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Click here to subscribeMACKENZIE, JOHN AUSTRAL AFRICA: LOSING IT OR RULING IT BEING INCIDENT AND EXPERIENCES IN BECHUANALAND, CAPE COLONY AND ENGLAND, 2 VOLS London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 First edition. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations and two maps. Pictorial cover (map) in bright binding. A fine set. (2)
Various ILLUSTRATED MAPS OF THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN AND ITALIAN CAMPAGN OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Italy and Libya: Mobile Military Map Printing Unit, 1942 - 45 First edition. Map 1 - Map with numerous vignettes of the Western Desert area of the North African Campaign Operations of the 8th Army: Historical Record of the 46 Survey Company of the South African Engineer Corps 1942 - 43, size: 55 by 42cm. Map 2 - Map of Italian Campaign 1944 - 45 with formation signs and badge with Roll of Honour 1/6 Field Regiment (V) South African Artillery (Prince Alfred's Own Cape Field Artillery), size: 34 by 46cm. Map 3 - Map of the Italian Campaign by Sgt. A. N. F. Coppin II S.A. armoured Brigade HQ, as printed in Milan, showing all the cap badges and flashes of the South African Units involved, size: 51 by 40,5cm. All maps in very fine condition and appropriately framed. As far as it is known the three maps have never been offered before for sale together, as a World War II set illustrating the South African war effort up North. (3)
Martens, H. THE CAPTURE OF FORT ARMSTRONG, KAFFIR LAND FEB 22 1851 London: Rudolph Ackermann, 20 January 1852 First edition. A fine handcoloured engraving showing a panoramic view of the Royal Artillery, Cape Mounted Riflemen, Fingo Corps and Fort Beaufort Burghers advancing on Fort Armstrong. Framed in cut out mount.
Van Riebeeck Society SECOND SERIES, VOL. 1 - 35, 35 VOLS Cape Town: van Riebeeck Society, 1970 - First edition. Col. & b/w illustrations. Cloth. Note: Nos 1 - 18 are in the unattractive dull cloth binding - a very poor choice for this prestigious publication. From Vol 19 each Vol has a bright red pictorial dustjacket which considerably brightens up the set. The set, which still is added to each year, ended Vol 35 when the vendor passed away. An unread set in fine dustjackets. (35)
Van Riebeeck Society FIRST SERIES, VOL. 1 - 50 Cape Town: van Riebeen Society, 1920 -1969 First edition. Col. & b/w illustrations. Cloth, generally speaking a good set but as some copies vary slightly, viewing is suggested. Note: this is a complete set and includes the early numbers from No. 1. No serious Africana collector should be without this set on his library shelves. (50)
A CAPE TEAK AND STINKWOOD GATE-LEG TABLE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY the hinged rectangular top above a frieze drawer on shaped block legs and feet, joined by a box-stretcher, restorations 72cm high, 24cm deep, 179cm fully extended PROVENANCE Property of the Estate Late Dr Pieter Wissekerke
Mentzel, O. F. LIFE AT THE CAPE FOR MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEING THE BIOGRAPHY OF RUDOLF SIEGFRIED ALLEMANN Cape Town: van Riebeeck Society, 1919 First edition. B/w frontis. Inscribed to E. (Bess) Reitz from her father Frank Reitz, Christmas 1919, grey cloth with figure of van Riebeeck on cover board. The very rare Vol 2 of the first series of the van Riebeeck Society. Far rarer than the Darter's or Maskew Miller editions. Translated from the German by Margaret Greenlees.
Various CORRESPONDENCE TO BESSIE REITZ'S HUSBAND JUDGE PRESIDENT VAN ZYL ? Letters from the Administrator of the Cape regarding a Schoolboy rugby controversy that blew up in 1943, letter dated 5 May on Administrator's office note paper ? Two telegrams from the Prime Minister's Secretary re the Rugby problem and from Smuts himself ? Letter from Judge President van Zyl to Smuts, 27 April 1943 re the rugby controversy ? Letter from Paul Sauer, Minister of Transport, 6 December 1957 ? Handwritten letter from E. G. Jansen, Governor General of South Africa, 14 September 1953, thanking Judge President H. S. van Zyl for his hospitality. On Governor General's letterhead in official envelope.
Various LETTERS TO BESS REITZ, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT F. W. REITZ OF THE O. F. S. Please note: some letters are addressed to Bess Reitz while others are addressed to Mrs H. S. van Zyl, after her marriage to Judge H. S. van Zyl. ? Letter from the Private Secretary of Princess Wilhelmina of The Netherlands replying to Bessie's inquiry whether the diamond President Reitz presented to the Queen of The Netherlands was still present in the Crown Jewels of The Netherlands 19/10/1960 in original stamped envelope ? From Dr. W. A. Spooner, Master New College, Oxford 22/10/1912 ? From Mrs M. T. Steyn about the 1947 Royal Visit 2/8/1948 ? From Etta Macey, Sculptor and Poet with paper cutting: three page letter in the hand of Etta Macey 26/12/1913 in stamped envelope ? From Dr Killie Campbell re Bess's husband's resignation from being chairman of the Historical Monuments Commission ? About the death of Denys Reitz's son Michael, a SAAF pilot, in a flying accident, letter and envelope 14/9/1952 ? From Reg 'de Smidt 12/11/1947 about the Cape Dutch house Welgemeend ? From Princess Elizabeth Windish - Gratz of Austria 4/9/1947 in stamped envelope ? From Sir James and Lady Rose-Innes about bereavements 14 Aug 1935 ? From Arthur Elliot the famous Cape Photographer re the Ossewa Brandwag and Concentration Camps in Europe 15/10/1948 and others. (QTY)
Barrow, John AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1797 AND 1798, 2 VOLS London: T. Cadell Jun & Davies, W, 1801 First edition. Col. foldout frontis and a number of foldout maps of the Cape Peninsula, in very good condition, ideal for the British Occupation of 1806! Original half leather showing wear to spines with marbled boards and burst corners. Bookplate of William Long. Internal hinge split to Vol 1. A nice clean set. (2)
Various S A ART LIBRARY SERIES Cape Town: C. Struik & Co., 1974 - 1977 First edition. Col. & b/w illustrations. Hard back in very good dustjackets. Vol 1 - 4 in slipcase in fine unread condition. Probably the finest example to come on to the market for years. Artists featured: ? Hugo Naude ? Cecil Higgs ? Irma Stern ? Maggie Laubser ? Walter Battiss ? Claude Bouscherain. (6)
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African 1886-1957) YSTERKOP (NILANT 66) linocut, signed, inscribed with the title, 'N.T.', 'impr', and 'Druk 1936', and numbered 5/50 in pencil in the margin Nilant, F. E. G. Pierneef Linosneë, A. A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1974, illustrated on p 101, no. 66 sheet size: 34,5 by 43cm
Edwards, Dennis THE ANGLO-BOER WAR OCT 1899 - MAY 1902 Cape Town: Dennis Edwards & Co., 1902 Final edition. Album of over 500 photographic plates. Decorated cover boards, wear to corners of covers, internal hinge split, front free endpaper creased and foxed. This is the rare edition that contains photographs to the end of the war and does not stop short at the end of 1900! The photos record the movements of British, Colonial and Boer Forces engaged in the war.
By Authority ADVICE OF ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL, MAJOR D. REITZ London: 1918 Official crested postcard addressed to Deneys Reitz's father F. W. Reitz Esq Senate, Cape Town, South Africa, notifying him that his son Major D. Reitz of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers had been admitted to the 2nd British Red Cross Hospital, British Expeditionary Force stating that his son had received a gun shot wound in the buttocks. However, in Deneys Reitz's book 'Trekking On' that details his World War I experiences, he writes quite differently about his being wounded near Arras, October 1917, p. 190 - 191. "There were a few 5.9 shells dropping about...to this day I do not know what happened next, nor do I know what became of the orderly and the horses. All I know is that I found myself coming to on a stretcher...a doctor was cutting away my riding breeches...my stretcher stood on flagstones...a white-aproned surgeon with rubber gloves was probing my wounds, which consisted of several deep gashes, and injuries to arms and head. He injected me with serum and when I asked him whether I was badly damaged, he said it would be a long time before I was on my 'pins' again!! Certainly not a wound to the buttocks so much for the postcard!
Garson, Yvonne (Compiler) VERSATILE GENIUS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR MAPS 1822 - 1876 Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1992 First edition; African Series No. 3; No. 36 of 200. Manuscript Maps and Plans of the Eastern Frontier 1822 - 1876. Pictorial card covers. Crease to front corner of cover. A very rare publication. Col. illustrations. ? CARTWRIGHT, MARGARET (Compiler) - Maps of the South Western Cape of Good Hope, 1992, softback. (2)
EMIGRANT'S INFORMATION OFFICE HANDBOOKS 1899, HMSO 1899 numbers 1-12, Canada - New South Wales - Victoria - South Australia - Queensland - Western Australia - Tasmania - New Zealand - Cape Colony - Natal - Professional handbook - emigration statutes and general handbook numbers 1-10, each with a folding map, a few with closed tears, original printed boards, very worn
EMIGRANT'S INFORMATION OFFICE HANDBOOKS 1893, HMSO 1892 numbers 1-12, Canada - New South Wales - Victoria - South Australia - Queensland - Western Australia - Tasmania - New Zealand - Cape Colony - Natal - Professional handbook - emigration statuts and general handbook number 1-10, each with a folding map, original printed boards worn
PACKET of Royalty ephemera from the collection of Ken Wheal, former Grenadier Guardsman who was seconded as an orderly at Clarence Hosue to work for the Royal Household from 1951-1955, during this part as part of the proposed 1952 Royal Commonwealth tour to Ceylon and the Southern Hemisphere, setting sail on the SS Gothic from Tilbury to Mombasa, Kenya in January 1952 but being flown back from Kenya after the cancellation of the tour due to the passing of King George VI, the collection including a large folding coloured map, ROYAL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 1952, approx size 70 x 102cm, original printed covers, given to Mr Wheal for the journey plus souvenir postcard by Valentines of the proposed Royal Cruise, real photographic card depicting SS Gothic with oval portraits of HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh plus real photographic postcard of SS Gothic sent by Ken Wheal, Tuesday January 15th 1952 en route to Las Palmas, Tenerife on SS Gothic + duplicate postcard (no message, creased) + printed passenger list SHAW SAVILL LINE PASSENGER LIST SS GOTHIC ... TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND VIA CAPE TOWN AND MOMBASA FROM SOUTHAMPTON 12TH JAN 1952, [5]pp stapled + snapshot photograph of Mr Wheal in uniform on land, possibly Las Palmas? + one other aboard ship + printed immigration visa, visitors pass permitting entry to Kenya for Ken Wheal issued 4th Jan 1952 as part of Royal Tour + Shaw Savill Line information for passengers England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand printed booklet + typed note signed on Buckingham Palace headed paper dated 19th October 1953 re lost suitcase on flight home from Kenya after cancellation of Royal Tour "I'm afraid there is no sign of the suitcase and we have drawn a blank to all enquiries..." + two others similar, each signed secretarially + original admission ticket for "the lying-in State of His Late Majesty King George VI in Westminster Hall..." admitting Mr and Mrs Wheal, 11th February 1952 + original permit certifying guardsman K Wheal is an orderly to Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth at Clarence House + original gelatine silver print photograph depicting HRH Princess Elizabeth, Colonel Grenadier Guards with the members of the staff of the Guards Depot 8th July 1949, photograph approx size 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 cm, the mount with printed title and names of those present in photograph printed beneath including Ken Wheal + a small quantity of other associated Royalty ephemera, as featured pages 2 and 3 of Eastern Daily Press Monday September 14th 2015 with original copy of the article
Boer War pair medals - comprising Queens South Africa medal with three clasps - Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, named to 82018 GNR. W. Page R.F.A., together with a Kings South Africa medal with two clasps - South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, named to 82018 BOMB: W. Page R.F.A. (2)
Prestwich (Joseph). Geology, Chemical, Physical, and, Stratigraphical, volumes 1 & 2, 1886-88, numerous black and white illustrations plus colour folding plates, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated green quarter morocco, boards lightly marked, spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Wright (G. Frederick), The Ice Age in North America, and its bearings upon the antiquity of Man, 1890, 143 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece, plus 3 maps, period inscription to front endpaper, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus McKay (Alexander), The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand, volumes 1 & 2, 1905-06, numerous black and white illustrations, ex-library copies with associated marks, some minor toning, uniform contemporary blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other 19th century and modern geological reference, including publications by H.M.S.O., Cambridge, Oxford, mostly original cloth, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves & a carton)
SM Devil (Demon King) - Pelham Puppets SM Range, painted features, red eyes, opening mouth, large composite hands with closed fingers, metal strip knee joints, string above knees, wearing a red felt hat, red suit, black cape, boxed, 1948 - 1954The earlier version of this model had the spring tail
DAHL, ROALD, THE COMMEMORATIVE LIMITED EDITION WORKSnumber 405 of 500, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1991, fifteen hard cover volumes, quarter blue leather binding, gilt titles to spines, gilt top page edges, each copy housed in a patterned cardboard slip case, all contained within a large blue cloth covered box
Battle of Britain veteran Norman Woodland signed letter. Handwritten letter, dated 1988 over three pages, single sided by Battle of Britain veteran Norman Naylor Woodland, 236 Squadron. In this letter he details his entire wartime career, from 1939 when he joined the RAF at Uxbridge to 1945 waiting for the boat home from Cape Town South Africa. Fascinating piece!! This letter was sent to Ken Wynn, author of the famous book Men of the Battle of Britain.
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