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(Cape Town: Via Afrika, [1972]). 208 x 135 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 103. Wrappers very lightly rubbed; crease to top fore-corner of upper cover; publisher's stamp to front fre… More...

(Cape Town: Via Afrika, [1972]). 208 x 135 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 103. Wrappers very lightly rubbed; crease to top fore-corner of upper cover; publisher's stamp to front free endpaper; some light foxing. Good condition. Novella in isiXhosa featuring such Eastern Cape towns as Mthatha and East London. The title character is introduced as a farmer from Cicirha, in the Mthatha district. ., (Cape Town: Via Afrika, [1972]), 0, London England: Historical Publications Ltd, 1996. Hardback. First Edition. Travels of a London Schoolboy. Tiny piece of D/J. missing from top edge of spine. Tiny nip to edge of D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. In 1826, a boy, nealry twelve years old and living in Kilburn, picked up an old account book of his father's, and on the unusued pages began a diary which he was to keep for his lifetim. John Pocok, the son of a once prosperous builder in late-Georgian London, began his work just at a time when his father faced financial ruin from a micture of market forces and bad judgment. Poignantly he relates the comfort of a fine house and a busy social life, but also the long walks to Southwark to see his father in a debtors' prison. The young man walks everywhere - sometime astonishing distances - around London and even to Hastings. And he tells his story with perception, humour and with a fine eye for the detail of life in London. After the completion og his schooling and a series of ill-rewarded and tedious jobs, he is apprenticed to a surgeon and sails for the Swan River Settlement - the modern Perth - in Australia and finally in Cape Town, where he settles and invites his young brother, Lewis, to join him. His account of the perils of voyages under sail - and Lewis's own equallu vivid and humour narrative of his journey to the Cape - are great stories of the sea, here published for the first time. This diary is initially set in one of London's most formative periods - the early 19th century, when developers were building what are now the inner suburbs. it ends in one of the Empire's colonies, in which making a living was hazardous, but where there was oppoprtunity for the bold and resilient. The volumes of John Pocock's diary qwere preserved in Cape Town, and his great-great-niece, Lady Holder, now introduces this account of his London life and his voyages to what then seemed the extremes of the earth. It has been edited by his first cousin, three times removed, Tom Pocock. Illustrated. 208 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto. Hardback., Historical Publications Ltd, 1996, 3.5, N/A. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Join Norrie the puffin on an adventure around the world! Readers will be introduced to the beautiful Cape Town as they help Norrie navigate the city. Together, readers and Norrie will follow clues and solve puzzles in order to find the, 6, (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2023) 9780624089360. Introduced by Makhosazana Xaba & Athambile Masola. 233 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 228; plates. Earlier bookseller's hand-stamp to title page. Near-fine condition. "Noni Jabavu was the first black South African woman to publish books on her life. Her memoirs Drawn in Colour and The Ochre People have been compared to Zora Neale Hurston's work. A cosmopolitan, free-spirited woman, she returned home in 1977 and wrote a weekly column in the Daily Dispatch. This book is a compilation of these cheeky, insightful and hilarious columns for a younger audience of empowered women." ., (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2023) 9780624089360, 0, New York: Doubleday, 1994. CV5 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Desmond Tutu to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and some small tears on the edges and corners, paperclip marking on the front top, staple hole on the front flap, scattered light scratches, rubbing, scuffing and some stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dent, wrinkling on the spine edges, light cover edgewear with few spot stain, some scattered light scuffing and stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. 9.5"x6.5", 281 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from Black theology with African theology. Tutu was born of mixed Xhosa and Motswana heritage to a poor family in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Entering adulthood, he trained as a teacher and married Nomalizo Leah Tutu, with whom he had several children. In 1960, he was ordained as an Anglican priest and in 1962 moved to the United Kingdom to study theology at King's College London. In 1966 he returned to southern Africa, teaching at the Federal Theological Seminary and then the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. In 1972, he became the Theological Education Fund's director for Africa, a position based in London but necessitating regular tours of the African continent. Back in southern Africa in 1975, he served first as dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg and then as Bishop of Lesotho; from 1978 to 1985 he was general-secretary of the South African Council of Churches. He emerged as one of the most prominent opponents of South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule. Although warning the National Party government that anger at apartheid would lead to racial violence, as an activist he stressed non-violent protest and foreign economic pressure to bring about universal suffrage. In 1985, Tutu became Bishop of Johannesburg and in 1986 the Archbishop of Cape Town, the most senior position in southern Africa's Anglican hierarchy. In this position, he emphasised a consensus-building model of leadership and oversaw the introduction of female priests. Also in 1986, he became president of the All Africa Conference of Churches, resulting in further tours of the continent. After President F. W. de Klerk released the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990 and the pair led negotiations to end apartheid and introduce multi-racial democracy, Tutu assisted as a mediator between rival black factions. After the 1994 general election resulted in a coalition government headed by Mandela, the latter selected Tutu to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate past human rights abuses committed by both pro and anti-apartheid groups. Following apartheid's fall, Tutu campaigned for gay rights and spoke out on a wide range of subjects, among them his criticism of South African presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, his opposition to the Iraq War, and describing Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid. In 2010, he retired from public life, but continued to speak out on numerous topics and events. As Tutu rose to prominence in the 1970s, different socio-economic groups and political classes held a wide range of views about him, from critical to admiring. He was popular among South Africa's black majority and was internationally praised for his work involving anti-apartheid activism, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize and other international awards. He also compiled several books of his speeches and sermons. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Doubleday, 1994, 2.5, Cape Town. 1963. Oxford University Press. 2nd Impression. Very Good in Dustjacket. 315 pages. hardcover. keywords: Africa South Africa Afrikaans Literature Poetry Anthology World Literature. DESCRIPTION - 'Languages are the pedigrees of nations,' said Dr. Samuel Johnson. And it is through poetry that a language achieves its finest expression. Afrikaans is a young language - it has been called the most modern of modern languages - and its poetic tradition begins with this century. English is one of the oldest of modern languages with a poetic tradition stretching back more than a thousand years. The main purpose of AFRIKAANS POEMS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS is to introduce the old to the young, to enable English-speaking readers to understand something of the Afrikaans poetic tradition. It is hoped, however, that Afrikaans readers, too, will find pleasure and possibly new meaning in the poems they love. In their selection the editors have given due weight to the historical development of the Afrikaans language, because the poets have played, and are playing, a major part in that development. This anthology was compiled by A. P. GrovE, Professor of Afrikaans Literature at the University of Pretoria, and C. J. D. Harvey, Professor of English at the University of Stellenbosch. inventory #8890, 0, Johannesburg and Cape Town: Taurus and David Philip, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Hardback. viii + 294 pp. Previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Near Fine condition in near Fine, unclipped dust jacket., Taurus and David Philip, 1988, 3, (Cape Town: Struik, 1990) 1868250318. 4to; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 144, incl. index. Dustwrapper very slightly foxed to reverse side, with short tear to top edge of lower panel. Near-fine condition. "The Himba are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in Kaokoland in the remote north-western corner of Namibia. Their world is harsh, dry and starkly beautiful, sandwiched between the Namib Desert's forbidding Skeleton Coast and, until recently, the conflict between South Africa and Swapo. Today these people are under pressure as never before. In the early 1980s the worst drought in living memory killed more than 130 000 head of cattle in Kaokoland - two thirds of the stock. This, coupled with the effects and aftermath of the war, paints a bleak future for the Himba. The text introduces the Himba's world by means of evocatively described scenes from the past and present, most of which Margaret Jacobsohn has personally observed or participated in. The immediacy and integrity of her account together with Peter and Beverly Pickford's magnificent full-colour photographs provide a unique record of the 'ochre people of the dry river beds'." ., (Cape Town: Struik, 1990) 1868250318, 0, Nabu Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Nabu Press, 5, Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, '1991 for 1990'. Octavo, xxxiv, 450 pages with a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a map plus 18 plates, endpaper maps and an errata slip mounted on the verso of the front flyleaf. Cloth slightly bumped; tailband slightly frayed; slight surface loss to the front pastedown; two small pieces of clear tape on the rear pastedown; an excellent copy with the slightly bumped dustwrapper. Van Riebeeck Society, Second Series, Number 21., Van Riebeeck Society, 1991, 3, ISBN: 9781108456081 Cambridge University Press,12 April 2018 Paperback, 544 pages The most comprehensive overview available, this handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twentieth century. At the same time face-to-face communication is still the main force of language identity, even if social and peer networks of the traditional face-to-face nature are facing stiff competition of the Facebook-to-Facebook sort. The most authoritative guide to the state of the field, this handbook shows that sociolinguistics provides us with the best tools for understanding our unfolding evolution as social beings. Editorial Reviews Review 'Offers breadth, depth and up-to-date insight.' David Britain, University of Bern 'Mesthrie has succeeded in assembling an impressive list of contributors who are leading scholars in their respective subfields. Many chapters are written by authors who have themselves either edited handbooks or other survey volumes on their topic (Duranti on linguistic anthropology, Singler and Kouwenberg on Pidgins and Creoles, Tollefson on language policy and planning) or who have authored introductory monographs (Bayley and Lucas on sign languages, Blommaert on discourse and pragmatics, Coupland on style, Eades on sociolinguistics and the law, Fought on ethnicity, Muysken on code-switching, Schneider on World Englishes).' Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer, Journal of Sociolinguistics Book Description The most comprehensive overview available, this Handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. About the Author Rajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Cape Town, holding an NRF research chair in the area of language, migration and social change. He served two terms as President of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa. He has published widely in the fields of sociolinguistics, with special reference to language contact in South Africa. Amongst his publications are Introducing Sociolinguistics, 2nd edition (with Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William Leap, 2009), Language in South Africa (Cambridge, 2002) and World Englishes (with Rakesh M. Bhatt, Cambridge, 2008)., 0<

2018, ISBN: 9781108456081

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Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 157 pages. Schuchardt is credited with founding the field of creole studies. Book is the first English translation… More...

Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 157 pages. Schuchardt is credited with founding the field of creole studies. Book is the first English translation of a selection of his most important essays. First edition in English (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild scuffs and soiling. Hugo Schuchardt was effectively the founder of the flourishing field of creole studies. He assembled an enormous corpus of source-material in the form of texts, transcripts, word-lists and dictionaries and between 1880 and 1920 published the results with his own commentaries in a series of reviews and articles. Professor Gilbert has edited and translated a coherent selection of the most important essays, comprising Schuchadrt's studies of the English-based creoles and two of his major theoretical papers on the Lingua Franca and the Language of the Saramacca Negroes in Surinam. His introduction surveys Schuchardt's work as a whole and analyses his more specific contributions in these selections. The volume will be welcomed by a wide range of linguists and anthropologists., Cambridge University Press, 1980, 3, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994. Paperback. Clean & Unmarked. 8x5x0. A gently read copy with clean text and an uncreased spine. 412 pp., John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994, 0, ISBN: 9781108456081Cambridge University Press,12 April 2018Paperback, 544 pagesThe most comprehensive overview available, this handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twentieth century. At the same time face-to-face communication is still the main force of language identity, even if social and peer networks of the traditional face-to-face nature are facing stiff competition of the Facebook-to-Facebook sort. The most authoritative guide to the state of the field, this handbook shows that sociolinguistics provides us with the best tools for understanding our unfolding evolution as social beings.Editorial ReviewsReview 'Offers breadth, depth and up-to-date insight.' David Britain, University of Bern'Mesthrie has succeeded in assembling an impressive list of contributors who are leading scholars in their respective subfields. Many chapters are written by authors who have themselves either edited handbooks or other survey volumes on their topic (Duranti on linguistic anthropology, Singler and Kouwenberg on Pidgins and Creoles, Tollefson on language policy and planning) or who have authored introductory monographs (Bayley and Lucas on sign languages, Blommaert on discourse and pragmatics, Coupland on style, Eades on sociolinguistics and the law, Fought on ethnicity, Muysken on code-switching, Schneider on World Englishes).' Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer, Journal of SociolinguisticsBook Description The most comprehensive overview available, this Handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today.About the Author Rajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Cape Town, holding an NRF research chair in the area of language, migration and social change. He served two terms as President of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa. He has published widely in the fields of sociolinguistics, with special reference to language contact in South Africa. Amongst his publications are Introducing Sociolinguistics, 2nd edition (with Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William Leap, 2009), Language in South Africa (Cambridge, 2002) and World Englishes (with Rakesh M. Bhatt, Cambridge, 2008)., 0<

2018, ISBN: 9781108456081

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Pôtoprins [Port au Prince, Haiti] Edision Bon nouvel, 1975. Introduction by Pauris Jean-Baptiste. Play written in the Haitian language (the 11th Romance language). Entirely in Haitian. … More...

Pôtoprins [Port au Prince, Haiti] Edision Bon nouvel, 1975. Introduction by Pauris Jean-Baptiste. Play written in the Haitian language (the 11th Romance language). Entirely in Haitian. Soft Cover. v, [7]-62 pages, [2] leaves of plates, illus.; 20.5 cm. From the library of linguist Raphael G. Urciolo. VG. Stock#47195., Pôtoprins, Edision Bon nouvel, 1975, 2.5, [Cambria Heights, NY, Direktris Word Processing Center, 1981]. Haitian poetry. Cover title; date, "Septanb 1981", page [42]. Inscribed in Haitian to distinguished linguist Raphael Urciolo. 41 pages; 22 cm. Vg / softcover. Stock#47194., Direktris Word Processing Center, 1981, 0, [Port-au-Prince, Haiti] Bon nouvèl [1980]. Soft Cover. 97, [3] p., chiefly illus.; 24 cm. In Haitian creole. Cartoon version of Roumin's novel 'Gouverneurs de la rosée', first published 1944. From the library of Raphael G. Urciolo. Stock#47184. Vg / soft cover., [Port-au-Prince, Haiti] Bon nouvèl [1980], 0, ISBN: 9781108456081Cambridge University Press,12 April 2018Paperback, 544 pagesThe most comprehensive overview available, this handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twentieth century. At the same time face-to-face communication is still the main force of language identity, even if social and peer networks of the traditional face-to-face nature are facing stiff competition of the Facebook-to-Facebook sort. The most authoritative guide to the state of the field, this handbook shows that sociolinguistics provides us with the best tools for understanding our unfolding evolution as social beings.Editorial ReviewsReview 'Offers breadth, depth and up-to-date insight.' David Britain, University of Bern'Mesthrie has succeeded in assembling an impressive list of contributors who are leading scholars in their respective subfields. Many chapters are written by authors who have themselves either edited handbooks or other survey volumes on their topic (Duranti on linguistic anthropology, Singler and Kouwenberg on Pidgins and Creoles, Tollefson on language policy and planning) or who have authored introductory monographs (Bayley and Lucas on sign languages, Blommaert on discourse and pragmatics, Coupland on style, Eades on sociolinguistics and the law, Fought on ethnicity, Muysken on code-switching, Schneider on World Englishes).' Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer, Journal of SociolinguisticsBook Description The most comprehensive overview available, this Handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today.About the Author Rajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Cape Town, holding an NRF research chair in the area of language, migration and social change. He served two terms as President of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa. He has published widely in the fields of sociolinguistics, with special reference to language contact in South Africa. Amongst his publications are Introducing Sociolinguistics, 2nd edition (with Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William Leap, 2009), Language in South Africa (Cambridge, 2002) and World Englishes (with Rakesh M. Bhatt, Cambridge, 2008)., 0<