (7 with dustjackets) and 21 softcovers with decorated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some internal browning to some volumes but most are clean and bright. Crack at hinge of front board near head of spine of ‘Sammy Marks’ Volume. Binding still firm and strong.

2. Carstairs, Andrew McLaren.

A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe.

London, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 23 cm. 236 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket torn but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

3. Alexander, R.S.

Bonapartism & Revolutionary Tradition in France. The fédérés of 1815.

Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 314 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. O’Callaghan, Margaret.

British high politics and a nationalist Ireland – Criminality, land and the law under Forster and Balfour.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1994. 24 cm. xi, 223 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Farrell, David M.

Comparing electoral systems.

London ; New York, Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1997. 22 cm. xiv, 191 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Contemporary political studies].

6. [O’Brien, Conor Cruise] Akenson, Donald Harman.

Conor – A Biography of Conor Cruise O’Brien. Volume II (of II), Anthology.

Montreal / Kingston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 356 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Viereck, Peter / [Quine, W.V.O.].

Conservatism Revisited. The Revolt against Revolt 1815-1949.

First British Edition. London, John Lehmann Ltd., 1950. 13,5 cm x 19,2 cm. XIII, 168 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and meaningfully inscribed by Peter Viereck to his friends, Logician and Philosopher, Willard Van Orman Quine and his wife Marge: “Van + Marge – this out of print Brit. ed. is where they omitted my appendix (in U.S.ed.) on Soviet-Nogilo [?] – Op – Peter”. From Quine’s personal library.

8. Freitag, Sandria B.

Culture and Power in Banaras – Community Performance, and Environment, 1800 – 1980. Edited by Sandria B. Freitag.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford, University of California Press, 1992. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 290 pages. 17 Illustrations. Cover illustration ‘Drawing of Ramlila’ by James Prinsep 1833. Softcover. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Grimaldi, Laura / Tropea, Marco.

Elementare, Signor Presidente (dieci anni dopo).

Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1987. 15 cm x 21 cm. 226 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Slight discoloration to the dustjacket (dampstain). The Volume itself in excellent condition.

10. Lee, J.J.

Ireland 1912-1985 – Politics and Society.

New York / Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1989. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVIII, 754 pages. Original softcover. Very condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping with a lengthy review of the book. Name of preowner on endpaper.