Lesotho from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Cape Town: Dirk Schwager Photographic Illustrations, 1972) 0620006889. Small 4to; original white boards, lettered in gilt to spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 96; map; profusely illustrated with largely full-colour photographs of the scenery and people. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, and partially sunned; scattered, light foxing. Good condition. "Known as the 'Roof of Africa' the mountains of Lesotho are the most important watershed… Read more about this item

(London: Jonathan Cape, 1923). Large 8vo; original dark blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 132, incl. index; colour frontis. with tissue-guard; plates. Slight, partial discolouration to cloth; a little scattered foxing. Very good condition. (Hosken, p. 64; Schapera E522) "These few pages attempt to show the Basuto people in their homes, to tell in brief… Read more about this item

(Underberg: the author, 2002) 062018664X. 210 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 52, incl. index; map; some line drawings. Lower cover has penned note of height of mountain peaks; earlier owner's name is hatched over on upper cover. Very good condition. 'I was ... motivated by the fact that existing backpackers' books are poor in their treatment of Lesotho,… Read more about this item

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1971). 8vo; original green rexine, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. (viii) + 116, incl. index; plates; maps, incl. folding. Very good condition. Uncommon. The author attempts "to describe how, between 1871 and 1881, the Cape government on behalf of the British Government, performed the task of ruling the Basotho, who had… Read more about this item

(Maseru: Schwager Publications, 1986) 0620090405. 4to; original green boards, lettered in silver gilt to spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 141 + (i); map; lavishly illustrated with large, full-colour photographs of the scenery and people. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. "Known as the 'Roof of Africa' the… Read more about this item

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1967). 8vo; original blue rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 583, incl. index; photographs; maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and edgeworn; gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "Dr. R. C. Germond has rendered a service to Basutoland, to South… Read more about this item

(Himeville: the author, 2010) 0620283785. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 224; profusely illustrated in monochrome. Fine condition. Second edition of this history of a hair-raising route into the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. "This book is the result of his personal involvement and abiding interest in the history and the people who have used the Sani Pass for… Read more about this item

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine sunned; trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Good to very good condition. (Schapera M652 [French edition]) "A history of the Paris Mission Society in… Read more about this item

(Morija: Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1967). An edition limited to 3000 copies. 8vo; original blue rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 583, incl. index; photographs; maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper edgeworn and rippled, with earlier owner's tape repairs to reverse; slightest trace of damp-staining to bottom edge; endpapers and edges… Read more about this item

(Morija: Sesuto Book Depot, 1938). Translated from the French by Edmond M. Ellenberger, B.A. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 380 + (ii). Spine tanned; some light wear to extremities of cloth; earlier owner's name signed on title page; edges browned; sporadic foxing. Good to very good condition. … Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Juta, 1948). 8vo; blue cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248; black-and-white plates. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; foxing and browning throughout; small handstamp on front free endpaper. Fair condition only. .

(London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963). Original wraps, with a few small library markings, pp. 115, tables, plates, folding map. Cancelled library hand-stamp on the first page. .

(University of Natal Press, 1996). Edited by K. Limakatso Kendall; with a foreword by Ellen Kuzwayo. Laminated pictorial wraps, pp. 174, plates. Hand-stamp on the half-title-page. Signed by both Mpho Mthunya and Kendall. 'A compelling and unusual book in which Nthunya remembers the many lives she has led: as a township girl in Benoni just before the apartheid government… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1981). 8vo (213 x 140 mm); original wraps laid on boards; pp. xvi + 219, incl. index; map, tables and diagrams. Ex-library copy with reinforced wraps, covered with clear adhesive plastic; stamps and label remnants to endpapers and prelims. Good condition. "Lesotho, once 'the granary of the Free State and part of the Cape… Read more about this item