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Guide to the Historical Manuscripts in the National Archives of Rhodesia.

BAXTER, T.W. AND BURKE, E.E. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Salisbury: National Archives of Rhodesia, 1970. 1st edition. "This guide describes the various record groups, numbering over 800, highlights outstanding documents and provides a biographical sketch or introductory note to each person or body that created or owned the papers." ...

Prelude to Independence. Skeen's 115 Days.

SKEEN, BRIGADIER ANDREW. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1966. 1st edition. Pp.219,4 pages of black & white photos + 7 cartoon illustrations by Cummings (from the Daily Express), owner's name to front free endpaper, occasional light spottinng mainly affcting closed page edges. Orange cloth, dustwrapp...

Revolt in Southern Rhodesia 1896-7.

RANGER, T.O. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: Heinemann, 1967. 1st edition. A Study in African Resistance. "In the spring and summer of 1896 the white settlers in Matabeleland and Mashonaland were suddenly and unexpectedly engulfed in violent revolts by the native peoples. The risings were crushed within a year bu...

Heritage of Zimbabwe. Publication No.21.

KIMBERLEY, M.J. (EDITOR). · 2002 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Harare: The History Society of Zimbabwe, 2002. Collection of articles including: 'Great Characters of the Lowveld' George Style of Buffalo Range by Colin Saunders; Vernon Arthur Lewis (1886-1950) Our Ninth Judge (1936-1950) by Michael J Kimberley; The Zambezi Mission: The Firs...

Flickering Shadows. Cinema and Identity in Colonial Zimbabwe.

BURNS, J.M. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 2002. 0896802248. Research in International Studies Africa Series No.77. "Tells the fascinating story of how motion pictures were introduced and negotiated in a colonial setting. In doing so, it casts light on the histo...

Black Star : The African Presence in Early Europe.

RASHIDI, RUNOKO. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Books of Africa, 2011. 9780956638021. "Tens of thousands of years ago African men and women became the first modern inhabitants of Europe..This work highlights the Africans who contributed to the great civilizations and historical movements in Europe..the Africans who ...

Dunkeld : An Ancient City.

STEWART, ELIZABETH. · 1926 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Perth: The Munro Press, 1926. 1st edition. Local Lore, Persons and Places. Pp.150, black & white frontispiece + 12 futher illustrations, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, owners name to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, a few light spots. Green boards wor...

South-Eastern Catholic History. (Incorporating Essex Recusant and London Recusant). No.1.

ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society, 2009. Contents include: Homily from the 50th Anniversary Mass of the Essex Recusant Society (Rev. Dr S. Foster); Monsignor Dan Shanahan: Founder of Essex Recusant (Re. Dr S. Foster); New Hall's Catholic Heritage (T.Tuckwell); The Petre Ch...

Remember Mazoe. The Reconstruction of an Incident.

BOND, GEOFFREY. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Salisbury: Pioneer Head, 1973. 1st edition. "The story of the Mazoe Patrol is not only an important part of Rhodesia's history but an epic account of man's determination to survive in the face of overwhelming odds. Unlike the earlier Shangani Patrol, there were survivors who "...

Heritage of Rhodes.

GALE, W.D. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Cape Town: Geoffrey Cumberlege/ Oxford University Press, 1950. 1950 marked the Diamond Jubilee of the Occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, which led to the establishment of the Colony as a member of the British Commonwealth. "Tells the story of the foundation of Southern Rhodesi...

With The Mounted Infantry And The Mashonaland Field Force 1896.

ALDERSON, E.A.H. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1971. Rhodesiana Reprint Library Volume 20. Facsimile reproduction of the 1898 edition with additions. "This is the account of the five-month campaign conducted by Colonel Alderson who played a major role in subduing the Rebellion in Mashonaland al...

The Rhodesian Press. The History of The Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company Ltd.

GALE, W.D. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Salisbury: Rhodesian Printing & Publishing Co.Ltd, 1962. 1st edition. Written by Mr W.D.Gale, author, historian and a former employee of the Company, from material gathered from official Company records and the files of its newspapers. "It is a story which is bound up with the...

The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe. Volume One: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legacies.

BHEBE, NGWABI AND RANGER, TERENCE. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2001. 0908307942. 1st edition. "Asks whether there are democratic legacies from pre-colonial politics and what limitations then existed on human rights. It also asks what colonialism contributed to the discourse of human rights and ...

The Chitepo Assassination.

MARTIN, DAVID & JOHNSON, PHYLLIS. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1985. 0949225045. "Chitepo was a central figure in the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, and the history of its latter years is bound up in the aftermath of his death. To understand the significance of his assassination, it is necessary to know t...

A Sequence of Time. The Story of Salisbury, Rhodesia 1900-1914.

TANSER, G.H. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Salisbury: Pioneer Head, 1974. 0869180029. 1st edition. "The period between the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War was a severe testing time for the people of Rhodesia. Yet it was in these years that Salisbury began to establish itself as the capital of Southern Rhodesia a...

War Crimes in Poland : Erich von dem Bach.

BARTOSZEWSKI, WLADYSLAW. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Zachodnie, 1961. Elaboration of the Polish text finished on May 15 1961. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, former SS-Obergruppenfuhrer, General of the Police and commander of German formations, which in 1944, after many weeks of fighting, suppressed the Warsaw...

Compton-Land Revisited : New Looks at an Oldd Puzzle.

SIMPSON, ALAN AND MARY. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1994. Volume II in a series of publications in honor of Carlton C.Brownell printed by the Little Compton Historical Society. "Compton-land is our name for the enchanting countryside in the southwest of England th...

The State of the Church in Gloucestershire 1563.

FIELD, COLIN W. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Privately printed, 1971. Extracts from the churchwardens presentments. "The parishes chosen and listed here are those which for the most part give some evidence of the upheaval implicit in the replacement of one ecclesiastical dispensation for another.." 34cms x 21cms. Pp.32 (...

Recusancy in Kent. Studies and Documents.

WHATMORE, REVD. L.E. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Hailsham: L.E.Whatmore, 1973. Transcripts from papers of the late Arthur Hussey of Wingham plus remaining material from the Southwark Record. Contents includes: Hussey Papers relating to Kentish Recusants; Parochial Statistics in East Kent 1557-1563; Recusants fined for their ...

Nottingham University College. A Record of its History and an Appreciation of the New Buildings.

TOWNROE, B.S.. · 1928 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Nottingham: Printed for private circulation, July 1928. Record and appreciation of Nottingham University College, and of the new buildings at Highfields. "This book, written by a Nottingham man, gives the dramatic history of the demand of local men and women to gain more knowl...