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[LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, first edition in book form, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1853, half leather, frontispiece, engraved title page and a further thirty-six (of thirty-eight) plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, first issue points including `elgble` on page 19, line 6; `chair` for `hair` on page 209, line 23; and `counsinship` for `cousinship` on page 275, line 22, octavo (scuffed; browned, foxed, and stained throughout; some plates with fore-edge tears).

[LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Dombey & Son, first edition in book form, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848, half leather, frontispiece, engraved title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, first issue points including `aint` without apostrophe, page 14, ten lines from bottom; `capatin` for `captain` at page 324, final line; `if` missing from page 426, line 9; and no full-stop on last line of page 582, with both two and twelve-line errata slips at page 1, octavo (scuffed; some loss to leather at spine head, with large tear to strip across lower three compartments; some foxing and staining).

[LITERATURE] Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance, first edition, C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1897, crimson cloth gilt with invisible man device, half title with advertisement verso, title printed in orange and black, two pages of publisher`s advertisements at rear, octavo (spine faded and slightly soiled).

[LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, early issue, Chapman & Hall, London, 1839, half calf, engraved portrait frontispiece after Daniel Maclise, a further thirty-nine plate illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, issue points including page 123 line 17 correct `sister` for `visiter`, page 160 six lines from bottom `latter` instead of `letter`, and page 270 line 15 `Mercie` instead of `mercy`, octavo (scuffed; plates browned or foxed and one detached; upper joint split).

[HISTORY]. SECOND WORLD WAR Churchill, Winston. The Second World War, six volumes, Cassell, London, 1950-54, cloth, dustjackets, quarto; Reid, P.R. The Colditz Story, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1952, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Reid, P.R. The Latter Days, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Neave, Airey. They Have Their Exits, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Brickhill, Paul. Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader, first edition, Collins, London, 1954, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; and sixteen other works of Second World War interest, including further biographies, (25 volumes).

[MODERN FIRSTS] Bingham, John. Murder Plan Six, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1958, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR `For Roger Hollis / with kindest regards / John Bingham / 1958`, octavo; Bingham, John. Night`s Black Agent, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1961, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR `For Roger Hollis / with kind regards / John Bingham / 1961`, octavo; and Bingham, John. A Case of Libel, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1963, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR `For Roger Hollis / with best wishes / from an old Fleet / Street hack / John Bingham / (alias Clanmorris) / 1963`, octavo, (3). Provenance: The estate of Sir Roger Hollis, KBE, CB, former Director General of MI5 (1956-65).

[SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY]. MEDICINE Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not, first edition early issue, Harrison, London no date [1860], charcoal beaded cloth, pale yellow advertisement endpapers, octavo (covers detached; lacking spine strip; title page clipped at upper right corner; minor foxing).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1929, cream cloth, plate illustrations by William Nicholson, octavo; and five other, unrelated works, (6).

A SAXTON/KIP MAP OF STAFFORDSHIRE c.1607 first edition, latin text on reverse, hand coloured, unframed, 26½ x 37 cm

TWO BADESLADE & TOMS MAPS OF STAFFORDSHIRE, one c.1741 first edition showing only towns and not villages, the other c.1742 showing villages, both uncoloured together with Thomas Jenner/Van Langaren c.1657 with table of distances (3)

Arbousset (Rev. T.) & Daumas (Rev. F.) NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY TOUR TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 8vo (220 x 140 mm) Translated from the French by John Croumbie Brown. xii, 313 pages (the page numbers 249-256 are used twice so 321 pages in all), quarter black morocco with grey cloth sides, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page, a very good copy of the first Cape Town edition.  A South African Bibliography, volume I, page 80, originally published in Cape Town in 1846, “a small impression was thrown off at the Cape for circulation amongst the friends of the mission.” From the preface to the London edition published in 1852. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1:49-50, `An account of a tour taken by two French Protestant missionaries who were settled in Basutoland, to that part of South Africa between the Orange and the Vaal Rivers, which was mainly inhabited by the Bechuanas. The tour lasted about three months, and much of the information published was related for the first time, including notes on the Bushmen, Corannas, Basutos, Bechuanas, Griquas, Zulus, and other nations, with chapters on botanical and geological matters, hunting and even literature. There is a full account of the Zulu army, including the names of the regiments, together with those of the Commanders, Lieutenants, and sub-lieutenants, and there are interesting accounts of Chaka and Dingan, with a description of the death of the former, and an ode to the later. There is a short history of the Bechuana tribes’. Very good Cape Town A.S., Robertson. Saul Solomon & Co., St George`s Street 1842

Paterson (Lieutenant William) A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS 4to (295 x 225 mm) AND CAFFRARIA IN THE YEARS ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE. Illustrated with a map and seventeen copper-plates. First edition: vi, ix-xii, 171 pages followed by iii index, (i) errata and directions of placing of the plates, 17 engraved plates (15 of botanical subjects and two of Bushmen habitations and Hottentots), folding map at the end, half green morocco with marbled paper sides and endpapers, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. Corner of the first page of text has been torn away and neatly repaired, small tear in the margin of leaf 60/61, a tear through leaf 123/4 has been repaired – the front edge of this leaf is soiled and frayed, tear in the upper margin of the folding map which does not affect the printed area. The text and plates are bright with only some very faint occasional foxing. Paterson, William (1755-1810) PATERSON, WILLIAM (1755–1810), traveller and lieutenant-governor of New South Wales, was born on 17 Aug. 1755. He entered the army at an early age, but not before he had developed a strong liking for natural history, especially botany. The interest and patronage of Lady Strathmore enabled him to gratify these tastes, and before entering upon active service he had made a series of exploring expeditions in the Hottentot country. He left England early in 1777, arrived at Capetown in May, and on 16 Oct., in company with Captain Gordon, made his first expedition, returning to Cape Town on 13 Jan. 1778. His second expedition lasted from May to 20 Nov. 1778. His third was into the district which he called Caffraria, and claimed as hitherto unknown, and it lasted from 23 Dec. 1778 to 23 March 1779. His fourth journey occupied him from 18 June to 21 Dec. the same year. He made several fresh contributions to science, and is credited with having brought to England the first giraffe-skin ever seen there. The French traveller Le Vaillant several times refers to his researches in high terms. Paterson published ‘A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria in the years 1777–8–9,’ London, 1789, 4to. A second edition and a French translation appeared in 1790. His botanical collections are in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paterson,_William_(1755-1810)_(DNB00) Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 2:143-4, `Mr Paterson accompanied Colonel Gordon (Commander of the Troops of the Dutch East India Company in South Africa) and Jacob van Reenan in several trips to the interior. He remarked that he does not give a description of the Cape as he would be only repeating what Sparrman and Masson had already communicated in their publications. In the course of his travels the author penetrated as far as Namaqualand on the west, and the Great Fish River on the south-east. Although the principal feature of the work is the description of the botanical specimens collected and noted by Mr. Paterson, there are many interesting notes respecting the natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch Colonists.` Good London Printed for J. Johnson 1789

Sparrman (Andrew) A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE ROUND THE WORLD 4to (280 x 220 mm) But chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776. By Andrew Sparrman, M.D., Professor of Physic at Stockholm, fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, and Inspector of Its Cabinet of Natural History.  Translated from the original Swedish. First English edition: 2 volumes, I. xxvii, 368. II. viii, 350, (ii errata and directions to the book-binder), pages, copper engraved frontispiece in volume 1, 9 engraved plates bound at the end of each volume, folding map, quarter brown leather with brown cloth sides, bookplates on both paste-down endpapers and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages. The leather is worn along the edges and on the raised bands, the folding map is torn at the first fold, pencil annotations in the margins throughout both volumes and with a page of pencil notes loosely inserted in each volume, light offsetting and foxing on the plates but overall the contents are in very good condition.  Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 414–5,  `On his arrival at the Cape on January10, 1772, Sparrman had only the small sum of twenty-five rix dollars in his possession, but the kindness of his reception and the hospitality of the colonists enabled him to pursue his researches and his expenses on his short expeditions were defrayed by the Swedish East India Company. About the latter end of the year, the English Exploring Expedition under Captain Cook visited Table Bay, and Sparrman was invited to accompany it and he sailed in the Resolution on November 22, 1772. He did not return to South Africa until March 1775, when he determined to make an expedition into the interior with a friend named Immelman, and they made a start on July 25, the journey being extended to April, 1776. They penetrated through Kaffararia as far as "Bruntjes Hoogte," and the narrative of their travels is interesting and instructive, and is described by Mr Theal as the "most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of people residing in it" that had been published in the eighteenth century. Sparrman died at Stockholm in 1820 at the age of 73; his work, originally written in Swedish, was translated and published in French, English and German and went through several editions.’ Good London Printed for G.J. and J. Robinson 1785

Langfier, Louis The National Bazaar under Royal and Distinguished Patronage ... on May 24th, 25th & 26th, 1900 4to The National Bazaar under Royal and Distinguished Patronage .... held at the Empress Rooms, Royal Palace Hotel and adjoining grounds, Kensington, on May 24th, 25th & 26th, 1900. Souvenir & Official Programme designed & compiled by Louis Langfier, E. Russell Polden & Arthur J. Coke. An extremely scarce programme issued to coincide with a National Bazaar in aid of dependents of British troops, killed or wounded during the current war between Brit & Boer. Apart from a few poems, songs & message, there are a number of pages dedicated to regiments of the army, with flags & colours, portrait of presidents or secretaries of the regimental supporters. Cover title: `The National Bazaar in Aid of the Sufferers by the War, May 1900 ... Souvenir and Official Programme.` HACKETT, p. 164; GREENWALL, p. 72 (description & cover picture by John Hassall). London, Gale & Polden, 1900. First edition. 4to. Cloth-backed pictorial wrappers. Pp. 158 + adverts., uncoloured illustrations, portraits. Covers lightly soiled & rubbed, some light marks on a few page margins, light foxing. Good+ Good+ London Gale & Polden 1900

Wilkinson, Spencer The Illustrated London News record of the Transvaal War, 1899-1900 Folio `The Illustrated London News record of the Transvaal War, 1899-1900: the achievements of the Home and Colonial Forces in the Great Conflict with the Boer Republics` .... by Spenser Wilkinson .... A special ultra-large (41cm tall) souvenir of the Anglo-Boer War (to-date), with a magnificent full colour cover & many uncoloured plates & illustrations. A serious collectors item in particularly nice condition. HACKETT, p. 85. London, The Illustrated London News, 1900. First edition. Folio. Card covers. Pp. 84, plates on special heavy paper, illustrations, portraits. Spine a bit torn & worn at top & bottom, front cover torn along spine join, some corners creased, some light browning. Good+ Good+ London Illustrated London News 1900

Siege of Kimberley: DIARY OF THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY, DURING THE TRANSVAAL WAR 8vo (225 x 135 mm) October 1899 to February 1900, By a Beaconsfield Resident. 2nd Edition: 89 pages, decorated paper wrappers, upper cover printed in red and blue, stapled binding. There is some light foxing throughout, top and bottom of the spine are frayed and a 3 cm tear in the margin of the back cover, signature of a previous owner appears on the front cover and on the first page of text. Overall a good copy of a scarce siege account. Hackett, South African War Books, An Illustrated Bibliography, page 149. lists the second edition only. Four copies of the first edition are listed in A South African Bibliography. It is likely that the author was a member of the Beaconsfield Town, or Border Guard. A list of the officers of the Guard appears on the verso of the front cover. Good Grahamstown Grocott and Sherry, Publishers 1900

Fitzpatrick, P Jock Of The Bushveld 8vo First Edition, first impression, in original green cloth, gilt titles on front cover and spine, professionally rebacked, with the original spine laid down. The boards are rubbed and marked; the text block is generally very good/clean, with occasional finger-smudges/foxing in places, some stain marks on the fore-edge, and some pages with closed tears on bottom margins (see images). Both end-papers have heavy tape residue marks, but apart from this there are no major faults, making this a `good to very good` copy. NOTES: Fitzpatrick was born in King William`s Town on 24 July 1862, and died at Amanzi (Uitenhage) on 24 January 1931. He was the eldest son of James Coleman Fitzpatrick, judge of the Supreme Court of the Cape Colony, and Jenny Fitzgerald, both from Ireland. In the early 1900`s he used to recount the adventures of his dog Jock (a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross), in the form of bedtime stories to his four children, Nugent, Alan, Oliver, and Cecily, to whom the book was dedicated. Rudyard Kipling, an intimate friend, used to take part in these story-telling evenings and he it was who persuaded Fitzpatrick to put the stories together in book form. Fitzpatrick’s adventures during this time of his life, when he was pioneering in the Bushveld, are vividly described in his book Jock of the Bushveld, which is generally accepted as a South African classic. Having done this, Fitzpatrick searched for a suitable artist to illustrate the book and eventually came across Edmund Caldwell in London and brought him to South Africa to visit the Bushveld and make the drawings on the spot. The book, which appeared in 1907 for the first time, was an immediate and overwhelming success, being reprinted four times in that year. source: http://www.krugerpark.co.za/ good London Longmans, Green, And Co. 1907

Venter, E A 400 Leiers in Suid-Afrika oor vier eeue. Beskouinge oor vierhonderd leierfigure in Suid-Afrika sedert die grondlegging 245 x 190 x 40 Although this Afrikaans book, sometimes written with Christian religious fervour, concentrates on `Afrikaners`, it by no means excludes white English-speaking and black leaders from its chosen 400. This de luxe author-published limited-edition signed and numbered book (copy 51 of 200 copies) is full-bound in green leather, gilt coat of arms to upper panel, gilt design and lettering to the spine, all edges gilt. It has illustrated endpapers and there are many b/w and colour illustrations in the 511 pp of text and index, which have no owner signature or other marks or foxing or other discolouration. A minor shortcoming in this otherwise excellently produced copy is the slightly lumpy folding of the first few sections; however, this is visible only when the book is open and one looks carefully. A thin line of white Tippex on the front free endpaper (see image) may have covered a name. The author acknowledges his debt to the Saambou building society for its financial contribution to the production of this edition. Fine Potchefstroom Author 1980

Skotnes, Cecil (Artwork) + Gray, Stephen (Poetry) The Assassination of Shaka (Deluxe Limited Edition) 348mm x 245mm The first image provided is of the original woodcut signed in pencil by Cecil Skotnes, inserted before the title page with its own tissue guard.Copy number 230 of 250 copies signed by both Cecil Skotnes and Stephen Gray.Contained in the original cloth covered slip case to match the binding.The full wording of the title is: `The Assassination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu Nation first lost its Empire.`Original textured cloth binding with dark brownish black titling on the spine and a decorative device on the upper board. Coloured end papers. Unpaginated, poetry by Stephen Gray opposite each of the full page 43 woodcuts, giving a total of 44 illustrations including the original signed woodcut.CONDITION DETAILS: The overall condition is lightly used. Pencil price on the front free end paper. The slip case has a bit of soiling and minor edge wear. An image of the lower board is provided to show light marks that are probably irregularities in the weave of the cloth rather than soil marks. A clean copy Johannesburg McGraw-Hill 1974

John L. Comaroff (Ed.) THE BOER WAR DIARY OF SOL T. PLAATJE An African at Mafeking 225 x 143 x 30 mm A valuable record of the Siege of Mafeking, discovered 70 years after the event and edited by social anthropologist John Comaroff, who was doing doctoral research in the area at the time. Plaatje worked as court interpreter during the siege and was able to make interesting day-to-day observations. First Edition, 1973. Frontispiece plus 11 black-and-white photographs or photographic reproductions of Plaatje`s text. Pages [i-viii]ix-xli pp 1-165. Endpapers show a map of Mafeking and surrounds at the time. Both Dust Jacket and Book in very good condition. Book has black paper-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Sellotape mark on inside top edge of spine on dust jacket. Top edge of dj creased but not torn. Johannesburg Macmillan South Africa 1973

Lesley and Stephen Townsend BOKAAP - FACES AND FACADES 260 x 260 x 17 mm A record of the passing scene in Cape Town`s Malay Quarter, with a brief account of its architecture and the Muslim inhabitants. Bokaap is the largest concentration of pre-1840 architecture to be found in South Africa, and the area was declared a National Monument in 1966. Foreword by Mary Cook. First Edition. Archival maps and illustrations, aerial photographs, house plans, door and window sketches, construction details, and many contemporary black-and-white photographs. Dust jacket front upper edge and spine upper edge creased with tears mended with sellotape. The rest of the dj is edgeworn, but reasonably good. Brown cloth-covered boards with white titles on spine. Previous owner signature and date on illustrated ffe. Book otherwise in Very Good condition. Cape Town Howard B Timmins 1977

Jacquin, Baron Nicolaus Joseph Stapeliarum in Hortis Vindobonensibus Cultarum 469mm x 325mm `Stapeliarum in Hortis Vindobonensis Cultarum - Descriptiones Figuris Coloratis Illustratae.`Copy number 14 of 150 copies.This collectors` edition was bound by Peter Carstens in green oasis leather and fine quality buckram bookcloth and is contained in the original matching slipcase covered with the same buckram and leather trim.Coloured end papers, 20 pages followed by the 64 full page colour plates with text in Latin. The foreword by Dr. R. A. Dyer is in English. This is a facsimile of the edition published in Vienna between 1806 and 1819. It was the first facsimile in a proposed series of reprints to be called the `Botanic Classica Series`.A valuable feature of this edition is the inclusion at the end of the volume of an up-to-date nomenclature revision of the species in the book, and of course, this Peter Carstens leather binding is far superior to the rather ugly `simulated leather` binding of the standard edition. The 64 plates feature species from the Cape of Good Hope and 19 of them are described by Jacquin for the first time.Please be aware of postage costs, this book is large and heavy.CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used copy. Clean, attractive Sandton, Johannesburg Constantia Classics 1982

O`Connor J K THE AFRIKANDER REBELLION : SOUTH AFRICA TODAY 8vo (19x14cms) 116 pages+publisher`s catalogue : an account of how Germany & her secret agents fermented unrest against the British prior to the First World War; the printed front board reads :`the MS. of this book was received from South Africa on December 18th. It contains many notable facts about the state of the country, and shows how the intrigues of Germany consummated in the Rebellion`; card covers, vertical crease to backstrip, almost vg SCARCE FIRST EDITION almost very good London Allen & Unwin 1915

Seely, Jack My Horse Warrior (first edition 1934), and Warrior (new 2011 edition) 8vo My Horse Warrior: The remarkable story of `Warrior`, a horse which was used on the battle front during many campaigns of the Great War, scarce first edition, 160pp., the light blue cloth boards being somewhat scuffed and moth-eaten, spine sunned; the end-papers have some evidence of sticker removal, and have some previous owner writing (front and rear). The text block is evenly foxed throughout, with the binding being good. The rear free end-paper is missing. Illustrations by Sir A.J.Munnings, R.A. Warrior - The Amazing Story Of A Real War Horse new 2011 edition illustrated by Sir Alfred Munnings, 176pp., condition: new; jacket lightly marked and rubbed, otherwise fine. good/as new London/Newbury Hodder & Stoughton/ Racing Post 1934/2011

Pettman, The Revd. Charles SOUTH AFRICAN PLACE NAMES, PAST AND PRESENT - FIRST EDITION 8vo (23x15cms) 194 pages, index, tipped-in errata slip : examines Bushman names, Hottentot names, Bantu, Portuguese, Dutch, English, German, etc.; hardback, boards sl rubbed, almost very good FIRST EDITION almost very good Queenstown Daily Representative 1931

Richards, R THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NEW GOLD FIELDS - FIRST EDITION 8vo (20x14cms) co-published by J Pearse, Pietermaritzburg, 6+298 pages : the impending gold rush in the Transvaal as seen by `a record from day to day of the state of information amongst, and its effects upon, the nearest English community`; not in Mendelssohn, hardback, original red boards rubbed, spine mottled, prelims & edges foxed, one section slightly loose, almost very good RARE FIRST EDITION almost very good London John Walker 1884

James Gregory SIGNED: Goodbye Bafana - Nelson Mandela my prisoner, my friend 1995 first edition signed by Gregory on first page. A used copy but in good condition. Good London Headline Book Publishing 1995

Milton (John) PARADISE LOST & PARADISE REGAINED. (Printed by Baskerville) 8vo (230 x 150 mm) 2 volumes: PARADISE LOST. A POEM, IN TWELVE BOOKS. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D. lxix, 416 pages. PARADISE REGAIN’D. A POEM IN FOUR BOOKS. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D. 390 pages. Uniformly bound in contemporary dark red straight grained morocco, gilt decorated borders on the upper and lower boards, spines gilt decorated in panels, two title labels missing and the two labels remaining are chipped, edges and corners rubbed, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. The text is lightly browned with some occasional foxing. Gaskell (Philip) JOHN BASKERVILLE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, new edition, 1973, pages 24 &25, nos. 4 (a) & 5 (a). Formula, contents and cancels agreeing. The first Baskerville printings of Milton’s works. Good Birmingham Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London 1758

Beryl de Zoete and Walter Spies DANCE AND DRAMA IN BALI 200 x 290 x 33 mm De Zoete planned the book on a journey of dance study in the countries which still retain a background of Hindu culture. She was assisted by Walter Spies who took most of the photographs. Many of the stories of dance-dramas were taken down orally by Spies and are unrecorded elsewhere. Author preface, preface also by Arthur Waley in which he points out ways in which this book contributes something new in the history of human culture. First Edition, 1938. 112 black-and-white photographs. No map. Pages [i-viii]ix-xx pp 1-343 No dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards with red panel for gilt title and design on spine. Corners and spine top and lower edges show wear. Covers clean with a minimum of marking and slight darkening around the top and outer edges. Lower edges of pages untrimmed. Book itself is tightly bound and clean. Some brief pencilled margin notes and underlining. Very brief inscription on ffe. London Faber and Faber 1938

Hole, Hugh Marshall Old Rhodesian Days - First Edition 8vo Most often seen as one volume in the Rhodesiana Reprint Series, this is the scarce first edition, containing 140pp., 2 pp. adverts, and a fold-out map of Southern Rhodesia. In seventeen chapters, with titles such as Up-Country, Gold, Coach and Rail, Wild Beasts, The Story of Mazoe, and Rhodes, the book evokes memories of old Africa, a time when pioneers were breaking new ground, and early settlements were being established during a time made exciting due to the discoveries of diamonds and gold, and the prospect of wealth on the land ready for farming and development. Condition: brown boards showing wear at corners and spine ends, end-papers clean, scattered foxing throughout the textblock, and binding cracked at p.97. A well read, but still good copy. good London Macmillan 1928

Walton, James Homesteads & Villages of South Africa 285 x 225 This and the next three lots present four of the best-known works of James Walton, who may have been South Africa`s leading vernacular (or folk) architect of the 20th century. The fact that they were published over a period of more than thirty years and all by different publishers is a good indication of how difficult it was to have even the best work in this field published. Walton was the long-serving chairman of the Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa and of the Friends of Mostert`s Mill - one of South Africa`s most visible historical buildings. {His archive (to which is appended the archive of one of his closer younger associates, the late Joanna M Marx, who succeeded him in both the above positions) is held by - and may be consulted at - the Library of the University of Stellenbosch.] The dustjacket of this, Walton`s first major book, published 62 years ago, has material missing from the top of the spine (see image), but the jacket remains more attractive than its fair rating would suggest. The brick-red cloth boards are unmarked and in sound condition. The book remains tightly bound. The plain endpapers are unmarked but sunned in register with the jacket flaps. There is a bookseller sticker on the back paste-down. The last four leaves of the xii + 111 pp of text, bibliography and index are creased at the top corner, but these and the remainder of the contents of this copy remain unmarked and undiscoloured. The b/w illustrations in the text are all by the author, a fine draughtsman. Fifty-six b/w photographs, most of them by the author, are reproduced in art paper section at the back. This is a true first edition copy: some copies of the 1965 reprint are listed on secondhand book websites as first editions. In its present condition it is rare and collectable. Very Good Pretoria J L van Schaik 1952

Smith (J.L.B.) THE SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Scarce 1st Edition) 287mm x 227mm x 53mm xvi plus 550pp. Original gilt titled and emblazoned green cloth. Illustrated in b/w and colour throughout by Margaret M. Smith and 9 other artists. Light wear to extremities, slight crease to first few pages, previous owner`s name is penned to Frontis verso and title page. Small nicks to top of rear free EP, carrying through to last few pages. Otherwise a very good copy indeed. The original all-time comprehensive reference `bible` on the sea fish of Southern Africa. Good South Africa Central News Agency, Ltd. 1949

Whitfield (G.M.B.) SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE LAW 249mm x 162mm x 43mm During the 17 or more years since the first edition a large body of new decisions enunciating the principals of Native Law has been built up by the Native Appeal Courts, while numerous legislative changes have been effected in terms of the extensive provision for legislation by proclamation and regulation contained in the Native Administration Act. These developments have rendered the first edition less useful, and for some years the need has been felt for a more up-to-date treatise on Native Law. ix plus 662pp. Cloth hardcover, gilt title to spine, blind embossed frame to front and back covers and publisher`s blind stamp to rear board. Light edge-wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owners name penned to front fixed EP. Otherwise very good indeed. Good Cape Town and Johannesburg Juta & Co. 1948

The Viscount Fincastle & P C Eliott-Lockhart A Frontier Campaign: A Narrative of the Operations of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces 1897-1898 London: Methuen & Co., 1898. Original red diapered cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, 1 large folding map to rear. 232 pages. Name of previous owner in front. Wear to the outer boards edges. First edition. In 1897 Murray (1872–1962), later 8th Earl of Dunmore, but best known by his courtesy title Viscount Fincastle, went to India as a lieutenant in the 16th lancers, also acting as a war correspondent for The Times. He received the Victoria Cross for attempting to rescue a colleague at Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, under heavy and close fire, becoming the only journalist to be so honoured. The frontispiece reproduces a photograph of Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, who commanded the Malakand and the Buner Field Forces, relieving the garrison during the siege of Malakand. Fair London Methuen & Co 1898

Col. G J Younghusband The Story of the Guides 125 mm x 180 mm This is the Shilling Edition of 1911. The first edition was printed 1908. A good copy in good condition inside. The outer red boards show shelf wear. Previous ownership in front. 239 pages and index at back. 15 illustrations in black and white. Frontispiece of Sir Harry Lumsden, who raised the Guides. Chapters on the fighting around Mooltan and after, the capture of the Fort of Govindghar, on the Frontier in the Fifties, the story of Diawur Khan, the Great March to Delhi, 20 years of minor wars, the Massacre of the Guides at Kabul, the Afghan War 1878-80, the adventures of Shah Sowar and Abdul Majid, the Relief of Chitral, the Malakand 1897 and the Home of the Guides. Good London Macmillan & Co 1911

Victor Thorne Cecily Sash - Working Years Card covers with french wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. Excellent, clean condition. Very slight shelf-wear. 12 essays by various writers. 132 illustrations of Sash`s art, including 90 in colour. Very Good to Fine Studio Sash 1999

Pauline Bohnen Blomplante van Suid-Kaapland (signed, limited edition) 220 x 305mm SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 18 OF AN EDITION OF 30, Blomplante van Suid-Kaapland, Stilbaai-Trust, leather bound with gilt design and lettering, raised spine, afrikaans, 80 full colour plates, 90 pages ( with plates 170 pages in total), condition:very good. With ephemera, original book-launch invitation pasted on blank page, also pre-publication order form with receipt pasted in margin. Both items at index.The previous owner of the book had interests in Botany and was responsible for the translation from the German of, `Medicinal, Poisonous and Edible Plants in Namibia.` Two written corrections in the Index, also written corrections to scientific names on pages 2-4,6,10-13,15,43 (fourteen corrections in all). Previous owner`s address stamped on lower corner of first two pages.The region covered by the book stretches from the Duivenhoks River skirting Heidelberg, in the west, up to the Gouritz River in the east, and from the Langeberg mountains in the north down to the sea. 760 plant species are covered as well as descriptions and a botanical and common name index. very good South Africa Stilbaai-Trust 1986

William Kentridge Lexicon (Flip Book) Lexicon is a facsimile cloth edition of an antiquarian Latin-Greek dictionary which William Kentridge has embellished with black ink drawings of what might seem at first to be animal silhouettes. In reproducing the work (which is uncollected elsewhere), this beautifully designed artist’s book mischievously pits the model of the flipbook against the fragility of the antiquarian original, and flipping its pages animates Kentridge’s lively, spiky drawings into a continuously morphing image that transforms from a cat to a coffee pot over the course of the book’s 160 pages. This image is based on a disintegrating sculpture that reflects the artist’s interest in the instability of objecthood. Lexiconis accompanied by a DVD containing a short film in which Kentridge flips the pages himself to display the morphing image of the cat often seen in Kentridge’s work. Hardback. Very, very slight bump on bottom edge, barely visible. Otherwise an As New, Fine copy. Fine ASAP 2011

Arlington (L.C.) THE CHINESE DRAMA...First Edition, signed by author, 115 chromolithographed plates, top board detached, spine worn with loss, Shanghai, 1930

[MISCELLANEOUS] Christie, Agatha. Cat Among the Pigeons, first edition, The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1959, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Robertson, Terence. Channel Dash. The Drama of Twenty-four Hours of War, first edition, Evans, London, 1958, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; and a further twenty-eight assorted works, (30).

[MOTORING & MOTOR RACING] Eaton, Godfrey. Ferrari. The Road and Racing Cars, Haynes, Sparkford, 1983, boards, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations, quarto; Posthumus, Cyril. The Roaring Twenties. An Album of Early Motor Racing, first edition, Blandford Press, Poole, 1980, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Ludvigsen, Karl. Stirling Moss. Racing with the Maestro, reprint, Stephens, Sparkford, 1997, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY STIRLING MOSS, square quarto; and a further nine assorted works, (12).

Quantity of books to include:- Sturt, George "The Wheelwrights Shop", Ryder, M.L. "Sheep and Man", Lerner, Max "Thomas Jefferson - America's Philosopher-King" (first edition) and other volumes (2 boxes)

The Stock Exchange Yearbook 1905 by Thomas Skinner 31st annual edition 958pp plus lxiv index and advertisements at front and xlvi advertisements at rearoriginal binding ex library scuffing at first few pages slightly loose remains of sticker at lower spine large tear on tail and tears also on joints contents good Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

The Stock Exchange Yearbook 1925 by Thomas Skinner 51st annual edition 3204pp plus lxii index and advertisements at front and advertisement back cover also The Stock Exchange Yearbook 1926 by Thomas Skinner 52nd annual edition 3400pp plus cxc index and advertisements at front and advertisement back coverfirst original binding general suffing around cover small sticker "64" at lower spine second original binding part of material at head missing splits in both joints corners knocked small sticker "64" at lower spine first contents fairly tight second contents tight Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

The Stock Exchange Yearbook 1927 by Thomas Skinner & Co 53rd annual edition 3296pp plus clxvii index and advertisements at front and advertisement back cover also The Stock Exchange Yearbook 1928 by Thomas Skinner & Co 54th annual edition 3380pp plus clxxxiii index and advertisements at front first top of spine torn centre and low spine repair using blue material small sticker "165" at lower spine several tears at top of cover corners and edges knocked second original binding spine has become detached at left scuffed edges and corners advert on spine small sticker "165" on lower spine first several loose pages otherwise conents fairly good second contents tight Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

First Edition - Charles Dickens ‘Little Dorritt’ dated 1857 in quarter-leather.

A CASED CIRCA 1973 LIMITED EDITION SILVER PROOF SET OF JOHN PINCHES, ""THE 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES"", SILVER MEDALLIONS, each 2"" (5cm) diameter and approx. 2.07oz, depicting a work of art one side and description verso, hallmarked London 1974, CONTAINED IN A FITTED SIX DRAW MAHOGANY CABINET WITH PAMPHLETS FOR EACH MEDALLION, cabinet with plaque reading; ""The 100 Greatest Masterpieces, First Edition proof set struck by John Pinches Medalists Ltd. expressly for Mr Farnworth

A LIMITED EDITION PRINT, `first flight` signed Michael Turner (with certificate) another similar signed print and an unframed print (3)

FOUR ALBUMS CONTAINING LIMITED EDITION MEDALS, John Pinches explorers, International Geographic Union 1975, 7 medals .925, 3 albums of commemorative and first day stamp covers, 15 medals official United Nations 1973, 1974, 1975 25.2g each

FLEMING, IAN, `Thunderball` 1961 first edition with dust wrapper

FLEMING, IAN, `The Man with The Golden Gun`, 1965 first edition with dust wrapper

FLEMING, IAN, `On Her Majesty`s Secret Service`, 1963 first edition with dust wrapper

FLEMING, IAN, `The Spy Who Loved Me` 1962 first edition with dust wrapper

FLEMING, IAN, `For Your Eyes Only` 1960 first edition with dust wrapper

FLAMING, IAN, `You Only Live Twice`, 1964 first edition with dust wrapper

FLEMING, IAN, `Octopussy`, 1966 first edition with dust wrapper

A SMALL BOX OF FIRST EDITION STAMPS

Two first edition hard bound volumes of Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope by Chapman and Hall of London, 1862 (A/F).

Hotpoint First Edition tumble dryer

Early edition of Hoarth's Works, A&C Black topographicals, Batsfords, Bibbys annuals, small amount of first editions in two boxes