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Pierre-Fran??ois BASAN (1723-1797). Dictionnaire des Graveurs anciens et modernesThomas WESTWOOD (d. 1888) and William Horatio CRAWFORD (d. 1888),...

ANTONIO LOVATTI PROGETTO DI UN TEATRO MUNICIPALEScarce first edition of this architectural project of a theatre in via del Corso in Rome by Antoni...

Mariano Socino the young MARIANI SOCINI IUNIORIS ALITER SOCINI NEPOTIS PATRICII SENENSIS COMMENTARIAScarce edition of 1585 of this work of right b...

RIVIERE & Son., binder. - F. T. PALGRAVE (1824 - 1897) & L. BINYON (1869-1943) The Golden Treasury. Selected from best songs and lyrical poems in ...

J. E. S. Moore TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON1 volume. First edition with illustrations and maps. A scarce and important work. Publishers green clot...

Andersson (Charles John) LAKE NGAMIWith a map and numerous illustrations. First edition: xviiii, 546 pages, large folding map, tinted lithographic...

Neumann (Arthur H.) ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST EQUATORIAL AFRICAWith numerous illustrations by J.G. Millais, E. Caldwell and G.E.Lodge. Coloured pl...

Natal THE NATAL ALMANAC, DIRECTORY, AND YEARLY REGISTER. 1887xxiv pages - advertisements + 438 pages - general directory + 154 pages - street dire...

Roberts (Dr. Austin) THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Subscribers' Edition - presentation copy)Subscribers' Edition: xxxii, 463 pages, colour frontispie...

Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812) HISTORIE D'HERODOTE TRADUITE DU GRECComplete work in seven volumes of 1786, the famous work by the ancient greek ...

German South West Africa KRIEGSKARTE VON DEUTSCH-S??DWESTAFRIKA 19041: 800 000 5 colour maps mounted on linen, each with a title label on the fron...

Rev. John Philip Researches in South Africa; illustrating the civil, moral, and religious condition of the native tribes;Two volumes (pp. xxxv, 40...

AA VV DOUBLE HEAD WOOD HELMET MASK IDE PEOPLE NIGERIADouble head helmet mask from Ife people in Nigeria. The helmet represents a zoomorphic head a...

Burchell (W.J.) TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.2 volumes, I. viii + [iv contents] + 582, II. [vi] + 648 pages, errata leaf, half title...

Siegfried Sassoon SELECTED POEMS (inscribed by the author)First edition, first impression published by Heinemann in 1925. Signed and inscribed by ...

Blunt (Commander David Enderby) ELEPHANTWith a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale. 260 pages and 35 pages of advertisements for gunsmit...

Chapman (James) TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA454 + 480 pages, wood engraved frontispiece in each volume, 2 folding maps partly coloured ...

Jean de Charlier de Gerson Original INCUNABULA leaf from Gerson's "OPERA"This original incunabula leaf was printed by Johann Grueninger on July 3,...

Photograph Collection, Kimberley, Madeira and Denver. Assorted collection of photographs.Sine nomine; sine anno. Sadly most photos are not labelle...

Gillray, James GILLRAYEx-Libris, Large Folio, Hardcover, bound three-quarter brown leather with marbled-paper sides, unnumbered pages, edges gilt ...

Trew, Antony Two Hours to DarknessThe author was a lieutenant-commander in corvettes in WW2 before returning to South Africa, where he was head of...

Greene, Graham Travels With My AuntCONDITION. Repaired dustjacket, unrubbed and unbumped green cloth-boards with bright gilt lettering to spine, e...

Green, Lawrence G; and Joan R Bienedell Lawrence Green 27-book collection; and one otherAll the books are illustrated. The following list of 27 La...

Hesse, Hermann; translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston The Glass Bead GameOriginally published in 1943 as Das Glasperlenspiel. It...

Legal Draughtsmen Statutes of the Union of South Africa - 15 vols (English and Afrikaans) from 1948 to 1959These 15 volumes span the first 12 year...

Storey, Graham, and Kathleen Tillotson (general editors), and others The Letters of Charles Dickens. Complete in 12 vols. 1965-2002. Pilgrim Editi...

Blair, Clanchy, Keen, Elton, Porter, Young, Briggs, Taylor, Wrigley and others A History of England. Vols 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (see description...

Punch Office Punch, or the London CharivariJuly-December 1841 to January-June 1891. Two Punch volumes to a year, making 100 Punch volume, bound by...

Jakob Van Schley SIRENE TIREE DE BARBOTEngraving featuring some fishes and a mermaid by Antoine Francois Schley published in Antoine Francois Prev...

Mallet Allain Manesson (1630-1706) CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCEView of Cape of Good Hope of 1719 by Allain Manesson Mallet. A view of the Dutch Fort of ...

David Livingston (1813-1873) Lƒ??AFRICA AUSTRALE PRIMO VIAGGIO DAL 1840 AL 1856Illustrated edition of 1888 of this account of first travel in Sout...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) UN VIAGGIO AEREO OSSIA CINQUE SETTIMANE IN PALLONEScarce Italian edition of 1875 of this famous novel of adventure by the ...

Robert Brown The Story of Africa and Its Explorers4 volumes. First editions. A detailed history of Africa starting with brief references to Ptolem...

AA VV GIARDINO DI DIVOZIONE COI VESPRI E SALMI PENITENZIALI ISTRUZIONI E PREGHIERE PER ASSISTERE ALLA SANTA MESSALittle religious book not dated b...

Thomas Salmon (1679-1767) LA CITTA DI BENIN CAPITALE DEL REGNO DELLO STESSO NOME SULLA COSTA DELLA GUINEA NELLƒ??AFRICAVery nice animated view of ...

Rigobert Bonne (1727-1755), Andr?? EGYPTE, NUBIE ET ABISSINIEMap by Rigobert Bonne featuring the coasts of the Egypt, Nubia and Abissinia (modern-...

R. R. M. Carpenter My African Safari1 volume. Privately printed first edition in presentation case. Printed on specially crafted paper.  A premium...

AA VV SOUTH AFRICA From Official & other authentic authoritiesVery beautiful map of South Africa, coloured by hand, big size. One detailed enlarge...

Thomas Salmon (1679-1767) CARTA GEOGRAFICA DEL CAPO DI BUONA SPERANZAMap of Cape of Good Hope of 1760 circa by Thomas Salmon. Nice cartouche in th...

Pierre Lapie (1779-1850) AFRIQUEMap of Africa of 1809 by Pierre Lapie (1779-1850) coloured by hand. Beautiful cartouche in the lower left corner. ...

Emile Jonveaux Two Years in East Africa1 volume. Rebound in half-leather decorative bindings. Original cover and spine bound in at front endpapers...

Thomas Baines. The Gold Regions Of South Eastern Africa.1 volume. First edition. Publishers green cloth with gilt Zebra vignette. Gilt title with ...

George McCall Theal Compendium of South African History and Geography1 volume. Third edition revised and enlarged. Very scarce. Publishers red clo...

John Roscoe Twenty-Five Years in East Africa1 volume. Bookplate of the Duke of Portland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish-Bentinck Publishe...

Lieut.-Col. J. K. Trotter The Niger Sources1 volume. First edition. Rebound in full-leather with morocco titles. Full-leather with raised bands. G...

Fred A. Wardenburg, OPERATION SAFARI and SAFARI ENCORE2 volumes. Privately printed limited editions. Signed by author. Operation Safari. Burgundy ...

General von Lettow-Vorbeck My Reminiscences of East Africa1 volume. First edition. Very scarce title. "The brilliant commander of the German Force...

Aurel Schulz and August Hammar The New Africa. A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers1 volume. First edition 1897. Very scarce title....

Barclay, M; other artists; foreword by the Earl of Clarendon; uncredited introduction South African Wild FlowersGrey printed presentation envelope...

Dyer, R Allen, and others Flora of Southern Africa. The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants. Vol 1 Dicotyledons; Vol 2 Gymnosperms & Monoc...

Rice, Elsie Garrett, Robert Harold Compton; foreword by Field Marshal J C Smuts Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good HopeDated 9 May 1950 and signed i...

Translators from Original Tongues The Reader's BibleFull bound in scarlet morocco-boards with blind rules to both panels, 5 raised bands and gilt ...

Basil le Cordeur and Christopher Saunders The War of the Axe 1847Dust jacket has a mark and scar on the front panel and a small nick to the front ...

Ryno Greenwall Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer WarDust jacket with French fold, illustrated end papers, standard edition, cloth covered b...

M.G. Hibbard Boer War Tribute Medalslimited edition #1143 of 1500 (standard edition numbered 210 - 1700), dust jacket with French Fold, maroon clo...

Wilfrid Blunt and William T. Stearn The Art of Botanical IllustrationNew edition revised and enlarged by William T. Stearn, originally published b...

Mary Gunn and L.E. Codd Botanical Exploration of Southern AfricaBottle-green cloth over board with giltspine titling and colophon to front board; ...

Robert Mudie The Feathered Tribes of the British IslandsDecorated gilt spine detail together with titling on both volumes, clear, clean and bright...

Auriol Batten Flowers of Southern AfricaDustjacket has two patches of tape shadow to front panel and four patches on the back panel. Tape burn to ...

Reay H.N. Smithers The Mammals of the Southern African SubregionDust jacket is loose around the boards; tape shadow from previously taped plastic ...