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Koi Kichi 2. 2 vols – Waddington, Peter M
Vol 1: Covers the author’s early beginnings of his love of Koi, water complexities, keeping of Koi, the pond, show, and tategoi – indepth investigation into fallacies and facts. Vol 2: Exploring the highways and byways with tours to various facilities. Contains a CD and map. Front free end paper is detached. Binding: Black boards…
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The Moraeas of Southern Africa. – Goldblatt, Peter
A Systematic Monograph of the Genus in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. A monograph includes 101 species in southern Africa. Full page colour illustrations. Sunning to dust jackets covers with chipping to top edge. Pale lemon toning to end papers. Faux leather boards in good condition. Some light foxing to top…
African Warriors. The Samburu – Magor, Thomasin
An intimate portrait of the lives of one of the last surviving warrior peoples of Africa. Mild edge-wear to dust jacket with light chipping to head of spine. Some light foxing to verso. Red cloth boards in very good condition. Mild speck marks around the edge of the title page. 255 Pages. Contents clean and…
L’Illustration. Tome CXV. 1900. 2 Vols – None identified
Text: French. Vol 1 (E) January to June. Vol 2 (F) July to December. Some exceptional Boer War engravings. Quarter leather with paper boards. Edge-wear to all extremities. Abrasions to spine and boards, scratches, corners bumped. Some foxing to front and rear prelims with mild specks of foxing to a few pages. Split to front…
Historical Simon’s Town – Edited by B. B. Brock and B. G. Brock in close collaboration with H. C. Willis
Vignettes, reminiscences and illustrations of the harbour and community from the days of the VOC and the Royal Navy with notes on administrators, personalities, old buildings, navigation and shipwrecks. Some foxing to front and rear end papers and to all edges. Dust jacket: Poor condition. In 3 pieces, foxing, sunning to edges. abrasions, edge-wear, lacks…
Simon’s Town. Its History – None identified
The growth and development of this village. The impact of the Navy. Transport, trade and businesses. Education. Postal services, religions and the Historical Society and Town Museum. Some mild edge-wear to the card-wraps. 102 pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Publisher: The Simon’s Town Historical Society Date Published: 2000 Publication Place: Simon’s Town First Edition:…
History of Fish Hoek. 1818 – 1968 – Rosenthal, Eric
Published as part of the Jubilee Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the original village. From early pioneers and pirates; “no public wine-house”; days of the whalers; royal visitors; railway scheme; and to the first sale of plots; battle of the bottles; black-out era; Peers cave and the new Fish Hoek. Some…
The House in Tyne Street. Childhood Memories of District Six – Linda Fortune
A kaleidoscope of people, events, adventures, drama and community in the streets and lanes of District Six. A number of b&w photographs. Age toning to page edges. Binding firm. 132 Pages. Contents clean. First Edition. Condition: Fair. Binding: Softcover. Publisher: Kwela Date Published: 1996 First Edition: Yes Condition: Fair. Binding: Softcover.
New Babylon, New Nineveh. Everyday Life on the Witwatersrand 1886 – 1914 – Van Onselen, Charles
Exploring past struggles of everyday people during a period of extraordinary social, political and economic change. 7 b&w photographs including a photograph of Hatherley Distillery, east of Pretoria; Some mild edge-wear boards. 487 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Publisher: Jonathan Ball Date Published: 2001 Publication Place: Johannesburg, Cape Town Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover.…
South African Who’s Who (Social and Business) 1929 – 1930 – Ken Donaldson (Edited)
An illustrated Biographical Sketch Book of South Africans and South African business. Boards are edge-worn. A number of small open tears to spine area. Lacks head and foot of spine. Some foxing to front and rear end papers. Split at the gutter to the title page. Light wear to the tabs. Light foxing to all…
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