Heritage Collection

119 Titles

This is a free access collection of earliest publications by Unisa Press.

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A classic Greek horizontal border pattern in brown is placed at top and bottom of the cover. The cover contains an ancient colour drawing of a woman playing the lute. the book title is placed in brown lettering above the drawing, and the 3 authors' names are placed at the bottom right of the drawing.

Kalliope Band I: Griekse Jambiese en Elegiese poesie van Archilochos tot Theognis

J H Barkhuizen, W J Henderson, C A Van Rooy
December 31, 1986
The top and bottom part of the cover is decorated with a classic Greek border, in brown. The cover is decorated with a classic coloured drawing of a woman playing the lute. The book title is placed at the top and the authors'names are printed at the bottom right - all in brown capital lettering

Kalliope Band II: `n Bloemlesing van Griekse liriese poésie van Alkman tot Pindaros

J H Barkhuizen, W J Henderson, C A Van Rooy
December 31, 1988
blue pencil drawing of two children reading inside an open book silhouette, with author's name in blue and the main title in white with blue outlines. The background is plain light yellow.

Kinderkeur: n Gids tot bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse kleuter-, kinder- en jeugboeke tot 1989

J A Kruger
December 31, 1991
three-coloured line drawing in wine red, deep blue and gold, of a formal lithurgical hierarchy inside a church, from 2 angels at the top, to 5 top officials directly below, to centrally placed priest, to 5 congregation members at the bottom tier. The main title lettergin is in gold on the central pane, with the author's name also in gold at the bottom. The drawing is framed within a medieval decorative vine leaves frame.

Die Klementynse Liturgie

J A A A Stoop
December 31, 1992
Simple capital letters for main title at top of page, followed by the author's name and an early Unisa logo rendered in black linework. The background is plain beige paper(this was a self-cover).

La Nachricht von der Einrichtung seiner Vorlesungen in dem Winter Halbenjahre van 1765-1766 D'Imannuel Kant

R J De Vleeschauwer
December 31, 1965
Grey and white lettering for main title, subtitle and authors names, on blue background. The cover contains geometric blocks with greyscale design details which includes a map of Africa with the DEASA logo superimposed on the continent.

Learner support services: Case studies of DEASA member institutions

E P Nonyongo , A T Ngengebule
December 31, 1998
In the foreground, the main title is placed in white lettering on a splash bubble of red ink. The cover background shows a collage of newspaper clippings. The editor's name is at the bottom. in black ink.

Lewe in n VIGS-kultuur

Jan De Jong van Arkel; Alta van Dyk , Christa van Wyk , Margie Beukes , Robert McKay, Gawie van der Walt
December 31, 1991
Background of cover is bright red, in the centre is a blue circle with the main title in red capital letters inside teh circle. At the bottokm of the cover, the authors'names are in white capital letters.

Lexicon Latin English: Institutionum Gai et Institutionum Justiniani

H L Gonin, W J G Lubbe
February 17, 2026
Brown lettering for decorative main title, plain italics subtitle and the author name, placed at the bottom of the cover. The background is light salmon pink. The top right-hand side of the cover contains a soft pencil portrait of Prof Macnamara.

Life, world and meaning: Essays in Honour of Professor Michael Macnamara

A P J Roux; Brian Farrell, ED Prinsloo, Pieter du Toit, HJ Dreyer, Wietske Kistner, Karin M Skawran, Jeanette Malherbe, Jennifer Wilkinson, Zach Postma-de Beer, Michael Macnamara, Jeanette Ferreira-Ross
December 31, 1990
Main title is in orange letters on a black background, the subtitle is in white italics, and at the bottom part of the cover is a black line drawing of a medieval scene with demons and angels engaged in battle.

Like a roaring lion: Essays on the Bible, the church and demonic powers

Pieter G R De Villiers; P J Nel, A G van Aarde, David J Bosch, G C Oosthuizen, B Gaybba,  H I Lederle , A H Potgieter , M G S Pierides, A E de la Porte, A O Geel, W Bodemer, J T de Jongh van Arkel, J Theron, R B Codrington, F P Moller , G W Ashby, S J du Plessis, A Konig
December 31, 1987
Background is a white and black collage of newspaper clippings reporting on AIDS deaths, with a large solid red splash outline shpae at the top of the book cover, in which white lettering is place of the main book title. The Editor's title is placed at the bottom of the cover in black lettering on the newspaper collage background.

Living in an AIDS culture

Jan de Jongh van Arkel ; Margie Beukes , Robert Mckay, Gawie van der Walt , Alta van Dyk , Christa van Wyk
December 30, 1991
Hazy greyscale image of thorn tree branch at top fading into grey at bottom, with book title lettering in white and orange

Lugbara Wisdom: African Proverbs Series Volume 3

Albert T Dalfovo (ed), John S Mbiti (ed)
December 31, 1997
The top part of the cover is a cloud-covered landscape with to the right, a missionary man with a hat standing with outstretched arms. Decorative lttering in gold and black outline is at the top, and smaller script gold lettering is used for the author's name at the bottom of the cover. The artwork is a monotone black with purple hues.

Malihambe : Let the word spread

J A Millard
December 31, 1998
A colourful set of information icons are placed on a black background, shown to emanate from a laptop. At the bottom, the main title and authorname are [placed in mustard yellow and white lettering.

Mastering Information Skills for the 21st Century

Merna Machet
December 31, 2012
White bold lettering on a maroon background. The bottom half of the background contains a simple African design pattern. The author's names are in small lowercase lettering at the bottom of the cover.

Mathe le Leleme Vol 1: Tweetalige Suid-Sotho kursus/Bilingual Southern Sotho course

C F Swanepoel, J M Lenake
February 11, 2026
Bold white lettering for main title and subtitle, with large 2 at top right. Below in the middle of the background, an ethinc pattern is inserted. The 2 authors' names are at the bottom.

Mathe le Leleme Vol 2: Bilingual

J M Lenake, C F Swanepoel
December 31, 1980
Bold white lettering on a plain maroon background, with the bottom half decorated with Afircan patttern design. The authors'names are at the bottom of this volume.

Mathe le Leleme Vol 3: Tweetalige Suid-Sotho Kursus / Bilingual Southern Sotho Course

L Kock, P R S Mafike
December 31, 1980
Boldly coloured abstract design strip surrounded by wine redm with script letter M placed in the centre, and smalller lettering for the author's name at the bottom of the cover.

Microeconomics

R P Viljoen
December 31, 1998
White lettering (main and subtitle) on bright pink background at the top of cover, with an abstract geometric design in pink, grey and green. Bottom: the authors names are in green capitals on grey.

Mind in therapy: Constructing systemic family therapies

Bradford P Keeney, Jeffrey M Ross
December 31, 1992
Abstract vertical expressionist design (multicoloured) on left, with a third of the cover on right in red band, on which the main title (in yellow) and subtitle(in blue script font) is placed along a vertical angle. the

Mind mapping: Psychopathology

Beate von Krosigk
March 31, 1997
Brown capital lettering at the top for the main titpe, with subtitle in lowercase below, against a lime green background. IN the middle is a sepia brown historic replica of an original confesional document's front page. The name of the author is at the bottom of the page, also in brown.

Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis: Onstaan, Skrifgebruik en Gebruik

H L Bosman (ed), J W Hofmeyr (ed), E Van Niekerk (ed), E H Scheffler (ed), I J Van Eeden (ed)
December 31, 1987
Red main title lettering on right, with an airplane maked with the South African flag colours, is flying downwards towards another globe. Ths Author's name is in white at the bottom, right. The book subtitle is in blue lettering on the bottom right of the cover.globe

The New Great Trek: The story of South Africa's white exodus

Johann Van Rooyen
June 30, 2000
Blue and dark brown historic etching depicting an African harbour and bay scene, with 3 labourers in the foreground and a sailboat at the back. The main title and subtitle is in dark brown at the top, and the authors names are in white lettering below.

North of the Limpopo: Africa since 1800

Ken Smith, F J Nöthling 
December 31, 1993
Simple white lettering in lowercase is used for main title in both languages, and the editor's details is at the bottom - all placed on a plain navy background. The cover has single horizontal white lines at the top and at the bottom.

Onregmatige mededinging / Unlawful competition: Verrigtinge van 'n seminaar aangebied deur die Departement Privaatreg van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika op 3 November 1989

J Neethling; DJ de Villiers, HJO van Heerden, PQR Boberg, NS Page, BR Rutherford, JC Knobel, ED du Plessis, OH Dean, PEJ Brooks
December 31, 1990
Sepia brown lettering of main title in capital letters with brown line drawing of a map on the green background. The name of the author is in brown lettering at the bottom of the cover, and on the left-hand side is a brown line drawing of a large oxwagon wheel.

Die oorsprong van die Groot Trek

C F J Muller
June 30, 1987
Mustard background and deep mauve lettering is used for the author's name at the top, and the main title, with 2 thin lines inbetween. The central artwork placed below the lettering is a graphic rendering of a white male in profile, left, mirrored back to back against the profile of a black male.

Op die vooraand van Apartheid: Die rassevraagstuk en die blanke politiek in Suid-Afrika, 1939-1948

J P Brits
December 31, 1994
White lowercase lettering of the main title and the author's name are placed left aligned at the top of the cover and against a plain bright blue background. At the lower part of the cover, a stylised silhouette of a child walking up stairs is shown, with one hand reaching to an adult fogure, leading the child up the staircase of ascending stairs and to the right of the cover. The figures are outlined in white and filled with plain bright pink , and the staircase is rendered in plain white with a bring blue outline around each ascending step.

Die opvoedeling en sy self-aktualisering

J D Vrey
December 31, 1979
Colourful children's book illustration of a tree, with the main book title enclosed within the leaves, and small animals sitting around the tree trunk at the bottom. The subtitle is in white lettering at the bottom. the volume number is indicated at the top right-hand.

Other worlds, other lives: Children's literature experiences Volume 1

Myrna Machet , Sandra Olen , Thomas van der Walt; Edward Ako, Paul Biegel, Cristina Colombo, Marisol Dorao, Stephen Finn, Lawrence Gordon , Sue Hepker, Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, Elwyn Jenkins, Margaret Labuschagne, Gillian Leggat, Miriam Maranga, Sue McMurray, Gcina Mhlophe, Mare Muursepp, Jean-Pierre Ngole, Maria Nikolajeva, Maureen Nimon, Thuli Radebe, Mandy Redcliffe, Mohamed Sharif, FEMK Senkoro, Serpil Ural, Cicely van STRATEN, Adie Wagener
December 31, 1996
Colourful children's book illustration of a tree which contains the main title lettering within the tree. There are small animal characters sitting around the trunk of the tree at the bottom. The subtitle is in white at the bottom of the tree. 'Volume 2' is indicated at the top right in thin green lettering.

Other worlds, other lives: Children's literature experiences Volume 2

Myrna Machet, Sandra Olen, Thomas van der Walt ; Evangeline L Barongo, Sandra L  Beckett, Rosey Bennett, Johannes J Booyse, Judith Campbell, Shu-Jy Duan, Rhona Dubow, Nadia El Kholy, John Foster, Jay Reale, Cynthia Hugo, Monica Lavin, Cheryl le Roux, Roderick McGillis, Mike Prins, Carole Scott, Peter Simatei, Anu Sulu, Jean Webb
December 31, 1996
Colorful children's book illustration of a tree which branches enclose the main book title, and there are animal characters sitting around the trunk at the bottom. The subtitle is in white lettering below the tree, and the volum number is in thin green lettering at the top right-hand side.

Other worlds, other lives: Children's literature experiences Volume 3

Myrna Machet, Sandra Olen, Thomas van der Walt; Maj Asplund Carlsson, Tanya Barben, Magdaleen Bester, Sandra Braude, Rhonda Bunbury, Denise Diamond, Philomena Osazee Fayose, Peter Havard-Williams, Jenny Janisch, Ann Lawson Lucas Lawson Lucas, Marina le Roux, Johan Lenake, Ingrid Pramling, Lilia Ratcheva-Stratieva, FEMK Senkoro, John Stephens
December 31, 1996
Beige background, with brown outline drawing of a classical style building (with overlay in centre of oval cameo head-and-shoulders sepia-tone photo of central figure of the book, Cross) with brown lettering at top (title) and bottom (author name)

Ours is the frontier: A life of GW Cross, Baptist pioneer

K E Cross
January 1, 1986
Light green cover with white lettering and yellow, green and white interlocking geometric shapes arranged in a half-circle around the left, bottom and right side of the cover.

Owerheidsverhoudinge: - n Inleiding

Jan J Hattingh
December 31, 1986
colour photo of a young rural Senegalese woman carrying a pumpkin on her head and a baby on her back. At the bottom of the cover, the main title is in white lettering, the subtitle is in orange and the name of the editor is in small white lttering on a horizontal black band.

Participation paysanne et developpement rural au Senegal

Mamadou Niang; Hamady Bocoum, Cheikh Oumar Ba, Alexis Campal, Abdou Salam Fall, Alioune Fall, Rokhaya Fall, El Hadji Seydou Nourou Toure
December 31, 2005
Main book title in mustard brown script lettering on a blue-toned photo of a woman gazing downwards. The author's name is smaller and on the bottom left-hand side.

The Piety of Afrikaans Women

Christina Landman
June 30, 1994
The cover is divided into a beige horizontal part at the top, with the Afrikaans title placed above. IN the bottom part of the cover, there is a brown horizontal band with the Portuguese title in beige lettering. Right at the bottom in smaller letteting, are the names of the authors, also in beige lettering.

Portugees-Afrikaanse Woordeboek: Dicionario Portugues-Africanse

Peter Haffter, JCB Sabino , S J Pretorius
December 31, 1975
The book cover comprises of rectangles in light and dark green, separated with thin white lines. The book title and author's names are all in white bold italics lettering.

Power and beliefs in South Africa: Economic potency structures in South Africa and their interaction with patterns of conviction in the light of Christian ethic

Klaus Nurnberger
December 31, 1988
The cover background is in deep maroon, with gold/yellow lettering. At the bottom of the cover, is added in small lettering, the name of the editor.

Professor Theo van Wijk

H J Liebenberg, J C G J van Vuuren , M H Stockhoff , D W Steyn , E. Pereira; C F J Müller, Ridley Beeton, J E M Verwey, John Willemse, Ida van Vuuren , J J Labuschagne, Elize Botha, A J Koen, J H van der Merwe, S A Strauss
December 31, 1988
The cover has a bright yellow background with 4 vertical lines in white and navy blue. The title and authors'names are printed in bold, navy blue.

Projeksie in Pedodiagnose

S J Du Toit, L J Jacobs
December 31, 1989
white horizontal band at top of cover, followed by an olive green background, which contains architectural mages and 2 coins linked to the classic Greek literature environment. The book title is at the top across the 2 bands, and the author's name is at the bottom right., in white lettering

Questioning reputations: essays on nine roman republican politicians

Richard J Evans
December 31, 2003
Collage with black and wine red tonal photos with black lettering of main title at the top, andat the bottom right, the name of the author in white lettering. The photos depict 2 photos of congregation members in devotional practice (reading the bible and singin with closed eyes and raised hands) and the background photo shows the low-cost housing landscape.

Religion at the limits: Pentecostalism among Indian South Africans

Gerard Pillay
July 30, 1994
Brown lettering on yellow background, with book title at top, and graph line horizontally across, with a brown line drawing of the scales of justice and a line drawing of a scientist holding in one hand a test tube while peering directly into its contents. The author's name is placed at the bottom right.

The Right to Life: Issues in Bioethics

W S Vorster
June 30, 1988
Deep pink background with white lettering for title and author's name, with a stylised white outline image of an adult reaching down one hand to help a child to climb up a white staircase.

The Self-actualising Educand

J D Vrey
June 30, 1979
White lettering for main title at the top of the book cover, with the author's name in smaller white lettering at the bottom - all lettering is centred and placed a=on a plain dark brown cover. IN the centre of the cover is a historic pen sketch of a mountain range surrounding the town of Philippolis, with some primitive rural architectural structures and silhouettes of people visible.

Die sendingstasie Phillippolis 'n Histories-opvoedkundige studie

I S J Venter
December 15, 2025
White lettering with white horizontal lines at top and bottom on a plain navy background

Sessie in securitatem debitii? Quo Vadis?

Susan Scott
June 30, 1989
Colleage-style cover of historic newspaper in beige screens in the background, with dark brown title lettering at the top for the title, and the name of the author placed at the bottom right also in dark brown lettering.

South Africa's General Elections 1910-1981: Suid-Afrikaanse Algemene Verkiesingsmanifeste 1910-1981

W A Kleiynhans
June 30, 1987
White lettering for the English and Afrikaans titles of the book, with the number 1 in mustard yellow, all placed on a solid oliver green background, with a mustard yellow horizontal band at the top of the cover, and the names of the 2 editors in mustard yellow, printed at the bottom of the book cover. at the top

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 1: Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 1

CFA Borchardt; WS Vorster
December 31, 1980
Title in both English and Afrikaans in white lettering on a mustard yellow background with an olive green horizontal band across the top of the cover, and at the bottom, smaller olive green lettering is used for the names of the 2 editors.

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 2: Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 2

CFA Borchardt; W S Vorster
December 31, 1981
The book cover has a top wine red band with 2 white lines, followed by a lime green plain background, on which the English and Afrikaans titles are displayed in large white lettering , with the number 3 large and in wine red on green. The names of the two editors are printed in small wine red letters at the bottom part of the book cover.and volume

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 3 : Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 3

CFA Borchardt; W S Vorster
June 30, 1988
Main English and Afrikaans book titles are printed in navy blue on a plain turquoise blue background, with a vertical navy blue band on the left, next to the spine - and the 3 volume editors'names are printed in navy blue smaller lettering at the bottom of the cover.

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 5: Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 5

CFA Borchardt; WS Voster
June 30, 1990
Cover has a vertical band on the left, against a plain turqoise background. The main titles, in English and Afrikaans, are printed in navy blue. at the top part of the cover, while the 3 editors' names are placed at the bottom right, in smaller navy lettering.

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 6: Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 6

CFA Borchardt; WS Voster
June 30, 1991
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