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A E Durrant Twilight of South African Steam 220 mm x 300 mm 1989 large coffee-table size book in the original blue boards.

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A E Durrant Twilight of South African Steam 220 mm x 300 mm 1989 large coffee-table size book in the original blue boards. 208 pages and index at back. With superb pictures and text, this book looks at the twilight years of 1973 to the present day, during which time steam power has been steadily reduced in quantity, although not expected to disappear from SAR rails until the 1990`s. Also included are the details of locomotives hired or sold to neighbouring countries in Southern Africa`s 3ft 6in network as well as photographs. Very good Redwood Burn Limited 1989

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C G Finch-Davies Game Birds and Waterfowl of Southern Africa Quarto A collection of 68 watercolours by C.G.Finch-Davies. A l

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C G Finch-Davies Game Birds and Waterfowl of Southern Africa Quarto A collection of 68 watercolours by C.G.Finch-Davies. A limited edition # 401 of 5026. Slipcase and dust jacket Fine.190pp including list of benefactors. originally, the paintings were commissioned by Boyd Robert Horsbrugh, to illustrate his book `The Game Birds and Waterfowl of South AFrica`, published in London in 1912. It was widely acclaimed and brought Finch-Davies recognition as an outstanding bird artist. All 68 illustrations are exceptional in that they have coloured backgrounds, whereas Finch-Davies`s other paintings (numbering over 1000) have simple, pencilled in ones. This collection of originals came to light, through their donation to the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria by Boyd Horsbrugh`s nephew who lives in USA. The text accompanying each plate has been compiled by Dr. Alan Kemp of the Transvaal Museum, providing a useful insight into the biology of the species covered in this work. Fine Johannesburg Winchester Press 1986

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Alan Kemp & Simon Calburn The Owls of Southern Africa Quarto Standard edition in Fine slipcase. Some spotting to verso f

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Alan Kemp & Simon Calburn The Owls of Southern Africa Quarto Standard edition in Fine slipcase. Some spotting to verso fep and half-title page. This monograph on the twelve owl species that inhabit the southern African sub-region has been written by a leading specialist on birds of prey and illustrated by one of South Africa`s best known bird artists. The result is an authoritative and visually exiciting book that will undoubtedly become a standard work on this group of birds. Colour frontispiece, line drawings and colour plates. 184 pages with delightful illustrations. Fine condition. Very Good Cape Town Struik Winchester 1987

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P J Ginn, W G McIlleron, P le S Milstein The Complete Book of Southern African Birds Quarto DJ in loose protective plastic o

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P J Ginn, W G McIlleron, P le S Milstein The Complete Book of Southern African Birds Quarto DJ in loose protective plastic overwrap. Bottom paperblock front edge shelf dusty. EPS are foxed otherwise near fine. 760pp of text and illustrations. This book ranks as one of the most comprehensive volumes published on the natural history of the region. All the species known to occur are described, and more than 1000 full, colour photographs have been provided by leading photographers. This magnificent work will be of lasting value to expert and lay person alike. Very Good Cape Town Struik Winchester 1988

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Peter Steyn, Graeme Arnott Hunters of the African Sky Folio Blemish to top corner of fep where it looks as if a retailer`s l

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Peter Steyn, Graeme Arnott Hunters of the African Sky Folio Blemish to top corner of fep where it looks as if a retailer`s label has been removed, leaving a glue smudge. 96pp of text with illustrations and including index. Superlative illustrations and an authorative but readable text combine in this book to convey the magnificence and rich variety of southern Africa`s birds of prey. Very Good Cape Town Struik Winchester 1990

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B E P Phillips The Genera of South African Flowering Plants Dr Phillips was Senior Botanist at the Division of Botany Pretor

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B E P Phillips The Genera of South African Flowering Plants Dr Phillips was Senior Botanist at the Division of Botany Pretoria. This book was published as Botanical Survey Memoir No. 10. The content: Synopsis of Engler`s System of Classification, Key to the Families and Descriptions of Families and Genera with keys to the Genera. 702 pages. Some shelf wear to the bottom of spine. Name in ink in front. Fair Cape Town Cape Times Limited Goverment Printers 1926

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Nelson Mandela No Easy Walk To Freedom - SCARCE 1ST. EDITION OF MANDELA`S FIRST BOOK 8vo. A superior copy of this book, ver

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Nelson Mandela No Easy Walk To Freedom - SCARCE 1ST. EDITION OF MANDELA`S FIRST BOOK 8vo. A superior copy of this book, very scarce in the hardcover edition. It comprises a collection of his leading speeches and articles between 1953 and 1964 and includes accounts and transcripts of the three major trails in which Mandela was the chief accused, including notably his famous closing speech in the Rivonia trial. It was published while Mandela was incarcerated in Robben Island and for obvious reasons was banned in South Africa. The book was edited by Ruth First with a foreword by Oliver Tambo. A softback edition of this book was published simultaneously and is also scarce but appears occasionally on the market. There was also a US. edition which is somewhat more common. This copy would appear to be unread in about fine condition. The only flaw is an 8mm. circular orange mark on the front board (see picture) of uncertain origin. Internally it is clean and unmarked. The scarce dw. is in very good condition. It is price-clipped and has a 2cm. closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and some light edge wear, but is otherwise complete and attractive. An essential item for all Mandela collections. Very Good Plus London Heinemann 1965

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Rider (Cardanus) RIDER`S BRITISH MERLIN (1733) 130 x 80 x 15mm RIDER`S (1733.) British Merlin: Adorn`d with many delightful

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Rider (Cardanus) RIDER`S BRITISH MERLIN (1733) 130 x 80 x 15mm RIDER`S (1733.) British Merlin: Adorn`d with many delightful Varieties and useful Verities, for the Year of our Lord God 1733. It being the first after Bissextile or Leap-Year: Fitted for all capacities within the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Also Chronological Observations of Principal Use, WITH Notes of Husbandry and `Highways`, Fairs and Marts, ALSO Directions and TABLES for many good Purposes. 54pp. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt in emblematic Rococco style. Red and black text throughout. Hand-coloured Marbled end-papers. Pencil notes on preliminary blanks (dated 1845 and 1849), contemporary full leather rubbed and dry, more heavy scuffing and leather loss at edges. Cracked spine-hinges but binding is still holding firm. Clasp is missing. Light to moderate general age toning to text. Text-block is well sewn. Rider`s British Merlin was first published in 1656 and continued into the 19th century. Extremely scarce. This is the earliest available edition and only one of its kind to be found anywhere on the internet. Starting bid is set at the minimum AA reserve. The estimated value however is in keeping with later editions and as such is realistic. Fair London E and R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers 1733

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Green (Lawrence G.) LOGAN OF MATJIESFONTEIN 213mm x 134mm 12pp + 4pp cover. Saddle-stitched. Sepia text on uncoated stock.

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Green (Lawrence G.) LOGAN OF MATJIESFONTEIN 213mm x 134mm 12pp + 4pp cover. Saddle-stitched. Sepia text on uncoated stock. Commemorating the centenary of Matjiesfontein. Small crease to bottom corner of cover, otherwise very good throughout. The text is taken from Chapter V of Lawrence Green`s `Karoo` first published in 1955 by Timmins Publishers Included is a separate pamphlet on the history of Matjiesfontein Very good Cape Town Timmins Publishers 1988

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Toms (Robert N.) LOGAN`S WAY - The Life and Times of J.D. Logan...a Matjiesfontein Chronicle. (Signed copy) 207mm x 148mm x

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Toms (Robert N.) LOGAN`S WAY - The Life and Times of J.D. Logan...a Matjiesfontein Chronicle. (Signed copy) 207mm x 148mm x 18mm LOGAN`S WAY - The Life and Times of J.D. Logan...a Matjiesfontein Chronicle. 232pp, Laminated boards. 208mm x 146mm x 18mm. Illustrated in colour and B/W throughout. Signed by author. Includes a newspaper clipping on the author. Slight loss to rear cover coating where a small price tag was removed from a flat yellow tinted area, so not too noticeable. Very good condition otherwise. `In 1884, young immigrant Scot, James Logan, purchased land at `a place called Matjesfontein`, an insignificant railway halt in the depths of the Karoo. The Cape Government Railways had, by then, reached the Kimberley diamond fields, and - following Cecil Rhodes` vision of the `road to the North`, his dream of a Cape to Cairo line - was extending into the Zambezi hinterland. Logan, whose meteoric rise was based on an energetic and meticulous efficiency, had been awarded the government catering contract at Touws River, which lies within the vast spaces of the Karoo.` Very good Claremont Mallard Publishers 1997

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Green (Lawrence G.) THE COAST OF DIAMONDS (large text edition) 217mm x 140mm x 30mm 287pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/

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Lot 291

Green (Lawrence G.) THE COAST OF DIAMONDS (large text edition) 217mm x 140mm x 30mm 287pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. This Howard Timmins large-text edition was mostly produced for library circulation. Ex Cape Town City Library with usual stamps and markings. Good price unclipped d/w with some residual tape marks to fringes. Tape reinforced spine. Some scuffing to board edges. Some light foxing to a few random pages throughout the book. Paste-down to rear EP has been removed resulting in some superficial paper loss. `Originally published in Britain in 1937, the demand for Coast of Diamonds has increased over the years and the book has virtually become unobtainable since the war. For Lawrence Green`s large public this is the second of his pre-war books to be published in South Africa. His books had the same lyrical press overseas as in this country. The London Times, Illustrated London News, etc. all praised his work. As the Times Literary Supplement said: `That tireless traveller of unfrequented sea lanes lends enchantment to many a northern escapologist`s winter discontent!`` Good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1973

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Green (Lawrence G.) HARBOURS OF MEMORY (Signed copy) 216mm x 142mm x 31mm 255pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Signed

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Green (Lawrence G.) HARBOURS OF MEMORY (Signed copy) 216mm x 142mm x 31mm 255pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Signed copy. Very good condition throughout. If you love the waterfront atmosphere, these harbours of Lawrence Green`s memories will give you hours of enchantment. Very good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1969

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Green (Lawrence G.) SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE 220mm x 143mm x 29mm 258pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Some minor t

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Green (Lawrence G.) SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE 220mm x 143mm x 29mm 258pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Some minor tears to d/w. Else very good. The author throws fresh light on South Africa`s famous treasure legends and discovers other little-known treasure tales in far corners of the country. Several chapters are devoted to the treasures of South West Africa. A chapter is also devoted to the intrepid prospector, Fred Cornell (author of `Glamour of Prospecting`). Good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1962

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Green (Lawrence G.) TO THE RIVER`S END 218mm x 145mm x 19mm 208pp. Original cloth hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Previ

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Green (Lawrence G.) TO THE RIVER`S END 218mm x 145mm x 19mm 208pp. Original cloth hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Previous owner`s rubber stamp to back of frontispiece. Apart from a few tears to d/w, this book is in very good condition indeed. Here are the Kalahari solitudes and the lonely stretches of the Orange River - but always the characters stand out against the back-ground. Explorers, hunters, half-castes, Bushmen, pioneer farmers, policemen, outlaws, priests, trekboers, prospectors; these are the people of the book and the river is the thread that links them. `To The River`s End` received glowing reviews in newspapers throughout the Union and Rhodesia. `Lawrence G. Green now stands in the forefront of South African authors and is pre-eminent in his own chosen field....To the River`s End is tingling reading with the smell of woodsmoke and the glitter of far stars in it.` Good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1948

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Green (Lawrence G.) THERE`S A SECRET HID AWAY 220mm x 145mm x 28mm 244pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Age toned, el

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Green (Lawrence G.) THERE`S A SECRET HID AWAY 220mm x 145mm x 28mm 244pp. Hardcover with price unclipped d/w. Age toned, else a very good copy. Memories of unusual experiences and mysteries in Southern Africa and African isles; strange tales and legends and unrecorded adventures; and people who crossed the author`s path and left him wondering. Probably Lawrence Green`s most interesting book, a little different from anything he has written previously. It is south African to the core (with a few adventures in Rhodesia, SWA, tropical Africa and some islands) and it will fascinate every admirer of his work and many new readers. Very good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1956

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Avon Edition THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE - (Original spelling for `SHAKESPEARE`) 234mm x 156mm x 38mm 1111pp. Maroon bo

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Avon Edition THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE - (Original spelling for `SHAKESPEARE`) 234mm x 156mm x 38mm 1111pp. Maroon board hardcover, with gilt on front and spine. Some scuffing to boards, light tears to spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Insect damage to bottom corner of title page. Creasing to the bottom edge of pages 359 to 376, not affecting text. Lightly tanned pages, with minimal foxing throughout. Not a bad copy. Avon Edition - `Avon` being the place of William Shakespeare`s birth. (Born: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom) A NOTE ON THE SPELLING OF `SHAKSPERE` The spellings come primarily from Stratford and its environs and from London, with a few from a wider area of Warwickshire. A few appear to be members of other families with the same name. Most of the Stratford spellings come from documents involving Williams father, John Shakspere (who signed after the clerk wrote his name with an X or the mark of a glover) and who was an important man in Stratford for a time. Of the spellings by the Stratford clerk of Johns name, the most often seen is Shakspere10. For others than John there were four more with that spelling. http://politicworm.com/oxford-shakespeare/to-be-or-not-to-be-shakespeare/why-not-william/the-authorship-question-2/how-he-spelled-his-name/ Good London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1901

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Boyle (Frederick) THE SAVAGE LIFE 228mm x 155mm x 33mm viii plus 332pp. Original decoratively embossed cloth hardcover with

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Boyle (Frederick) THE SAVAGE LIFE 228mm x 155mm x 33mm viii plus 332pp. Original decoratively embossed cloth hardcover with gilt title to spine. The spine is split, some fraying to spine ends, previous owner`s paste-down to front fixed EP. Foxing to pre-title pages. Heavy oxidization to contents page from previous newspaper clipping (not included). Staple pricks to pre contents page. Much about the diamond fields of South Africa. Also various other adventures in and outside of South Africa. Rather scarce. Good London Chapman and Hall 1876

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C.J.Andersson Notes Of Travel in South Africa (Facsimile Edition) 14.5 X 22.5cm Notes of Tavel in South Africa by Charles Jo

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C.J.Andersson Notes Of Travel in South Africa (Facsimile Edition) 14.5 X 22.5cm Notes of Tavel in South Africa by Charles John Andersson. Facsimile reprint. Numbered 295 of 750 copies. This is a facsimile reprint of Andersson`s last book: Notes of Travels in South Africa(1875).This book arouses sympathy for the author`s sufferings but still kindles admiration for his endurance. Andersson became life-chief of the Damaras when the Hereros ran into trouble with he Nama tribe. The Hereros were cowards, but despite this their new chief lead them to victory in what was to be called `Andersson`s battle`. Africana Collectanea Series volume XXXI, with green boards and vignette. With Dustcover in good condition.Frontispiece- xiii plus 344 pp and several engravings. Very Good Cape Town C.Struik (Pty) Ltd 1969

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Johnston, H.H. Livingstone and the Exploration of Central Africa 8vo `With twenty-two illustrations from photographs or draw

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Johnston, H.H. Livingstone and the Exploration of Central Africa 8vo `With twenty-two illustrations from photographs or drawings by the author, and seven maps drawn by E.G.Ravenstein, F.F.G.S.`, 367pp. plus index and publisher`s adverts. Condition: brown boards with gilt spine title and black ruling design, corners bumped, rubbed, owner inscription on f.f.e.p.; binding is good though some gatherings loose in places; text clean except for some neat marginal notes in pen on pp.87 and 89 by a certain `A.B.`. A fold-out colour map is tipped-in between pp.18/19. good London George Philip & Son 1891

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Oates, Frank Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls - (signed by C.G.Oates) 8vo A very good copy with cover illustrations stil

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Oates, Frank Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls - (signed by C.G.Oates) 8vo A very good copy with cover illustrations still bright, this copy made unique due to the dedication on the half-title by the author`s brother, reading: `George Rouch, With C.G.Oates`s kind regards.` Condition: corners bumped, spine ends worn, end-papers good, though starting to split, foxing to portrait frontispiece and title page, contents and illustrations very good, fore-edge untrimmed, some gatherings loose, 383pp. with 32pp. list of Kegan Paul adverts following the large fold-out map. good London C.Kegan Paul & Co. 1881

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Hay, Sereld History of the R.N.V.R. - South African Division small 8vo (120x180mm) A rather scarce book, recording the South

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Hay, Sereld History of the R.N.V.R. - South African Division small 8vo (120x180mm) A rather scarce book, recording the South African Division`s involvement in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, from the inception and training of the Cape Naval Volunteers, Natal Naval Corps, including the work done by the South African Division during the German South-West Campaign; appendices include List of Officers involved, and a Roll of Honour; with a foreword by The Rt.Hon. Jan Smuts; 193pp., including index and appendices. Numerous photographic plates, one folding plan. Condition: The paper is browned throughout, otherwise very good in the original cloth backed paper-covered boards, spine darkened, corners bumped, small owner inscription on f.f.e.p. Binding still firm - a crisp and clean copy. very good Cape Town Juta & Co. 1920

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Moorcraft, Paul Contact II - Struggle For Peace - Limited Edition, signed 4to An excellent copy of the scarce limited, numbe

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Moorcraft, Paul Contact II - Struggle For Peace - Limited Edition, signed 4to An excellent copy of the scarce limited, numbered edition, and signed by eight dignitaries, including Ian Smith and General Walls; this copy being #13/100, in cloth slip-case and pictorial box, bound in elephant hide with brass edging and Rhodesian coat-of-arms on the front cover, and spine title comprising a brass plate. Condition: the brass surround has a few small areas of tarnishing, otherwise bright, with the elephant hide being somewhat faded. The contents are in near-fine condition, with a small patch of light foxing to the front paste-down. The signature page has eight of nine signatures, Commissioner P.K.Allum`s absent due to `the changed political circumstances in 1980` as stated on the loosely inserted sheet signed by Moorcraft. The cloth slip-case is in excellent condition, and the box enclosing it is marked and rubbed, with one corner bumped, causing a little split. All in all, a superb example of this scarce historical document. near fine Johannesburg Sygma Press 1981

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Du Toit & Steenkamp Bloedrivierse Eeufees-Gedenkboek 16 Desember 1938 - Geteken 190 mm x 250 mm Voorin gedateer met insk

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Lot 334

Du Toit & Steenkamp Bloedrivierse Eeufees-Gedenkboek 16 Desember 1938 - Geteken 190 mm x 250 mm Voorin gedateer met inskripsie van Dr Louis Steenkamp. 141 bladsye met karate, foto`s en illustrasies. Hardeband in oorspronklike groen en met stofjas. `n Baie mooi kopie. Good

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Levine (Elias) THE COINAGE AND COUNTERFEITS OF THE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK 244mm x 181mm x 17mm 138pp. Cloth hardcover,

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Levine (Elias) THE COINAGE AND COUNTERFEITS OF THE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK 244mm x 181mm x 17mm 138pp. Cloth hardcover, gilt title to spine with unclipped. dust-jacket. Richly illustrated throughout. Apart from some light wear and small tears to d/w edges, the book is in very good all round condition. Coin-collectors, particularly ZAR enthusiasts, will welcome the publication of this detailed study of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek coinage. Chapters include collecting for beginners, coin care and grading, examination of the regular ZAR series as well as rarities, and of interest to all numismatists, the most comprehensive information on forgeries yet published and some exciting new facts on the legendary Kruger millions. Investors are advised on investing profitablyin the `new Kruger millions`, the Krugerrands, as well as ZAR coins, of which there is a catalogue included of current valuations. The foreword to this commemorative volume is by Mrs F.B.Lang, President Burger`s grand-daughter and owner of the two Burgers Staatsponde. Very good Cape Town, Johannesburg, London, New York Purnell 1974

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South African AN ASSORTMENT OF 29 SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY INSIGNIA (Includes 1 rarity - Lancaster Bomber`s Silver Lapel Badge

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South African AN ASSORTMENT OF 29 SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY INSIGNIA (Includes 1 rarity - Lancaster Bomber`s Silver Lapel Badge) An assortment of South African military badges, buttons and insignia. Included is a scarce WWii silver Lancaster bomber`s lapel badge, the back of which is stamped `925` `S.A.M.`

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Hope, Eva STANLEY AND AFRICA Octavo Book Condition: Good. Navy blue Decorative Cloth HB. Contents include the following `St

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Hope, Eva STANLEY AND AFRICA Octavo Book Condition: Good. Navy blue Decorative Cloth HB. Contents include the following `Stanley`s Introduction, In Ashantee, Off to the Dark Continent, Stanley and King Mtesa, From Lake Victoria to Tanganika. Navigating Lake Tanganika, The Great Mysterious Rive, A Year`s Work, The State-Maker, To Stanley Falls and Back, Successes, Old Work and New, The Congo Again, The Story of the Rear-Guard, Difficulties and Triumphs, Jephson`s Story, Emin and Stanley, The March to the Coast.No Dust Jacket dark blue embossed decorative cloth hardback with small gilt block on front with gold lettering. Spine slightly sunned, dark blue board with gilt title and decoration, rear boards slight rubbing. slight foxing on edges, frontispiece (black and white sketch of Henry M Stanley), otherwise internally very clean tight copy in good condition, 433pp plus book titles, 30 illustrations Undated published by Walter Scott Limited. Standard issue had red decorated boards, I cant find any on the internet with boards this colour??? Good New York Scott Publishing Co. Limited Circa 1902

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Root (A.I.) ABC AND XYZ OF BEE CULTURE 228mm x 160mm x 43mm An Encyclopedia Pertaining to Scientific and Practical Culture o

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Lot 343

Root (A.I.) ABC AND XYZ OF BEE CULTURE 228mm x 160mm x 43mm An Encyclopedia Pertaining to Scientific and Practical Culture of Bees. 16pp Preface plus 720pp. Original gilt embossed, impregnated cloth hardcover. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Very light stain to bottom margin of the first few pages, otherwise a very good clean and tight copy. From the preface to the 1940, 1945, and 1947 Editions; It has not been thought necessary to reproduce the prefaces of each succeeding edition of this work. All told, there have been nearly thirty editions, with an aggregate number of nearly three hundred thousand copies. If we include the editions printed in foreign languages, the number would be close to 50,000 more, or nearly 350,000 in all. It therefore transpires that the book written by A.I.Root for beginners, has finally developed into the ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture. A.I.Root`s first book (published in 1877) was designed primarily for beginners, and hence the name, `ABC of Bee Culture`. Later on there came a call for a book which would cover the need of the more advanced as well as that of the beginner...... Very good Medina, Ohio The A.I. Root Company 1948

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Edmund Calamy (compiler) Cromwells Soldiers Bible 1895 12cm x 19.2cm 1895 Facsimile Edition, Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster

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Edmund Calamy (compiler) Cromwells Soldiers Bible 1895 12cm x 19.2cm 1895 Facsimile Edition, Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, E.C. London. 12mo., 12cm x 19.2cm, 16pp. Yellow paper stringed wraps, with black titles and portrait of Cromwell to front. Sixteen pages of facsimile print plus 5 page introduction by Viscount Wolseley. Title Page: Cromwells Soldiers Bible: being a reprint, in facsimile, of The Souldiers Pocket Bible, compiled by Edmund Calamy, and issued for the use of the commonwealth army in 1643. With a bibliographical introduction and a preface by Field Marshall the Rt. Hon. Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B. The Soldier`s Pocket Bible was first issued in 1643 to Cromwell`s army and was put in general use among his soldiers. The Soldier`s Pocket Bible had just 16 pages that contained some 150 verse quotations from the Geneva Bible, all related to war and intended to inspire morale among Cromwells soldiers. The 150 war-related verses were organized in sixteen sections. Cromwell helped select some of the verses used and supervised the editing of the Soldiers Pocket Bible by Edmund Calamy. It was usually buttoned on the inside waistcoat, placed near the heart, and under the soldier`s outer coat. English Puritan church leader Richard Baxter, relates a story that the life of one of Cromwell`s soldiers was saved by his carrying a copy of the Soldier`s Pocket Bible near his heart; a bullet fired at him became lodged in the pamphlet instead of his heart. Two copies exist of the 1643 edition of The Soldier`s Pocket Bible. The London copy was presented by George III to the British Museum. The only other 1643 copy known is found in the United States and was once owned by the prominent 19th-century book collector George Livermore. The work was reissued in 1693 under the title `The Christian Soldier`s Penny Bible.` This version is similar to Cromwell`s Soldiers` Pocket Bible except for changes to some of the `Headers` and minor alterations in the text. The latter reflect the King James Version of the Bible rather than the Geneva Bible text used for the 1643 edition. In 1861 Riverside Press reprinted one hundred copies of the 1643 text in facsimile for Livermore. At the time of the American Civil War, the American Tract Society printed The Soldier`s Pocket Bible in large numbers to serve as a religious manual for the Northern troops. About fifty thousand copies of The Soldier`s Pocket Bible were reprinted for the troops at that time. Cromwell`s Soldier`s Pocket Bible was the first of the shortened, concise Bible versions that became popular for distribution to troops by military authorities and for use by individuals for personal guidance and inspiration. Condition: Cover worn and torn on spine and chipped and scuffed round the edges. String binding is tight. Pages age-toned and very slightly stained. Pencil mark on p 4 of the introduction. Please not that this lot will be posted from the UK. Fair to Good London Elliot Stock 1895

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John Debrett Debretts Peerage in 2 volumes 1820 Vol. I: England Vol. II: Scotland & Ireland 9.5cm x 16cm Debretts C

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Lot 352

John Debrett Debretts Peerage in 2 volumes 1820 Vol. I: England Vol. II: Scotland & Ireland 9.5cm x 16cm Debretts CORRECT PEERAGE of England Scotland & Ireland with the Exrtinct & Forfeited Peerages of The Three Kingdoms. A List of their Family Names, Second Titles etc And a translation of their Mottos. THE PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND IN TWO VOLUMES 1820 (1st: 1802)[Entered at Stationers Hall]; The thirteenth edition, considerably improved.(The last edition before his death.) LONDON: Printed by G. Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street For F. C. and J. Rivington, St Pauls Churchyard and Waterloo Place; T. Egerton, Whitehall; J. Cuthell, Middle Row, Holborn; J. and W. T. Clarke, Portugal Street, Lincolns Inn; Longman and Co., Paternoster Row; Cadell and Davies, Strand; J. Richardson, Royal Exchange; J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Chapel; J. Booker, New Bond Street; Black and Co., Leadenhall Street; J. Murray, Albemarle Street; Baldwin and Co. and S. Bagster, Paternoster Row; J. Hatchard and Son, Picadilly; J. Harding, St James Street; Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street; Edwards and Knibb, Newgate Street; and B. Lloyd and Son, Harley Street. 18mo., 9.5cm x 16cm 1458 pp [Vol. I: pp 1 636; Vol. II: pp 649 1458] Uniformly bound in brown leather; 5 panels to spine with raised bands; gilt titles and decorative motifs; title and volume number in gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Black and white engravings throughout. Vol. I: Abbreviations; Contents of both volumes; General Index; Alphabetical list of the names of those commoners who have married the daughters of Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Index to the terms of Heraldry; an Explanation of the Heraldic Engraved Terms; the Different degrees of Nobility in England; and other such tables. The volumes include a short history of the family of each titleholder. John Debrett (1753 1822) was the London-born son of Jean Louys de Bret, a French cook of Huguenot extraction. As a boy of thirteen, he was apprenticed to a Piccadilly bookseller and publisher, Robert Davis. He remained there until 1780, when he moved to John Almon, bookseller and stationer. John Almon edited and published his first edition of The New Peerage in 1769, and went on to produce at least three further editions. By 1790 he had passed the editorship on to John Debrett who, in 1802, put his name to the two small volumes that made up The Correct Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland. Despite twice being declared bankrupt, Debrett continued as a bookseller, and retired in 1814. He was found dead at his lodgings on 15 November 1822, and was buried at St James`s, Piccadilly. Condition: Spines both torn and coming away slightly on Vol. II, entirely to one side on Vol. I. Marbled endpapers rubbed with tears, front and rear. Edges of boards bent and scuffed. Binding tight. Some slight foxing and staining, but otherwise pages very clean. A few page corners slightly bent. Illegible name written in ink on front endpaper of both volumes. Please note that this lot will be posted from the UK. Fair to Good London For F. C. and J. Rivington et al 1820

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Samuel Garth Poetical Works 1779 7.6cm x 12.5cm 1st Edition thus, Aug. 19. 1779; At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, Edin

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Lot 353

Samuel Garth Poetical Works 1779 7.6cm x 12.5cm 1st Edition thus, Aug. 19. 1779; At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, Edinburgh: Printed for John Bell near Exeter Exchange, Strand, London. Bells Edition, the Poets of Great Britain, Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. 32mo., 7.6cm x 12.5cm, 216 pp. Leather bound with four raised bands to spine with gilt individual decorative motifs on panels. Bells Poets on red leather square, Garth on black leather square. Two b/w engraved frontispiece illustrations, one of Sir Sam. Garth (after Kneller). Contents: The Life of Sir Samuel Garth; Preface; Copy of an Instrument, subscribed by the President etc in relation to the sick poor; To Anthony Henley, Esq; Poem to the Author; the Dispensary; Claremont; On Her Majestys Statue in St. Pauls Churchyard etc; Epistles; Prologues; Ovids Metamorphoses; Index. This edition is part of Bell`s `Poets of Great Britain, Complete From Chaucer to Churchill`. Garth was made Doctor of Physic in 1691 while at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. In 1696 he prompted the setting up of a Dispensary within the College precinct, where the poor could obtain free advice and cheap medicines. One of the poems printed here, The Dispensary, was a satirical riposte to his enemies in the medical profession gained as a result of this act of charity. Sir Samuel Garth FRS (1661 18 January 1719) was an English physician and poet. Garth was born in Bolam in County Durham and matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1676, graduating B.A. in 1679 and M.A. in 1684. He took his M.D. and became a member of the College of Physicians in 1691. He settled as a physician in London and soon acquired a large practice. He was a zealous Whig, the friend of Addison and, though of different political views, of Pope. He ended his career as physician to George I, who knighted him in 1714. He died on 18 January 1719. Condition: Binding tight, but some evidence of cracking of hinges at front and rear. Some scratches and staining and scuffing to cover. Some staining to front and rear pages. Tissue paper between frontispiece illustrations slightly ragged. Bookplate for Edward Peake on front pastedown. Inscribed on fep: M. A. Fendall (?) and Edward Peake. Bought at secondhand book shop in Cambridge. Sep. 12. 1916. Please not that this lot will be posted from the UK. Good London John Bell 1779

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Phillip Tobias Into the Past (Signed) 153 x 234 mm Signed,Into the Past, a memoir, Picador Africa & Wits University Pres

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Lot 362

Phillip Tobias Into the Past (Signed) 153 x 234 mm Signed,Into the Past, a memoir, Picador Africa & Wits University Press, forward by Sydney Brenner, illustrated with captioned black & white photographs, notes, select bibliography, index, 277 pages, 153 x 234 mm, condition: very good. This book focuses on the first forty years of the author`s life and recounts interactions with Raymond Dart, Robert Broom ,Wilfred LeGros Clark and Theodosius Dobzhansky. The forward is written by Sydney Brenner, a South African biologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel prize in Medicine. South Africa Picador Africa 2005

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth POETICAL WORKS OF LONGFELLOW Octavo (57mmx47mm) About the Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (F

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Lot 366

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth POETICAL WORKS OF LONGFELLOW Octavo (57mmx47mm) About the Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include `Paul Revere`s Ride`, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri`s The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, which was then a part of Massachusetts. He studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former headquarters of George Washington. His first wife Mary Potter died in 1835 after a miscarriage. His second wife Frances Appleton died in 1861 after sustaining burns when her dress caught fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on his translation. He died in 1882. Longfellow wrote predominantly lyric poems, known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses. Description: Book is a Octavo bound in black leather, and has a silver plated front cover. Engraved on the cover is a self-portrait of Longfellow, and has the dates of his birth and death. It has 1104 pages. Gilt engraving on the spine and along the top, front and bottom edges. The head and heel are slightly rubbed and bumped, with rubbing along the left side of the spine. There are large closed end tears towards the bottom, and a small tear on the top of the spine. The silver plated cover has slight dents and scratches. Marks on the front cover and back board. The binding is tight and in good condition. There is a bit of rubbing along the top, front and bottom edges. Offsetting to the front and rear pastedown, and also to the rear free end page. Title and first few pages are slightly bent. Overall the book is in a fair condition. Good - London Eyre and Spottiswoode Circa 1905

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Souvenir Catalogue Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg (1936) 137 x 211mm Official Catalogue of the Empire Exhibition South Afri

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Lot 369

Souvenir Catalogue Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg (1936) 137 x 211mm Official Catalogue of the Empire Exhibition South Africa, 15 September 1936-15 January 1937 , Johannesburg, also eight photographic Empire Exhibition Postcards, period advertisement, illustrations, 300 pages, 137 x 211 mm, condition: very good. The Empire Exhibition coincided with Johannesburg`s Jubilee and was staged on a grand scale to demonstrate the progress made by the British Empire during the past fifty years. With over twenty acres of industrial and commercial exhibits, pavilions displaying the products of Great Britain, the Dominions, Rhodesia and the East African Colonies, while separate buildings housed exhibits of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, the Iscor Steel Works of Pretoria, the South African Railways and the Port of London Authority. Also conferences, technology and entertainment were on offer.The exhibition was held at Milner Park. very good South Afria Empire Exhibition 1936

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H A Aschenborn Hans Anton Aschenborn 3 - Steindrucke / Litografiee / Lithographs This is the third portfolio and contains te

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Lot 377

H A Aschenborn Hans Anton Aschenborn 3 - Steindrucke / Litografiee / Lithographs This is the third portfolio and contains ten lithographs which are partly taken from his large `Afrika-Mappe` These portfolio`s were issued in limited, numbered impressions and this is number 164. Lithographs inside a fold-out envelope. Splendid condition.

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Eric Rosenthal & Eliezer Blum Runner & Mailcoach: Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa (Signed/limited ed) S

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Lot 398

Eric Rosenthal & Eliezer Blum Runner & Mailcoach: Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa (Signed/limited ed) Subscriber`s edition, limited to 500 copies, this is no.37. Signed by both authors. x, 280p. illustrated throughout. Slight discolouration to ffep. Dust jacket has some wear to head of spine and corners. Comprehensive account of postage stamps; their history and development in Southern Africa, including islands such as Marion Island in the Antarctic. Good Cape Town Purnell & Sons 1969

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Jacques Pauw In The Heart of the Whore 160 x 228mm In The Heart of the Whore, The Story of Apartheid`s Death Squads, Souther

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Lot 402

Jacques Pauw In The Heart of the Whore 160 x 228mm In The Heart of the Whore, The Story of Apartheid`s Death Squads, Southern, illustrated, forward, annexures, references, index, 309 pages, 160 x 228mm, some minor edgeware on dust jacket, condition of book: very good.The author has been closely involved with the investigation of Apartheid Death Squads and explains when and why they were created, who ran them, what methods were employed and who the victims and perpetrators were. He is a founder member of the Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad. very good South Africa Southern Book Publishers 1991

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Montague (Lieut.Col. W.E.) BESIEGED IN THE TRANSVAAL Small 8vo (160 x 105 mm) By Lieut.Col. W.E. Montague, Second Battalion

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Montague (Lieut.Col. W.E.) BESIEGED IN THE TRANSVAAL Small 8vo (160 x 105 mm) By Lieut.Col. W.E. Montague, Second Battalion Connaught Rangers. 100 pages, original red light card wrappers, occasional light foxing, overall a very good copy. The siege of Standerton during the First Anglo-Boer 1880-1. On 20 December, 1880 two companies of the 94th Regiment (Connaught Rangers) under Captain Froom were on the way from Wakkerstroom to join their headquarters in Pretoria. After being stopped by a party of Boers, and also being worried about the fate of the garrison at Standerton, he decided to make for that town, the nearest British garrison. Major Montague of the 94th arrived at Standerton from Pietermaritzburg on 24 December to take command of the garrison, which consisted of 3 companies of the 94th (7 Officers and 250 men), one company of the 58th Regiment (1 Officer and 75 men), Mounted Infantry and volunteers (40 men), with a few sappers and men belonging to the Commissariat and Hospital Corps. The civilian population numbered 450. The garrison improvised a heliograph out of mirrors procured locally. They also constructed a large wooden dummy gun which apparently served a useful purpose and kept the enemy guessing. South of the town, the Vaal River formed a natural protection and forts were built on the surrounding koppies and outworks constructed. First shots were exchanged on 29 December. On 4 January, 1881 the garrison made its first sortie, the intention being to occupy Stander`s Kop from where the enemy fire had proved annoying. An attempt to surprise the Boer piquet which occupied this height by day and was supposed to sleep in a farmhouse beneath the hill at night, ended in the raiding party being themselves surprised by a party of Boers. A second sortie was made by the garrison on 7 February when the mounted men attacked a small fortification occupied by about 60 Boers some two miles away: Reinforcements to the threatened fortification were ambushed by the raiding sortie. On 7 March the garrison repulsed a determined attack made by the Boers from the south. Officers bearing the official message from Sir Evelyn Wood rode into the town on 25 March, and so ended the siege, which lasted 88 days, bringing to a conclusion a well sustained resistance with casualties consisting of five killed - 2 privates of the 58th, one of the 94th, and two troopers of the mounted volunteers. From the Military History Journal (The South African Military History Society) Volume 5, No. 2, December 1980. Very good Edinburgh & London William Blackwood and Sons 1881

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[Rae Bros. (Editors)] HOW WESTRALIAS SONS SERVED THE EMPIRE Size: Oblong 8vo (180 x 245 mm) In South Africa. A.D. 1900. An

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[Rae Bros. (Editors)] HOW WESTRALIAS SONS SERVED THE EMPIRE Size: Oblong 8vo (180 x 245 mm) In South Africa. A.D. 1900. An Historical Memento of an Epoch-Making Period. Edition de Luxe. Copyrighted by Rae Bros., Publishers, Photo-process House, 547-449 Elizabeth Street North, Melbourne. 96 pages of photographs within coloured borders (group photos of the various contingents and views of the troops in South Africa) with commercial advertisements opposite, pictorial card covers with green cloth spine. The bottom of the front cover is missing, contents good. Ferguson (J.A.) Bibliography of Australia, Volume 6.(1977), page 145, Stiffened covers, title overprinted in blue and red against background of soldiers, flags, map of South Africa and medallion of battle. Pp. 5-15 deal with the First and Second Contingents and Imperial Bushmens Corps; remainder of text consists of photographs with advertisements facing. Only one copy listed. Not in A South African Bibliography or the Supplement (volume 5) or Dornbusch (C.E.) Australian Military Bibliography (1963). In the days when the population of Australia was little more than 3.5 million, a total of 16,175 volunteers were accepted to fight overseas. The services of as many again were turned down. Unsuccessful applicants in considerable numbers managed to find their own way to South Africa to join the ranks of the colonial forces being raised there. Wallace (R.L.) The Australians at the Boer War. Good Melbourne Rae Bros. 1900

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[Robb (Mrs J.R.)] THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF THE FIRST BRITISH WOMAN RELIEVED BY LORD ROBERTS 8vo (180 x 120 mm) 40 Pages, ill

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[Robb (Mrs J.R.)] THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF THE FIRST BRITISH WOMAN RELIEVED BY LORD ROBERTS 8vo (180 x 120 mm) 40 Pages, illustration of Mrs Robb`s house, Jacobsdal, Shewing Maxim Bullet Marks in Corrugated Iron Roof` on the back cover, printed brown light card covers, a very good copy. A South African Bibliography, volume 4, page 49, `A diary of four and half months spent in Jacobsdal, O.F.S. during the South African War. Jacobsdal is a small village in the Orange Free State about thirty miles south-east in Kimberley. Her husband, away on business and unable to return to the Free State for fear of being commandeered for goods or personal service, Mrs Robb decided to stay in what she describes as `this intensely Dutch village.` Although not trained, she volunteered at the local hospital as a nurse and attended the wounded - Boer, British and African. She comments interestingly on life in the town during the occupation by the Boer forces and upon her work in the hospital which, for some of the time, was taken over by a German ambulance which she describes as being `fully equipped with all the latest improvements.` The hospital received wounded from the major battles which took place in the area including Magersfontein. Very good Printed at the Aberdeen Journal Office 1900

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Casalis, Rev. E The Basutos; or, Twenty-Three Years in South Africa (1861 edition) 13.5x19.5cm pp. xix + 355 + 8; This scarc

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Casalis, Rev. E The Basutos; or, Twenty-Three Years in South Africa (1861 edition) 13.5x19.5cm pp. xix + 355 + 8; This scarce title is professionally rebound in half leather on marble boards with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, new end papers. Very light foxing on first and last leafs, previous owner`s name in ink on first fly. Very Good London James Nisbet & Co 1861

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Eybers, Elizabeth Die Stil Avontuur Small 8vo. The scarce first edition of the poet`s second published book. A 44pp. slim v

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Eybers, Elizabeth Die Stil Avontuur Small 8vo. The scarce first edition of the poet`s second published book. A 44pp. slim volume in the original paper covered boards with slight chipping and wear of the spine. Owner`s signature and date on ffep. ow. a clean copy. About Very Good Pretoria Van Schaik 1939

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Sutherland (Wm.S.) SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHES, PARODIES, AND VERSES, UP-TO-DATE 8vo (205 x 135 mm) 96 pages, decorated orange, w

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Lot 41

Sutherland (Wm.S.) SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHES, PARODIES, AND VERSES, UP-TO-DATE 8vo (205 x 135 mm) 96 pages, decorated orange, white and blue paper covered boards with brown cloth back, a stapled binding. The edges of the boards are insect damaged and the cloth of spine frayed at the top and bottom. A South African Bibliography, volume4, page 445,`Humorous sketches, verse, etc., mainly connected with the author`s experiences in Aliwal North while that town was occupied by the Boers (November 1899 - March 1900).` Fair Cradock The Midland Printing and Publishing Co. Limited 1901

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Wallace (Edgar) WRIT IN BARRACKS 8vo (195 x 130 mm) x + 121 pages + 48 pages of the publishers catalogue dated October 1901

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Wallace (Edgar) WRIT IN BARRACKS 8vo (195 x 130 mm) x + 121 pages + 48 pages of the publishers catalogue dated October 1901, original red cloth titled in gilt on the upper cover and spine, edges uncut, a very good copy. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 579, A volume of poems, the majority of which are written on subjects connected with the British army in the South African War. Many of the stanzas appeared from time to time in the daily newspapers, but others are published for the first time. Very good London Methuen and Co. 1900

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Archer (Sir G.) & Godman (E.M.) THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN 4to (280 x 200 mm) Their Life Histo

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Lot 46

Archer (Sir G.) & Godman (E.M.) THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN 4to (280 x 200 mm) Their Life Histories, Breeding Habits and Eggs. 4 volumes: 1570 pages continuously paginated, photogravure portrait of Archer, 34 colour plates (28 by Thorburn and 6 by Gronvold), 23 black & white illustrations, 4 folding maps - 2 coloured, green cloth gilt - top edges of volumes 1 & 2 gilt, other edges uncut, with gilt vignettes on the upper covers. The corners of volumes 1 & 2 are bumped and there is some light foxing in these volumes mainly restricted to the endpapers and the backs of a few of the plates, overall the contents are good, volumes 3 & 4 are in the dust jackets which have some minor nicks along the edges, the plates and contents in these volumes are bright. Overall a good set. Volumes 1 & 2 were issued in 1937 by Guerney and Jackson. Volumes 3 & 4 did not appear until 1961, published by Oliver and Boyd. These volumes complete the series of which the first two volumes appeared in 1937, The aim of the work is to give details of the life histories, breeding habits and eggs of the birds of the whole of the Red Sea area and the Horn of Africa - an area of great ornithological interest because of its situation at the crossroads of north-south and east-west migration routes. The coasts of the Red Sea are followed by many hundreds of thousands of Palaearctic birds ranging in size from tiny warblers to great Steppe-Eagles in their migration from Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The east-west route across the area is followed by migratory birds from Southern Asia to Northern Somaliland. Editors note. Good

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Hughes (J.E.) EIGHTEEN YEARS ON LAKE BANGWEULU 8vo (255 x 190 mm) With an Introduction by Major H. C. Maydon. 376 pages,

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Lot 47

Hughes (J.E.) EIGHTEEN YEARS ON LAKE BANGWEULU 8vo (255 x 190 mm) With an Introduction by Major H. C. Maydon. 376 pages, photographic frontispiece and numerous photographic plates, colour map as front endpaper, original yellow cloth with gilt titling on the spine and a vignette on the upper cover. The cloth is stained and lifting at the bottom of the upper cover, the lower hinge is split along the entire length, staining at the bottom of the endpaper map and this carries through the ten leaves, name stamps on the front free endpapers, the remainder of the contents are good. A fair copy only. Czech (Dr Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books from 1785 -1999, page135, `Hughes travelled to Nyasaland in 1901 as an assistant native commissioner in the British South Africa Company, eventually resigning his post in favour of becoming a full-time hunter and trader. Over the next decade, he explored and hunted around Lake Bangweulu and its attendant swampy region, and the rivers Chambesi and Luapula. There are numerous hunting incidents, particularly after elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros, with cheetah bagged near the Luena River. In addition, eland, sable, puku, sitatunga, warthog, and other game was collected. He also provides advice for future sportsmen: `Always aim low at a buffalo - his chest is only two feet from the grouud; nevery fire unless you can see him properly`....This is an excellent work of hunting and adventure with wonderful detail of the area (today`s Zambia), and quite scarce.` Fair London Published by The Field No date (circa 1933)

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Kemp (A.) & Calburn (S.) THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 4to (308 x 240 mm) 184 pages, colour frontispiece, numerous colour

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Lot 48

Kemp (A.) & Calburn (S.) THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 4to (308 x 240 mm) 184 pages, colour frontispiece, numerous colour plates and text illustrations, decorated cream cloth, the spine of the dust jacket is slightly faded, a good copy in the pictorial card slip case. Good Cape Town Struik Winchester 1987

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Smith (Andrew) ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA Large 4to (330 x 250 mm) 3 volumes: Volume 1 Mammals, Volume 2 B

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Lot 52

Smith (Andrew) ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA Large 4to (330 x 250 mm) 3 volumes: Volume 1 Mammals, Volume 2 Birds, Volume 3 Reptiles, Fish & Invertebrates. Facsimile reprint: 268 + 494 + 703 pages, frontispiece portrait in volume 1, 17 + 114 + 113 colour plates, full brown leather gilt, a very good set. Set number 83 of the edition limited to 350 numbered sets. Kirby (P.) Sir Andrew Smith`s Zoology, A re-examination of the facts relating to its publications. Africana Notes & News, volume II, no. I. December 1944, pages 3-15. `Andrew Smith from the moment of his arrival in South Africa in 1821, interested himself in the natural history of the sub-continent. He began immediately to collect and to preserve specimens, and to publish descriptions of them wherever possible, both in South Africa and overseas. He founded the South African Museum in June, 1825, and issued the first part of a descriptive catalogue of some of the contents in 1826. He published in `The South African Commercial Advertiser` a series of articles which were intended to give in outline the zoology of South Africa, and he was the leading spirit in the founding of the first scientific paper to be published in the country, `The South African Quarterly Journal`, to which he contributed many valuable ornithological notes. He went on quite a number of scientific expeditions during his stay in South Africa, but it was his great expedition of 1834-1836 that supplied the bulk of the material for his classic work on South African Zoology.` A prospectus was issued for the publication. `The Work will appear in periodical parts, price ten shillings each; and it is estimated that it will be completed in about thirty-four parts. As it will be necessary that the plates be published promiscuously, they will be arranged in five divisions, viz., MAMMALIA, AVES, PISCES, REPTILIA and INVERTEBRATAE. The plates of each of these divisions will be numbered independently, and the letter-press descriptions left unpaginated, so that on the work being completed, they may be arranged either agreeably to the general classified order which will accompany the last number or according to the particular views of the purchaser.` Very good Johannesburg Winchester Press (1838-1849) 1977

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Leipoldt (C. Louis) STORIES VIE DIE KINDERS 8vo (215 x 170 mm) Geillustreer deur A.M. Luyt. 123 pages, colour frontispiec

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Lot 64

Leipoldt (C. Louis) STORIES VIE DIE KINDERS 8vo (215 x 170 mm) Geillustreer deur A.M. Luyt. 123 pages, colour frontispiece, full page and other illustrations, decorative chapter headpieces, original grey cloth printed in black and decorated in red. Light foxing on the title page, publishers compliments stamp on the half title page, a good copy. Kaapstad Nasionale Pers, Beperk 1922

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[Meyer (John)] JOHN MEYER IN RETROSEPCT.(Signed by the artist) 4to (235 x 205 mm) 15th October 5th November 1983 Unpagin

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Lot 72

[Meyer (John)] JOHN MEYER IN RETROSEPCT.(Signed by the artist) 4to (235 x 205 mm) 15th October 5th November 1983 Unpaginated 28 pages comprising an introduction and 7 pages of John Meyer in conversation with Jenny Hobbs, and 13 of colour and black & white reproductions of Meyers works, pictorial card covers (paperback), a very good copy signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. Very good Johannesburg The Everard Read Gallery 1983

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Stuart (John Sobieski Stolberg) & Stuart (Charles Edward THE COSTUMES OF THE CLANS. Large folio (580 x 525 mm) With obs

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Lot 77

Stuart (John Sobieski Stolberg) & Stuart (Charles Edward THE COSTUMES OF THE CLANS. Large folio (580 x 525 mm) With observations upon the literature, art, manufactures, and commerce of the Highlands and Western Isles during the middle ages, and on the influence of the sixteenth century, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries upon their present condition. xix, lxii, 171 pages, additional chromolithographic title page, 36 plates engraved or lithographed plates mostly hand coloured, publishers half red roan and patterned green cloth sides, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, marbled endpapers with cloth hinges, all edges gilt. The roan leather is worn and rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners. The green cloth is lightly insect scarred and with some staining, the second free endpaper is detached, plate 24 is loose and the protruding edge is frayed and soiled, the binding is a little loose. The plates and contents clean and bright. An edition limited to 500 copies. This copy is unnumbered. Fair Edinburgh, London, Paris, Leipzig & Sydney 1982

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Sonia Clarke Zululand At War 1879. The Conduct of the Anglo-Zulu War. 26 X 27cm Brenthurst Series 10-General Editor, Eric Ax

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Sonia Clarke Zululand At War 1879. The Conduct of the Anglo-Zulu War. 26 X 27cm Brenthurst Series 10-General Editor, Eric Axelson. Zululand at War 1879-The Conduct of the Anglo-Zulu War- For over a hundred years the Anglo-Zulu War has remained a source of great interest and controversy. On 22nd January 1879 Queen Victoria`s proud redcoats were soundly defeated by King Cetshwayo`s well-trained and courageous Zulu soldiers at Isandlawana. Some hours later the tide was partly turned with the heroic British defence by the tiny garrison of Rorke`s Drift. However, British prestige and honour was again shattered when the young Prince Imperial of France, Louis Napoleon, was killed whilst out on a mapping expedition in Zululand. Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British forces in southern Africa, was superseded by the ambitious general Sir Garnet Wolseley, but not before Chelmsford had led his men to victory at Ulundi. It was left to Wolseley to capture Cetshwayo and to end hostilities. Inadequacies of the British army had been revealed in the Crimean War and reforms had supposedly been introduced to remedy the defects, but the Anglo-Zulu War showed clearly that many short-comings still remained, especially in the sphere of transport and supply. The letters in this volume, all previously unpublished, reveal this struggle for change and the opposing conservative and reforming elements within the army.Written mostly by officers serving in Zululand, the texts are freely expressed, without fear of censorship... Hardcover with dustcover(chip).Illustrated endpapers-Frontispiece-/ Preface and Introduction- 299 pages text with 69 further plates and four maps. Very clean copy. Very Good Houghton The Brenthurst Press 1984

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Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman Trees of Southern Africa (Three vols) Three volume set. Covering all known indigenous species

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Lot 94

Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman Trees of Southern Africa (Three vols) Three volume set. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. xv, 2235p; Illustrated with colour plates, b/w photographs, sketches of leaves, fruits and branches. All three volumes in very good condition in like dust jackets. Previous owner`s name on front paste-down endpaper. Very good Cape Town A.A. Balkema 1972

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[Fourie (Jopie)] AUTOGRAPH LETTER 255 x 200 mm Autograph letter, 255 x 200 mm, on lined paper. The edges are frayed and the

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Lot 102

[Fourie (Jopie)] AUTOGRAPH LETTER 255 x 200 mm Autograph letter, 255 x 200 mm, on lined paper. The edges are frayed and there are two tape stains and foxing marks. This handwritten copy of Josepf Johannes `Jopie` Fourie`s letter to General Louis Botha is one of the early copies made to circulate among friends, family and supporters of the 1914 Rebellion. In a time of war, fratricide and suspicion, Afrikaners who supported Jopie Fourie kept his letters well hidden. The poet, Jan Celliers records that he kept his Jopie letters hidden in a flask buried in his garden. Later, typed versions of Jopie`s letters were secretly circulated, but this handwritten copy, along with a few other copies, must be considered as historical source documents as the original version has still not seen the light of day. Jopie Fourie addressed this letter to General Louis Botha in the mistaken belief that Botha, as Prime Minister, was responsible for ordering his execution by firing squad. The tragedy is that neither Botha nor the nation were aware that the then Minister of Defence, Gen. Jan Smuts, used his powers under Martial Law, without even consulting Botha, to rely on the legal technicality that since Jopie Fourie had not first resigned his commission as a citizen force officer in the Union Defence Force, he could be shot. He was arrested on 16 December 1914, and a few days later on the Sunday morning of 20 December he faced his killers without a blindfold singing a hymn for them. At the time, Gen. Louis Botha was not even in Pretoria, but on his farm and the first time that he heard of Jopie`s death was hours later in the evening of the 20th December. The main ring leaders of the rebellion, such as Generals De Wet and Kemp were fined and served short periods of their prison sentences. The majority of historians hold that General Koos de la Rey was accidentally shot on 15 September 1915. This is how Jopie Fourie became the first and most important martyr of the Afrikaner cause and led to the downfall of Gen. Smuts in the 1948 election. The drama of the letters written by a condemned man hours before his death has inspired Afrikaners ever since, and whether or not Gen. Botha would have stayed the execution had he received Jopie`s letter before the execution remains a moot point. The sentence in this letter: `Ik ga op reisen en......Oom Louis en u zendt mij` would only have made sense to Gen. Louis Botha if he had read Jopie`s letter to the Afrikaner nation, drafted a few minutes before, which describes Jopie`s `reisen`, or journey to his heavenly Father and eternity with his trusted leader and friend, Jesus. Sometimes the names of the recipients of the copies of the Jopie letters had their names written at the top, but usually in the same hand. What looks like `De Wet` written in a different hand on both the right and left hand margins of this document cannot be explained. This detailed research kindly provided by Arnaud Labuschagne of Gandolph`s Books, Kensington, Johannesburg.

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Ron Lock Blood on the Painted Mountain. Zulu Victory and Defeat Hlobane and Kambula, 1879 (SIGNED) 16 X 24cm Blood on the Pa

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Lot 108

Ron Lock Blood on the Painted Mountain. Zulu Victory and Defeat Hlobane and Kambula, 1879 (SIGNED) 16 X 24cm Blood on the Painted Mountain-Zulu Victory and Defeat Hlobane and Kambula, 1879. The Zulu stronghold of Hlobane(`the painted mountain`) dominated a vast area of disputed land in northern Natal. It was the scene of a terrible reverse for the British, but at Kambula the next day they inflicted an even more catastrophic defeat upon the Zulus. The Zulus never fully recovered from this repulse, and it marked the turning point in the war. The slaughter at Hlobane was second only to that of Isandlwana two months earlier, which ravaged morale in the British Army. This was in part responsible for the highly questionable conduct of some of the officers when faced with the enemy at Hlobane, leading to the British rout at Devil`s Pass. Without defeat at Hlobane, however, victory at Kambula might not have been possible: the warriors of the leading Zulu regiments, over-confident after their resounding success, were easily provoked into an ill-judged attack on the enemy camp at Kambula, and exhausted themselves before the British survivors of the previous day`s battle set out in pursuit. leaving 1000 Zulu dead on the Zunguin Plain. Hardback with Dustcover-Signed to title page. 224 pages text with supporting maps, illustrations and photographs. FINE. Fine-BOXED London Greenhill Books 1995

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Sir Reginald Coupland Zulu Battle Piece- Isandhlwana 14.5 X 22.5cm When he wrote this little classic, which historians of th

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Lot 109

Sir Reginald Coupland Zulu Battle Piece- Isandhlwana 14.5 X 22.5cm When he wrote this little classic, which historians of the period rank alongside Morris`s more famous Washing of the Spears. Sir Reginald Coupland was the foremost living authority on the history of the British Empire. In Zulu Battle Piece he describes,with swift and vivid strokes, the situation between whites and blacks, the great military qualities and terrifying military tactics of the Zulu warriors and the characters of the Englishmen, soldiers and politicians, involved in the disaster: and then having the consummate art and scholarship prepared the reader, he sets the great action in that strange,eerie land, until the reader can truly feel that he has lived through it himself. The aftermath brings him to Rorke`s Drift and the gallant British stand that averted irretrieveable disater. In his new introduction to this readable and concise work, Ian Knight discusses Coupland`s thinking and sets the book in its proper historical and literary perspective. Hardback with Dustcover-Map to front endpaper- Introduction- 144 pages text with nine plates and three maps. FINE. Fine London Tom Donovan 1991

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Various Lot of Four Hunting Books-The Hunting Instinct/The African Adventures-A Return to the Silent Places/The Last Ivory H

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Lot 112

Various Lot of Four Hunting Books-The Hunting Instinct/The African Adventures-A Return to the Silent Places/The Last Ivory Hunter-The Saga of Wally Johnson/Walk Through the Wilderness. As Listed Four Hunting Books as listed below: THE LAST IVORY HUNTER-The Saga of Wally Johnson, by Peter Hathaway Capstick. Published by St. Martin`s Press- New York. 1988- 10th Impression. Hardback with Unclipped dustcover. ISBN 0 312 00048 0.xix plus 220 pages text with photograpghs.Fine. The African Adventures-A Return to the Silent Places, by Peter Hathaway Capstick. Published by St. Martin`s Press-New York.1992. Second Impression. Hardback with Unclipped dustcover. ISBN 0 312 07622 3. xii plus 244 pages text with photographs. Very Good. The Hunting Instinct-Safari Chronicles on Hunting,Game Conservation,and Management in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia 1990-1998,by Philip D. Rowter. Published by Safari Press Inc- Long Beach/USA 1999. Second Impression.Hardback with Unclipped Dustcover. ISBN 1 57157 158 2. xiii plus 237 pp text with many photographs. FINE. The Walk Through the Wilderness, by Clive Walker and Don Richards-Published by Purnell-Johannesburg- First Edition. Hardback with Unclipped Dustcover. ISBN 0 360 00275 7. xxii plus 146 pp text supported by numerous photographs, sketches etc. Slight offset to endpapers. Very clean copy. Very Good As Listed As Listed As Listed

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Various Lot of SIX-ANGLO BOER WAR BOOKS- As Listed Assortment of six Anglo-Boer titles, as below: Painting The Map Red-Can

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Lot 114

Various Lot of SIX-ANGLO BOER WAR BOOKS- As Listed Assortment of six Anglo-Boer titles, as below: Painting The Map Red-Canada and The South African War 1899-1902, by Carman Miller. Published by the University of Natal Press-Pietermaritzburg. 1998. First Trade paperback edition . ISBN 0 86980 939.3. xvi with maps- 541 pages text supporting numerous maps. Near Fine. .Baden-Powell-Biography by Tim Jeal. Published by Hutchinson-London- 1989. First edition. Hardback with Unclipped Dustcover. ISBN 0 09 170670 X. Illustrated endpapers- xxi plus 670 pages text supported with photographs. Small nick to dustcover. Very clean copy. The Garrett Papers, Edited with an Introduction by Gerald Shaw. Published by the Van Riebeeck Society-Cape Town 1984. Second Series Number 15. First edition-Hardcover as published without dustcover.ISBN 0 620 08211 9. Foreward and Preface 152 pages text with supporting photographs. Nera Fine. Lawrence Richardson-Selected Correspondence(1902-1903) Edited by Arthur M. Davey. Published by The Van Riebeeck Society-Cape Town 1977. Second Series Number 8. First edition- Hardcover published without dustcover. Introduction- 219 pages text with photographs and folding map. Very clean copy.Private Tucker`s Boer War Diary- The Transvaal War of 1899. 1900, 1901 & 1902 With the Natal Field Forces. Compiled & designed by Pamela Todd & David Fordham. Published by Elm Tree Books-London- 1980. Hardback with Unclipped Dustcover. First Edition. ISBN 0 241 10272 3. 192 pages text supported by photographs/sketches/ drawings and data. Near Fine. Letters From Ladysmith-Eyewitness Accounts From The South African War. Edited by Edward Spiers/ Foreward by Ian Knight. Published by Jonathan Ball-Johannesburg- 2010. Hardback with unclipped Dustcover. First Edition. ISBN 978 1 86842 415 3. xiv, plus 192 pages text with illustrations and maps. As New. Very Good As Listed Various As Listed

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Fleming, Ian Dr. No 8vo First edition, 256pp., with first-state dust-cover (has the author`s name in black along the jacket`

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Lot 118

Fleming, Ian Dr. No 8vo First edition, 256pp., with first-state dust-cover (has the author`s name in black along the jacket`s spine). Book condition: the black cloth boards are in very good condition, with a little wear at the head of the spine. The page edges and end-papers are uniformly spotted, with the original bookseller`s small sticker at the bottom of the f.p.e.p. The spotting continues (to a lesser degree) into the preliminaries, and sporadically throughout the text, with occasional finger-stains; the binding is still firm. Dust-cover condition: well worn, chipped, rubbed, and creased at the edges and folds, with small patches of loss at the spine ends, spine faded, rear panel spotted, not price-clipped. The cover is now housed in a Brodart protective sleeve. good London Jonathan Cape 1958

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Fleming, Ian Goldfinger 8vo Book condition: the black cloth boards are in very good condition, skull motif on front board, a

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Lot 119

Fleming, Ian Goldfinger 8vo Book condition: the black cloth boards are in very good condition, skull motif on front board, and spine title in gilt. The page edges and end-papers are lightly spotted, with previous owner`s name and book seller price in pencil on front end-papers. The light spotting continues sporadically throughout the text, with occasional finger-stains; the binding is still firm; 318pp. Dust-cover condition: chipped, rubbed, and creased at the edges and folds, with small patches of loss at the spine ends, spine faded, price-clipped. The front edge fold being more heavily worn, with loss. The cover is now housed in a Brodart protective sleeve. good London Jonathan Cape 1959

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Fleming, Ian The Spy Who Loved Me 8vo Book condition: the brown cloth boards are in very good condition, silver dagger motif

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Lot 121

Fleming, Ian The Spy Who Loved Me 8vo Book condition: the brown cloth boards are in very good condition, silver dagger motif on front board, and spine title in silver. The spine ends are lightly worn, with a small split at the head. The page edges and preliminaries are lightly spotted (end-papers are bright red, clean, no inscriptions). The light spotting continues sporadically throughout the text, with occasional finger-stains; the binding is still firm; 221pp. Dust-cover condition: a good jacket (second-state, with price 16s. net), with rubbing and marking especially visible on the rear panel, spine faded, some wear to author`s name at top of spine with letters `Fl` missing. The jacket is now housed in a Brodart protective sleeve. good London Jonathan Cape 1962

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