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BOOKS. KELLY`S DIRECTLY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK 1922. REBOUND AS THREE VOLUMES IN QUARTER BROWN CLOTH. CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAP ONLY

BOOK. KELLY`S DIRECTORY OF NORFOLK 1925., IN ORIGINAL FULL RED CLOTH BINDING, WITH COLOURED MAP

BOOK. KELLY`S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK AND ESSEX 1937 IN ORIGINAL BINDING. NORFOLK MAP ONLY

A hand held wooden stereoscope, 32cm long, a Japanned steel folding stereoscopic viewer, 12.5cm long, a late Victorian/Edwardian postcard/photograph viewing box, 14cm long, three cameras, a boxed Ensign Snapscope and a military illuminated map reader, etc

Three identical London Rail Network coach information boards, circa 1980, laminate mounted on aluminium, of oblong form printed in black, red and blue, 19cm x 75cm, and a British Rail Principal Passenger Network map, circa 1980, laminate printed in blue, red, black and white, 59.5cm x 42cm (4)

-Click here to bid -   1946 Ariel Model NG  Reg.no. FRK 301 Frame no. BP 5065 Engine no. BK 3962  Ariel produced its first motorcycle in 1902, which was fitted with a Kerry engine. The company then manufactured several bikes using different power units but then in the 1930s they produced the Ariel Square Four the first if their own motorcycles. This model firmly put Ariel on the map as a leading motorcycle manufacturer. During WWII the Ariel factory was turned over to military production including the Ariel W/NG 350 which was based on the Red Hunter. In 1944 the company was sold to BSA and the 500cc KH model was produced. Therefore the post-war ‘NG’ model is scarce today. This example was owned by its previous owner for over sixty years and so has only had two owners since 1954. It is sold with its original buff log book and a current V5c.

A Simca double sided rectangular enamel sign, 24 x 47" and a Michelin tin map sign.

An original Pratts Hi-Test map of The Great North Road, in excellent condition, with good colour.

A Mobilgas pump attendant`s cap with badges, two spare patches and map.

Five assorted Michelin map and other tin signs including tyre pressure charts.

Seven assorted Michelin tin map and other garage forecourt signs.

Thomas, T.M. Eleven Years In Central South Africa Original 1872 edition, 418pp. and with fold-out map inserted after contents pages. Brown boards in good condition (corners bumped, rubbed), inscriptions on f.p.e-p., end-papers foxed, stitch-binding showing at certain gatherings (but not cracked), map is torn along half the pasted edge, and has been re-backed with light, tissue-like paper; text and page edges very good, though age-toned. The author gives interesting observations on everything from the wildlife of Southern Africa, to interaction with the natives, and includes poems in honour of kings such as `Tjaka`, `Dingan` and Mzilikazi; also included are illustrations of wildlife, hunting incidents, and the `Coronation of King Ulopengule`. Condition: good (map torn) Publisher Place: London Publisher: John Snow Publication Date: n.d. (1872) Size: 8vo Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid

Aylward, Alfred The Transvaal Of Today - War, Witchcraft, Sport and Spoils in South Africa A good, tightly bound copy of this scarce volume (2nd ed.323pp.), published at the time of the first Boer War; bright red boards, spine faded, black end-papers excellent, small stamp of `Colin C.Mackay, Grahamstown` on half-title and title pages, text clean throughout, fold-out map of the Transvaal (excellent condition) preceding 24pp Catalogue of Messrs Blackwood and Sons. Condition: good plus Publisher Place: Edinburgh & London Publisher: William Blackwood And Sons Publication Date: 1881 Size: 8vo Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid

Edited by A. H. Tatlow Natal - Descriptive Guide and Official Hand-Book Published by Authority. First Edition. 574 Pages, copiously illustrated throughout in black and white and some coloured photographic places, with fold-out maps. Complete with Boer War sites map in rear pocket, along with various news clippings from the mid 70’s relating specifically to mail and passenger shipping lines. Ex bookseller label on front paper ‘C. Struik, Africana Specialist and Publisher’. Bound in decorative book cloth. Cover shows wear. Edges and top and tail of spine bumped. Binding firm. Contents clear and unmarked. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Durban, Natal Publisher: South African Railways Printing Works Publication Date: 1911 Size: 196mmx270mm Reserve: $70 Click here to view further details and to bid

Kendall, J.D. The Iron Ores of Great Britain And Ireland ...`Their mode of occurrence, age, and origin, and the methods of searching for and working them. With a notice of some of the iron ores of Spain`, 430pp. plus 40pp. list of Works Relating To Mining and Metallurgy, and a further 16pp. listing Weale`s Rudimentary Scientific Series of books. Book condition: original brown, blind-stamped boards are in good condition, spine title in gilt, end-papers clean, no inscriptions, lightly foxed end-papers, with areas of light foxing/spotting throughout; binding cracked at pp.240/1 and 256/7, otherwise good. Fold-out map between pp.54/5 (St.Bees Head), and a fold-out chart between pp.252/3 showing the different horizons on which the iron ores of the secondary rocks occur; at least two other fold-outs appear in later sections. Condition: good (boards scuffed) Publisher Place: London Publisher: Crosby Lockwood And Son Publication Date: 1893 Size: 8vo Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid

Lord Randolph S Churchill Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa This book is divided into 20 chapters. Also a list of 28 full page illustrations and 37 text illustrations. 339 pages. A route map of author`s travels at end of book as well as an index of 9 pages. The chapters focus on the Cape Colony, diamonds, gold, mining and sporting, the Transvaal Boers, on the road to Mashonaland, composition and equipment of an expedition, through Bechuanaland, trekking and hunting, lions, difficulties of travel on the veldt, the country between Fort Victoria and Salisbury, sport in Mashonaland, the Gold district of the Mazoe river and life at Fort Salisbury. Slight wear to the spine, name of previous owner in front, first two pages attached with tape. Condition: Fair Publisher Place: London Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Publication Date: 1895 Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Amery, L. S. (General Editor) The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 Unmatched set of this landmark work on the South African War. Seven demy 8vo volumes: volumes I and II of three-quarter calf with cloth sides and spines tooled in compartments and gilt-lettered, with marbled endpapers. The remaining five volumes in original red cloth; top and bottom edges of boards ruled in blind, and spines with gilt lettering and medallion device in each case. Top edges gilt in all seven volumes; pp. xxiv + 392, xviii + 467, xviii + 597, xviii + 597, xxviii + 614, xv + (i) + 622, (viii) + 209; illustrated with plates, plans, maps and pocket maps, all of which present, with the exception of the General Map of South Africa, missing from the first volume, which has been re-bound, without the front pocket. The condition of the seven volumes is variable, that of the first two, re-bound books being very good, with a little rubbing and occasional fox spot, the spines of the remaining books characteristically sunned and somewhat mottled with traces of fishmothing. The edges of the boards in volumes V to VII show some damp-staining, which is more pronounced to the lower board of Volume VI. Scattered, moderate foxing is noted throughout, and the upper hinge of Volume IV is just holding. Maps generally very good, but with very occasional minor creasing and soiling, and short marginal tears. A good working set. (Mendelssohn I, p. 36, Hackett, pp. 1, 124) An admirably objective account of the Anglo-Boer War and its aftermath, considering the contemporary perspective of the authors. `A comprehensive history of the war in seven volumes published in the years 1900-1909. A complete account of military operations in South Africa from 1899-1902 together with chapters on the political and historical background to the conflict and the work of reconstruction following hostilities. Volume VII (Index and Appendices) contains much useful information including a chronological table of events from 1899-1909, regimental casualties with period of service of each regiment and engagements at which present, official table of casualties with summary and extensive bibliography. An important and well produced work. Possibly the foremost reference pertaining to the second Boer War.` - Hackett: South African War Books, p. 1. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Sampson, Low, Marston and Company Publication Date: 1900-1909 Reserve: $160 Click here to view further details and to bid

Menpes, Mortimer War Impressions. Being a Record in Colour Number 137 of the Edition De Luxe, limited to three hundred and fifty copies, signed by the author-artist. 4to; original pale buckram over bevelled boards, with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover; top edge gilt; pp. xiv + 254; several colour plates with captioned tissue-guards; facsimile letters and battle plan at rear. Spine darkened; cloth partially sunned and lightly rubbed; corners a little bumped; extremities somewhat worn; sporadic, moderate foxing (the plates largely unaffected); map browned, a bit creased and slightly frayed. A very good copy of this rare edition. (Hackett, p. 169; Mendelssohn I, p. 1008) `Although the great charm of this beautiful book is the collection of coloured portraits and illustrations, the letterpress is entertaining and interesting. It is stated that the Boers were physically brave, but had `quaint ideas of right and wrong.` It is remarked that no clergyman of any prominence joined the British forces, and that the chaplains seemed to have little influence with the men; on the other hand, reference is made to the many celebrated surgeons and doctors who did splendid service during the hostilities.` - Mendelssohn. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Adam & Charles Black Publication Date: 1901 Reserve: $240 Click here to view further details and to bid

L`Ange, Gerald Urgent Imperial Service: South African Forces in German South West Africa 1914-1915 8vo; original yellow boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; facsimile map on endpapers; pp. (ix) + 352; illustrations. Trace of spotting to top edge; spine panel a little sunned. Near fine condition. `South Africa`s first entry into war was surreptitious. In 1914, without consulting Parliament or the public, the government of General Louis Botha committed the country to fighting for the British Empire against Germany in South West Africa. Though ratified later by Parliament, the cabinet`s decision split a populace that was still trying to heal the wounds left after the Boer War. This, and the creation of the Union, ignited an armed rebellion that came close to civil war. And then, the rebellion put down, these same sworn enemies united with their English-speaking countrymen to fight against the Germans in South West Africa - under the Union Jack. Invading over the Orange River and from the sea, they fought their way across deserts that their enemy had considered impenetrable. The Germans fought skilfully but had no counter to General Botha`s military brilliance. They were further thwarted by the dashing and unorthodox tactics of the commandos and the astonishing forced marches of the South African infantry.` Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: Ashanti Publishing Publication Date: 1991 Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Baker, E C R Ace of Aces: M St J Pattle, Top Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of World War II 8vo; original pale boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper housed in removable protector; pictorial endpapers; pp. xvii + (i) + 228, incl. index; map; liberally illustrated with photographs and reproductions of contemporary artwork. Spine panel very slightly sunned; trace of spotting to top edge, occasional fox spot elsewhere; loosely inserted newspaper clipping relating to Pattle`s life. Near fine condition. `Here is the story of an outstanding fighter pilot and a great leader of men, the unknown ace of the Royal Air Force. Pattle was born in the Cape and raised on a lonely farm in Namibia. He discovered early in his life a keen desire within him to fly. He was rejected by the South African Air Force in 1933, but became more determined than ever to achieve his ambition. Pattle left South Africa to join the Royal Air Force before the war and achieved a success out of all proportion to expectations. He did much to help the hard-pressed troops on the ground. On 20 April 1941, a sick man, he led the remnants of his own and another squadron against an armada of over a hundred German aircraft. In the desperate fighting that followed, he shot down at least two enemy aircraft and then dived to the rescue of one of his pilots. The odds were too heavy and seconds later his aircraft, with Pattle slumped over the controls, crashed in the Bay of Eleusis.` Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: Ashanti Publication Date: 1992 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Agar-Hamilton, J. A. I., and L. C. F. Turner Crisis in the Desert. May - July 1942 8vo; original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. x + (iv) + 368, incl. index; several folding maps and battle plans in colours; large folding map at rear; plates; sketch maps in text. Dustwrapper edgeworn, with some archival tape repairs to reverse, and a little rubbed; traces of foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. `This book is concerned with the most critical phase of the campaign in the Western Desert. Investigations were begun in 1942 to establish the facts relating to the fall of Tobruk, but in due course the demands of historical perspective required that the field of enquiry should expand to include the German assault on the Gazala Line, with Rommel`s consequent invasion of Egypt, his remarkable victory at Mersa Matruh, and the decisive check to his ambitions at Alamein. The fate of the 2nd South African Division at Tobruk, and the movements of the 1st South African Division between Gazala and El Alamein, require for their appreciation a grasp of the intentions and operations of the Eighth Army, which the authors have attempted to provide, and against this background have been fitted the movement and interplay of the various South African units and formations.` - Preface. Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 1952 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Haldane, Captain Aylmer How We Escaped From Pretoria `New edition, revised and enlarged, with numerous illustrations, plans and a map`. Crown 8vo; original khaki pictorial cloth; pp. xii + 231; plates; plan; folding map showing `Pretoria to Komati Poort Railway` and `Pretoria to Witbank`. Re-cased, with new front endpaper; cloth rather worn and corners turned; tail of spine stiffened somewhat through re-casing; spine a bit cocked; lower hinge a little tender; trace of damp-stain to edges of a few leaves; occasional fox spot; earlier owner`s hand-stamp to first page of the account. (Hackett, p. 150) `The prisoners were taken to the Staats Model School at Pretoria, and Churchill, Brockie, and Haldane made many plans to escape, which were doomed to failure, but eventually Churchill got away on December 12th; the others were observed by a sentry, and dared not make the attempt, but later on they managed to hide themselves under the floorings of the prison, and being joined by Le Mesurier, they disappeared on February 26, 1900, to the consternation and mystification of their guards, who never supposed they were hiding in the building. They were supplied with necessities from time to time by their fellow officers who were in the secret, but found no means to escape till March 16th, when all the prisoners were removed and the building deserted, when finding the coast clear, they succeeded in getting outside, eluded the few passers by, and were soon on the veld. The officers were hidden by some friends amongst bales of wool, which were put on a truck attached to a passenger train bound for Delagoa Bay, which took them safely across the border.` - Mendelssohn I, pp. 669,670. Publisher Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons Publication Date: 1901 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Moffett, E. C. With the Eighth Division: A Souvenir of the South African Campaign Revised by Sergeant F. J. B. Lee. Crown 8vo; red cloth, re-cased, preserving backstrip and original pictorial cloth of upper cover; new endpapers; pp. (xii) + 222 + xlvii; plates; large, folding map. The retained portions of the original cover are somewhat rubbed and browned; some spotting; occasional fingering; map a little browned. (Hackett, pp. 61, 170; Mendelssohn II, p. 32) `A record of operations of the force commanded by Maj.-Gen. Rundle. Details are given of the composition of the corps together with accounts of engagements and marches from mid-April 1900 to the close of the campaign. Much of the narrative relates to events in the eastern sector of Orange River Colony. An extensive casualty list by regiment is included, compiled from official records.` - Hackett: South African War Books, p. 61. Publisher Place: Kingston-On-Thames & Westminster Publisher: Knapp, Drewett & Sons Publication Date: 1903 Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

Susan Imrie Ross This is my World, the life of Helen Martins This is my World, The Life of Helen Martins, creator of the Owl House, Oxford, forward, introduction, chronology, plans, map, bibliography, interviews, profusely illustrated, 272 pages, condition: very good. Helen Martins used cement, glass, and wire to decorate the interior of the Owl House and later built sculptures in the garden. She drew inspiration from Christian biblical texts, the poetry of Omar Khayyam, and works of the mystic, William Blake. Athol Fugard`s play on The Owl House is called `The Road to Mecca`, which was later made into a film starring Kathy Bates, Yvonne Bryceland and the Playwright. Condition: very good Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 1997 Size: 215 x 255mm Reserve: $85 Click here to view further details and to bid

Federation of Rhodesia Touring Northern Rhodesia Tourist booklet, colour illustration, fold-out map, reaching Northern Rhodesia, main Highways of Northern Rhodesia, Special Tourist Areas, motorist`s driving log, notes, 36 pages, 125 x 205mm, condition: very good.The aim of this booklet is to enhance the enjoyment of a motoring tour through Northern Rhodesia. Condition: very good Size: 125 x 205mm Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. (Mrs McGrigor Phillips). SOUTH AFRICAN SUMMER. 5000 Miles With A Car And Caravan-Trailer. Inscribed thus: `For Bobbie, having met both the Authoress and the Laird. ??? 1933`. Signature not clear, could be `Dorothy`, but maybe not. View image. Ochre cloth boards. 189pp illustrated b/w photos. foldout map at rear. A sound reading copy, contents are clean, boards marked, map intact with no tears. Yorkshire Authoress was quite prolific authoring over 20 books, many on travel. As Mrs McGrigor Phillips she and her husband (the Laird) travelled by steamer with her car (a 24hp Buick), and Marigold (the custom-made caravan), to South Africa for her holiday. They toured from Cape Town, through the Western Cape, along the coast through the Eastern Cape, past the Transkei and Tembuland, through Natal, finishing with a dose of malaria in the Valley Of A Thousand Hills. Condition: Good only Publisher Place: London Publisher: Country Life Publication Date: -1933 Size: 8vo Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

A.H. Hornsby. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS. A Practical Matter-Of-Fact Account, To The Latest Date. Kimberley Series No.5. Historical Society Of Kimberley And The Northern Cape. 1979. Facsimile edition of the 1874 Chicago edition. unnumbered copy of 500 only. Printed buff wraps. 78pp illustrated frontis. foldout map, plans, adverts. Bookplate ffep, covering plastic secured inside. A contemporary account written for general interest. Condition: VG+ Publisher Place: Kimberley Publisher: KHS Publication Date: 1979 Reserve: $35 Click here to view further details and to bid

Jerome L. Babe. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS. Kimberley Series No.3. Historical Society Of Kimberley And The Northern Cape 1976. Facsimile Edition of the Wesley, NY, 1872 edition with added index & preface. Gilt decoration on blue cloth boards. Preface + viii + 105pp + 14pp advts. + index. foldout map. Bookplate ffep. covering plastic secured to pastedowns. Published to provide reliable information on the diamond fields for intending visitors. Chapters each on Port Elizabeth & Delagoa Bay. Limited to 500 copies only. Only three copies of the original edition are known to exist. Condition: VG+ Publisher Place: Kimberley Publisher: KHS Publication Date: 1976 Reserve: $45 Click here to view further details and to bid

Not stated A Handbook of the Boer War A scarce item. Original pebble-grained red cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and the upper board. 8 prelims, 377 pages, a large folding general map at the begining plus a further 18 sketch maps and plans.CONDITION DETAILS: The spine and the titling are faded. A few minor soil marks internally. The large folding map has a tear and a crease - see image provided. Condition: Very reasonable Publisher Place: London Publisher: Gale and Polden Limited Publication Date: 1910 Size: 186mm x 127mm Reserve: $120 Click here to view further details and to bid

Baines, Thomas The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa Original green cloth boards with black stamped and gilt decorations and titling. Pale yellow end papers. xxiv prelims, 240 pages, frontis portrait, folding facsimile letter from Baines to Livingstone, photographic and other illustrations, from page 189 to 240 are advertisements. The original folding map in the rear pocket is 1,300mm x 767mm.CONDITION DETAILS: An attractive copy with a few signs of use and ageing. The large folding map in the rear pocket has some age toning on the rear side, a few extra creases and folds, and a few minor splits along the original creases. Otherwise, far above average. Condition: An attractive copy Publisher Place: London + Port Elizabeth Publisher: Edward Stanford + JWC Mackay Publication Date: 1877 Size: 227mm x 147mm Reserve: $200 Click here to view further details and to bid

Harris, Captain W. Cornwallis Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa This is a large and heavy book - please be aware of postage costs.Copy number 167 of an edition limited to 550 copies and signed by Frank Read, the publisher.Original quarter brown leather binding with gilt titling on the spine and green cloth boards with the publisher`s device blind stamped on the upper board. The introduction to this edition is by Frank Bradlow, colour frontis portrait of Harris, colour vignette half title, map, 30 colour plates, black and white illustrations, 175 pages.CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used copy. Still in the original packing case. Condition: A clean copy Publisher Place: Mazoe, Rhodesia Publisher: Frank Read Press Publication Date: 1976 Size: 594mm x 428mm Reserve: $550 Click here to view further details and to bid

De Watteville, Vivian Out in the Blue Original dark blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. xvi prelims, 254 pages, black and white photographic illustrations, fold out map at the rear.CONDITION DETAILS: The binding has a bit of wear, some stain marks, and the spine is cocked. Pen inscription on front free end paper. Condition: A decent copy Publisher Place: London Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd Publication Date: 1927 Size: 226mm x 142mm Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

Jackson, W.P.U. Wild Flowers of Table Mountain Copy number 50 of an edition limited to 50 signed copies bound in full leather.Original green leather binding with gilt titling on the upper board only. Dark green map motif end papers. 120 pages, 170 colour photographic illustrations by the author.CONDITION DETAILS: A few minor signs of use. Condition: A clean copy Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Howard Timmins Publication Date: 1977 Size: 297mm x 233mm Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

Scott, Charles, L. The Genus Haworthia `(Liliaceae)- a taxonomic revision.`Copy number 6 of the Collectors` Edition which is limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author.Please note that some pages, such as the title page, are in fact printed on yellow paper, and NOT discoloured.Housed in the original slip case, covered in grey cloth with marbled paper and leather trim. The green leather binding by Peter Carstens has a red title label on the spine and the same pattern marbled paper as the slip case. Map motif end papers. xxix prelims, 150 pages followed by the glossary, index, etc.,taking up the pagination from the prelims from page xxx to xl, profusely illustrated with full colour photographic images and black and white distribution maps.CONDITION DETAILS: The spine is faded and a bit dicoloured. A few minor signs of use. Condition: Internally clean Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: Aloe Books Publication Date: 1985 Size: 268mm x 212mm Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid

White, Alain + Sloane, Boyd L. The Stapelieae Three volume set bound in the original light blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spines. 39 full colour plates and 1,235 black and white illustrations. Volume 1 has xvi prelims, 407 pages, 23 index pages, followed by a fold out map. Volume 2 has 6 prelims and continues the pagination from volume 1, plus 23 index pages and a double page colour map. Volume 3 has 6 prelims and continues the pagination to page 1,186, followed by 23 index pages. CONDITION DETAILS: A previous owner, L.Gill, wrote his name and the date in pen on each free front end paper. The bindings have a few signs of wear, bumped corners, etc., but overall an above average set that is internally clean. Condition: Above average Publisher Place: Pasadena, California Publisher: Abbey San Encino Press Publication Date: 1937 Size: 274mm x 205mm Reserve: $80 Click here to view further details and to bid

[Waterhouse (Gilbert) Editor:] SIMON VAN DER STEL`S JOURNEY TO NAMAQUALAND IN 1685 – 86 Edited from the manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. With forty-four plates and a sketch map. With the Supplement: Addenda and Corrigenda, 19 pages, (1953). Frontispiece, 183 pages of letterpress and 43 black & white plates, original green cloth gilt, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy, unusual with the supplement. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: London and Dublin Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., & Hodges, Figgis and Co. Publication Date: 1932 Size: Tall 8vo (273 x 183 mm) Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Tooley (R.V.) MAPS AND MAP-MAKERS Fourth edition: 140 pages, 104 colour and black & white illustrations, publisher’s brown cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket. ‘This standard work gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes. For this new edition a fresh general bibliography has been provided, the lists of authorities at the ends of the chapters have been extended and numerous minor corrections and additions to the text have been made.’ Editor’s note. Condition: Very Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: B.T. Batsford Ltd. Publication Date: 1970 Size: Small 4t0 (255 x 190 mm) Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Directory: THE GENERAL DIRECTORY AND GUIDE-BOOK TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AS WELL AS THE BORDER REPUBLICS, with Almanac and calendar prefixed. x + 232 + 51 + lxv + 63 pages, frontispiece coloured folding map, tables, lists, commercial advertisements on the endpapers, original brown boards and cloth back with printed paper back strip which is chipped. Condition: Fair Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Saul Solomon & Co. Publication Date: 1877 Size: 8vo (170 x 115 mm) Reserve: $75 Click here to view further details and to bid

Böeseken (A.J.) SIMON VAN DER STEL EN SY KINDERS 277 pages, map on endpapers, map, illustrations, red cloth, dust jacket torn at the top of the front panel, a good copy signed by the author on the title page. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Nasou Beperk Publication Date: 1964 Size: 8vo (240 x 160 mm) Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Forced Removals Document Survey of the Western Areas of Johannesburg (1950) Non-European Affairs Department, City of Johannesburg, 1950, ex-library, non-loan reference section, usual stamps & labels, survey in spring-loaded file with boards, map, summary of report on survey (27 pages), introduction, Sophiatown and Martindale, Newclare, Western Native Township, Albertville, Natives, Coloureds, Indians, Chinese, survey (143 pages), appendix (27 pages), early history of Sophiatown, Newclare, Martindale and Albertville, also blank Family Card & Stand Card (to be filled out in survey), numerous tables, 255 x 345mm, condition : good. The survey is part of the Council`s £10,000,000 scheme to remove all Natives from Western Native Township, Sophiatown, Martindale and Newclare to the Orlando/Pimville area. In all, according to statistics about twelve months old, 20,300 families or about 100,000 Natives will have to be moved.`Rand Daily Mail, 13th June, 1950The Non-European Affairs Department of the Johannesburg City Council in 1950 conducted a Survey of the Western Areas, which included Martindale and Sophiatown, Newclare, Albertville and the Western Native Township. This survey is part of the ` Western Areas Scheme* ` for the removal of the Non-Europeans from the Western Areas of Johannesburg and had been amended several times since it was first mooted in 1937, the latest amendment having been drafted in 1944. After Riots in the Western Areas over 1949/50, a Ministerial conference decided that a survey of the areas was urgently required for further `planning`. The forced removal of the residents of Sophiatown began on 9 February 1955 under the Western Areas Removal Scheme The City of Johannesburg established new townships to the Southwest (SOWETO-SOuth WEst TOwnships) for Africans evicted from the Western Areas of Johannesburg.[*Scheme A: Removal of Whole Population, Scheme B: Moving Tenants & Sub-Tenants only, Scheme C: Moving Overcrowded Families,Scheme D: Moving Non-Europeans from Sophiatown and Martindale.] This document explains the context, the mechanics and the challenges, in municipal-speak and without emotion, of the intended forced removal of a vast number of families to essentially barren veld. It gives the scope of the task ahead and what has to be done in the creation of The Modern South African Tragedy. If there is such a thing as the banality of evil then this is it. Condition: good Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: City of Johannesburg Size: 255 x 345mm Reserve: $450 Click here to view further details and to bid

Colin Black The Lands and Peoples of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Adam & Charles Black, 1961, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, forward, appendix, index, photographs, map, 104 pages, 135 x 200mm, condition:good.The author was a Senior Information Officer in the Federal Capital, Salisbury, and Press Officer to the Prime Minister.The book was part of the Central Reference Library of the Transvaal Provincial Library and not lent out. Condition: good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Adam & Charles Black Publication Date: 1961 Size: 135 x 200mm Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Berry (William) THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF GUERNSEY PART OF THE ANCIENT DUCHY OF NORMANDY, FROM THE REMOTEST PERIOD OF ANTIQUITY TO THE YEAR 1814. Containing an Interesting Account of the Island; its Government, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical; Peculiar Privileges, Customs, etc., with Particulars of the Neighbouring Islands of Alderney, Sark, and Jersey, Compiled from the Valuable Collections of the Late Henry Budd, Esq. 348 + 32 (Annotations of the History of Guernsey) pages, folding aquatint view of St. Peter Port (folds simply repaired and strengthened) 28 aquatint plates, lacks the folding map called for as frontispiece, some foxing and staining throughout, remnants of a contemporary leather binding laid down over new brown leather. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Bees, Orme and Brown Publication Date: 1815 Size: 4to (260 x 205 mm) Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Reunert (Theodore) DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA 242 pages, folding geological map, folding `General Plan of the Diamond Fields, Griqualand West`, 30 other plates and plans, original red cloth gilt. The cloth is stained and dull, front hinge split but holding on the ties, plate at page 62 has been repaired with tape and this is now stained, plates at pages 66 & 110 loose and with small tears at the fore edges. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 210, `An account of the Diamond Fields, &c., brought up to date, and including a number of statistics, &c. There is also an account of the Witwatersrand and the De Kaap gold fields, the latter having been compiled by Mr P.A. Ogilvie. Several articles on the gold fields were contributed by other writers.` Condition: Fair Publisher Place: Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg Publisher: J.C. Juta & Co. Publication Date: 1893 Size: 8vo (220 x 145 mm) Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and to bid

Lord, Dick Vlamgat Hardcover octavo (156x227mm) in the original dark blue paper on card covers with white titles to the front and spine, in Good+ condition; in a coloured pictorial dust wrapper in Good condition but with slight wrinkles to the top of the spine and bottom right corner of the front which have not affected the binding. Twenty-two preliminary pages plus 302 pages of text, including the index; 4 pages of publisher’s advertisements at the back. An annotated flight map on the front end-papers and a reproduction of part of an operational diary on the rear end-papers. Maps and both coloured and black and white illustrations in the text. A history of the Mirage F1 which saw 22 years of service in the South African Air-force, and of the personnel who flew and cared for the machines. The author served in the air-force and commanded No.1 Squadron during the bush war. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Weltevreden Park Publisher: Covos-Day Publication Date: 2000 Size: 15.5x23cm Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Thorburn, John Struggles in Africa and How I transported a steam-boat on wheels 1,600 miles across the country Hard cover, blue cloth boards with titles in gilt on front cover. Facsimile edition of the 1890 edition. With a new introduction and map. pp. 4+46, folding map, illustration of the famous steam boat, an account of his two-year journey with a steam-boat on wheels 1,600 miles from Kimberley to Delagoa Bay, also notes on his time in Swaziland. Condition: Fine Publisher Place: Pretoria Publisher: The State Library Publication Date: 1978 Size: 12.5x17.5 Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Boshoff, S.P.E. Vaalrivier Die Broederstroom of the Uiteinde van Generaal C.F. Beyers Hard cover, cream cloth boards, pp. 119, frontis of Beyers, fold-out map, b&w plates. Front hinges cracked but intact, foxing on end papers, ink marks on inside front, boards rubbed at extremities and discolored along edges. Condition: Good Publisher Place: Bloemfontein Publisher: Het Volksblad Publication Date: c1916 Size: 13.5x18cm Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid

[Moffat (R.)] THE MATABELE MISSION A selection from the correspondence of John and Emily Moffat, David Livingstone and others, 1858-1878. Edited by J.P.R.Wallis. Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia, Oppenheimer Series Number 2. 268 pages, frontispiece portrait, folding map, 1 plate, red cloth gilt – spine faded, top edge gilt, others uncut, a good copy. Condition: Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Chatto & Windus Publication Date: 1945 Size: 8vo (260 x 180 mm) Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Lyte, Sir H.C. Maxwell A History of Eton College (1440-1898) Book plate of Lt. Colonel John Acton Brooke and a pen inscription to him from his Tutor, dated August 2, 1901.Original full brown leather college binding with gilt titling on the spine and the Eton College device on the upper board. All edges with coloured decorations matching the marbled paper end papers. xxv prelims, 640 pages, fold out map of Eton, plates and woodcut illustrations all present.CONDITION DETAILS: The spine is faded and there are some marks and abrasions on the binding. There is some foxing, especially at the first and last few pages, and occasionally throughout. Condition: Good Publisher Place: London Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Publication Date: 1899 Size: 225mm x 160mm Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

Haldane, Captain Aylmer How We Escaped From Pretoria Original light brown pictorial cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine and white titling on the upper board. xii prelims, 231 pages, 29 illustrations including fold out map at the rear all present.CONDITION DETAILS: The first few and last few pages have foxing. There is a pen inscription on the free front end paper. The binding is in decent condition, but the spine is cocked. Condition: Reasonably clean Publisher Place: London Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons Publication Date: 1901 Size: 193mm x 136mm Reserve: $25 Click here to view further details and to bid

Roberts, Austin The Mammals of South Africa Original dust jacket. Original green cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and an animal head device on the upper board. Dark brown decorated end papers. xlviii prelims, 700 pages followed by a map, 24 colour plates including the frontis plus 54 black and white photographic plates.CONDITION DETAILS: Peter Tate book plate on free front end paper. The dust jacket is worn and a piece of the inner flap is missing, and see image of the underside to show repairs. The binding has a few bump marks. Condition: Reasonable Publisher: Trustees Mammals Book Fund Publication Date: 1951 Size: 282mm x 228mm Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and to bid

A late 18th/early 19th century hand coloured engraving of the Great Gate at Bury St Edmonds Abbey, together with a mid-19th century hand coloured map of Northamptonshire, each in Hogarth glazed frame.

After H Moll, a late 18th/early 19th century hand coloured map of the East Indies, 21.5cm x 42.5cm in gilt glazed frame, together with two unsigned anatomical watercolour and pencil sporting sketches and a similar sketch of a horse signed Pozzati-Tiepolo.

After Thomas Gream, a late 18th century map of Sussex, published by W Faden, 1799. 37cm x 78cm in Hogarth glazed frame.

"A Victorian folding linen-backed map of London & Environs, c1880, published by James Wyld, 109 x 127cm"

An 18thC coloured map of `Flandria`

"Robert Morden (1668-1703) - map of Surrey, hand coloured engraving, framed"

A set of nine folding numbered maps of Bacon`s cycling road map of England and South Scotland, produced by G.W. Bacon & Co, ltd 127, Strand, London, contained in a leather case, together with Bacon`s popular atlas of the British Isles, dated 1904

An interesting collectors lot of London Transport memorabilia including route map, `Bacon Up to Date Map of Central London`, service badges from the 1920s, 30s and 40s together with a set of Gwynedd Rae children`s story books

A 19thC embroidered map of England and Wales, with a floral border, oval, 52cm x 46cm overall.

A map of Lincolnshire, to include images of Lincoln Cathedral and Grimsthorpe Castle, 27cm x 20cm.