Diary by Vaughan Iris (32 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint . Name of the previous owner scratched out in blue ink on the front free end paper page. Reprinted in the 1982 edition. Bookplate tipped in on the front inner board by Ian Mackenzie. Publication of 62 pages. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint . Reprint, 1969. Publication of 62 pages. The boards are a touch edge worn and slightly faded marks. The op edge of the front free end paper page has been removed. The edges of the pages are a little 'browned', the text remains legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a chip cut out on the front end page. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*18/10/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint . Reprint. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally, clean. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

210 x 140 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (xii) + 131; map; historical photographs. Near-fine condition. " 'Every one should have a diery. Becos life is too hard with the things one must say to be perlite and the things one must not say to lie. This is something I can never get right So Pop said you have a diary and write the truth in it and when you cant speak the truth its better to hold your tongue. That is why I am writing.' - Iris Vaughan. Delightful, disarming, unwittingly hilarious, The Diary of Iris Vaughan presents an enchanted vision of life in the Eastern Cape during the Anglo-Boer War through the innocent eyes of a ten-year-old child.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. JACKSON, Mr. I. (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. (x) + 62pp, illustrated by I. White, hardcover, 8vo, bound in maroon paper covered boards, white lettering, dust jacket unclipped and very good, gift inscription within on front free endpapers and small dent to front board o/w good condition, Howard Timmins Publishers, Cape Town, 1982.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 62 pages (complete). Boards worn, shelf rubbed and marked. Price notation, tanning on page edges. However ,it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. Reprint. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Boards are rubbed and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Ink stains on the edges,not affecting text.Foxing.Tightly bound.Reprint.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. The boards are rubbed and sunned.A few inscriptions.Annotated.A bit damp marked.Some foxing.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. The jacket is worn and marked.Some foxing.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Boards are rubbed and sunned.Previous ownership stamp.Foxing.Excellent binding.Reprint.62 pages.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Boards are rubbed and marked.Gift inscription.Light insect damage on last end page.Taped.Tightly bound.Reprint.62 pages.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. The boards are rubbed and sunned.Internally clean.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. The boards are rubbed and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Old tape residue marks.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. The boards are rubbed and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Minor markings.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Fine paperback (very light edgewear, clean and unmarked). 131 pp Paperback. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Diary of Iris Vaughan was written at the time of the Boer War by a young girl in the Eastern Cape, after her father gave her one of his magistrate's notebooks so that she could write the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in it, instead of being rude to his guests. It is an enchanting account of colonial life a century ago, bristling with the inquiring innocence of youth and exposing absurdities of the adult world. Iris Vaughan's Diary was 'discovered' in the mid-twentieth century by Outspan, a South African literary magazine edited by Charles Barry. When Barry received the manuscript from Mrs Niland (Iris Vaughan's married name), he considered it either a clever hoax or a major literary find. He decided to publish it in instalments, and describes the response as follows: 'Letters poured in from delighted readers. And in these letters was the confirmation we were seeking. People from all over Southern Africa, who had not seen Iris Vaughan since childhood, remembered vividly the events she described. They also remembered that she spent much of her time writing a Diary.' It was indeed a major literary find, and was subsequently published in book form by successive publishers in 1958 and 1969, proving in both cases to be a bestseller that was regularly reprinted - truly a South African classic. The Diary retains all the spelling mistakes contained in the original handwritten manuscript (sore dust, Victoria Horspital), and is nothing less than a delight. It is direct, insightful and, above all, wonderfully amusing. Iris Vaughan gives a brilliant account of her family life in various small towns of the Eastern Cape, the arrival in town of Boer guerrilla forces, and re-occupation by the British columns. Despite its South African setting, The Diary of Iris Vaughan is universal in its appeal - the honesty, the unwitting humour, and the naive but insightful perception of the adult world by a ten-year-old girl know no geographical boundaries - and the publication of this book in the UK will delight and amuse a wider reading public and a whole new generation of readers. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. The jacket and boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. Ex-libris plate on the front paste down. The pages are browned due to age, the text is not affected. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*30/04/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Brown cloth boards in unclipped dust jacket. A mint, unread copy; slight sunfade to spine.

Condition: Good. 1971. Reprinted. 62 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Near VG hardcover reprint, toned pages, in near VG dj, dj in myar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Few creases and Tears. Dust jacket chipped, creased and worn. Pages yellowed. Size: 5" wide - 7¾" Tall.

Condition: very good. Hbk heavy card covers 62pp illustr cartoons no dj as issued light sunning to spine and a faint bump to the lower front corner gift insc on rear endpaper verso other)wise an excellent clean tight unmarked copy becoming hard to find.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. burgundy cloth, white lettering, dust jacket, 62 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Worn - Age Spots, Browned. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Excellent copy. Tightly bound. Previous owner's details neatly inked on flyleaf. Size: 5" wide - 7¾" Tall.

Very good with inscription inside in a near fine glossy dust jacket. Hardback. With dj.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. New leather spine. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 62 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and slightly faded marks. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.