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Six mid 19th century commissions, awarded to Adolphus W D Burton, Cornet 1847, Lieutenant 1849, Captain 1853, Major (unattached) 1856, Major (7th Dragoon Guards) and Lieutenant Colonel 1862, with various letters, copies of letters and ephemera (some holes, folding and light staining), and an oval bust portrait of Adolphus Burton, holding a sword, pastel, bears a signature G B Canarasi, Roma, 1869, 68 x 51 cm Provenance: Descent through the family. Also see lots 624- 626
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A British War Medal and Victory Medal pair, awarded to 39917 Pte A G Hallett, Som LI, and three other similar Somerset Light Infantry pairs Condition report Report by NG 38607 x 2: PTE J BROWN - SOM LI 1736 x 2: PTE R J WINES - SOM LI 69917 x 2 PTE A G HALLETT - SOM LI 32107 x 2: PTE C WRIGHT - SOM LI
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A late 18th century reverse print on glass, Winter, and another, The Return from Egypt (2) Condition report Report by JB The Return from Egypt Noticeable discolouration present to the surface of the print with some light rubbing, discolouration more noticeable across the skyline and figures along with the text region. There is slight rubbing to the print around the 'when Herod was dead' section and the bottom left corner. Print 2 - Winter is considerably more discoloured than the prior, again across the entire image, there would not appear to be any cracks or loss Please see illustrations
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Hes, Lex The Leopards of Londolozi 307mm x 243mm Contained in the original pictorial slip case of the same design as the dust jacket. Original dust jacket. Original light green cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. Green end papers. 172 pages, profusely illustrated with high quality colour photographs.CONDITION DETAILS: The bottom right hand corner of the slip case is bumped. A used copy that has been kept clean. Attractive Cape Town Struik Winchester 1991
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Finch-Davies, C.G. A Celebration of Birds 189mm x 259mm `C.G. Finch-Davies`s final album of southern African birds - facsimile reproduction of 21 coloured paintings, each accompanied by a page of hand-written notes, covering the period 28 March 1918 to 4 April 1920.`Copy number 21 of the Collectors` Edition limited to 200 copiesContained in the original slip case covered with a textured bookcloth with marbled paper and leather trim.Original red leather goatskin and marbled paper binding by Peter Carstens with gilt titling on the spine. Light brown end papers. Black and white photographic portrait of Finch-Davies. Text on Finch-Davies by Dr. Alan Kemp. The sketch book facsimile is repeated with clear text and black and white illustrations.CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used and attractive copy. Attractive Johannesburg Natural History Books C.C. 1990
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various Rhodesiana Reprint, Gold Series - incomplete set - 24 vols. very good condition 8vo This set comprises 24 of the 36 volume set, missing are vols. 1-5 and 7-13 (12 in total). Condition: All volumes in very good condition with the usual light foxing to end-papers, no inscriptions. The dust-jackets are mostly in very good condition, with a few showing some closed tears, one volume which has had the front jacket panel repaired with sellotape, and some with heavier wear at the edges. a good set (24 of 36 vols.) Bulawayo Books of Rhodesia 1968-1974
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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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Tony Harris & Graeme Arnott Shrikes of Southern Africa Quarto Light foxing to reverse of dj. Standard edition in FINE slipcase. 224pp including index, bibliography and list of subscribers which is accompanied by thirty-four magnificent full-page plates by Graeme Arnott, depicting adult birds in typical examples of their preferred habitat. Supporting these paintings are twenty-five full-page colour sketches (illustrating characteristic postures as well as juveniles and nests), four anatomical sketches in colour, and a number of pencil drawings. Near Fine Cape Town Struik Winchester 1988
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John McNutt, Lesley Boggs, Helene Heldring, Dave Hamman Running Wild: Dispelling the Myths of the African Wild Dog Quarto - square Shelf rubbing at head and tail of spine. Light spotting to half-title page. Prelims + 149pp of text with stunning colour photography. Very Good Halfway House Southern Book Publishers 1997
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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 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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Fuller (Andrew C.) LEGAL NOTES ON MOTORING - ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA 218mm x 152mm x 25mm A reprint of LEGAL NOTES ON MOTORING as published from time to time in the official journal of the ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA with comprehensive index and reference to over six hundred decisions delivered in the supreme courts of South Africa on which such notes were based. 412pp. Half Calf Leather over blue cloth boards. Gilt titles to front board and blue cloth label to spine. A very good first edition. Light fading to cloth and leather margins. Internally clean and tight. Very good South Africa Royal Automobile Club of South Africa 1949
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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/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.) 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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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 William’s 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 John’s name, the most often seen is Shakspere––10. 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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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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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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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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Green, Lawrence G. OLD UNTAMED AFRICA Octavo (220mmx150mm) About the Author: Lawrence G. Green Lawrence (“Laurie”) George Green (1900 – 14 May 1972) was a South African journalist and author. Eschewing any grandiose view of his literature and his lifestyle, he wrote for the layman and general reading entertainment as a raconteur. As such his writings, though well populated with researched fact through his wide travels and many hours of research in the South African and British archives, do not constitute in any strict sense historical or academic reference works. Nevertheless, he remains frequently cited as a recorder of little remembered or noted fact of some historical or cultural significance in the southern African domain. Description: Book is a hardcover which is bound in dark green cloth, with spine lettering. It has 260 pages and 31 b/w Illustrations. Slight bump marks to the head and heel of the spine. Light rubbing on the top and bottom of the spine, and on the corners of the book. Bit of dirt marks to the front and back boards. Inside, there is an Ex libris on the front pastedown, and light offsetting on the rear end page. The binding is tight and square. Book is in good condition. Good London Stanley Paul & Co. 1940
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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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[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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Williams (Charles) HUSHED UP 8vo (180 x 125 mm) A Case for Inquiry into some Suppressed Facts Concerning the Conduct of the War in South Africa. 106 pages, printed red light card wrappers. The wrappers are dull and the spine is frayed. The upper cover has been reattached. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 613, `The author endeavours to prove that the British Government devised means to render the inquiry into the conduct of the South African War `limited, cramped` and `abortive.` It is stated that in the belief that the Boers would not dare to take the initiative, the Government had thrown away every chance, although their own Intelligence Office had warned then that the Transvaal and Orange Free State had armed themselves with modern weapons, and were drilling as they had never drilled before. When the writer pointed out that France and Germany had armed themselves with the same quick-firing guns adopted by the Boers, he was menaced under the `Official Secrets Act,` and threatened that he would not be licensed again as a war correspondent. ... Both Lords Kitchener and Roberts are taken severely to task for their orders in connection with the burning of the Boer farmhousesÂ’. Fair London Grant Richards 1902
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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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Burchell, William J Travels in the interior of Southern Africa (2 Volumes, Limited Edition) 17.5x24.5cm Two Volumes, illustrated with vignettes and colour plates, pp. 29+381+3 & 16+473, plates, vignettes, large folding maps. In original blue cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, light wear to boards, spines slightly faded. Limited edition, one of 1,250, reprinted verbatim from the original edition of 1822-4, with some additional material. Introduction by I. Schapera; `the most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the 19th century`. Very Good London The Batchworth Press 1953
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Le Roux, Servaas. D. Pioneers & Sportsmen of South Africa 1760-1890 (Inscribed/Signed) 14x22cm Full Leather with gilt titles on spine and front cover. pp. 198. general shelf wear to boards, some marks, light foxing throughout, Inscribed and Signed by author on flep. Good Salisbury Published by the Author 1939
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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 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.’ Editor’s note. Good
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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, publisherÂ’s compliments stamp on the half title page, a good copy. Kaapstad Nasionale Pers, Beperk 1922
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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 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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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 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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Fleming, Ian Thunderball 8vo Book condition: the brown cloth boards are in good condition, skeletal hand motif blind-stamped on front board, and spine title in gilt. The page edges and end-papers are lightly spotted, with previous owner`s name written twice on front end-papers. The text is very clean, with occasional very light spotting/marking; 254pp. The binding is firm. Dust-cover condition: patches of loss on the front panel due to moth activity, the front edge fold being more heavily worn, with loss and two patches of loss on rear panel; book-seller sticker pasted over original price. The cover is now housed in a Brodart protective sleeve. good London Jonathan Cape 1961
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Willcox, A.R. Rock Paintings of the Drakensberg, Natal and Griqualand East 285mm x 203mm Copy number 29 of 275 signed copies in a de luxe binding.Original binding with a brown leather spine and brown boards with a gilt decorative device on the upper board. Light grey coloured end papers. 14 prelims, 96 pages, 76 full colour plates. CONDITION DETAILS: The gilt lettering on the spine has worn off. There is a previous owner`s name in pen on the front paste down. Acceptable Cape Town C. Struik 1973
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Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945) - Oil on panel - Sunset In The Firth, signed with initials, verso with hand written personal note from Cameron ‘Golden Light from the West Country for the Golden Wedding of two very dear friends D.Y.C., F.R., G.W.R. - Aug.4.1947’, 15.5cm x 22.5cm A.R. ** General condition consistent with age
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After S. De Koster (18th/19th Century) - Stipple engraving with watercolour - The Prince Regent, Humbly Dedicated to the Officers Commanding the 10th Light Hussars, by their Humble & Obedient Servants. J. Jenkins. Proof. Published Nov 12, 1814 by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand, 43cm x 33cm ** General condition consistent with age
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Royal Worcester cabinet cup and saucer by Harry Ayrton and Edward Townsend, typically decorated with fruit, the cup signed H. Ayrton and with date code for 1928, the saucer signed E. Townsend and with date code for 1926, height of cup 6cm, diameter of saucer 11.5cm Some light scratching across much of the surface of the cup and more pronounced in the saucer around the well - ** General condition consistent with age
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19th Century baby’s blue and white transfer printed feeding bottle decorated with a rural scene with a lady standing at the banks of a river, 17.75cm long Some light scratching to the underside, one rough spot to the left of the scene beside a tree - ** General condition consistent with age
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George III brass bound rosewood apothecary’s box, the hinged cover opening to reveal a fitted interior with sixteen bottles, some with printed Bristol labels, drawer below opening to reveal a fitted interior with six further bottles, sliding compartment enclosing mortar and pestle and glass jars, 27cm wide Cover with some light lifting of the veneers and some splits, some of the bottles with slight nibbling to the rims, one has obviously been ground down along one rim edge, overall in very good order - ** General condition consistent with age
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Model Railway - Hornby Dublo - Three Tank locomotives comprising: British Rail 0-6-2 (EDL17), British Rail Standard 2-6-4 (EDL18) and British Rail 2-6-4 (3218), all boxed 3218 play worn and box worn, the remaining two little used, box with light wear - ** General condition consistent with age
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French 1822 pattern light cavalry sword, curved, single edged blade 97cm, brass grip with knuckle-bow and three sidebars, brass pommel and leather bound grip in steel scabbard Some light rusting of the blade, the handle lacking the wire winding, the scabbard pitted and rusted - ** General condition consistent with age
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