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Blady Mémoires Hors Du Temps ( About Blady - a Pattern Out of Time )

1993ref. 003152Paris JC Lattès 1993 Grand In-8 Lu dans le monde entier , Blady reste cependant inconnu presqu'en France , traduit de l'anglais par André Zavriew , c'est autre chose qu'un livre de réminiscences , c'est un livre de sagesse . Chaque souvenir y est un repère sur une route spirituelle qui se dessine peu à peu et conduit , par une lente maturation de la compréhension des mythes anciens , à reconsidérer l'aventure et l'esprit des hommes , la comédie humaine , qui est en définitive une " divine " comédie . - 292 p. , 450 gr.

Au vert paradis du livre · Aumes, Francia14,00 €

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Journey into Russia

1978ref. RO60148784Penguin books/Hogarth press. 1978. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 352 pages. Texte en anglais. Quelques rousseurs. Légères pliures au dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia14,90 €

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Plume de Flamant

1956ref. RO20025908ALBIN MICHEL. 1956. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 379 pages. Photographies en noir et blanc sur la jacquette. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 960-Histoire générale de l'Afrique

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia14,90 €

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Plume de Flamant (flamingo feather). Histoire africaine traduit de l'anglais par Denise Meunier

ref. 13393,Paris, Albin Michel 1956, 381 pp., 1 vol. in 8 br. avec jaquette illustrée.

Librairie Lecrocq livres anciens · Merfy, Francia12,00 €

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PLUME DE FLAMANT - HISTOIRE AFRICAINE.

1956ref. R320078616ALBIN MICHEL. 1956. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 379 pages - Jaquette défraichie - 1 annotation sur la page de garde.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia29,80 €

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Testament to the Bushmen. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19844to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Testament to the Bushmen. SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS

19844to., First Edition, with numerous coloured photographs; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON TITLE. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.

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The heart of the hunter

1968ref. RO60152589Penguin books/The Hogarth Press. 1968. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 232 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses rousseurs. Nombreux dessins en noir et blanc, in texte. Rares mouillures. Quelques accrocs au dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia29,80 €

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The Hunter and the Whale. A Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

19678vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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THE LOST WORLD OF THE KALAHARI

1978ref. RO60006666Penguin Books. 1978. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Papier jauni. 252 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia10,95 €

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The Lost World of the Kalahari

1968ref. RO60154350Penguin Books. 1968. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 252 pages. Texte en anglais. Rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia10,95 €

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The lost world of the Kalahari.

1958ref. RO60002692The Companion Book Club. 1958. In-8. Relié toilé. Bon état, Couv. partiel. décollorée, Dos fané, Intérieur frais. 256 pages, hardcover. Photos in black & white and in colour.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre · Sablons, Francia24,90 €

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Yet Being Someone Other.

19828vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Aventure au coeur de l'Afrique (Venture to the interior). Traduit de l'anglais par Denise Meunier.

ref. 24496P., A. Michel, 1953, in 8° broché, 321 pages ; carte en frontispice ; jaquette illustrée, bande-annonce. Bel exemplaire.

Librairie ancienne le Bouquiniste Cumer-Fantin · Saint-Etienne, Francia20,00 €

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Venture to the interior

1953ref. 636301953 London, The Reprint Society, 1953 13 x 19 cm, 254 pp, Publisher binding a bit passed, interior in good condition,

Librairie Jousseaume · Paris, Francia5,00 €

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A Bar of Shadow

1954ref. 91276London: The Hogarth Press 1954. Presumed First Edition First Printing thus. Hardcover. Good. The format is approximately 5 inches by 7.5 inches. 58 6 pages. The spine is frayed and slightly separating at the top. Some discoloration and ink notations on the front and end papers Brief ink notation on fep and rep. This story was first published in The Cornhill and then as a book in 1954. This is the story of Hara a Japanese sergeant in virtual command of a prisoner-of-war camp. It is more than a little autobiographical for Colonel van der Post was himself a prisoner of war in the Far East. The book is a penetrating study of the Japanese mentality the Japanese myth as personified by this demonic brutal weirdly idealistic sergeant. How Hara's curiosity about Father Christmas saves a British Prisoner from the death-cell and how this officer later spoke up for his torturer at a War Crimes Tribunal provide the climaxes of a book which proves once again that truth is far stranger than fiction. But A Bar of Shadow does something more. It shows that men not only must but can love their enemies: and it shows how this most difficult love may be achieved by a courageous imaginative understanding. Sir Laurens Jan van der Post CBE 13 December 1906 - 15 December 1996 was a South African Afrikaner writer farmer soldier educator journalist humanitarian philosopher explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in the Kalahari Bushmen his experiences during World War II as well as his relationships with notable figures such as King Charles III and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The Hogarth Press was a business run by the married couple Leonard Woolf and the novelist Virginia Woolf. The Woolfs were members of the literary and artistic Bloomsbury group. In 1934 the Woolfs published van der Post's first novel. Called In a Province it portrayed the tragic consequences of a racially and ideologically divided South Africa. In May 1940 van der Post volunteered for the British Army and upon completion of officer training in January 1941 he was sent to East Africa in the Intelligence Corps as a captain. There he took up with General Wingate's Gideon Force which was given the task of restoring the Emperor Haile Selassie to his throne in Abyssinia. In early 1942 as Japanese forces invaded South East Asia van der Post was transferred to Allied forces in the Dutch East Indies Indonesia because of his Dutch language skills. By his own statement he was given command of Special Mission 43 the purpose of which was to organize the covert evacuation of as many Allied personnel as possible after the surrender of Java. On 20 April 1942 he became a prisoner of the Japanese. He was taken to prison camps first at Sukabumi and then to Bandung. Van der Post was known for his work in maintaining the morale of prisoners of many nationalities. Along with others he organized a "camp university" with courses from basic literacy to degree-standard ancient history and he also organized a camp farm to supplement nutritional needs. He could speak some basic Japanese which helped him greatly. He wrote about his prison experiences in A Bar of Shadow 1954. Following the surrender of Japan while his fellow POWs were repatriated van der Post chose to remain in Java and on 15 September 1945 he joined Admiral Wilfrid Patterson on HMS Cumberland for the official surrender of the Japanese in Java to British forces representing the Allies. Van der Post then spent two years helping to mediate between Indonesian nationalists and members of the Dutch Colonial Government. He had gained the trust of the nationalist leaders such as Mohammad Hatta and Sukarno and warned both British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the Allied Supreme Commander in South East Asia Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten whom he met in London in October 1945 that the country was on the verge of blowing up. Van der Post traveled to The Hague to repeat his warning directly to the Dutch cabinet. In November 1946 British forces withdrew and van der Post became military attaché to the British consulate in Batavia. By 1947 after he had returned to England the Indonesian Revolution had begun. That same year van der Post retired from the army and was made a CBE. In 1950 Lord Reith head of the CDC asked van der Post to head an expedition to Bechuanaland now Botswana to see the potential of the remote Kalahari Desert for cattle ranching. There van der Post for the first time met the hunter-gatherer people known as the Bushmen or San people. He repeated the journey to the Kalahari in 1952. In 1953 he published his third book The Face Beside the Fire a novel about a psychologically "lost" artist in search of his soul and soul-mate which shows Jung's influence on his thinking and writing. His 90th birthday celebration was held over five days in Colorado with a "this is your life"-type event with friends from every period of his life. On 15 December 1996 after whispering in Afrikaans "die sterre" the stars he died. The funeral took place on 20 December in London attended by Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi Prince Charles Margaret Thatcher and many friends and family. The Hogarth Press hardcover

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A Bar of Shadow

1956ref. 621762New York: William Morrow & Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Jacket by Bill Meek. Slim octavo. 61pp. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. "This is the story of a Christmas visit between two Englishmen—and of another Christmas when both were prisoners of the Japanese" from the jacket. William Morrow & Company hardcover

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · Estados Unidos50,00 US$≈ 44,67 €

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A Far-Off Place

1974ref. Q-0701203862The Hogarth Press 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The Hogarth Press hardcover

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A far-off place

1974ref. Q-0688002862Morrow 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Morrow hardcover

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A Far-Off Place

1978ref. Q-0156301989Mariner Books 1978-11-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mariner Books paperback

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A MANTIS CAROL SIGNED

1975ref. C106408Bath: Cedric Chivers 1975. Large Print Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large Print Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 190. Signed presentation copy in the author's hand: ""Aldeburgh 16 ÃOct 81. For Mrs Iles with love and gratitude from Margaret and Laurens Van Der Post. This orchestrated Christmas card for the coming and all other Christmases"" Original publisher's boards in green lettered gilt at spine. Dust jacket in yellow lettered yellow and white with an abstract colour photograph. ""The setting is America particularly the New York of today and the story the life of one of mantis's own children in their newest of worlds and his impact on the people who gave him shelter. Although it is a factual account it is a stranger and more dramatic than fiction."" ISBN:0859974200. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Cedric Chivers hardcover

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