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It will be some time before we have Q251 ready!
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TRANSVAAL
#26453 Cooper, Alan. & Vieler, Douglas. A CENTURY OF BROTHERHOOD
1895-1995. Centenary History Of The District Grand Lodge Of The
Transvaal Under The United Grand Lodge Of Antient Free And Accepted
Masons Of England. Gilt on maroon skivertex boards. 252pp
illustrated 8vo. No inscription. small label ffep. minor spine
lean, some marks to lower edge and on a number of pages. thus a VG
copy in Good dustwrapper (worn especially at spine ends, shows damp
stains internally). Centenary Committee c.1995.
£60.00
Covers periods by its Grand Masters, then by each
individual lodge.
WESTERN CAPE
#26323 de Villiers, Simon A. ROBBEN ISLAND. Out Of Reach, Out Of
Mind. A History Of Robben Island. Blue cloth boards. 169pp.
illustrated 4to. No inscription. a Good clean copy in matching
dustwrapper (general wear especially along edges). Struik. Cape
Town 1971 stated 1st edition. isbn 9780869770092
£16.00
Covers events through to the end of the 19thC
during which time the island was used variously as a
leper colony, asylum, infirmary, prison, and a
general haven for the unwanted. Bibliography and
other informational appendices.
#26392 Tapson, Winifred. (Illus. Leng Dixon). TIMBER AND TIDES. The
Story Of Knysna And Plettenberg Bay. Printed paper covered boards.
199pp illustrated b/w photos, drawings, fold-out genealogy chart at
rear for George Rex. Bookplate to ffep. G+ condition in lesser
dustwrapper (worn, stained, loss at head and tail of spine).
contents excellent Juta. Cape Town 1961 1st edition.
£10.00
Covers the subject areas of George Rex of Knysna,
allegedly the son of King George III and Hannah
Lightfoot, and the ships associated with this port.
Interesting chapter on local shipwrecks
#26449 Worden, Nigel. & Groenewald, Gerald. (Eds). TRIALS OF
SLAVERY. Selected Documents Concerning Slaves From The Criminal
Records Of The Council Of Justice At The Cape Of Good Hope,
1705-1794. Gilt title on chocolate cloth boards. 681pp. tipped-in
frontis. 8vo. No inscriptions. top edge shows minor spotting else a
Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper with minimal wear. Van Riebeeck
Society (VRS). Second Series No.36. Cape Town 2005. isbn 0958452237
£20.00
A collection of 87 verbatim records of trials
involving slaves at the Cape during the 18th century.
The cases are drawn from the exceptionally rich
archives of the Council of Justice at the Cape of
Good Hope under the rule of the Dutch East India
Company (VOC), and illuminate not only the grim
details of crime and punishment at the Cape in that
century, but also abundantly details telling features
of the lives, labours, languages and outlook of
slaves and other inhabitants of the Dutch colony.
Reading these case records provides glimpses of these
slaves as flesh and blood people instead of as a
faceless, silent mass, the object only of outsiders'
observations and enumeration. The transcriptions are
printed in the original Dutch, each with an English
translation.
EASTERN CAPE
#24872 Leibbrandt, H.C.V. THE REBELLION OF 1815 GENERALLY KNOWN AS
SLACHTERS NEK. A Complete Collection Of All The Papers Connected
With The Trial Of The Accused; With Many Important Annexures. Blue
cloth boards. 979pp 8vo. foldout map at rear. Front board detached,
preliminary pages loose but all present, thus Poor condition. MAP
MISSING. Cape Town, London, 1902.
£20.00
The records of the 1815 uprising at Slachtersnek
which is about 5km north east of Cookhouse in the
Somerset East district. The handling of this event by
the authorities and the harsh sentences imposed
embittered the Afrikaners towards the British
colonial administration of the time.
NATAL & ZULULAND
#26454 Shamase, M.Z. ZULU POTENTATES From The Earliest To
Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu. Printed wraps. 170pp softcover. Bookplate
inside front wrap else a clean VG copy. S.M. Publications. Durban
1966 1st edition. isbn 970620206280
£60.00
In this work an exposition of the reign of each
Zulu potentate is interspersed with izibongo (praise
poems) which can be useful to the historian. As
concentrated historical texts they provide the
definitive statement of what the people of the time
thought of the king.
#26451 Volker, Walter V. THE "COTTON GERMANS" OF NATAL. From
Bramsche To New Germany: The Story Of The Bergtheil Colonists And
Their Descendants 1848-2006. Printed wraps. 723pp A4 format.
English & German text, but genealogies all in English. No
inscription. VG+ condition. Self. Pretoria 2006. isbn 9780620362986
£100.00
Die "Baumwolldeutschen" Von Natal. From Bramsche
Nach Neu-Deutschland: Die Geschichte Der Bergthei
Kolonisten Und Ihren Machkommen. The story of an
intrepid group of 187 individuals who reached the
shores of Natal in March 1848 on board the barque
"Beta". Most came from the cotton-milling town and
district of Bramsche in the Kingdom of Hanover in
northern Germany and had been encouraged to make this
new beginning by Jonas Bergtheil who had the grand
scheme of starting a cotton growing and milling
enterprise in this new colony. Ultimately the
experiment was to prove a failure but all of the
settlers decided to stay on in their newly adopted
country. This work contains a brief history, maps and
photographs, data, a bibliography and stories of the
earliest days as recounted by the older settlers. The
largest part of this publication is devoted to an
extensive collection of the genealogies of the 43
families involved in the enterprise including that of
Bergtheil and the Rev. Posselt. A collection of over
1200 individuals with a comprehensive index and
additional information on many of them. The
descendants of the original families made a
significant contribution to Natal and further afield.
GENERAL AFRICANA (History, unclassified)
#26339 Huxley, Julian. AFRICA VIEW. Black cloth boards. 455pp.
erratum slip. illustrated photos, foldout map at rear. 8vo.
Bookplate to front pastedown. pages tanned. a Good clean sound
copy, map excellent with no tears. Chatto & Windus, London 1931 1st
edition.
£12.00
The author traveled to East Africa, ostensibly to
advise on certain aspects of native education. His
account ranges far beyond that and is a major
commentary on British East Africa at that time.
ANTHROPOLOGY, RELIGION, MYTH & LEGEND
#26448 Dargie, David. XHOSA MUSIC. Its Techniques And Instruments
With A Collection Of Songs. 235pp softcover 8vo. No inscription.
tanned, generally VG condition. original tape cassette not
included. David Philip 1988. isbn 0864861028
£20.00
Outlines the techniques of the music, including the
only use of overtone singing in African traditional
music, which are studied from the African and Western
musicological viewpoints. In its rhythms, its
instrumental and singing techniques, Xhosa music is
at the same time typically African and yet in many
ways unique.
ARTS & CRAFT
#26456 Greig, Doreen E. HERBERT BAKER IN SOUTH AFRICA. Gilt title
on black skivertex boards. xvi +276pp illustrated 4to. No
inscription. 4 square corners. eps foxed. overall VG+ in Good only
dustwrapper (considerable wear to top edges and around head of
spine, stains inside show through to rear panel, no major loss or
tears, reasonable shelf or table appearance). Purnell. Cape Town
(1970). isbn 9780360001039
£40.00
Copy No.1742 of 2000. A well illustrated history of
Baker's work and time in South Africa.
#26291 Nilant, F.E.G. DIE HOUT- EN LINOSNEE VAN J.H. PIERNEEF.
Stone buckram boards with Balkema device to front. 197pp
illustrated 4to. Bookplate to front pastedown. eps tanned & a
little tanned externally on board top edges, splash to top of
text-block, else near VG in Good dustwrapper (worn and chipped
along edges, spine soiled. no loss but some insect attrition on
fold-in edges). Contents unmarked, overall G-VG condition. A.A.
Balkema. Cape Town 1974.
£195.00
Afrikaans text. 165 items illustrated and
discussed. "Pierneef painted Africa. His landscapes
were different from anything seen in paint before.
Baines, Oerder and others had painted the same
scenes, but Pierneef saw them with new eyes. He
created an original style out of this new subject
matter”.
BIOGRAPHY (Diaries, memoirs, family & company histories)
#26301 Cartwright, A.P. THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN. The Life And Times
Of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. Black gilt cloth boards, 256pp
illustrated large 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. A G-VG copy in
worn dustwrapper (chipped, rubbed, &c. no major loss or tears).
Unmarked clean contents. Purnell. Cape Town 1971. isbn 0360001505
£10.00
Author of 'The Transvaal From Within',
Fitzpatrick's life spanned momentous years in South
Africa's history. Renowned for his South African'ness
his career involved bank clerk, gold digger,
newspaper editor, a partner in gold mining finance, a
member of parliament, and a pioneer in the citrus
industry. The 2-minute armistice silence originated
with his suggestion. Nevertheless he is most well
remembered as author of 'Jock Of The Bushveld' and
for his role as secretary of the Reform Committee.
#26344 Crossley, Julian. & Blandford, John. THE DCO STORY. A
History Of Banking In Many Countries 1925-71. Printed boards, 339pp
illustrated 4to. Top edge dusty else a Fine copy in VG dustwrapper
(worn & chipped along top edge, crease to lower front, no major
loss or tears). Barclays Bank International Limited. London 1975.
isbn 9780905002002
£15.00
Surveys as a whole the development of 'DCO'
(Dominion, Colonial, and Overseas) from the time of
its creation as an 'empire bank' to its emergence as
an international bank.
#26406 Helme, Nigel. THOMAS MAJOR CULLINAN. A Biography. Blue cloth
boards. 269pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. G-VG
condition in dustwrapper (rubbed, chipped, worn especially along
edges, no loss or tears). McGraw-Hill. Johannesburg 1974.
£8.00
Famed for the Premier diamond mine east of
Pretoria, Sr Thomas Cullinan was a man of many
talents. Tells of the discovery of diamonds east of
Pretoria, the subsequent history and development of
the mine, and its eventual acquisition by De Beers.
#26431 Markham, Beryl. WEST WITH THE NIGHT. 293pp softcover.
Bookplate inside front wrap. rear scuffed to card lower edge. an
excellent clean reading copy. Virago. London 1984 reprint.
isbn 9780860685418
£5.00
"Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the
Night? ...She has written so well, and marvelously
well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a
writer. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with
words, picking up whatever was furnished on the job
and nailing them together and sometimes making an
okay pig pen. But this girl, who is to my knowledge
very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade
bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider
ourselves as writers ... it really is a bloody
wonderful book." Ernest Hemingway.
#26383 Marlowe, John. CECIL RHODES. The Anatomy Of Empire. Plum
cloth boards. 304pp 8vo. No inscription. top edge dusty, bottom
edge marked with cokey line (new bookshop cancellation). overall
G-VG condition in Good dustwrapper (chipped & worn especially at
spine ends, rubbed, faded to spine, no major loss or tears). Elek.
London 1972. stated 1st edition. isbn 9780236154494
£10.00
This book is a study of British imperialism during
the last three decades of the nineteenth century as
illustrated by the career of Cecil Rhodes. Not
intended as a definitive biography of Rhodes, he
nevertheless features prominently as the book's
central character. The rise and fall of Cecil Rhodes
runs parallel with the high summer and early autumn
of British imperialism, and the author captures the
hectic atmosphere of those days in Southern Africa.
#26434 Metelerkamp, Sanni. GEORGE REX OF KNYSNA. The Authentic
Story. Cream cloth boards, 303pp, illustrated with b&w photos. 8vo.
Bookplate to front pastedown. General wear and handling apparent, a
G+ copy in Good only dustwrapper (rubbed, chipped, clipped, no
major loss or tears). Howard Timmins. Cape Ton 1963 1st edition.
£10.00
Could this man have changed the course of history?
Perhaps the mystery will never be completely cleared
up, but this book will make many people wonder if
George III really married Hannah Lightfoot, the
lovely Quakeress, and if so....
#26420 Millais, J.G. LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS. Gilt on
royal blue cloth boards. xi + 387pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown. a VG+ copy in Poor dustwrapper (heavy wear,
chipped, loss around head of spine). Pioneer Head. Salisbury 1975.
facsimile reprint of the 1918 Longmans Green edition with a new
Introduction. isbn 9780869180075
£25.00
Copy No.293 of 1000. A full biography of the man,
not limited to his life and experiences in Africa,
from childhood to death in action in German East
Africa, 1917.
#26376 Rivett-Carnac, Dorothy E. HAWK'S EYE. Yellow cloth boards,
178pp illustrated small 4to. No inscription. A Good clean copy in
worn dustwrapper (rubbed, chipped to head & tail of spine), no
major loss or tears). Howard Timmins. Cape Town 1966 1st edition.
£10.00
The life story of Lord Henry Charles Somerset -
second son of Henry Beaufort, 5th Duke of Beaufort
(governor of the Cape Colony from 1814 to 1826). He
participated in every Frontier War from 1819 until
1852 as a member of the Cape Mounted Rifles. The
sobriquet for Colonel Somerset implies a peculiar
species of hawk famous for its keen sight and its
activity.
#26382 Robinson, A.M. Lewin. (Ed). THE LETTERS OF LADY ANNE BARNARD
TO HENRY DUNDAS. From The Cape And Elsewhere 1793-1803. Together
With Her Journal Of A Tour Into The Interior And Certain Other
Letters. Gilt on terracotta boards, half rexine. 303pp illustrated
b/w plates etc. large 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown, neat
owner's signature ffep. 4 square corners, very minor fading
detected to front, overall VG, no dustwrapper. Balkema. Cape Town
1973.
£15.00
Newly edited with an introduction and notes. Lady
Anne Barnard was the wife of Andrew Barnard, newly
appointed Secretary of the Colony. In the absence of
Lady McCartney, the wife of Earl McCartney - newly
appointed as a civil Governor of the Cape - she
became the de facto First Lady of the Cape. Her
letters supply us with an unrivalled picture of life
at the Cape at the turn of the 18th Century. They
were no less a source of information to her intimate
friend Henry Dundas, Secretary for War and the
Colonies, back in London.
#25897 Thurman, Chris. GUY BUTLER. Reassessing A Literary Life.
374pp softcover. As-new unread copy. University of KwaZulu Natal
Press 2010. isbn 9781869141837
£10.00
The book makes use of Butler's private
correspondence and unpublished archive material,
combining biographical insight with criticism of his
publications in various genres to offer a balanced
explication of his life and work. Several copies
available.
#26387 Van Der Byl, Piet. THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN. Mango cloth boards.
164pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to ffep. top edge dusty, G-VG
condition in Good dustwrapper (bright, small loss from top of
spine, rubbed especially rear, no tears). Howard Timmins. Cape Town
1973 1st edition.
£6.00
The third volume of author's autobiography,
commencing with the fall of the Smut's government
after World War 2.
EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA
#26350 Harlow, Vincent. Chilver, E.M. & Smith, Alison. (Eds).
HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA. Volume II. Printed green wraps. 766pp
softcover. Bookplate inside front wrap. ff tanned, spine fading, a
VG copy. Oxford University Press 1976 reprint. isbn 9780198227137
£25.00
The second volume of a 3-volume history. a standard
work. Essays include: D.A. Low, British East Africa:
The Establishment Of British Rule 1895-1912. D.A.
Low, Uganda: The Establishment Of The Protectorate
1894-1919. W.O. Henderson, German East Africa
1884-1918. O.F. Raum, German East Africa: Changes In
African Tribal Life Under German Administration
1892-1914. C.C. Wrigley, Kenya: The Patterns Of
Economic Life 1902-1945. George Bennett, Settlers And
Politics In Kenya Up To 1945. John Middleton, Kenya:
Changes In African Life 1912-1945. Cyril Ehrlich, The
Uganda Economy 1903-1945. R.C. Pratt, Administration
And Politics In Uganda 1919-1945. Kenneth Ingham,
Tanganyika: The Mandate And Cameron 1919-1931.
Kenneth Ingham, Tanganyika: Slump And Short-Term
Governors 1932-1945. Margaret L. Bates, Tanganyika:
Changes In African Life 1918-1945. J.E. Flint,
Zanzibar 1890-1950. Various useful appendices on
Kenyan land policy, the British mandate for East
Africa, currency equivalents, & Ministers and
principle officials responsible for East African
affairs 1895-1945. [See #26349, Oliver et al, for
Volume 1).
#26329 Holman, Dennis. THE ELEPHANT PEOPLE. Orange cloth boards,
226pp, illustrated 8vo. A sound copy with unmarked contents.
However rated Poor because the rear board has been damp-marked and
looking unattractive, the rear of the dustwrapper is also affected
(price-clipped else complete and with no major loss or tears).
However it remains a clean reading copy if a bit musty. John
Murray. London 1967 1st edition.
£20.00
This is the story of the first real contact between
white men and the elephant people of Kenya, the
Liangulu, when Tsavo was declared a National Park in
1948. In an effort to save an animal species from
extinction, a unique tribe of men are probably being
destroyed and there is a plague of elephants.
#26351 Hunter, J.A. & Mannix, Dan. AFRICAN BUSH ADVENTURES. Maroon
cloth boards. 252pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown.
top edge dusty, VG in dustwrapper (price-clipped, tanned, general
light wear along edges & spine-ends, rear soiled, no loss or
tears). Hamish Hamilton. London 1954 2nd imp.
£20.00
Author's collection of stories of the opening of up
of East Africa as seen through the eyes of early
pioneers.
#26333 Huxley, Elspeth. WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY. Volume 1 1914-1931.
Volume 2 1870-1914. Lord Delamere And The Making Of Kenya. 2
volumes. green cloth boards. 315pp & 333pp. 2 foldout maps to Vol.1
and also 2 foldout maps to Vol.2. Bookplate to front pastedown of
both volumes. top edges dusty hence VG copies in lesser
dustwrappers (For Vol.1 soiled, spines tanned & stained. For Vol.2
similar but with significant loss to centre of rear). Chatto &
Windus. London 1968 with new Preface. isbn 0701108347
£70.00
Not merely a biography of Lord Delamere, but so
wide in scope as also to be a history of Kenya.
Interestingly this was the author's first published
book. Lord Delamere, the son of The 2nd Baron
Delamere and his wife, Augusta Emily Seymour, moved
to Kenya in 1901 and acquired vast land holdings from
the British Crown. Over the years, he became the
unofficial 'leader' of the colony's European
community. He was famous for his tireless labours to
establish a working agricultural economy in East
Africa and was the undisputed, but unofficial, leader
and spokesman for Kenyan settlers for 30 years
#26349 Oliver, Roland. & Mathew, Gervase. (Eds). HISTORY OF EAST
AFRICA. Volume I. Gilt on navy cloth boards. 500pp 8vo. Bookplate
to front pastedown. 4 square corners, top edge dusty, VG condition,
no dustwrapper. a nice copy. Oxford University Press 1971 from
corrected sheets of the first edition (1963). isbn 9780198216155
£30.00
The first volume of a 3-volume history. a standard
work. Essays include: S.J.K. Baker, The East African
Environment. Sonia Cole, The Stone Age Of East
Africa. G.W.B. Huntingford, The Peopling Of The
Interior Of East Africa By Its Modern Inhabitants.
Gervase Mathew, The East African Coast Until The
Coming Of The Portuguese. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville,
The Coast 1498-1840. Roland Oliver, Discernable
Developments In The Interior c.1500-1840. Sir John
Gray, Zanzibar And The Coastal Belt 1840-84. Alison
Smith, The Southern Section Of The Interior 1840-84.
D.A. Low, The Northern Interior 1840-84. John Flint,
The Wider Background To Partition And Colonial
Occupation. Marie De Kiewiet Hemphill, The British
Sphere 1884-94. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, The German
Sphere 1884-98.
FICTION AND CREATIVE WRITINGS
#26396 Bosman, Herman Charles. MAFEKING ROAD. Black cloth boards.
166pp. Bookplate to front pastedown. 4 square corners. rear board a
bit marked, ffep showing offset else a VG copy in matching
dustwrapper (minor wear at head of spine else no chips, tears, or
loss). a good looking copy. Human & Rousseau. Cape Town 1969 new
edition. isbn 9780798102872
£6.00
Bosman's best-loved and classic stories about the
Marico District of the western Transvaal and Oom
Schalk Lourens.
#26307 Elliot, Geraldine. (Illustrated Sheila Hawkins). THE SINGING
CHAMELEON. A Book Of African Stories Based Upon Local Custom,
Proverbs And Folklore. Grey cloth boards. 168pp illustrated 8vo. No
inscriptions. a sound & clean G+ copy in lesser dustwrapper
(price-clipped, spine tanned, loss to head of spine). Routledge &
Kegan Paul. London 1962 reprint. same content as isbn 9780869540671
isbn 9780869540671
£10.00
A collection of African folk tales for children
charmingly illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.
#25761 Gordimer, Nadine. THE CONSERVATIONIST. 252pp brown cloth
boards 8vo. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. a VG+ copy in lesser
dustwrapper (shows fading to spine & adjacent and to top edges,
shows residue of two small labels to front, no loss or tears). An
excellent example among many copies of dubious quality. Jonathan
Cape 1974 stated 1st edition. isbn 0224010352
£20.00
A classic of SA apartheid literature by Booker
Prize-winning author. A wealthy white industrialist
learns that his place in Africa cannot be bought when
an abandoned corpse surfaces on his property.
#26461 Gray, Stephen. (Ed). WRITERS' TERRITORY. Edited With Preface
And Notes By Stephen Gray. Printed wraps. 199pp. 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown Longman, Cape Town 1973 stated first edition.
isbn 9780582601369
£10.00
A selection of writings on Africa. Stories from:
Luis de Camoes, David Livingstone, Jules Verne, Rider
Haggard, Mark Twain, Joshua Slocum, Olive Schreiner,
Rudyard Kipling, Julius Schmidt, David Lytton,
Pauline Smith, William Plomer, Eugene Marais, Herman
Charles Bosman, Muriel Spark, Alan Paton, Jack Cope,
Richard Rive, Athol Fugard, Alan Scholefield, Etienne
Leroux, Nadine Gordimer, Barney Simon, Luis Bernardo
Honwana, Jan Rabie, J.M.G. Le Clezio. Biographical
notes.
MINING & allied
#26324 Cartwright, A.P. DOCTORS OF THE MINES. A Commemorative
Volume ... Gilt on red cloth boards. 169pp illustrated small 4to.
No inscription. top edge spotted else a VG+ copy in G-VG
dustwrapper (spine faded, wear at head & tail of spine, no major
loss or tears). Purnell. Cape Town (1971). isbn 0360001106
£16.00
... Published In 1971 To Mark The 50th Anniversary
Of The Founding Of The Mine Medical Officers'
Association Of South Africa. With A History Of The
Work Of The Mine Medical Officers.
#26343 McNish, J.T. GRAVES AND GUINEAS. Gilt on green skivertex
boards. 287pp illustrated 4to. No inscription. square corners, top
edge spotted else a VG+ copy in lesser dustwrapper (rubbed, chipped
along top edges & some loss to head of spine, but no major loss or
tears). C. Struik. Cape Town 1969.
£15.00
Describes the life of the early diamond diggers,
covering Kimberley during the years 1871-1873. An
early history of Cecil John Rhodes and other
well-known characters of the diamond fields is given.
#26378 McNish, J.T. THE GLITTERING ROAD. Green cloth boards. 198pp.
illustrated small 4to. No inscription. edges tanned. 4 square
corners. a VG copy, no dustwrapper. Struik. Cape Town 1970 1st
edition.
£10.00
Kimberley 1874-1876, a new diamond field era began
with deeper mines and a need to solve the conflicting
interests generated at the time of the rushes and
shallow diggings. The prolonged battle for power
began with names like Rhodes, Beit, Barnato, Jameson
etc in the foreground.
MISCELLANEOUS AFRICANA
#26326 Brown, A.C. (Ed). A HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR IN SOUTH
AFRICA. A Collection Of Essays Published On The Occasion Of The
Centenary Of The Royal Society Of South Africa. Blue skivertex
boards. 516pp illustrated b/w photos drawings. large 8vo. Bookplate
to front pastedown. a VG copy, very clean, in poor dustwrapper
(major closed tears front and rear which can be repaired, no loss).
Royal Society Of South Africa. Cape Town 1977.
£10.00
21 contributed papers cover all scientific fields
of endeavour in which South Africans have made
outstanding contributions. William J. Talbot,
Pathfinders & Pioneers Explorers & Scientists
1487-1976. Vernon S. Forbes, Some Scientific Matters
In Early Writings On The Cape. S. Meiring Naude &
A.C. Brown, The Growth Of Scientific Institutions In
South Africa. J.H. Day, Marine Biology In South
Africa. R.F. Lawrence, Insects Arachnids And
Peripatus. Douglas Hey, The History And Status Of
Nature Conservation In South Africa. B.C. Jansen, The
Growth Of Veterinary Research In South Africa. John
F. Brock, Some Highlights Of Medical Research In
South Africa. Phillip V. Tobias, A Century Of
Research In Human Biology And Paleo-Anthropology In
Southern Africa. R.A. Dyer, Botanical Research In
South Africa In The Twentieth Century. D.M. Joubert,
Agricultural Research In South Africa: An Historical
Overview. Frank L. Warren, Organic & Biological
Chemistry In Southern Africa. M.A. Cluver & T.H.
Barry, Advances In South African Vertebrate
Palaeontology. S.H. Haughton, South African Geology.
A.M. van Wijk, R.W. Vice, & P.H. Stoker, The History
Of Geomagnetic Ionospheric & Cosmic-Ray Research In
South Africa. Walter Schaffer, A History Of Physics
In South Africa. S.P. Jackson, Meteorology &
Climatology. R.H. Stoy, Astronomy In South Africa.
E.A. Bunt, Some Highlights Of Engineering Research In
South Africa. A.C. Brown, The Amateur Scientist. A.V.
Hall, A History Of The Royal Society Of South Africa.
#25787 Houliston, Victor. THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL
AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES. Volume 17. 2007. 98pp softcover. Fine
condition. The Southern African Society of Medieval and Renaissance
Studies. 2007.
£610.00
Articles include: Arlene Oseman, Magic As Power:
The Influence Of Marsilio On Early Modern Conceptions
Of The Occult. Eugenie R. Freed, 'If Eve Did Erre Was
It For Knowledge Sake': Women's Education And
Educated Women In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth
Centuries. John Gouws, Religious Authority And Poetic
Knowledge: The Alternative Of Nicolas Oldisworth's
Farewell To Poetry. Anthony N. Parr, 'Odd Conceits
And Crafty Jugglings': The English Nation In Rome In
The Late Sixteenth Century. Christopher Thurman, 'God
Delay Our Rebellion': Sexuality And Theology In
'All's Well That Ends Well' And 'Measure For
Measure'.
#20975 Mackenzie, Alison. (Ed). THE SOUTH AFRICAN RACEHORSE. July
1991. Glossy 184pp A4 periodical. VG condition. pp24-32 were
bound-in duplicated and have been removed Horsman Publications.
1991.
£20.00
Special Stallion Edition. We have other copies of
this publication, details on request.
#18679 Malan, B.D. REPORT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNION
OF SOUTH AFRICA. Annual Report No.20. Printed green wraps.
double-ended stapled. bilingual 8pp each. Neat small ownership
inscription to top front wrap. wraps tanned else VG condition.
Department of Education, Arts and Science. Pretoria 1956.
£8.00
For The Period 1st April 1954 to 31st March 1955.
English & Afrikaans texts.
#26107 Northern Transvaal Branch Of The Medical Association Of
South Africa. (President Dr M.M. Adams). ANNUAL DINNER. November
3rd 1928. 230mm wide x 180mm high printed blue on cream stock,
single fold. Lightly tanned else VG condition. 1928.
£10.00
Polley's Hotel, Pretoria. Shows Toast List, Menu,
Wine List.
#2373 Thos. Cook & Son (South Africa) Ltd. MUSIC LOVER'S TOUR OF
EUROPE. Music Lover's Tour 1952/3 - Programme. 355mm wide x 230mm
high, single fold flyer. A little spotted, tanned, but no tears or
other marks. VG condition. Thos. Cooke 1952.
£12.00
"Arranged in collaboration with Mr Ernest
Fleischmann, the South African conductor and music
critic, and the South African branch of the
International Society for Contemporary Music". Thomas
Cooke offered an extensive tour departing Cape Town
5th December 1952 by the "Pretoria Castle" and
returning there on 5th February by the "Stirling
Castle. Venues included Paris, Milan (La Scala Opera
House), Rome, Venice, Vienna, Munich, Zurich,
Hamburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, & London. Operas and
concerts were visited at every stop.
MISSIONARY TRAVEL AND ENDEAVOURS
#26395 Champion, George. (Ed. Alan R. Booth). JOURNAL OF THE REV.
GEORGE CHAMPION. American Missionary In Zululand 1835-9. Sea-green
cloth boards. 149pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown
and gift inscription to ffep. else a conservatively VG copy in Good
dustwrapper (spine tanned, some minor stains & wear, no loss or
tears). a good clean copy despite limitations noted. C. Struik.
Cape Town 1967 1st edition.
£10.00
George Champion was one of a party dispatched by
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions (in 1834?) to start a mission near Port
Natal, the party arriving in Cape Town on 6th
February 1835. They were instructed to keep a daily
journal for submission to the Board. Delayed by act
of war they only arrived in Port Natal on 21st
December 1835. Champion's diary starts on this date.
Dingane was never a trustworthy person and his
attitude to the missionaries changed almost daily.
Champion's diary is a valuable personal insight into
Dingane's despotic rule.
NORTH AFRICA
#26321 Moorehead, Alan. THE BLUE NILE. Plum cloth boards. 308pp
illustrated b/w photos, foldout maps. 8vo. Bookplate to front
pastedown. a G-VG copy in frail worn dustwrapper. excellent
unmarked fold-out map. a sound clean copy. Hamish Hamilton. London
1967 4th imp.
£10.00
The expansion of western civilisation into
territories forgotten or unknown since Roman times
led to the French invasion of Egypt in 1798, the
Turkish conquest of the Sudan in 1821 and the British
expedition to Ethiopia in 1868. This book completes,
with the previously published 'The White Nile', a
study of the history of the river in the 19thC. Here
the Author steps back in time to 1798 and is
concerned with events on the Blue Nile and on the
main stream that descends from Ethiopia through the
Sudan and Egypt to the sea.
NATURAL HISTORY
#26311 Adams, Jill. WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHERN CAPE. Veldblomme
Van Noord-Kaapland. Softcover. 173 full-page coloured plates.
Department Of Nature & Environmental Conservation. Provincial
Administration Of The Cape Of Good Hope. Cape Town 1976.
isbn 9780620020411
£5.00
English & Afrikaans text. Illustrations from live
specimens growing in the Kimberley area. Index of
botanical and common names.
#26315 Benson, C.W., Brooke, R.K., Dowsett, R.J., & Irwin, Michael
P. Stuart. THE BIRDS OF ZAMBIA. Red cloth boards. 414pp
illustrated. Bookplate to front pastedown. Boards show damp marks,
contents unaffected. dustwrapper covered contact plastic, a bit
cockled. Overall Good only although contents excellent. Wildlife
Conservation Society Of Zambia 1971. isbn 9780002110976
£15.00
A handbook of 699 species. Supercedes the four
previously published checklists of birds. This is not
a field guide for species identification, rather it
gathers together all of the knowledge then available
about the species listed - habitat, distribution,
subspecies, breeding, references &c. Useful
appendices.
#26455 Burrows. J.E. SOUTHERN AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES. Gilt
title on dark green vynide boards. 359pp illustrated colour & b/w
drawings and colour photographs. 4to. No inscriptions. 4 square
corners. top edge show spotting else a VG+ copy in matching bright
glossy dustwrapper (mild rubbing apparent at rear, no chips, tears,
or loss). Frandsen Publishers. Sandton 1990. isbn 9780620146166
£85.00
This book describes ferns growing in forests, in
grasslands, on high mountains, species surviving as
resurrection plants in extremely arid habitats and a
few that are even floating aquatics. The 343 species,
including 12 introduced ones, are described and
illustrated in detail. Every species is illustrated
with colour photographs, and there are over 800 line
drawings.
#26399 Carter, Nick. THE ARM'D RHINOCEROS. Terracotta cloth boards.
284pp illustrated 4to. Bookplate to front pastedown. G-VG condition
in matching dustwrapper (rubbed, general wear, no major loss chips
or tears). Andre Deutsch. London 1965 1st edition.
£5.00
He successfully evolved the method of darting
rhinoceros for capture, doing this with a crossbow
from foot, Land Rover, or helicopter. Working for the
Kenya Game Department, Carter the Darter (as he was
known) became famous for his work with rhinoceros
such that an episode of the Anglia TV featured him in
their 'Survival' series.
#26316 Crass, R.S. (Illus. Esme Hennessy & Rosemary Ahrens).
FRESHWATER FISHES OF NATAL. Green cloth boards. 167pp illustrated
8vo. No inscription. eps tanned, G+ condition in worn G-
price-clipped dustwrapper. the folding map is in the rear pocket is
as new) and the folding illustration of 3 bass is also excellent.
Shuter & Shooter. Pietermaritzburg 1964.
£10.00
Every known freshwater fish in Natal is identified,
its habitat, food, life history, and other related
data are given in full. There are also chapters on
tackle and methods of fishing, and on aquatic plants
and animals.
#26352 Dagg, Anne Innis. & Foster, J. Bristol. THE GIRAFFE. Its
Biology, Behaviour, And Ecology. Black cloth boards. 210pp
illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. near VG in lesser
dustwrapper (spine tanned, minor wear, no chips, tears, or loss).
Van Nostrand Reinhold 1976 1st edition. isbn 9780442224318
£26.00
A specialist book on the subject. Authors carried
out extensive field research. An extensive
bibliography is given. "Some writers have discovered
ugliness and a want of grace in the giraffe, but I
consider that he is one of the most strikingly
beautiful animals in the Creation .." Gordon Cumming
1850.
#26379 Davies, David H. ABOUT SHARKS AND SHARK ATTACK. Red cloth
boards. 237pp illus col.b/w photos. 8vo. Bookplate to front
pastedown. G-VG clean, in G- dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed,
loss at head of spine). Shuter & Shooter. Pietermaritzburg 1964.
£30.00
Author was director of the Oceanographic Research
Institute in Durban. A detailed look at research on
sharks and their attacks on humans. Well illustrated.
#26432 De V. Pienaar, U. THE REPTILE FAUNA OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL
PARK. Monograph No.1. Supplement to Koedoe. Printed wraps. 223pp
illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. ff tanned, worn at head of spine,
else a VG copy. The National Parks Board, 1966.
£15.00
A definitive scientific guide to the reptilian
fauna of the Kruger National Park.
#26356 Eliovson, Sima. DISCOVERING WILD FLOWERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.
Gilt on green skivertex boards. 253pp illustrated colour plates.
4to. Bookplate to front pastedown. sello remains on eps. hence VG
only in VG dustwrapper (price-clipped, mild wear only, no major
chips, tears, or loss), an attractive copy. Howard Timmins. Cape
Town 1969 2nd edition
£6.00
A review of wild flowers, with over 100 species
described and illustrated photographically in colour.
Text and illustrations on facing pages. Not a field
guide but still a good reference work.
#26458 Finch-Davies, Claude Gibney. (Ed. Alan Kemp). THE BIRDS OF
PREY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Gilt on brown cloth boards. 339pp
illustrated 4to. No inscription. edges show a little foxing else a
Fine unmarked copy in VG dustwrapper (rubbed, spine fading, worn
along top edges, some minor loss at head of spine, no other chips,
no tears). good shelf and table appearance. Winchester Press.
Johannesburg (1980). isbn 9780620045780
£110.00
Copy No.1289 of 1700. a total of 140 coloured
plates with extensive text.
#16712 James, P.W. & Hawksworth, D.L. (Eds). THE LICHENOLOGIST.
Volume 9. 1977. Part 1. Green wraps. Academic library stamp front
wrap, else VG+ condition. Academic Press London 1977.
£10.00
Articles In This Issue Include: T. Ahti, The
Cladonia Gorgonina Group And C. Gigantea In East
Africa. A. Henssen, The Genus Zahlbrucknerella. B.J.
Coppins & A. Vezda, Macentina A Lichen Genus New To
Europe. J. Margot, L'Epiphyllie Des Lichens Du Genre
Strigula Est-Elle Un Cas De Parasitisme? Quelques
Observations Morphologiques. D.L. Hawkesworth,
Literature On Air Pollution And Lichens Part 6. O.L.
Gilbert, Field Meeting At Lancaster.
#26285 Letty, Cythna., Dyer, R.A., Verdoorn, Inez C. & Codd, L.E.
WILD FLOWERS OF THE TRANSVAAL. Green buckram boards. 362pp
illustrated 174 coloured plates. 4to. Bookplate front pastedown. a
G-VG copy in poor dustwrapper (chipped, heavily tanned to spine,
soiled, insect depredations) hence a clean sound copy in an
unattractive dustwrapper. Wild Flowers Of The Transvaal Book Fund.
1962.
£20.00
Cythna Letty's botanical drawings are among the
best available. Most of the more attractive species
of the Transvaal flora are illustrated in colour - 82
families, 282 genera, & 425 species, and others as
pencil sketches. A standard reference work.
#26450 Maclean, Gordon Lindsay. (Illus. Kenneth Newman & Geoff
Lockwood). ROBERTS BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Silver on blue
skivertex. lxxx + 77 cold.plates + 871pp. (note this impression has
the argent on navy wrapper mimicking the boards). No inscription.
the dustwrapper is secured to the boards with transparent
protective film. Let us make a virtue out of necessity and say thus
extremely useful as a field copy! top edge a little dusty, contents
unmarked. Voelcker. Cape Town 1993 6th edition 2nd imp. 1996.
isbn 9780620175838
£10.00
This edition include all plates together,
identification keys, 13 indices in various languages
including German, Xhosa, & Zulu. The definitive book
on South African birds. The newer 7th edition is a
huge oversized +5kg volume that needs its own
lectern. This 6th edition is still convenient enough
to read easily or used as a field guide.
#26385 Marais, Eugene. THE SOUL OF THE APE. Introduction by Robert
Ardrey. Blue cloth boards. 226pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown. a bit dusty, G-VG condition in G+ dustwrapper
(spine tanned, marked & dusty, no loss or tears). Human & Rousseau.
Cape Town 1969 1st edition.
£5.00
Author's study of the habits of baboons led him to
the conclusion that man's subconscious mentality is
in fact the primitive, instinctive mind, which has
been crowded out by the development of a reasoning
intellect during the evolutionary process.
#26380 Potgieter, D.J., Duplessis, P.C., & Skaife, S.H. (Comp).
ANIMAL LIFE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. Green buckram boards. 469pp
illustrated 4to. Bookplate to front pastedown. VG condition in G+
dustwrapper (chipped & worn along the top especially at head of
spine, no major loss or tears). Nasou. Cape Town 1971 1st edition.
isbn 9780625001996
£10.00
Individual articles by over 40 specialist authors
on Invertebrates: lower invertebrates, arthropods,
echinoderms. Vertebrates: chordates, fishes,
amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. General: animal
fossils, nature conservation in South Africa, South
West Africa. A well-illustrated and detailed review
that can be placed technically above the many popular
books giving an outline of the subject matter.
#26398 Robins, Eric. THE EBONY ARK. Black Africa's Battle To Save
It's Wild Life. Olive green cloth boards. 185pp illustrated 8vo.
Small neat ownership inscription to front pastedown. VG condition
in G-VG shiny dustwrapper (spine faded, general wear, no major loss
or tears). Barrie & Jenkins. London 1970. isbn 9780257652252
£5.00
Foreword by Kenneth Kaunda. "gives a fascinating
and hopeful picture of what is being done by
individual countries to preserve our heritage of
wildlife" (blurb. Almost 50 years later, obviously
not enough!).
#26413 Spinage, C.A. THE BOOK OF THE GIRAFFE. Blue cloth boards.
191pp illustrated 8vo. errata slip. Neat ownership inscription to
front pastedown. a VG copy in shiny G-VG dustwrapper (wear at spine
ends, no loss or tears). Collins. London 1968. isbn 9781112616853
£15.00
A study of the giraffe in history from its
appearance in cave paintings and Egyptian art, also a
study of the intricate physical characteristics of
the animal. An appendix is devoted to the Okapi, its
only living relative.
#26314 Williams, John G. (Illus. Roger Tory Peterson). A FIELD
GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. Red cloth boards.
288pp illustrated. No inscriptions. G-VG condition in Good
dustwrapper. Collins. London 1969 4th imp.
£5.00
459 species described and illustrated (179 in
colour) that inhabit the area from "Rhodesia to the
Red Sea". The text gives details of plumage, size,
voice, flight, habitat, & distribution. Notes on
field identification for the entire African continent
are given for a further 324 allied species.
POLITICAL & SOCIAL
#26320 Ncube, Don. THE INFLUENCE OF APARTHEID AND CAPITALISM ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK TRADE UNIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Izwi Labasebenzi
No.1. Green softcover 176pp. 8vo. Several ownership stamps to
preliminary pages else a VG+ copy. Skotaville. Johannesburg 1990
4th imp. isbn 9780947009052
£10.00
Analyses the historical birth, demise, and
re-emergence of Black unions in South Africa: it
covers the spectrum of general, industrial and
co-ordinating union bodies which emerged to
ameliorate the conditions to which black workers were
subjected and to serve as countervailing forces to
oppose the oppressive power balance.
SPORTS & SPORTSMEN
#26310 Player, Ian. MEN, RIVERS AND CANOES. Pale blue cloth boards.
147pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate front pastedown. G+ condition in
Good only dustwrapper (tanned, worn at head of spine). contents
unmarked. Simondium. Cape Town 1964.
£10.00
Tells of the first journey down the Umsindusi, the
forming of the Natal Canoe Club, the conquest of the
Umkomaas river, a trip through the wilderness of the
Pongola with its hippos. crocodile, and bird life.
Also ventures into the history of Tongaland in
north-east Zululand.
NAMIBIA ((German) South West Africa)
#26327 Esterhuyse, J.H. SOUTH WEST AFRICA. The Establishment Of
German Authority In South West Africa. Terracotta cloth boards.
262pp illustrated 8vo. No inscription. Some offset to preliminary
pages. overall G-VG in Good dustwrapper (spine well tanned, wear at
head of spine, rear shows handling, no major loss or tears).
Struik. Cape Town 1968.
£22.00
Originally published as a thesis for a Doctorate.
Gives a synopsis of events during the first ten years
of German administration. A summary is also given of
the period from 1880 when the Nama-Herero war broke
out until German annexation. This gives a greater
understanding of the issues with which the German
Imperial government contended in the early years.
#26313 White, Jon Manchip. THE LAND GOD MADE IN ANGER. Reflections
On A Journey Through South West Africa. Terracotta cloth boards.
308pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. A Good copy in
G- dustwrapper (worn, rubbed, chipped, spine tanned, no major loss
or tears). George Allen & Unwin. London 1969 1st edition.
isbn 9780049160064
£5.00
A personal travelogue. Travelling by Land Rover
along dirt roads the author visited places not then
normally accessible to visitors.
TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
#26410 Campbell, John. TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA Undertaken At The
Request Of The Missionary Society. Gilt on green vynide boards.
400pp. illustrated. foldout map. 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown.
mild spine lean, a VG- copy in G+ dustwrapper (worn & chipped at
head of fading spine, shows damp stain to rear, no loss or tears).
Struik Collectanea Volume XLVII (47). C. Struik. Cape Town 1974.
facsimile of the Black Parry Hamilton 3rd edition corrected London
1815. isbn 9780869770443
£40.00
Copy 728 of 1000. Campbell visited and inspected
the string of missions established in South Africa by
the London Missionary Society. Over a period of 17
months from his arrival in 1812 he recorded much of
interest outside of the missionary field. His route
took him to the Moravian missions at Groenekloof &
Genadendal, thereafter to Bethelsdorp. He crossed the
Orange River to Griquatown and other mission stations
for the half-caste Hottentots where he had meetings
with the Hottentot chiefs. Then he traveled further
north to Kuruman, following up with his journey
westwards through the desert parallel to the Orange
River and finally south along the coast back to Cape
Town.
#26415 Coupland, Reginald. KIRK ON THE ZAMBESI. A Chapter Of
African History. Red cloth boards. 286pp illustrated frontis,
plates, foldout map at rear. 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. top
edge dusty, dib to spine near title, overall G-VG condition in G-
dustwrapper (spine tanned and frittered at ends, some stains, small
loss in spine corresponding to dib, no other major loss or tears).
unmarked folding map at rear. Oxford University Press. 1968
reprint.
£30.00
A biography of Sir John Kirk that principally
covers his part in the expedition up the Zambesi in
the footsteps of Livingstone. Provides a review of
Africa in 1850, then covers the outset of the
expedition in 1858, the 'discovery' of Nyasaland
(Malawi) in 1859-1860, the climax and end of the
expedition 1861, 1862, 1863, finishing with a review
of the results of the expedition. Does not cover the
subsequent important 20 years of his working life
spent in Zanzibar. Interesting sketches and
photographs by Kirk reproduced here. Also some
letters between Kirk & Livingstone.
#26416 Holub, Emil. (Tr. Ellen E. Frewer). SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH
AFRICA. Volume 1. Travels, Researches, And Hunting Adventures,
Between The Diamond Fields And The Zambesi. Gilt & black decorated
green boards. xxiii + 426pp + 32pp adverts. illustrated plates,
folding map. 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown, hidden beneath
dustwrapper fold-in). VG condition in dustwrapper (rubbed along
spine edges, no chips, loss, or tears). overall an attractive copy
with decent shelf appearance. Africana Reprint Library Volume Four.
Africana Book Society. Johannesburg 1975 facsimile reproduction of
the Sampson Low 1881 edition with new Foreword. isbn 9780949973146
£20.00
This volume describes his voyage to Cape Town &
Port Elizabeth and then onwards to the diamond fields
where he settled and operated a medical practice. For
the first of his 3 expeditions (1873) he journeyed
from his home at Dutoitspan to Wonderfontein and
returned. For the second (1873-1874) his journey was
to Shoshong, then in Khama's kingdom, and back again
to Dutoitspan. He was a physician, explorer,
cartographer, and ethnographer, and with an excellent
ability to observe and record.
#26417 Holub, Emil. (Tr. Ellen E. Frewer). SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH
AFRICA. Volume 2. Travels, Researches, And Hunting Adventures,
Between The Diamond Fields And The Zambesi. Gilt & black decorated
green boards. x + 479pp. illustrated plates. 8vo. Externally
attractive save for stains on top edge which mark a small area at
the top of of each page through much of the book (text not
affected). Therefore only a Good copy in lesser dustwrapper
(heavily chipped and worn at head of spine). Africana Reprint
Library Volume Five. Africana Book Society. Johannesburg 1975
facsimile reproduction of the Sampson Low 1881 edition.
isbn 9780949973160
£15.00
His third and longest journey (1875) took him north
to the upper reaches of the Zambesi river and to the
Victoria Falls and beyond to the Nambwe Falls, and
then of course his return journey. Thereafter he
returned to Europe. Emile Holub was from what is now
the Czech Republic and is held in high esteem being
commemorated both in his home country and in Zambia.
#26421 Sandeman, E.F. EIGHT MONTHS IN AN OX-WAGON. Reminiscences Of
Boer Life. Gilt & black decorated green boards. xvii + 402pp + 23pp
adverts. illustrated plates, foldout map. 8vo. Bookplate to front
pastedown (hidden beneath dustwrapper fold-in). top edge dusty &
shows minor stains,edges a little spotted hence VG condition only
in G+ dustwrapper (rubbed, worn at head and tail of spine, no major
loss or tears). excellent unmarked folding map. Africana Reprint
Library Volume One. Africana Book Society. Johannesburg 1975
facsimile reproduction of the 1880 Griffiths & Farran edition with
new Foreword and Illustrations. isbn 9780949973078
£20.00
E.F. Sandeman, an English traveller-writer, arrived
in Cape Town in 1878 to embark upon a leisurely
journey through Natal and the Orange Free State to
the Transvaal. Starting his expedition from
Pietermaritzburg he travelled north through Escourt
and Ladysmith, over the Vaal river to Heidelberg and
Pretoria. He then turned east to visit the goldfields
of Spitzkop and Lydenberg. He gives entertaining and
informative observations on Boer lifestyle and
attitudes, on the Bantu societies, and on mining and
hunting. This facsimile edition, the first in the
Africana Reprint Library series, is beautifully
completed with decorated boards, map, publisher's
advertisements, all as per the original edition.
SECOND BOER WAR (ANGLO-BOER WAR)
#26418 Kestell, J.D. THROUGH SHOT AND FLAME. Gilt on burgundy
textured boards. xix + 347pp + x. illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown (hidden beneath dustwrapper fold-in). a VG+ copy in
G-VG dustwrapper (worn at head and tail of spine and top edge,
edges of spine rubbed, no loss or tears). Africana Reprint Library
Volume Eight. Africana Book Society. Johannesburg 1976 facsimile
reproduction of the Methuen 1903 edition with new Foreword,
Introduction to the Author, Illustrations and index.
isbn 9780949973214
£12.00
Originally published in Afrikaans as 'Met De
Boeren-Commando's'. He was present at many major
engagements and gives memorable accounts of Colenso,
of the Boer attempt to break into Ladysmith by
storming the Platrand, of his own adventures while on
commando and of the "great De Wet hunts". His bitter
commentary upon the scorched earth policy of the
British (burning farmhouses, killing livestock, and
of course the concentration camps) provides a moving
counterpoint to the fighting. An educated and
sensitive man, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church,
he served as chaplain to the Harrismith Commando.
#26419 Kestell, J.D. THROUGH SHOT AND FLAME. Gilt on burgundy
textured boards. xix + 347pp + x. illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown. stain to top edge not affecting pages so a VG copy
only in G+ dustwrapper (quite worn at head and tail of spine and
top edge, edges of spine rubbed, no major loss or tears). Africana
Reprint Library Volume Eight. Africana Book Society. Johannesburg
1976 facsimile reproduction of the Methuen 1903 edition with new
Foreword, Introduction to the Author, Illustrations and index.
isbn 9780949973214
£10.00
Originally published in Afrikaans as 'Met De
Boeren-Commando's'. He was present at many major
engagements and gives memorable accounts of Colenso,
of the Boer attempt to break into Ladysmith by
storming the Platrand, of his own adventures while on
commando and of the "great De Wet hunts". His bitter
commentary upon the scorched earth policy of the
British (burning farmhouses, killing livestock, and
of course the concentration camps) provides a moving
counterpoint to the fighting. An educated and
sensitive man, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church,
he served as chaplain to the Harrismith Commando.
#26281 Pakenham, Thomas. THE BOER WAR. 659pp illustrated paperback.
No inscription. a sound clean G+ copy. Macdonald Futura edition
1982. isbn 0708818927
£7.00
A full-scale documentary history of the Boer War
and still the current standard work. His narrative is
based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources.
Documents in the Public Record Office, material in
South African archives, newly discovered private
papers of many of the major figures including Sir
Redvers Buller and Lord Roberts, material compiled by
the War Office Intelligence Dept., private letters
from members of the British Cabinet, letters and
diaries of those who fought in the war and
tape-recorded memories of over 50 survivors.
MILITARY (Regimental histories, militaria, wars in Africa)
#26452 Huxford, H.J. (Comp), HISTORY OF THE 8th GURKHA RIFLES
1824-1949. Argent title and device on dark green cloth boards.
335pp illustrated plates, maps. 8vo. No inscriptions. Light wear to
corners and ends of spine else a near VG copy. All maps present, no
tears, correctly folded maps. no dustwrapper. a clean and
attractive copy with good shelf and table appearance. Gale &
Polden. Aldershot 1952.
£180.00
A military history with many useful appendices such
as Honours & Awards, Commanding Officers, &c.
#26457 Mullaly, B.R. BUGLE AND KUKRI. The Story Of The 10th
Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Argent title and device on green
cloth bevelled boards. 492pp illustrated 4to. Gift inscription to
ffep. dusty, general wear, G+ condition in Poor dustwrapper (spine
darkened, heavily chipped and torn around spine ends especially the
lower end which has moderate loss. has kept the book clean).
William Blackwood. Edinburgh 1957.
£70.00
Part 1 189-1939 & Part 2 1940-1953. A detailed
regimental history with many appendices including
10th Madras Infantry, regimental traditions and
customs, honours & awards, Roll of Honour.
#26460 Orpen, Neil & Martin H.J. SALUTE THE SAPPERS. Volume 8 Parts
1 & 2. South African Forces: World War II. Blue cloth boards. 2
volumes. xx + 507pp / xii + 424pp. Illustrated b/w & colour photos.
maps, foldout map. Bookplate to front pastedown of both volumes. 8
square corners. top edges dusty, overall VG-F copies in VG
dustwrappers (minor wear, some tanning to spine, no major chips.
loss, or tears). excellent shelf and table appearance. Sappers
Association. Johannesburg 1981/2 1st edition. isbn 9780620053761
£55.00
Part 1. The formation of the South African Engineer
Corps and its operations in East Africa and the
Middle East to the Battle of Alamein. Part 2. the
Operations Of The South African Engineer Corps In The
North African And Italian Theatres Of War From The
Battle Of Alamein To The End Of World War II, With A
Brief Description Of Subsequent Developments.
#26317 Shankland, Peter. THE PHANTOM FLOTILLA. The Story Of The
Navy Africa Expedition 1915-1916. Black cloth boards. 224pp
illustrated 8vo. Bookplate front pastedown. mild spine-lean,
overall G+ in G+ dustwrapper (spine faded, slight wear to head &
tail of spine, lamination peeling). a decent clean copy. Collins.
London 1968. same as isbn given. isbn 9780583115803
£15.00
In the summer of 1915 the key to success in Central
Africa lay in the overwhelming German naval supremacy
on Lake Tanganyika. How this was challenged by two
motor boats, commanded by an eccentric naval officer,
that were hauled 3000 miles overland from Cape Town
by steam traction engines and ox trains is the story
of one of the strangest naval operations conducted
anywhere by the British Royal Navy.
#26412 Ziegler, Philip. OMDURMAN Chocolate cloth boards. 237pp
illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to ffep. a VG copy in G- dustwrapper
(spine faded, chips & tears, keeping the book clean only). Collins.
London 1973. book incorrectly lists isbn 00021161210
isbn 9780002116121
£8.00
The death of General Gordon in Khartoum at the hand
of the forces of the Mahdi is one of the most
well-known events of the 19thC. Less well known is
the battle, 14 years later, in which Kitchener
avenged the murder of Gordon at Omdurman, just across
the Nile from Khartoum. A detailed account of this.
HUNTING & BIG GAME, CONSERVATION
#26429 Akehurst, Richard. RANDOM SHOTS. An Anthology Of Shooting
Stories. Green cloth boards. 294pp 8vo. Bookplate to front
pastedown. 4 square corners. some fading to extremities of spine
and adjacent, contents excellent. overall G++ but no dustwrapper.
W.H. Allen. London 1974. isbn 9780491018814
£10.00
47 selected stories of which 12 relate to hunting
in Africa.
#26433 Baldwin, William Charles. (Illus. James Wolf and J.B.
Zwecker). AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE From Natal To The Zambesi
Including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert Etc. From 1852 To 1860.
Blind-stamped tan leather with gilt title & device. x + 428pp
illustrated plates, folding map. No inscription. top edge a little
dusty else a Fine copy in a poor dustwrapper (has maintained
condition). C. Struik, Cape Town 1967. facsimile of the Richard
Bentley 1894 edition.
£50.00
Copy No.670 of 750. William Charles Baldwin has an
honoured place in the gallery of Africa's great white
hunters of the nineteenth century. Arriving in Durban
in 1851 he became one of this continent's great
travellers, journeying between 12000 and 15000 miles
with his wagons during the last three years of his
wanderings. In 1860 he earned the distinction of
becoming the second known European to reach the
Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river.
#26289 Barrett, Peter. (Ed). A TREASURY OF AFRICAN HUNTING. Gilt
dec. red cloth boards. 260pp illustrated colour & b/w. 4to
Bookplate to front pastedown. preliminaries spotted else contents
unmarked. VG- in matching dustwrapper (tanned inside, worn at head
of spine, no loss or tears). Winchester Press. New York (1979).
isbn 0876910061
£20.00
Twenty-six individual stories, dealing with hunting
in Southern, South-Western, East, & Central Africa,
with a separate chapter on the 'big five'. Stories
by: Jack O'Connor, Elgin Gates, William Fisher, Joe
O'Malley, Leslie Tassell, J.C. Rikhoff, Peter
Barrett, Pete Brown, Alice Landreth, Erwin Bauer,
Frank Delano, & Russell Aitkin - this latter being a
survey of African bird hunting.
#26386 Blunt, David Enderby. ELEPHANT. Gilt on red cloth boards.
260pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. has been
bumped at head of spine. thus G-VG condition in Good dustwrapper
(rubbed, worn especially at head & tail of spine. price-clipped).
Neville Spearman. London 1971 1st edition thus. A facsimile reprint
of the 1933 edition with the original illustrations but strangely
without the original title page. isbn 9780854352500
£95.00
"..., in May 1925 I was offered the appointment of
Cultivation Protector in the Elephant Control Scheme
section of the Game Preservation Department of
Tanganyika ... During my first year as a Cultivation
Protector - that is during seven months' actual
hunting - I shot ninety elephants. Each year the area
under my control was extended and the number of armed
Native scouts increased, until the elephant learned
to behave themselves ...".
#26293 Cott, Hugh B. LOOKING AT ANIMALS. A Zoologist In Africa.
Olive green skivertex boards. 221pp illustrated small 4to.
Bookplate front pastedown. preliminary pages foxed else contents
unmarked. G-VG without dustwrapper. Collins. London 1975.
isbn 0002190931
£10.00
Excellent colour and b/w photographs as well as
beautiful pen & ink drawings by the author who was at
the time a guest lecturer with Swan Big Game & Birds
Safaris operating in Tanzania, Kenya, & Uganda.
#26286 Dugmore, A. Radcliffe. CAMERA ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS. Being
An Account Of A Four Months' Expedition In British East Africa, For
The Purpose Of Securing Photographs From Life Of The Game. Gilt
title on blue cloth boards. 231pp illustrated 4to. Bookplates to
front pastedown. externally quite worn and not impressive, dulled,
bumped at corners &c. contents unmarked. William Heinemann. London
1933. 'New and Cheaper Edition'. (complete & abridged, same number
of pages as original edition).
£20.00
Excellent photographs taken at a time when Africa
was relatively unspoiled. The author's route took him
from Mombasa past Nairobi to Lakes Naivasha & Nakuro,
with diversion to Fort Hall and beyond to Meru.
Interesting advice on equipping and preparing a
similar expedition. The photographic kit comprised a
huge reflex camera, plates were developed in camp.
Subject matter includes scenery and local
inhabitants, but is mostly of wildlife.
#26341 Dugmore, A. Radcliffe. THE WONDERLAND OF BIG GAME. Being An
Account Of Two Trips Through Tanganyika And Kenya. Maroon cloth
boards. 288pp illustrated plates, map. 8vo. Bookplate to front
pastedown. fep excised. foxed throughout but plates not really
affected. overall a Good sound reading copy. Arrowsmith. London
1929 reprint.
£20.00
"With 8 Monochrome Reproductions Of Paintings By
The Author, 52 Photographs, And A Map".
#26312 Haresnape, Geoffrey. (Ed). THE GREAT HUNTERS. Selected with
An Introduction, Biographies and Notes. White cloth boards, 129pp
illustrated 8vo. Bookplate front pastedown. white boards foxed as
are eps. spine-lean, thus Good in G- dustwrapper (spine faded, worn
at head & tail, chipped, worn). contents unmarked. Purnell, Cape
Town 1974. Elisa Series Vol III. isbn 9780360002326
£10.00
The author traces the history of game hunting from
its earliest beginnings. He touches on great African
tribal chiefs, nomadic Voortrekker parties, hunting
figures like Cornwallis Harris, Selous and Oswell as
well as game conservation, safari-style slaughter and
the impact wild animals have made on South African
English imaginative prose and poetry.
#26288 Harris, Captain W. Cornwallis. PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND
WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Delineated In Life From Their
Native Haunts. Green cloth boards. 143pp illustrated 4to. Bookplate
to front pastedown. some minor insect attrition along edges,
overall near VG in G-VG dustwrapper (fading to front, light
rubbing, wear, no chips, tears, or loss). Galago 1986.
isbn 9780947020125
£20.00
Not a facsimile edition. Some editing of archaic
words, but retaining original names for places,
people, wildlife. The consummate hunter's hunter,
Harris slaughtered game in quantities that no one
else was ever able to match - mainly because in later
years the game had been decimated by the predations
of many more hunters. His pictures are reproduced
full-page and are very attractive.
#26298 Kinloch, Bruce. THE SHAMBA RAIDERS. Memories Of A Game
Warden. Blue cloth boards. 384pp illustrated 8vo. Bookplate to
front pastedown, spine-lean, a Good clean copy in dustwrapper
(price-clipped, wear at head & tail of spine, no major loss or
tears). Collins Harvill. London 1972. isbn 000261751X
£20.00
Author tells the story of the struggle to preserve
East Africa's wildlife. Over a period of 23 years he
was the Chief Game Warden of Tanganyika, Uganda, and
of Malawi.
#26287 Maxwell, Marius. STALKING BIG GAME WITH A CAMERA IN
EQUATORIAL AFRICA With A Monograph On The African Elephant. Gilt on
brown cloth boards. 206pp illustrated 117 plates, 3 of them folding
out. folding map. Royal 4to. No inscriptions. A clean tightly bound
copy but with inevitable external wear (some shelf-wear, soft at
head & tail of spine, corners bumped, front board a little faded
adjacent to spine). Eps tanned else contents excellent and unmarked
with clear ff (no foxing), all illustrations and map unmarked and
present. Overall in excellent condition. Images on request. William
Heinemann. London 1925. [First published 1924 by The Medici Society
Ltd in an imperial quarto edition limited to 550 copies]. Reprinted
royal quarto 1925].
£100.00
"Containing 113 Plates After Photographs By The
Author" [sic]. Chapter titles are: A Camera
Huntsman's Equipment, First Visit To British East
Africa, With Camera After Elephants In Bush Country,
Camera Sport With Elephants On The Amala & Mogor
Rivers, The Senses Of The African Elephant, Camera
Incidents With The Masai Giraffe, Camera Sport With
Buffalo And Rhinoceros, Further Experiences With The
Rhinoceros Bicornis, Camera Sport With The
Hippopotamus, On Safari To The Northern Frontier
District, Elephants & The Camera At Abbas Wen, With
Camera After Elephants In The Lorian Swamp. The
Monograph referred to in the title forms Appendix A
at the rear entitled 'Part I. Notes on Elephants',
this discusses: Ancestry Of modern elephants,
Differences between the Indian & African species,
Variable features among elephants, Individual
development and ancestral evolution, Breeding habits
& age, Mental faculties & disposition of the East
African elephant, Geographical distribution in Kenya
Colony, & Tusks of the African elephant. Appendix B
(according to the title page 'Part II of Appendix A)
is entitled 'Part II.Primeval Man And The Pleistocene
Elephas' and discusses: Notes on Elephas Antiquus, &
The Hunting of the Mammoth. An interesting work of
the period, with many superb photographs, not
considering the effort to carry huge cameras through
the bush, developing in the camp, and the dangers of
the wild game.
#26338 Mazet, Horace S. WILD IVORY. Black cloth boards. 281pp 8vo.
Bookplate to front pastedown. mild spine lean, 4 square corners.
overall G-VG condition in bright G+ dustwrapper (worn at head and
tail of spine, minor edge tears top of rear). Robert Hale. London
1973 1st edition thus. isbn 9780709136576
£18.00
The true story of a young hunter's struggle for
survival in the border wilderness of Kenya and
Somalia in the years between the two world wars.
Losing his professional hunter's status he becomes a
poacher to survive and clear his name
#26348 Schaller, George B. THE SERENGETI LION. A Study Of
Predator-Prey Relations. 480pp large format softcover. Bookplate
inside front wrap. wraps worn, spine damp-stained, contents
excellent, a Good sound copy. University of Chicago Press 1974.
isbn 9780226736402
£15.00
"Predators are the best wildlife managers," writes
George Schaller. They weed out the sick and old and
keep herds healthy and alert. Yet the large predators
of the world have been and are still being
exterminated because they are thought to harm
wildlife. Schaller's award-winning work, based on
three years of study in the Serengeti National Park,
describes the impact of the lion and other predators
on the vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle
for which the area is famous.
#26340 Schillings, C.G. (Tr. Frederic Whyte). IN WILDEST AFRICA.
(1-volume edition). With Over 300 Photographic Studies Direct From
Author's Negatives, Taken By Day And Night; And Other
Illustrations. Three quarter leather over red cloth boards. xvi +
716pp. Bookplate to front pastedown. recased with new end-papers.
top front corner worn to board else a sound and fairly attractive
copy. good shelf appearance. contents excellent. Harper. New York
1907. One-volume edition.
£80.00
From Czech: "In his second work on photographing
and hunting game in East Africa, Schillings captures
the essence of the African landscape and its people
with his brilliant, early snapshots. (The first
volume) concerns a general view of the region, with a
brief history of the encroachment of civilization on
the African wild and an interesting, if oddly placed,
chapter on sport and nature in Germany. (The second
volume) includes chapters on hunting elephant, rhino,
and lion with additional sport after leopard, eland
and other antelope. There is a remarkable photograph
of the extraordinary pair of elephant tusks weighing
a combined 450 pounds".
#26393 Steele, Nick. (Illus. Nola Steele). GAME RANGER ON
HORSEBACK. Green cloth boards. 142pp illustrated b/w photos, line
drawings. 8vo. No inscription. some marks to boards hence a G++
copy. excellent contents. in Good dustwrapper (rubbed, no major
loss or tears). Books of Africa, Cape Town 1968.
£10.00
A book about the game reserves of Zululand,
animals, rangers, poachers, floods & fires &c. A
minor classic still as good a book on its subject
matter as when it was written 50 years ago.
#26337 Taylor, John. ("Pondoro"). BIG GAME, AND BIG GAME RIFLES.
Red cloth boards. 215pp 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. mild
spine lean, spine fading, overall a nice sound clean Good copy, no
dustwrapper. Herbert Jenkins. London 1958 reprint.
£30.00
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