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Click here to subscribeA Fender Stratocaster Roland Ready guitar Serial No.N561522 this is an early first series edition of a synthesizer compatible guitar finished in black with rosewood finger board and two roller string trees, the guitar is original in every respect and comes complete with tremolo arm and presented with contemporary fitted Fender hard case
McCunn, James ( ed) " The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs - the original 1776 edition with modern veterinary paraphrase....with 24 plates of Stubbs` drawings now published for the first time" J.A. Allen and Co. 1965, frontis portrait, various folding plates and others, full red leather with gilt titles, d-j, large folio.
A collection of approx forty four 12inch vinyl records by The Rolling Stones/Ron Wood, The Who/Roger Daltrey, Pink Floyd, MarcBolan/T-Rex and Led Zeppelin, records comprise of twenty by The Rolling Stones to include `Still Life` Limited Edition Picture Disc, `Gimme Shelter`, `Get Yer Ya-Ya`s Out!`, `The Rolling Stones` and `Rock n Rolling Stones` each on Decca labels, two copies of `Some Girls`, a New Zealand press of `Milestones`, two copies of their single `Miss You` on 12inch pink vinyl, a Dutch press of `Their Satanic Majesties Request ` and `Sticky Fingers` small zip sleeve, seven LP`s by Led Zeppelin to include `Led Zeppelin III first pressing with Red/Maroon label (good condition), and Led Zeppelin `Four Symbols` Red/Maroon label with Led Zeppelin at the top of label (good condition), five by Marc Bolan/T-Rex to include `A Beard Of Stars` with lyric sheet and `Prophets, Seers and Sages, The Angels Of The Ages` in mono with textured sleeve (both credited to Tyrannosaurus Rex) four by Pink Floyd to include `The Final Cut` stickered sleeve, five by The Who to include `Substitute` 12inch single, Ron Wood`s `Ive Got My Own Album` with insert and Roger Daltrey`s `Ride A Rock Horse` (various conditions ranging from fairly good to very good) (illustrated)
OF TITANIC INTEREST-a collection of Titanic memorabilia comprising a postcard of the SS Titanic moored in port, the description verso `to wish you many happy returns on your birthday W` in pencil `Southampton, Good Friday, 5.4.1912 (the only day she was dressed)`, a chromo lithographic print postcard of the R.M.S Titanic at full speed, the postcard was sent to a Mr Tanner 125 Bethnal Green Road, London, N.E. by a lady called Violet and was posted from Southampton at 11 o`clock on the 14th April 1912, a black and white postcard of the RMS Titanic with inscription `foundered by Collision with Iceberg, April 15th, 1912`, another black and white, post disaster postcard of the Titanic sailing out of Southampton, two typed cards listing the history of the Olympic and Titanic, a copy of `The Deathless Story of The Titanic`, by Philip Green, this edition enclosed in plastic folders, (af), also a facsimile copy of The Deathless Story of the Titanic printed in 1985, also with this collection a quantity of books relating to the Titanic comprising `Titanic, Triumph and Tragedy`, a chronicle in words and pictures by John P Eaton and Charles A Haaas, printed by Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986, `The Discovery of the Titanic`, by Dr Robert D Ballard, `Olympic and Titanic`, ocean liners of the past, epilog by John Maxtone-Graham, this being a facsimile book produced in 1911, `Titanic from Rare Historical Reports`, by Peter Boyd-Smith, `The Titanic, The Full Story of a Tragedy`, by Michael Davie, `Titanic`, by Colonel Archibald Gracie, a survivors story, `Titanic Survivor`, the memoirs of Violet Jessop, Stewardess, `Titanic Destination Disaster`, the legends and the reality, by J P Eaton and Charles A Hasp (paperback version), `A Night to Remember`, by Walter Lord, `RMS Titanic`, a portrait in old picture postcards, by Mark Bowen & Roger Simmons, `RMS Titanic 75 years of Legend`, by David F Hutchings, also in this lot six facsimile leaflets relating to the first sailing of the Titanic on Wednesday April 10th at 12noon (illustrated)
A very large collection of boxed games including an original Escalado, Air Charter, Mine A Million, Kingmaker, game of Nations, Seastrike, Monopoly ( Essex Edition ), Conquer Everest, The Golf Game, The First Galaxy, AD 4000, Monaco Grand Prix, Hotel, Test match Cricket Etc and a boxed " Airfix " Space Shuttle ( unmade )
WINSTON S CHURCHILL "The Second World War", six volumes to include "The Gathering Storm", "Their Finest Hour", "The Grand Alliance", "The Hinge of Fate", "Closing the Ring" and "Triumph and Tragedy", published 1948-54, with dust wrappers, and one volume "The Dawn of Liberation", together with one volume "Bengal Dacoits and Tigers" by Maharanee Sunity Devee CI, published Thacker, Spink & Co, Calcutta 1916 first edition
Cricket ephemera a Yorkshire V Australians souvenir programme, played at Sheffield June 19th, 21st & 22nd 1948 & England V West Indies score card from June 1950, The Laws of Cricket 1947 code first edition printed by the MCC, Mister Norman Yardly`s calling business card & a ltter to W J Edrich of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Elliott, A. OLD HOTTENTOT Cape Town: n.p., [circa 1902] first edition 43 by 36cm a finely detailed portrait photograph framed in what would suggest to be the original wide black wooden frame with printed label on the reverse "From Forsyth and Co, 43 Parliament Street, Cape Town". Arthur Elliott was a renowned Cape Town photographer in the late 19th Century. He is better known for his architectural photographs, so his portrait photographs are very uncommon.
J. H. Rose Bookseller VIEW OF CAPE TOWN FROM TABLE BAY Cape Town: J. H. Rose Bookseller, circa 1900 first edition 60 by 35cm printed by Erst Kaufmann, Baden framed. Please note that below the card cutout mounting board the print mount shows fishmoth damage. There is also insect damage and scarring in the sky portion of the print for a 40cm length above Table Mountain. An attempt has been made to paint over some of the scarring. Nevertheless a scarce print. Small hole at 3 o`clock centre.
Anon GENERAL DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AS WELL AS THE TRANSVAAL, NATAL AND THE FREE STATE 1881 WITH CALENDAR AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS Cape Town: Saul Solomon & Co., 1881 first edition 8vo a most detailed mine of information covering every aspect of life in the areas including lists of office bearers, defence force officers, missionaries, magistrates - all with details of their respective districts, plus an alphabetical directory of the inhabitants of Cape Town, with details of the Transvaal, Free State, Griqualand West and Eastern Province original paper covered boards, stained and rubbed, spine largely without its paper cover, internal hinge splits Comments: and another item of similar interest ? The Cape Quarterly Review with which is incorporated The Cape Monthly Magazine Vol. 1: No. 1, 2 & 3, Oct 1881 to April 1882 (a set of the first three numbers of this periodical). As condition varies, viewing is suggested. (4)
Anon GLEANINGS IN AFRICA London: James Cundee, 1806 first edition 8vo The subtitle of the book "Exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, and surrounding country. With a full and comprehensive account of the system of agriculture adopted by the colonists: soil, climate, natural productions, &c., &c., &c. Interspersed with observations and reflections on the state of slavery in the southern extremity of the African continent. In a series of letters from an English officer, during the period in which that colony was under the protection of the British Government." The period before the rule of the Batavian Republic is covered in 39 letters. One fold out engraving of the wreck of HMS Sceptre and others from sketches made by the author. full leather, highly decorated spine with foliate design in gold and to cover edges, marbled endpapers and bookplate of John Sheepshanks 1852. Age browning in places and severe foxing between p192 and 242. (1)
Anon SONGS OF THE VELD AND OTHER POEMS London: New Age Press, 1902 first edition small 8vo cloth, spine faded with title inked in. This book has the signature of S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner on the front endpaper. `Songs of the Veld` because of its content was originally banned Comments: and 5 others of Anglo-Boer War interest. As condition varies, viewing is suggested ? ENGELBURG, DR. F. V. - n` Onbekende Paul Kruger, 1923, booklet ? VAN BLERK, DS. J. A. - Op die Bermudas Beland, 1949 ? OOST, HARM - Wie is die Skuldiges?, 1956, dustjacket ? PHELAN, T. - The Siege of Kimberley: Its Humourous and Social Side, 1913 ? ANON - The Everlasting Annexation, 1919. (6)
Anon THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE London: Adam & Co., [circa 1880] first edition 4to coloured lithographs blind stamped, very ornate, full leather pictorial gold, front and back covers highly decorated spine, has external and internal hinge splits, gilt edges wear to cover edges. (1)
Aylward, Alfred THE TRANSVAAL OF TODAY: WAR, WITCHCRAFT, SPORT AND SPOILS IN SOUTH AFRICA London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1878 first edition 8vo pictorial cloth with 4 vignettes in gold, wear to top edges of spine and top corner of cover, internal hinge split Comments: and 3 other of enhancing interest ? ROSENTHAL, ERIC - Victorian South Africa: A Collection of 149 engravings, 1975, dustjacket ? TYRRELL, BARBARA - Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa, 1971, dustjacket, signed by author ? TINGAY, P. & JOHNSON, J. - Transvaal Epic, 1978, dustjacket. (4)
Baines, Thomas THE GOLD REGIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA London: Edward Stanford, 1877 first edition 8vo b/w illustrations and map in pocket decorated cloth with zebra in gold, slight insect marks to front cover, foxing to frontis and title page, firm and tight, a good copy. Inscribed by R. F. Alfred Hoërnle 1934 on front endpaper. (1)
Baker, Col. H. A. & Oliver, E. G. H. ERICAS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Cape Town: Purnell, 1967 first (collectors`) edition, limited to 400 copies of which this is No. 350 4to b/w & col. illustrations full leather, signed by the two authors and two artists with original clear plastic dustjacket Comments: and another of botanical interest in South Africa ? HENNESSY, ESMÉ F. & HEDGE, T. A. - The Slipper Orchids, 1989, dustjacket, inscription on front free endpaper. (2)
Baraitser, M. & Obholzer, A. CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1971 first edition 4to b/w illustrations cloth, dustjacket enclosed in plastic Comments: and 2 others of similar interest ? VAN ONSELEN, L. E. - Cape Antique Furniture, 1959, dustjacket rubbed ? FRANSEN, HANS - The Cape Chair, only 1000 copies printed, 1969, dustjacket. (3)
Barrow, John A VOYAGE TO COCHINCHINA IN THE YEARS 1792 AND 1793 AND AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY 1801-2 TO THE RESIDENCE OF THE CHIEF OF THE BOOSHUANA NATION London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 first edition 23 by 27cm chart and 20 hand coloured plates, fold-outs. The coloured engravings are by Medland after the original drawings by Messrs. Alexander and Daniell full brown leather, spine decorated with leaf repeat bands, title etc, gold on black, a tight clean bright copy, external hinge split, slight discolouration to endpapers. (1)
Bigelow, Poultney WHITE MAN`S AFRICA London: Harper & Brothers, 1898 first edition large 8vo b/w illustrations cloth, spine darkened Comments: The book contains 60 illustrations by the famous war artist Caton Woodville from photographs taken by the author. The collection of non-military paintings by Woodville is remarkable and 5 other books that may be classed as `period pieces` of Africana. As condition varies, viewing is recommended ? CARLYLE, REV. J. E. - South Africa and its Mission Fields, 1878 ? CALLAWAY, GODFREY - Sketches of Kafir Life, 1905 ? SCULLY, W. C. - Daniel Vananda, 1923 ? LAURENCE, PERCEVAL M. - On Circuit in Kafirland, 1903 ? DICKIE, B. H. - The Bush Speaks: Border Life in Old Transvaal, 1937, dustjacket. (6)
Botha, C. Graham COLLECTED WORKS - 3 VOLS Cape Town: Struik, 1962 first edition 8vo Vol. 1 - Cape History and Social Life; Vol. 2 - Cape Law, Medicines and Place Names; Vol. 2 - Archives and Records of the Cape rexine in slipcase Comments: and 5 others of related Cape interest ? BOTHA, C. GRAHAM - A Brief Guide to the Various Classes of Documents in the Cape Archives for the Period 1652-1806, 1918, stiff card covers ? BORCHERDS, P. B. - An Autobiographical Memoir, 1963, facsimile reprint of 1861 edition, No. 424 of 510 ? OLLAND, FRED H. - Bladen uit de Memoirs van Petrus Borchadus Bocherds, 1907, softback ? SCULLY, W. C. - Sir J. H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir, 1921 ? THEAL, G. M. - History of South Africa: From the Foundation of the European Settlement to Our Own Times 1834-1854, 1893. (6)
Campbell, The Rev. John Kerr RAMBLES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A RECORD OF HOLIDAY TRAVEL London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd, 1891 first edition 8vo b/w illustrations pictorial cloth, cover rubbed, slight wear to corners, internal hinge split developing, endpapers foxed Comments: and another of similar interest in similar condition with periodic foxing especially frontispiece and title page ? BARKER, LADY M. A. - A Year`s Housekeeping in South Africa, 1879. (2)
Chilvers, Hedley THE STORY OF DE BEERS London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, n.d. first edition large 8vo 68 b/w photogravure plates and 1 in colour cloth, spine with fading and a few minuscule marks, presentation label with De Beers logo laid down on front endpaper `Presented to G. R. Reeve with the compliments of the Directors of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited` Comments: and 3 others of Cecil Rhodes and Rhodesian interest ? VAUGHAN, WILLIAM, LT-COL. H. - A Visit to Lobengula in 1889, 1947, dustjacket ? BURROWS, EDMUND H. - The Moodies of Melsetter, 1954, dustjacket ? HILLER, V. W. - The Story of Cecil Rhodes Set out in a Series of Historical Pictures and Objects to Commemorate the Centenary of his birth 1853-1953. As condition varies slightly, viewing is suggested. (4)
Cox, Sir George W. THE LIFE OF JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO, BISHOP OF NATAL - 2 VOLS London: W. Ridgway, 1888 first edition large 8vo 2 frontispieces and 2 portrait photographs cloth, inscription and 2 paper cuttings referring to Colenso glued in. Bookplate of G. N. Pickstock M. D., foxing in places, slight insect scarring to cover boards Comments: and another of the same period ? MOLYNEUX, MAJ. GEN. W. C. F. - Campaigning in South Africa and Egypt, 1896, foxed, cover stained, with wear. (3)
de Villiers, S. A. OTTO LANDSBERG 1803-1905: 19TH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST Cape Town: C. Struik, 1974 first edition 4to b/w & col. illustrations hardback, dustjacket Comments: and 4 others of S. A. Art interest ? Ons Kuns I, 1969, second edition, softback ? Ons Kuns II, 1961?, softback ? Ons Kuns III, n.d. ? GORDON-BROWN, A. - Pictorial Africana, 1975, dustjacket. As condition varies very slightly, viewing is suggested. (5)
Drayson, Capt. Alfred W. SPORTING SCENES AMONGST THE KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA London: G. Routledge & Co., 1858 first edition large 8vo col. illustrations by Harrison Weir from designs by the author blind stamped decorated cloth, repair to corners of boards and top edges of spines, cover boards rubbed. Two bookplates, inscription and paper cutting laid down on front endpapers. The plate on p131 has frittered edges. It has been laid down on a sheet of paper and bound in. (1)
Drummond, The Hon. W. H. THE LARGE GAME AND NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST AFRICA Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1875 first edition 8vo col. frontis and title page vignette, sepia plates and b/w textual illustrations original ruled cloth with buffalo skull in gold, very slight wear to cover edges, a very fine tight copy. Bookplate of Ashton. (1)
Fairbridge, Dorothea LADY ANNE BARNARD Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 first edition large 8vo b/w illustrations with tinted frontis Magnificently bound in full leather with foliate squared gold decorated boards and elegant spine, similarly adorned. Gilt edges, marbled endpapers. This is one of the rare full leather examples produced by the Frankels of Port Elizabeth in the 1920`s, who traded under the name of Africana Antiquarians (Pty) Ltd Comments: and 2 others of related interest ? FAIRBRIDGE, DOROTHEA - The Pilgrim`s Way in South Africa, 1928, first edition, with seldom seen dustjacket, only slight wear to it, 32 Photogravures and 72 other plates. Endpapers etc with a little foxing ? BARNARD, LADY ANNE - South Africa A Century Ago, 1797-1801, second edition, sold by Leonard Bayley & Co., Pietermaritzburg, n.d., with unusual soft suede blue titled covers. (3)
Forbes, Vernon S. & Rourke, John PATERSON`S CAPE TRAVELS 1777 TO 1779 Johannesburg: The Brenthurst Press, 1980 first edition, limited to 1000 copies 4to b/w & col. illustrations cloth, dustjacket Comments: and another of the Brenthurst Series of Cape Interest ? SMITH, ANNA H. - Cape Views and Costumes, 1978, dustjacket, a few marks on front endpaper. (2)
Fransen, Hans ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE OLD CAPE AS SEEN BY ARTHUR ELLIOTT Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1969 first edition 4to b/w illustrations cloth, dustjacket with minor imperfections Comments: and 6 others of Cape Architectural interest ? WALTON, JAMES - Homesteads and Villages of South Africa, 1952, dustjacket with small tears ? WALTON, JAMES - Walter-mills, Windmills and Horse-mills of South Africa, 1974, dustjacket ? SIMONS, P. B. - Groote Schuur, 1996, dustjacket ? Cape Town Photographic Society - From the Days That are Gone, 1967, dustjacket, No. 934 of 1250 ? DE BOSDARI - Cape Dutch Houses and Farms, 1953, dustjacket with tear ? NAUDÉ, A. - Rondebosch and Round About, 1973, dustjacket. (7)
Galton, Francis NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORER IN TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA 1851 TO 1861 London: Ward Lock and Co., 1889 first edition, Minerva Library of Famous Books 8vo pebbled cloth binding. Bookplate of Thomas Gordon Duff Comments: and another of similar interest ? BARKLY, MRS - Among Boers and Basutos: The Story of Our Life on the Frontier, 1893, original pictorial cloth laid down on a new binding. (2)
Gillmore, Parker THROUGH GASA LAND AND THE SCENE OF PORTUGUESE AGGRESSION: THE JOURNEY OF A HUNTER IN SEARCH OF GOLD AND IVORY London: Harrison & Sons, n.d. [circa 1890] first edition 8vo pictorial cloth, initial foxing to p25, map foxed, a tight firm copy Comments: and another of hunting interest ? HARRIS, SIR W. CORNWALLIS - Wild Sports of Southern Africa, 1963, dustjacket slightly foxed, with browning to endpapers. (2)
Gordon-Brown, A. PICTORIAL ART IN SOUTH AFRICA London: Chas. J. Sawyer, 1952 first edition: in very rare deluxe binding 4to b/w illustrations ¾ leather with springbok in gold on blue cloth boards. The cloth is slightly rubbed, inscription on pre-title page, top edge gilt Comments: and another of similar interest ? GORDON-BROWN, A. - Pictorial Africa, 1975, dustjacket. (2)
Grocott & Sherry ALBUM OF GRAHAMSTOWN East London: Grocott and Sherry, 1898 first edition oblong 4to b/w photographs slightly rubbed blind stamped cloth, title in gold, slight foxing at 6 o`clock on title page Comments: and another of similar period ? SCHRODER - The Schroder Art Memento, 1894. (2)
Juta, René THE CAPE PENINSULA London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910 first edition large 8vo 25 watercolour illustrations by W. Westhofen decorated cloth with minuscule insect scarring, foxing to pre title pages Comments: and 4 others of Cape interest. As condition varies slightly, viewing is suggested ? TROTTER, MRS A. P. - Old Cape Colony: A Chronicle of Her Men and Houses from 1652 to 1806, 1903 ? HELY, HUTCHINSON, LADY - Monica Grey, 1900 ? EYBERS, G. W. - Op die Voetspoor van die ou Reisigers, 1926 ? MORTON, H. V. - In Search of South Africa, first edition, 1948, in good dustjacket. (5)
Kolbe, Peter NAAUWKEURIGE BESCHRYWING VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP - 2 VOLS Amsterdam: Balthazar Lakeman, 1727 first edition 29 by 40cm engraved illustrations, fold-outs and maps, a magnificent set, bookplate of W. H. Coetzer full leather, highly decorated foliate design to spine with raised bands, title label in red, a little wear to top and bottom edges of spines, slight foxing to endpapers. (2)
Kruger, Nellie RACHEL ISABELLA STEYN: PRESIDENTSVROU Kaapstad: Nasionale Pers Beperk, 1949 first edition large 8vo b/w illustrations cloth with imprint of Austrian Council South Africa and inscription `Ex Libris Dr Helmuth Husserl, Cape Town`. Signed by author who was the wife of President M T Steyn, President of the OFS, corner browning to last 6 pages and rear endpapers of an otherwise mint copy Comments: and 4 others of related interest ? ROMPEL-KOOPMAN, L - Wat Mevrouw Gen. Joubert Vertelt, 1916 ? FRASER, J. G. - Episodes in My Life, 1922 ? SAUER, HANS - Ex Africa, 1937 ? BARLOW, T. B. - The Life and Times of President Brand, 1972, dustjacket. As condition varies slightly, viewing is suggested. (5)
La Vaillant, M. TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AFRICA BY THE WAY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN THE YEARS 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 - 2 VOLS London: G. G. and J Robinson, 1790 first English edition 12 elegant hand coloured copper plates including fold-outs with the rare 12th plate, all present full pale brown leather, gold ruled spines with red title labels, minuscule old wood borer hole to edge of pre-title up to page 2 of Vol. 2, initial age browning Comments: translated from the French. (2)
Latrobe, Rev. C. I. JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 1815 AND 1816 London: L. B. Seeley, 1818 first edition 280 by 222cm fold out map, 16 plates, 12 of which are fine coloured aquatints ¾ leather, inscription on pre-title page, raised banded spine with gold decoration, a handsome book. (1)
Leibrandt, H. C. V. RAMBLES THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1688-1700 Cape Town: J. C. Juta & Co., 1887 first edition small 8vo cloth, repair to top and bottom edge of spine, plastic protective cover, slight foxing to endpapers with Control and Audit office stamp Comments: and a quantity of others of Cape of Good Hope Archival interest 1707-1806 ? 6 books by LEIBRANDT, H. C. V. being - Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope ? 1 by KRUGER, H. S. - Voortrekker Argiefstukke 1829-1849, 1937 and 9 by JEFFREYS, K. M. and ? MULLER, C. F. J. & OTHERS - A Select Biography of South African History, 1966. As condition varies, viewing is suggested. ()
Lichtenstein, Henry TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1803, 1804, 1805 AND 1806 - 2 VOLS London: Henry Colburn, 1812-1815 first English edition 22 by 28cm all plates present. At some stage the linen backed map from Vol. 2 has been removed and placed at the beginning of Vol. 1. Traces of where it was originally placed is evident at the beginning of Vol. 2, page 1 foxing, ½ leather, ruled spine with labels in black and red leather, tear to the bottom of page 1, Vol. 2 Comments: Translated from the original German by Anne Plumptre. (2)
Lucas, T. J. CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA: EXPERIENCES OF KAFFIR WARFARE WITH THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES London: Chapman and Hall, 1878 first edition 8vo tinted frontispiece plus three additional tinted lithographs and b/w illustrations original green pictorial cloth with gold vignette of an antelope, a little wear to edges of spine, inscription on front endpaper, internal split developing. (1)
Merriman, The Venerable Archdeacon PASSAGES OF MISSIONARY LIFE: THE KAFIR, THE HOTTENTOT AND THE FRONTIER FARMER London: George Bell, 1853 first edition small 8vo hand coloured plates blind stamped cloth, lacking spine portion, inscription on front free endpaper, internal split Comments: and another of related interest ? WILMOT, A. & CHASE, J. C. - History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1868, 1869, lacking front free endpaper. (2)
Millais, J. G. LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS DSO London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1918 first edition 8vo b/w illustrations cloth, slight foxing to initial pages Comments: and 3 others of related interest ? MILLAIS, J. G. - Wanderings & Memories, 1919 ? SELOUS, F. C. - A Hunter`s Wanderings in Africa, 1925 ? SELOUS, F. C. - Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, 1893, tear to map in need of repair and other imperfections. Viewing of these items is specially recommended as condition varies. (4)
Pringle, Thomas AFAR IN THE DESERT AND OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN POEMS London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1881 first edition small 8vo frontispiece with top corner of engraving mount lacking full leather with highly decorated spine in gold in banded sections, a little wear to leather, marbled endpapers and edges Comments: and another of Eastern Cape interest ? GROCOTT AND SHERRY- Album of Grahamstown, 1898, slight foxing to endpapers and title page. (2)
Rose, Cowper FOUR YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 first edition 8vo frontispiece a little wear to the full leather covers, with gold decorated spine. Edge to covers ruled with a repeat design, external hinge crack to spine developing, marbled endpapers, slight foxing to title page and endpapers. (1)
Schouten, Wouter REIS TOGT NAAR EN DOOR OOSTÏNDIEN - 2 VOLS Utrecht en Amsteldam (sic): J. J. van Poolsum and Others, 1775 first edition 4to engraved plates, many are fold-outs. All plates present, contents bright. A good set. An important work ½ leather, marbled boards, covers worn at edges. (2)
Shortridge, Capt. G. C. THE MAMMALS OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA - 2 VOLS London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934 first edition 4to cloth with zebra in gold on cover, pre title pages and page edges (when closed) are foxed and corners of Vol. 2 with slight fishmoth damage. Comments: and 3 others of South West African interest ? ESTERHUYSE, J. H. - South West Africa 1880-1894, 1968, dustjacket ? SCULLY, W. C. - Between Sun and Sand, 1898 ? HALFORD, S. J. - The Griquas of Griqualand, n.d., dustjacket. As condition varies very slightly viewing is suggested. (5)
Sim, Thomas R. THE FORESTS AND FOREST FLORA OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Aberdeen: Government of the Cape of Good Hope, 1907 first edition 4to 3 b/w photographs and 160 uncoloured plates by the author, folding uncoloured map compacted cloth, slight wear to corners, title page and endpapers slightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy. (1)
Sparrman, Andrew A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE AND ROUND THE WORLD BUT CHIEFLY INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRES FROM THE YEAR 1772 TO 1776 - 2 VOLS London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1785 first English edition 23 by 28cm hand coloured engravings and fold-out map ¼ leather, staining to cover boards, foxing to title page, internally tight, a clean set Comments: Translated from the Swedish original. (2)
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