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The K***rs Illustrated by G.F. Angas

Angas (G.F.)

THE K***RS ILLUSTRATED, 1974

A facsimile reprint of the large folio of hand coloured lithographs published in 1849, with an introduction and notes by Dr. Frank Bradlow. 133 pages, 35 subjects mounted on 30 leaves with ...

R5,200

Memorabilia by Anglo Boer War.

Anglo Boer War.

MEMORABILIA, c. 1900 -1902

7 items housed in an orange folder

R2,500

Proclamations Issued by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts in South Africa

Army

PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED BY FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1900

23 pages, folio (330 x 220mm) cover title, no wrappers, bound with thread preserved in a Brodart protector

R350

Time of Our Lives by Farouk Asfat

Asfat (Farouk)

TIME OF OUR LIVES, 1982

96 pages, 8vo (190 x130mm), pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy

R250

Story of the Zulu Campaign.

Ashe (Maj.) & Wyatt Edgell (Capt. the Hon. E.V.)

STORY OF THE ZULU CAMPAIGN., 1880

408 pages,8vo (215 x 140 mm), folding map neatly repaired at the first fold, recent half dark blue morocco, marbled paper sides, all edges gilt, a very good copy.

R11,500

The Story of the Zulu Campaign

Ashe (Maj.) & Wyatt Edgell (Capt. the Hon. E.V.)

THE STORY OF THE ZULU CAMPAIGN, 1898

408 + 10 pages (new index), 8vo (215 x 145 mm), folding map, brown cloth boards, new in the dust jacket

R450

Australian Imperial Contingent, 1900

Australians in the Boer Anglo-Boer War:

AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL CONTINGENT, 1900, No date (1900)

32 pages ? 4 pages of letterpress followed by photographic portraits and illustrations interspersed with commercial advertisement, oblong 8vo (160 x 245 mm), recently rebound in half green cloth ...

R7,500

Scenery and Events in South Africa by Thomas Baines

Baines (Thomas)

SCENERY AND EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1977

A facsimile reprint of the 1852 edition of hand coloured lithographs with an introduction and descriptive notes by F.R. Bradlow. 7 pages of letterpress, folio (607 x 455 mm), 6 colour plates with ...

R2,600

Ericas in Southern Africa

Baker (H.A.) & Oliver (E.G.H.)

ERICAS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, No date (1967)

180 pages, colour photographic frontispiece - Erica Tumida growing at 5,000 ft on a mountain in the Cold Bokkeveld north of Ceres, 167 colour plates, 2 further colour plates reproduced from Bauer's ...

R875

Southern African Epiphytic Orchids by John S. Ball

Ball (John S.)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN EPIPHYTIC ORCHIDS, 1978

248 pages, colour frontispiece, 102 colour plates each with descriptive text and a distribution map opposite, 25 colour illustrations from photographs, folding key to the genera, red rexine, titled ...

R1,500

Cape Country Furniture

Baraitser (M.) & Obholzer (A.)

CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE, 1971

286 pages, 4to (285 x 205 mm), 891 black & white illustrations, brown cloth title gilt on the spine, a good copy in a slightly frayed dust jacket

R1,250

The Coming Revolution in South Africa by Jack Barnes

Barnes (Jack)

THE COMING REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1985

198 pages, 8vo ( 220 x130mm), pictorial card wrappers, paperback, a very good copy

R500

Slogging Over Africa by Michael Barthorp

Barthorp (Michael)

SLOGGING OVER AFRICA, 2002

176 pages, 8vo (250 x 190 mm), profusely illustrated in black and white, maps, pictorial card covers - paperback, a find copy

R600

Flowers of Southern Africa by Auriol Batten

Batten (Auriol)

FLOWERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1988

Limited edition: 401 pages, 100 colour plates. Original dark green simulated leather boards, gilt on spine. Illustrated dust jacket protected in plastic slip cover. A very good copy. This is copy ...

R1,750

Phonetics of the Hottentot Language by Dr. R.M. Beach

Beach (Dr. R.M.)

PHONETICS OF THE HOTTENTOT LANGUAGE, 1938

329 pages, small 4to (250 x 190 mm), map as frontispiece, 12 plates, 22 text figures, folding plan of kymographic tracings and numerous tonetic transcriptions, red buckram gilt, back slightly faded, ...

R2,500

Glimpses of the Lives  and Times of the Early Tasmanian Governors by J.W. Beattie

Beattie (J.W.)

GLIMPSES OF THE LIVES AND TIMES OF THE EARLY TASMANIAN GOVERNORS, No date (Preface dated 1905

46 pages, 8vo (230 x 150 mm), 48 plates ? 2 folding ? including 2 maps, original green cloth titled gilt within a blind stamped border on the title page ? the cloth is insect damaged on the spine ...

R500

Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont & Fletcher by Beaumont & Fletcher

Beaumont & Fletcher

SONGS & LYRICS FROM THE PLAYS OF BEAUMONT & FLETCHER, 1928

72 pages,4to (300 x200 mm), quarter vellum, white cloth sides, decorated gilt on upper cover and titled gilt along the spine, blemish in the vellum at the base of the spine - appears to be due to ...

R1,750

Italy, with Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford

Beckford (William)

ITALY, WITH SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, 1834

vi + 338, (ii) + 127 pages,8vo (210 x 135 mm), half calf with gilt decorated spine and green title lable, marbled boards, some light foxing on the preliminary pages, overall a very good copy

R1,500

Hidden Treasures : Irma Stern by Irene Below

Below (Irene)

HIDDEN TREASURES : IRMA STERN, 2000

First Edition, 56 pages, 8vo (250 x180 mm), frontispiece portrait of Irma Stern, 21 plates chiefly in colour of her ex-libris paintings, other colour illustrations of book covers, black and white ...

R1,500

Story of South African Painting by E. Berman

Berman (E.)

STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTING, 1975

256 pages, 4to (280 x 205 mm), illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, quarter leather with marbled boards, titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy in the dust jacket.. First edition

R1,500