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An Observer South African Balloons - A Skit on the Boom (Very early Johannesburg printing, 1895)13pp. Some foxing on the front wrap, front wrap an...

J. F. W. Grosskopf Pierneef : The Man and His Work (1947)Publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt titles on the spine and front panel. T...

Edward Cavendish Drake A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages And Travels, From The Earliest Accounts to the Present Ti...

Lady Bellairs The Transvaal War 1880 - 1881 (limited facsimile reprint)A facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition, limited to 1000 copies published b...

J. C. Voigt Fifty Years of the History of the Republic in South Africa 1795 - 1845 (limited facsimile reprint)Facsimile reprint of the original 18...

A. B. Lloyd In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country1 volume. Second impression of the first edition 1900. Lloyd is not only a big game hunter and colon...

Joannis Alberti Hesychiou Lexikon. Hesychii LexiconJohannes Alberti (March 6, 1698 in Assen – 13 August 1762, Leiden), was a Dutch theologian. Alb...

Harris (Tony) and Arnott (Graeme) SHRIKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA ( Collectors' edition signed by the author and illustrator) Text by Tony Harris Illu...

Henley ( A.M.H.) ROUND THE CAMPFIRE (Limited edition signed by the author) Foreword by Jim Rikhoff First edition: 187 pages + [1] + 5 blank pages...

Johnson (Martin) SAFARI With 66 illustrations Facsimile Reprint : 294 pages, frontispiece, 65 photographs, book sellers ticket on the front paste...

Kittenberger (K?­lm?­n) BIG GAME HUNTING AND COLLECTING IN EAST AFRICA 1903 -1926 With 200 illustrations First English edition. xix, 348 pages, fr...

Oatley (Terry) ROBINS OF AFRICA (Collectors' Edition signed by the author and the illustrator) Text by Terry Oatley Illustrations by Graeme Arnot...

Ruark (Robert) SOMETHING OF VALUEFirst edition: 549 pages, original blue cloth boards titled in silver on the spine, light foxing, a good copy in ...

Sanchez-Ari?ño (Tony) ed. HUNTING IN BOTSWANA(Signed by the editor and the illustrator) Illustrations by Dino Paravano First edition: 432 pages, m...

Sanchez-Ari?ño (Tony) ed. HUNTING IN THE SUDAN (Signed by the editor and the illustrator) Illustrations by Joseph Vance First edition: 517 pages, ...

Sanchez-Ari?ño (Tony) ed. HUNTING IN ZAMBIA (Signed by the editor and the illustrator)Illustrations by Elise van der Heijden First edition: 487 pa...

Sanchez-Ari?ño (Tony) ed. HUNTING IN ZIMBABWE (Signed by the editor and the illustrator) Illustrations by Larry Norton First edition: 387 pages, ...

Sanchez-Ari?ño (Tony) THE LAST OF THE FEW (Signed by the author)First edition: 244 pages, numerous black and white photographs, green cloth with g...

Vary (Colin) GAMEBIRD SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (De luxe edition signed by the author) Photographs by Lionel Soule First edition: 135 pages, nu...

Willoughby (Captain Sir John C.) EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAMEAfrican Collection Reprint: xxxiii, 303 pages, frontispiece, 17 plates, full black de...

Wincza (Ada and Laddy) BUSH AND PLAINS (Presentation copy) Foreword by Jim Rikhoff. Photographs from the authors' private collection First editio...

Various contributors ARMY (Conduct of Troops in South Africa)ARMY ( Conduct of Troops in South Africa). Return to an Address of the Honourable The...

Various contributors Copies of Extracts of any Engagements subsisting between this COUNTRY and any STATES or NATIVE TRIBES in SOUTH AFRICASOUTH AF...

Heylin, Peter (author); maps by N J Visscher and Philippi (Philip) Chetwind(e) Cosmography. The Fourth Book, Part 1. Containing the Chorography & ...

Mungo Park The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 18051 volume. Large format 1815 edition. Contemporary quarter-calf over...

Ian Fleming FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE (1957)A fine first edition, second impression of Ian Fleming's classic fifth James Bond spy novel. Published by...

Daphne du Maurier The Apple Tree - a short novel and several long stories by Daphne du Maurier (2 x first editions)Two first editions of Du Maurie...

[TAMIL literature.] - Nathaniel Edward KINDERSLEY (1763 ƒ?? 1831) [The Tirukkural, and other texts] Specimens of Hindoo Literature: consisting of...

Roger Ballen OUTLAND - INSCRIBED COPYThe first edition of this title, by this internationally acclaimed photographer, of which a revised edition w...

Ernest Cole (Photographer), Thomas Flaherty (Text) HOUSE OF BONDAGEThe first edition of this landmark book in South African photojournalism. Cole ...

John Wigham RICHARDSON (1837-1908, shipbuilder, author & compilor) & others (authors) TRIREMES. - A sammelband of articles (some inscribed), note...

Emily Hobhouse Report of a Visit to the Camps of Women and Children in the Cape and Orange River ColoniesThe pamphlet that started it all. Emily H...

R C F Maugham ZambeziaJohn Murray, London Albemarle Street, W., 1914. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, 1st ed, 1910, complete - 3...

A. Blayney Percival A Game Ranger's Note Nook & A Game Ranger on SafariThese two volumes were gifted to Brian & Jill Marsh , May 1985, by Bill Fe...

A.H. Hornsby The South African Diamond FieldsFacsimile reprint in limited edition.  This edition was limited to 500 copies. 100 of which are numbe...

Emily Hobhouse Tant' Alie of TransvaalHobhouse worked on the manuscript of this book for many years; ironically the work was interrupted by the Wo...

Emily Hobhouse SIGNED postcard sent to General SmutsEmily Hobhouse was generally reviled by the public in Great Britain but revered as a hero in S...

Ruth Fry Emily Hobhouse: A MemoirAn excellent copy of a rare book in a lovely dust jacket. The book was compiled by Ruth Fry. The front flap of th...

Zuckerman (Andrew) WISDOM (signed by many of the prominent figures featured in the book including Nelson Mandela)215 pages, 51 full page colour po...

Freeman ( Edward A.) THE HISTORY OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND6 volumes. Vol 1 third edition revised - 795 pages; vol 2 3rd edition revised - ...

Rousseau (Jean Jacques) THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Now for the first time completely translated into English without expurgation. I...

Arbousset (T.) & Daumas (F.) NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY TOURFacsimile reprint: 330 pages, frontispiece, folding map, 10 illustrations, brown skiv...

Batten (A.) & Bokelmann (H.) WILD FLOWERS OF THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE185 pages, map on endpapers, 127 colour plates, pictorial paper covered boar...

Bayer (M.B.) THE NEW HAWORTHIA HANDBOOK124 pages, many colour illustrations, pictorial card wrappers (paperback), a very good copy.National Botani...

Bleek (D.F.) COMPARATIVE VOCABULARIES OF BUSHMAN LANGUAGES94 pages, rebound in brown cloth titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, a very good c...

Campbell (Roy) THE COLLECTED POEMS OF ROY CAMPBELLVOLUME 3 Proof copy. 144 pages, grey paper wrappers, several marginal notes, a good copy. Stampe...

[Chettle (G.A.) Editor] SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET ANNUAL 1954208 pages, 16 plates, decorated card wrappers, a good copy.Knox Printing Co.Durban1954A G...

Collins (Wm.W.) FREE STATIA344 pages, frontispiece, 8 illustrations, red vynide titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy in the dust jacket now ...

Devitt (Napier) THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN SOUTH AFRICA60 pages, cream paper wrappers, worn on the spine and insect scarred on the back cover, a g...

[Fouch?? (Leo) Editor] THE DIARY OF ADAM TAS 1705-1706 Revised by A.J. Böeseken, English translation by Dr. J. Smuts 403 pages, folding map, 1 ot...

Giddy (Cynthia) CYCADS OF SOUTH AFRICAWith pencil drawings and diagrams by Barbara Jeppe. First edition: 122 pages, numerous distribution maps, nu...

Liltved (William Rune) COWRIES AND THEIR RELATIVES OF SOUTHERN AFRICAWith the Supplement: A new species of Cypraeovula occurring off the northern ...

Photograph Album ANGLO BOER WAR22 sepia toned photographs depicting various scenes in Cape Town and Green Point during the Boer War. They have han...

Rosenthal (Eric) & Blum (Eliezer) THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TRIANGULAR STAMP (Presentation copy) With a check list and price list of current market va...

[Stern (Irma)] HIDDEN TREASURES: IRMA STERN (Signed by the author) Text by Irene Below First edition: 56 pages, frontispiece portrait, numerous co...

Williams (A.F.) THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND2 volumes, 352 + 636 pages continuously paginated, tables, diagrams, 31 photographic coloured plates, 30...

Baines, Thomas, author and artist ; M A Baines (Thomas's father), preface Explorations in South-West Africa. Being an account of a journey in the ...

H.W. Struben. Recollections of Adventures.Struben concentrates on his personal reminiscenses from 1850. He resided in the Transvaal from 1855- 188...

Benjamin Bennett THREE INSCRIBED BENJAMIN BENNETT TITLESThis lot comprises three Benjamin Bennett legal/true crime titles, all inscribed on public...

Stephen King CARRIE - SCARCE FIRST UK EDITION IN DWThe very scarce first UK edition of King's first book and arguably his scarcest trade edition w...