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Duncan (William) THE COMMENTARIES OF CAESAR Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning the Roman art of War. By William ...

Aquinas ( Thomas) SUMMA TOTIUS THEOLOGIÆ: in qva qvicqvid in vniversis bibliis continetvr obscvri, quicquid in veteru¯ patru¯ (ab ipso nascentis ...

Sallustii HOC IN VOLVMINE C. CRISPI SALLUSTII HAEC OMNIA CONTINENTVR Epistola Pomponii ad Augustinum Mapheum. Epistola Io. Badii Ascensii... (vi),...

Prisoner-of-War Handicraft: CANDLESTICK, ST HELENA 1901 196 mm high and 65 mm in circumference at the base. The top is oval in shape and measures ...

Prisoner-of-War Handicraft: PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS, ST HELENA 1901 Each 130 mm high and 50 mm across the square bases. The tops are 53 mm in diamete...

[Godlonton (R.)] A NARRATIVE OF THE IRRUPTION OF THE KAFIR HORDES. (Scarce Grahamstown printing) Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hop...

Noble (John) THE CAPE AND ITS PEOPLE AND OTHER ESSAYS (Presentation copy from Maclear to Herschel) by South African Writers. viii + 408 pages, ori...

Baines (Thomas) EXPLORATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the western coast...

Stavorinus (J.S.) VOYAGES TO THE EAST-INDIES; by the late John Splinter Stavorinus, Esq., Rear Admiral in the service of the States-General. Trans...

Flowering Plants THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Volumes 1-24) continued as THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF AFRICA, (VOLUMES 25-56) A magazine conta...

Williams, Henry Smith (editor) Historians` History of the World (1908; complete in 25 vellum-bound volumes) . . . ` . . . A comprehensive narrativ...

Creswicke, Louis South Africa and the Transvaal War (8 volumes) This is the complete 8-vol Caxton edition. (The T C and E C Jack edition, publishe...

Barry Mortimer (editor and compiler) and various authors and illustrators H F O: Some Personal Perspectives on Harry Oppenheimer by his Colleagues...

McIntyre, Donald, in consultation with L L Evans 1951 Catalogue of Valuable Africana etc from the Collection of the late Sir Abe Bailey (Graham Bo...

Bakkes, C M Die Britse Deurbraak aan die Benede Tugela op Majubadag 1900 This rare original copy of C M Bakkes`s 1971 University of Pretoria unpub...

Barnard, C J Generaal Louis Botha op die Natalse Front 1899-1900 NOTE. This book appeared a year before the C M Bakkes 1971 PhD thesis in Lot 15. ...

De Wet, General C R; M C E van Schoor and others Three Years War (1902 and 1985 versions) and 1954 memorial volume (Afrikaans) The three volumes i...

Oosthuizen, S P R, and other editors Suid-Afrikaanse Argiefstukke. Oranje-Vrystaat (7 vols, 1952-1990) . . . ` . . . Notule van de Volksraad van d...

Picasso, Pablo (illustrations and lettering), Louis Miguel Dominguin (introduction) and George Boudaille (essay) Picasso Toros y Toreros (Bulls an...

Compiled and published on the order of the Minister of Agriculture (S P le Roux) Hulpboek vir Boere in Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans version of Handbook ...

Frazer, Sir James George (arranged and edited by Robert Angus Downie) The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar Frazer was 36 when he wrote `The G...

Ingpen, Brian D, and C J Harris Ingpen South African Shipping Collection (3 items) This small collection comprises: (1) B D Ingpen. South African ...

Hine, Reginald L The Cream of Curiosity. Being an account of certain historical and literary manuscripts of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries (192...

Fry, C Hilary, Stuart Keith and Emil K Urban (series editors) Birds of Africa (Seven volumes, 1982-2004) One of the finest series of bird books to...

[CLEMENS (Samuel L)]: “Mark Twain” Xia wa ri ji [“Eve’s Diary”, in Chinese]. Rare Chinese translation by Lan Li of this obscure text by the author...

OSWALD (Lee Harvey) (JFK ASSASSINATION) The President’s Assassin Speaks. Double-sided 33-1/3 rpm long play microgroove record, about 40 minutes du...

CARRINGTON (Noel), editor PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS Group of 9 titles, all fine copies in colored pictorial wrappers unless otherwise noted. A series o...

MAO (Zedong or Tse-Tung), Chairman `LITTLE RED BOOK` in First Edition (Chinese Text, 1964) Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations of Chairman Mao, in Chines...

SCREEN PICTORIAL (Seven issues). HOLLYWOOD STYLE MOVIE MAGAZINES 1939-1940 Seven issues: volume 9, issues 6, 9, volume 10, issues 1, 3, 4, 6, 8; ...

NAMA- A.B.Z. Kannis, Gei *Hu- *Ze Khom-Ei-Kannis. [By the Rev. H C Knudsen]. Rare SOUTH AFRICAN Primer 1845 FIRST (and only) edition, comprising t...

Unite Against The War. Posters for Peace, curated by Herschel B Chipp. (VIETNAM WAR) Portfolio of ten large posters, each 19 x 12-1/2 inches, each...

(the WATTSTAX MUSIC FESTIVAL 72 WATTSTAX MUSIC FESTIVAL 72. Multi-colored poster picturing a photograph of Isaac Hayes and advertising Albert King...

MILNE (A A) WINNIE-THE-POOH in RUSSIAN Vinni-pukh I Vse-vse-vse. Translated into the Cyrillic alphabet by Boris Zakhoder, illustrated with text il...

Dunsany, Lord (Edward J.M.D. Plunkett) The Gods of Pegåna * Time and the Gods The Gods of Pegåna. [London:] The Pegana Press, 1911. With 8 page ph...

vintage Poster ca 1985 “Act Against Apartheid` (POSTER) `Act Against Apartheid`. U C Berkeley Anti-Apartheid Movement, with trademark logo in lowe...

Vintage Poster ca 1981 “Free Nelson Mandela and all South African Political Prisoners” (POSTER) `Free Nelson Mandela and all South African Politic...

vintage Poster ca 1985 “No U.S. Ties To South Africa "No U.S. Ties To South Africa. Freedom In Our Lifetime. National Anti-Apartheir Protest …. So...

SENDAK (Maurice): BILL CLINTON 1993 First Inaugural Print `HAPPY INAUGURATION ... A Jubilee Welcome for Our New President and His Family! From the...

CHUBB (Ralph N) The HEAVENLY CUPID or the True Paradise of Loves Designed, Illustrated, Composed & Printed in Script by the Author, 1932 & 1933 A....

SENDAK (Maurice): MOTHER GOOSE Portrait Serigraph -- 1/300 From a set of 300 copies, issued as part of the "Mother Goose Collection" Portfolio. Th...

Rex Gibson (editor) Rand Daily Mail (Final Edition) Rand Daily Mail, morning final, tuesday 30th april 1985, final edition, Rex Gibson, editor, br...

M.G.Hillard Boer War Tribute Medals (numbered) Number 1148 of 1500 copies, Boer War Tribute Medals, The Definitive Work of Boer War Tribute Medal...

Ivan Vladislavic (editor) T`kama -Adamastor T`kama-Adamastor, Inventions of Africa in a South African Painting, University of the Witswatersrand, ...

Susan Imrie Ross This is my World, the life of Helen Martins This is my World, The Life of Helen Martins, creator of the Owl House, Oxford, forwar...

Paul Alberts The Borders of Apartheid The South African Photographic Gallery, The Borders of Apartheid, A Chronicle of Alienation in South Africa...

Juliet Marais Louw When Johannesburg and I were Young (signed) Signed by Author, Amagi Books, 1991, sketches by Eric Rosenthal, hardcover, extens...

Phillip V. Tobias (editor) The Bushmen The Bushmen, San Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, Human & Rousseau, forward by Raymond A. Dart, glos...

NP National Party Election Sash Stem Nasionaal , nou meer as ooit, cloth (possible calico), engels/afrikaans, 990 x 190mm, condition:very good. An...

B.G.Lloyd Kitchen-Kafir Grammar & Vocabulary Central News Agency, 48 pages in card, edgeware and slight staining on card, condition:good.Many Bant...

Federation of Rhodesia Touring Northern Rhodesia Tourist booklet, colour illustration, fold-out map, reaching Northern Rhodesia, main Highways of ...

Bob Connolly The Little Man`s Calendar, 1942 1942 Calendar, ` He`s in the Army now`, from the series appearing in the Sunday Express, South Africa...

C.J. Skead. HISTORICAL MAMMAL INCIDENCE IN THE CAPE PROVINCE Volume 1. The Western & Northern Cape. Volume 2. The Eastern Half Of The Cape Provinc...

Dugard Campbell. IN THE HEART OF BANTULAND A Record Of Twenty-Nine Years` Pioneering In Central Africa Among The Bantu Peoples, With A Description...

Rev. Charles Pettman. NOTES ON SOUTH AFRICAN PLACE NAMES From the Hosken library with the bookplate (showing the Sotheby`s lot number). original e...

Maryna Fraser. THE STORY OF TWO CAPE FARMS. Limited edition printed for private distribution in 1980 precedes the 1981 numbered edition of 300 cop...

J.G. Dollman & J.B. Burlace. (Eds). ROWLAND WARD`S RECORDS OF BIG GAME 1922 With Their Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, And Horn & Tusk Measu...

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. (Mrs McGrigor Phillips). SOUTH AFRICAN SUMMER. 5000 Miles With A Car And Caravan-Trailer. Inscribed thus: `For Bobbie, havi...

P. Amauri Talbot. (of the Nigerian Political Service). IN THE SHADOW OF THE BUSH. Green cloth boards. b/w drawing inset to front board. 480pp illu...

South Africa Photo-Publishing. PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA Comprising Representative Views Of Its Cities, Streets, Churches, Parliament Houses, Pu...

A.H. Hornsby. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS. A Practical Matter-Of-Fact Account, To The Latest Date. Kimberley Series No.5. Historical Society ...