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Secure the Shadow

Bull (M.) & Denfield (J.)

SECURE THE SHADOW, 1970

291 pages, 8vo (250 x 190 mm), frontispiece, 139 illustrations, slight foxing on the page edges, brown cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine, a good copy in the dust jacket.

R750

Natal Campaign by Bennet Burleigh

Burleigh (Bennet)

NATAL CAMPAIGN, 1900

418 pages, 8vo (210 x 150 mm), frontispiece portrait, 12 plates, 3 folding maps, pictorial blue cloth, fore-edge and bottom edge uncut with slight foxing on these edges, a good copy. Bell's Indian and ...

R2,500

Strange Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas by J. Burman

Burman (J.)

STRANGE SHIPWRECKS OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS, 1968

186 pages, 4to (245 x 185 mm), frontispiece, 4 maps, 15 illustrations, blue cloth, dust jacket

R750

Overberg Outspan by E.H. Burrows

Burrows (E.H.)

OVERBERG OUTSPAN, 1988

310 pages, 8vo (235 x 155 mm), frontispiece, maps on endpapers, numerous illustrations, line drawings, grey cloth covers, a good copy in a slightly worn dust jacket

R500

Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies by J.E. Burrows

Burrows (J.E.)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES, 1990

359 pages, 4to (305 x 220 mm), double page colour map, 83 plates from line drawings and numerous colour illustrations and distribution maps in the text, green cloth, a very good copy in the dust ...

R3,500

Zanzibar; and Two Months in East Africa by Richard Francis Burton

Burton (Richard Francis)

ZANZIBAR; AND TWO MONTHS IN EAST AFRICA, 1858

[2],784 pages. The Burton articles pages 200-224, 276-290 & 572-589. Ex - John Rylands University Library of Manchester copy (basement reference stacks.) Contents very clean, bright and crisp. Half ...

R16,000

Working Life 1886-1940 by Luli Callinicos

Callinicos (Luli)

WORKING LIFE 1886-1940, 1987

263 pages, 4to (300 x 210mm) numerous black and white photographs and illustrations, pictorial card wrappers - paperback, a very good copy

R1,500

Adamastor by Roy Campbell

Campbell (Roy)

ADAMASTOR, 1950

101 pages,4to (270 x 230mm), 7 black and white illustrations, foxing on the page edges, half leather with blue boards, titled gilt on upper cover and spine (the spine is lightly rubbed and worn at the ...

R3,500

Counterinsurgency in Africa by John P. Cann

Cann (John P.)

COUNTERINSURGENCY IN AFRICA, 2005

216 pages, maps, illustrations, paperback

R850

General and Physiological Featuresof the Vegetation of the More Arid Portions of Southern Africa" with Notes on the Climatic Environment by W.A. Cannon

Cannon (W.A.)

GENERAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURESOF THE VEGETATION OF THE MORE ARID PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" WITH NOTES ON THE CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENT, 1924

159 pages, 8vo (250 x 170 mm), 31 plates numerous maps and other illustrations" bound in light brown card wrappers" slightly soiled

R450

Report of the Telegraph Department of the Colony for the Year 1877 by Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope

REPORT OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT OF THE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1877, 1878

40 pages, 4to ( 300 x 200 mm), printed blue wrappers

R1,000

Report of the General Infirmary, Robben Island, for 1870 by Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope

REPORT OF THE GENERAL INFIRMARY, ROBBEN ISLAND, FOR 1870, 1871

43 pages, folio (340 x 220mm). blue wrappers.

R750

Educational Problems and Solutions

Cape Teachers' Professional Association. Port Elizabeth Branch

EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, 1982

13 pages, 8vo (210 x150mm), paper wrappers, a good copy

R150

The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser

Cape Town Newspaper:

THE CAPE TOWN GAZETTE AND AFRICAN ADVERTISER, 1822

In one volume in a simple but sound twentieth century half leather binding with marbled paper sides probably rebound from an earlier or the first binding for the publisher. The first blank pages seems ...

R6,400

Printing and the Mind of Man

Carter (John) and Muir (Percy) Comps. and Eds.

PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, 1967

280 pages folio (320 x220mm), numerous black and white illustrations, red cloth titled gilt on the spine, a fine copy in the dust jacket. First edition

R2,000

My Life in Basuto Land by Rev. Eugene Casalis

Casalis (Rev. Eugene)

MY LIFE IN BASUTO LAND, 1889

First edition. 293 pages, original blue cloth gilt, titled gilt on the spine, patterned end papers, a very good copy. Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 307, 'Mr. Casalis ...

R1,000

Health: The Voyage to South Africa

Castle Mail Packets Company

HEALTH: THE VOYAGE TO SOUTH AFRICA, 1891

78 pages, 8vo (210 x 140 mm), frontispiece, 7 illustrations, 2 maps - one large folding at the end, navy cloth, titled gilt on upper cover which is slightly insect scarred.

R1,500

Zulu War Journal

Child (Daphne) Editor:

ZULU WAR JOURNAL, 1978

88 pages, 8vo (217 x 150 mm), maps on endpapers, 20 plates, black cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket now preserved in a Brodart protector

R750

Coloured People: Education and Status by Prof. S.P. Cilliers

Cilliers (Prof. S.P.)

COLOURED PEOPLE: EDUCATION AND STATUS, 1971

28 pages, 8vo (220 x140mm), blue card wrappers, a very good copy

R300

NATIVE LIFE IN WESTERN PONDOLAND (Important photographic record) by Mrs Fred Clarke Clarke

Clarke (Mrs Fred Clarke)

NATIVE LIFE IN WESTERN PONDOLAND (Important photographic record), (Circa 1940)

Privately issued by the author, album of 66 pages (33 leaves on buff coloured card including an extra leaf, pages 21A and 21B on grey card titled 'After the Thunderstorm!') with 339 numbered ...

R80,000