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Click here to subscribeOver 170 mainly C19th book illustrations of South and Central America and Atlantic Islands, including 10 steel engravings, c.1850, 4 of which are of Mexico city, 2 being hand-coloured; `Amèrique du sud`, map published Migeon, c.1895, with contemporary hand colour and inset of Rio de Janeiro; Mexique, Amerique Centrale & Antilles, with inset view of Mexico city, etc.
Selection of ephemera relating to Gt. Dunmow including photographic view album, F. S. Sewell's (family Draper), fashion magazine, entertainment programmes, 1884 map, Robus Bros Almanacs, Timber Auction catalogue 1896, Parish magazine 1881, Sun Fire Office London Insurance policy, Royal event posters, etc (qty)
A. Bourguignon’s Carte Gastronomique de la France 1931 advertising poster, with an array of food and drink producer`s adverts around the perimeter of the map and details of the regional specialities marked in every area, 116cm x 98cm framed and glazed There are some areas of discolouration and small amounts of foxing.
The Lower and mid Thames Where and How to fish it" by F.H. Amphlett. C1894 incl. a fold-out map of the Thames from Kew to Great Marlow, noting the principal fishing swims, a scarce book and "The Angler`s Instructor" by the Nottingham Fishing tackle manufacturer William Bailey, 2nd edition. Both books feature pages of advertisements for fishing tackle makers and dealers.
Grimble, A – "The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland" May 1902, large format, H/b, grubby covers, generally clean interior, browning to page edges and Grimble, A – "The Salmon And Sea Trout Rivers Of England And Wales" volume 2, 1904 edition, fold out map to front, ex Alan Whitehead library, cover as above. (2)
Malloch, PD – "Life History And Habits Of The Salmon, Sea Trout And Other Freshwater Fish" 1st ed 1912, H/b, D/j, fine, Kite, O – "Nymph Fishing In Practise" 1st ed 1963, H/b, D/j, Dawson, Major K – "Salmon And Trout In Moorland Streams" 1st ed 1928, cloth binding, Taverner & others – "The Lonsdale Library Salmon Fishing" 1948, cloth binding, fine, Parker, M – "Fisherman`s Map Of The River Dee", Bartholomew Publishers Edinburgh 1943, blue cloth binding, and others by Pratt, Lapsley, Walter, Clarke, Farson, Scott, J, Whieldon etc., see image.
Buxton (Edward North) TWO AFRICAN TRIPS, with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa. 8vo (245 x 175 mm) xiii + 209 pages, photographic frontispiece and 78 photographic plates, large coloured folding map set into a pocket in the back cover (A Map of Part of East Africa shewing (sic) The Game Reserves and Closed Districts in the Soudan 1902), original brown buckram with antelope heads on the upper cover and a lion’s head on the back cover, black titling on the spine, pages edges uncut. The buckram cloth is darkened and frayed at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners, leaf 101/102 torn through from the margin to the gutter, the original light green endpapers are intact and the contents are crisp. Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, page 49, ‘In this impressive work, Buxton describes two sporting trips to Africa. In 1899 he travelled to British East Africa, bagging Rhinoceros, lion, and a variety of plains game near the Athi River. On his journey along the White Nile via gunboat, the author is more descriptive of the terrain and vegetation of the region. He succeeded in bagging waterbuck, kob, lion, buffalo and roan. He concludes his narrative with a long chapter on game preservation, regretting not taking a proper camera into East Africa to record, ‘the wonderful herds which inhabit the great feeding grounds, opportunities for which may not recur when the game becomes rarer and wilder.’ Fair London Edward Stanford 1902 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid
Kearton (Cherry) & Barnes (James) THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA, FROM EAST TO WEST 8vo (245 x 175 mm) 283 pages, colour frontispiece, 8 photogravure plates, 160 illustrations from photographs by Kearton, folding map, original black cloth gilt titled and decorated on upper cover and spine, top edge gilt. The folding map has been carelessly folded, the cloth is insect scarred and the slow hinge is splitting but is holding firmly. Contents bright. Not a book about hunting but a pioneering journey to East Africa in quest of photographs of game. Good London Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1915 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
Moubray (J.M.) IN SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA 8vo (230 x 145 mm) Being an Account of Some of the Experiences and Journeys of the Author During a Stay of Six Years in That Country. xvi + 198 pages, frontispiece, 26 plates, folding map, original grey green cloth, gilt titling on the spine and a gilt vignette on the upper cover, top edge gilt other edges uncut. The cloth is lightly insect scarred and rubbed along the edges of the spine, contents crisp. Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, page 204, ‘A mining engineer, Moubray’s six years in the region were from 1903-08. While much of his narrative revolves around his non-sporting experiences, he does find time for jaunts along the Upper Kafue River after hippo, roan, eland and wildebeest. Near Kashiwa Lake, he hunted buffalo, lion and elephant. “Big game shooting is certainly very fascinating for a little while, but the novelty soon wears off….There is always a certain amount of fun, however, with such animals as buffalo, elephant and lion.’ Good London Constable & Company Ltd. 1912 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid
Stevenson-Hamilton (Major J.) ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 8vo (235 x 155mm) 539 pages, 6 maps – 2 folding, original red cloth, silver titling on the upper cover and spine and an outline map of Africa, contents bright, a very good copy. Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, pages 266-7, ‘The author, warden of the Transvaal Government Game Reserves, describes in detail all manner of African wild life including elephant, lion, rhinoceros, buffalo and a host of antelope species. In his chapter on the lion, Stevenson-Hamilton describes a gruelling duel between Harry Wolhuter, a ranger of the game reserve, who used a hunting knife to slay a lion which was attacking him. There are numerous other incidents of hunting game both by the author and other sportsmen in Africa.’ very good London William Heinemann 1912 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid
White (Stewart Edward) AFRICAN CAMP FIRES 8vo (225 x 155 mm) First UK edition: 415 pages, frontispiece, 31 plates, map as endpapers, decorated green cloth over bevelled boards, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, contents crisp, a good copy. Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, page 300, ‘A noted novelist of his day. In this work , the author travelled to British East Africa where he hunted lion on the Kapiti Plains, and kudu near Tsavo.’ Good London Thomas Nelson and Sons Apr-14 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid
Jeppe, Friedrich Map of Zoutpansberg 341mm x 428mm `Schets Kaart Aantoonende de Zoutpansberg Goudvelden Gekompileerd van Metingen en Inspectien Door Fred. Jeppe Landmeter Generaals Departement Februari 1893.``Schaal 4000 Kaapsche Roeden op 1 Duim. Shaal 9;39 Engelsche Miljen op 1 Duim (Inch).`This map has recently been the subject of research. Its relevance today has to do with land claims and mineral rights in the Zoutpansberg, and how colonial authorities acted in the interests of the mining houses rather than the indigenous people of the ZoutpansbergCONDITION DETAILS: Images have been provided of some of the marks on the rear of the map. The tear at the bottom edge is also pictured, front and rear views. A close up of the right hand side margin shows the darkening around the entire margin caused by a mount for the many years that this map was in a frame, and two short closed tears. The back of the map is also darkened. This map has no fold marks. Good Pretoria Z.A.R. Surveyor General`s Office 1893 - February Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid
Moffat (Robert) MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 8vo (230 x 15 mm) Second thousand: 624 pages (8 pages of publisher’s catalogue bound in before the frontispiece), colour frontispiece "The Mission Premises at the Kuruman Station" is printed by the Baxter process, folding map, 8 engraved plates, 8 engraved illustrations in the text, original blind stamped cloth with gilt titling on the spine, edges uncut, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper. The cloth is dull and rubbed and is worn at the corners and along the edges and is chipped at the top and bottom of the spine, signature of a previous owner at the top of the title page, small stains on the title page which correspond on the frontispiece opposite, generally the contents are crisp and free of foxing. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 29. `The preliminary chapters deal with opinions of the author on the origin of the Hottentots, and gives a synopsis of the early work of the London Missionary Society in South Africa, reference being made to the labours of Drs. Vanderkemp and Philip, and other pioneer missionaries who predated Mr. Moffat. The volume gives a valuable account of mission work among the Bechuanas, with notes on the customs of the natives, and a description of the earlier travels of the author. There are some particulars concerning Dr Andrew Smith`s expedition into the interior in 1835, and there is an ample account of the labours of the various missionary societies engaged amongst the Bechuanas, Matabeles, Basutos and other races at this period`. The coloured frontispiece of the Kuruman Station is one of very few illustrations printed by the Baxter process in books of African interest. This plate was also sold separately as a print to raise funds for the work of the mission. Fair London John Snow 1842 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid
Kolstee (H.J.) TRANSVAAL ALBUM. Small 4to (250 x 165 mm) Bevattende een overzicht der geschiedenis van Zuid-Afrika tot den tegenwoordigen tijd. 32 pages, map, many illustrations, original pictorial green card wrappers. Good Amsterdam N.J. Boon No date (circa 1899) Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
Rev William C Holden The Past and Future of the Kaffir Races (First ed) xii, 516p, frontispiece, fold-out map, 11 plates. In three parts: Their history, their manners and customs, and the means needful for their preservation and improvement. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Leather is slightly scuffed in parts. Some foxing. Good London Published for the author 1866 Reserve: $200 Click here to view further details and to bid
Fouche, Leo (editor); (English translation by A C Paterson) The Diary of Adam Tas 1705-1706 (Dutch and English). With an enquiry into the complaints of the Colonists against the Governor, Willem Adriaan van der Stel (1914) 230 x 155 x 40 Adam Tas`s original diary is lost, but two partial copies exist. The first of these, which had been in the Government Archives in the Hague since 1706, covered the two months from 13 June to 14 August 1705. The second copy, which was found in Cape Town only three years before Fouche`s book was published, included a duplication of most of the Hague MS as well as most of December 1705 and January and February 1706. The Trustees of the South African Library, where the second copy was found, commissioned Professor Fouche to prepare an edition of the diary for the press. They agreed that a discussion of the troubles and disputes in which Tas was involved should also appear; this material, though included as an appendix, was longer than the transcript of the diary. In his Preface, Fouche notes: `It was the wish of the Trustees that the edition should include an English translation of the Diary, in the interests of those to whom the original must otherwise have remained a sealed book.` The translator of the diary, as well as the introduction and appendix, was Professor Patterson, a colleague of Fouche`s at the Transvaal University College, Pretoria. It says much for the quality of Fouche`s and Patterson`s work and the speed with which the job was completed - when every communication and proof had to travel by train or ship - that the editing, translation, printing and publishing was completed in less than three years, with the South African Library a thousand miles from the editor, and the printer and publisher another seven thousand miles away. All involved contributed to a great book on an inspiring chapter in the history of the Cape, when the power of Adam Tas`s pen - he was imprisoned for 13 months before being vindicated - led to the toppling of Willem Adriaan van der Stel. So important a part of early South African history was Tas`s diary considered that the Van Riebeeck Society selected it in 1970 to inaugurate its second series, when it was newly edited and translated. Red cloth-boards, blind embossed to the upper panel and gilt lettered to the spine; plain maroon endpapers; xlvii + 366 pp of introduction, text and index; Dutch on the left, English on the right; and two maps - a monochrome map as the frontispiece and a two-colour folding relief map at the back. The spine of this copy is lightly sunned and the top edges are soft. `Paarl Gymnasium` is gilt embossed on the upper panel and the remains of a Gymnasium label are on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight. The top page edge is foxed and there is a small brown stain near the front of the bottom page edge. With no other defects, this remains a handsome copy of a valuable book. Very Good London Longmans, Green 1914 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
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
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
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
[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
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