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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…
Volksbücher der Erdkunde: Deutsch-Südwestafrika – 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 Hoernlé – Hoernlé, 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 Hoernlé 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…
The Game Animals of Southern Africa – Maberly, C T Astley
A comprehensive pocket encyclopedia covering the wild game in all the game reserves and national parks of Southern Africa. Bookseller label to front fixed end paper. Illustrated in detail. Lacks the rear fep. Bookseller’s label to front fixed end paper. 298 Pages. Second Revised Edition. Condition: Good to very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light…
Cape Colony Reconnaissance Series. Strydenburg Sheet: 128-L –
A detailed map of the area at a scale of 1:250 000 showing the course of the Orange River in the area between Prieska & Hopetown. A key noting towns, villages with locations, boundaries, railways, roads frequented by wagons, unfrequented, bridle apaths, and steep or heavy requiring extra spans. Farm beacons and numbers, kraals and…
Cape Colony Reconnaissance Series. Port Nolloth & O’Okiep. Sheet: 127-K & L –
A detailed map of the area at a scale of 1:250 000 showing the course of the Orange River in the area between Prieska & Hopetown. A key noting towns, villages with locations, boundaries, railways, roads frequented by wagons, unfrequented, bridle apaths, and steep or heavy requiring extra spans. Farm beacons and numbers, kraals and…
Cape Colony Reconnaissance Series. Port Nolloth & O’Okiep. Sheet: 127-K & L –
A detailed map of the area at a scale of 1:250 000 with insets of Port Nolloth & O’Okiep. A key noting towns, villages with locations, boundaries, railways, roads frequented by wagons, unfrequented, bridle and steep or heavy gates, farm beacons and numbers, kraals and ruins. wind pumps, rivers, water pipes etc. Also a table…
Cape of Good Hope Reconnaissance Series. Schuit Drift Map. Sheet: South-H-34/B. –
A detailed map at a scale of 1:250 000 showing the route of the Orange River, with an inset of Schuit Drift. This is the area in which South African troops entered SWA at the start of WWI in 1914. A key noting towns, villages with locations, boundaries, railways, roads frequented by wagons, unfrequented, bridle…
Manasse Tjiseseta. Chief of Omaruru 1884 – 1898, Namibia – De Vries, Joris
The first monograph of Manasse Tjiseseta, the powerful Herero Chief of Omaruru during this time. Manasse was one of the antagonists in the colonial tragedy during which all the local chiefs of South West Africa lost their power to the German Kaiserreich. This monograph follows the gradual decline of his influence and power due to…
My Ballingskap (St. Helena) – Kotze, C R
Afrikaans text. Life as an exile after the Anglo Boer War on the island of St Helena. A number of b&w photographs. List of deaths at the rear. Bookplate and previous owner’s details to front end papers. Some light scattered foxing. 130 Pages. First Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with mild edge-wear….
Stormberg. A Lost Opportunity – Meintjes, Johannes
The Anglo-Boer War in the North-Eastern Cape Colony 1899 – 1902, The author examines the circumstances around the battle and attempts to uncover what really did happen. Bookplate, some toning and foxing to end papers. Foxing to all page edges. 206 Pages. First Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Chipping to fold edges and head…
Prospectus of the South Africa Training Ship “General Botha”, off Simon’s Town, Cape Province. Union of South Africa –
The “General Botha” was presented to South Africa by T B F Davis, Esq. of Durban in memoriam of his son, Howard who was killed in action in Flanders during the Great War, in order to train boys for the sea, principally for the Mercantile Marine, but also for the Royal Navy and the South…