Hondius, Jodocus III; introduction and notes by P Serton; translation by L C van Oordt Klare Besgryving van Cabo de Bona Esperanca (facsimile of Dutch black-letter text of 1652; with English translation) 220 x 160 The Hondius family, of which the compiler of the original of the short work republished in 1952 was the third-generation Jodocus, were competitors in Amsterdam to the Blaeu family of map-makers. Serton tells us this in his introduction. Further, he tells us, the 33-page `Klare Besgryving` was compiled to give Amsterdammers an idea of the land to which Van Riebeeck was sailing in 1652. The sources included Linschoten as well as Houtman, Van Spilbergen, Van der Hagen, Both, and many others. Reproduced with the text are two fold-out illustrations and a 12-panel folding map. The introduction, Hondius`s text and the editor`s notes are all translated into Englsh. Quarter-bound in blue and grey cloth, gilt design and lettering to the upper panel and spine; plain endpapers; xvi + 33 pp of facsimile and inserts + 37 pp of translations, notes and Van Riebeeck Festival committees and members. (These included a distinguished Book Exhibition Committee - which was responsible for the publication of the present volume - under the chairmanship of D H Varley.) The spine is lightly rubbed and the covers are sunned towards the edges. The binding is tight, and internally the book is fine, unmarked and undiscoloured. A very good copy. Very Good Cape Town Book Exhibition Committee, Van Riebeeck Festival 1952 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid
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Kirby, Percival R A Source Book on. and The True Story of. the Wreck of the Grosvenor East Indiaman (two titles) 220 x 145; 225 x 150 These two complementary books were written by Percival Kirby, the authority on the loss of the Grosvenor in 1782 and the subsequent relief expeditions. They were first published in 1953 and 1960. (1) Original grey cloth-boards, blue to the upper panel and spine; plain endpapers, viii + 228 pp of text, appendixes, indexes and Van Riebeeck Society notes + 2 plates + folding map. An ownership stamp is on the front pastedown, the free endpapers are sunned and the top page edge is foxed. The book is otherwise very good. (2) Two-colour illustrated dustjacket; illustrated and lettered white cloth-boards; white-out-of-blue illustrated endpapers showing the design of an East Indiaman; xiv + 226 pp of text, bibliography and indexes + frontispiece + 11 pp of plates + sketch-map in the text + folding map at the back. The repaired unclipped (30 shillings) dustjacket is rubbed at the edges. The spine extremities of the covers are lightly sunned. There are no ownership or other marks, and the text, illustrations and map are pristine. Very Good; Very Good Cape Town; Cape Town Van Riebeeck Society; Oxford University Press 1953; 1960 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid
Pearse, G. E. Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa 341mm x 260mm Original dust jacket. Original grey cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and the publisher`s device on the upper board. 14 prelims, frontis, full page map, 49 pages of text, 113 plates, followed by 5 pages of the index.CONDITION DETAILS: There is some off-setting on the end papers. The contents are fresh and clean. The dust jacket has a little wear and some soiling. Good Cape Town A.A. Balkema 1968 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid
Townley Johnson, R. + Maggs, Tim (Editor) Major Rock Paintings of South Africa 332mm x 343mm Copy number 37 of the de luxe edition limited to 50 copies.R. Townley Johnson produced the facsimile reproductions of Bushman paintings.Original brown leather and cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. Brown end papers. 95 pages, map with localities of paintings, 106 numbered illustrations.CONDITION DETAILS: A few signs of minor use. Good Cape Town David Philip 1979 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid
Vinnicombe, Patricia People of the Eland 224mm x 271mm Copy number 289 of the first edition which was limited to 1,000 numbered copies.Original dust jacket. Original brown skivertex boards with gilt titling on the spine and the upper board. Map motif end papers. xx prelims, 388 pages, 5 maps, one of which is folded, 108 coloured and 245 black and white illustrations.CONDITION DETAILS: Internally clean. The dust jacket has some edge wear, and a few nicks on the under side. Good Pietermaritzburg University of Natal Press 1976 Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid
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Hewson Clarke A HISTORY OF THE [EUROPEAN] WAR from the establishment of Louis XVIII to the Bombardment of Algiers including the BATTLE OF WATERLOO and the EXILE OF NAPOLEON 267 x 222 x 40 mm A detailed account of the military struggle in Europe from 1813 to 1816. An interesting section on the `conduct and conversation` of Napoleon. Sixteen full-page plates (steel engravings). Pictures of battle scenes, Napoleon, Blucher, the Bombardment of Algiers etc. Map of the Battle of Waterloo, Sunday 18 june 1815. The book has been re-cased in the original leather-covered boards. The European War: Two sets of prelim. pages i-vi and [i]ii-iv Pages 1-478. The history of the Baarbary States [i-iv]Pages 1-160. Edges to some pages are rubbed and worn. The only missing plate is the head of Wellington on p 221. The book is firmly bound and well held. Brown stains on some pages. Overall condition considering its 196 years, is Very Good. Kingsland Road, London T. Kinnersley 1817 Reserve: $90 Click here to view further details and to bid
Baldwin, W.C. African Hunting And Adventure 8vo Volume 26 of the Struik `Africana Collectanea` series, this being copy #281 of 750 facsimile reprints, 428pp. with colour illustrations, black and white engravings, and a fold-out map of southern Africa. Book condition: binding very good, text clean throughout (owner inscription on f.f.e.p.) scattered light foxing to end-papers, and darkened page edges. The dust-jacket is in generally good shape, however showing some chipping at the head, and with two closed tears at the top of the rear panel (taped on the inside with sellotape). The jacket is now protected by a Brodart plastic sleeve. very good Cape Town C.Struik 1967 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
“Weekly Budget” Special: THE TRANSVAAL WAR OF 1881 Small folio (300 x 210 mm) AND ALL ABOUT THE BOERS UP TO THE LATEST SITUATION OF THE PRESENT WAR, WITH SOME PARTICULARS OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Full of Illustrations. Price One Penny. Fourth Edition. 16 pages, printed orange paper wrappers with some fraying at the edges, illustrated with a map and line drawings from sketches and photographs. Good London James Henderson No date (circa 1900) Reserve: $200 Click here to view further details and to bid
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[Parrish (W.D.) Editor] DOMESDAY BOOK IN RELATION TO THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. Folio (380 x 280 mm) xiv, xxviii (Facsimile of the Original Record printed in red and black), 138 pages, coloured map as frontispiece, original black cloth over bevelled boards with the gilt crest of the Sussex Archaeological Society on the upper cover – the cloth is worn at the top and bottom of the spine and along the edges. Good Sussex H. Wolf, 64 High Street, Lewis 1886 Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid
Campbell (John) TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (240 x 155 mm) Undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society; being a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country. 2 volumes, 322 + 384 pages, hand coloured aquatint frontispiece in each volume, 10 hand coloured aquatint plates, folding map coloured in outline, advertisement leaf bound in opposite the title page of volume I,old half calf neatly rebacked, marbled paper sides worn, some offsetting of the plates, contents crisp, a good tall copy. ‘Upon the death of Dr J.T. van der Kemp the London Mission Society sent Campbell to South Africa to visit and report on their mission stations. Campbell was the first missionary traveller to undertake a long journey into the interior, visiting far-flung missions. From Bethalsdorp he went to Graaff Reinet where he met the traveller W.J. Burchell. Finally after crossing the Orange River he reached Klaarwater mission station and advanced to Lattakoo and beyond, north-west of Malapeetze. When he was returning from this first journey of 4,800 kilometres, Campbell followed the South Bank of the Orange River for 960 kilometres, 480 kilometres on foot, in a region little known to Europeans. Having reached Pella he turned south via Silwerfontein where Cornelius Kok lived and where he received valuable information about Namaqualand, Damaraland and the Bushmen. He also brought back natural history and geological specimens for the L.M.S, museum. In November 1818 Campbell, accompanied Dr John Philip aboard the Westmoreland, made his second voyage to Cape Town. He, Philip and Robert Moffat visited the eastern part of the Colony until halted by the Fifth Frontier War (1818-19). He then set out on his second journey into and beyond the known interior, proceeding further north than in 1812 via the Orange River to Griqua Town and Lattakoo. He returned to Cape Town where he remained for several months before returning to England in November 1820. Dictionary of South African Biography, volume 3, pages 127-8. Good London Printed for the Society 1822 Reserve: $400 Click here to view further details and to bid
Chapman, James (Editor: Edward C. Tabler) Travels in the Interior of Africa 1849 - 1863 253mm x 189mm `Hunting and Trading Journeys, From Natal to Walvis Bay & Visits to Lake Ngami & Victoria Falls.`The text is from original and previously unpublished manuscript material edited by Tabler, but the illustrations are from `Explorations in South West Africa` (1864) by Thomas Baines, Chapman`s 1868 edition of `Travels in the Interior of S.A.` and the frontis portrait is from the Africana Museum.Two volume set. Original dust jackets. Original quarter leather spines with gilt titling on the spines and paper covered boards. Both volumes are profusely illustrated in black and white. Volume 1 has xiii prelims, 258 pages, a fold out map + volume 2 has xiii prelims, 244 page followed by the publisher`s list of books.CONDITION DETAILS: Both volumes are internally clean. The dust jackets have some edge wear and soiling. Good Cape Town A.A. Balkema 1971 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
Patterson, Lieut.-Col. J.H. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures 220mm x 146mm Original blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and a decorative device on the upper board. Top edge gilt. xx prelims, 338 pages, profusely illustrated in black and white, map at rear.CONDITION DETAILS: The binding has edge wear, especially at the head and foot of the spine. Pen inscription on the front free end paper, and `St. Luke`s Library` written on the front paste down. A few pages have some damage - see image provided. Reasonable London Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1908 Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid
G.E. Cory The Rise of South Africa (6 volumes) A history of the origin of South African colonisation and of its development towards the east from the earliest times to 1857. Vols 1-6 are facsimiles published by Struik 1965. From `The Archives Yearbook for South African History`: `It was at first Sir George`s intention to conclude his history in four volumes, with the year 1846; but he subsequently extended his work to cover the year 1857 and expanded the text to six volumes.` Vols 1-2 have: `In four volumes` on title page. Vols 3-5 have: `In six volumes` on title page. Vol. 6 (ch. 1-6) was published by the Archives of the Union of South Africa in 1940. Vol 1. From the earliest times to 1820: xxi + 403pp + fold-out map `South Africa, to illustrate history to 1820. Contents: Introductory; Early troubles in Graaff Reinet; The influence of revolution in Europe; Continued struggle for existence; The Eastern Province under Batavian rule; The Eastern Province struggles for existence; Influence of Bethelsdorp in moulding Eastern Province history; The struggle for the Zuurveld; The new system of land tenure; Continued trouble with Kaffirland; Slagter`s Nek; Combined movement against Kaffir chiefs - The battle of Grahamstown. Vol.2. 1820-1834: xvi + 463pp + fold-out map of `the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony`. Contents: British colonisation of the Cape; The first year of the settlement; Developments, difficulties and discouragement; Lord Charles Somerset and the Settlers; Per Aspera Ad Astra; Need for reform in the Cape Judicature; The trials of Lord Charles Somerset; The administration of Major-General Bourke; Tantaene animus caelestibus irae; In the shadow of the storm. Vol.3. 1834-1840: xiv + 447pp + fold-out map of Albany, Victoria & Somerset and the Province of Queen Adelaide. Contents: Slavery at the Cape; The first week of the Kaffir War of 1835; From the Colonist`s point of view; The campaign in Kaffirland; Kaffirland (continued); The aftermath; South African affairs in England; Stockenstrom`s policy; Storm and struggle in the Eastern Province; The end of the Stockenstrom regime. Vol.4. 1838-1846: xviii + 514pp. Contents: The Boer Trek; Establishment of the Dutch Republic in Natal; Boer versus Briton in Natal; Annexation of Natal; Developments of the period 1838 to 1846; The beginning of the Orange Free State; The aftermatch of the Trek; Increasing Kaffir trouble in the East; Beginning of the war of 1846; The Kaffir War of 1846. Vol.5. 1847-1853: xiv + 492pp. Contents: The reign of Sir Henry Pottinger; East versus West; The establishment of British Kaffraria; The Sovereignty Rebellion; The convict agitation; Representative government for Cape Colony; Outbreak of the Kaffir War of 1850-53; The Hottentot Rebellion; The Kaffir War continued; Further trouble in the Orange River Sovereignty; The war brought to an end vol.6 1854-1857. Vol.6. 1853-1857, 321pp. George Grey`s policy towards adjacent native territories and independent republics, German Immigrants in British Kaffraria, Vicissitudes of British Kaffraria as a Crown Colony, the abandonment of the sovereignty and after, The Orange River sovereignty and the First Basuto War, traffic in native children, conflicts with the Church of England. Six volumes all in leather, all in good condition and each has the name of previous owner in front. Very good Cape Town Struik 1965 Reserve: $120 Click here to view further details and to bid
None Atlas with 50 maps 22 cm x 28 cm A full-leather bound book with 50 maps size 35 cm x 26 cm each. Maps are all in German. No date is found anywhere. If the Africa map can lead me towards a date, then it is older than 1910. These maps are most probably from 1890. It reveals Kap Kolonie, Oranje Freistaat, Deutsch-Sudwest-Afrika, British Betschuanaland. A beautiful atlas in very neat condition. Hubbed spines and embossing on front cover. Most maps have printed right bottom: Louis Gerstner, Leipzig. This atlas weights 2,6 kg`s. Very good No date Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lieut.-Col. J H Patterson In the Grip of the Nyika & The Man-eaters of Tsavo In the Grip of the Nyika: Further adventures in British East Africa. 1909 first edition with 389 pages, 92 illustrations and a 9 maps. A good copy with two pieces of tape in front and back. The Man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African Adventures. 1910 first edition with 346 pages, 113 illustrations and 1 map. A clean copy with tape in front and back. Fair London Macmillan & Co 1909 & 1910 Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid
Reynolds (Gilbert Westacott) THE ALOES OF TROPICAL AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR 4to (276 x 200 mm) 537 pages, map as frontispiece, 106 colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations, original green cloth lightly insect scarred which has also affected the lower hinge, a good copy in the dust jacket. Good Mbabane, Swaziland The Trustee The Aloes Book Fund Sep-66 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid
Smith, Ian Bitter Harvest 15.5x23.5cm A second edition (first South African) of the book which was first published in England, in 1997. An Octavo (154 x 234mm) paperback book in a thin pictorial cover which shows signs of wear, with several pages as well as the front cover being slightly crumpled. Fourteen preliminary pages and 434 pages of text, including the index; map frontispiece and 10 pages of black & white photographs and cartoons; a written remark on the title page. Overall in good to fair condition. The autobiography of Ian Smith, the last Prime Minister of Rhodesia, remembers in this book events from his early life and recounts how he tried to keep Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on the path to democracy when the West was trying to decolonise Africa. He tells the story behind the signing of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence and of the evolution of the Mugabe dictatorship of today. God Johannesburg Jonathan Ball 2001 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid
Wilson, H.W. With the Flag to Pretoria (2vols) and After Pretoria: The Guerilla War (2vols) 26x33cm With the Flag to Pretoria (2volumes) and After Pretoria: the Guerilla War (2volumes supplementary to the first two. London: Harmsworth Brothers and Amalgamated Press, 1900 (Vol. 1), 8 preliminary and 364 pages of text, 1901 (Vol. 2) 8 preliminary and pages 365 to 716 of text, including vocabulary, list of casualties and index; 1902 (Vol. 3) 8 preliminary and 528 pages of text, 1902 (Vol 4) 9 preliminary and pages 529 to 1008 of text, including military statistics, Roll of Honour and index. The volumes are large quarto (257x330mm) half bound in leather over dark maroon decorative cloth, gilt titles to spines and a gilt flag vignette with title on the front boards; each volume liberally illustrated with photographs, artwork and maps. Good condition but the corners and page edges show signs of wear. The text is clean throughout and the bindings are tight. Volumes 1 and 2 each have a large foldout map bound in at the front. A comprehensive record of the Anglo-Boer War, with the first two volumes recounting events from the outbreak of war to the departure of President Kruger to Europe. The second two volumes record events of the guerilla war up to the signing of the Peace Treaty at Vereeniging. A heavy set weighing 10.55kg before packing. Good London Harmsworth Brothers and Amalgamated Press 1900 to 1902 Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and to bid
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) Map of South Africa, 1834 Printed area measures 31.5x39cm A map of South Africa, as it was known in 1834, with Fort Beaufort, Fort Willshire and Fredericksburg being shown as the easternmost outposts of British influence. It is the earliest map I have seen on which the military village of Fredericksburg is shown. The borders of the administrative districts were outlined in colour by hand. The areas around Grahamstown, George, and the Cape of Good Hope are shown enlarged at the top of the map and a large scale map of Cape Town is inserted at the bottom right. The map was published by Baldwin & Cradock, under direction of the SDUK. The details were obtained from various sources, which are fully acknowledged on the map. Printed by gravure, there is a small flaw from the coast between Cape St Francis and Plettenberg Bay, extending upwards but destroying very little detail. The map was mounted, in about 1975, on thick card with no apparent ill effects The `Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge` (SDUK) was an organization, founded in 1828, at the instigation of the idealistic Scot, Henry Peter Brougham. He became Lord Chancellor in 1830, in the government of Earl Grey, and was later raised to the peerage as the first Baron Brougham and Vaux. The admirable goal of the Society, was to distribute useful information via a series of publications to the English working and middle classes. The Society failed to achieve many of its lofty goals and closed its doors in 1848, but managed to publish several extraordinary atlases of impressive detail and sophistication. The maps remain among the most impressive examples of mid-19th century English mass market cartographic publishing available. Good London Baldwin and Cradock Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid
Group of six books relating to Coventry and Warwickshire comprising: Sir William Dugdale-The Antiquities Of Coventre, printed by J.J. Jones 1765, Frances White-History, Gazetteer And Directory Of Warwickshire, 3rd edition 1874, Mary Dormer Harris-The Coventry Leet Book Or Mayor’s Register, published for the Early English Text Society, 1907-1913 in two quarter leather bound volumes, Benjamin Poole and W. Fred. Taunton (illus)-Coventry: Its History And Antiquities, published by John Russell Smith 1870, one quarter leather bound volume and Thomas Brigden-Notes On Some Warwick Worthies, circa 1900, one volume Folding map is missing from White`s Warwickshire, please telephone department for further details
A Packet: Vellum Indentures, mainly relating to Banham and Old Buckenham, Norfolk including Bargain and Sale of a Freehold and Copyhold Estate situated at Banham and Old Buckenham in the County of Norfolk, Mr Hewitt and others, to J J Colman Esq, dated 2nd January 1864, large folding document including Map of Estate + small quantity other similar
JOHN LANGTON SANFORD AND MEREDITH TOWNSEND: THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENGLAND, 1865, vol 1 only, fdg map, orig cl gt + REVEREND CHARLES ROGERS: GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS OF JOHN KNOX AND OF THE FAMILY OF KNOX, 1879, orig cl gt + HENRY J SWALLOW: DE NOVA VILLA: OR, THE HOUSE OF NEVILL IN SUNSHINE AND SHADE, 1885, orig cl gt + LT COL G S PARRY: GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF PARRY WILLS …, 1911, orig ptd card wraps worn, crudely repaired with tape + ARTHUR D STALLARD: NOTES AND QUERIES ON SOME FAMILIES AND PERSONS BEARING THE NAME OF STALLARD …., priv ptd 1912, orig wraps + SIR JOSEPH BRADNEY (ED): THE PEDIGREE ROLL OF THE FAMILY OF PROBERT OF PANT-GLAS, CO MONMOUTH, 1924, orig wraps + H VINCENT WHITELAW: THE HOUSE OF WHITELAW A SHORT HISTORY FROM 1400 TO 1900, 1928, orig two-tone cl + C F HARDY: THE HARDYS OF BARBON, 1913, orig cl gt + CHARLES A H FRANKLYN: A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES OF MONTGOMERIE OF GARBOLDISHAM HUNTER OF KNAP AND MONTGOMERIE OF FITTLEWORTH, 1967, orig cl gt + SIR HARRY VERNEY: THE VERNEYS OF CLAYDON, 1968, orig cl (9)
SIR WILLIAM NAPIER: HISTORY OF GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER’S ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE AND CAMPAIGN IN THE CUTCHEE HILLS, L 1851, orig blind stpd cl rebkd (not recent), orig spine label retained + DR E H NOLAN: THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA AND THE EAST, 1857, vol 1 only, lacks ptd ttl pge, orig blind stpd cl gt + H C THOMSON: THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN, 1894, orig cl gt + FRONTIER AND OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONS FROM INDIA … OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ZAKKA KHEL AFRIDIS, Calcutta 1904, rebnd cl bkd bds gt, some orig wraps bnd in with worm damage to several leaves, ex lib + FRONTIER AND OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONS FROM INDIA – BALUCHISTAN AND THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR, 1910, with facs ttl pge, 1 fdg map (with repairs), pp449-460 with losses to text, rebnd cl bkd bds gt (A/F) + FRONTIER AND OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONS FROM INDIA – NORTH WEST FRONTIER TRIBES BETWEEN THE KABUL AND GUMAL RIVERS, Simla 1908, 6 fdg maps, orig ptd top wrap bnd in but detchd and worn, pp51-204 with closed tears affecting text crudely repaired with tape, old cl (A/F) (6)
BRADSHAW’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE THROUGH PARIS AND ITS ENVIRONS …, L, W J Adams 1855, engrd col’d frontis, 4 engrd plts, 4 plans (1 fdg), orig blind stpd cl gt + BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN AND W B MASON: A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN …, 1903, 7th edn, lacks map No 1 – Japan, full cl gt + E A WALLIS BUDGE: COOK’S HANDBOOK FOR EGYPT AND THE SUDAN, 1906, 2nd edn, 8 (of 9) fdg maps, orig cl gt (3)
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