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Lot 15
Conder, Josiah A Popular Description of Africa: Geographical, Historical, and Topographical in 3 Volumes (1829) 9.8x15.3cm Hard cover, brown boards, Volume 1: Fold out map of Africa at the frontis + 374 numbered pages, three plates (complete). Boards have separated from text blocks which are still intact. Volume 2: pp. iv + 348, 6 plates (complete). Rear hinges cracked text blocks intact. Volume 3. pp. v + 323, 2 plates (complete), of Cape Town and Bethelsdorp. Front and rear hinges cracked but text blocks intact. Foxing on end papers but text pages in all 3 volumes are clean. Boards rubbed and faded. Fair/Binding copies London James Duncan c1829 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 16
Lander, Richard & John Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger in 2 Volumes (c1832) 10x15cm The Landers were commissioned by the British Colonial Office to complete what had been left undone by the Clapperton expedition to the Niger River. They mapped the Niger from its source to where it emptied into the Bight of Benin. First American Edition, issued the same year as the London edition. The plates and maps are a mix of wood and steel engravings, stipple engravings, etc. In series: `Harper`s family library`. 2 vols. I: frontis + xiii + map + 384 + 2 maps (one fold.). II: frontis + 7pp + 337 + 2pp advertisements + 3 plates. Light wear to boards, spine ends slightly chipped, foxing on first and last pages of each volume and inscriptions on inside front covers, otherwise clean, tightly bound and very good copies. Good+ New York J & J Harper c1832 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 20
Stuart, J A History of The Zulu Rebellion 1906 Hard cover, pp. xvi + 581, illustrated with b&w plates and maps, minor wear to red cloth cover, foxing on first and last pages and occasionally elsewhere, pages bright and clean. Good+ London Macmillan & Co. 1913 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 33
Christopher (J.S.) NATAL, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 8vo (225 x 140 mm) a Grazing, Agricultural, and Cotton-growing country. Comprising descriptions of this well-endowed Colony from the year 1575 to the present time, by Government Officials and Travellers. With a Map of the Colony, and Engravings. With an Appendix, and a Vocabulary of the Natal or Zulu language. 146 pages, folding colour map as frontispiece, neatly repaired at folds (the paper is brittle), 4 tinted lithographic plates, errata slip tipped in opposite page 43, Addenda (pages 145/6) dated September 1850, full black calf with gilt borders and with red title label on the spine A South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 523, and volume 5, page 69, Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 336, ‘The author was a staunch believer in the virtue of colonisation as a means of lessening suffering and poverty and he states that he “promoted emigration to Algoa Bay”?There is a short description of the country, with information of every description for the use of the colonists, together with article, contributed by various writers?’ Good London Effingham Wilson; Hatchard and Sons & Trelawny Saunders 1850 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 34
Latrobe (Rev. C.I.) JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, IN 1815 4to (270 x 220 mm) With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope. 406 pages, folding coloured map as frontispiece with the author?s outward and return journeys outlined in red and blue, 12 fine hand coloured aquatint plates drawn by R. Cocking from sketches by the author, and 4 uncoloured plates, recent quarter blue leather titled and decorated in gilt on the spine, marbled paper sides, fold in title page strengthened with Japanese paper,some light foxing, the plates are crisp and well coloured. `South Africa in Print` comments about Latrobe that `He has left an important volume of travels with illustrations second only to those of Burchell`. Colvin in his introduction to Mendelssohn`s `Bibliography` describes the Journals as `written with much sweet piety and simplicity of spirit, yet (he) shows shrewdness of observation and a fine common sense.` Good London Published by L.B. Seeley 1818 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 35
Powell-Cotton (Major P.H.G.) IN UNKNOWN AFRICA 8vo (240 x 155 mm) A NARRATIVE OF TWENTY MONTHS` TRAVEL AND SPORT IN UNKNOWN LANDS AND AMONG NEW TRIBES.xxiii + 619 pages, 8vo (240 x 160 mm), 2 colour plates, numerous full-page and other illustrations, 2 folding maps, original dark blue cloth, titled in black on upper cover (with a vignette of a giraffe`s head) and in gilt on the spine, neatly rebacked preserving the original backstrip, edges uncut, a very good copy.Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 ? 1999, (2011) page 226, ?after the success of his sporting trip to Abyssinia, Powell-Cotton was determined to attempt another hunting expedition, this time to British East Africa, not only for sport but also to prove the existence of five-horned giraffe which Sir Harry Johnston had discovered. accompanied by shooting companion F. Cecil Cobb, the author proceeded to the Athi River where he bagged impala, rhinoceros and lion. Crossing the Tana, they spent time with the Kikuyu, then successfully hunted elephant. On the Baringo Plain, trophy kudu was collected as was lion. Powell-Cotton eventually bagged a five-horned giraffe before entering Masai territory where he hunted lion and rhinoceros as well as plains game. additionally elephant were taken after crossing the Etakatok River. Near Nt. Elgon, more lion and elephant were bagged. Additional hunts after hippopotamus and a variety of plains game continued and they approached the Nile.? Very good London Hurst and Blackett, Limited 1904 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
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Lot 36
[Schoonraad (Murray) & Duminy (Peter) Compilers:] BATTISS 75 (With signed silk screen print) Oblong folio (310 x 430 mm) 32 pages ? 7 pages of letterpress including a Preface, Tributes to Walter Battiss, Chronological Biography, Short List of Exhibitions and Publications by Battiss, followed by 8 colour plates and 16 pages of black & white reproducing examples of Battiss? work, full maroon leather title gilt on the upper cover. No. 49 of an edition limited to 100 copies signed by Battiss on the title page and with a silk screen print signed and numbered by the artist loosely inserted. A very good copy. Very good D & S Publishers Pietermaritzburg 1981 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 37
Melliss (Capt. C.J.) LION-HUNTING IN SOMALI-LAND 8vo (230 x 155 mm) Also, An account of `pigsticking` the African wart-hog. 186 pages, frontispiece, 7 plates, original yellow cloth neatly recased, the cloth is lightly soiled as usual and the illustration on the upper cover is rubbed, overall a good copy. Czech (Dr.Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 ? 1999, (2011) page 194, ?Using a Tolley .500 express with ?pure-lead solid bullets,? the author succeeded in bagging a number of lion and oryx in the woodlands and scrub bush beyond Barbera. The lion hunting episodes are quite well written, reflecting the danger and excitement of the moment: ?Each (lion), as I walked him up, made a short charge at me through the grass, accompanied by a formidable amount of noise ? a deep grunting or roaring, for it is hard to define the noise a lion makes on charging.?? Good London Chapman & Hall 1895 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 42
Warner, B & Rourke, J. Flora Herscheliana - Sir John & Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834-1838 Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838. 296 pages, colour frontispiece, 208 plates and illustrations - mostly in colour, beige cloth, an excellent copy in the dust jacket. The Brenthurst Press Third Series No. 2, one of an edition limited to 1025 copies 850 bound in cloth. Very Good to Fine Johannesburg The Brenthurst Press 1998 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 51
Lawrence G. Green. STRANGE AFRICA. 8vo Original green cloth boards. 288pp illustrated b/w plates. No inscriptions. silver titling on spine at about 30%. soft at head & tail of spine.Contents clean. Covers such diverse material as Bushmen of the Kalahari, diamonds along the Vaal, Zanzibar, lighthouses of the Southern African coast, and more. VG London Stanley Paul 1938 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 52
Lawrence C. Green. THE COAST OF TREASURE. 8vo Gilt on green cloth boards. 269pp. illustrated b/w plates, maps on eps. Sympathetically rebound gilt on green cloth boards in original style with photocopy endpapers. thus looks new. ff show light foxing. faint stamp to title page, several other school-library stamps. This is the first of Lawrence Green`s early titles published in prewar London. The `Coast Of Treasure` alluded to in the title is the coast of what was then German South West Africa, now Namibia. The author ranges further than that, from Table Bay to St Helena, Ascension Island, the Southern Ocean islands including Tristan Da Cunha, Gough, Thompson & Lindsay, Kergeulen, Hog, Possession, St Paul, & Bouvet Islands. Note the error of the initial on the title page! VG+ London Putnam 1933 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 54
B.B. & B.G. Brock and H.C. Willis. HISTORICAL SIMON`S TOWN. Vignettes, Reminiscences And Illustrations Of The Harbour And Community... 4to ... From The Days Of The Dutch East India Co. And Of The Royal Navy At The Cape Of Its Administrators, Personalities And Buildings With Special Notes On Shipwrecks And Navigation. Blue cloth boards. 217pp illustrated b/w and coloured plates. No inscriptions, bookplate ffep else in Fine unread condition in protected d/w. as new. The definitive history of this early town - with good reference to the Royal Navy and its buildings - all dealt with in subject areas rather than one chronological progression. Fine Cape Town Balkema 1976 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 61
MacGregor Laird, & R.A.K. Oldfield. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA BY THE RIVER NIGER In The Steam Vessels Quorra And Alburkah, In 1832, 1833, And 1834. 8vo 2 volumes. Rebound black full leather blind tooled front & rear, raised bands to spine with 6 panels with gilt on green leather title labels. Nicely executed, edges left rough-cut, marbled eps. 5 illustrations plus map. Volume 2 top corners bumped. ff are tanned & spotted, the plates quite heavily. overall a sound and attractive set. In 1831 Laird formed a company for the commercial development of the Niger regions, the lower course of the Niger having been made known that year by Richard and John Lander. In 1832, the company sent two small ships to the Niger, the Alburkah, a paddle-wheel steamer of fifty-five tons designed by Laird, the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage, and the Quorra. Laird went with the expedition led by Richard Lander and forty-eight Europeans, all but nine of whom died from fever, Lander, from wounds. Laird went up the Niger to the confluence of the Benue which he was the first white man to ascend. He did not go far up the river but formed an accurate idea as to its source. VG London Richard Bentley 1837 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 71
A. Gordon Melvin. (Ed. Vinson Brown). GEMS OF WORLD OCEANS. 8vo With bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith Printed card wraps. 96pp illustrated colour plates. Wraps a little rubbed, contents very clean. G-VG Healdsburg, California. Naturegraph Company -1964 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 78
Thornton, Robert John Thornton?s Temple of Flora folio (435x310 mm) Original engravings and the work describes by Geoffery Grinson with Bibliographical Notes by Handasyde Buchanan. Frontpiece and 11 colour plates, 24 collotypes in black and white, folio (435x310 mm), quarter brown calf with green paper sides, top edge gilt, light foxing on the endpapers, preliminary pages and page edge, the plates ? all with tissue guards ? are bright. No other English book of flower illustrations is more celebrated than this one. This edition of Thornton?s Temple of Flora has been designed and produced for William Collins, 14 St Jame?s Place, London, by George M. rainbird and Ruari McLean. The colour and collotype plates have been printed by Van Leer of Amsterdam and the text pages set in Monotype Perpetua and printed by Meyer of Wormerveer on Van Gelder mould-made paper. The binding has been executed at the London Craft Bindery of W.H. Smith and Sons. The wrapper design and label is based on that used for the rare original parts in which the Temple of Flora was issued. The label and the calligraphic title-page were drawn by Johan Brinkley. This Special edition on hand-made paper is limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 194. Signed by: Geoffrey Grigson, Handasyde Buchanan and William Thomas Stern (who supplied the botanical notes). very good 14 St Jame?s Place, London Collins 1951 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 84
R. Gerard. FLAGS OVER SOUTH AFRICA. 4to Gilt on green cloth boards. 55pp illustrated 8 coloured plates & b/w reproductions. errata slip. Bookplate ffep. contents unmarked. a VG+ copy in secured protective film. Excellent colour reproductions of flags & ensigns, b/w reproductions of seals, with relevant history outlines. Early Portuguese, Dutch, English flags & ensigns as well as all South African flags for the earlier disparate republics. VG+ Pretoria Pretoria Technical College. 1952 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 103
Findlay, Professor George; preface by Professor Raymond Dart Dr Robert Broom. Palaeontologist & Physician 1866-1951 . . . 255 x 180 ` . . . Biography. Appreciation. Bibliography. The Taungs Skull. Sterkfontein. Kromdraai. Contributions to the Study of Man` This, the authoritative biography of the person acknowledged as one of South Africa`s three great palaeontologists (with Dart and Philip Tobias), was partly based on material for an autobiography passed to one of Broom`s sons, who subsequently declined the opportunity in favour of Finlay, the present author. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Broom`s 85-year life is that he was a medical practitioner for forty years between his early achievements at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, in the field of marsupial palaeontology and the last 17 years of his life, when as an elderly staff member of the Transvaal Museum he carried out the major work of his life in the field of man`s predecessors, including the australopithecines. Until he joined forces with J T Robinson, the co-author of many of his later publications, he preferred to work on his own. These publications - no fewer than 456 in number - remarkably included several on postage stamps and one recording an aloe named after him. Quarter-bound in brown simulated leather and tan cloth, gilt to the upper panel and the spine, this book, despite making use of typewriter-generated camera-ready copy, epitomises Balkema`s high production standards, including a superbly informative typographical tan cartridge dustjacket and excellent paper stocks for the xviii + 157 pp of text, chronology, bibliography and index and the 32 pp of inserted plates. Unmarked and undiscoloured, this is a superb copy in every respect. ÿ Fine Cape Town Balkema 1972 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 112
Smith, J L B and Margaret Mary Smith Fishes of Seychelles (presentation copy) 285 x 220 This excellent first edition copy is inscribed calligraphically `Fishes of Seychelles. Presentation Copy. Richard Liversidge Esq. With Compliments. April 1963` and signed by both authors and `R Liversidge 26/4/1963`. Dr Liversidge was the long-serving director of the Kimberley Museum, the joint author of three editions of Roberts Birds and the author of The Birds Around Us (see Lot 105). The unclipped dustjacket (R4.50) has been painstakingly repaired and the rest of the book is unmarked and in very good to near fine condition. `Generous donations from various sources have been used to keep the price of this handsome volume down to a fraction of its actual cost.` Acknowledgment is also given to the Seychelles government and others who made the Smiths` work possible. As well as endpaper maps and a photographic frontispiece, there are illustrations of `more than 920 species`. These are not limited to those in the Seychelles, but to the whole of the western Indian Ocean, including `Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanganyika, Mozambique and South Africa`. In addition to figures in the text, including one illustrating the first three coelacanths, there are 101 full-page plates, of which 42 are in colour, each with up to 15 drawings and paintings (by Margaret Smith). See also next lot. ÿ Very Good Grahamstown Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University 1963 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 115
Henry Brooks- Edited by Dr. R.J.Mann NATAL; A History and Description of the Colony: Including its Natural Features, Productions, Industrial Condition and Prospects. 15 X 23cm Original maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, and being Natal; A History and Description of the Colony: Including its Natural Features, Productions, Industrial condition and prospects. Edited by Dr. R.J.Mann. Coloured Frontispiece(Palmiet River) with tissue guard, A further 15 illustrations occur in the book including some full colour flora plates-Physical and Topgraphical Map of the Colony/Plan of the Inner Bay or Harbour/Sandstone Wall on the Shoulder of Pietermaritzburg Table Mountain/Mines at the Diamond Fields on the Vaal River/The Valley of the Umgeni/The Lower Falls at Howick/Glade at Aliceville/Euphorbia Caput-Medusae/Arduinia Grandiflora/Scarlet Cyrtanthus/Thunbergia Natalitia/Portrait of Langalibalele, Chief of the Amahlubi Kaffirs/Mission onn the Hills near Verulam and Kranzekop,overlooking the Tugela Valley. 326 pages text plus a 16 page advertisement slot. Very clean copy. Very Good-All 16 illustrations & Plates Henrietta Street-London L.Reeve & Co 1876 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 126
Edward.C.Tabler Baines on the Zambezi, 1858 to 1859 27 X 27.5cm Brenthurst Series 8/. General Editor, Eric Axelson - Baines on the Zambezi 1858 to 1859. Hardcover with cloth standard binding, being unnumbered from 850 copies. With slightly rubbed dustcover. In 1858 the fames missionary explorer Dr David Livingstone led an expedition,sponsored by the British Government, to investigate the navigability of the Zambezi River. Artist and storekeeper to the venture was Thomas Baines whose diary of 1858 is published here for the first time together with related correspondence. The text is illustrated with over a hundred of Baines` pencil and water-colour sketches, many of which have not been reproduced before. Illustrated endpapers,coloured Frontispiece, with 251 pages text,72 plates, maps and line drawings.Odd spot to front edge.Very clean copy. Very Good Johannesburg The Brenthurst Press 1982 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 158
Abbe Henri Breuil with the collabotaion of Mary E. Boyle and Dr. E. R. Scherz. The Rock Paintings of Southern Africa: Volume Two. PHILIPP CAVE 28 X 38cm Philipp Cave is the second volume of a series recording this remarkable work of the Abbe Breuil, during the 1940`s, who undertook to survey and study , and to trace these remarkable findings. It reveals an interesting and hitherto little known frieze in the Erongo region of South West Africa(Namibia). In addition to some unusual, early drawings of animals in white, the frieze includes a `Tall Man` whose stylised figure and Nilotic head caused him to be nicknamed the `Pharoah` by the Abbe and his companions. In the Abbe`s view, this and other figures in Philipp Cave have a definite affinity with the paintings of the White Lady shelter in the Brandberg, some ninety miles to the north-west, which were the subject of the first volume. The Abbe`s original copies reproduced in 31 plates by colour collotype and hand-stencil; 30 photographs, reproduced by collotype, document his copies. In all there are 19 pages of reproductins, inclusing one double page. This being one of 1200 unnumbered copies published 1957. Original pale blue cloth with clipped dustcover. Colour Frontispiece. 19 pages text with plate desciptions-list of illustrations plus 28 coloured plated ,plus further black and white photogrpahs and figures. Dustcover protected in mylar cover. Very clean copy.No Marks. Very Good London Abbe Breuil Publications 1957 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 159
Patrica Vinnicombe PEOPLE OF THE ELAND- Rock Paintings of the Drakensberg Bushmen as a reflection of their life and thought.(First Edition) 27 X 22.5cm This book, illustrated by over 200 of Miss Vinnicombe`s tracings and the photographs, is the definitive record of the Bushman culture in the Drakensberg and its environs. It also covers the period of contact between the Bushmen and the successive waves of immigrants, both Black and White, who, from time to time, moved into their homeland. Unlike other books, however, this one gives the story from, as it were, the viewpoint of the Bushman. The author, by a careful study of the official records of reprisal expeditions against the Bushmen, was able to establish the probable escape routes they used.Then,in the field, she explored these routes in great detail. In several cases she found rock paintings showing parties of mounted Europeans which in number and apparel, agree with official records of the bumber of farmers and of troopers who took part in the espeditions. These paintings thus appear to be true eyewitness accounts. In the second and larger part of the book she discusses what is recorded in the literature about the Bushmen of the Drakensberg, tells what is known of their beliefs and attitudes to life and relates these to the content of the paintings developing in the process an interesting theory of associations and avoidances supported by a statistical analysis of the subject matter of the paintings. Hardcover with dustcover over original dark brown rexine boards with gilt blocking to frontcover and lettering to spine. Maps to endpapers. Coloured Frontispiece xx plus 388 pages detailed text with tracings/line drawings and colour plates. No Rock Art Collection is complete without this volume. First edition. Very clean copy. Very Good Pietermaritzburg University of Natal Press 1976 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 166
Edited and text by J.C. Quinton, Vernon S. Forbes, Percival Kirby, et al. Francois le Vaillant - Traveller in South Africa and His Collection of 165 Water-Colour Paintings, 1781-1784 (Copy Number 101 of 250 Copies) 314mm x 240mm Two volume set. The total print run was limited to 2,500 copies, but this set is copy number 101 of 250 de luxe copies that were bound in full leather with gilt edges. Original full blue leather bindings with gilt titles on the spines. All edges gilt. Decorated end papers. Volume 1 has xx prelims, 172 text pages, followed by the colour plate section. Volume 2 has xiv prelims, 181 text pages, followed by the colour plate section. Two large folding maps. In addition to the 165 colour plates, there are 11 other full colour plates with general illustrations, portraits, etc. CONDITION DETAILS: This set is lightly used with minor signs of use. Clean and attractive Cape Town Library of Parliament 1973 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 167
Ian S Uys For Valour: The History of Southern Africa`s Victoria Cross Heroes 398pp. Many b/w plates. Dust jacket worn at edges. Publishers white cloth boards with a gilt decoration to the front & lettering to the spine. `After fifteen years of research the author has collected the biographic details of all the Southern African V.C. heroes, not only those serving in South African or Rhodesian units, but also those South Africans who served in other Commonwealth forces and who received the supreme award for gallantry. From the massacre which spurred a South African on to win the V.C. during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, to the heroic self-sacrifice of South Africa`s `Pathfinder` pilot over Germany in 1945, the story surrounding every Victoria Cross award is told. In addition the campaigns in which the awards were won are described and the later lives of the recipients detailed`. Very good Johannesburg Ian S Uys 1973 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 215
Meintjes, Johannes The Sword in the Sand 14x25cm Hardcover Octavo (143x220mm) bound in the original dark grey cloth on boards with white title to spine, in Good condition; pictorial dust wrapper with some insect damage; 14 preliminary and 242 pages of text, including index; photographic frontispiece and 16 pages of black and white plates; Title page signed by the Author. Meintjes recounts the events surrounding the life, Boer War exploits and death of an Afrikaans folk hero. Gideon Jacobus Scheepers was born in Middelburg, Transvaal (then known as the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [ZAR] or South African Republic). He joined the ZAR State Artillery as a heliograph operator at the age of 16. In 1898 he transferred to the Orange Free State Artillery Corps, to assist in establishing a signals section in that unit. During the Anglo-Boer War he initially served as a signaller in Natal. Later he took part in the Battle of Magersfontein. Thereafter he entered the Cape Colony as part of a Commando and was soon promoted to Commandant of his own Commando of 150 men. His orders were to disrupt British communications by destroying railways and telegraph lines. His successes caused a number of Cape Rebels to join his Commando. By the 10th October 1901 Scheepers was seriously ill, probably from appendicitis, and had to be abandoned at Kopjeskraal, a farm in the vicinity of Prince Albert. A part of Scheepers‹¨« Diary, written in a small notebook has survived, and covers the period from his surrender to his execution. Having surrendered to the British on the 11th October he was given medical treatment and later transferred to Graaff-Reinet. Although Scheepers was an officer of the OFS Artillery Corps, and therefore a prisoner of war, he was put on trial before a military tribunal on charges of murder, arson and damage to the railways. The court appears to have been totally biased and found him guilty on very slender evidence. He was sentenced to death and executed on the 18th January 1902. The manner of his execution led to international criticism. Good Cape Town Tafelberg-Uitgewers 1969 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 216
Meyer, Dr. Hans Across East African Glaciers: an Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro 18x25cm A Hardcover Quarto (180x248mm) book in a rather battered library binding, but with the contents in exceptionally good condition; 20 preliminary pages plus 404 pages of text including detailed appendices on the geology, geography, selected flora and insects of the region, and an index; chromolithographed frontispiece, 8 tipped in photographs, 12 photogravure plates and 19 line drawings in the text; 3 coloured fold-out maps. The frontispiece and eight photographs were printed in Germany. There are small library stamps on the front inner end-paper, the back of the frontispiece and the first page of the preface. Regarded by many as the most important book on mountaineering in Africa. Translated from the German by E.H.S. Calder, the book documents the first undisputed ascent of Kibo Peak, the highest point in Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro has three peaks, Shira, Mawenzi and Kibo, the latter being the highest. Dr. Meyer was a geologist and experienced climber who made several trips to the Kilimanjaro region between 1887 and 1889, culminating in his successful ascent to the Kibo peak. In 1887, during his first attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, Meyer reached the base of Kibo, but had to turn back, as he did not have the equipment necessary to handle the deep snow and ice of the peak. The following year, Meyer planned another attempt with the cartographer Oscar Baumann, but the mission was aborted due to an Arab revolt. In 1889, however, Meyer returned to Kilimanjaro with the celebrated Austrian mountaineer, Ludwig Purtscheller, for another attempt. Their climbing team included two local headmen, nine porters, a cook, and a guide. Meyer and Purtscheller finally reached the summit on the southern rim of the crater on Purtscheller`s 40th birthday, October 6, 1889. Meyer named this summit `Kaiser Wilhelm Spitze` (now known as Uhuru Point). In Meyer`s honour, the highest summit of Mawenzi is still known as Hans Meyer Peak. The summit of Kibo wouldn`t be climbed again until 20 years later. Meyer`s eventual success has been attributed to his recognition that the greatest obstacle to achieving the summit was the lack of food in the upper regions. In his final climb he established several camps on the mountain, and was able to make a number of attempts at reaching the summit without descending to the base. This is a lively and highly readable account of the expedition. Good London George Philip and Son 1891 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 223
Clare Abbott & Stephen Henning Southern African Butterflies (signed) 195 x 255mm Inscribed by Clare Abbott, Macmillan, preface, illustrations, 24 colour plates, glossary, index, 100 pages, some sun fading on spine, condition:very good. very good South Africa Macmillan 1984 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 225
Captain William Cornwallis Harris Wild Sports of Southern Africa (1844) 8vo,(180 x 245) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, being the narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the tropic of Capricorn, 26 colour plates, map,360pages, condition:very good. very good London Pelham, Richardson 1844 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 230
J. W Grill J.F. Victorin`s Travels in the Cape - One of 100 bound in full leather J.F. Victorin`s Travels in the Cape: The Years 1853-1855. Hunting and Nature Pictures from the late Young Naturalist`s Letters and Diaries. FULL GREEN LEATHER with gilt titles on the spine and gilt device to the front board. Book Condition: Near fine in a very good dust-jacket. xvi + 125 pp. 9 Plates. Translated from the first Swedish edition by Jalmar and Ione Rudner. No. 34 / 100 copies only. The full edition was limited to 1200 copies, with 1-100 bound in full leather and the remaining copies were bound in cloth. Very Good to Fine Cape Town Struik 1968 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 234
George Cloete Visser OB - Traitors or Patriots? This is the first account, authoritative and factual, of a `war` within a war - the extraordinary story of the Ossewabrandwag in South Africa between 1938 and 1948. Pages 216, 25 chapters and 12 plates. Very good Cape Town Macmillan South Africa 1977 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 247
SPEKE J H Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile 230 x150 mm One of the iconic works of African exploration - the two explorers` discoveries had great geographical significance at the time and solved one of the great mysteries of the continent, even if only partly.xxxi, 658 pp, frontis (portrait of Speke), 25 plates + many text illus mainly by Grant, spot colored map in facsimile (in rear pocket showing route in red), and sketchmap in text [xxxxii, ads]. Original boards, re-backed with original backstrip laid down, eps replaced Very good London William Blackwood 1863 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 249
ELLIS W Madagascar Revisited 210 x 135 mm Second book by this author on the people of the great island. As a missionary, he naturally focuses on the Christian martyrs and their persecution, but gives a fair account of the state of the population and their prospects both economically and politically. 502 pp with frontis and twelve engraved plates, NB folding map at front is missing - otherwise a beautiful volume. Beautifully bound in full calf prize-binding with lavish gilt decoration to covers and edges. Marbled endpapers and bookplate, all edges gilt. Very good London John Murray 1867 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 250
MONTEIRO J J Angola and the River Congo, 2 Vols 190 x 130 mm Account of the interior of Angola and the Congo by an obscure, yet very observant explorer of Portuguese origins. He studied geology in Britain and his main aim in West Africa was the search for minerals. However he wrote down important data on the region, its fauna and flora as well as on the culture of the inhabitants. He died shortly after the completion of the work. 303 + 340 pp, this edition the scarce one with colour plates and map. Recovered in green buckram with original gilt decoration and spine panel laid down on covers. Very good London Macmillan 1875 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 266
Lindop (Barbara) GERARD SEKOTO Oblong 4to (230 x 155 mm 294 pages, colour frontispiece portrait, numerous colour and some black & white plates, grey cloth slightly faded along the top edge, dust jacket. `All that I do, even outside of South Africa, is still with the eye, the heart and the soul of the land of my birth. I must hear and listen to the cares and joys - gaieties which shoulder all the sufferings, injustices, greeds and hatreds. Through the wealth of gold and other minerals in our country - yet still looking forward into building up a future suitable to the honour of mankind ...` Gerard Sekoto (p. 241). Good Johannesburg Dictum 1988 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
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Lot 274
[Stalker (Rev. J.) Editor] THE NATAL CARBINEERS 8vo (250 x 155 mm) The History of the Regiment from its Foundation, 15th January, 1855 to 30th June, 1911. 384 pages,, frontispiece portrait of Lord Kitchener, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment, numerous plates, recent half blue morocco with marbled paper sides, a very good copy. Deals with the Natal Carbineers` involvement with early Zulu and Basuto Wars, Cetywayo`s Coronation, the Langalibele Rebellion, the Zulu War of 1979 (pages 80-121), the Boer War and the Natal Rebellion of 1906-7. Very good Pietermaritzburg & Durban P. Davis & Sons 1912 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 277
Thos.H.Shepherd & James Elmes M.R.I.A. London in the Nineteenth Century (1831) 220 x 280mm Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century: displayed in a series of engravings of new buildings, improvements, &c. By the most eminent artists from Original Drawings, Taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work, by Mr Thos. H. Shepherd: comprising The palaces, New Churches, Bridges,Streets, River Scenery,Public Offices and Institutions,Gentlemen`s Seats, and Mansions,and every other object worthy of notice throughout the metropolis and its Environs.With Historical, Topographical, and Critical Illustrations , By James Elmes ,M.R.I.A. Architect, Author of the Life of Sir Christopher Wren, Lectures on Architecture, Dictionary of the Fine Arts, & c. Jones & Co., dedication to George IV, who has taken this work under his protection, 172 pages of text by Elmes, also series one of the engravings from steel plates by Shepherd comprising the Earlier Edifices, Antiquities, & c., 152 steel plate engravings (approx.), map of Regents Park, published 1829, half leather on marbled boards, 220 x 280 mm, condition of casing:fair, condition of binding:goodA group of young men met on 13 January 1834 at 17 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East,‘to receive the outlines of a plan for forming an Architectural Institution, similar to the Institution of Civil Engineers, for the purpose of promoting the practical, as well as the more scientific interests of the profession’ (Bell`s Weekly Messenger, 18 Jan 1834, 10). James Elmes chaired that meeting. At a subsequent meeting on the 3rd february it was agreed to appoint a committee ‘to prepare the necessary measures for forming a Society to be called the Institution of British Architects’.(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)Thomas H. Shepherd was known for his lifelike scenes and attention to detail in his architectural drawings. He worked for Frederick Crace, decorator to George IV, who commissioned him to reproduce old London buildings before they were torn down. good London Jones & Co. 1831 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 291
Browning, Robert The Pied Piper of Hamelin - 1st. Rackham Edn. 8vo. First edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 4 full page colour plates and many in text black and white drawings. In the original Rackham decorated stiff wraps which have some fishmothing of the upper 1cm. of the rear wrapper and also of the spine extending through the paper in a few small areas. The decorated endpapers have a small faded inscription and a name at the top of the ffep. Internally the book is very clean, bright and unfoxed. No dj. With a low reserve price. Very Good Minus London George G. Harrap & Co. 1934 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 293
Ruskin, John The King of The Golden River - 1st. Rackham Edn. 8vo. The first edition of this title illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 4 full page colour plates and many in text black and white drawings. In the original Rackham illustrated stiff wraps which have some wear and loss at the extremes of the spine. The illustrated endpapers have an inscription on the ffep. There is some scattered foxing on the title page and to a lesser extent elsewhere. The plates are all clean. With the dw. which is frayed and worn and has some pieces missing from each end of the spine. There is a low reserve price in accordance with the condition. Good London George G. Harrap & Co. 1932 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 295
Lyell, Sir Charles The Antiquity of Man - Superb 1st. Edition 8vo. This is a wonderful copy of this important book by Lyell who was a close friend of Darwin and one of the first supporters of his Origin of The Species. The full title of this work is - The Geological Evidences of The Antiquity of Man. In the original embossed green cloth with a gilt decoration on the front board. The cloth is in unusually nice state. There is a small bookplate on the front pastedown and the brown endpapers are slightly mottled. The front hinge has a 4cm. split but remains tight. There is some very mild foxing on a few pages but not extensive. 520pp. with 32 pp. advertisements dated January 1863. With 2 woodcuts plates and numerous in text woodcut illustrations. In a custom made marbled slipcase with leather trimmings. A superb copy and just about as good as it gets for a book that is 150 years old. Very Good Plus London John Murray 1863 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 296
Edited and text by J.C. Quinton, et al. Francois le Vaillant - Traveller in South Africa and his collection of 165 water-colour paintings 1781-1784 (Limited Edition) 312mm x 233mm Copy number 868 of an English edition limited to 2,500 copies. Complete two volume set. Original blue buckram boards with gilt titling on the spines and the upper boards. Decorated end papers. Volume one has xx prelims, 172 text pages, followed by the colour plate section. Volume two has xiv prelims, 181 text pages, followed the colour plate section. There are 165 full page full colour plates plus 11 further colour illustrations and two folding maps. CONDITION DETAILS: The books themselves are internally clean and attractive. The bindings have a little wear and light soil marks - see images provided. A reasonable set Cape Town Library of Parliament 1973 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 299
Heller (D.) IN SEARCH OF VOC GLASS (De Luxe Edition) 4to (250 x 190 mm) 103 pages, frontispiece, 21 plates, original dark blue simulated leather, the gilt titling on the upper cover and spine has worn away. No 233 of the Special De Luxe Edition limited to 300 copies signed by the author. Good Cape Town Maskew Miller Limited No date (circa 1951) Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 301
Van Lingen (Gail) BATTLEFIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA Oblong folio (310 x 425 mm) Paintings by Gail van Lingen. Accounts of the battles by George Chadwick, George Duxbury, John Laband, Pamela McFadden, Jeffrey Mathews, Gilbert Torlage. 144 pages, coloured map as frontispiece, 19 colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations from old photographs, sketches and engravings, 17 battle maps, grey paper covered boards, light foxing on the half title page, frontispiece, title page and final three pages, otherwise the contents are good. Good Johannesburg Times Media with Jonathan Ball 1991 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 302
Neville Lewis Studio Encounters: Some reminiscences of a Portrait Painter 182 pages and 16 plates. Kings, revolutionaries, sportsmen and artists jostle one another in these reminiscences of South Africa`s leading portrait-painter. People such as Churchill, the King of Spain, Montgomery, Solly Joel, Smuts and Luthuli. Very good Cape Town Tafelberg 1963 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 311
Tre-Hardy, Gilles The Path of a Hunter (Signed Limited Edition) 260mm x 185mm Copy number 503 of a total edition of 1,000 copies signed by the author. Original dark green simulated leather binding with gilt titling on the spine. xviii prelims, 289 pages, 2 full page maps, profusely illustrated with black and white photographic plates. CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used copy that is still fresh, clean and attractive. Clean + attractive Agoura, California Trophy Room Books 1997 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 355
Pearson, H.H.W. And Bolus, H. M. L. The Annals of the Bolus Herbarium. (Four volumes in 16 parts complete). Book Description: Cambridge University Press : London. January 1914 – April 1928. First Editions. Royal Octavo`s. Printed wrappers. Soft-cover. 4 volumes with 16 parts (complete). 5 portraits, 65 plates (15 are chromolithographs of orchids; light foxing to 1) and 21 text-figures. Volume I, part 1. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). January, 1914. 40 pp. + frontispiece. 6 black and white plates + 2 pp. Sheets uncut, loose plates and frontispiece at the rear. Very good +. 1 cm. lose to the base of the wrapper of the spine. Wrapper slightly browned. Small crease in the top of the front panel. Volume I, part II. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). November 1914. 41 – 84 + 3 pp + 3 black and white plates at rear. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Near fine. Wrappers slightly browned. Slight wear to the edge of the front panel. Topics discussed include Euphorbia virosa and Aloe dichotoma. Volume I, part III. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). October 1915. 87 - 142 pp. + plates X - XVII at rear. Plate XVII coloured. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Wrappers slightly browned. Articles by L. Bolus and I.B. Pole Evans amongst others. Volume I, part IV. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). November 1915. x + 143 - 199 pp. + 2 pp. + plates XVIII - XXVI at rear. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Wrappers slightly browned. Edges slightly creased. 3 cm loss at the the top edge of the front panels. Plates creased at the base. Volume II, Part I. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). March 1916. 1 – 40 pp. Plate I at rear. Sheets uncut. Wrappers slightly browned, 1.5 cm closed tear to the front panel else lovely copy. Volume II, Part II. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). June 1916. 42- 86 pp. Plates II - Plate VIII. Pages uncut. Spine slightly browned. African species of Crassula and a note on the wood of Getum Gnemon. Volume II, Part III. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). July, 1917. 87 - 147 pp. Pages uncut. Loose plate of Pearson at rear. Lovely copy. A short essay in memoriam of H. H. W. Pearson. Volume II, Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). June 1918. viii + 149 – 201pp. Plates IX - XIII. Pages uncut. Volume III, Part I. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). May 1920. 1 - 66 pp + 2 plates. A near fine copy with no visible defects. Volume III, Part II. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). December 1921. 67 - 122 pp. Portrait of W. Tyson + Plates III-V. A near fine copy. Volume III, Part III. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). September 1922. 123 - 158 pp. Plate VI. A lovely, near fine copy. Volume III, Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). September 1923. 159 - 186 + xii pp. Plates VII- IX + portrait of H.G. Flanagan. Near fine copy. Very minor oil marks on the front wrapper. IV. Part I. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). January, 1925. 1-36pp. 2 figures + plates I - VI including 5 cchromolithographs at rear. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part II. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). January, 1926. 37 - 67 pp. Portrait Mary M. Page Plates VII - XI (chromolithographs). Titles of plates changed by publisher. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part III. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). April, 1927. 69 - 122 pp. No plates. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). April, 1928. 123 – 142 + 4 colour plates + xii pp. Plates XII - XVII. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Slight crease at the base of the rear wrapper. Very Good + London Cambridge University Press Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 363
Smithers, Reay H. N. + Colour plates by Clare Abbott The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion 307mm x 217mm Please be aware of postage costs - this is a heavy book. Original pictorial dust jacket. Original brown simulated leather boards with gilt titling on the spine and decorations on the upper board. Pictorial decorated end papers. xxii prelims, 736 pages, 30 full page colour plates, black and white distribution maps and illustrations. CONDITION DETAILS: A clean well looked after copy. The dust jacket has some minor edge creases. An attractive copy Pretoria University of Pretoria 1986 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 364
Skinner, John D. + Smithers, Reay H. N. + Colour plates by Dick Findlay The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion 307mm x 211 This is a heavy book - please be aware of postage costs. Original pictorial dust jacket. Original grey coloured cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and decorations on the upper board. Pictorial decorated end papers. xxxii prelims, 771 pages, 38 full page colour plates by Dick Findlay, black and white distribution maps, illustrations, etc. CONDITION DETAILS: This copy was purchased at the Transvaal Museum Bookshop and has their stamp on the free front end paper. The dust jacket has some minor edge creases. Otherwise, a clean copy. An attractive copy Pretoria University of Pretoria 1990 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 367
Brown, Leslie + Amadon, Dean Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World - 2 volume set 288mm x 221mm Please be aware of postage costs as this is a very heavy set of books. 2 volume set contained in the original pictorial slip case. The brown buckram bindings have gilt titling on the spines and a decorative device on the upper boards. Yellow end papers. Volume 1 has 414 pages, 56 full page colour plates, followed by 15 under-wing plates. Volume 2 has 509 pages, 110 full page colour plates and 94 maps. CONDITION DETAILS: The slip case has wear and soiling. The books are clean, excepting for tape residue marks on the end papers - see image. Very reasonable London Country Life Books 1968 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 368
Batten, Auriol Blomme van Suider-Afrika (Limited Edition) 323mm x 247mm Translated into Afrikaans by Estelle Brink. Copy number 105 of the standard edition limited to a total of only 500 volumes. Original dust jacket. Original dark green binding with gilt titling on the spine. Dark green end papers. xv prelims, 401 text pages, followed by the index, etc., that takes the pagination of the prelims to page xxxii, 100 full page colour plates by Auriol Batten. CONDITION DETAILS: A clean lightly used copy. Attractive Sandton Frandsen Uitgewers 1986 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 371
Nel, C.G. The Gibbaeum Handbook 253mm x 194mm `...A genus of highly succulent plants, native to South Africa.` Original dust jacket. Original brown coloured cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. 117 pages, 7 tipped-in colour plates, 50 black and white drawings and photographs. CONDITION DETAILS: Pen name of previous owner on the free front end paper. Internally clean. The dust jacket has several worm holes, a couple of tears and soiling. A reasonable copy London Blandford Press 1953 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 377
Nel, C.G. Lithops 253mm x 183mm `Plantae succulentae, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae, e familia Aizoaceae, ex Africa australi.` Text in both English and Afrikaans. Original dust jacket. Original green cloth boards with gilt titling and decorations on the upper board. 14 prelims, 178 pages, 57 colour plates, 123 black and white figures. CONDITION DETAILS: An attractive copy with some signs of use and ageing. There is a pen name on the front free end paper. The underside of the dust jacket and the end papers are toned/browned. The upperside of the dust jacket has a very acceptable appearance despite edge wear, soiling, etc. Far above average Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University 1946 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 384
Jubb, R.A. Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa 285mm x 223mm Original dust jacket. Original dark blue boards with gilt titling on the spine and the publisher`s device on the upper board. 8 prelims, 248 pages, profusely illustrated in full colour and black and white, 57 plates, 272 figures. CONDITION DETAILS: Clean appearance. Pen name on free front end paper. The dust jacket has a bit of wear and a long closed tear along the spine - about 32mm. A few other minor sings of wear and tear. Internally clean. Attractive Cape Town A.A. Balkema 1967 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 386
Smith, Professor J.L.B. The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa (SIGNED) 285mm x 222mm Signed and dated by Margaret M. Smith, an illustrator of this work - see images. Original dust jacket. Original light green/blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and a decorative device on the upper board. The top edge is also a green/blue colour.Dark green decorated end papers. xvi prelims, coloured map, 580 pages, profusely illustrated in full colour and black and white, with a total of 111 full page plates. CONDITION DETAILS: A previous owner wrote his name in pen on the free front end paper. The dust jacket is worn and creased in several places with some closed tears. A very reasonable copy Cape Town Central News Agency 1965 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Lot 387
Smith, Professor J.L.B. The Fishes of Seychelles (SIGNED) 285mm x 214mm The Research Associate and Artist, Margaret Mary Smith, signed and dated this copy - see images. Original dust jacket. Original blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and a decorative device on the upper board. Map motif end papers. 8 prelims, black and photographic frontispiece of Port Victoria, 215 pages, profusely illustrated in full colour as well as black and white, with a total of 98 full page plates. CONDITION DETAILS: There are several signs of use, such as the previous owners name on the free front end paper, the dust jacket is a bit worn but is still attractive, etc. Attractive Grahamstown Rhodes University 1963 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
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