Doug Finds Books - First Editions and Collectable books

DOUG'S BOOKS NEWSLETTER&NEW BOOKS APRIL 2018

Dear Booklovers Everywhere,
In my humble opinion,after a lifetime as an avid reader, and for the last 15 years as a bookseller,the printed book as we know it, is one of the greatest gifts known to man. As a means of communication it was established before radio, television, movies,newspapers and now what is commonly described as 'social media'.
Sadly now the second-hand bookshop is dying a slow death. Beset by modern shopping centers, large and small, these shops, which for many years were to be found, wherever one shopped, have all but disappeared, killed by ever increasing rents.
However we still have the odd charity shop and now book businesses such as my own which are able to bring books to you via the Internet. There are an increasing number, some of which build in their own auction site. Shop around, all is not lost !

As always I am able to add some books to my internet web site, some new and other old favourites. Look out for the ever increasing ranges of fiction, currently Lee Child rules the roost despite allowing Hollywood to depict his hero, Jack Reacher, a 2 meter, 110kg tough guy to be played in a movie by Tom Cruise !!!!! Sorry my pet hate !

Afikaaner still rules the roost on my web site but as books of this nature are getting harder to find, younger people are turning to more readily available fiction.
The recent movie "The Darkest Hour" has reminded us all how powerful and determined a character Winston Churchill was, the "Man of the 20th Century',and he has not been forgotten,despite the passage of time. Many younger people who have had little knowledge of that era could do well to read some of the many books on the subject. My forthcoming blog feature will shortly be featuring the Churchill era.Watch that space !

Please scroll below for my latest additions :-

BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY & LITERATURE

Trewhella Cameron..Jan Smuts..An Illustrated Biography.R395

Michael Pearson Winston Churchill...the Photobiography.R295

Chris Barnard....The Second Life...Memoirs.........R170

Leon Rousseau,editor......Die Beste van Eugene Marais..R275

David Biggs..Karoo Ramblings..Short Stories & Tall Tales..
..R130
Scott Haigh.....The Best of Lawrence of Lawrence Green..R140

Merwe Scholtz...Meesterverhale van Eugene N Marais....R160

Eugene N Marais...My Friends the Baboons.......R140

HISTORY

Oswald Doughty...Early Diamond Days,The opening of the Diamond Fields of South Africa....................R195

Ardene Tredgold....Village of the Sea,
The Story of Hermanus.....R160

T V Bulpin.......The Golden Republic, The story of the South African Republic from it's Foundation until 1883.R295

T V Bulpin....To the Banks of the Zambezi.............R295

David Bristow/Clive Ward..The Mountains of Southern Africa.
...R175

Hunting & Conservation

Harry Wolhuter...Memories of a Game Ranger........R295

Walter D M Bell.....Bell of Africa, with appendix on
Rifles and Shooting.....R395

Nature & Hobbies

Ian Sinclair/Douglas Goode....Roofvoels.......R120

Michael G Salomon...Varswater-Hengel in Suid-Afrika...R120

Robert Ruark.....Use Enough Gun, Ruark on Hunting Big Game..
.........R395

Jan Rodrigues...Africa the Legends Live On,A collection of hair-raising stories from the heart of the African Bush.R150

P E Raper...Dictionary of Southern African Place Names.R150

Eric Rosenthal...The Rand Rush,1886-1911 Johannesburg
first 25 Years in Pictures.....R160
Eric Rosenthal...South Africa's Oil Search Down the Years..
..R150
A P Cartwright...By the Waters of the Letaba,
A History of the Transvaal Lowveld.......R225

T V Bulpin.....Storm Over the Transvaal(1st ed)...... R295

Eric Axelson....Congo to the Cape,
Early Portuguese Exploration...R150

D F Holland....Steam Locomotives of the
South African Railways,volume 1,1859-1910
volume 2,1910-1955
set of 2... R350
Brian Pottinger....Loolekop, The story of the Palabora
Mining Company..R190

MILITARY

Willem Steenkamp....South Africa's Border War, 1966-1989...
.....R350
SB Bourquin&Gilbert Torlage.....The Battle of Colenso,
15 December 1989...R150
Barbara Cole.....The Elite...The story of the Rhodesian
Special Air Service....R350

Thomas Pakenham....The Scramble For Africa.............R250

Brian Gardner....Mafeking...A Victorian Legend........R175

Ron Lock & Peter Quantrill.....Zulu Victory, The Epic of
Isandlwana and the Cover Up...R190
Book signed by both Authors.
Edward Spiers.....Letters from Ladysmith, Eyewitness Accounts from the South African War..........R170

David Williams...On the Border(The White South African Military Experience)..1965-1990...................R150

E C R Baker....Ace of Aces, M St J Pattle,the Top-Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of World War II............R195

Jeff Guy....The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom........R145

Saul David...Zulu, The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War
of 1879.....R295

Other Books of Interest

Chris Harvey....All - Time Classic Cars..........R140

Graham Smith...Military Small-Arms, 300 Years of Soldiers Firearms.............R150

J K Rowling...Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...R190

...Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.....R190

Both of the above First Editions.

If you wish to order any of the above books you can order direct from me by phone or e mail to me on either :-

012 361 5144

colnic@telkomsa.net

Doug's Books
012 361 5144
www.dougfindsbooks.com
colnic@telkomsa.net

2018-04-11