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Sir Frederick Jackson Early Days in East AfricaFirst Edition. The rare original edition. A very good plus copy in the original publishers blue clo...

Dr. H.J. de Graaf. De Boerenoorlog in oude ansichten.Photographs of a collection of Anglo-Boer War postcards. 79 Leaves with two photos per leaf. ...

Alexander Lake African AdventuresW H Allen, London, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First. 272 pp, ills. original bla...

Bennet Burleigh Sirdar and Khalifa or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan (1898)xiv + 305pp., frightening frontispiece of Major-General Sir H. H. Kitche...

De Boer J, & Temmers E M THE UNITAS FRATRUMGrey Cloth Boards with gilt lettering and vignette. The United Brethren or Uniktal Fratum started its m...

Fivaz, Derek & Scott, Patricia E AFRICAN LANGUAGESBlack Boards - some marking to boards - signed by both authors. There are two newspaper clipping...

Camden Pelham ESQ. The chronicles of crimeThe Chronicles of Crime or New Newgate Calendar by Camden Pelham ESQ., published by T. Miles and Company...

David Livingstone & Paul Du Chaillue Dr. Livingstone's and Du Chaillue's Discoveries in Africa (sensationally illustrated booklet, 1883)A 128pp il...

Joseph Sachs (Text), Irma Stern (Illustrations) Irma Stern and the Spirit of Africa (1942)Mustard yellow pictorial boards. 63pp + 11 black & white...

Hannes Meiring 2 x Original Pencil & Ink Drawings by S.A. Author, Artist, and Architect Johannes Meiring (1964)Hannes Meiring was born in 1934 and...

Henrik Gr??nvold Original Painting by Danish Bird Artist Henrik Gr??nvold of a Jackal Buzzard, First Published in "The Ibis" Journal of 1919.This ...

Vigilance Papers Vigilance Papers nos. 1.) The Voice of the Churches & 10.) An Afrikander on the Situation. (1900)'These pamphlets, together with ...

Jameson Raid Jameson's Heroic Charge. A True Story. A Complete Vindication of the Reform Movement. (very early Johannesburg printing, 1896)An extr...

Owen Richmond Thompson Salted with Fire, poems for war sufferers - (1919, Lovedale)Published by T. Maskew Miller and printed by Lovedale Instituti...

V. L. M. de Beer 180 Pencil Portraits of the South African Field Artillery, drawn during the Campaign in Palestine [1919]Title page + introductory...

F. H. Cooper Khaki Crusaders. With the South African Artillery in Egypt and Palestine. (1919)Publisher's pictorial card covers. 92pp + 7 illustrat...

H.M.S.O Further Correspondence Relating to the Colonies and States of South Africa. Natal.Further Correspondence relating to the Colonies and Stat...

Cecil Beaton 2 No Original Photographs of H R H The Queen2 No Original photographs of H R H The Queen. Photograph no 1 The Queen as a Princess tak...

Ewart, J James Ewart's Journal covering his stay at the Cape of Good Hope (1811-1814)This is the personal narrative of a young Scottish officer wh...

C. J. Mieny Leipoldt in London: Die VormingsjareNumber 203 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Half leather. Gilt titling to front and spine. Text...

Labat ( P??re Jean-Baptiste) VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER DES MARCHAIS EN GUINEEFirst edition: vol 1 xxiv, 381 pages, vol 2 [v], 364 pages, vol 3 [2] 350 p...

[Le Vaillant (F.)] FRANCOIS LE VAILLANT TRAVELLER IN SOUTH AFRICAAnd his collection of 165 water-colour paintings. 1781-1784 2 volumes, volume 1: ...

Rattray (Capt. R.S.) ASHANTI.First edition: 348 pages, frontispiece, folding genealogical table at the back, 143 black and white photographs, uncu...

[Stout (Captain Benjamin)] NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE SHIP HERCULES112 pages, rubber stamp at  the top of the title page and at the end of the t...

Fred A. McKenzie, C.N.T. du Plessis, Charles T. Bunce. The Real Kruger and the Transvaal.The authors aim to provide an impartial review of facts a...

John Robinson Notes on Natal: An old Colonist's book for new SettlersA reprint of the first edition printed 1872. First published by Robinson & Va...

Joseph Kurschner Die Buren und der S?¬dafrikanische Krieg.4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and ornately blocked in gilt, silve...

Alfred Milner (Signed). QUITRENT LAND GRANTThe map was originally surveyed in 1823 by James Swan. This "represents ... applied for by Donald and J...

G.F. Erasmus Die Geskiedenis van die RAU Militere Eenheid - Deel 1 (1982)Hierdie boek is opgedra aan die sleutelpersoneel en studentelede van RAU ...

Amelia B. Edwards A Thousand Miles up the Nile1 volume. New edition 1891. Publishers pictorial cloth. Gilt title and gilt decorative lineal border...

Tjader, Richard The Big Game Of AfricaTjader's 1909 safari into British East Africa brought him to some of the finest big game hunting lands of th...

Omar Khayyam. (Tr. Edward Fitzgerald). THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAMWith only 56pp this is likely an earlier copy of the Collins Clear-Type edition...

Menpes (Mortimer) WAR IMPRESSIONS (Edition De Luxe, the engraverƒ??s copy)254 pages, 8vo (277 x 215 mm), colour frontispiece portrait of Lord Robe...

J. G. Millais Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland3 volumes. First editions. Limited edition of 1025 copies. Three truly magnificent volumes. Firs...

GOLF, in the United States. - [Unknown photographer] Golf: a small collection of original photographsGOLF, in the United States. A small collectio...

Charles DICKENS The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. - Charles DICKENS. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Lond...

Sir Douglas Mawson The Home of the BlizzardThe author, who had participated in Shackleton's 1907 expedition as a physicist, was invited to join Sc...

Jacob Lub Donker Johannesburg, Eenvoudige mense, In en om die Goudstad, Het Zwarte Gevaar, Oom Frikkie en ander SketseJacob Lub (*1 Mei 1868, Gari...

Benjamin Moodie Autograph DocumentsA tranche of documents relating to Benjamin Moodie's farm 'Grootvaders Bosch' which is situated in the Western ...

Sir Albert R Cook Uganda MemoriesKampala, The Uganda Society. 1945. 1st edition, 1945. Hardback. Size approx 10 x 8 ins. In green cloth with embos...

Benjamin Moodie Autograph documentsThree items relating to Benjamin Moodie dealing with the loans that he made to members of his party. Item 1. A ...

Markham, Plasket, Rivers & Steyn. ALS to Benjamin Moodie dd. 11th July 1827.Writer (Markham) was probably secretary to Sir Richard Bourke at this ...

Roald DAHL Over to You. 10 Stories of Flyers and Flying.Roald DAHL. Over to You. 10 Stories of Flyers and Flying. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 19...

Geo. Eaton ALS to Benjamin Moodie dd. 9th January 1824... as agent for R.C. Carter Esquire I have purchased from Benjamin Moodie Esquire the place...

SDUK. BERLIN SDUK. BERLIN[SDUK] An early Victorian detailed plan of the city with elevations of the important buildings below, published under the...

Sebastian Munster Italia mit den dreyen furnempften Inseln Corsica, Sardinia Und Sicilia.1579. German edition. Very interesting map from Cosmograp...

Bowen, Emanuel An accurate map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best authorities, assisted by the most approved modern maps and charts, ...An ac...

Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, ...Narrative of the expedition of a...

Ben HECHT (1893-1964). Gaily, Gaily [The memoirs of a cub reporter in Chicago].Ben HECHT (1893-1964). Gaily, Gaily [The memoirs of a cub reporter ...

Pieter van der Keere Africae nova tabula Auct. J. Hondio [New map of Africa designed by J Hondius] Arguably the most beautiful small map of Africa...

JUNIUS (pseudonym). The Letters of Junius. Complete in one volume, with a copious index. The first American Edition.JUNIUS (pseudonym). The Letter...

John Murray and Fran Briggs MOMENTS OF TRUTH - INSCRIBED BY DESMOND TUTUSquare 4to. 124 pages. In the original glossy pictorial wraps. Profusely i...

[Skinner (J.D.) & Chimimba (Christian T.)] MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUBREGION (Collectors' Edition) Colour illustrations by Clare Abbott, D...

Ballen (Roger) DORPSUnpaginated [140 pages], 2 frontispieces and 64 full page photographic plates, white simulated cloth, small stain on the top e...

Berman (Esm??) THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTINGFirst Edition. 256 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, quarter leather ...

Cape of Good Hope. Reconnaissance Series. MAP OF PELLATopographical folding map - 650 x 600mm – printed on paper which folds into brown card wrapp...

Gilbert (G.K.) THE MOON'S FACE Address as retiring president delivered December 10 1892 [52] pages, frontispiece, numerous text drawings, a good ...

Jowett ( Benjamin) trans. THUCYDIDESWith introduction, marginal analysis, notes and indices in two volumes. 2 volumes; vol. 1 xx, 708 pages; vol. ...

King (Charles William) ANTIQUE GEMS Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History; and as Illustrative of Ancient Art. With hi...

Melville (Herman) OMOO Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer First UK Edition: 299 pages, frontispiece, 7 colour plates, watermarks on plate opposite page...