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Siege of Ladysmith. THE LADYSMITH LYRE 4 individual copies - each on A4 sheet published on both sides with a humorous hand-drawn sketch stapled to...

Souvenir COMMANDERS OF THE EMPIRE. unpaginated - 3 pages of letterpress, 12 black and white full page photographs of British Army figures, most of...

Mrs. Diana Strickland Through the Belgian Congo 1 volume. First edition. Very hard to find any first editions.  Publishers red cloth with blind-st...

E.M. Jackson (Editor.) Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1905. Vol. IV. Chronological Table and Index. Text is in very good condition as is ...

Dr. E.C. Godee - Molsbergen & Joh. Visscher. Zuid-Afrika's Geschiedenis in Beeld. South African History Told in Pictures. 140 pages. Numerous illu...

A.D. (Augustus Daniel) Frederickson Ad Orientem 1 volume. First edition 1889. 25 lithographed full-page plates finished in colour. 1 facsimile of ...

T. C. Eyton A History of the Rarer Species of British Birds 1 volume. First edition 1836. Originally published in three monthly part. These origin...

John Nyren The Young Cricketer's Tutor Memorabilia + 1 volume.  Memorabilia. MCC Tour 1947/1948. Autographs, photo and programme cover. Surrey Cri...

Alfred W. Cole, W. M. Foster, I. S. Bond (editors) The South African Magazine (1868 - 1869) Ten Volumes Ten volumes of The South African Magazine,...

Abel Chapman SAVAGE SUDAN 1 volume. First edition 1921.  Publishers green covers with gilt vignettes to back and front. Gilt titles to spine. Gilt...

Joseph MacLaren, editor Knight & Butters Crest of Great Britain & Ireland 2 volumes. First edition 1883. Brown buckram with blind-stamped crest an...

Major J. H. Hale, Roger Woolley, H. G. McClelland Salmon and Trout Fly Dressing. 3 volumes. Each volume in individual slipcase. Gilt titles to spi...

Charles C. Perkins Tuscan Sculptors: Their Lives, Works, and Times 2 volumes. First edition 1864. Publishers brown cover with blind-stamped border...

Greathead, J.B.S. & Gess, D.W. [editor] THE AFRICAN HUNTING AND TRAVEL JOURNALS OF J.B.S. GREATHEAD, 1884-1910 lxxxix, 325 pages: illustrations, p...

Patricia Weckesser & John Contat Gabriel de Jongh 6 April 1913 - 11 March 2004 Limited to 1000 copies, this is number 809. Pages 184, colour plate...

Hans Fransen Old Towns and Villages of the Cape Hans Fransen is a widely published author of books on vernacular architecture and early townscape ...

Rock, Lyle M; Jack Pieter (illustrator) Hearts of Oak. 100 years in Pondoland (signed by author) (1974) Starting with the arrival in South Africa ...

Josephus, Flavius, Maynard, George Henry, Kimpton, Rev. Edward THE WHOLE GENUINE AND COMPLETE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS Hardcover Folio bound in ...

Prosser, Julia The Jews of KwaZulu-Natal: A History (2008) This is a comprehensive, but unillustrated, history of Natal Jewry, dating from the lan...

Henning, C. G. GRAAF-REINET Binding condition is good. The interior hinges are tight. There is some bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Th...

Smith, Anna H. JOHANNESBURG STREET NAMES The standard reference book regarding the origin of the names of streets and suburbs in Johannesburg. Onl...

Lieut. Chas. Rathbone Low Her Majesty's Navy Including It's Deeds and Battles. 3 volumes. First edition ca.1890. 1st edition complete set of Charl...

J.L.B. Smith. The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. The standard work on ichthyology of Southern Africa. 550 pages. Signed by the artist Margaret Smi...

William H Prescot History of the Conquest of Mexico Printed in 1855, this is the 7th edition and in three volumes. Pages 413, 407 and 444. In good...

G.E. Pearse. Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa. Originally published in 1933 this work was reprinted in 1957. 113 plates all present...

Cairncross, Bruce THE DESMOND SACCO COLLECTION A catalogue of one of the most comprehensive collections of Southern African minerals in the world....

Mundy Peter, Butchart Duncan; Ledger John; Piper Steven THE VULTURES OF AFRICA Over 130 Photos Colour Plates, Black and White Illustrations and ma...

Various CAPE TOWN - 3 X HISTORY OF SUBURBS - KOMMETJIE, WYNBERG AND OBSERVATORY Three books of the History of various suburbs. BEYOND THE CITY LIM...

TURKEY / OTTOMAN calligrapher, 18th century. An Ottoman calligraphic panel signed Muhammad Amin Riza Al-Tawfiqi (Mehmet Amin Ricai Tevfik). Ottoma...

W Duncan Baxter TURN BACK THE PAGES: Sixty-eight years at the Cape Hardcover - blue boards - signed and inscribed by the author. Light foxing on a...

R B Lodge Bird Hunting Through Wild Europe Hardcover. Very good plus pictorial blue cloth gilt with design of hunter with wild turkey. 333 pgs. B/...

D Crawford Thinking Black Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, map to front board and endpapers. 485pp; 18p...

Johan Coenraad Braakensiek Engelsche taktiek in Zuid-Afrika & Cronje's overgave Johan Coenraad Braakensiek (24 May 1858, Amsterdam – 27 February 1...

Wilson, H. W. With the Flag to Pretoria. A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900, AND, (London: Harmsworth Brothers, 1900 and 1901; The Amalgamated...

Fouché, Leo (editor) Mapungubwe. Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo. Large 4to; original cloth-backed papered boards, with title printed o...

Pearse, Henry H. S. (editor) The History of Lumsden's Horse. A Complete Record of the Corps from its Formation to its Disbandment Loosely inserted...

Goldmann, Charles Sydney With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa Bookplate of Walter Howorth Greenly to front pastedown; signed "WH Gr...

Makins, George Henry Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900. 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. xvi + 504, incl. inde...

Leibbrandt, H. C. V. (compiler) De Rebellie van 1815, Algemeen Bekend als Slachters Nek. 243 x 150 mm; original printed paper wrappers; pp. iv + 1...

Bufton, John Tasmanians in the Transvaal War 4to; original charcoal cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover; pp. (xvi) + 534; several photographic ...

Romer, C. F., and A. E. Mainwaring The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War, Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered ...

De Villiers, O. T. Met De Wet en Steyn in Het Veld. Avonturen, ervaringen en indrukken van O. T. de Villiers, Kaapsch rebel Large 8vo; original pa...

Charles Theodore Te Water Collection of letters, cards, ephemera, cartoons Charles Theodore Te Water (4 February 1887 - 6 June 1964) was a South A...

Davey, Arthur The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking. Brenthurst First Series, number 9. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Original bright re...

Burrows, J E Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies 4to; original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp...

Fessler, Julius Unter dem Roten Kreuz in Transvaal 8vo; quarter cloth, with marbled sides; pp. (iv) + 314; frontis. portrait; photographs in text....

Rosny, J.-H. [pseud.] La Guerre Anglo-Boer. Histoire et Récits d'après des Documents officiels Large 8vo; quarter red morocco, with matching bub...

Leyds, W. J. Het Insluiten van de Boeren-Republieken. Een vervolg op De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal. In Twee Deelen Two demy 8vo volumes; or...

Hole, Hugh Marshall Old Rhodesian Days 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. (x) + 142, incl. index; plates; folding map.  Ext...

Schapera (I.) LIVINGSTONE'S AFRICAN JOURNAL 1853 - 1856 Inscribed by author to Frank and Edna Bradlow. The Bradlows themselves did extensive resea...

Park (Mungo) REIZE IN DE BINNENLANDEN VAN AFRIKA GEDURENDE DE JAREN 1795, 1796 EN 1797 3 vols. 8vo. XVIII, 284 (8); (4), 261 (9); XXVIII, 322 (6) ...

Aitken (W. Francis) / Gardner (Brian) Lot of 2; BADEN-POWELL, THE HERO OF MAFEKING. / MAFEKING, A VICTORIAN LEGEND 1) BADEN-POWELL, THE HERO OF MA...

Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) THE LION HUNTER IN SOUTH AFRICA ix plus 373pp plus 32pp. Cloth hardcover with gilt vignette to front board, blind emboss...

Kruger ( Paul) / Meintjes (Johannes) Lot of 2; THE MEMOIRS OF PAUL KRUGER - Special Colonial Edition / PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER, A Biography. 1) THE ...

Shakespeare, William MACBETH (ILLUSTRATED BY SALVADOR DALI) First Edition, Hardcover Octavo, decorative paper covered boards in a black slip-case ...

Du Val (Charles) WITH A SHOW THROUGH SOUTHERN AFRICA AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE TRANSVAAL WAR ...with a description of the diamond fields. ...

Reid Daly, Ron PAMWE CHETE - THE LEGEND OF THE SELOUS SCOUTS First Edition, hardcover Quarto, bound in grey boards and has 593 pages. Black titles...

Journal. MOTORING IN SOUTH AFRICA Volume 1 no 6 January 1913 - Volume IX no 101 December 1920 issued monthly. 8 volumes bound in blue cloth, no ti...

[Tretchikoff (Vladimir)] TRETCHIKOFF (De Luxe Edition signed by the artist) By Howard Timmins. Foreword by Stuart Cloete. De Luxe Edition: Forewo...

Rompel (Frederik) UIT DEN TWEEDEN VRIJHEIDSOORLOG 96pp plus 4pp Pictorial Softcover. Age-toned margins. Chipping to spine. Several unspliced deckl...