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ATLAS OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE, 1989
236 pages, 4to (300 x 210 mm), illustrations, pictorial card wrappers -paperback, a good copy
R400
WOODSTOCK GLASS, 1971
First edition: 109 pages,15 plates, maps, green vynide, a very good copy in the slightly worn dust jacket, 8vo (220 x150mm).
R960
CAPE WINE HOMESTEADS, 1980
120 pages, oblong 4to (290 x 350 mm), pictorial title pages, 47 colour plates, other sketches in the text, green cloth, dust jacket
R500
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS, 1971 & 1972
144 + 144 pages, 4to (255 x 194 mm), frontispiece in each volume, maps, numerous plans & illustrations, black cloth, dust jackets
R2,500
Totius Africae Nova Representatio qua praeter diversos, 1753
48.6 x 57.1 cm. Early eighteenth century map of Africa with beautiful cartouche - produced by Johann Homann. The map is in very good condition.
R8,500
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON AFRICA, 1981
223 pages, 8vo (218 x 154 mm), frontispiece, 16 plates, blue skivertex spine titled gilt, grey suede covered boards, book plate of the Hoskens on front paste down end paper, very good copy
R750
DURBAN IN THE 1920s and 1930s (Signed by the author), 2021
First edition: frontispiece map – plan of Durban, 177 pages, 32 full page plates – mainly black and white, 4 maps, pictorial paper covered boards, a fine copy in the matching dust jacket.
R550
LINNEANEAN KEEPSAKE, 1973
70 pages, small 4o (255 x 190 mm), illustrations, brown cloth spine titled gilt, marbled paper boards, a very good copy
R150
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS RECORD OF THE TRANSVAAL WAR 1899-1900, No date (circa 1900)
86 pages, folio, photogravure portrait of Lord Roberts, 7 other photogravure plates, full page plate with portraits of the chief contributors, many other full page & other illustrations, half black ...
R5,000
RELEASE OF NELSON MANDELA:, 1990
16 pages, 8vo (210 x150mm), pictorial paper wrappers, a good copy
R150
THIS IS APARTHEID, 1984
40 pages,oblong 8vo (150 x 210mm), chiefly illustrations, maps, pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy
R600
APARTHEID'S ARMY IN NAMIBIA, 1978
74 pages, 8vo (210 x140mm), map as frontispiece, green card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy
R500
PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTERS, 1948
49 pages of text, 4to (310 x240mm), colour frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations, 94 full page black and white plates, red cloth titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, which is now ...
R500
SNAKES OF AFRICA, 1962
284 pages, 8vo (190 x 127 mm), 15 colour and black & white illustrations from photographs, line drawings in the text, grey cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket
R180
ST HELENA: THE HISTORIC ISLAND, 1903
343 pages, 8vo (225 x 155 mm), frontispiece portrait, many plates, map, maroon cloth with gilt medallion on upper cover, neatly recased, a very good copy
R750
HANDBOOK OF SUCCULENT PLANTS, 1960
3 volumes, 1442 pages continuously paginated, 3 folding maps at back of volume III, 1617 illustrations, red cloth, black title labels gilt on the spines, a very good set
R1,500
SOUTH AFRICAN ALOES, 1969
144 pages, 4to (245 x 195 mm), numerous colour plates, line drawings, green cloth , slight marks along the fore-edge of the page with the Foreword, a very good copy in the dust jacket.
R1,500
SOWETO SPEAKS, 1979
180 pages, 4to (260 x210mm), numerous black and white photographs, maps, black cloth covers scuffed at the edges, a good copy in a dust jacket that has been simply repaired
R750
ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Volume XXI, 1925 -1927
1065 pages, thick 8vo (250 x 165 mm), numerous line drawings, but lacking the 37 plates called for, recent mottled leather with decorative gilt and red title labels gilt on the spine, marbled top ...
R750
ANTIQUES IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1977 - 1987
21 individual issues, 4to (300 x210mm), profusely illustrated in colour and black and white, housed loosely in 2 red rexine binders tiled gilt on the upper cover, a very good set
R2,000