New Acquisitions
History of the War in South Africa. – Birch, James H and Northrop, Henry Davenport
Containing a thrilling account of the great struggle between the British and the Boers. Owner’s signature and date 1900 on verso of first frontispiece with a long split at the gutter. Double page colour frontispiece of “Charge of the Ninth Hussars” and “Boers hauling heavy artillery to the front.” From the title page: “includes the…
A Souvenir of Lourenço Marques. An album of views of the Town – No author
Patterned end papers. First half of the book contains full page b&w photographs of architecture, harbour, street scenes, markets, etc. Second half contains advertising. The pages and images are clean. Some light edge-wear to a few pages. Green tint to all edges. Rusty staples holding the signatures together have caused staining around the staples. Condition:…
The Farmer at War – Grundy, Trevor and Miller, Bernard
A record of the farmer’s fight with terror in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Ex Libris label of David Sinclair on front fep as well as a personal inscription, Colour and b&w photographs. 145 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Black rexine boards with some rubbing on both sides. A few white spots on the…
The Farmer at War – Grundy, Trevor and Miller, Bernard
A record of the farmer’s fight with terror in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Owner’s name “R Moore, Tanakeeta 79, Macheke” on front free end page. Colour and b&w photographs. 145 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Heavy foxing to the front and rear prelims. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Black rexine boards. Small nick at the lower spine edge….
Afrikaanse Familiename. – Nienaber, G S
‘n Geselsie vir belangstellende leke oor die Betekenis van Ouer Afrikaanse Vanne. Text: Afrikaans. Owner’s name on front fep “A Badenhorst”. Underlining in blue ink on Page 31. Browning to front and rear feps with very light foxing to the paste-downs. Crease down the middle of the front prelims. Contents clean and well bound. Blue…
Gerard Sekoto – Lindop, Barbara; De Beer, Mona (Edited)
From the fly-leaf: The paintings reproduced in the book cover the artist’s creative work span from c1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg through to the late work of the 1980s. Some browning to edges of end-papers. Speckled marks on the top-edge. Contents clean. 294 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good-. 2 x 1 cm closed…
