Vallentin (Captain, later Major, J.M.) MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR Hand written in a Lett’s Colonial Office Diary for 1898, 245 x 200 mm, bound in dark blue cloth with a red and gold emblem on the upper cover, marbled endpapers and edges. The diary contains one page per day for the year and a number of other pages for notes and an index. Vallentin’s entries are written in pencil on one side only and cover about a third of the pages. He has written the diary using carbon paper. The entries for July 2nd to 25th August appear in carbon copy only and the stubs of the original pages remain where they have been cut out. From 26th August to 1st November both the original and carbon copies remain. Captain John Maxwell Vallentin (later Brevet-Major), of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) saw extensive action in the Anglo-Boer War, his medal clasps include Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill. He followed this with vigorous service in the guerrilla phase of the war. ‘After recuperating (after enteric) he came to Heidelberg where Ian Hamilton had him appointed as the District Commissioner. A sedentary life did not suit Vallentin, so in October, 1900, he was employed by the S.A. Constabulary. The following month was promoted to Brevet Major….Early in 1901 Major Vallentin raised a corps of volunteers to operate in the Heidelberg area. This unit, which never exceeded 200 men was to become known as ‘Vallentin’s Heidelberg Volunteers’ or the ‘The Nigel Mine Guards’. The Boers derisively called then ‘Witkoppe” (white heads) after the white hatbands which they wore.’ He was killed in action on 4th January 1902 at Bankop. ‘Vallentin was forced to make a last stand on a small ridge, which was virtually bereft of cover. The Boers under Kmdt Opperman pressed their attach with great vigour, under the impression that they were avenging Bethal. Again and again they threw themselves at the small force on the hill and were thrown back. Two burghers fell within ten metres of the defenders. Vallentin strived to the last to avert defeat and rally his forces, but when the Boers worked their way to his reach and began firing at 50M range he knew they stood no chance. Vallentin stood exposed to the enemy fire issuing instructions when he was shot down.’ From Uys (Ian) Heidelbergers of the Boer War (1981). In this diary he describes his time with the S.A. Police in Heidelberg including his brief detention by a Boer commando (1st September) which he had approached believing it was led by de Wet but found Theron instead, ‘So I went out 3 pm, came on Boer outpost, 6 pm, found not de Wet but Theron at home; had long talk with him; he was rude and held me prisoner.’ He was detained until Saturday, 8th September. These dates are left blank in the diary as if he was intending to fill them in later. On Sunday he writes, ‘In afternoon received a wire from Lord Roberts saying no details of my capture, detention or release had been received and that orders as to the future would be issued when a Court of Enquiry had reported on my case.’ The next day he comments, ‘Monday, 10 September. Court of Enquiry sat at 9 am; opinion reported by wire to C of S Belfast’. Apparently no action was taken against him and he continues the diary describing has administrative duties including veld clearance and farm burning, issuing passes to compliant burghers and commenting on commando and troop movements. Of this incident Ian Uys comments, ‘On one occasion Vallentin was deputed to deliver Lord Roberts’ proclamation to Boers in the Heidelberg area. He delivered his message and spent a week with a Boer Commando as their guest while the proclamation was debated. This unique experience must have given him deep insight into the Boer character and military establishment, for he was a trained observer.’ (page154).
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Lloyd, A. B. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country (Harry Struben`s Presentation Copy) 16x24cm A Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 8vo, frontispiece portrait + xxiv + 385 + advertisements, illustrated with black & white photographs and plates, all three maps present. Red cloth covers with gilt decoration on front and titles on front and spine. First edition. A record of travel and discovery in Central Africa. Red cloth boards with gilt on front and spine, ex library copy with usual stamps but no cards, light foxing throughout, front and rear hinges cracked but intact, shaken. A piece of history comes with this title in the form of a Presentation Card which is glued to the inside front: `Presented by W.H. Struben, Esq.` Harry Struben and his brother Fred discovered gold on the farm Wilgespruit at the western end of the Witwatersrand in 1884. The area is today called Roodepoort. They were the first to strike gold and are righfully regarded as South Africa`s gold mining pioneers. In 1886 the Executive Council of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek announced in an official document that W.H. Struben is considered the real discoverer of the Witwatersrand gold fields. Harry later served as the first president of the Chamber of Mines. Fair London T. Fisher Unwin 1899
Philip Pienaar Met Steyn En De Wet, Belangrijke Mededeelingen En Persoonlike Ervaringen Octavo Light blue decorative boards a bit grubby with gilt titling and plate inset to lower quadrant of front board. Spine darkened and tiling a little dulled. Decorative ends with tanning. Binding tape strengthening on verso fep. Bottom binding stitch broken causing some looseness to the paperblock. Ownership stamp to half-title page and pencilled price marking to bep. Frontispiece plate + 189pp with index following. Pages age tanned otherwise internally clean text. Text is Dutch. Good Middelburg F.B.den Boer 1902
C.J. Van Der Loo De Geschiedenis Der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal) Aan Het Volk Verteld Boards lightly rubbed. Corners gently bumped. Light wear at head and tail of spine. Gilt titling to front board with sketch of boer fighter. Debossed insignia to back board. Ownership signature and stamp to fep, otherwise internally clean and tightly bound. Light foxing to outers. Pages lightly tanned. Pages viii + 198 + xi; frontispiece plate of Paul Kruger and his wife with 30 woodcut illustrations throughout and one fold out map to rear. Text is in Dutch. Very Good Zwolle, Nederland Van Der Vegt & Mehler 1896
Geoffrey Bond The Incredibles the Story of the 1st Battalion, the Rhodesian Light Infantry Trade Paperback Card covers showing edgewear and fracturing of the papercover at hinges. Corners gently bumped. No inscriptions; internally clean and tightly bound. 159 pages. Very rare book. Good + Salisbury, Rhodesia Sarum Imprint 1977
Van Leeuwen (Simon) HET ROOMS-HOLLANDS-REGT 8vo (210 x 160 mm) Waar in de Roomse wetten met het huydendaagse Neerlands Regt, In alles dat tot de dagelijkse onderhouding kan dienen, met een bysondere kortheit, so wel in de vaste regts-stoffen, als in de manier van Regts-Vordering over een gebragt werden. Met allerhande Ordonnantien, Placaten, Hand-vesten, Keuren, Gewoonten en Gewijsden deser ende omleggende Landen bevestigt. New edition: (xl) + (i engraved portrait of the author) + 676 + (xxx blad en talwyser) pages, contemporary full vellum - soiled, light stain at the top of the pages throughout, inscription and a booksellerÂ’s ticket (J. Muller & Co., Amsterdam) on the front free endpaper. Good H. en de Wed. van Dirk Boom, Boekverkopers T`Amsteldam 1686
Vinii (Arnoldi) INSTITUTIONUM IMPERIALUM COMMENTARIUS ACADEMICUS ET FORENSIS 4to (255 x 200 mm) Jo. Gottl. Heineccius jc. recensuit, et praefationem notulasque adjecit. Cui Jacobi Gothofredi j.c. Historia, et Bibliotheca Juris Civilis Romani praeponitur. Accedit etiam ad calcem Edictum perpetuum Salvii Juliani a Guilielmo Ranchino collectum. Editio novissima, ceteris auctior, et emendatior. New edition, 2 volumes: I. xl, 510. II. (2), 514-997 pages (lacks pages 511-513 in volume I and pages 998-1005 in volume II), engraved portrait of the author in volume I, title pages printed in red and black, recently rebound in half green simulated leather with brown cloth sides, red title labels on the spines, tear across the half title page in volume I, some light foxing but overall the contents are good. Arnold Vinnius (4 January 1588, Monster - 1 September 1657, Leiden) was one of the leading jurists of the 17th century in the Netherlands.This work was reprinted 54 times from the first 1642 Leiden edition to the 1867 Spanish translation. (Wikepedia). Good Neapoli Apud Dominicum Terres 1772
Holliday (J.D.) DOTTINGS ON NATAL AS PUBLISHED IN 1865 8vo (210 x 140 mm) And Sundry Tit-Bits of Colonial Experience. New edition: 59 pages, printed light green limp cloth covers, stapled binding. First and last pages foxed, the two staples are rusted. Good Pietermaritzburg P. David & Sons 1890
Van der Walt (J.J.A.) & Vorster (P.J.) PELARGONIUMS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 4to (290 x 220 mm) A complete set of the 3 volumes. 50 + 148 +148 pages of text and 50 colour plates per volume, numerous distribution maps and text illustrations, volume 3 signed by Van der Walt on the title page, light dust soiling on the page edges, a very good set in the dust jackets. Cape Town 1977, 1981 and 1988
Haldane (Aylmer) HOW WE ESCAPED FROM PRETORIA 8vo (220 x 140 mm) Facsimile reproduction of the 1901 edition with a new Foreword and Index. De Luxed edition: 231 pages, frontispiece and numerous illustrations, full light brown leather with green title labels on the spine, top edge gilt, contained in a green rexine slip case. A very good copy. This leather-bound edition in the Africana Reprint Library series is limited to 101 copies. This is No. 91 Very good Johannesburg Africana Book Society 1977
Holub (Emil) SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (218 x 145 mm) Travels, researches, and hunting adventures, between the diamond-fields and the Zambesi, 1872-79, Translated by E.E. Frewer. Facsimile reproduction of the 1881 edition with a new Foreword. De Luxe edition: 2 volumes, 426 + 479 pages, frontispiece, folding colour map, numerous plates and illustrations in the text, full light brown leather with green title labels on the spines, top edges gilt, contained in a green rexine slip cases. A very good set. This leather-bound edition in the Africana Reprint Library series is limited to 107 copies. This is No. 91 Holub describes his first three expeditions to the remoter regions of southern Africa in the 1870`s. His compelling ambition was to follow in the footsteps of Dr Livingstone and, specifically, to reach Luanda by way of the Zambesi valley and across Angola. That he failed in his principle objective does not diminish his stature as a traveller-explorer nor, indeed, the fascination which modern readers will derive from his meticulous accounts of the journeys, the third of which took him to the upper reaches of the Zambesi River. Very good Johannesburg Africana Book Society 1975
Collyer, Brigadier-General J J The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916 (with 21 folding maps) 210 x 165 In his foreword General Smuts notes that Collyer, his chief of staff in the East Africa campaign, was `in a special position to know or to learn the circumstances and difficulties of the task which faced us`. However, `there is nothing in it of a one-sided Allied story. Full justice is done to the brilliant performance of General von Lettow Vorbeck, his German officers and his African Askari army.` One corner of the red cloth-boards, black lettered to the front and spine, is noticeably rubbed. The other three corners and the boards themselves are very lightly rubbed. The spine is unsunned and the binding is tight. The plain endpapers are unmarked, as are the book`s xxi + 299 pp of text and index. There is light sunning towards the page edges as well as an occasional foxing spot. All 21 of the folding colour maps are present, crisp and untorn. Very Good Pretoria Government Printer 1939
Soga (J.Henderson) THE SOUTH-EASTERN BANTU 8vo (220 x 145 mm) (Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala) Special number of `Bantu Studies`, journal devoted to the scientific study of BANTU, HOTTENTOT, and BUSHMAN. Supplement No. 4. 490 pages, frontispiece portrait, folding genealogical charts, original black cloth gilt, light foxing on the title page, overall a very good copy. Very good Johannesburg Witwatersrand University Press 1930
Cornell (Fred C.) THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING (Scarce 1st Edition) 220 x 146 x 38mm 334 pages. Original blind embossed pictorial hardcover (rebacked with gilt title to spine), 22 of the 23 b/w plates as called for are present ( the plate facing pg 20 titled `Sealers at Olifants Rocks` and `Taking the horses across Olifants River` is missing). Includes original fold-out map. Previous owner`s name dated 31/03/1922 neatly penned to front free EP. Light bumping to corners. Some superficial paper loss to rear fixed EP where a paste-down bookplate has been removed. Otherwise clean and tight throughout. `Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds. Includes: discovery of diamonds in German South-West Africa, humour of Hottentots` paradise, the Namib desert, prospecting in a motor-car, the southern Kalahari, mouth of the Orange river, copper prospects, stewed flamingo and other weird dishes, great anecdotal accounts of prospecting in South Africa and German South-West Africa early last century`. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Good London T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1920
Smith (Wilbur) THE DARK OF THE SUN 8vo (220 x 150 mm) First edition: 284 pages, original light green simulated cloth with gilt titling within a border on the spine faded to light brown around the edges, the dust jacket is slightly worn at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners and is price-clipped, contents bright. A very good copy. The authorÂ’s second novel. Very good London Heinemann 1965
Baines, Thomas Explorations in South-West Africa 229mm x 158mm This is copy number 41 of the Collectors` Edition limited to 90 copies. It is a facsimile reprint of the 1864 edition whose sub-title is: `Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the western coast to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.`Housed in the original green buckram book cloth covered slip case.Quarter red leather binding with gilt titling on the spine, title label, blind stamped decorative device on the green buckram boards. Top edge gilt.Number VI in the Heritage Series.Dark maroon coloured map motif end papers. Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. xii + xiv prelims, 535 pages, 3 fold out maps, colour and black and white illustrations with additional colour plates after Thomas Baines paintings that do not appear in the original edition.CONDITION DETAILS: Close up images of the spine are provided to show the extent of the sun fading to the spine in detail. Also shown is a dark mark at the very base of the spine. Overall a clean and unread copy with minor signs of age and use such as a light crease down one side of the slip case. Attractive Salisbury, Rhodesia Pioneer Head 1973
Drummond, The Hon. W.H. The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa 232mm x 165mm Copy number 69 of the specially bound Collectors` Edition limited to 90 copies. This is a facsimile of the 1875 edition.Number IV in the Heritage Series.Housed in the original dark green buckram book cloth covered slip case.Quarter dark green leather binding with gilt titling on the spine, title label, with green buckram boards and a gilt buffalo horn decorative device on the upper board. Top edge gilt.Brown pictorial end papers. iv + xxi prelims, 428 pages followed by a coloured sketch map, coloured frontispiece and title page, 12 full page illustrations and 21 vignettes of animal heads as chapter headings and tail pieces,CONDITION DETAILS: The crease across the spine is probably a flaw in the leather and issued as such by the publishers, but the light mark above the title label was probably caused by sun light. Overall a clean copy. Attractive Salisbury, Rhodesia Pioneer Head 1972
Selous, Frederick Courteney African Nature Notes and Reminiscences 225mm x 144mm Copy number 2075 of the Ordinary Edition limited to 2112 copies. This is a facsimile of the 1908 edition.This is the first book in the Heritage Series.Original pictorial dust jacket. Original light orange/red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titling on the spine. Top edge gilt.End papers decorated with a copy of a letter written by Selous. vi + xxx prelims, 356 pages, additional full colour portrait frontispiece after the oil painting by L.C. Dickinson, 13 full page monochrome plates.CONDITION DETAILS: The dust jacket is price clipped and the front inside flap has tape residue marks. The end papers are also stained with tape residue marks left after a plastic cover was removed. A decent copy Salisbury, Rhodesia Pioneer Head 1969
Ronalds, Alfred The Fly-Fisher`s Entomology 8vo ...`With Coloured Representations Of The Natural And Artificial Insect, And A Few Observations And Instructions On TROUT AND GRAYLING FISHING`. With Twenty Coloured Plates; 132pp. plus 24pp.adverts. In the Midland Counties, and especially in Derbyshire, the `Fly-Fisher`s Entomology` has long been considered an authority; and as the Derbyshire waters have of late years risen in the esteem of the fly-fishers, a new and more complete Edition of the work has been rendered indispensable... Very fine illustrations of fishing flies, comparing the real flies with the artificial ones, for ease of reference. Condition: blue boards are well-worn, corners bumped, head of spine frayed, bookplate affixed to f.f.e.p.(Ex Libris Charles A.Byron, Willingdon, Kloof), contents generally good, scattered light foxing throughout, front inner hinge cracked, some spotting to title page and portrait frontispiece, illustrations are in good condition. fair to good London Longmans, Green 1877
Alexander (Sir J.E.) AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 8vo (210 x 130 mm) Through the hitherto undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, performed Under the Auspices of Her Majesty`s Government, and the Royal Geographical Society. 2 volumes: xxiii,302 + viii,306 pages, engraved frontispieces in each volume, folding map, 6 engraved plates and 7 engravings in the text, original light blue cloth, blind decorated on the upper cover and titled and decorated gilt on the spines. Volume I has been rebacked preserving the original back strip, the lower hinge of volume II has been repaired. The original endpapers have been preserved. The plates are oxidised as is often the case with the associated off-setting on the facing pages, otherwise the contents are bright. Page edges uncut. Private library stamps on each title and following page, book plate of Norman Owen Howell on each front paste-down endpaper. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, pages 20-21: `He proceeded to Namaqualand and Damaraland, which countries were very little known at the time. Leaving Cape Town in 1836, he traversed these regions in an ox wagon, and went through a large part of South West Africa arriving at Walvisch Bay almost exhausted with the difficulties of travel and want of water. He succeeded in obtaining a good collection of zoological and other specimens, many of which were at that time unknown to the scientific world. The volumes contain an account of the social condition of the Namaquas, Bushmen and Damaras.` London Henry Colburn Publisher 1838
Lieberkuhn (Rev. Samuel) THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST 12mo (180 x 110 mm) Comprehending all that the Four Evangelists have recorded concerning him; all their relations being brought together in one narration, so that no circumstance is omitted, but that inestimable history is continued in one series, in the very words of Scripture. Translated into the Delaware Indian Language by the Rev. David Zeisberger. viii, 222 pages (title page in English with a following title in Delaware Indian), full calf with a black title label on the spine, light foxing and staining throughout. The title on the spine is ‘Zeisberger’s Harmony.’ There were two types of Harmony Gospels. A synoptic, often called a synopsis, in which parallel passages were displayed in columns for comparison and study and another which selectively recast the four canonical gospels to form a single narrative. The present work appears to be an example of the latter. Zeisberger, David (1721-1808) Moravian apostle to the Indians. Zeisberger spoke several Native American languages fluently and produced a number of literary works that aided him in his efforts. These include biblical translations, hymns, catechetical materials, and general educational materials. He also produced grammatical studies and dictionaries that presented Native American languages with both English and German equivalents. Boston School of Theology (http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/w-x-y-z/zeisberger-david-1721-1808/) Good New York Printed by Daniel Fanshaw 1821
Mossop, G. Running The Gauntlet - Pioneer Adventures In South Africa 8vo The story of an individual, but also the story of three `peoples`- the English, the Dutch, and the Black men. Trekking inland, he eventually settled for some years at Greytown, Umvoti, County Natal, where he attended the village school. Adventurer, hunter, soldier, transport rider, farmer, Mossop started farming in Portuguese East Africa in 1914; He found adventure by joining a Boer hunting party, learnt horsemanship, how to shoot and live off the veld, at that time teeming with buck, wildebeest and quagga. He signed up with the Light Horse Infantry and rushed off to war against the Zulus. 314pp. Condition: cream pictorial boards in excellent condition; page edges tanned and spotted, contents clean, binding excellent. Dust-jacket: laminated, very good with some fading to spine and front panel. very good Pietermaritzburg G.C.Button 1990
Hart, Sue DRAWN FROM LIFE – A PORTFOLIO OF WILDLIFE DRAWINGS BY ZAKKIE ELOFF 375 x 290 mm Special Hardcover Folio bound in a cream cloth and contained in a light brown cloth slip-case, with 108 pages. Titles to the front/spine and has a stunning decorative illustration on the cover as well as the back board.Beautiful full page wildlife drawings by Zakkie Eloff on the right hand side and the prose are done by Sue Hart on the left hand side pages.Zakkie Eloff is South Africa`s foremost painter of wildlife, a lifelong recorder and observer of South Africa`s fauna. Studied and learned from Battiss, Van Essche and Pierneef. Formerly a game ranger at Etosha.This edition is limited to 750 copies; this copy is unsigned and unnumbered. Binding is tight and the book is in excellent condition (As New). Very Good Johannesburg Chris Van Rensburg Publications 1982
Brickhill, Paul Reach For The Sky (signed by Douglas Bader) 8vo Signed copies of this book appear to be extremely scarce. This copy bears Bader`s signature on the front free end-paper. This is the true story of a man who was discharged from the R.A.F. after losing both legs in an air crash in 1931, and who fought his way back to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. But the war was only an episode in a greater victory, his triumph over a disability which one would call crippling had he not deprived the word of its meaning. Condition: blue cloth boards are in good conditionlight fading to top edge and spine ends, mild spotting to end-papers, preliminaries and title page, contents good, with occasional light marking. Dust-jacket: heavily rubbed, chipped, and with a tanned spine, with slight loss at spine ends and fore-edge corners. good London Collins 1954
Sacheverell Sitwell, Handasyde Buchanan, and James Fisher. FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700 - 1900 495 x 350 mm 120 pages, Large Folio (495 x 350 mm), 38 plates – 16 printed in 8-colour photo-litho-offset (1 of which is a 980 x350 mm foldout) and 22 in monochrome collotype, all with tissue guards, half red morocco titled gilt on the spine, marbled paper sides, decorated endpapers, contained in a marbled paper and red cloth slip-case. Very light foxing on the endpapers, also on the tissue guard of the title page.This is a very good copy. The text includes Avery good and extensive introduction by Sitwell, the Bibliography, a list of species and a comprehensive Index. This edition was made and designed for William Collins, 14 St. James’s Place, London, and D. Van Norstrand Company, Inc., New York, by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean at 8 Whyndham Place, London, W.1.The plates were printed in 8-colour photo-litho-offset and collotype monochrome by Van Leer of Amsterdam. The colour plates are extremely beautiful. The text pages were set in Monotype Bembo and printed by the Chiswick Press of London.The binding was executed by Mansell of London. 295 numbered copies were printed on Pannekoek mould made paper and 2000 copies on Van Gelder mill paper. This is numbered 228, and the colophon is signed by Sacheverell Sitwell, Handasyde Buchanan, and James Fisher. Very Good London & New York Collins & Van Norstrand 1953
Earl (Lawrence) CROCODILE FEVER ( Signed by Crocodile hunter, Bryan Dempster) 214mm x 148mm x 24mm 255pp. Hardcover. B/W plates. Inscribed by Bryan Dempster. Includes a cut-out from the original DW, cellotaped to front fixed EP. Gift inscription by Bryan Dempster (of whom the story is told) to front free EP. Light bumping to corners. Random foxing throughout. `Very occasionally, a thrilling story of physical adventure involves the tantalizing mystery of an unusual personality. Bryan Dempster is probably the only white man who has hunted monster crocodiles in the depths of Africa not for sport, but for a living, devising special techniques and taking mortal gambles to make a go of it. Besides, Dempster is one of those strange, restless people who cannot stay long in civilization. Danger and the unneutral jungle, the cataracts and whirlpools of the Zambezi, hold him in perpetual bondage - even at the cost of health, wealth, and love.` This is Dempster`s exciting, heartrending story as told to Lawrence Earl, one of the master reporters of our day. Good London Collins 1954
De Bosdari, C. ANTON ANREITH AFRICA`S FIRST SCULPTOR 265x 205mm Cloth hard cover Quarto bound in light brown with 144 pages of text & 96 pages of photographs. Gilt on spine and on the front board.We are in the authorÂ’s debt for his tireless research of a great artist of whom we have so little knowledge prior to the publication of this book.Bosdari brings us closer to the artist and his works, but also teaches us about Anreith the man and Anreith the teacher. An interesting letter from the author is included in an envelope signed by him.Only 1000 numbered copies were printed of which this one is number 111. Binding of the book is very good: overall the book is in very good condition. Very Good Cape Town A A Balkema 1954
Herman Charles Bosman COLD STONE JUG - 1ST, EDITION IN DW 8vo. A very good plus to near fine clean tight unmarked copy. The scarce dw. has 3 chips of about 1 to 1.5cm. in size and a slightly sunned spine and some light general wear. This title documents Bosman`s time in prison having been found guitly of murdering his stepbrother. He was subsequently released. Very Good Johanneburg A.P. B. Bookstore 1949
A Comitti of London, mahogany cased bracket clock, 20th century, the sarcophagus top above a square glazed door enclosing a brass dial with silvered chapter ring on a brass movement CONDITION REPORT: good condition no significant scratches to body although some light wear in places. Movement and dial clean. No guarantee as to working order.
A Caughley sauce tureen, cover and stand of shaped oval form, decorated in blue and gilt with Dresden flowers, impressed 'Salopian' to stand, together with a similarly decorated slop bowl and saucer, blue printed 'S' to saucer CONDITION REPORT: Hairline crack to tureen, chip to underside of stand rim, some light rubbing to decoration throughout.
A Worcester Flight Barr and Barr armorial plate, the pink and gilt border surrounding a rampant lion crest holding a cross, together with a Grainger & Co Worcester armorial soup bowl, with a blue painted stags head crest, inside a scrolling gilt cartousse on apple green ground, impressed and printed marks, d. 27 cm CONDITION REPORT: Very light rubbing.
A mid 19th century English porcelain part tea and coffee service comprising five tea and coffee cups, five saucers and two cake or sandwich plates, each painted with a different landscape view inside a scrolling blue, white and gilt border, gilt painted 2/236 to base (17) CONDITION REPORT: Appears to be good with only light rubbing to decoration.
1848-1935 good to FU (few M) collection on old Imperial leaves incl. 1848-59 Intermediate Impressions 2d light blue complete to good margins FU, Latest Impressions 1d large margins U, 1859 Lapirot Intermediate Print 2d good to large margins, 1859 Dardenne 2d pale blue complete/good margins, 1858 green just cut close or touched at top, 1858-62 (6d) unused, 9d U `Paid`, 4d U not issued, two colours, 1858-61 both 6d & both 1s all U, good to large margins. 1860 to both 1s, 1862, 6d, 1s, 1863-72 to both 5s complete, good surcharges 1878 to 2r 50c, 1879-80 to 2r 50c incl. 13c, 28c, 1883-94 to 50c, 1883 surcharges 16 (2), 1886 2c on 38c, 1887 2c on 13c, 1891 surcharge set of four, 1900-05 to 5r, 1902 opts. to 50c, 1904-07 to 1r, 1910 to 5r, 1913 to 5r, 1921-26 to 20c, 1935 Silver Jubilee & Special delivery (3). Fine lot with a few odd values M. Cat. £11,280 Symbol: JC
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1862 5c (Davis) light milky blue, tied blue PETERSBURG VA d/stamp to N. Carolina, also 1862 (May) soldiers underpaid cover with s/line `DUES` (Act by Confederate Congress not applying to MILITIA i.e. KIRKWOOD`S S. Caroline Volunteers) with letter. Also 3c Washington UNION patriotic cover - TRUE TO THE UNION by Magee PHILA. Good trio. (3) Symbol: D
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