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J C HOBHOUSE "A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople during the years 1809 and 1810", second edition, published James Cawthorne London 1813, later cloth board bound with tooled and gilded spine CONDITION REPORTS Later modern modern cloth board bindings. Pages with quite a lot of stains and foxing and dirt. Some small tears and losses and some patched repairs throughout. The large multi-folding map appears to have been inserted and folded rather awkwardly and unevenly and has some tears, and some repairs, stains, foxing and dirt, and wear at creases. Various library stickers and stamps. Losses and tears to some pages. Illustrations have script / ink impressions from opposing pages which have leeched onto the reverse of the blank sides. Volume 1 - has the following colour illustrations (single page unless otherwise stated) (listed here in reverse order) "A Greek Lady", "The village of Marathon", double page "South East Angle of the Parthenon", double page "The west front of the Acropolis", double page "Ruins of Hadrians temple", "View of the valley of the Plistus", "Remains of the stadium at Delphi", "An Albanian", "A dancing girl", a black and white fold out map, plus double page "Athens" . Volume 2 - has the following colour illustrations (single page unless otherwise stated) (listed in reverse order): double page "First gate of the Seraglio", "A colonel of the Janissaris" "A Sultana", "A Turkish woman", a black and white fold out map, "A Turkish female slave". Please note that the only colour illustrations present are those listed above.

A BOXED TWO VOLUME FOLIO EDITION OF COLLECTION OF CALLIGRAPHY title `To Enlighten Sentient Beings` by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, First Edition, February 2005

JOHNSON, SAMUEL - A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 1st Abridged edition, 2 vols, calf, boards later covered in marbled paper, wormed for first 19 pages in vol I, London 1756

SHAKESPEARE - THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. A reproduction in exact facsimile of the famous First folio, 1623, under the superintendence of H. Staunton, folio, maroon buckram backed cloth, Day and Son, London 1866

HART (GEORGE) "THE VIOLIN AND IT`S MUSIC, FAMOUS MAKERS AND THEIR IMITATORS" FIRST EDITION LONDON DULAV AND CO. 1885

A collection of 9 First edition Harry Potter books to include Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows, Half Blood Prince Goblet Of Fire, 2 not being 1st editions.

Six motoring volumes to include Edwardian Cars by Ernest F. Carter, A Racing Motorist by S.C.H. Davis and Motoring for Pleasure by Lord Strathcarron, first edition.

Jeannie M. Boggie First Steps in Civilizing Rhodesia Being a true account of the experiences of the earliest white settlers – men, women and children – in Northern Rhodesia elicited and arranged by Jeannie M. Boggie, author of ‘‘Experiences of Rhodesia’s Pioneer Women’’. First Edition. With over 100 illustrations. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering. Cloth slightly worn; edges and top and tail of spine bumped. Binding firm and contents clear and unmarked. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia Publisher: Philpott & Collins Limited Publication Date: 1940 Size: 195mmx250mm Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid

Edited by A. H. Tatlow Natal - Descriptive Guide and Official Hand-Book Published by Authority. First Edition. 574 Pages, copiously illustrated throughout in black and white and some coloured photographic places, with fold-out maps. Complete with Boer War sites map in rear pocket, along with various news clippings from the mid 70’s relating specifically to mail and passenger shipping lines. Ex bookseller label on front paper ‘C. Struik, Africana Specialist and Publisher’. Bound in decorative book cloth. Cover shows wear. Edges and top and tail of spine bumped. Binding firm. Contents clear and unmarked. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Durban, Natal Publisher: South African Railways Printing Works Publication Date: 1911 Size: 196mmx270mm Reserve: $70 Click here to view further details and to bid

Walter Battiss Limpopo ‘From his camp on the Limpopo river Walter Battiss conceived this book’. All photographs, drawings and paintings are those of the author – with the exception of three small photographs of birds and buck. First Edition. Beautifully illustrated in black and white as well as colour. This copy includes a signed print in colour titled ‘Baobab’ and numbered 103/134 (size: 200mmx170mm). Bound in decorative beige book cloth. Binding is firm. Edges a little bumped. Contents clear and unmarked. Dust jacket shows wear and has a slight tear along the spine. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: Pretoria Publisher: J. L. van Schaik Limited Publication Date: 1965 Size: 240mmx310mm Reserve: $200 Click here to view further details and to bid

Gordon Cumming, R. A Hunter`s Life In South Africa - 2 volume set African Hunting Reprint Series, Volumes 1 and 2 of the second edition, originally published by John Murray in 1850, 388pp. and 381pp. respectively. The first volume covering the areas of The Cape to the Vaal river, including interactions with Boer encampments and the Bamangwato tribe; the second volume commencing in Sabie, with accounts of elephant and game hunting in the area along the Limpopo River. Books` condition: brown boards with gilt decorations, very good, binding good; dust-jackets: good plus, rubbed, lightly chipped, with more wear evident at spine ends, spines faded. Condition: very good Publisher Place: Bulawayo Publisher: Books Of Zimbabwe Publication Date: 1980 Size: 8vo Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid

(Various-The Star) The Barnett Collection - Volume I and Volume II Volume I – A Pictorial Record of Early Johannesburg. Volume II – South Africa and Johannesburg at the Turn of the Century. Both volumes a photographic account of early Johannesburg and South Africa. First Edition. Bound in brown book cloth. Binding firm and contents clear. Both dust jackets shelf rubbed with slight tears to extremities. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: The Star Publication Date: 1966 Size: 345mmx240mm Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Edward P Mathers THE GOLD FIELDS REVISITED 26+352 pages, maps as called for, many adverts, small strip cut from one advert in the rear section (W R Brown of Baberton); apart from the above this is a complete but REFERENCE copy of a SCARCE FIRST EDITION of his account of the gold fields of South Africa; the text & maps are clear & clean; the linen binding is frayed & detaching, the backstrip has some loss to the bottom & is frayed to the top; this copy is better than it sounds & is SCARCE. Mendelssohn I.995 "The author spent a considerable time in the districts surrounding Baberton and gives a lengthy description of the various gold-mining enterprises . . " Condition: signs of use, covers detaching, corners bumped, backstrip frayed Publisher Place: Durban & Maritzburg Publisher: Messrs P Davis & Sons Publication Date: 1887 Size: 8vo Reserve: $85 Click here to view further details and to bid

Alexander Davis UMBANDINE - A ROMANCE OF SWAZILAND - FIRST EDITION 14+239 pages, b & w frontispiece plus 4 b & w plates; gentle novel based on the author`s long residence in Swaziland & depicting `the life and sentiments of the Kaffirs of South Africa`. Mendelssohn I.418. Loosely inserted is the invoice from Frank R Thorold (20-1-80) selling the book to Hugh Jones (see photograph) Condition: almost very good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Fisher Unwin Publication Date: 1898 Size: 8vo Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

A Wilmot & John Centlivres Chase HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - FIRST EDITION 530+15 pages plus 2 pages of publisher`s catalogue; the history covers the period from the beginning to 1819 (first author) and 1820 to 1868 (second author); Mendelssohn II.622 `The first regular and consecutive history of the Cape Colony . . . has some curious and valuable notes and is much used as a work of reference` FIRST EDITION Condition: Good ++ Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: J C Juta Publication Date: 1869 Size: 8vo (23x16cms) Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid

The History Committee The London Cyclist Battalion A chronicle of events connected with the 26th Middlesex (cyclist) V.R.C., and the 25th (C. of L.) Cyclist Battalion, the London Regiment, and Military cycling in general. Published for the 25th London (cyclist) Old Comrades` Association. First edition 1932. Thirteen chapters, list of 24 illustrations, 3 maps, appendix 1-4, index. Chapters on: the birth of the London Cyclist Corps, training, Cyclist Battalions for coastal defence, 25th as Infantry in Chiseldon and India, the 1917 Waziristan Campaign, the Amritsar Rising, the Third Afghan war, the 2nd and 3rd line and the Mesopotamian Draft. Condition: Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Forster Groom & Co Publication Date: 1932 Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Haldane, Captain Aylmer How We Escaped From Pretoria `New edition, revised and enlarged, with numerous illustrations, plans and a map`. Crown 8vo; original khaki pictorial cloth; pp. xii + 231; plates; plan; folding map showing `Pretoria to Komati Poort Railway` and `Pretoria to Witbank`. Re-cased, with new front endpaper; cloth rather worn and corners turned; tail of spine stiffened somewhat through re-casing; spine a bit cocked; lower hinge a little tender; trace of damp-stain to edges of a few leaves; occasional fox spot; earlier owner`s hand-stamp to first page of the account. (Hackett, p. 150) `The prisoners were taken to the Staats Model School at Pretoria, and Churchill, Brockie, and Haldane made many plans to escape, which were doomed to failure, but eventually Churchill got away on December 12th; the others were observed by a sentry, and dared not make the attempt, but later on they managed to hide themselves under the floorings of the prison, and being joined by Le Mesurier, they disappeared on February 26, 1900, to the consternation and mystification of their guards, who never supposed they were hiding in the building. They were supplied with necessities from time to time by their fellow officers who were in the secret, but found no means to escape till March 16th, when all the prisoners were removed and the building deserted, when finding the coast clear, they succeeded in getting outside, eluded the few passers by, and were soon on the veld. The officers were hidden by some friends amongst bales of wool, which were put on a truck attached to a passenger train bound for Delagoa Bay, which took them safely across the border.` - Mendelssohn I, pp. 669,670. Publisher Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons Publication Date: 1901 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Villebois-Mareuil, [Count George de] War Notes. The Diary of Colonel de Villebois-Mareuil, from November 24, 1899, to April 4, 1900 Authorised translation from the Paris Liberté by Frederic Lees. With a preface by E. M. de Vogüé, member of the Académie Française. Second Edition. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover, with pictorial onlay to upper cover; pp. [iii-xx] + 352. Corners turned; backstrip fragile and sunned, splitting along lower joint; cover rubbed and partially discoloured; front free endpaper and earliest prelims. removed; archival tape reinforcing to hinges; earlier owner`s name signed on title page; edges a little browned; occasional spotting. (Hackett, pp. 83, 194; Mendelssohn II, p. 569) `Translation from the diary of a French officer serving in the Boer army. The entries relate to events in Natal, the siege of Kimberley and the campaign in the Orange Free State. The author was killed in action near Boshof in April 1900.` - R. G. Hackett: South African War Books - An Illustrated bibliography, p. 83. `Villebois seems to have been thoroughly disillusioned before he lost his life at Boshof; a brave and skillful soldier, he appears to have been disgusted with the procrastination of the Boers, and their want of decision, resolution, and union. He thought well of the abilities of De La Rey, but considered that Joubert was a mere politician. He seems to have had a great contempt for the British army and officers before the arrival of Lords Roberts and Kitchener, but speaks of the presumption of the Republicans in thinking that they would defeat these generals as easily as they did some of the previous leaders. He criticises Buller`s operations, but continually draws attention to the very marked `carefulness` of the burghers, of whom he says, `The Boer`s first concern is for his safety.` ` - Mendelssohn. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Adam and Charles Black Publication Date: 1902 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid

Hobhouse, Emily Die smarte van die Oorlog en wie dit gely het Translated from the English by Dr. N. J. van der Merwe. First Afrikaans edition. 8vo; original pale green cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. xxxiv + 429; plates. Slightly frayed at corners and spine ends; cloth lightly soiled; edges browned; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 155) `Die doel van hierdie boek is om van die standpunt van die vroue en kinders `n oorsig te gee van die Boer-Britse oorlog. Daar is geen gevaar dat die publikasie verbittering onder die Boere sal vererger nie, want dit sal niks bydra om hulle kennis te vermeerder nie; hierdie feite, en nog veel meer, is reeds welbekend in Suid-Afrika. Dog totdusver is daar nog maar min in Engeland gehoor van die verbranding van plase en van die kampe van die kant van hulle wat die meeste hierin betrokke was. Die verhaal bestaan dus grotendeels uit die briewe van vroue en beskrywinge deur hulle vriende. Hulle het die smarte van die oorlog verduur. Meer volwasse Boere, manne en vroue, het in die kampe omgekom as wat op die slagveld gesneuwel het, en meer as vyfmaal soveel kinders.` Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Nasionale Pers Publication Date: 1923 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Mandela, Nelson Long Walk to Freedom (First Edition) Hard cover, black boards, titles in gilt on spine, pp. 630, maps to the end-papers. Shelf worn, especially at spine ends, to DJ which is in protective brodart, small tears at spine ends. Internally fine. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: Randburg Publisher: Macdonald Purnell Publication Date: 1994 Size: Royal Octavo Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid

Aquinas ( Thomas) SUMMA TOTIUS THEOLOGIÆ: in qva qvicqvid in vniversis bibliis continetvr obscvri, quicquid in veterū patrū (ab ipso nascentis Ecclesiæ initio) monumentis, est doctrinæ notabilis; quicquid denique vel olim vocatum est, vel hodie vocatur ab hæreticis in controuersiā, id totū, vel certè maxima ex parte, vt eruditè & piè, ita fideliter atque dilucidè, per qvæstiones, et responsiones explicatur . In tres partes ab avctore svo distribvta . First Plantin edition: 5 parts in 3 volumes, I. (xx), 374, (ii), (xii), 376. II. (xvi), 51, (ccxx). III.(xvi), 356, 289, (i), pages, full contemporary sprinkled calf, titled and gilt decorated on the spines in panels, the leather is splitting at the joints but the bindings are firm, corners worn, pages edges dyed light red, stamp of ‘Le Duc de Caraman Bibliothèque’ on the title pages of volumes 2 & 3 next to Plantin’s Golden Compasses vignette, title page of volume III creased, some pages lightly browned but overall the contents are crisp.The Summa Theologiæ (written 1265–1274 and also known as the Summa Theologica or simply the Summa) is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (c.1225–1274). Although unfinished, the Summa is `one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature.` It is intended as an instructional guide for moderate theologians, and a compendium of all of the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church. It presents the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West. The Summa`s topics follow a cycle: the existence of God; Creation, Man; Man`s purpose; Christ; the Sacraments; and back to God. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Theologica) New Plantin editions were published in 1575 and 1585. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Antverpiæ Publisher: Ex officina Christophori Plantini Publication Date: 1569 Size: 4to (260 x 195 mm) Reserve: $750 Click here to view further details and to bid

Creswicke, Louis South Africa and the Transvaal War (8 volumes) This is the complete 8-vol Caxton edition. (The T C and E C Jack edition, published in Edinburgh, was limited to the first 6 vols, with Caxton responsible for the last 2 vols.) Ours is the red cloth set, matched for the 8 vols. The upper panels and the spines are gilt. The spines are evenly, but only slightly, faded. Apart from the endpapers, which are sunned (see the last image), this set, which has no ownership or other markings, remains bright and undiscoloured. The first and last volumes deal with the situation before and after the war, with the middle six volumes covering the chronology of the war itself. Creswicke authored the first seven volumes and edited the last - `South Africa and its Future`, most of the contributors to which were well-known figures of the day. Each of the volumes has 200+ text pages, or a total of 1716 for the series, plus colour and other plates and fold-out and other maps. The frontispieces of all the volumes are showed in the images. In his authoritative `South African War Books` (1994), R G Hackett describes the set as `an attractive and informative work`. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Caxton Publishing Company Publication Date: No dates [1900-1902/3] Size: 250 x 185; shelf space 25 cm Reserve: $175 Click here to view further details and to bid

De Wet, General C R; M C E van Schoor and others Three Years War (1902 and 1985 versions) and 1954 memorial volume (Afrikaans) The three volumes in this small collection are: (1) C R de Wet. Three Years War. Constable, London, 1902, first edition (red cloth - Colonial Library version). 225 x 150. Unmarked and undiscoloured. Overall condition: Very Good. (2) C R de Wet. Three Years War. First volume of Scripta Africana series. Hans Strydom, Johannesburg, 1985. 270 x 330 mm. Although this is otherwise identical to other copies in the edition limited to 1000 copies, the usual numbered certificate is absent. Unmarked. Overall condition: Fine. (3) Christiaan Rudolf de Wet. M C E van Schoor, S I Malan and J J Oberholzer. National Women`s Memorial Commission, Bloemfontein, 1954 (Afrikaans; illustrated), to mark the unveiling of the statue of the boer general on the centenary of his birth. 180 x 250 mm. Card covers. The title page is soiled but the overall condition is Very Good. Publisher: See Description Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Picasso, Pablo (illustrations and lettering), Louis Miguel Dominguin (introduction) and George Boudaille (essay) Picasso Toros y Toreros (Bulls and Bullfighting) (text in Spanish and French) With a few later items, this book was compiled from three of the artist`s sketchbooks (13 June to 1 July 1957; and 5-12 and 12-15 July 1959). Apart from the introduction and the essay, the story of bullfighting is told through Picasso`s eyes. The slipcase has the artist`s spine lettering and two-colour sketches front and back. The case is covered with unprinted green buckram top and bottom and two-colour printed cream cloth on the faces. The book`s covers are white buckram boards with Picasso`s lettering and sketches in colour. The endpapers reproduce the designs and lettering of the notebook covers, while the back paste-down features an 1873 poster for the Malaga Plaza de Toros. Some 90 heavy white cartridge leaves (i e 180 sides) are bound as mainly unpaginated printed pages or as additional endpapers. The first 32 pp comprise the introduction (in Spanish with a French translation) and the essay (in French), both illustrated with Picassos pen-and-ink sketches. The rest of the book reproduces the artist`s sketches and lettering, variously in black, black and a second colour and up to eight flat colours - sometimes on both sides of the sheet and sometimes on one side only. (Although the book was published later in London and New York, the Paris edition, from which this copy comes, was the original.) The high quality of the production, under the direction of Charles Field, was achieved through suppliers who contributed the reproduction of the illustrations, the typography, the printing (two printers, one for the photogravure sections and one for the lithography sections), and the binding. Although this copy is 52 years old, the immediacy of the artist`s work is such that one almost believes that one is looking at original Picasso sketches. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: Paris Publisher: Editions Cercle d`Art Publication Date: 1961 Size: 390 x 280 x 40; weight 2.5 kg Reserve: $450 Click here to view further details and to bid

Frazer, Sir James George (arranged and edited by Robert Angus Downie) The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar Frazer was 36 when he wrote `The Golden Bough` (variously referred to as `A Study in Comparative Religion` or `A Study in Magic and Religion`), which was said have influenced the work of writers as different as Jung, the Swiss philosopher; T S Eliot, the English/American poet; and James Joyce, the Irish writer. However, it was not until 47 years later, when he was 83, that Frazer decided to publish selections from his forty or so thick quarto notebooks on the anthropological writings of others. A year later, in 1938, `The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar` was published as the first of the series - `Anthologia Anthropologica`. The result was `A Copious Selection of Passages for the Study of Social Anthropology from the Manuscript Notebooks of [J G Frazer] Arranged and Edited from the MSS by Robert Angus Downie`. In his own introduction, Downie describes how he went about his work (see also one of the images), sorting, arranging and copying the extracts according to continent (Africa first), and then region and race. Frazer lived to see the full series published - after Africa, Australia, followed by Asia and Europe, and, finally, America, with the last three all published 1939 - all under Downie`s editorship and in a uniform edition from the same publisher. [A reasonable set of the four first edition volumes is quoted on the internet at about $750.] The current book reproduces 234 extracts, some very long and some much shorter, and mainly, but not only, in English. The book is substantial: xiv + 571 pp of double-column text and index + frontispiece + one of Frazer`s manuscript pages in facsimile + seven maps showing the languages, races and tribes of Africa and Madagascar. The book is also comprehensive: it deals with Bushmen, Hottentots and a dozen other races in Southern Africa, and almost another one hundred races in the rest of the continent. Full references to the sources of the extracts are given at the end of each entry. The dustjacket of our copy (few of the available copies have dustjackets, in any condition) has been repaired and is now Good. The original turquoise cloth-boards, gilt to the spine, are marred only by two small nicks at the head of the spine and an early sign of shelf-wear at the foot of the spine. The plain endpapers are Fine: there is a small green sticker of a Pretoria bookseller on the front paste-down and an owner`s signature and date on the front free endpaper.(*) The text and illustrations are all present, unmarked and unfoxed or otherwise discoloured. The page edges are uniformly sunned. In other words, the overall description `Very Good` is conservative. (*)The first owner, and the only one with his name in the book, was `D Ziervogel, UP, 28-8-1940`. Ziervogel bought the book when he was an M A student at the University of Pretoria. He went on to become one of South Africa`s leading writers on anthropology.   Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Percy Lund Humphries Publication Date: 1938 Size: 375 x 220 x 60; weight 1.7 kg Reserve: $75 Click here to view further details and to bid

CARRINGTON (Noel), editor PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS Group of 9 titles, all fine copies in colored pictorial wrappers unless otherwise noted. A series of brightly colored lithographed books inspired by those created for Soviet children during the 1920s and 1930s. They uniformly measure 180 x 224 mm and were initially intended to distract British children from the war, as the series began in 1940. A new low-cost but evocative printing technique called auto-lithography was employed, which involved the artist drawing or tracing with a brush and pen directly onto a zinc plate. Colored illustrations alternated back-to-back with black and white illustrations to maintain lower costs. The series proved a great success. Finding these examples in such fine condition from the earliest decade of Puffin makes this a rare opportunity to add examples to any collection of juvenile picture-books and toy books regardless of nationality. #12. A Book of Rigmaroles or Jingle Rhymes by Enid Marx. [1945], reprint #19. Marvelous Models by W J Bassett-Lowke & Paul B Mann. 1947, newly revised 2nd edition (first printing thus). #26. PUNCH & JUDY. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton [1942]. 1st edition #36. Chiang Yee: The Story of Ming, circa 1945. 2nd edition #52. Paper Birds by R B Talbot Kelly. July 1947, 1st edition. All cut-outs intact. #61. The Arabs by R B Serjeant, illustrated by Edward Bawden. December 1947, Deluxe version in hardback covers with added pictures. 1st edition #72. The Story of Tea by Anne Skibulits, illustrated by Clarke Hutton. [1948]. 1st edition. Harlequin #9. HALE (Kathleen): Orlando`s Invisible Pajamas [1947]. 1st edition Puffin Cut-Out #5. PRIESTLEY (J B): The High Toby [November 1948]. Toy Theatre scenery and characters by Doris Zinkeisen. First edition, 2nd state but without affixed price-sticker attached. All pages complete and intact. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Puffin Books is the children`s imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Publication Date: 1945-1948 Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and to bid

NAMA- A.B.Z. Kannis, Gei *Hu- *Ze Khom-Ei-Kannis. [By the Rev. H C Knudsen]. Rare SOUTH AFRICAN Primer 1845 FIRST (and only) edition, comprising the very first language primer for the Nama language (spoken in Namibia) as well as one of the earliest sub-Saharan African primers. The sub-title apparently translates as `Shouting Together and Reading Book`. Its author Hans Christian Knudsen (1816-1863), was a Norwegian missionary of the Rhenish (German Lutheran) Missionary Society . `This spelling and reading book includes vocabularies with an English translation, and part of a catechism; viz., the Ten Commandments, part of St. Augustine`s creed, the Lord`s Prayer, &c.`--cf. Grey, Sir G. The library of His Excellency Sir George Grey (London, 1858-62. v. 1, p. 13-14). OCLC records only 5 additional copies of this title: NYPL, University of Natal Library, Universiteit Leiden, Univ of Cape Town Library, and another in South Africa. Provenance: with the book label of antiquarian specialist John Lawson (Oxford, UK). According to Wikipedia, `The Khoekhoe language /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/, Khoekhoegowab, also known by the ethnic term Nama /ˈnɑːmə/[1] and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of those languages of southern Africa that contain many `click` sounds and have therefore been loosely classified as Khoisan languages. It belongs to the Khoe language family, and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa by three ethnic groups, the Nama, Damara, and Haiǁom. It appears that the Damara picked up the language from the Nama in Botswana, and that they migrated to Namibia separately from the Nama. The Haiǁom, who had spoken a Juu language, later shifted to Khoekhoe. The name for Nama speakers, Khoekhoen, is from the Nama word khoe `person`,with reduplication and the suffix -n to indicate the plural.Georg Friedrich Wreede was the first European to study the language, after arriving in Cape Town in 1659. Khoekhoe is a national language in Namibia. In Namibia and South Africa, radio programs are broadcast in it. In Namibia, it is used for teaching up to the university level as well as in the administration.` Condition: first and last page browned, otherwise a fine copy. Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Pike & Philip Publication Date: 1845 Size: Small 8vo, 16pp Reserve: $3000 Click here to view further details and to bid

MILNE (A A) WINNIE-THE-POOH in RUSSIAN Vinni-pukh I Vse-vse-vse. Translated into the Cyrillic alphabet by Boris Zakhoder, illustrated with text illustrations echoing the original Shepard designs and 7 full-page colored plates (+ front cover design) by Boris Diodorov and G Kalinovsky. Square 8vo, [208]pp; beige cloth pictorial stamped and titled, colored pictorial endpapers, original paper pictorial dust-jacket. Apparently the first separate Russian edition of WINNIE-THE-POOH, although research indicates the same translator published this text along with "House At Pooh Corner" as part of the same volume five years earlier (1960). In that version there were different illustrations by another artist (Alisa Poret). Our Russian version was reprinted in New York by E P Dutton (1967) and there is nothing earlier available on ABEbooks.com. Publisher Place: Moscow Publisher: Detskaia Literature Publication Date: 1965 Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and to bid

Maryna Fraser. THE STORY OF TWO CAPE FARMS. Limited edition printed for private distribution in 1980 precedes the 1981 numbered edition of 300 copies. The farms Rustenberg-Schoongezicht and Glenbawn nestle in the Idas valley some few kilometres out of Stellenbosch while Vergelegen is situated in the Hottents Holland valley. The first farms were owned by Peter Barlow, and the latter by well-known Punch Barlow. Gilt title dec. maroon boards. faux leather. 58pp illustrated b/w. Bookplate ffep else unmarked & as new. Condition: Fine Publisher Place: Cape Town Publication Date: 1980 Size: 4to Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

G.C. Shortridge The Mammals of South West Africa (Two Vols) Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾` - 9¾` tall. A biological account of the forms occurring in that region. With a foreword by Field-Marshall Viscount Allenby. Two volume set. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. 16 b/w photographic illustrations in Vol 1, 20 in Vol 2. Condition: Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Heinemann Publication Date: 1934 Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid

Colonel D.H.Grainger-Rhodesia Army DON`T DIE IN THE BUNDU-First Edition First edition of this standard and well known work, in its original brown wraps, with black lettering to front cover and spine.Maps to endpapers. Frontispiece with 172 pages , with line drawings and some colour photographs. Very clean copy. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Howard Timmins Publication Date: 1967 Size: 11.5 X 17cm Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

Smith, Margaret M. + Heemstra, Pillip C. (Editors) Smiths` Sea Fishes This book is the ordinary standard edition with the same contents as the previous item on this auction, Lot 105. Although a stated first edition, the base of this work was taken from the various editions of J.L.B. Smith`s famous work.Original dust jacket. Original dark blue boards with gilt titling on the spine. Decorated end papers. xx prelims, 1047 pages, blue silk ribbon place marker, profusely illustrated, mostly in full colour.CONDITION DETAILS: The previous owner put a plastic cover over the book, under the dust jacket. The dust jacket has a few creases. Internlly clean. Condition: A clean copy Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: Macmillan South Africa Publication Date: 1986 Size: 287mm x 224mm Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Meiring, Jane Jock - The Art of Edmund Caldwell Please be aware of postage costs as this is a large and heavy book. The first volume only, with a second volume being published later to make a two volume set.This is copy number 211 of a total edition limited to 250 copies.Original quarter red leather binding with gilt titling on the spine and oatmeal coloured textured cloth boards with a decorative device with the initials `EC` (Edmund Caldwell) stamped in gilt on the upper board. All edges coloured red. 260 pages, 8 full page colour plates, full page washes, the `Jock of the Bushveld` illustrations and drawings in black and white.A fine hand made book with a description of the processes used to produce it on the last page.CONDITION DETAILS:The ideal purchaser would be someone who already has the second volume to complete the set, but still a beautiful book on its own. A clean, lightly used copy. Condition: An attractive copy Publisher Place: Mazoe, Rhodesia Publisher: Frank Read Press Publication Date: 1978 Size: 452mm x 322mm Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid

Keynes, John Maynard A Revision of The Treaty Being `A Sequel to the Economic Consequences of the Peace`. First edition lacking the dw. In the original blue cloth which has light wear. The free endpapers are browned and there is a neat signature on the ffep. and some spotting largely of the edges. Condition: Very Good Minus Publisher Place: London Publisher: MacMillan & Co. Publication Date: 1922 Size: 8vo. Reserve: $90 Click here to view further details and to bid

David Goldblatt In Boksburg (First Edition) 82 pages and 71 black and white photographs. Black cloth boards, white lettering. Some foxing but mainly to end pages. Corners are slightly bumped. Head and foot of spine also slightly bumped. This is the very first edition originally published without the dust jacket. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: The Gallery Press Publication Date: 1982 Reserve: $300 Click here to view further details and to bid

Aldrin, Buzz + Barnes, John The Return (Signed) Signed by Buzz Aldrin with a silver pen on the black title page.Original semi transparent dust jacket. Original laminated pictorial boards. See image - the titling is on the dust jacket, and shines different shades of blue, depending on the lighting. 301 pages.CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used copy, and bear in mind that many of the dust jackets of this first edition arrived in wrinkled condition, whereas this copy is far above average. Condition: A clean copy Publisher Place: New York Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Publication Date: 2000 Size: 240mm x 162mm Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid

J. P. R. Wallis THOMAS BAINES: His Life and Explorations in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia The text of this new edition has been reproduced from the first edition, published in 1942 by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London. Profusely illustrated with Baines` own pencil sketches, water colours and prints. Introduction and captions by F. R. Bradlow. Includes detailed description of all illustrations and an index. Pages [i-iii]iv-xx 1 - 235. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and Balkema logo on front. Dust Jacket has suffered insect damage on front, front edges, back edges and parts of back surface. Jacket now protected by loose cellophane cover. Internally the book is clean, bright and tightly bound. No inscriptions on endpapers, no price clipping on DJ. Large book in square format. Publisher Place: Cape Town/Rotterdam Publisher: A A Balkema Publication Date: 1976 Size: 270 x 270 x 32 mm Reserve: $55 Click here to view further details and to bid

Orwell, George NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR First edition of this twentieth century classic. In the original pale green cloth which has a somewhat sunned spine as is common. There is a bookplate and dated signature on the front pastedown. Pages 222 and 223 have some margin stains. Otherwise the book is internally clean and unfoxed. There are some smallish black marks on the top edge of the text block slightly affecting the inner top edges of the cloth. The spine has a slight lean. Lacking the dw. Generally a very good minus copy but with an attractive low reserve price. Condition: Very Good Minus Publisher Place: London Publisher: Secker & Warburg Publication Date: 1949 Size: 8vo. Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid

After Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904-1989- "Obres de Museu", (M&L 1607), 1980, text by Josep Pla, publ by DASA Edicions SA, Spanish edition, printed by J Massanés, binding by Jordi de la Rica, Barcelona, first edition, signed by the author and numbered 198 from the edition of 250, with 22 lithographs and bronze medallion, signed and numbered 198, together with the 60 colour reproduction prints after Salvador Dali, tooled gilt leather boards, 49.5x34.5cm., (sheet)

Char, René, "Artine" , (M&L 3), Éditions Surréalistes, à Paris, Chez José Corti, Libraire, Rue de Clichy, No 6, 1930, this example one of two unnumbered versions on Ingres vert, rose and bleu with dedication and signature on the title page by René Char, from the edition 16-30 on Ingres vert, rose and bleu, includes a heliogravure, reworked with needle and roulette by Salvador Dali entitled "Artine" on Ingres vert, signed and dated 1930 within the plate, 21.6x16.5cm, (plate), with Ex Libris Serge Goldenberg to first page, (book) Note: Dedication by René Char to Robert Valancay reads `As the breath come closer, one by one the letters disappear... with friendly wishes from Artine in flight and René Char, alas still present!`

Draeger-Pictural, Publ. Monaco- Dali and his studio; c-print on aluminium, inscribed on the reverse,`Tirage 1/1`, `Draeger Pictural Monaco`, `Tirage Argentique Realise pour l`Expo Dali Cannes 2006 + Expo Musée Menton 2007-2008 + Expo Montrouge Avril Mai 2008 1er epreuve`, 125x175.5cm Note: This photograph was originally taken at the Draeger Studios in Montrouge, 1968. It appeared for the first time in a catalogue titled `Salvador Dali fait son Cinema`, published by Jordi Casals in 2006. This photograph is unique and not from an edition.

Elvis We Love You Tender, by Dee Presley, hard cased with dust cover, first edition (GB), signed by Dee Presley, published by New English Library.

A Hardy First Edition `The Featherweight` Reel

HARLEY, GILFRED W, `Wild Sport and Some Stories`, 1912, First Edition

ALDIN, Cecil `Time I was Dead`, 1934 First Edition in dust wrapper

ONDOVATJE, Christopher `The Man-Eater of Punanai`, a signed First Edition

Hilliard (John Northern) Greater Magic, a practical treatise on modern magic, first edition, 1938

Harbin (Robert) Magic of Robert Harbin M.I.M.C illustrated by the author, edited by Peter Warlock M.I.M.C, printed by C.W Mole and Sons, ltd, first edition 1970, no.78, in original cardboard delivery sleeve together with a signed income tax slip agreement sheet, a typed letter to the purchased signed by Harbin and a hand written letter on Robert Harbin headed paper

A LARGE COLLECTION OF TOY MODELS ON FIVE SHELVES TO INCLUDE `LLEDO DAY GONES`, CORGI CLASSICS, `MAISTO SUPER CAR COLLECTION`, `THE ORIGINAL OMNIBUS COMPANY`, AND EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION LIMITED (APPROX 110)

HENTY G A ST. BARTHOLOMEWS EVE, FIRST EDITION 1894 AND SIX OTHER MODERN FIRST EDITIONS INCLUDING BUCKHAM, SASSOON, WALPOLE AND MAUGHAN

A volume, 'Tally Ho Back, 1931', a first edition with 17-F/page plates, suitable for framing.

Graeme Sims limited edition print, "First Look", signed 48/500

WILLIAM SHARP "Dante Gabriele Rossetti", first edition, published Macmillan 1882, marbled board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine, together with CHARLES BAUDELAIRE "Les Fleurs du Mal", published Paris 1922, marbled board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine

A COLLECTION OF 17 BOOKS BY LAWRENCE G. GREEN published by Howard Timmins, Cape Town •KAROO, First Edition, 1955 •LORDS OF THE LAST FRONTIER, First Edition, 1952 •TAVERN OF THE SEAS, Re-print •WHEN THE JOURNEY’S OVER, First Edition, 1972 •A TASTE OF SOUTH-EASTER, First Edition, 1971 •A DECENT FELLOW DOESN’T WORK, Re-print •FULL MANY A GLORIOUS MORNING, First Edition, 1968 •ON WINGS OF FIRE, First Edition, 1967 (2) •ALMOST FORGOTTEN, NEVER TOLD, First Edition, 1965 •A GIANT IN HIDING, First Edition, 1970 •PANTHER HEAD – THE STORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN BIRD ISLANDS, First Edition, 1955 •THESE WONDERS TO BEHOLD, First Edition, 1959 •THE BEST OF LAWRENCE GREEN Edited by Scott Haigh, 1973 •HARBOURS OF MEMORY, First Edition, 1969, (3) •IN THE LAND OF AFTERNOON, Fourth Edition, 1954 •FULL MANY A GLORIOUS MORNING, First Edition, 1968 •TO THE RIVERS END, Fith Edition, 1955 (20)

Civil War. Casler, John Overton: Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade. Guthrie, OK, State Capital Printing Company, 1893. Small octavo, illustrated blue cloth cover, floral endpapers, 495pp. First Edition. As much a rogue as a rebel, and far from a model soldier, Private Casler pens the verité of camp life and combat and the harsh existence in Stonewall's ranks. His frank confessions of his service in the Army of Northern Virginia and his unapologetic recollections are among the most sought after and cited accounts of a Confederate soldier. Rare first edition in excellent shape, Fine.

Civil War. Davis, Jefferson: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. New York; D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 2 Volumes. 8vo, gilt-illustrated, pebbled red cloth covers with gilt-lettered spine, illustrated with 19 full-page steel plate engravings and 18 maps (many folding), 707pp + 4 adv, and 808pp with 4 adv. Jeff Davis' argumentative dissertation on secession and states' rights, which is not too revealing of the inner workings and history of the CSA, but nonetheless an important history of the Confederacy penned by its president. Light pencil marks front endpapers, very minor foxing and cover scuff, small dirt spot back inside cover; a clean and sound first edition set, Very Good.

Civil War. Fremantle, Sir Arthur James Lyon: Three Months in the Southern States April, June 1863. Mobile, Alabama; S.H. Goetzel, 1864. Small octavo, later ¾ leather with brown cloth board and blue endpapers, 158pp. A Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, and the most prominent foreign observer of the Confederacy and notable observer at the Battle of Gettysburg, Fremantle sheds considerable light not only on the military and political life of the CSA, but also on the minutiae of everyday life in the Civil War South. While stationed in Gibraltar, Fremantle met the captain of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Sumter and was inspired by tales of blockade running and combat on the high seas. Having a great interest in the American civil war, Fremantle took a leave of absence to tour the South. The diary of his sojourn was quite frank as he never intended to publish it, but upon his return to England, there was so much interest that Fremantle was compelled to put it in print. Contemporary name penned on first page of narrative with date "Aug. 22/64". Light foxing and ink shadowing front and back page. Very Good, Rare Mobile edition.

Civil War. Mosby, John Singleton: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby. Edited by Charles Wells Russell. Boston; Little, Brown and Company, 1917. 8vo, dark olive green hardcovers, illustrations and folded map, 414 pp. Known as the "Gray Ghost," Mosby perfected the art of guerrilla warfare, using his cadre of some 300 men to tie up 20 to 30 times that number of Union soldiers. Some separating of spine, owner name and pencil marks on front endpaper, clean contents, Very Good. Scarce first edition.

Civil War. Norton, Oliver Willcox: The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg July 2, 1863. New York; The Neale Publishing Co, 1913. First edition. Small 8vo, hard cover with original narrative jacket, 350pp. As a company bugler with the 83rd Pennsylvania, Norton is credited with creating "Taps" when he played a variation of a Scottish tattoo in 1862. This is his eyewitness account of this part of the Battle of Gettysburg. Purple stamp "Book From O.W. Norton 813 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill." Front endpaper. Ex-libris Lutheran Seminary Library Gettysburg. Jacket splitting but all there, About Fine.

Black History and Civil War. Wilson, Joseph Thomas: The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1821, 1861-'65. Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1888. Octavo, original gilt-stamped, red and black pictorial cloth, illustrated, 528pp. First edition. "A significant work by a former Negro soldier [in the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry] full of official dispatches and lengthy essays" (Nevins I, 216). Minor splitting of front endpaper, Near Fine.