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The Mariners New Kalendar – Colson, Nathaniel
Containing the principles of Arithmetic and Geometry with the extraction of the square and cube roots. Rules for finding the Prime, Epact, Moon’s Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the same. The author was a student in Mathematics. Margenalia to rear end papers. 136 Pages. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Lacks the leather covering to…
Angola. District Maps –
15 District maps. Numbers in ink on the front cover. Some handling marks to cardwraps. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin cardwraps. Mild edge-wear. Publisher: Edicoes Spal Publication Place: Luanda Condition: Good Binding: Softcover. Thin cardwraps. Mild edge-wear.
Travels of Rolando –
Small booklet consisting of two chapters only from the children’s adventure story by Louis-François Jauffret, translated into English by Lucy Aikin. It details a fictional tour around the world, describing the geography, natural history, and cultures of various countries. Featuring Chapter XXVII: Storm in the channel of Mozambique, shipwreck on the coast of Africa, departure…
Wireless Map of the World. –
Featuring: stations opened to Public Service; Stations open to Ship and Shore Communication; High Power Public Service; Private Stations; High Power Private Stations; Imperial Scheme; Trans-Ocean Service; Lightships; Lighthouses. Page 208 to 246 of Lloyds calendar attached to the rear. Tears to a number of folds some of which have been re-inforced with old cellotape….
Vergeten? – Neethling, Mev wijlen ds. H L
The Afrikaans version of the author’s 1902 book, “Should we forget?”, focusing on the experiences of women and children in the British concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War.Toning to pages. Paper repairs to the gutter on the front end papers. Previous owner’s details. Tears to the gutter area of the prelims. 282 Pages. First Edition….
Waterberg. On the History of the Mission Station Otjozondjupa, the Kambazembi Tribe and Hereroland – Dr. N. Mossolow
Text: German. 15 black and white photographs and a map. 56 Pages. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Limp cardwraps. Crease to upper corner of front cover. Publisher: John Meinert Date Published: 1992 Publication Place: Windhoek Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Limp cardwraps. Crease to upper corner of front cover.
Lines of Sights. Perspectives on South African Photography – None identified
Catalogue published for the photographic exhibition “Lines of Sights” held at the South African National Gallery July – October 1999. Cover photograph by Peter Magubane. 110 Pages. First Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear and handling marks. Publisher: South African National Gallery Date Published: 1999 Publication Place: Cape Town First Edition: Yes Condition:…
Original Invitation to Hockney’s Exhibition – Pictures with frames and still life pictures – Hockney, David
A three dimensional invitation, single card sheet with a frame cutout, folded over revealing the black and white plate of Picture of Hollywood Swimming Pool. The exhibition, Held at Kasmin 118 New Bond Street from 3 December 1965 was Hockney’s third one-man show. Condition: good, some light edgewear. Publisher: Kasmin Limited Date Published: 1965 Publication…
The White Whirlwind – Bulpin, T. V.
Biographical narrative of Johan Colenbrander – a frontiersman who lived and fought through the wild events around the early years of South Africa and Rhodesia. A story of strange characters, heroes, villains and charlatans. Adventure, intrigue and treachery. B&W sketches. 343 Pages. First edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Fair. Front flap missing. Edge wear….
Memories of Several Years in South Western Africa – Een, TG
Thure Johan Gustaf Een was one of several Swedes who recorded his travels in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia) in the nineteenth century. This edition translated from the original Swedish by Jalmar and Ione Rudner. Includes B&W photographs. 240 pages. Envelope containing two photographs pasted to verso of front cover. First English edition. Condition: Very good….
Memories of Several Years in South Western Africa – Een, TG
Thure Johan Gustaf Een was one of several Swedes who recorded his travels in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia) in the nineteenth century. This edition translated from the original Swedish by Jalmar and Ione Rudner. Includes B&W photographs. 240 pages. First English edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Light edge wear. Publisher: Namibia Scientific Society Date…
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (4 vols) – Shakespeare,William
4 volumes. Vol 1: Comedies. 1080 pages. Vol 2: Histories. 1197 pages. Vol 3: Tragedies. 1471 pages. vol 4: Poems. 247 pages. Foxing and discolouration to page edges of all volumes. Toning to endpapers in volumes 2-4. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Light edge wear to all volumes. Light staining to spines of volumes…
Children of South Africa. In the Time of The Great War. – Thos. H. Lewis (comp.)
An alphabetical list of South African society’s children, with photographs, the children’s names and some brief biographical detail. 146 pages with six articles to the rear on “How are our Children being taught?”; “The Cape Town Baby Saving Society”; “The Boy and Girl Scout Movement” “The Work of the Juvenile Advisory Board” and “The Modern…
VolksbĂĽcher der Erdkunde: Deutsch-SĂĽdwestafrika – Uhl, Gustav
The geography and people of German Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia). Text: German. Includes B&W photographs and a map of the area. 34 pages. Small lable to verso of front cover. Title page trimmed by 3cm from leading edge. First edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Slight wear to the front cover. Light foxing to rear cover….
Travels North of the Zambezi 1885-6 – Holub, Emil. Johns, Christa, (trans.) Holy, Ladislav (ed.)
The first English translation of Holub’s second expedition into present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe. A day-by-day record of a and hard and perilous journey. Illustrated with a map and Holub’s own sketches. 317 pages. First English edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Light edge wear. Scuffing to covers and extremities. Sunning to the spine. Binding:…
No Outspan – Reitz, Denys
The last of the author’s trilogy of books chronicling his experiences from participation in the Anglo-Boer war, to self-imposed exile through to the interwar period of the 1930s. Untrimmed pages. Two fold-out maps. Four illustrations.Previous owner’s name and details as well as some scribbles in ink to the front endpapers. Light foxing to prelims and…
From Capetown to Ladysmith – Steevens, G W. & Blackburn, Vernon (Ed)
An unfinished record of the South African (Anglo Boer) War. 180 pages with two folding maps, followed by 32 page bookseller’s list. Untrimmed pages. Toning to rear endpapers. Foxed throughout. A tear and light foxing to the second fold-out map. Reprint. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Some light discolouration marks to the boards. Some edge wear…
The Comic English Grammar – Leigh, Percival
“A new and facetious introduction to the English Tongue”, teaching the rules of English grammar through humour and satire. Numerous illustrations. 154 pages. Bookplate to front paste-down endpaper. Previous owner’s signature and details to the front free endpaper. Foxing to the prelims. A small red stain to the bottom page edges. Reprint. Condition: Very good….
William Street: District Six – Adams, Hettie & Suttner, Hermione
The story of one woman’s childhood in District Six — a raw, humorous, compelling world that has vanished. Illustrated with B&W photographs. 80 pages. Previous owner’s name and details to the verso of front cover. First edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Edge wear with creasing across front corners. Publisher: Chameleon Press Date Published: 1988 Publication…
No Outspan – Reitz, Denys
The last of the author’s trilogy of books chronicling his experiences from participation in the Anglo-Boer war, to self-imposed exile through to the interwar period of the 1930s. 288 pages and two fold-out maps. Remnants of the dustjacket pasted to front endpapers. Bookplate to the half-title. Previous owner’s stamp to title page. Previous owner’s name…
HR GIGER ARh+ – Falk, Gaby (ed.) & Williams, Karen (trans.)
The life of HR Giger and the evolution of his distinctive biomechanical style. Many colour and B&W illustrations of the artworks. 96 pages. Second edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Thick cardwraps.Wil Publisher: Taschen Date Published: 2001 Publication Place: Köln, Germany Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Dimensions: 18.5cmx23cmx1cm
District Six. – Schoeman, Chris
The Spirit of Kanala The story of District Six from its early history to its declaration as a white residential area in 1966. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs, many of them the compassionate studies of Jansje Wissema. Previous owners’ names and details to front and rear endpapers. 77 pages. First edition. Condition: Very good. Dust…
Should We Forget? – E Neethling
Sketches written by the author of the time spent in the concentration camp of Maritzburg during the Anglo Boer War, enduring intense hardship, death and suffering but with a steadfastness of faith. Date at rear, circa 1902. 2 B&W photographs of author’s house before they left for the camp and the ruins they came back…
Victorian Buildings In South Africa. – Picton-Seymour, D.
Including Edwardian & Transvaal Republican Styles A survey of houses, churches, schools, public and commercial buildings, with notes on materials used, the architects concerned, prefabricated ironmongery and the influence of Europe, 1850-1910. Numerous B&W photographs and illustrations. Sections underlined in pencil on page 79 and 81. Previous owner’s name in black ink to the front…
Peter Pan and Wendy – Barrie, J M
A classic children’s story with numerous colour plates and B&W illustrations. Previous owner’s name to the front free endpaper. 188 pages. Some mild discolouration mark to lower edges. Reprint. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Sunning to the spine. Light edge wear. Small discolouration to the back board. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Date Published: 1955 Publication…
Africana Curiosities – Smith, Anna H (Ed)
Series of articles on a variety of subjects of interest to Africana collectors, e.g early printed maps of Africa, commemorative medals, Cape Almanacs, SA paper money, Xhosa beadwork, et al. Illustrations to support the text and an index included. Foxing to top edge. 148 Pages. First edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Edge wear…
Trails in the Thirstland. The Anthropological Field Diaries of Winifred HoernlĂ© – HoernlĂ©, Winifred, (Carstens, Peter; Klinghardt, Gerald and West, Martin) Eds.
Communication No. 14/1987 of the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. The diaries represent the observations of the first trained social anthropologist to carry out fieldwork in South Africa and what is now Namibia. Mrs HoernlĂ© undertook three field expeditions and was largely directed towards understanding the social and cultural systems of the…
Sport and War – Major-General Bissett, CB
Recollections of fighting and hunting in South Africa from the years 1834-1867. Half-title, XVII, list of illustrations, 268 pages followed by folding map and 32 page bookseller’s list. Previous owner’s name in pencil to half-title. Some small stains to the untrimmed page edges. Slight lean to the spine, split starting to front end papers. Small…