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  1. Nestor, Ray An African sketchbook: drawings & watercolours of Kenya by Ray Nestor, with extracts from his memoirs. Tolworth [U.K.], Fountain Press. 1988. Folio. Hardcover. Dust jacket. An insight into colonial Africa of the early 20th century with landscapes and portraits of Kenyan tribal peoples. Pp. 111, portraits & illustrations (mostly colour). VG. R450.00 SOLD

  2. Zaloumis, Alex Zulu tribal art; photography Ian Difford. Cape Town, Amazulu Publishers, 2000. First edition. Folio. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Stunningly photographed study of Zulu tribal art. Pp. 301,(2), colour photos, illustrations, map. VG. R900.00

  3. Scherz, Ernst R. & Scherz, Anneliese Afrikanische Felskunst: Malereien auf Felsen in Südwest-Afrika. Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, 1974. First edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. Study of Bushman rock art in Nambia. German text. Small format paperback. Pp. 163,(1), black and white photos & drawings. Covers unevenly browned, light foxing. VG. R215.00

  4. Mikula, Paul; Kearney, Brian & Harber, Rodney Traditional Hindu temples in South Africa. Durban, Hindu Temple Publications, 1982. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Thorough & detailed study of all the Hindu temples in South Africa, their history & architecture. Pp. 112, colour plates, photos, portraits, plans. Dust jacket rubbed, light foxing, previous owner's signature & name-stamp. Good+ R430.00

  5. Apollonio, Umbro Baldinelli. Rome & Johannesburg, Edizioni D'Arte Moderna & Hugh Keartland, 1965. First South African edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Biography of South African artist. Signed by the artist. Pp. 75,(1), illustrations (some in colour). Bookseller's label on front paste-down. VG. R750.00

  6. Battiss, W.W. Art in a mixed-up world. Inaugural lecture delivered on 20th May 1965 on appointment to a professorship in the Department of Fine Arts. Pretoria, University of South Africa, 1965. First edition.. 8vo. Printer wraps. Critical essay published as "Communications of the University of South Africa", A38. Pp. 16. Text partly in Afrikaans. VG. R160.00

  7. Battiss, Walter Fook Island envelope & watercolour stamp. Envelope (size: 22.5 x 16 cm) with printed two-headed mythical "Fook" bird, signed Batt155, signed below in ink Battiss, stamped number "79" (of 100) below left. With AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR "stamp" (about 4 x 4 cm) pasted on upper right corner , denomination "1AK", signed Batt155, franked with a Fook Island rubber-stamp, hand-written date 20.9.75. One of Walter Battiss' fun projects of the 1970s was the Fook Island concept in which he created a mythical island, did artworks, first day covers, sheets of stamps and printed money. Fine. R1850.00

  8. Meintjes, Johannes Complex canvas: a South African approach. Johannesburg, Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1960. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. The artist describes the people & places of South Africa that he has travelled to/among and sketched. Illustrated with many full-page & smaller sketches. Pp. (ix),47. Dust jacket frayed & browned, covers a bit marked, some foxing. Good+ R215.00

  9. Breytenbach, Breyten Painting the eye; compiled for his first one-man exhibitions in South Africa ... with contributions by Marilet Sienaert, Georges Marie Lory, John Miles and Breyten Breytenbach. Cape Town, David Philip, 1993. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. Study of the art of Afrikaans poet Breyten Breytenbach. Pp. 78, reproductions of artworks (mainly in colour). VG. R250.00

  10. Schwager, Dirk & Dominique Claerhout, artist and priest - kunstenaar en priester. Maseru [Lesotho], Visual Publications, 1994. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Monograph on the artist Frans Claerhout. Pp. 77, colour reproductions, photos, portraits. Dust jacket a bit frayed & rubbed, some foxing. Good+ R375.00 SOLD

  11. Haenggi, F.F. Zoltan Borbereki: sculptures in semi-precious stones, a pictorial review. Johannesburg, Gallery 21, 1981. First edition. Folio. Soft cover. Monograph on a South African artist in semi-precious stone. Pp. 95, photographs (many in colour). VG. R575.00

  12. Hahn, Theophilus On the science of language and its study, with special regard to South Africa. Address delivered by Theophilus Hahn, Esq., Ph.D., colonial philologist, at the South African Public Library, on Saturday, 29th April, 1882. Cape Town, Hermann Michaelis, 1882. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps.

  13. Campbell, Ethel "Die ou pad" & other rhymes ... With greetings for 1938. Cape Town, Privately published, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. 11 page pamphlet (including front cover) of patriotic South African verse, lithographed in red & black from the author's calligraphic writing. VG. R195.00

  14. Campbell, Ethel Africa: a book of verses. Durban, Privately published, 1932. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Pp. 27. Signed inscription by the poet inside front wrap. Pamphlet creased. Good+ R210.00

  15. Lyster, Lynn Ballads of the veld-land. London, Longman, Green & Co., 1913. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Collection of verse of "heroic" colonial whites overcoming insurmountable odds of the indigenous peoples. Includes praises of Voortrekkers, Dick King, Anglo-Zulu War & the Mazoe Patrol. Pp. viii,145,(2, adverts.). Signed by the author on title-page. Covers marked, some browning, label with inscription on end-paper. Good+ R380.00

  16. Black, Stephen The dorp. London, Andrew Melrose, Ltd., n.d.. First edition. 12mo. Cloth. Novel set in a South African platteland village. Pp. 303. Spine slightly sunned, text browned. Good+ R395.00

  17. King, Fay Friends of the bushveld. Illustrated from drawings by Grace Huxtable. London, Jonathan Cape, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Dust jacket. Story written for children set in the South African bushveld. Pp. 223, illustrations. Price-clipped dust jacket a little bit rubbed. VG. R250.00

  18. Beta. Attractive South African stories. By Beta. Cape Town, S.A. Citadel Prinitng Works, 1901. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Essays and tales on various subjects ranging from religion, to anthropology, to military. Pp. (ii),42. Catalogued from cover, no title-page. Wraps lightly marked. VG. R735.00

  19. Haggard, H. Rider Child of Storm. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1913. Copyright edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. Novel featuring Allan Quatermain, set in Zululand in the 1870s. "Tauchnitz edition: Collection of British and American Authors, vol. 4391". List of latest volumes on back cover dated May 1922. Pp. 319. Spine frayed, paper a little browned. Good+ R220.00

  20. Gordon, Gerald Four people: a novel of South Africa. Cape Town, Purnell & Sons, 1964. First South African edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Novel set in Cape Town against the background of the Sharpeville and Langa riots. Pp. 469, map. Dust jacket slightly frayed. VG. R190.00

  21. Macnab, Roy, compiler South African poetry: a new anthology, compiled by Roy MacNab with Charles Gulston, with a foreword by Roy Campbell. London, Collins, 1948. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Collection of South African poetry arranged alphabetically by poet. Pp. xxiii,282. Dust jacket frayed along edges, cover corners bumped, name-stamp on front paste-down, end-papers browned. Good+ R240.00

  22. Champion, G.A. South African political lyrics. 1909-1921. Durban, Robinson & Co., 1921. First edition. 16mo. Cloth. Collection of political lyrics with associated commentary. Pp. (iii),47. Cover slightly marked, front end-paper removed, causing splitting of inner hinge. Good+ R690.00

  23. Smith, Wilbur Monsoon. London, Macmillan, 1999. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A Wilbur Smith novel featuring the Courtney family. Pp. (v),674,(6), end-paper map. Dust jacket rubbed, light browning. VG. R210.00

  24. Smith, Wilbur The seventh scroll. London, Macmillan, 1995. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Novel set in Africa. Pp. (v),486. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, light foxing. VG. R210.00

  25. Reitz, F.W. Twee en sestig uitgesogte Afrikaanse gedigte (met prentjies), versameld deur F.W. Reitz. Cape Town, H.A.U.M., 1914. 4de druk. 12mo. Decorative cloth. A collection of patriotic Afrikaans poems collected by the former president of the Orange Free State. Pp. ix,194 + adverts., frontispiece (portrait), ilustrations. Covers a bit marked, inscription on end-paper, some browning. Good+ R345.00

  26. Du Toit, D.P. Maloesa, die getroue: 'n een-bedryf uit die Voortrek. Cape Town, Nasionale Pers, Beperk, 1933. First edition. 16mo. Printer wraps. Afrikaans drama set during the Great Trek. Pp. 31. Covers & text somewhat stained, marks in the text, signature J.W. Rabie on title-page. Good. R90.00

  27. Bennett, Benjamin Murder will speak. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1962. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Nine accounts of South African murder cases. Pp. (vii),284, plates, portraits, facsimile. No dust jacket, text browned. Good. R150.00

  28. Bennett, Benjamin Was justice done? The scissors murder. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of a famous South African murder trial. Pp. 184, photo-plates, portraits. Dust jacket rubbed & frayed, previous owner's details on end-paper, foxing. Good+ R150.00

  29. Bennett, Benjamin The noose tightens. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1974. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. The author describes ten recent murder cases. Pp. 266, photo-plates, portraits, facsimile. Dust jacket slightly chipped along top edge, end-papers marked, previous owner's details. Good+ R150.00

  30. Bennett, Benjamin This was a man. Cape Town, Howard B. Timmins, 1958. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Account of South African murder trial. Pp. 264, photo-plates, portraits. No dust jacket, covers slightly soiled, pencil name on paste-down, text browned. Good+ R175.00

  31. Bennett, Benjamin The Cohen case .... Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1971. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Account of a famous South African murder case. Dust jacket. Pp. 206, photo-plates, portraits. Dust jacket rubbed & frayed, previous owner's details on half-title, foxing. Good. R90.00

  32. Bennett, Benjamin Murder is my business. Cape Town, Howard B. Timmins, 1951. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. A selection of true South African crimes. Pp. 286, photo-plates, portrait. Covers rubbed, foxing, remnant of dust jacket present. Good. R135.00

  33. Bennett, Benjamin ... and your verdict? Cape Town, Howard B. Timmins, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Eight South African murder cases analysed. Pp. 256, photo-plates, portraits. Covers a bit worn, heavy browning & foxing, previous owner's details on end-paper & half-title. Good. R135.00

  34. Craig, Dennis B. & Parkes, Brian Drama in diamonds: the story of the Oppenheimer jewel theft ... Cape Town, R. Beerman Publishers, 1956. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Account of a famous diamond robbery from the Oppenheimer estate in Johannesburg. Pp. 176, photo-plates, portraits. Covers slightly soiled, text lightly browned. Good+ R225.00

  35. Cooper, A.E., editor Sea fishing. London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Compilation by numerous experts on all aspects of sea fishing, with a chapter on South Africa by Leo Biden. Pp. 352, plates, diagrams, maps. Covers very slightly rubbed, foxing. VG. R290.00

  36. Griffiths, Edward One team, one country: the greatest year of Springbok rugby. Johannesburg, Viking, 1996. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A record of the World Cup winning South African rugby team,. Pp. xi,228, colour photos, tables. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. VG. R215.00

  37. Partridge, Ted A life in rugby. Halfway House, Southern Book Publishers, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Biography of Danie Craven one of the great South African rugby players & adminstrators. Pp. xiii,161, photo-plates, portraits. VG. R130.00

  38. Duffus, Louis South African cricket, 1927-1947. Compiled for the South African Cricket Association. Johannesburg, 1947. First edition. 4to. Cloth. The third volume of the "official" history of South African cricket, following on from Lukin's two previous volumes. Pp. 625, photos, portraits, tables. Spine frayed at head & foot, covers rubbed, signature of Howard H. Watt (Springbok rugby player) on end-paper & paste-down. Good+ R245.00

  39. Arnott, William, compiler & editor Sports and sportsmen, South Africa and Rhodesia; compiled and edited by the Cape Times. Cape Town, Atkinson & Partners (S.A.), Ltd., 1929. Folio. Full black morocco. An unusual edition of this massive work, including Rhodesian sport. Includes chapters on big game hunting, conservation, lawn tennis, yachting off the Cape & Natal, horse racing, polo, as well as horse, cattle, angora goat & sheep breeding. The bulk of the book is dedicated to biographical notes on prominent sportsmen & notable stud breeders. Copy no. 67 of the Royal Edition, limited to 100 copies. Pp. xv,624, photos, portraits. Back cover scratched, first gathering a bit loose, two page edges frayed. VG. R3500.00

  40. Thompson, J. De L. The story of Rhodesian sport. Volume one, 1889-1935. Reproduction of the 1935 edition, of A history of sport in Southern Rhodesia, 1889-1935, to a reduced format and incorporating a new foreword and author's preface. Bulawayo, Books of Rhodesia, 1976. Reprint. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. First volume of a proposed three volume work on Zimbabwean sport. Pp. (vi),423, photos, portraits, tables. Dust jacket worn. Good+ R400.00

  41. Berrisford, A.B. 55-60 years of mountaineering in South Africa. Cape Town, Privately published, c. 197-? First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of a lifelong passion for climbing the mountains of the Cape. Signed by the author on half-title. Pp. (viii),114, photos. Dust jacket frayed, a piece missing from back jacket, some foxing. Good+ R235.00

  42. Mountain Club, Cape Town. Map of Table Mountain. Issued by the Mountan Club, Cape Town. 1908. Cape Town, Van de Sandt de Villiers, 1908. First edition (?). Size: 53 x 42 cm. Coloured lithograph, mounted on linen, folding into linen covers. Folded size: 16 x 13 cm. Covers a bit worn, some tears at folds. Good+ R850.00

  43. Brammer, Mrs. W.W., compiler 1928 Germiston Presbyterian Church cookery book [useful household recipes contributed by local ladies]. Germiston, 1928. First edition. 16mo. Limp linen covers. Collection of recipes interspersed with adverts for local comapnies. Pp. 80. Covers unevenly faded, pin-holes through title-page. VG. R570.00

  44. Alexander, Florence M. The "Union" manual [of dainty cookery and home-made sweets]. Durban, Robinson & Co., 1917. First edition. 12mo. Card covers. Traditional colonial and South African recipes. Pp. (vii),221,xv. Covers marked, measurements written inside front cover, some pen markings & recipes in the text, light foxing. VG. R570.00

  45. Hutchinson, Mrs G.A. "Victory" Cookery Book. Produced By Gardens Branch of the S.A.W.A.S. Of Command 13. Cape Town, Stewart Printing Co., 1945. First edition. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Collection of mostly traditional Cape recipes. Original cloth, sheet of paper (title & photo of Mrs Smuts) laid on front cover. Pp. 135. Light foxing. VG. R240.00

  46. Edelmuth, June Hooked on cooking. Cape Town, Timmins, 1985. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Excellent South African cookbook for beginner and expert. Pp. xiii,(1),234, colour photos. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. VG. R250.00

  47. Richfield, Leslie The complete book of South African cheeses. Cape Town, Struik Timmins, 1991. First edition. 4to. Soft cover. Begins with an introduction on the manufacture of cheese and follows with details on all the manufacturers as well as an a - z of the cheeses with full description and colour photo of the packaged item. The book concludes with a section on cooking with cheese, with recipes. Inscribed on title-page: "To all the lovely people at Simonsberg, who are one and all as nice as their product! Leslie Richfield". Pp. 80, colour photos. VG. R400.00

  48. Maund, T.B. Our world on wheels: the history of United Transport in South Africa, 1962-1987. Johannesburg, United Transport Management (Pty) Ltd., 1987. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A well researched history of transport in South Africa from early times and in particular of this company.Pp. 200, colour plates, photos, portraits, map. Presentation label pasted on half-title, some foxing. VG. R275.00

  49. Ingpen, Brian Horizons: the story of Rennies, 1849-1999. Johannesburg, Rennies Management Services, 2000. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. A prestige publication on the history of the company and family, mainly in Natal, South Africa. Includes contact with other Natal families such as the Chiazzaris, early history of Natal and lists with details ships owned / used by Rennies over the years. Pp. (iv),160, photos, portraits, illustrations & facsimiles (many colour). VG. R350.00

  50. Mabin, Alan & Conradie, Barbara, editors The confidence of the whole country: Standard Bank reports on economic conditions in southern Africa, 1865-1902. Johannesburg, Standard Bank Investment Corporation, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. History of South Africa during this period as described in Standard Bank reports. Pp. ix,547, colour frontispiece (portrait), facsimiles on end-papers, tables. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped. VG. R300.00

  51. Innes, Duncan Anglo: Anglo American and the rise of modern South Africa. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1984. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. A study of the South African mining house. Pp. 358, tables. Covers rubbed, text browned, some pencil notes in the margins. Good. R200.00

  52. Worger, William H. South Africa's city of diamonds: mine workers and monopoly capitalism in Kimberley, 1867-1895. Johannesburg, Ad. Donker Publisher, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Pp. xvi,330, photos, diagrams, tables, plans. Inscription on end-paper, some browning & foxing. Good+ R235.00

  53. Newspapers. List of South African newspapers, 1800-1902; with library holdings. Pretoria, State Library, 1983. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Includes city & platteland newspapers, from obscure to famous, shortlived to longstanding. Pp. xv,253. Dent in top of front cover, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R275.00

  54. Fouche, Leo Onze eerste scholen. De opvoeding in Zuid-Afrika in de XVIIe eeuw. Voorlezing gehouden te Pretoria, Voor de jaar-vergadering van de Vereniging van Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in Zuid-Afrika, April 1910. Pretoria, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Study in Dutch of first schools in South Africa. Pp. 11. VG. R145.00

  55. Simons, Phillida Brooke Meerlust: 300 years of hospitality; photography by Alain Proust. Cape Town, Fernwood Press, 2003. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. History of this famous Cape wine farm. Pp. 175,(1), colour illustrations, photos (some colour), portraits, facsimiles. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, inscription on end-paper. VG. R300.00

  56. Fraser, Maryna The story of two Cape farms. Johannesburg, Barlow Rand Ltd., 1981. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Study of two Cape farms purchased by the Barlow family. Edition limited to 300 copies. Signed by the author on title-page. Pp. ix,58, photos. Fine copy in glassine wrapper. R500.00

  57. Henning, C.G. Graaff-Reinet: a cultural history, 1786-1886. Cape Town, T.V. Bulpin, 1975. First edition. Folio. Hardcover. Includes history, administration and the arts. Copy no. 894 of a limited edition, signed by the author. Pp. viii,272, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, tables, plans. Some edge-wear, light foxing. Good+ R475.00

  58. Storrar, Patricia & Komnick, G. A colossus of roads. Cape Town, Murray & Roberts / Concor, 1984. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Study of the road engineering work of Thomas Charles John Bain (1830-1893), constructor of 23 major mountain roads in the southern, eastern & western Cape. Pp. 108, photos & portraits (mostly colour), maps. Dust jacket slightly frayed, previous owner's details on end-paper. VG. R360.00

  59. Gordon-Brown, A. The settlers' press: seventy years of printing in Gahamstown, covering the publication of books, pamphlets, directories, almanacs, newspapers, with historical notes and anecdotes and contemporary illustrations. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1979. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. History of early printing in the eastern Cape and particularly Grahamstown. Pp. x,150, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles. Dust jacket slightly sunned. VG. R300.00

  60. Share certificate. The Zoutpansberg Palmietfontein Estate and Gold Mining Company Limited. Share certificate no. 700 for 100 shares in the above gold mining company, issued at Pretoria on the 30th of April 1889, signed by the secretary and two directors. The original owner of the certificate was G.E.J. Henny & on the reverse he ceded to K.E. de Waal Malefist. Single sheet printed in black, size: 30 x 26 cm. The sheet has been folded a number of times and is a bit marked and frayed at edges. R350.00

  61. Share certficate. Share certificate in the African Brick Company, Limited, Johannesburg. Share certificate no. 25 for 2 shares in the above company. Issued to W.A. Joubert at Johannesburg on 31 st December 1889. Signed by the secretary & two directors. Page size: 30 x 23 cm. Printed in grey & red ink. The sheet has been folded a few times. R350.00

  62. Siviter, Roger Focus on South African steam. Newton Abbot [U.K.], David & Charles, 1981. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A guide to South African steam train engines. Pp. 98, photos, maps. Name-stamp on paste-down, foxing. Good. R220.00

  63. Paxton, Leith & Bourne, David Locomotives of the South African railways: a concise guide. Cape Town, C. Struik Publishers, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. A well illustrated guide to railway engines used in South Africa. Pp. 168, photos (some colour), tables. Foxing. Good+ R300.00

  64. Hagen, H.S. & Naylor, S.P. Railway stamps of South Africa: the railway parcels, newspaper and official stamps of the South African Railways and of the various administrations which preceded it. Johannesburg, The Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. A detailed & well illustrated handbook. Signed by Naylor on the title-page. Hardcover, pp. 125,xxv, colour plates, reproductions, folding table, folding map. Covers & text foxed. Good+ R415.00

  65. de Vico, Caron, compiler Rare stamps of the world: 29th, 30th, 31st July, 1999. Claridges, London. London, Claridges, 1999. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A superb catalogue of an exhibition of more than 50 extremely rare & important postage items from special collections around the world (includes items from the Cape, Rhodesia, West Africa & Seychelles. The exhibition was arranged by Harmers of London. Copy no. 130 of a special edition of 250 copies. Pp. 143,(5), colour photos & portraits. Dust jacket rubbed. VG. R250.00

  66. Pirie, J.H. Harvey Stamps and postal history of Swaziland and of the New Republic. Johannesburg, The Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 1955. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. A detailed history of Swaziland and its postal history, as well as that of the New Republic of Vryheid (later part on Kwazulu-Natal). Pamphlet, printer wrappers, pp. 68, photos, reproductions, maps. Some foxing. VG. R590.00

  67. Baker, Ken Military mails at the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town, Reijger Publishers, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Postal material from the frontier wars. Pp. 43,(1), illustrations, facsimiles, map. Covers rubbed. Good+ R245.00

  68. Scott, Aubrey H. The cancellations and postal markings of Basutoland/Lesotho post offices and their historical background. Handbook and specialised catalogue with up-to-date valuations. Cape Town, Collectors Mail Auctions (Pty) Ltd., 1980. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A profusely illustrated and detailed guide to the postal history of Lesotho. Hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 294, portraits, reproductions, folding map. Dust jacket a bit rubbed, skivertex covers a bit marked, foxing (mainly on end-papers). Good+ R450.00

  69. Putzel, Ralph F. Handbook of postmarks of South West Africa under South African administration: a comprehensive study, 1914-1977, including a complete listing of all S.W.A. post offices with special sections on S. African military campaign postmarks, 1914-1915; railway station cancellations, 1915-1977; telegraph stations, airmail history of S.W.A., censor cachets, ships postmarks, etc. Cape Town, Collectors Mail Auctions (Pty) Ltd., 1977. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. A profusely illustrated handbook to postal history of Namibia. Hardcover, pp. (ii),263, reproductions, map. Copy no. 83 of a limited printing, signed by the author. Covers protected by clear plastic, attached to paste-downs, some foxing. Good+ R450.00

  70. Reisener, Hasso O. The special and commemorative postmarks, cachets and covers of South Africa, 1892-1975. Cape Town, Collectors Mail Auctions (Pty) Ltd., 1978. Second edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A detailed & profusely illustrated handbook of South African postal history. Second edition with revised valuations. Hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 341, reproductions, map. Dust jacket protected by clear plastic, attached to paste-downs, front hinge splitting, some browning. Good. R450.00

  71. Monnickendam, A. Secrets of the diamond. London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1941. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. History of diamonds, particularly with reference to South Africa. Pp. 216, plates, portraits, Spine worn, corners rubbed, internally very good. R400.00

  72. Pettman, Charles Notes on South African place names. Kimberley, 1914. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Contains chapters on Portuguese, Dutch, English & indigenous place names. Pp. (iii),38,viii. Inscribed & signed by the author. Covers marked, 2cm tear down spine, book-plate of H.J. Raubenheimer on front paste-down, some browning, front hinge splitting internally. Good. R570.00

  73. Pama, C. British families in South Africa: their surnames and origins. Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. A useful genealogical refernce tool, giving family name, origin and when & how arrived in South Africa. There are also coats of arms for many of the families. Light foxing. VG. R245.00

  74. Philip, Peter British residents at the Cape, 1795-1819: Biographical records of 4800 pioneers. Cape Town, David Philip, 1981. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A roll & record of all British stock settled at the Cape before the 1820 settlers. Pp. xxiii,(i),484. Dust jacket worn & frayed, cover lightly soiled, signature on end-paper, page edges slightly marked. Good. R390.00

  75. Bull, Esmé Aided immigration from Britain to South Africa, 1857 to 1867; edited by J.L. Basson. Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Study of assisted immigration, with lists of nearly 600 pages of immigrants. Appendices detail other groups of immigrants. Genealogy publication no. 36. Pp. (x),766, 1 plate. VG. R650.00 SOLD

  76. Malan Family. The Malan de Merindol. Privately published, Lisbon, 1969. Reprint. 8vo. Parchment-backed cloth. According to the preface this pamphlet on the origins of the French Huguenot family in Europe, was first published in English in the Cape Monthly Magazine, here privately reprinted in book form for family, in a limited and numbered edition of only 25 copies (this copy being no. 17). R850.00

  77. Van der Spuy, Villebois A., compiler Nordinstamregister; opgestel deur Villebois A. van der Spuy; geredigeer deur R.T.J. Lombard ... Pretoria, Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1983. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Genealogy of the Nordin (a family of Swedish origin) and related families in South Africa, including a number of van der Spuys. Genealogiepublikasie nr. 18. Afrikaans text. Pp. (vii),66, photos, portraits, facsimile. VG. R350.00

  78. Smith, M.H.D. Boerepioniers van die Sandveld. Geredigeer en bygewerk deur R.T.J. Lombard .... Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover.Study & history of the farming families of the Sandveld (north-western Cape province - Namaqualand). Afrikaans text. Genealogy series #23. Pp. (vii),240, plates, portraits, maps. VG. R700.00

  79. Ashworth, M.G., compiler The life and fortunes of John Pocock of Cape Town, 1814-1876; compiled from his journals and letters by M.G. Ashworth. Cape Town, College Tutorial Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Describes the life of an "ordinary" man in Cape Town and the society there at the time. Pp.xii,165, photos, portraits, table. Back cover creased. Good+ R275.00

  80. Cowen, Charles, editor The South African Exhibition, Port Elizabeth, 1885; lectures, prize and other essays, jury reports and awards. Published by authority of the Executive Committee of the Exhibition. Cape Town, Argus Printing & Publishing Co., 1886. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Articles on various subject, including diamond mining, fine arts, hydrology; but mainly on aspects of agriculture, forestry, sheep & angora goat farming, and veterinary science. Pp. xv,474,(1). folding tinted lithograph, diagrams, tables. Covers very slightly marked, name-stamp on front paste-down, foxing. VG. R1100.00

  81. Tredgold, Arderne Village of the sea: the story of Hermanus. Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1965. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. History of a southern Cape coastal fishing village famous for whale sightings. Pp. 168, plates, portraits, maps. Dust jacket worn, corners slightly bumped, a little light browning. Good+ R220.00

  82. Mossop, E.E. Old Cape highways. Cape Town, Maskew Miller, 1927. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Account of Cape mountain passes, the people who designed them and built them. Pp. (xi),202, plates, facsimiles, maps. Dust jacket with small chips out as usual, price deleted on end-paper, inscription, light foxing. Good+ R400.00

  83. Overbeke, Aernout van De rymwerken van wylen den heer en meester Aernout van Overbeke. Amsterdam, 1685. Fourth edition. 12mo. Full leather. Collected works of a Dutch writer, pages 273-304 relate the author's voyage to the East Indies and stay at the Cape of Good Hope. Bound in original full vellum, front end-paper removed. VG. R3350.00

  84. Raven-Hart, R. Before van Riebeeck: callers at South Africa from 1488 to 1652. Cape Town, C. Struik (Pty) Ltd., 1967. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Brief extracts from books and journals of voyages mentioning parts of southern Africa in the centuries before van Riebeeck. Pp. (vii),216, portrait, plates, facsimiles, map. Previous owner's signature on end-paper, some browning of the text. VG. R375.00

  85. Van Riebeeck, Jan Daghregister gehouden by den Oppercoopman Jan Anthonisz van Riebeeck ... 1651-1662; inleiding - teksversorging en taalkundige aantekeninge deur Dr D.B. Bosman ,,, geskiedkundige aantekeninge deur Dr H.B. Thom .... Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1952 - 1957. First edition. Three volumes. 4to. Cloth. Complete diary of the first Commander of teh Cape of Good Hope, written during the period 1651-1662. Dutch text. Pp.xlvi,(i),473 + xii,491 + xvi,584, plates, portraits, facsimiles, map. Some insect damage to covers, light foxing. Good. R500.00 SOLD

  86. Botha, C.G. Some early exploring expeditions and travels in South Africa: a lecture delivered on the 31st March, 1916, at the quarterly meeting of the Mountain Club. Cape Town, Cape Times Ltd., 1916. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Pamphlet on early European exploration of the Cape & Namibia. Pp. iv,8, folding map. VG. R250.00

  87. Van Pallandt, A. General remarks on the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town, South African Public Library, 1917. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. State of the Cape in 1803. Translated from the French edition. Wraps slightly frayed. VG. R275.00

  88. Forbes, Vernon S. Pioneer travellers of South Africa: a geographical commentary upon routes, records, observations and opinions of travellers at the Cape, 1750-1800. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1965. First edition. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Details of the explorations of Beutler, Thunberg, Masson, Sparrman, Swellengrebel, Paterson, Gordon, Le Vaillant, Degrandpré & Barrow. Pp. (vi),177, colour frontispiece, portraits, illustrations, folding table, maps (1 folding). Dust jacket rubbed & a bit frayed, foxing. Good+ R800.00

  89. Masson, Francis Francis Masson's account of three journeys at the Cape of Good Hope, 1772-1775. With introduction and annotations by Frank R. Bradlow. Cape Town, Tablecloth Press, 1994. First edition thus. 8vo. Soft covers. The first descriptive narrative of the Cape written in English, and including many important botanical observations. Signed by Bradlow on the title-page. Pp. 183, 2 portraits, 4 colour plates, 2 maps. Some old insect damage. Good. R370.00

  90. Warner, B., editor The John Herschel bicentennial symposium, held in Herschel School, Claremont, 6 March, 1992. Cape Town, Royal Society of South Africa, 1992. First edition. 4to. Soft covers. Papers on Herschel at the Cape, as botanist, as photographer, educator and astronomer, by leading experts. Pp. iv,140, illustrations, portraits. Top page edges slightly marked. VG. R215.00

  91. Naude, Adele Rondebosch & round about. Cape Town, David Philip, 1973. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of life in the Rondebosch area of Cape Town during the first half of the 20th century. South African yesterdays no, 2. Pp. 111, photos, portraits. Dust jacket a little worn. VG. R200.00

  92. Schwarz, E.H.L. The Kalahari or thirstland redemption. Cape Town, Maskew Miller, c. 1920. First edition. 8vo. Boards. The author proposed a scheme to dam up the water flowing out of the Kalahari, making the area more fertile and habitable. Pp. vi,163,(3, adverts.), plates, diagrams, 2 folding maps. Boards slightly rubbed & browned, text browned. VG. R350.00

  93. Hoefer, M.F. Afrique australe, Cap de Bonne-Esperance, Congo, etc. - Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Monomotapa, Zanguebar, Gallas, Kordofan, etc. - Afrique centrale, Darfour, Soudan, Bornou, Tombouctou, grand desert de Sahra. - Empire de Maroc. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1848. First edition. 8vo. Quarter-leather. L'universe pittoresque, T. 5. Includes engravings of Table Bay, plants & Bushmen of the Cape & map of Africa, south of the Sahara. Contemporary quarter leather, spine very worn, front hinge weakened internally. SABIB, 2, page 571 (final variant). Good+ R1550.00

  94. Lindley, Augustus F. Adamantia. The truth about the South African diamond fields: or, a vindication of the right of the Orange Free State to that territory, and an analysis of British diplomacy and aggression which has resulted in its illegal seizure by the Governor of Cape. London, W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1873. First edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth. Study of the disputed territories of the diamond fields of South Africa. Pp. xiii,(i),423, colour frontispiece, maps (some folding). Original embossed cloth worn at extremities & lightly marked, internal hinges split & not very successfully repaired with tape, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R1750.00

  95. Matthews, J.W. Incwadi Yami, or twenty years' personal experience in South Africa. New York, Rogers & Sherwood, 1887. First USA edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth. The author spent some time in Natal before going off to the diamond diggings at Kimberley. He spent some years there but also visited Swaziland and the De Kaap and other goldfields. Pp. 542, frontispiece, plates, portraits, illustrations. Original gilt decorative cloth very slightly rubbed, corners bumped, front hinge splitting internally, but still quite firm. Good+ R2400.0

  96. Moerschell, Carl Jos. An der Grenze der Zivilisation: Südafrikanische Skizzen. Würzburg, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth. Account of pioneering in the Transvaal at the end of the 19th century including trading, farming & hunting in the Soutpansberg of the northern Transvaal & into Rhodesia. The author also took part in the Anglo-Boer War. German text. Pp. vi,(i),155, frontispiece (portrait), photos, folding map. Covers very slightly rubbed, inlaid painting slightly scratched, private name-stamp at the foot of a few pages, signature on title-page. VG. R1450.00

  97. Bettmann, S. South Africa revisited. A short record of impressions from sea, city and veld. N.p., Privately published, c. 1931. First edition. 12mo. Cloth-backed boards. Account of a second visit to South Africa, voyage thereto on the Winchester Castle and travels in the Cape and to Johannesburg via Kimberley. Diary kept during the year 1931, hence assumed date of 1931. Pp. 167,(1).Cover slightly browned, light foxing.. VG. R900.00

  98. Klein, Harry Stage-coach dust: pioneer days in South Africa. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1937. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Account of pioneer days of Alexander Gibson in diamond & gold mining areas of Kimberley & Barberton, as well as in the recently colonised Matabeleland. Pp. 239 (including adverts.), plates, map. Covers marked, remnant of dust jacket pasted on front paste-down, inscription & price scratched out on front end-paper, quite severe foxing. Good. R400.00

  99. Barnard, Chris editor Die Transvaalse laeveld: kamee van 'n kontrei. Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Essays on Mpumalanga prehistory, European pioniers, tribal peoples, nature & agriculture. Afrikaans text. Inscribed & signed by one of the contributors, Murray Schoonraad. Pp. (ix),147, plates, drawings. Dust jacket slightly torn. VG. R275.00

  100. Pelzer, A.N. Geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek. Deel 1. Wordingsjare. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1957. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. History of the early years of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek or Transvaal, including the settlement, governance and laws. Only this first part was ever published. Afrikaans text. Pp. 245, tables. Inscribed: "Dr. C.F.J. Muller, c. d. Skrywer, Pretoria, 15 Febr. 1950". Muller was a leading Afrikaner historian. Corners slightly bumped, light browning. VG. R350.00

  101. Fraser, J.G. Episodes in my life. Cape Town, Juta & Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. The author was a civil servant in the Orange Free State, South Africa and was involved in politics before, during and after the Anglo-Boer War. Pp. xx,426, plates, portraits. Cover & some page corners bumped, previous owner's name-stamp on title & paste-down, some light foxing. Good+ R400.00

  102. Rousseau, Leon The dark stream: the story of Eugene N. Marais. Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1982. First English language edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Biography of a famous naturalist, writer & poet, originally published as "Die groot verlange". Pp. (xi),528, photo-plates, portraits, facsimiles. Light foxing. VG. R230.00

  103. Hoogeveen, Jan Briewe uit ou Transvaal. Vertaal deur Ena Jansen. Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1982. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Collection of letters written by a Dutch emigrant to the Transvaal, written to his wife in Amsterdam during the period 1897 - October 1901. Translated from Dutch into Afrikaans. Pp. 129, portraits, facsimile. VG. R430.00

  104. Metrowich, F.C. Scotty Smith [South Africa's Robin Hood]. Cape Town, Books of Africa, 1983. 3rd edition, revised & enlarged. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Biography of a famous bandit who "worked" in the western Transvaal & Bechuanaland. Pp. xiii,229, plates (1 colour). Text foxed & browned. Good+. R215.00

  105. Little, A.I. History of the City Club, Cape Town, 1878-1938. Cape Town, Privately published, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. History of the famous gentleman's club. Includes famous visitors for each year (Chelmsford & Melton Prior visited in 1879). There are also brief biographies of the deceased members of the club. Pp. 106, plates, portraits. Covers slightly marked, pen price on end-paper. VG. R425.00

  106. Hattersley, Alan F. Merchiston: a South African school, 1892-1953. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1953. First edition. 12mo. Cloth. A history of this Pietermaritzburg school. Pp. 75, photos, portraits, tables. VG. R265.00

  107. Kent, R.W. College, 1863-1963: being a history of Maritzburg High School (1863-1888) and of Maritzburg College. Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, c. 1963. First edition. 12mo. Cloth. Pp. 216,(1), photos, portraits, facsimiles, tables, plan. Light browning. VG. R235.00

  108. Ingram, J. Forsyth Natalia: a condensed history of the exploration and colonisation of Natal and Zululand. from the earliest times to the present day. London, Harvey, Greenacre & Co., 1898. First edition. 4to. Decorative cloth. Description of Natal at the end of the 19th century, history, commerce, administration, people & places. Includes notes on administrators, military actions, and a list of ships carrying the Byrne settlers. Illustrated with many photos, portraits, etc. & over 100 photo-plates. Oblong format, original highly decorative green cloth, with illustration of Durban harbour with ships, etc on upper cover. Pp. xii,(i),197, photos, portraits, diagram, map. Covers a little rubbed, torn along spine, new end-papers, text partly loose, inscription dated 1900 on recto of frontispiece, one plate torn across & repaired with sellotape, some marks in margins. Seldom found in good condition. Fair+ R2000.00

  109. Clark, John Natal settler-agent: the career of John Moreland, agent for the Byrne Emigration-Scheme of 1849-51. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1972. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Biography of important figure in early emigration of British settlers to Natal. S.A. biographical & historical studies #15. Pp. (xiv),312, plates, portraits, tables, maps. Name-stamp on end-paper. VG. R750.00

  110. Scotney, Pearl & Scott-Shaw, Charles Lions River Division Agricultural Society, 1884-1984. Howick [South Africa], Lions River Division Agricultural Society, 1984. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. History of a century of farming and farming organisations in the Natal Midlands. Pp. (x),79, photos, portraits, illustrations, map. Covers marked. Good+ R415.00

  111. Henderson, J.T., editor Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Harry Escombe ... With an introductory note by the Late Hon. Sir J. Robinson .... Pietermaritzburg, Privately published, 1903. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Many of his speeches related to the Durban harbour, railways in Natal, Indian immigration and tribes in outlying areas such as East Griqualand, Pondoland & Zululand. Pp. xv,(ii),455,12, frontispiece (portrait). Spine frayed at head, covers rubbed, previous owner's signature & name-stamp on a few pages, paper browned. Good+ R430.00

  112. Shearer, Colleen An ordinary family. Port Shepstone, Aries Publishers, 1996. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Account of the Poole-Hodgert families in Durban and the Natal south coast. Pp. 112, photos, portraits, table. Covers marked. Good+ R230.00

  113. Steele, Nick Game ranger on horseback; line drawings by Nola Steele. Cape Town, Books of Africa, 1968. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Adventures with wild game in the Zululand game reserves. Pp. (x),142, photo-plates (1 colour), illustrations, end-paper maps. Dust jacket frayed & marked, foxing. Good+ R300.00

  114. Steele, Nick Take a horse to the wilderness. Cape Town, T.V. Bulpin, 1971. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. The author spent many years riding horses in Natal & Zululand nature reserves. He describes his experiences and gives details on horses and tackle. Pp. (viii),144, photo-plates, illustrations. End-papers marked, signature on front end-paper, some foxing. Good+ R350.00 SOLD

  115. Curry, Alfred A land of deepening shadows. Pietermaritzburg, Privately published, 1977. Revised edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. The author discusses the dispossession of Zulu territory, South African & world politics, etc.. Pp. 71, photos, portraits. Covers a bit rubbed. Good+ R150.00

  116. Bird, John The annals of Natal. 1495 to 1845. Cape Town, C. Struik, 1965. Facsimile reprint. Two volumes. 8vo. Hardcovers. Dust jackets. Archival material: reports, letters, despatches, notices, pamphlets, etc. relating to the early history of Natal, British settlement and administration, Boer farmers & the Zulus. Africana Collectanea series, volumes #14 & #15. Copy no. 722 of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies.Two volumes. Pp. (ix),iii,,xiv,754 + (vii),xv,484. Dust jacket spines a little faded, previous owner's details on end-papers, foxing. VG. R900.00

  117. Lugg, H.C. Places of interest in Natal and Zululand. N.p., Privately published, n.d.. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. A selection of place names with their meanings. Signed & dated by the author, 1977. Cyclostyled. Pp. (i),iv,118. Previous owner's signature on end-paper. VG. R495.00

  118. Leverton, Basil J.T. & Pringle, John A. The pioneers of Vryheid: the Nieuwe Republiek and its Staats Courant. Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum, 1974. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. A history of the Boer republic in Vryheid and of the government newspaper. Text in English with parallel Afrikaans text. "Occasional publications of the Natal Museum," no. 1. Copy no. 337 of an edition of 1000. Pp. 141, colour frontispiece, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, tables, maps. Previous owner's signature on end-paper & blind-stamp on half-title, some browning. Good+ R350.00

  119. Preller, Gustav S. Piet Retief: lewenskets van die grote voortrekker; naar die niewste gegewens bewerk. Pretoria, Volkstem, 1908. 3e vermeerderde druk, 1908. 8vo. Full-leather. Afrikaans biography of the Voortrekker leader who died at the hands of the Zulus in South Africa. This work went through a number of editions over a period of some 30 years. Pp. 194,(1). Attractive full-leather prize binding of the time, spine rubbed along hinges, prize-label on front end-paper, text browned. VG. R420.00

  120. Bhana, Surendra Indentured Indians in Natal, 1860-1902: a study based on ship's lists. N.p., Privately published, 1987. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. An academic study of the origins, socio-economic background, indentured system & places of work of Indians in Victorian Natal. Cyclostyled. Pp. (i),140. Some light foxing. VG. R570.00

  121. Hillier, J.J. The Magistrates' Courts practice: being the Act No. 22 of 1896, Act No. 33, 1898, Act No. 3, 1900, Act No. 13, 1901, Act No. 32, 1905, and the Faction Fighting Acts, No. 11, 1896, and No. 9, 1907, together with the Rules of Court framed for carrying out the provisions of the above acts: notes and decisions on Act No. 22, 1896, and other laws relating to Inferior Courts: appendices of forms, statements of claims: forms of defences: notes of practice, copious index, &c., and also, decisions of the Cape, Transvaal, and Orange River Colony Supreme Courts relating to the law and practice of Inferior Courts. Pietermaritzburg, P. Davis & Sons, 1906. Second edition. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. xlvi,(i),352. Cloth slightly rubbed, page edges stained, heavy foxing, a few small company rubber-stamps on some pages. Good & firm. R550.00

  122. Stott, H.H. A pilot study on local health service and family health survey at Botha's Hill, Natal, Union of South Africa. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1959. First edition. 4to. Cloth-backed boards. A health study of the Zulu community at Botha's Hill, near Durban. WHO/PHA/33. Cyclostyled. Pp. ix,155, diagrams, tables, maps. Previous owner's signature on upper-cover, covers slightly rubbed, some foxing. Good+ R275.00

  123. Roux, Marianne & St. Leger, Molly Grahamstown Fingo village ... an investigation into the socio-economic conditions of the inhabitants of the Fingo village and their attitude to removal. Johannesburg, SA Institute of Race Relations, n.d.. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Academic study of housing & related issues in a Grahamstown township. Published in the 1970s. Pp. (iv),31,(1), tables. VG. R145.00

  124. Beinart, William & Bundy, Colin Hidden struggles in rural South Africa: politics & popular movements in the Transkei & eastern Cape, 1890-1930. Johannesburg, Raven Press, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Pp. xxvi,326, photos, portraits, facsimiles, maps. Previous owner's signature on half-title, text browned. Good+ R210.00

  125. Smith, Joyce Austoker, editor Bophuthatswana - the next decade: a quantum leap. Proceedings of the seminar held on 28-30 November 1988, at Mmabatho. Mmabatho [South Africa], Bophuthatswana Institute for International Affairs, 1988. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Papers read by leading politicians, political scinetists, journalists, etc. to do with the Bantustan of Bophuthatswana a few years before its demise. Pp. viii,183,(1). R330.00

  126. Buthelezi, Mangosuthu G. South Africa: my vision of the future. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. The leader of Inkatha expounds on the future of South Africa before liberation. Pp. (v),152, portraits. Foxing. Good+ R175.00

  127. Krüger, D.W. The age of the generals: a short political history of the Union of South Africa, 1910-1948. Johannesburg, Dagbreek Book Store, 1981. Second impression. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Pp. 229. Dust jacket slightly torn, signature on end-paper. Good+ R195.00

  128. Hermer, Carol The diary of Maria Tholo. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1980. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Hermer constructed this book about the 1976 uprising in the black townships of Cape Town, from tape-recorded interviews with Tholo. Pp. x,200, photos. Browning & foxing. Good+ R175.00

  129. Van Jaarsveld, F.A. The Afrikaner's interpretation of South African history. Cape Town, Simondium Publishers, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Looks at earlier books and interpretations of South African subjects. Pp. (viii),199. Signature on end-paper, some foxing. Good+ R210.00

  130. Frederikse, Julie None but ourselves: masses vs. media in the making of Zimbabwe; with photographs by Biddy Partridge. Harare, Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1982. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. Study of the part played by media in the realisation of freedom & democracy in Zimbabwe. Pp. viii,368, photos, portraits, facsimiles. Cover corners a little creased, paper browned. Produced on poor quality material, this book is seldom found in very good condition. Good. R570.00

  131. Caldwell, Don No more martyrs now [capitalism, democracy, and ordinary people. Johannesburg, Conrad Business Books, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. The author looked at apartheid economics, free speech, the environment and the ANC Bill of Rights. Inscribed & signed by the author. Pp. 272. Covers a bit soiled. Good+ R125.00

  132. Shillington, Kevin The colonisation of the southern Tswana, 1870-1900. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of the effect of the discovery of diamonds on the Tswana people in the Griqualand West & southern Bechuanaland. Pp. xxi,(ii),311, plates, portraits, maps. Covers a bit rubbed, paper browned, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R200.00

  133. Delius, Peter The land belongs to us: the Pedi polity, the Boers and the British in the nineteenth-century Transvaal. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1983. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of Pedi society in the eastern Transvaal, South Africa, during the 19th century as seen in the wider context of tribal movements. Pp. xii,278, maps. Covers slightly rubbed, text lightly browned. VG. R250.00

  134. Beinart, William; Delius, Peter & Trapido, Stanley, editors Putting a plough to the ground: accumulation and dispossession in rural South Africa, 1850-1930. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1986. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Essays on land issues in the farming areas of South Africa by among others, the editors, C. Bundy, T. Keegan, K. Shillington, and others. Pp. xvi,458, maps. Text browned, signature on end-paper. Good+ R250.00

  135. Keegan, Timothy J. Rural transformations in industrializing South Africa: the southern highveld to 1914. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1986. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of the emergence of white capitalist farmers and the destruction of rural black enterprise. Pp. xviii,305, map. Covers & text browned. Good+ R250.00

  136. Lacey, Marian Working for Boroko: the origins of a coercive labour system in South Africa. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1981. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of the segregation, disenfranchisement, farm labour, migrant labour, etc. in South Africa. Pp. xiii,422, tables, folding map. Spine sunned, covers rubbed, text browned, signature on end-paper. Good. R270.00

  137. Webster, Eddie, editor Essays in southern African labour history. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1986. Fourth impression. 8vo. Soft covers. Essays by among others Peter Warwick, Dan O'Meara & Philip Bonner on such themes as Afrikaner nationalism, resistance on the mines, etc.. "Ravan Labour Studies #1." Pp. (vii),248, tables, Signature on half-title, half-title marked, light foxing. Good+ R185.00

  138. Lipton, Merle Capitalism and apartheid: South Africa, 1910-1986. Aldershot, Wildwood House, 1986. Revised, paperback edition. 8vo. Soft covers. A detailed analysis of the evolution of apartheid. Pp. xi,472, map. Cover corner creased, previous owner's signature, paper browned. Good+ R185.00

  139. Bonner, Philip Kings, commoners and concessionaires: the evolution and dissolution of the nineteenth-century Swazi state. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1983. First South African edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Academic study of 19th century politics and tribal movement in southern Africa. Pp. viii,315, maps. Covers slightly rubbed, light foxing. VG. R210.00

  140. Saunders, Christopher, editor Black leaders in southern African history. London, Heinemann, 1979. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Short portraits of nine key 19th century black leaders in southern Africa. Pp. 160, portraits, illustrations, maps. Spine slightly faded, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R200.00

  141. Saunders, Christopher The making of the South African past: major historians on race and class. Cape Town, David Philip, 1988. First South African edition. 8vo. Soft covers. A survey of the historical writings of among others Theal, de Kiewiet, Leonard Thompson, Eric Walker and others. Pp. vi,(i),240, portraits. Covers a bit rubbed, paper browned, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R210.00

  142. Smith, Ken The changing past: trends in South African historical writing. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, 1988. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. A study of South African historical writing. Pp. (x),240, portraits. Covers a bit rubbed. Good+ R200.00

  143. Maylam, Paul A history of the African people of South Africa: from the early iron age to the 1970s. Cape Town, David Philip, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of African peoples and societies in South Africa from early times to 1970s. Pp. ix,(1),259, maps. Covers rubbed, paper browned, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good. R140.00

  144. Van Onselen, Charles Studies in the social and economic history of the Witwatersrand, 1886-1914. Volume 1: New Babylon; volume 2: New Nineveh. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1982. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Soft covers. A revisionist history of the ruling classes and subordinate classes on the gold mines of the Witwatersrand. Pp. xvii,213 +x,220, photos, tables, maps. Covers a bit browned, signature on title-pages, two page margins damaged. Good+ R350.00

  145. Odendaal, André Black protest politics in South Africa to 1912.Totowa [U.S.A.], Barnes & Noble, 1984. First USA edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Study of previously largely neglected early period of black struggle for political equality in South Africa. Pp. xv,391, photos, portraits. Signature on end-paper, foxing & browning. Good+ R245.00

  146. Thompson, L.M. The unification of South Africa, 1902-1910. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1961. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. A study of the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Pp. xv,549, tables, map. Price-clipped dust jacket a bit marked, signature on end-paper, some foxing. VG. R300.00

  147. Pollok, Colonel Incidents of foreign sport and travel. London, Chapman & Hall, 1894. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Hunting experiences in India, Syria and other parts of Asia, with a chapter on west Africa. Pp. vi,(ii),427,40 (publisher list), plates. Original cloth marked, spine worn, hinges splitting internally, quite heavy foxing, name-stamp of H.T. Glynn on title. Good. R900.00

  148. Powell-Cotton, P.H.G. A sporting trip through Abyssinia: a narrative of a nine months' journey from the plains of the Hawash to the snows of Simien, with a description of the game, from elephant to ibex, and notes on the manners and customs of the natives. London, Rowland Ward Ltd., 1902. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. One of the more difficult African big game hunting books to find in the original binding. First edition in the original reddish cloth, gilt titles. Pp. xxiii,531,12 (adverts.), frontispiece,photos, illustrations, tables, loose folding map in pocket inside back cover. Covers with some small stains, spine slightly faded & frayed at head & foot, corners worn, light foxing, previous owner's signature on recto of frontispiece, small piece (about 1cm) torn out of rear end-paperfolding map browned, repaired along two folds on reverse with selotape causing some marking. R10500.00

  149. Dickinson, F.A. Lake Victoria to Khartoum with rifle & camera ... With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill .... London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Account of a hunting expedition in East Africa, where the author accompanied Winston Churchill. Pp. xix,334,16 (publisher's list), plates. Covers unevenly faded & slightly marked, heavy foxing, one gathering of the introduction loose, but actually a firm copy. Good+ R2500.00

  150. Butler, H. South African sketches: illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the frontier of the Cape Colony. London, Ackermann & Co., 1841. First edition. Folio. Cloth. Account of the people of the Cape Colony, together with hunting experiences there. The author was an accomplished artist and the book is illustrated with 15 plates containing 16 hand-coloured lithographs & 15 uncoloured engravings, mainly of hunting scenes. This copy is one of the rare "first issues" with the original hand-colouring and in the original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on upper board. Engraved title-page, pp. 15,(1) + 15 plates. Recased, origianl cloth frayed along spine, lower cover stained, new end-papers & paste-downs, but also retaining the original end-papers, engraved title-page foxed, but generally very good & clean. R26000.00

  151. Steedman, Andrew Wanderings and adventures in the interior of southern Africa. London, Longman & Co., 1835. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Cloth. An account of ten years travel in southern Africa, meeting people & collecting natural specimens. Pp. (ii),x,(ii),330 + v,358, plates, folding map. Original green cloth, recased, original spines laid-down on matching cloth, new end-papers, engraved title-pages, plates & folding maps have been professionally cleaned, foxing. Good & firm set. R10500.00

  152. Baines, Thomas Explorations in south-west Africa. Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the western coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. 8vo. Rebound cloth. A classic of African exploration by the traveller/artist, illustrated with many of his art works. Pp. xiv,535, colour frontispiece lithograph, full-page & smaller engravings, folding maps. Rebound modern blue cloth, new end-papers, without the half-title, frontispiece badly ink-stained, previous owner's signatures on title-page, some light foxing. Good. R5700.00

  153. Holub, Emil Von der Capstadt ins Land der Maschukulumbe. Reisen im südlichen Afrika in den Jahren 1883-1887. Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1890. Two volumes. Decorative cloth. A major work of travel and exploration in southern & central Africa, undertaken by an Austrian naturalist-explorer. Holub was one of the more scientific of late 19th century travellers, describing the nature, the people and their material culture in great detail. This set is in the stunning original decorative cloth. This two volume work has not been translated into English in its entirety. German text. Pp. xiv,(i),560 + xiv,(i),564, plates, portraits, illustrations, 2 folding maps. Cloth very slightly rubbed at extremities, paper lightly browned. VG. R13500.00

  154. Reiner, Otto Achtzehn Jahre Farmer in Afrika. Leipzig, Paul List Verlag, 1924. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Account of travel & farming in South Africa and Namibia before, during and after the First World War. German text. Pp. 362,(2) + adverts., plates, illustrations, maps. Cover a bit rubbed & lightly marked, hinges splitting internally, some pen marks in the text. Good+ R380.00Elliot, G.F.S.

  155. Elliot, G.F.S. A naturalist in mid-Africa: being an account of a journey to the mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika. London, A.D. Innes, 1896. First edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth. Travel & exploration in Tanzania, with descriptions of the people, & nature. Pp. xvi,413, plates, illustrations, 4 maps (3 colour, folding). Original decorative buckram, ex-library copy with accession number on spine & remnant of Mudie's Select Library label on upper cover, accession numbers & library-stamps on half-title & title-pages, one map torn without loss, hinges splitting internally, but actually a rather nice & firm copy of a scarce travel account in East Africa. Good+ R1400.00

  156. Schaefer, Ludwig F., editor The Ethiopian crisis: touchstone of appeasement? Boston, D.C. Heath & Co., 1961. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Articles & extracts on Ethiopia pre-Second World War. Published in "Problems of European Civilization" series. Pp. xvi,101. Corners slightly bumped, paper browned, signature of well known African historian John Laband on half-title. VG. R175.00

  157. Hollingsworth, L.W. A Short History of the east coast of Africa. London, Macmillan & Co., 1929. First edition. 16mo. Cloth-backed boards. Fairly detailed history, intended for schools, of the east coast of Africa, including the effects of Islam, Portuguese explorers and Christina Missionaries. Pp. viii,183, photos, portraits, maps. Spine frayed, binding slighlty shaken, previous owner's rubber-stamp on end-paper, a few corners creased, light foxing. Good+ R730.00

  158. Lugard, F.D. The rise of our East African empire: early efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda. Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1893. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Decorative cloth. A major work on east African exploration, tribal peoples, military, hunting & administration. Illustrated with 130 drawings & photos & 14 specially prepared maps. Pp. xix,(i),563,32 (publisher's list) + ix,(i),682, portraits, full-page & smaller illustrations, folding colour maps (including two in pockets inside covers of volume #1). Ex-library (Mudie) set, accession numbers on spines, labels removed from upper-covers, library-stamps & numbers on end-papers & verso of title-pages, spine splitting off of volume #1, some wear to covers, missing one map in volume #2. A good working set. R850.00

  159. Campbell, Alexander The heart of Africa. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1954. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. The author stayed 17 years in South Africa and gives his views of the situation in Africa at that time. Pp. xvi,479. Covers a bit edge-worn, previous owner's details on end-paper, foxing. Remnant of dust jacket present. Good. R145.00 SOLD

  160. Lindgens, Arthur Afrika aufs Korn Genommen: mit Büchse und Kamera durch Ostafrika. Hamburg, Paul Parey, 1953. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Account of a safari into Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Congo, photographing & hunting wild animals. German text. Pp. 239,(1), photos (some colour), end-paper maps. Dust jacket slightly creased & rubbed, previous owner's details on verso of end-paper. VG. R490.00

  161. Portal, Gerald H. My mission to Abyssinia. London, Edward Arnold, 1892. First edition. 8vo. Half-leather. Account of a British mission into Abyssinia to attempt a reconciliation between King John and the Italians, with various adventures of travel, etc. Pp. vi,(ii),261, plates, portraits, facsimiles, folding map. Rebound contemporary half red leather, rubbed, marbled sides, ex-library copy, with accession number on spine & verso of title, library-stamps on end-papers, title-page, verso and on one text page, map restored. Good+ R1250.00

  162. Randles, W.G.L. L'ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle. Paris, Mouton & Co., 1968. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. History & ethnology of the people of the Congo River basin and including Angola. Published in the series "Civilisations et Sociétés #14". French text. Pp. 275, plates, portraits, tables, maps (some folding). Signature of B.M. Randles (Director of the Kaffrarian Museum & family of the author) on end-paper. Covers & text lightly foxed. VG. R500.00

  163. De Almeida de Eça, Filipe Gastão De degredado a Governador (Manuel Joaquim Mendes De Vasconcelos e Cirne), 1784-1832. Lisbon, 1950. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Study of the administrative record of a Portuguese administrator in colonial Mozambique. Portuguese text. Pp. 75,(2). Paper slightly browned. VG. R580.00

  164. De Almeida De Eça, Filipe Gastão Subsídios para uma bibliografia missionária Moçambicana (Católica). Prefácio do Padre Moreira das Neves. Lisbon, 1969. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Bibliography of Catholic missionaries in Mozambique. Portuguese text. Pp. 157,(1). VG. R320.00

  165. Martins, Rocha Historias das colonias Portuguesas. Obra patriotica sob o patrocinio do diario de noticias. Lisboa, 1934. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Very detailed study of Portuguese exploration and colonisation, particularly in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Atlantic & Indian Ocean islands. Looks at these aspects from a "patriotic" Portuguese viewpoint, with biographies & photos (portraits) of the many famous Portuguese explorers and administrators. Pp. 698,(1,1), plates, portraits, illustrations, maps (some colour, folding). Wrapper edges a bit frayed, text pages browned. VG. R1100.00

  166. Büttner, C.G. Das Hinterland von Walfischbai und Angra Pequena. Eine Übersicht der Kulturarbeit deutscher Missionare und der feitherigen Entwicklung des deutschen Handels in Südwestafrika. Pretoria, State Library, 1976. Facsimile reprint. 12mo. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of a German booklet on the development of early Namibia as missionary and trade area. Originally published Heidelberg, Germany in 1884. State Library Reprints no. 78. Pp. (v),210-330, folding map. VG. R300.00

  167. Namibia. Protokolle der zweiten Landesrats-Tagung, 1913. Windhoek, 1913. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. Minutes of meetings concerning the land situation in Namibia. Contibutors include Alexander Merensky, Gustav Voigts, and others. Each sitting contains its own title-page, such as: "Protokoll ueber die Sitzung des Landesrats fuer das Deutsch-Suedwestafrikanische Schutzgebiet, vom 10. November 1913. Beilage zur "Keetmanshooper Zeitung" ...". Pp. 12, 15, 23, 11, 8. Covers unevenly faded, paper browned. VG. R650.00

  168. Krüger, B. The beginning of the Moravian church. Genadendal, n.d.. First edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. History of the formation of the Moravian Church in Europe. Printed at Genadendal, the oldest mission station in South Africa. Pp. 30, portrait. Some offsetting & foxing. VG. R175.00

  169. Richter, Julius Uganda. Ein Blatt aus der Geschichte der evangelischen Mission und der Kolonialpolitik in Centralafrika. Gütersloh, C. Bertelsmann, 1893. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Account of mission work in Uganda, with description of the indigenous people, places, etc. German text. Pp. vii,268,(4, publisher's list), frontispiece. Binding loose, spine worn away, lower wrapper missing, upper wrapper slightly frayed, text browned & loose but all present, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Fair. R1500.00

  170. Richter, Julius Geschichte der evangelischen Mission in Afrika. Gütersloh, C. Bertelsmann, 1922. First edition. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. History & study of missions in Africa, including South Africa, Namibia, Central, East, West & North Africa. German text. "Allgemeine Evangelische Missionsgeschichte. Band 3. Missionsgeschichte Afrikas". Pp. viii,813,2 (adverts.), tables. Covers a little rubbed, covers & text browned, previous owner's signature on recto of half-title. VG. R590.00

  171. Zahn, J.M. Revelation and science, a lecture delivered at King William's Town. King William's Town, 1886. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. The author states that science and religion are not irreconcilable. Pp. 20. Wraps slightly frayed, some browning & foxing. VG. R200.00

  172. Daintree, Alfred The inspiration, perfection and fulness of God's word. Ten lectures. Cape Town, Evangelical Christian Fellowship, n.d.. First edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. The author was Rector of Mowbray, South Africa. Inscribed to "Miss van Deventer, from the author." Pp. 201. Spine frayed. Inscription on contents page, some foxing. Good+ R195.00

  173. Murray, Andrew Nie my wil nie! Die saligheid van 'n lewe in die wil van God. Oordenkinge vir een maand. Oorgesit in Afrikaans deur Timo Kriel. Stellenbosch, Christen-Studentevereniging van Suid-Afrika, n.d.. First Afrikaans edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. 31 theological lectures. Originally published in 1896 in Dutch. Pp. 119,(1), Wraps frayed, back cover damaged. Good. R175.00

  174. Enklaar, Ido H. Life and work of Dr. J. Th. van der Kemp, 1747-1811: missionary pioneer and protagonist of racial equality in South Africa. Cape Town, A.A. Balkema, 1988. First edition. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Van der Kemp pioneered the mission work of the London Missionary Society amongst the Xhosa and Khoikhoi in the Cape. Pp. xi,234, plates, portraits, facsimiles, maps. Dust jacket slightly soiled, signature on end-paper & blind-stamp on title-page. Good+ R400.0

  175. Mission printing. Iagende elicane. Izimiso Zokukonza kwebandhla Lamaluthere. Limiselwe iHermannsburg Mission eAfrika. P.O. Moorleigh [Natal], Elikitshiwe Lacindezelwa iMission lase Hermannsburg, 1920. First edition. 12mo. Boards. A theological treatise in Zulu. Pp. 115,(1). Spine worn away, covers marked, some browning. Contents good & firm. R350.00

  176. Bourquin, S., editor Wilhelm Posselt: a pioneer missionary among the Xhosa and Zulu and the first pastor of New Germany, Natal. His own reminiscences translated and edited by S. Bourquin. Westville [South Africa], Bergtheil Museum, 1994. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Account of pioneering missionary work in eastern Cape & Natal. Originally published in 1887 in German. Pp. viii,152, portraits, illustrations. Signed by Bourquin on title-page, number on end-paper. VG. R290.00

  177. Wolff, David Unter den Sulu. Mancherlei Mitteilungen aus dem praktischen Missionsdienst. Hermannsburg, Verlag der Missionshandlung, 1914. First edition. 8vo. Boards. Account of the Hermannsburg Mission to the Zulus. German text. Pp. vii,142,(2, adverts.), plates, portraits. Boards lightly browned & frayed along spine, paper lightly browned, previous owner's signature on title-page. VG. R2150.00

  178. Schroeder, Johannes Heidenmission am Tugela-Fluss. Bleckmar, Mission Evangelisch-Lutherischer Freikirchen, 1969. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Account of mission work in the Msinga district of Zululand, with an appendix on the spirituality of the Zulu. German text. Pp. 57,(2, adverts.), photo-plates. Cover corners creased, light foxing. VG. R820.00

  179. Becken, H.-J. Am Buschbockfluss: die Ketten Zerbrechen. Hermannsburg, Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, n.d.. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Account of missionary work among Zulus in the Drakensberg area of Natal. Published 1950s. Pp. 28,(2, adverts.). Covers slightly soiled. VG. R175.00

  180. Becken, H.-J. Am Buschbockfluss: Der Speer der Ahnen. Hermannsburg, Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, n.d.. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Pamphlet about missionary work and evangelisation among the Zulus in Natal & Zululand. Published c. 1955. Pp. 24. Paper browned. VG. R175.00

  181. Hopf, Friedrich Wilhelm, editor Lutherische Kirche treibt lutherische Mission. Festschrift zum 75 jährigen Jubiläum der bleckmarer Mission, 1892 - 14. Juni 1967. Bleckmar, Mission Evangelisch-Lutherischer Freikirchen, 1967. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Essays on various aspects of the Lutheran mission to the Tswana and Zulu. German text. Pp. 179, plates, portraits, facsimiles. Covers rubbed, some foxing. Good+ R400.00

  182. Wickert, Winfried, editor Und die Vögel des Himmels wohnen unter seinen Zweigen: Hundert Jahre Bauernmission in Südafrika; herausgegeben in Verbindung mit zahlreichen Mitarbeiten .... Hermannsburg, Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, 1949. First edition. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Account of the Bauernmission in Natal, Zululand and among the Tswana inTransvaal & Botswana. Pp. 396, plates, end-paper maps. Cover corners worn, paper browned, previous owner's name-stamp on front paste-down. Good+ R440.00

  183. Wood, M.H.M. A father in God: the Episcopate of William West Jones, D.D., Archbishop of Capetown and Metroplolitan of South Africa, 1874-1906, honorary fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. London, 1913. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Covers rubbed, spine frayed at head & foot, foxing. Good. R350.00

  184. South Africa. Worcester Seminary Annual, June 20, 1897. Worcester [South Africa], 1897. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. First annual from this Cape school for girls. Includes articles on the school, religion, missions, etc. There is a complete list of boarders past & present. Pp. 49. Wraps slightly worn. VG. R500.00

  185. Sechefo, Justinus Customs and superstitions in Basutoland [Lesotho]. N.p., n.d.. Reprint (?). 4to. Printer wraps. A primitive cyclostyled publication. Title on cover "Customs and superstitions in Lesotho - Anthropological studies". Title inside book "Customs and superstitions in Basutoland." Pp. (i),37, printed on one side. Some foxing. VG. R450.00

  186. Haliburton, Gordon Historical dictionary of Lesotho. Metuchen [U.S.A.], Scarecrow Press, 1977. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dictionary format, with details of people, places & events in this southern African country. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 10. Pp. xxxv,223, tables, maps. Signature on end-paper. VG. R395.00

  187. Savory, Phyllis Bechuana fireside tales. Illustrated by Jillian Hulme. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1965. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Collection of folk tales of the Bechuana people of Botswana. Pp. 82, illustrations, map. Highly decorative dust jacket slightly torn in a few places, book-plate on end-paper, foxing. Good+ R415.00

  188. Coetzee, Abel Ons volkslewe: volkskundige opstelle. Pretoria, J.L. van Schaik, Beperk, 1949. First edition. 12mo. Printer wraps. Essays on anthropology, folk tales & medicine, etc. Afrikaans text. Monument-Reeks no. 29. Pp. 168,(1). Wraps frayed, spine damaged. Signature & writing on end-papers. Good. R275.00

  189. Vijn, Cornelius Cetshwayo's Dutchman: being the private journal of a white trader in Zululand during the British invasion; translated and edited by the Right Rev. J.W. Colenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal. London, Greenhill Books, 1988. Facsimile reprint. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Deals mainly with the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and includes translation, notes and chapters on the Zulu military system and protest against the war by Bishop Colenso. Pp. xvii,(i),196, illustrations, portraits. VG. R450.00

  190. Lock, Ron & Quantrill, Peter, compilers The red book: Natal press reports, Anglo-Zulu War, 1879. (Durban, privately published, n.d.). First edition. Folio. Hardcover. Reprint of a compilation of Natal newspaper reports on the Anglo-Zulu War. Copy no. 278 of an edition limited to 500. Pp.(2),352. VG. R400.00

  191. Guy, Jeff The destruction of the Zulu kingdom: the civil war in Zululand, 1879-1884. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1982. First South African edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Ground-breaking study of the Zulu kingdom before, during and after the Anglo-Zulu War. Pp.xxii,(i),273, portraits, illustrations, maps. Previous owner's signature on half-title, some foxing & browning. Good+ R235.00

  192. Wright, John & Manson, Andrew The Hlubi chiefdom in Zululand-Natal: a history. Ladysmith, Ladysmith Historical Society, 1983. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. History of the Hlubi people of Natal, including the war between the British and Langalibalele. Pp. x,94, portraits, illustrations, maps. Previous owner's signature & blind-stamp on end-paper. R225.00

  193. Clammer, David The last Zulu warrior. Cape Town, Purnell & Sons (SA) (Pty) Ltd., 1977. First edition. Folio. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Slip-case. Clammer gives an account of the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879. The text is illustrated by 50 little known, full colour glass lantern slides, and paintings from private collections and museums. Copy no. 241 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the author. Pp. 240, illustrations (many colour), portraits, maps. Slip-case a bit damaged, dust jacket slightly rubbed, edge of title-page slightly creased & torn, light foxing. Good+ R3500.00 SOLD

  194. Schroeder, Friedel Eine Chronik unserer Vorfahren. Glencoe, Privately printed, 1985. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Account of German Lutheran missionaries in South Africa during the 19th and 20th century. This includes much of the history of Natal & Zululand during this period as well as a good deal on the Anglo-Boer War and particularly the part played by Germans in that conflict in Natal. This book was printed for private circulation in a small desktop edition. Pp. (xix),460,(6), plates, portraits, illustrations, map. Covers slightly marked. VG. R950.00

  195. Anglo-Boer War. Rand-McNally atlas of two wars, containing large-scale maps of the Philippine Islands and South Africa. New York, Rand-McNally, 1899. First edition. Folio. Printer wraps. At head of front wrap "The Evening Telegraph." Size: 36 x 28 cm. A 16 page soft cover atlas of the Philippines & South Africa. Text on inside front wrap deals with the Philippines, as do maps on pages 4, 5, 6. There is a map of the USA on page 1, of the world on pages 2,3, of South Africa on page 7, of Africa on pages 8,9, "The seat of war in Cape Colony and Orange Free State, South Africa" on page 10, "The seat of war in Natal, South Africa" on page 11, and map showing the "War district" with key to towns in the margins on page 12. Pages 13-16 & concluded on inside back cover contains text & photos on "South African Republic". Wraps chipped along edges & two corners of front wrap chipped away, corner piece (about 5 x 3 cm) missing from back cover. Page corners slightly creased. An interesting American publication on the Anglo-Boer War. Good. R1500.00

  196. Anglo-Boer War. Echoes of the war in South Africa, 1900. Sold for the Red Cross Fund, K.G.K., Bute. Glasgow, Maclure, Macdonald & Co., 1900. First edition. 8vo. Card covers. An eight page booklet of pro-British poems, printed on coarse card, stitched into smooth card covers. Poem titles include "The wooing of Lady-Smith", "The wooing of Pretoria", "Mafeking relieved". Covers slightly dust soiled. VG. R570.00 SOLD

  197. Kock, Antonie Francois Geinspireerde gedichten. Johannesburg, Fred. Horack & Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. A collection of inspirational Afrikaans poems by an advocate of teh Supreme Court of the Transvaal. The son (& chief of staff of General J.H.M. Kock during the Anglo-Boer War), there is a seven page biography of Kock and his involvement in the Anglo-Boer War. A few signed annotations in the text by the author, book-plate of F.C.L. Bosman inside front cover. Pp. xi,(iv),91, portraits. Wraps frayed at spine & creased, some corners creased. VG. R650.00

  198. Spruyt, C.B. Afrikaners en Nederlanders. Bijdragen tot verspreiding van kennis aangaande Zuid-Afrika. Amsterdam, J.H. De Bussy, 1896. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Contributions on South African history, politics and language question. "Uitgegeven ten voordeele van het "Taalfonds" tot behoud en bevordering van het Hollandsch als volkstaal in de Boerenrepublieken van Zuid-Afrika, opgericht Januari 1896". Pp. viii,(i),152,(5), folding colour map. Covers slightly rubbed, paper browned. VG. R725.00

  199. Trichard, S.P.E. Geschiedenis, werken en streven van S.P.E. Trichard, Luitenant Kolonel Dervroegere Staats-Artillerie Z.A.R., door hemzelve beschreven. Met inleiding, teksversorging en geskiedkundige aantekeninge deur O.J.O. Ferreira. Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Autobiography of a Boer, including his participation in both Anglo-Boer wars, Malaboch campaign, etc. Dutch text. Human Sciences Research Council, Bronnepublikasie nr. 3. Pp. xxvi,261, plates, portraits, facsimiles, folding maps. Dust jacket slightly frayed, ownership details on front paste-down, small label partly removed from front end-paper. VG. R500.00

  200. Neethling, H.L. Vergeten? Cape Town, Nasionale Pers, 1917. First edition 12mo. Cloth. First edition of this collection of reminiscences of women from the concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War. The photos mostly show scenes in the camps. Dutch text. Pp. xiii,282, photo-plates. Binding a little worn, text very browned as usual, binding a little shaken. This was quite a primitive production and has held up quite well, all things considered. R450.00

  201. Verner, Willoughby, compiler & editor The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1900. (Eleventh year). Centenary number. London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, Ltd., 1901. First edition. 8vo. Rebound. Essays, letters & statistics of the Rifle Brigade in the Anglo-Boer War, including the Relief of Ladysmith and fighting in the eastern Transvaal. Pp. ix,(vi),407, plates, photos, folding maps. Rebound modern skivertex, new end-papers, some foxing, a few page edges slightly frayed. Good+ R2500.00 SOLD

  202. Hall, Darrell Halt! Action front! with Colonel Long at Colenso. Johannesburg, Covos-Day, 1999. Revised edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Study of the artillery at Colenso during the Anglo-Boer War. Pp. (xiii),183,(6, publisher's list), photos, portraits, diagrams. Dust jacket a bit rubbed, light foxing. Good+ R235.00

  203. Chalmers, Alan & Maidment, George Charles Bombardment of Ladysmith anticipated: the diary of a siege. Johannesburg, Covos-Day, 2000. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Diary of George Charles Maidment transcribed, annotated and placed in the context of the siege as viewed 100 years later. Pp.321, well illustrated, folding map loose in pocket. VG. R260.00 SOLD

  204. Oosthuizen, Pieter Boer War memorabilia: the collectors' guide. Edmonton [U.K.], Alderman Press, 1987. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Study of collecting Boer War memorabilia, including porcelain, postal items, money, carvings, ephemera, etc. Pp. xxxii,239, illustrations (some colour). Dust jacket price-clipped. VG. R1000.00

  205. Van Vreden, Christiaan de Wet Pretoria en die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, 11 Oktober 1899-5 Junie 1900. Pretoria, Privately published, 1955. First edition. Folio. Cloth-backed boards. Looks at military, administrative, health, etc. conditions in Pretoria during the Anglo-Boer War. A M.A. thesis submitted at the University of Pretoria. Pp. (ii),iii,164,4, plans. Cyclostyled. Afrikaans text. Spine worn, title & end-paper browned. Good+ R750.00

  206. Smail, J.L. Monuments and battlefields of the Transvaal War, 1881 and the South African War, 1899 to 1902. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1966. First edition. Folio. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Large format volume, unpaginated, with sketches of the major action of the First Boer War and the most important battles of the Anglo-Boer War, together with detailed battle-plans (some fold-out) and photos showing, action, monuments, graveyards, etc. Copy no. 165 of an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies. Dust jacket a bit torn, foxing, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R630.00

  207. Appleyard, J.W. The war of the axe and the Xosa bible: the journal of the Rev. J.W. Appleyard; edited by John Frye. Cape Town, C. Struik, 1971. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Much of the missionary Appleyard's journal concerns the frontier wars of 1846-1847 and of 1850-1852. Copy no. 399 of an edition of only 1000 copies. Pp. xii,157, frontispiece (portrait), plates, maps. Dust jacket frayed & with a 2cm piece torn out from bottom, previous owner's signature, foxing. Good+ R335.00

  208. Peires, J.B. The house of Phalo: a history of the Xhosa people in the days of their independence. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1981. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Standard work on Xhosa history, including frontier conflict. Pp. x,281, plates, portraits, maps. Covers a bit worn, signature on end-paper, text lightly browned. Good+ R195.00

  209. Steenkamp, Willem The soldiers. Cape Town, Don Nelson, 1978. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Lives of six famous South African soldiers: J.H. de la Rey & C.R. de Wet (Boer War), H.T. Lukin & J.L. van Deventer (First World War), D.H. Pienaar & W.H.E. Poole (Second World War). Pp. 144, photos, portraits, maps. Dust jacket a bit rubbed & foxed, some browning of text. Good+ R360.00

  210. Matabeleland. Original autograph letter from Lancelot Makin dated16 April, 1896. An original autograph letter written to "My dear Elizabeth" from her brother L. Makin, Bulawayo, Matabele Land, S. Africa, 16 April, 96. Two sheets, 25 x 20 cm, folded in half & written both sides in black ink. Total of eight pages of writing. Accompanied by a two typed page transcript of the letter, at the foot of which "Text of letter from Lancelot Makin, uncle of Mr W.H. Makin, of 32 Waterfall Avenue, Craighall .......". The letter deals with the state of "siege" in Bulawayo, armaments, patrols, provisions, as well as the causes of the rebellion. He also writes about "... all who could not reach here or Gwelo, have been murdered and most barbarously mutilated." The letter has been folded a few times and is worn or torn along folds, without loss of text. It is written in a quite legible cursive hand. R2900.00

  211. Cole, Barbara Sabotage and torture; as told to Barbara Cole. Amanzimtoti, Three Knights Publishing, 1988. First standard edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of the sabotage of the Zimbabwean airforce and detention, torture & trial of seven Zimbabwe airmen. Pp. (xiv),209, photo-plates, portraits, diagrams. Some foxing. Good+ R400.00 SOLD

  212. Daly, Ron Reid & Stiff, Peter Selous Scouts: top secret war. Alberton, Galago Publishing, 1982. Second impression. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of the Rhodesian regiment formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1980 and the account of border conflict. Pp. 432, plates (some colour), photos, portraits, maps. Dust jacket soiled, some edge-wear. Good+ R300.00 SOLD

  213. Baker, E.C.R. Ace of aces, M. St. J. Pattle: top scoring Allied pilot of World War II. Johannesburg, Ashanti Publishing, 1992. New edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. New edition with new foreword of a book originally published in 1965 as "Pattle: supreme fighter in the air". Pp. xvii,228, photos, portraits, maps. VG. R210.00

  214. Becker, Dave Yellow wings: the story of the Joint Air Training Scheme in World War II. Pretoria, SAAF Museum, 1989. First edition. 4to. Printer wraps. Well researched account of airforce training in South Africa prior to and during the Second World War. Pp. 102,(2), photos (some colour), portraits. Corners slightly creased. VG. R275.00

  215. Shackleton, C.W. East African experiences 1916: from the diary of a South African infantryman in the German East African Campaign. Written and illustrated by C.W. Shackleton. Durban, Knox Printing & Publishing Co., 1940. First edition. 8vo. Boards. Personal observations of the First World War in East Africa from the viewpoint of a South African infantryman. Pp. (viii),123, photos, illustrations. Original boards with pictorial paper wrap laid on with flaps, spine partly worn away, tape-marks on end-papers, light stain in upper corner throughout, some foxing. Good. R1250.00

  216. Cooper, F. On safari: experiences of a gunner in the East African campaign. Cape Town, J.C. Juta, 1917. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Pp. (1,1),90, plates. Original pictorial card covers, spine splitting, some chipping off of edges, one corner creased, title-page & frontispiece loose, some sever browning of text & plates, previous owner's name-stamp inside front cover. Good. R525.00

  217. Hamilton, Edwards The war in Abyssinia: a brief military history. London, John Heritage, 1936. First edition. 12mo. Cloth. Brief history of the First World War in East Africa. Pp. (vii),162,(1), maps (1 folding). No dust jacket. Spine slightly frayed, previous owner's signature on end-paper, light foxing. VG. R450.00

  218. Birkby, Carel Dancing the skies. Cape Town, Howard Timmins Publishers, 1982. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. South African stories of aeroplanes and pilots in times of war and peace. Pp. xiii,198, photo-plates, portraits. Dust jacket foxed on reverse, previous owner's signature on half-title. Good+ R225.00

  219. Begg, R. Campbell The secret of the knife: a surgeon's story. Norwich [U.K.], Jarrold & Sons Ltd., c. 1965. An eventful autobiography. He travelled & did medical work extensively in Australia, South America, Java, Middle East, etc.. Includes a couple of chapters on time spent in South Africa. Inscribed & signed by the author. Pp. x,162, photo-plates, portraits. Price-clipped dust jacket marked, rubber-stamp on end-paper, foxing. Good+ R275.00

  220. Mervis, Joel South Africa in World War II. 50 years. Johannesburg, Times Media Ltd., c.1990. First edition. 4to. Soft covers. A brief overview of South African participation in the Second World War. Pp. 98, photos, portraits, maps. Covers slightly rubbed. VG. R185.00

  221. Orpen, Neil East African and Abyssinian campaigns. Cape Town, Purnell, 1968. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. South African Forces, World War 2, volume 1. Pp. xiv,390, photo-plates, portraits, maps (1 folding). Price-clipped dust jacket browned on reverse, page-edges soiled, some browning. Good. R370.00

  222. Brown, James Ambrose A gathering of eagles: the campaigns of the South African Air Force in Italian East Africa, June 1940-November 1941, with an introduction, 1912-1939. Johannesburg, Purnell, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. South African Forces, World War 2, volume 2. Pp. xviii,342, photo-plates, tables, folding maps. Piece of dust jacket torn from back, page edges marked, foxing. Good. R570.00

  223. Martin, H.J. & Orpen, Neil Eagles victorious: the operations of the South African forces over the Mediterranean and Europe, in Italy, the Balkans and the Aegean, and from Gibraltar and West Africa. Cape Town, Purnell, 1977. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. South African Forces, World War 2, volume 6. Pp. xviii,494, photo-plates, portraits, tables, maps ( 1 folding). Dust jacket very worn, previous owner's details on end-paper, light foxing. Good. R370.00

  224. Klein, Harry Springboks in armour: the South African armoured cars in World War II. Cape Town, Purnell, 1965. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. A record of military achievement. S.A. National War Museum publication no. 2. Pp. xiii,(ii),338, photo-plates (some folding), portraits, maps (some folding). Price-clipped dust jacket foxed on reverse, page-edges soiled, foxing. Good. R350.00

  225. Agar-Hamilton, J.A.I. & Turner, L.C.F. The Sidi Rezeg battles, 1941. Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. "Official" account of the north African campaign during the Second World War. Pp.xiv,505, plates, portraits, maps (some folding). Price-clipped dust jacket torn & frayed. VG. R650.00

  226. Brown, James Ambrose The War of a hundred days: Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia, 1940-41. Johannesburg, Ashanti Publishing, 1990. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Account of South African involvement during the war in Somalia & Abyssinia. South Africans at War series #1. Pp. (xvi),301, photos, portraits, maps. VG. R270.00

  227. Grundlingh, Albert Fighting their own war: South African blacks and the First World War. Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Soft covers. Study of Black participation in the Union of South Africa's defence force during the First World War. Pp. x,200. Covers rubbed, paper slightly browned & foxed, previous owner's signature on end-paper. Good+ R300.00

  228. Warwick, G.W. We band of brothers: reminiscences from the 1st S.A. Infantry Brigade in the 1914-18 War. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1962. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Autobiographical account of a man who served in the 4th S.A.I. in North Africa and Western Europe during the First World War. Pp. 211, photos, tables. Dust jacket worn & restored, front end-paper removed, remains of library label on front paste-down. Good. R210.00

  229. Tylden, G. The armed forces of South Africa with an appendix on the commandos. Johannesburg, Africana Museum, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Historic details on every South African regiment, formation, where they fought, medals won, etc. City of Johannesburg Africana Museum, Frank Connock Publication no. 2. Pp. 239, plates, diagrams. Covers slightly rubbed, end-papers browned. VG. R450.00

  230. Shaw, C. Scott Looking back with laughter: the saga of a South African student, soldier and skypilot in Korea. Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, 1973. First edition. 8vo. Card covers. Includes the author's student days in Pietermaritzburg. Pp. (vi),84, photos, portraits. Covers slightly rubbed, signature on end-paper. VG. R165.00

  231. Fuggle, R.F. & Rabie, M.A., editors Environmental concerns in South Africa: technical and legal perspectives. Cape Town, Juta & Co., 1983. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket.Studies of legal issues to do with nature conservation. Pp.ix,587, tables. Dust jacket a bit torn & repaired, covers & text lightly foxed. Good+ R400.00

  232. Schulze, R.E. Agrohydrology and -climatology of Natal. Pretoria, Water Research Commission, 1982. First edition. Elephant folio. Printer wraps. "Agricultural Catchments Research Unit, Report no. 14, November 1982." Detailed figures, tables & maps reflecting physical environment, precipitation, temperature, agriculture, veld & water management, etc. Pp. viii,136, tables, maps. Covers a little worn, light foxing. Good+ R650.00

  233. Mason, Darryl Raymond Studies on the biology and ecology of the warthog Phacochoerus Aethiopicus Sundevalli Lonnberg, 1908 in Zululand. Pretoria, Privately published, 1982. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Thesis on the warthog, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of D.Sc. (Wildlife Management) in the Faculty of Science, University of Pretoria. Inscribed by the author on end-paper. Pp. xxiv,326,(9), photo-plates, tables, maps. Covers marked, foxing. Good+ R1150.00

  234. Maberly, C.T. Astley Animals of east Arica, Written & illustrated by C.T. Astley Maberly. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1960. First edition. 12mo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Guide to mammals of East Africa, with English & tribal names as well as distribution, illustrated with Maberly's excellent drawings. Inscribed on verso of half-title: "For Louis Weyers - with the kindest regards of the author, C.T. Astley Maberly, July, 1964" with a pen sketch below "dead premature Buffalo foetus - Tsavo River - Tsavo National Park, Kenya - Oct. 1957 - (see p. 19)". With Louis Weyers' details and date 5th December, 1960 on front end-paper. Pp. (ix),211, illustrations. Dust jacket very slightly rubbed & frayed, some light browning. VG. R690.00

  235. Guggisberg, C.A.W. Simba: the life of the lion. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1961. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Detailed study of the African lion, including chapters on biology, hunting, man-eaters and folklore. Pp. 304, photo-plates (some colour), map. Dust jacket rubbed & frayed, previous owner's details on end-paper. VG. R395.00

  236. Paker, Vincent The atlas of the birds of Sul do Save, southern Mozambique. Cape Town, Avian Demography Unit, 1999. First edition. Folio. Printer wraps. Pp. xxiii,(i),276, colour photos, tables, maps. Corners slightly bumped. VG. R335.00

  237. Clancey, P.A. The birds of Natal and Zululand. Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1964. First edition. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. A well illustrated study of Natal birds, with 41 colour plates from paintings by the author, photo-plates & drawings. Subscribers copy, with label on paste-down inscribed by Clancey to Dr. J.M. Winterbottom. Price-clipped dust jacket a bit creased. VG. R1200.00

  238. Quickelberge, C.D. Birds of the Transkei: an ornithological history and annotated catalogue of all recorded species. [Illustrations by Dr P.A. Clancey]. Durban, Durban Natural History Museum, 1989. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Pp. 134, colour photos, 1 colour plate & drawings by Clancey, photos, portraits, map. VG. R195.00

  239. Irwin, Michael P. Stuart The birds of Zimbabwe. Salisbury, Quest Publishing, 1981. First edition. 8vo. Card covers. Soft cover edition of most up-to-date guide to Zimbabwe birds, published at the same time as the hard cover edition. Pp. xvi,464, colour plates, photos, maps. Spine slightly creased, covers rubbed. Good+ R400.00

  240. Smithers, Reay H.N., Irwin, Michael P. Stuart, Paterson, Mary L. A Check List of the Birds of Southern Rhodesia, with Data on Ecology and Breeding; with two plates by D.M. Reid Henry. Bulawayo, Rhodesian Ornithological Society, 1957. Second edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Pp. ix,175, 2 colour plates, maps. Price-clipped dust jacket damaged, tape-marks on end-papers, some neat pencil notes in the text. Good+ R230.00

  241. Knight, David M. Natural science books in English, 1600-1900. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1972. First edition. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. A survey of the most important scientific books to appear in English between 1600 - 1900, from physics & astronomy to geology & botany. Includes books referring to Africa. Pp. x,262, colour plates, illustrations, facsimiles. Price-clipped dust jacket & book foxed, cloth slightly edge-worn. Good+ R450.00

  242. Trauseld, W.R. Wild flowers of the Natal Drakensberg. Cape Town, Purnell, 1969. First edition. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Photographic survey of Natal Drakensberg flowers. Pp. xxxi,220, colour photos, end-paper maps. Price-clipped dust jacket a bit frayed & marked, covers slightly marked, inscription on verso of end-paper, some foxing. Good. R570.00

  243. Trauseld, W.R. Wild flowers of the Natal Drakensberg. Cape Town, Purnell, 1969. First edition. 4to. Full leather. Photographic survey of Natal Drakensberg flowers. Pp. xxxi,220, colour photos, end-paper maps. Copy no. 279 of the deluxe edition limited to 500 numbered & specially bound copies, signed by the author. Leather worn along spine & at corners. Good. R570.00

  244. Pearse, R.O. Mountain splendour: the wild flowers of the Drakensberg. Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1978. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Illustrates and describes more than 400 flowers of the Drakensberg Mountain range, with colour photos by the author. Includes Zulu medicinal uses where applicable. Inscribed & signed by the author. Pp. 239, colour photos, pencil drawings, diagrams. Dust jacket a bit torn, some edge-wear, light foxing. Good+ R570.00

  245. Hardy, Betty Drakensberg flowers: a pocket guide to wild flowers of the Little Berg. Winterton [South Africa], Berg Books, 1988. First edition. 16mo. Printer wraps. A small booklet of paintings of Drakensberg flowers. Pp. 61,(3), colour illustrations. Back cover marked. Good+ R145.00

  246. Leistner, O.A. The plant ecology of the southern Kalahari. Pretoria, Department of Agriculture, 1967. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Botanical survey of South Africa, memoir no. 38. Survey of the area including parts of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, northern Cape, Botswana & Namibia. Pp.172, photos, folding map. Last few pages & back cover corners creased. VG. R325.00

  247. Williams, Ion J.M. A revision of the genus Leucadendron (Proteaceae). Cape Town, Bolus Herbarium, 1972. First edition. 8vo. Printer wraps. Scientific monograph of this genus of proteas. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium, No. 3. Pp. (iii),425, line-drawings, tables, maps.Cover slightly marked & creased, corners bumped. Good+ R400.00

  248. Cunningham, Anthony Balfour The resource value of indigenous vegetation to rural people in a low agricultural potential area. Cape Town, Privately published, 1985. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town. This is a pioneering study in southern African ethnobotany undertaken in Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal. Pp. ix,649, photos, diagrams, tables, maps. Light foxing on end-papers. VG. R1600.00

  249. Cunningham, Anthony Balfour An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in Natal / Kwazulu. Pietermaritzburg, Institute of Natural Resources, University of Natal, 1988. First edition. 4to. Spirax bound soft covers. Institute of Natural Resources, University of Natal. Investigation Report no. 29. Pioneer study of the trade in indigenous medicinal plants in KwaZulu-Natal. Spirax bound soft covers. Pp. (i),iii,149, photos, tables, maps. Some light foxing. VG. R1600.00

  250. Snijman, Deirdre A revision of the genus Haemanthus L. (Amaryllidaceae). With 23 colour plates by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst, 1 colour plate by Fay Anderson, 9 black and white illustrations and 23 distribution maps. Kirstenbosch, National Botanic Gardens, 1984. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Definitive study of the genus haemanthus, with beautiful colour plates by leading South Afican botanical artists."Journal of South African Botany", Supplementary volume no. 12. Pp. viii,139, colour plates, illustrations, maps. Dust jacket slightly browned, some very faint foxing. VG. R1200.00

 

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