A W Rogers AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF CAPE COLONY with a chapter on the Fossil Reptiles of the Karroo Formation by Prof R Broom 200 x 135 x 40 mm A general account of the Geology of the Cape Colony, using some of the information gathered by the Geological Commissions Geological Survey started in 1896. This work is the first of a series (South African Science Series) designed by Dr Muir, SGE of the Cape at the time and commissioned by him. 21 b/w photograph plates, 27 figures/diagrams, 1 fold-out colour coded geological map of the Cape Colony. Pages [i-iv]v-xvii pp 1-463. No Dust Jacket. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt series title on front cover, book titles on spine. Boards slightly spotted and stained, edgeworn, small tear at top of spine. Binding good, some foxing of first and last few pages, including coloured fold-out map. Signature of a previous owner on free endpaper. General condition Very Good. London Longmans Green & Co 1905 Click here to view further details and to bid
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Freeman Patterson NAMAQUALAND GARDEN OF THE GODS 300 x 250 x 20 mm Signed by author on front free endpaper. The unique spring-flowering wildflowers of the arid Namaqualand landscape described and photographed in full colour throughout. Patterson is an internationally renowned photographer who spent two extended periods in Namaqualand in spring and it is from the collection he made then that the plates in this book have been taken. Full page map of Namaqualand. Pages[1-8]9-128. Dust Jacket in very good condition, protected by loose cellophane cover. Inside front flap top corner price-clipped. Magenta cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Book in Very Good condition, clean and tightly bound. No bumps or scratches. Gift inscriptions on pre-title page in ink, including an extract from a poem. Very neatly done. Does not detract from the book`s general condition. Canada Key Porter Books 1984 Click here to view further details and to bid
Robert Farquhar Osborn Valiant Harvest the Founding of the South African Sugar Industry 1848-1926 (SIGNED): (With Ephemera) `Presentation copy additional to the first one hundred to G.W.McDonald, Esq. #116` signed by author below presentation plate. Includes EPHEMERA: (i) Original invitation to `an illuminated address to the Sugar Association, the Sponsors, Mr R F Osborn, the author and Mr P Wiles, the illustrator of the book Valiant Harvest` (ii) a loosely inserted A3 size chart being `Key to the signatories to the Address to The South African Sugar Association` 1-2cm of the paperblock fore-edge is water stained producing light rippling of the pages, this does not overly detract from the appearnce of the book. Map illustrated eps. Pages xii + 343 including index, with statistical charts and foldout iluustrations and charts. Very Good Durban The South African Sugar Association 1964 Click here to view further details and to bid
Von Rosenberg (C.B.H.) REISTOCHTEN NAAR DE GEELVINKBAAI OP NIEUW-GUINEA 4to (280 cx 220 mm) In de jaren 1869 en 1870. Frontispiece portrait of the author, xxiv, 153 page of letterpress followed by 12 tinted lithographic plates, 5 plates of birds (4 hand coloured) and a folding map (relief in brown, coastline outlined in blue) in a pocket in the back cover. Bound in half brown calf with a dark green title label along the spine, marled paper sides, marbled endpaper and edges. The leather and marbled paper are worn along the edged. The contents and plates are bright. A good copy. Good The Hague Martinus Nijhoff 1875 Click here to view further details and to bid
Deveruex (W. Cope) A CRUISE IN THE `THE GORGON` 8vo (210 x 135 mm) or, Eighteen Months on H.M.S. `Gorgon,` engaged in the Suppression of the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa. Including a Trip up the Zambesi with Dr Livingstone. xv, 421 pages, folding partly hand coloured map, original blue cloth gilt with the endpapers intact, page edges uncut. The cloth is slightly darkened on the spine and binding is leaning, contents good. Czech (Dr K.) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 (Agoura, Los Angeles 2011), page 80, ‘The ‘Gorgon’ was a paddle wheel sloop dispatched to the east coast of Africa to stop the illegal slave trade in the region. The vessel made its way up the Zambesi to meet the famous missionary explorer, David Livingstone. During the journey the sailors enjoyed a little sport with hunts after waterbuck, buffalo and hippo.’ Good London Bell and Dalby 1869 Click here to view further details and to bid
Moffat, Robert Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa 8vo Scarce first edition (second thousand) of Scottish missionary Moffat`s travels to Southern Africa, 624pp. with fold-out map between pp.18/19, and engravings by G.Baxter. Dedication from Moffat to HRH Francis-Albert-Augustus-Charles-Emanuel (Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha), and preface by Moffat, dated May 24, 1842. Condition: the book is in its original binding, half-morocco, spine title and ruling gilt; the leather spine and corner pieces are scuffed, light blue end-papers foxed, potrait frontispiece and title page quite heavily spotted, but contents clean and binding tight - making this a very good copy. The engraving pages (similar grammage/quality to frontispiece, i.e. thicker) are all spotted/foxed, and the fold-out map is in good condition. Note: Born 21 December 1795, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. Died: 9 August 1883 (aged 87), Leigh, Kent, England. Religion: Congregationalist.In 1820 Moffat and his wife left the Cape and proceeded to Griquatown, where their daughter Mary (who was later to marry David Livingstone) was born. The family later settled at Kuruman, to the north of the Vaal River, among the Batswana people. Here they lived and worked passionately for the missionary cause, until in 1870 they returned to Britain. During this period, Robert Moffat made frequent journeys into the neighbouring regions as far north as the Matabele country. The results of these journeys he communicated to the Royal Geographical Society (Journal 25-38 and Proceedings ii). Whilst in Britain on leave (1839–1843) an account of the family`s experience, Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa (1842) was published. He translated the whole of the Bible and The Pilgrim`s Progress into Setswana. Besides his early training as a gardener and farmer, and later as a writer, Moffat developed skills in building, carpentry, printing and as a blacksmith. On his return to England he received a testimonial of £5000.[citation needed] - source: wikipedia very good London John Snow 1842 Click here to view further details and to bid
Burton, A.R.E. Cape Colony To-Day - Illustrated 4to A fascinating glimpse into life in the Cape around the turn of the century, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. TOURS: -First Tour:- Cape Town and Environs; -Second Tour:- Cape Town to Caledon and Ceres; -Third Tour:- Saldanha Bay, Eendekuil, Namaqualand, Port Nolloth, Worcester, Mossel Bay, George; -Fourth Tour:- George to Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Assegai Bosch, and Avontuur to Port Elizabeth; -Fifth Tour:- Uitenhage; -Sixth Tour:- Aliwal North via Stormberg and Rosemead to Cradock, Somerset East, Alicedale; -Seventh Tour:- Port Alfred to Alice, Hogsback, and East London, -Eighth Tour:- East London, Butterworth, Queenstown, Kaffraria; -Ninth Tour:- Queenstown to De Aar via Nauwpoort, Britstown, Prieska, Hope Town, Kimberley, Barkly West, Mafeking; -Tenth Tour:- A Trip To The Victoria Falls (Kimberley-Mafeking-Bulawayo). Condition: contents very good, clean, large colour fold-out map at rear very good, front hinge opposite portrait frontispiece is splitting, boards discoloured due to fading/age, with rear board now mottled with purplish patches (probably original colour of boards). cover discoloured Cape Town The Cape Govt & Railway Dept 1907 Click here to view further details and to bid
Van Hurk, George NZASM and the Postal Service of the South African Republic A4 This 20 pp monograph in limp covers printed on 3 sides was also available as a supplement to an issue of the `S A Philatelist`. The cover design and the map were adapted from the `Gedenkboek` published by J H de Bussy of Amsterdam on the occasion of the opening of the Algoa Railway in 1895. The copy is unmarked and in very good condition. It comes from the library of the late Andre Bezuidenhout of Bloemfontein. Very Good Not stated Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa 1992 Click here to view further details and to bid
Finch-Davies (C.G.) THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C.G. FINCH-DAVIES Large 4to (395 x 290 mm) Introduction by Alan Kemp. 311 pages, colour frontispiece and 99 colour plates, a map and other colour and black & white plates illustrate the introduction, mustard coloured cloth with an illustration mounted on the upper cover, similar cloth slip case. A very good copy. Number 687 of an edition limited to 5000 copies. Very good Johannesburg Winchester Press 1984 Click here to view further details and to bid
Rourke (J.P.) THE PROTEAS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Signed by author & artists) 4to (340 x 250 mm) Illustrated by Fay Anderson, Lura Ripley and others. First edition: 236 pages, colour frontispiece, 82 colour plates, 5 colour illustrations, other illustrations in the text, map and distribution maps, green vynide, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Signed John Rourke, Fay Anderson and Lura Ripley on the title page. Very good Cape Town Purnell 1980 Click here to view further details and to bid
Selous (F.C.) SUNSHINE AND STORM IN RHODESIA 8vo (230 x 150 mm) Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland both before and during the recent native insurrection up to the date of the disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force. Second edition: 290 pages, frontispiece, folding map, 9 plates, 6 illustrations in the text, original brown buckram cloth darkened as usual particularly on the spine, distinctive Rowland Ward red zebra skin patterned endpapers, edges uncut, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, contents bright. Good London Rowland Ward & Co., Limited 1896 Click here to view further details and to bid
A NEW & CORRECT MAP OF THE PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT, DRAWN FROM THE LATEST & BEST AUTHORITIES, an engraved and coloured map of Connaught with a pictorial title cartouché, engraved by Thomas Conder 1786, published by Alexander Hogg, at The Kings Arms No 16 Paternoster Row, laid down on card, within a Hogarth type frame, under glass 31cm x 22cm; sold together with an engraved and coloured map of Dumbrittonshire, by T Kitchin. 15.5cm x 17.5cm. Condition Report: Fading and slight discolouration, some losses to Connaught map frame.
Two early 20th century watercolours, one showing a continental street scene with figures, signed bottom left F W Catterall and dated 1911, 30x21cm, an early 20th century watercolour of a coastal scene with seagulls, with label verso - Perranporth, Cornwall and an indistinct signature possibly J Ship (?), 19x28cm in gilt frame with gilt slip, an early 19th century coloured map of Somersetshire after T Kitchin, an early 20th century sepia coloured print showing a river scene with a ferry after C W Faulkner, etc
A miscellaneous collection of items including The Times Map of the Western Front, other Ordnance Survey maps including one produced by Luce Panes & Co, Wotton-under-Edge, an early 20th century book entitled Handy Book of Information, produced for Horne & Co, Long Street, Wotton-under-Edge, a collection of varied postcards, subjects include Chief Whitehawk, Vancouver Island, various cruise liners, early 20th century humorous caricature postcards, etc together with a collection of miniature poetry books and four packets of British stamps including early 20th century examples
Allen C Jowett, Liverpool and Manchester Railways, hand drawn map with seven enlargement sections, main map two miles to one inch, initialled and dated (19)88, 17 1/2" x 24 3/4", framed Provenance: Allen Jowett was the author of several railway atlases including "Jowett`s Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland" 1989, and this item forms part of his estate.
Milne, A. A. `Winnie the Pooh`, First Edition, pub. Methuen and Co., London, 1926, illustrations by E.H. Sheppard, 7/6, 117th thousand dust jacket. * Condition: 1½in. (3.7cm.) mark to front, slight rubbing to edges, dark green boards with gilt vignette and ruled lined border, some slight "bubbling" just right of the spine to cover where book has had contact with damp, light discoloured triangular patch to top right (damp or acidity), gilt title to spine, 1¼in. (3.2cm.) column discoluration to map (where d/j has not been in contact), very fine condition interior. See Illustration
Carey, F. Edith and Wimbush, Henry B. `The Channel Islands`, deluxe edition signed by Wimbush and numbered 173 of 300, pub. Adam & Charles Black, 1904, beige cloth boards with Guernsey armorial set within green architectural columns, gilt lettering title to front and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edges, 75 full page engraved col. plates each with its captioned paper guard, and fold. b/w map at end.
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