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AFRICANA CATALOGUE Q244 - NEW ACQUISITIONS 6th August 2017
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WESTERN CAPE
#25646 Barnard, Madelaine. CAPE TOWN STORIES. 175pp paperback 8vo.
VG condition. Struik 2007. isbn 9781868729401
£6.00
Over 50 stories about Cape Town and its many unique
characters - legendary and real, historical and
modern, human and canine - and the places where they
wove their magic. All the favourite stories between
the same two covers! Freelance journalist author
lives in Cape Town.
EASTERN CAPE
#25602 Blain, Maud. BATHURST METHODIST CHURCH. A Short History 12pp
stapled booklet. illustrated. VG condition. nd. (1978?).
£10.00
Illustrates the history of the church. Includes
list of ministers appointed to the Bathurst circuit.
#25631 Harradine, Margaret. PORT ELIZABETH. A Social Chronicle To
The End Of 1945. Blue vynide boards. 304pp illustrated 4to. No
inscription. VG condition in Good only dustwrapper (creased and
tears to top edges and spine but no major loss). Waltons. Port
Elizabeth 1994 1st edition. isbn 0620190043
£25.00
Author was the head Africana librarian in the Port
Elizabeth City Libraries for many years. Contains a
detailed chronology of events in Port Elizabeth from
1488 to 1945 with a brief biographical section
relating to names mentioned in the former,
photographs, maps, and a detailed index. Publication
celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publisher. An
excellent compendium with many illustrations.
#25695 Hook, Major. WITH SWORD AND STATUTE. (On The Cape Of Good
Hope Frontier). Gilt title on blind stamped red cloth boards. 434pp
illustrated 8vo. Neat ownership inscription front pastedown, light
foxing throughout particularly preliminaries, front hinges parting
to mull but still sound, rear hinge starting but tight. spine a
little sunned, soft at head and tail of spine, still a
clean-looking copy, G-VG condition. Juta 1907. Republished with
additions and further photos.
£800.00
A personal memoir of a 19thC life in service as a
military man, and later as a magistrate, mainly in
the Eastern Cape, and including taking part in many
military events with the Frontier Armed Mounted
Police (FAMP, joined in 1855) and the Cape Mounted
Rifles (CMR). This provides interesting insights into
the times. He saw and gave service throughout the
Eastern Cape, Free State, and Basutoland.
#23250 Jones, E. Morse. THE LOWER ALBANY CHRONICLE. Six vols. Part
One. 1806-1825. Part Two. 1826-1840. Part Three 1841-1850. Part
Four 1851-1855. Parts Five & Six 1856-1900. Index 1809-1900.
Printed white wraps. A5 format. As new copies. Lower Albany
Historical Society 2002-2004. isbn 0620291648 0620291656 0620294973
0620294981 062029129X 0620325003 isbn 0620291648
£60.00
Provides a chronological survey of happenings in
the areas around Bathurst and Port Alfred. Culled
from books, letters, diaries, notebooks, periodicals,
ms. etc. with notes, index, list of sources. Events
such as births, deaths, marriages, christenings,
sales, military and commercial activity, and much
more. Gives a detailed picture of the happenings in
these areas on a day by day basis. A new edition of
this standard work. Previously unpublished, parts 5 &
6 have been prepared from the original notes of the
Authors with the addition of a newly prepared index
of names.
#25568 Keppel-Jones, Arthur. PHILIPPS, 1820 SETTLER. His Letters,
Edited By Arthur Keppel-Jones In Consultation With Philipps'
Great-Granddaughter, E.K. Heathcote. Gilt on navy cloth boards.
371pp. b/w photo frontis. maps on eps. genealogy table. Ownership
inscription ffep. edges spotted. bumped at top of spine. four
square corners. a G++ copy in dustwrapper (complete but torn to
front, repaired). Shuter & Shooter. Pietermaritzburg 1960.
£22.00
Letters from 1820 through to 1830. Some of the
letters were published in "Scenes And Occurrences In
Albany And Caffer-Land, South Africa" (Marsh 1827).
Thomas Philipps sailed as an 1820 Settler on the
"Kennersley Castle" as leader of the Pembrokeshire
'Party' in order to make a new start in life. His
letters, commenced on board ship on January 11th
1820, run to 1830.
#25598 Shaw, Barnabas, MEMORIALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (OR Memorials
of South Africa). Gilt title and device on red 'leather' boards.
289pp 8vo. Ownership inscription ffep. 4 square corners. externally
a most attractive copy. edges and preliminaries tanned. in G++
dustwrapper (tanned, worn, no major loss or tears). Struik
Collectanea XXXIV. Cape Town 1970.
£20.00
Copy No. 857 of 1000. Combines a history of the
country with accounts of the Author's travels and
work as a Weslyan missionary in Namaqualand,
Damaraland, Bechuanaland, the Cape, also throughout
Albany and Kaffraria in the Eastern Cape Colony and
border areas. Includes a brief account of the
missionary William Threllfall who was murdered in
Namaqualand, 1825.
#25698 Shaw, Barnabas. (Wesleyan Missionary, Resident In The
Country Nearly Twenty Years). MEMORIALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (OR
Memorials of South Africa) Gilt title on spine, blind-stamped
ribbed cloth boards. 346pp 8vo. A G- copy. sound but badly soiled,
foxed, both hinges cracked. Suitable for restoration. J. Mason,
Hamilton Adam, & Thomas Riley. London 1841 (Second Thousand).
£100.00
Combines a history of the country with accounts of
the Author's travels and work as a Weslyan missionary
in Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechuanaland, the Cape,
also throughout Albany and Kaffraria in the Eastern
Cape Colony and border areas. Includes a brief
account of the missionary William Threllfall who was
murdered in Namaqualand, 1825.
GENERAL AFRICANA (History, unclassified)
#25692 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 2. From 1820 To
1834. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 420pp illustrated 8vo.
foldout map of the Eastern Province Of The Cape Colony to
illustrate events up to 1834 adapted from the military map of Henry
Hall, 1856. Neat ownership inscription to front pastedown. some
marks to front boards, edges foxed & minor page foxing here and
there, essentially a near VG copy. "In Four Volumes". Vol. 2.
Longmans Green & Co. London 1913.
£40.00
"A History Of The Origin Of South African
Colonisation And Of Its Development Towards The East
From The Earliest Times To 1857". This second volume
of the earlier 4-volume edition of Cory's work deals
with "... the fortunes and misfortunes of the 1820
Settlers arising in the Eastern Cape Colony. The
influence which they exercised upon the further
development of the Eastern Province forms the burden
of this volume".
#25694 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 4. From 1838 To
1846. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 546pp illustrated 8vo. Neat
ownership inscription to front pastedown. 4 square corners, some
marks to front boards, , essentially a VG copy. "In Six Volumes".
Vol. 4. Longmans Green & Co. London 1926.
£55.00
Deals with the Boer Trek, establishment of the
Dutch Republic and Boer versus Briton in Natal, the
annexation of Natal, the beginning of the Orange Free
State, and the Frontier War of 1846.
#25693 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 3. From 1834 To
1838. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 474pp illustrated 8vo.
foldout map of Albany, Victoria, & Somerset, And Of The Province Of
Queen Adelaide. Neat ownership inscription to front pastedown. some
marks to front boards, edges foxed & minor page foxing here and
there, rather dull essentially a Good copy. "In Four Volumes". Vol.
3. Longmans Green & Co. London 1919.
£40.00
Cory: "The history of these years is probably the
most eventful of all the annals of South Africa. Not
only so, but from this time, and in consequence of
the state of affairs created, the establishment of
Natal and the Northern Dutch Republics may be dated.
The events were of far-reaching importance in
moulding the subsequent fortunes of this country".
They are dealt with at length in this volume.
#25691 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 1. From The
Earliest Times To The Year 1820. Gilt title on blue cloth boards.
420pp illustrated 8vo. foldout map of the Cape Colony to 1820. Neat
ownership inscription to front pastedown. some marks, edges foxed
and minor foxing page here and there, essentially a near VG copy.
"In Four Volumes". Vol. 1. Longmans Green & Co. London 1910.
£40.00
"A History Of The Origin Of South African
Colonisation And Of Its Development Towards The East
From The Earliest Times To 1857". This first volume
of the earlier 4-volume edition of Cory's work deals
extensively with the history of the Eastern Cape.
Starts with a brief introductory on the earlier
history of the Cape leading up to the establishment
of Graaff Reinet in 1786 from which date the Eastern
Province is considered to have had official
existence. Cory deals with subsequent events in the
large drostdy that this covered in detail including
unrest in and around Graaff Reinet, Slagter's Nek,
and The Battle Of Grahamstown,
ANTHROPOLOGY, RELIGION, MYTH & LEGEND.
#25702 Harries, C.L. THE SACRED BABOONS OF LOMONDO. Brown cloth
spine over paper-covered boards. 219pp small 8vo. No inscription.
edges foxed, pages also throughout, else a Good+ clean sound copy.
Hortors 1929.
£80.00
Author spent 10 years in Vendaland in the Northern
Transvaal as a Native Commissioner, and records some
of the strange incidents that came his way. Unusual
item rarely found.
BIOGRAPHY (Diaries, memoirs, family & company histories)
#25632 Asmal, Kader. POLITICS IN MY BLOOD. A Memoir. 313pp
illustrated softcover 8vo. No inscription. pages sprung hence VG
condition. Jacana 2011. isbn 9781770099036
£15.00
A personal memoir and also the story of South
Africa's transition from apartheid to freedom and
democracy. Author was a member of the ANC's
Constitutional Committee and negotiating team, and
later an MP and cabinet minister under Nelson Mandela
and Thabo Mbeki. He also made major written input to
the country's Bill of Rights.
#25624 Bulpin, T.V. (Illus. Penny Miller). TICKEY. The Story Of
Eric Hoyland As Told By Him To T.V. Bulpin. Printed white boards.
242pp 4to. No inscriptions. VG condition, in transparent protective
wrap. T.V. Bulpin. Cape Town 1976.
£75.00
Tickey was the famous South African circus clown
from the 1960s. Hard to find title, our first in 30
years!
#25690 Buxton, Earl. GENERAL BOTHA. Green cloth boards xiii + 347pp
illustrated 8vo. Ownership signature ffep. boards and spine sunned,
front board with concave set and double dib, preliminaries and
edges foxed. overall a sound clean good reading copy. foldout map
at rear excellent with no tears or foxing. John Murray. London 1924
1st edition
£20.00
Deals with the years 1914-1918. Author was
Governor-General of South Africa during this period.
Buxton and Botha formed an effective partnership,
planning and executing South African actions in the
war, including the invasion of the neighbouring
German colony of South West Africa. Thus a
contemporary biography from a close associate.
#25599 Ebrahim, Noor. NOOR'S STORY. My Life In District Six. 88pp
softcover, illustrated colour and b/w. A Fine unread copy. I M
Publishing isbn 9780620438605
£10.00
Warmly inscribed to the Harvey family. Author was
born in District 6 and lived there until the forced
removals in 1975. His story of life there as he grew
up is well illustrated showing life in the district.
#25610 Engelenburg, Dr F.V. GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA Gilt title on green
cloth boards. 351pp illustrated 8vo. A Good reading copy. various
stamps to eps. no dustwrapper. J.L. Van Schaik Limited. Pretoria
1929. 1st English edition.
£60.00
Introduction by J.C. Smuts.
#25634 Gevisser, Mark. THABO MBEKI. The Dream Deferred. 892pp
softcover illustrated b/w photos. large 8vo. Ownership inscription
inside front wrap. G-VG condition. Jonathan Ball. Johannesburg
2007. isbn 9781868421015
£10.00
The 2008 ANC conference at Polokwane effectively
deposed Thabo Mbeki as president, and he was
'recalled' by the ANC before finishing his term of
office. A detailed 'official' biography. Extensive
notes, bibiliography.
#25633 Mandela, Nelson. CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF. Black cloth
boards. 454pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. Fine condition in
Mint dustwrapper (two wrappers were put onto this book, the inner
one is completely unmarked and as new). Macmillan 2010 1st edition
1st printing. isbn 9780230749016
£20.00
The heart of Mandela, the personal man himself,
from diaries, notes, journals, recorded
conversations. Forward by Barak Obama.
#25697 Smith, Sir Harry. (Ed. G.C. Moore Smith). THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HARRY SMITH. 2 Volumes. Gilt title and
device on red cloth boards. 382 + 434pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership
inscription to both ffeps. general wear, some foxing to end papers,
spines sunned, corners bumped, etc. Vol.1 shows some minor insect
attrition to front board, front hinge starting and small split to
front joint. Vol.2 both hinges starting. overall a Good+ sound and
clean set. John Murray. London 1902 reprint of 1st edition.
£80.00
With the addition of five supplementary chapters by
the Editor covering the years 1846-1860. His life in
South Africa and duties during the Frontier Wars is
given extensive coverage.
#25699 Wilmot, Alex. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR RICHARD SOUTHEY.
Formerly Colonial Secretary Of The Cape Colony, And Lieut.-Governor
Of Griqualand West. Gilt title on navy cloth boards. 439pp
illustrated 8vo. Gift inscription on half-title page. edges and
preliminaries foxed, some minor foxing throughout. overall a G-VG
copy. Sampson Low Marston, London. & T. Maskew Miller, Cape Town,
1904.
£50.00
Southey began his career as an officer during the
Frontier Wars of the Eastern Cape as a lieutenant in
the Albany Mounted Sharpshooters and Captain of the
Corps of Guides. He worked closely with Sir Harry
Smith during this time, and later became his
Secretary in Natal. He went on to fill two of the
highest offices in the colonial government; firstly
Treasurer (1861–1864) and later Colonial Secretary
(1864–1872). In 1873 he moved to Griqualand West
which had come under Imperial control as a separate
colony and was appointed Lieutenant-Governor there.
FICTION AND CREATIVE WRITINGS
#25604 Afrika, Tatamkhulu. BITTER EDEN. 233pp paperback. Gift
inscription to title page. edges and front wrap foxed. a sound G+
copy. Arcadia 2002 2nd imp.
£10.00
#25645 Beaumont, John Howland. THE GREAT KAROO. (The Tree Of
Igdrasil). 96pp paperback. Owners signature inside front wrap, G++
condition. David Philip 1983.
£12.00
A collection of small stories about life on a South
African farm, the landscape and characters blending
into a comprehensive mythology.
#25643 Jooste, Pamela. STAR OF THE MORNING. 393pp paperback. No
inscriptions. Edges and eps spotted else VG condition. Transworld
Black Swan. London 2007 isbn 9780552773607
£6.00
Born on the wrong side of the racial divide in Cape
Town, and at the poor end of town at that, sisters
Ruby & Rose must forge their own paths in life and
confront the lessons that apartheid enforces.
#25595 Khaya, Maseko. MASHU OMUSHA 153pp paperback. New copy. Self
2017.
£15.00
A science fiction novella based in the township of
KwaMashu in KwaZulu. Various scientific, spiritual,
and political concepts are explored (such as
anthropomorphism, land rights, and gender
orientation).
#25609 Knowles, Robert J. FRACTURED TIME. 408pp paperback. A worn
copy. 'swop-shop' stamp inside front wrap. wraps creased, contents
nice and clean. Self. 2013 2nd printing.
£20.00
Nice authorial gift inscription. A time-travel
science fiction adventure.
#25703 Pringle, Thomas. (Ed. John Noble). AFAR IN THE DESERT And
Other South African Poems. With A Memoir And Notes. Gilt title and
rules on royal blue cloth boards. 285pp small 8vo. Gift inscription
to title page. pages tanned, edges and preliminaries foxed, some
marks to boards, spine dulled and light wear to head and tail of
spine, lower corners bumped. despite all still a bright G-VG copy
deserving of a good home. Longmans Green, London & Juta, Cape Town.
1881.
£50.00
The added notes and selections from his prose
writings chiefly illustrate the allusions to the
scenery and the character of the country and its
inhabitants.
#25637 Smith, Alexander McCall. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY
BUILT. Blue cloth boards. 250pp 8vo. Fine condition in matching
dustwrapper. Little Brown. London 2009 3rd printing.
isbn 9781408701034
£15.00
It is unfortunate when Mma Ramotswe's newest client
is the big-shot owner of the ailing Kalahari Swoopers
that one thing lady detectives know very little about
is football. When the glamorous Violet Sephotho sets
her sights on Mma Makutsi's unsuspecting fiance it
becomes clear that men do not recognise a ruthless
Jezebel even when she is bouncing up and down on the
best bed in the Double Comfort Furniture Shop. In her
attempt to find a traitor on Mr Football's team, Mma
Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in
unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the
observational powers of small boys. As wise and
warm-hearted as his heroine, Alexander McCall Smith
reminds us that we must dig deep to uncover the
goodness of the human heart.
#25613 Wicomb, Zoe. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. 189pp large format
softcover. No inscription. VG condition. Five Leaves 2011.
isbn 9781907869044
£10.00
A collection of 14 short stories, mostly previously
unpublished, explore human relationships such as
marriage, friendships, family ties, servants.
#25614 Wicomb, Zoe. YOU CAN'T GET LOST IN CAPE TOWN. 214pp
softcover. A near-Fine copy. Feminist Press 2000.
isbn 9781558612259
£10.00
Written in episodes spanning 30 years of the
protagonist Frieda Shenton's life, this details her
coming of age as a woman and as a writer. One of the
few works of fiction to explore the experience of
'colored' citizens in apartheid-era South Africa.
#25658 Zapiro. DR DO-LITTLE AND THE AFRICAN POTATO. Cartoons From
Sowetan, Mail & Guardian And Sunday Times. 160pp paperback oblong
4to. A Fine unmarked copy. Double Storey 2003. isbn 9781919930374
£10.00
A selection from the work of South Africa's premier
political cartoonist. Other Zapiro titles in stock.
LEGAL & BUSINESS TEXTS
#25710 Bellengere, Adrian., Palmer, Robin., Theophilopoulos,
Constantine. et al. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA. Basic
Principles. 494pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. minor
highlighting in a few places. overall G-VG condition. Oxford
University Press 2013 1st edition. isbn 9780199045860
£25.00
Current edition. A clear, practical, and innovative
introduction to the law of evidence in South Africa.
#25714 Currie, Iain., De Waal, Johan. et al. THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. Volume 1. Constitutional Law. 424pp
softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting,
G+ condition. Juta 2014. isbn 9780702158124
£20.00
Current edition.
#25709 Davis, Dennis., Geach, Walter., Mongalo, Tshepo., Butler,
David., Coetzee, Lindi., & Burdette, David. COMPANIES AND OTHER
BUSINESS STRUCTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 470pp softcover. large 8vo.
Used academic text. minor highlighting in a few places. overall
G-VG condition. Oxford University Press 2013 3rd edition.
isbn 9780199052608
£25.00
Current edition. A clear and practical introduction
to the law relating to companies, close corporations,
business trusts, partnerships, and financial markets.
#25711 Heaton, Jacqueline. CASEBOOK ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAW OF
PERSONS. 315pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text.
considerable highlighting, G+ condition. LexisNexis 4th edition
2012. isbn 9780409052718
£22.00
Current edition.
#22778 Heaton, Jacqueline. THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAW OF PERSONS. 180pp
softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting,
G+ condition. LexisNexis 4th edition 2012. isbn 9780409052657
£22.00
Current edition.
#25717 Heaton, Jacqueline. & Kruger, Hanneretha. CASEBOOK ON SOUTH
AFRICAN FAMILY LAW. Vonnisbundel Oor Die Suid-Afrikaanse
Familiereg. 687pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. no
apparent markings. VG+ condition. LexisNexis 2015 4th edition.
isbn 9780409120615
£50.00
Current edition.
#25716 Heaton, Jacqueline. & Kruger, Hanneretha. SOUTH AFRICAN
FAMILY LAW. 416pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. no
apparent markings. VG condition. LexisNexis 2015 4th edition.
isbn 9780409120592
£30.00
Current edition.
#25712 Hoexter, Cora. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA. 642pp
softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. VG+ condition, Juta 2011
2nd edition. isbn 9780702194276
£35.00
Current edition. Intended primarily for the subject
specialist with the emphasis on judicial review of
administrative action.
#25715 Kleyn, Duard. & Viljoen, Frans. BEGINNER'S GUIDE FOR LAW
STUDENTS. 321pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text.
highlighting, without CD. Juta. 4th edition 2013. isbn 978070218209
£20.00
Current edition.
#25623 Loock, Coert, Grobler, Bennie, & Mestry, Raj. HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION. Balancing The Scales. 111pp softcover. No
inscriptions. a Fine unread copy. Van Schaik 2006 1st edition.
isbn 9780627026638
£15.00
A guide to the complex task of human resource
management in South African schools.
#25713 McGregor, M., Dekker, A.H. et al. LABOUR LAW RULES! 281pp
softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting,
G+ condition. Siber Ink. 2014 2nd edition. isbn 9781920025885
£15.00
Current edition. A student text on labour, equity,
social security, and skills development laws.
MISCELLANEOUS AFRICANA
#25612 Chirwa, Ephraim. & Dorward, Andrew. AGRICULTURAL INPUT
SUBSIDIES. The Recent Malawi Experience. 298pp softcover 8vo.
Library stamp ffep else VG+ condition, probably unread. Oxford
University Press 2013 1st edition. isbn 9780198705819
£20.00
Agricultural subsidies have been adopted on a large
scale across different African countries in the last
few years. Drawing on their involvement in Malawi
over many years and utilising a wide range of
information sources the authors provide a detailed
analysis of the historical, political, and
agro-economic context of the programme. A review of
current thinking on the potential of such subsidies
and new 'smart' approaches in low-income African
countries.
#25661 Leakey, Richard E. THE MAKING OF MANKIND. Maroon cloth
boards. 256pp. illustrated colour & b/w photos, drawings, maps.
4to. No inscriptions. a VG+ copy in VG dustwrapper (no chips,
tears, or loss). Michael Joseph. 1981 revised reprint.
£16.00
Author puts what he feels is the true picture of
human evolution before a general audience for the
first time. Detailed and fascinating record. A
considerable amount of the text and illustrations by
default refer to the African fossil record. This book
is a record of the BBC television series of the same
name.
NATURAL HISTORY
#25638 Levin, Hilda., Branch, Margo., Rappoport, Simon & Mitchell,
Derek. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MUSHROOMS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Printed
boards, 168pp, illustrated colour photos, drawings, indexed. Small
ownership signature else a VG copy. Struik. Cape Town 1985 1st
edition. isbn 9780869772294
£15.00
Also covers the history of mushrooms, the biology
of fungi, poisonous mushrooms and identification
making it easy for beginners in the veld. We also
have an Afrikaans version of this.
#25618 Manning, John. (with Colin Paterson-Jones). PHOTO GUIDE TO
THE WILDFLOWERS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Printed flexible wraps. 352pp
illustrated small 4to. Printed flexible wraps. 352pp illustrated
small 4to. No inscriptions. a near Fine copy. Briza 2012.
isbn 9781920217020
£26.00
Includes nearly 900 of the most common and
conspicuous wildflowers that occur in South Africa
and the neighbouring countries of Lesotho, Swaziland,
and Namibia. An easy to use field guide for the
botanically challenged.
POLITICAL & SOCIAL
#25622 Bless, Claire. & Higson-Smith, Craig. FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL
RESEARCH METHODS. An African Perspective. 164pp softcover.
Ownership inscription inside front wrap else VG+ condition. Juta
1995 2nd edition. isbn 9780702134326
£20.00
Applicable to diverse fields including sociology,
economics, political science, psychology, and
education. Contains examples drawn from diverse
fields.
#25648 Schreiner, Olive. WORDS IN SEASON. The Public Writings With
Her Own Remembrances Collected For The First Time. 217pp paperback.
ff tanned else a VG+ unread copy. Penguin 2005. isbn 9780143185413
£10.00
Words in Season is a selection of Schreiner's
uncollected writings on key South African issues,
supported by her own autobiographical pieces. It
includes 'The Political Situation' written in
collaboration with her husband in 1895; her 'Words in
Season' produced on the eve of the second Anglo-Boer
War in 1899; and her 'Closer Union' booklet of 1908
which defines her vision of a non-racial, non-sexist
South Africa of the future.
REFERENCE WORKS
#25620 Holland, D.F. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
RAILROADS. (Railways). Volume 1: 1859-1910. Chocolate cloth boards.
144pp illustrated 4to. No inscriptions. VG+ in matching protected
dustwrapper. Drake Publishers. New York 1972. isbn 0877491461
£65.00
Records the history of the railroads up until Union
in 1910. Includes the Capetown-Wellington Railway,
Port Alfred locomotives, Port Elizabeth & East
London, The Natal Railway, the 3' 6" gauge: the Cape
Government Railways (CGR), Metropolitan & Suburban,
New Cape Central (NCCR) & Kowie Railways, The Natal
Government Railway (NGR), The Orange Free State
Railways (OVGS), De Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikan
Spoorweg Maatschappij (NZASM), The
Pretoria-Pietersburg (PPR), Selati and Ermelo
Railways, the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) of the
Anglo-Boer War, and the Central African Railways
(CSAR). Appendix of Chief Mechanical Engineers and
Locomotive Superintendents. Well illustrated with
plates and dimensioned drawings.
#25619 Holland, D.F. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
RAILWAYS. (Railroads) Volume Two: SAR Locos 1910-1955 And Harbour
Board Locos 1873-1904. Chocolate cloth boards. 144pp illustrated
4to. No inscriptions. some bumps lower front board else VG
condition in G++ dustwrapper (some wear, minor tears, no loss).
David & Charles. Newton Abbot (1972). (same as Drake International
edition). isbn 0715354272
£55.00
Covers all locomotives produced from inception of
the Union (1910) to the last steam design in 1955.
Includes the many Harbour Board locos that operated
in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, and
Durban. Appendix of SAR Reclassification Lists. Well
illustrated with plates and dimensioned drawings.
#25625 Silva, Penny. et al. (Ed). (Oxford University Press). A
DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES. Gilt
on black cloth boards. xxix + 825pp 4to. Miniscule ownership
initials top of ffep almost in gutter else a Fine copy in VG+
dustwrapper (price-clipped, one minor closed tear top rear). Super
unused copy. Oxford University Press for The Dictionary Unit for
South African English (Rhodes University). isbn 9780198631538
£85.00
South African words and their origins.
ZIMBABWE ZAMBIA & MALAWI (The Rhodesias, Nyasaland, the Federation)
#23866 Rogers, Douglas. THE LAST RESORT. A Memoir Of Zimbabwe.
312pp 8vo paperback. No inscriptions. a Fine copy. Jonathan Ball
2009. isbn 9781868423620
£10.00
Journalist author returns to Zimbabwe from a
comfortable life in New York to face the realities of
a third world economy with innovation, humour,
bribery, and brothel management.
TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
#25636 Glyn, Patricia. WHAT DAWID KNEW. A Journey With The
Kruipers. 236pp paperback 8vo. A Fine unread copy. Picador 2013.
isbn 9781770103047
£11.00
Dawid Kruiper was an old Bushman with a secret that
had been kept in his family for over a century and
which he wished to hand over to his sons before he
died. For two months author and her crew travelled
with the Kruipers through the Kalahari visiting and
documenting places where Dawid and his forebears had
roamed in the centuries before outsiders had arrived
in their homeland. An eco-adventure exploring the
history and heritage of a family that teaches us
respect for and responsible management of our natural
resources.
#25596 National Geographic. AFRICAN ADVENTURE ATLAS. Africa. The
Atlantic Ocean Islands. The Indian Ocean Islands. Printed boards.
336pp hardcover folio illustrated coloured maps, photos. No
inscriptions. 4 square corners. some marks to rear hence a VG-Fine
copy. National Geographic Maps / Map Studio 2008.
isbn 9781597751469
£95.00
As expected from National Geographic, the ultimate
map collection for the African traveller in one
humungous volume.
SECOND BOER WAR
#25615 Bateman, Philip. GENERALS OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR. Black
leather boards. 131pp illustrated b/w. 4to. No inscriptions. eps
tanned else conservatively a VG copy. South African Historical Mint
& Purnell. Cape Town 1977 1st edition. isbn 0868430161
£30.00
As well as an introduction to the Boer War this
provides an outline of Generals Smuts, Buller,
Cronje, Villebois-Mareuil, French, de la Rey,
Baden-Powell, Hertzog, Botha, Roberts, de Wet, and
Kitchener. Many good illustrations.
MILITARY (Regimental histories, militaria, other wars in Africa)
#25597 Allen, Geoffrey & David. THE GUNS OF SACRAMENTO. Blue cloth
boards. 81pp. illustrated 4to. No inscriptions. 4 square corners.
VG condition in G+ dustwrapper (worn, rubbed, but no major loss or
tears). Robin Garton. London 1978. isbn 0906030064
£12.00
The story of the tracing and salvaging of this
Portuguese galleon which was driven on to the rocks
off Port Elizabeth in 1647, where she broke up.
Research also brought to light the astonishing
account of the surviving crew members who trekked
1,000 miles up the African coast to safety.
#25607 Harris, C.J. WAR AT SEA. South African Maritime Operations
During World War II. Grey cloth boards. 356pp illustrated 8vo. No
inscriptions. a VG-Fine copy in dustwrapper. Ashanti 1991 1st
edition. South Africans At War series. isbn 9781874800163
£20.00
Includes many personal records that tell the story
of South African naval involvement in WWII.
HUNTING & BIG GAME, CONSERVATION
#25662 Baldwin, William Charles. (Illus. James Wolf and J.B.
Zwecker). AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE From Natal To The Zambesi
Including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert Etc. From 1852 To 1860.
Gilt title & lion's head device on brown cloth boards. 428pp
illustrated 8vo. 48 illustrations including map, 11 plates of which
4 are coloured. edges rough-cut. Owners inscription to front
pastedown, ffep loose, corners bumped. boards spotted white, pages
tanned. sound, overall a sound copy. Richard Bentley. London 1894
3rd edition.
£100.00
William Charles Baldwin has an honoured place in
the gallery of Africa's white hunters of the
nineteenth century. Arriving in Durban in 1851 he
became one of this continent's great travellers,
journeying between 12000 and 15000 miles with his
wagons during the last three years of his wanderings.
In 1860 he earned the distinction of becoming the
second known European to reach the Victoria Falls on
the Zambezi river.
#25663 Bisset, John Jarvis. SPORT AND WAR Or Recollections Of
Fighting And Hunting In South Africa From The Years 1834 To 1867
With A Narrative Of H.R.H The Duke Of Edinburgh's Visit To The Cape
Later rebound three-quarter leather over marbled boards. five
raised bands with gilt decoration or text in panels. The title page
is not extant. the binding is a little loose with some
illustrations loose (but all present), pages lightly tanned
throughout. map at rear has no tears. externally attractive with
very nice shelf appearance. John Murray. London 1875.
£395.00
Lieutenant General Sir John Jarvis Bisset KCMG, CB
(25 December 1819 – 25 March 1894) was a British
Army officer who became Colonel of the 106th Regiment
of Foot. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Cape
Mounted Riflemen in 1835 and fought in the 6th, 7th
and 8th Frontier Wars. He became Commanding officer
of his regiment and went on to be acting Governor of
Natal in 1865. He also became Colonel of the 106th
Regiment of Foot. Military adventures are intermixed
with hunting adventures, mostly in the Eastern Cape.
The Duke of Edingburgh went on various hunting
expeditions which are recorded here.
#25641 Cussons, Eugene. SAVING CHIMPANZEES. A Man On A Rescue
Mission. 245pp paperback 8vo. CD attached inside front wrap. No
inscriptions, probably unread, a near Fine copy. (CD verified
playable full length). Penguin. Johannesburg 2011.
isbn 9780143528135
£25.00
Includes the original CD showing a rescue mission.
Author established the Chimpanzee Eden in South
Africa's lowveld region. Travelling through Africa he
brings traumatised primates back to Chimp Eden. An
account of recent missions requiring diplomacy,
dedication, and courage.
#25649 Fitzjohn, Tony. & Bredin, Miles. BORN WILD. The
Extraordinary Story Of One Man's Passion For Lions And Africa.
332pp illustrated paperback. No inscription, VG condition. Penguin
2011. isbn 9780141048567
£10.00
Author has been protecting lions for over forty
years since he joined George Adamson in 1971.
#25667 Foa, Eduard. (Tr. Frederic Lees). AFTER BIG GAME IN CENTRAL
AFRICA. Records Of A Sportsman From August 1894 To November 1897,
When Crossing The Dark Continent From The Mouth Of The Zambesi To
The French Congo. Gilt title & device on blue cloth boards. 330pp
illustrated 8vo. Ownership signatures. boards white splashed /
spotted especially rear, foxing to preliminaries only, hinges split
but still tight, hence a Good copy only, sound but with clean
contents. excellent map. Adam & Charles Black. London 1899.
£180.00
With 71 Illustrations And A Sketch Map Showing
Route. (some variant editions were published without
this map). From Czech: "Foa, a Frenchman, hunted from
coast to coast across central Africa with numerous
sporting episodes, After a lengthy dissertation on
choosing a rifle and cartridge, the author proceeds
to describe his hunts for buffalo, elephant, lion,
leopard and other game in the Chiromo district. He
continued to hunt elephant and hippopotamus as he
travelled westward in 1895 into Barotseland. Entering
the Congo, he bagged a wide variety of antelope as
well as buffalo, and more elephant. Among his
trophies was an enormous elephant sporting tusks at
114.5 pounds each".
#25668 Gibbons, Major A. St.H. AFRICA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH
MAROTSELAND. Volumes 1 & 2. Gilt on dec. blue boards. teg.
276/297pp illustrated 8vo.linen backed folding maps in pockets of
both volumes. No inscriptions. sound copies. pages and edges
tanned. rear hinge starting both volumes. soft at spine
extremities. corners bumped, white markings to front of Volume 1.
excellent maps, unmarked with no tears. overall fairly clean
attractive set. John Lane The Bodley Head. London 1904.
£650.00
The author was in charge of the 1898 to 1900
expedition to Marotseland.
#25640 Hart, Sue. (Illus. Lee Voigt). BACK IN THE WILD. Tan cloth
boards. 158pp illustrated 4to. Shows minor evidence of damp
storage, not serious, hence VG in dustwrapper (spine faded, also
shows damp mark around lower spine, no chips, tears, or loss).
Collins Harvill 1977 1st edition. isbn 0002620499
£15.00
Nice authorial inscription on title page.
#25654 Patterson, Gareth. DYING TO BE FREE. The Canned Lion Scandal
And The Case For Ending Trophy Hunting In South Africa. Printed
black boards, 205pp illustrated 8vo. Small ownership inscription
front pastedown, lower spine bumped a little (or manufacturing
defect) else a VG copy in dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears).
Viking / Penguin 1998. isbn 9780670884698
£15.00
Author's investigation into the 'canned' hunting
industry in Southern Africa where lions are bred in
captivity for the sole purpose of being killed under
unnatural conditions by high-paying trophy 'hunters'.
In doing so he exposes the myth of South Africa's
conservation image and the sale of hunting as a
necessary integral part of conservation. Trophy
hunting is seen as a relic of the colonial past where
'conservation' means exploitation of wild animals and
what remains of their habitat for profit. An African
Renaissance must include a rebirth of
environmentalism on the continent and a reforging of
spiritual empathy for wild animals seeing a
dismantling of colonial hunting policies. Other
titles by this author in stock.
#25656 Patterson, Gareth. WITH MY SOUL AMONGST LIONS. A Moving
Story Of The Struggle To Protect The Last Adamson Lions. Green
cloth boards, 177pp, illustrated 8vo. VG in VG dustwrapper (no
chips, loss, or tears). Hodder & Stoughton, London 1995.
isbn 9780340648964
£10.00
George Adamson was murdered by Somali bandits (near
his camp in Kora National Park when he went to the
rescue of his assistant and a young European
tourist). Gareth Patterson vowed to continue his work
but unfortunately could never completely protect them
from their most lethal enemy - man. Other titles by
this author in stock.
#25673 Rainsford, W.S. THE LAND OF THE LION. Gilt title and device
on blue cloth boards. 459pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership inscription
to front pastedown. front board shaken. boards dusty & marked, soft
to head and tail of spine. overall a Good copy with clean contents.
excellent map. Heinemann. London 1909.
£80.00
From Czech: "Rainsford's "safari" trekked through
British East Africa where a variety of game was
bagged. After crossing the Mau Escarpment, the
author’s party hunted lion, buffalo, and rhino,
then elephant near Mt. Elgon. Later, rhino and
buffalo were taken near the Guaso Nyiro. He remarks
that shooting elephant with a .500 or .577 is
outmoded - a .256 Mannlicher or .275 Mauser will do
perfectly well. There are plenty of big-game hunting
adventures throughout".
#25674 Schillings, C.G. (Tr. Frederic Whyte). IN WILDEST AFRICA.
Volumes 1 & 2. With Over 300 Photographic Studies Direct From
Author's Negatives, Taken By Day And Night; And Other
Illustrations. 2 volumes. brown cloth boards with white and black
elephant decoration to front board. 716pp continuously paginated.
illustrated large 8vo. Ownership signatures. boards show insect
depredations both volumes all over. signatures to Vol.1 not tight,
hinges sound both volumes. overall a Good only set. Hutchinson.
London 1907.
£50.00
From Czech: "In his second work on photographing
and hunting game in East Africa, Schillings captures
the essence of the African landscape and its people
with his brilliant, early snapshots. The first volume
concerns a general view of the region, with a brief
history of the encroachment of civilization on the
African wild and an interesting, if oddly placed
chapter on sport and nature in Germany. The second
volume includes chapters on hunting elephant, rhino,
and lion with additional sport after leopard, eland
and other antelope. There is a remarkable photograph
of the extraordinary pair of elephant tusks weighing
a combined 450 pounds".
#25676 Selous, Frederick Courteney. (Illustrated by E. Caldwell).
AFRICAN NATURE NOTES AND REMINISCENCES. Original brown cloth
boards. teg. 356pp. illustrated b/w plates. Ownership inscription
front pastedown. some insect depradations to boards,
notwithstanding a nice copy, tight and clean. Macmillan. London
1908 1st edition reprint.
£150.00
From Czech: "A wide-ranging work that discusses
everything from the colouration of African big game
to the extinction of some species in South Africa.
There are plenty of big-game hunting episodes, which
Selous uses to accent his chapters on Cape buffalo,
black rhinoceros, and lion, among others. Written at
a time when there was a noticeable depletion of the
great game herds, he becomes almost lyrical in his
longing for the old days: "but no man will ever again
sit by a camp fire near one of the little
rivers....eating prime pieces of fat elephant's
heart, roasted on a forked stick, nor watch the great
white rhinoceroses coming to drink just before dark
nor lie and listen to herd after herd of elephants
drinking and bathing in the river near the camp".
#25657 Siddle, Sheila. & Cress, Doug. IN MY FAMILY TREE. A Life
With Chimpanzees. 284pp paperback. Small ownership signature inside
front wrap else a G++ copy. Double Storey 2004. isbn 9781919930572
£10.00
Sheila & David Siddle launched the Chimfunshi
Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia in 1983 as a home for
chimpanzees and other wild life.
#25679 Vasse, William. (Tr. R. & H.M. Lydekker). THREE YEARS SPORT
IN MOZAMBIQUE. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xiv + 163pp + 22pp
adverts. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. text pages foxed
but not plates. boards fairly clean, but spine sunned. binding
strong and sound. overall G++ condition. Isaac Pitman 1909.
£1500.00
From Czech: "Guillaume Vasse (even his name was
translated) sailed to Mozambique in 1904 to enjoy an
extended hunting trip. Proceeding into the foothills
of the Drakensberg Range, he collected klipspringer
and bushbuck, then traveled to the Zombi River where
he bagged sable. Near the Pungwi River, Vasse hunted
eland, hartebeest, waterbuck, and buffalo. Numerous
leopard were bagged in the region, as well as
elephant. Continuing on to the Sungwi River, he also
collected a number of lion. Entering the Zambezi,
hippopotamus was added to the bag, as was kudu. This
is an excellent work of sporting adventure, well
illustrated with numerous photographs, and quite
scarce".
#25680 Wolverton, Lord. (& Paget, Arthur). FIVE MONTHS SPORT IN
SOMALI LAND. Gilt title and lion device on buff chamfered cloth
boards.108pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership signature to front
pastedown. spine darkened, boards handled, eps tanned, foxed,
showing offset, else contents and plates clean, map good condition
but foxed to rear showing through and with one closed tear. Chapman
& Hall. London 1894.
£300.00
Illustrations after photographs by Colonel Paget.
Authors proceeded to Somali Land late in 1892 on a
safari which was organised purely for pleasure and
revolved heavily around lion shooting.
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