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Lot 1008
An Edwardian Sheraton Revival mahogany display cabinet, the pierced swan neck pediment over moulded cornice, closed fretwork frieze, astragal glazed doors enclosing shelf, moulded serpentine top, two closed fretwork long drawers raised on square tapering legs terminating in spade feet, 76cm wide x 176cm high x 45cm deep
Lot 21
Fry, C Hilary, Stuart Keith and Emil Urban (series editors) Birds of Africa (7 vols; 1982-2004) 315 x 215; shelf space 35 cm; wight 22 kg One of the finest series of bird books to have been published in recent times, this Birds of Africa set needed a quarter of a century to plan and publish, with many of the world`s leading authorities (including South African Ken Newman) working under the three series editors. The bird artist responsible for most of the set`s 232 full-page colour plates was Martin Woodcock, with credit for most of the hundreds of line illustrations in the text going to Ian Wallis. The set runs to a total of 4700 pp, with good indexing and cross-referencing making it easy to use. All the volumes in this lot are first editions in fine condition, with no ownership names or other markings. Departures from what would otherwise be `as new` condition are light thumbing (indicating how little this set, from the estate of a leading Johannesburg bird book collector, was used), as well as the minor blemishes noted in the following summary of the volumes, which are bound in matching brown cloth, gilt to the front and spine, and with laminated dustjackets. Vol I. xiii + 521 pp. Small chip to the dustjacket at the rear top fold. Vol II. xvi + 552 pp. Headband soft. Vol III. xvi + 611 pp. Small black horizontal stain at upper middle of the front face of dustjacket. Vol IV. xv + 609 pp. Small crease to the top front of dustjacket. Vol V. xix + 669 pp. The last 18 leaves, including some blanks, are lightly rippled at the middle of the outer edge - with no interference to the text. Vol VI. xvii + 724 pp. Headband soft; 3 cm stain at upper left of front face of dustjacket. Vol VII. xxi + 666 pp. The top of the front face of the dustjacket and 6 cm of the front upper board and the top of the spine are lightly rubbed. This complete set is rare in this condition. Fine London; London Academic Press (Vols I-VI); Christopher Helm (Vol VII) 1982-2004 Reserve: $350 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 258
Gordon McGregor SIGNED: The Native Pass Tokens of German South West Africa The very same book in its first edition 1991 as well as the second edition 2013. This book provides an overview of the native pass tokens used in the colony of German West Africa. The operation of the pass token system is described in detail along with the depiction of the individual tokens. All Districts in which pass tokens were used are given together with the relevant serial numbers. The format of this book makes it convenient to use as a reference work for collectors of such tokens. Every historian serious about their research regarding the colony of German South West Africa should have this book in his library shelf. The South African Military Administration then set up a Native Affairs Office, which continued with the control of the natives using the existing German laws and system of native control and even carrying on with the issuing of tokens. As an example of this during the period June to August 1916 tokens with the number range 13760-14104 were given out to native domestic workers in Windhoek. It is presumed that blank tokens had the numbers punched on them by Native Affairs Officials, as this number range for Windhoek was never ordered from Germany. The 1991 edition is written in both English and German and is limited to 500 copies only. It has 52 pages and is in great condition. The 2013 edition is signed by McGregor, is unread and brand new with 66 pages. Splendid Windhoek Namibia Scientific Society 1991 & 2013 Reserve: $35 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 296
Ernest Cole HOUSE OF BONDAGE House of Bondage By Ernest Cole (A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today). This is a landmark book in South African photojournalism. Cole fled South African in 1966 to publish this remarkable photo-essay which documents apartheid. The book was banned in South Africa but created a sensation abroad. An exhibition of his work and the photos in this book has recently been mounted by the Hasselblad Foundation and was shown at the Johannesburg Art Gallery and abroad. `House of Bondage` is now a collector`s item. It is one of only three South African books included in the massive work on `The Photo Book` by Parr and Badger (the other two being by David Goldblatt). This copy is very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear on the book and jacket, corners bumped, some signs of use. Overall a lovely copy. Very Good Ridge Press 1967 Reserve: $70 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 336
various Lot of 9 books: 8 x Rhodesiana Government Financial Reports + The Political Economy of Rhodesia All eight of the government financial reports have been bound together into volumes of like reports, cased in hardcover rexine over board - all in very good bindings. 1.FEDERATION of RHODESIA and NYASALAND ECONOMIC REPORTS 1956-1963: [1956 - 85pp + map; 1957-72pp; 1958-missing; 1959-78pp; 1960-90pp; 1961-114pp; 1962-107pp; 1963-95pp] 2.RHODESIA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1970 & 1971 presented to the House of Assembly by the Minister of Finance [1970-58pp; 1970-54pp]. 3. SOUTHERN RHODESIA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1961-1969 presented to the Legislative Assembly. Some issues contain marginalia. [1961-62 24pp; 1962-63 23pp; 1963-64 33pp; 1964-65 69pp; 1965-66 now referred to as Rhodesia 67pp; Financial Statements presented to Parliament: 1966 65pp; 1967 55pp; 1968 52pp; 1969 68pp]. 4. REVIEW of the ECONOMY of SOUTHERN RHODESIA pesented to the Legislative Assenbly/Parliament 1961-68. [1961, 34pp; 1962, 33pp; 1963, 35pp; 1964 missing; 1965, 61[[; 1966, 30pp; 1967, 22pp; 1968, 28pp] 5. BANK of RHODESIA and NYASALND ANNUAL REPORT 1961-1964 [1961, 64PP; 1962, 47PP; 1963, 47PP; 1964, 69PP] 6. federation OF rhodesia AND nyasaland financial statements 1959-63 [1959-60, 20pp; 1960-61, 20pp; 1961-62 missing; 1962-63, 35pp; 1963-64, 40pp] 7. RHODESIA BUDGET STATEMENT 1965-69 presented by the Minister of Finance. [1965, 19pp; 1966, 27pp; 1967, 27pp; 1968, 27pp; 1969, 22pp]. 8. FEDERAL QUARTERLY BULLETEIN for the common monetary area of Northern Rhodesia, Malawi and Southern Rhodesia. Covers six quarters from October 1963 to January 1965 with 406pp in total. The quaters have been bound out of chronological sequence. 9. The Political Economy of Rhodesia; Auth G Arrighi; Publ Mouton, The Hague, 59pp with dj in good condition, a tad of edge frittering and shelf shadow to back panel. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING have multiple copies of the same genera reports bound into a single volume, presented in rexine over board with gilt spine titling. Occasional marginalia. Very Good Rhodesia/The Hague (1 book) Government Printer + Mouton (1 book) Various Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 356
Various David Livingstone, Lot of 3 titles (1) David Livingstone, his Labours and his Legacy; Montefiore, Arthur; London, S.W. Partridge & Co. 13x19cm, Hard cover, blue decorated cloth, gilt titling, pp. 160 + (24) publisher`s advertisements. Pages yellowing, shelf wear to boards. Good. (2) Livingstone`s Anecdotes. A Sketch of the Career and Illustrations of the Character of David Livingstone, Missionary, Traveller, Philantropist. Macaulay, Dr. London, The Religious Track Society, c1874. 12x17.5cm, hard cover, illustrated brown cloth, gilt decoration and titling, pp. 135 + (8) advertisements. Boards worn, one third loss to spine, there is a whole in the first three leaves, inscription and stamp on first leaf, pages yellowing, foxing througout. A Fair copy. (3) The Livingstone Touch, Birkinshaw, Philip. 1973. Cape Town, Purnell. Hard cover, 18x26cm, cloth with gilt on spine, some b&w illustrations, map, pp. 10 + 182. Shelf-cocked, shelf wear to DJ, internally bright and clean. A Good copy. Various Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 358
Various Africa Exploration and History (4 titles) (1) Narrative of an Exploratory Tour. Arbousset (T.) & Daumas (F.); C Struik, Cape Town, 1968. To the North-East of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Facsimile reprint, Africana Collectanea Series No. XXVII: 330 pages, frontispiece, folding map, 10 illustrations, brown vynide, light foxing to extremities, end papers yellowing, dust jacket shelf worn with small tears, else Very Good. (2) Missionary Heroes of Africa; Stock, Sarah Geraldina, London, London Missionary Society, 1897, 180x218mm, With 75 illustrations and a map, Hard back, decorated cloth, pp. viii + 204 + advertisements. Spine area a bit sun faded, light foxing on end papers, otherwise very good internally, covers and binding fair. Presentation plate on flep: `Presented to James Riley, by the London Missionary Society, for collecting the sum of 6/6 for the New Year Offering of Ships, January, 1898 in Connection with Adelphi Chapel Sunday School`. (3) The Portuguese Pioneers, Edgar Prestage; A. & C. Black Ltd, 1933, First Edition, Hardcover, 15x22.5cm, pp. xiv + fold-out maps + 352. Blue cloth with gilt on front and spine, first and last two leafs sun-faded, internally very good, binding very good, inscription and stamp on flep, dj in poor condition. (4) The African Past, Chronicles from Antiquity to Modern Times; Davidson, David. Longmans, New York, 1964; First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, pp. 392. A Good copy in a Good DJ. Various Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 360
Various Adventure Novels set in Africa (7 titles) (1) The Young Colonists, Henty, G.A.; New York, The Mershon Company; c1910. Hard cover, pictorial front board, pp. iii + 281, b&w illustrations. Slightly shaken, wear to endpapers, usual shelf-wear to boards. A Good copy. (2) Sanders of the River; Wallace, Edgar; Ward, Lock & Co Ltd, London, c1930. Hard cover, red cloth, pp. 256, end papers yellowing otherwise very good. (3) Sandi the King-Maker; Wallace, Edgar; Ward, Lock & Co Ltd, London, c1920. Hard cover, orange cloth, pp. 256, end papers yellowing, light spotting, otherwise good. (4) Peter Simple; Marryat, Captain; J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1929. 12mo, Quarter leather, ex-library copy (Jagger Bequest), pp. xxxiv + 522, usual stamps and markings, Fair-Good. (5) A Warrior King; Evelyn, J; Blackie & Son; Old Bailey, London, 1890. Decorative Cloth, 12mo, `A Boys Adventures in Africa`. Frontis + 2 other Illustrations. Brown cloth cover with Illustration of African Warrior on front. Shield and Spears design with gilt lettering on spine. pp 190 + 32 Publisher`s advertisements, stamp on verso of title page. A Very Good copy. (6) Willie Wyld: Lost in the Jungles of Africa; Morrison, William James; Publ. House M.E. Church, So., Nashville, Tenn., 1912. Hard cover, 8vo, pictorial front board, color and b&w illustrations, pp. 114. Front hinges cracked but still intact. A Good copy. (7) Dead Man`s Land; Manville-Fenn, G; S. W.; Partridge & Co., London, not dated, c1900. Hardcover, 8vo, Illustrated Cover, Eight Colour Illustrations 410 Pp. Plus 32 Page Publishing Catalogue. Inscription on flep, front hinges loose but intact, overall a Good+ copy. Various Reserve: $60 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 368
Various Cape of Good Hope Colonial History: Lot of 8 Titles (1) Cape of Good Hope Official Handbook 1886; Noble, John (ed); Printed and Published for the Colonial & Indian Exhibition by saul Solomon & Co, Cape Town, 1886. Hard cover, 15x22cm, colour maps, pp. 330 + advertisements. Rear board detatched, spine missing, title page creased, one map lose, inscription on flep and title page. Poor/binding copy. (2) The Old Cape House: Being Pages From History of a Legislative Assembly; Kilpin, Raplh; Maskew Miller; Cape Town, 1918, First Edition. pp. xiii + 200, 30 illustrations. Hard cover, 17.5x21.5cm, Hard cover, cloth spine with paper covered boards. Previous owner`s name on flep, title fading on spine which has discolored a bit, board corners bumped, else Very Good. (3) The Political Philosophy of J. A. de Mist, Commissioner-General at the Cape 1803-1805. A Study in Political Pluralism; Murray, A. H.; HAUM, Cape Town, c1962. Hard cover, grey cloth, 19x25cm. End papers tanned, usual shelf-wear to boards, inscription on flep, pen markings on a number of pages. Fair-Good. (4) The Memoirs of Kohler of the K.W.V.; Joelson, Annette; Hurst & Blackett/Unie Volkspers. 1946, Red cloth boards. pp. 128, illustrated, 14.5x22cm, Ex-libris I & FW Hosken plate pasted to inside front. Flep missing, boards age toned, pages yellowing. Fair-Good. (5) Those in Bondage; De Kock, Victor; `An Account of the Life of the Slave at the cape in the days of the Dutch East India Company`. George Allen & Unwin, London, hard cover, 14x22cm, pp. 240, illustrations. The cloth boards are worn, sunned, tears to spine, Fair. (6) Lords of Stalplein; Picard, Hymen W. J.; HAUM, Cape Town, 1974. Hard cover, 19x25cm, pp.176, illustrated with b&w plates. Text pages clean, lower edges of boards rubbed, DJ torn at spine ends and corners with some loss, Good. (7) Plantagenet in South Africa, Lord Charles Somerset; Millar, Anthony Kendal. Oxford University Press, South Africa, 1965. pp. 8 + 293, illustrated with b&w photographs. Hard cover, 14.5x22cm. End papers dirty and heavily foxed, inscription on flep and ink marks elsewhere, pages yellowing. Fair. (8) No Wine For The Governor, Lock, N. K.; Howard Timmins, Cape Town. Hard cover, cloth, 16.5x20.5cm, pp. iii + 241. Historical novel set in South Africa during the Governorship of Willem Adriaan van der Stel. Shelf-cocked, shaken, spine ends torn, wear to boards, stamp on inside front. Poor. Various Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid
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