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The auction is currently open for viewing. Details of the auction are to be found at: http://www.antiquarianauctions.com Visit this site for fuller descriptions and images. This is auction #85. It is now open for viewing. Bidding starts this Thursday 10th September 2020 at 16.30 GMT Bidding closes on Thursday 17th September 2020 at 16.30 GMT. We have the following four lots on offer: -------------------------------------- Lot 16 #27742 George Milwa Pemba. MRS MARTHA BOKAKO Pen and ink sketch of Mrs Martha Bokako of Thaba Nchu. Signed M. Pemba 1984. Martha Bokako (née Plaatje) was the niece of writer and political leader Sol Plaatje. Born in 1890 she was the family repository of its history and that of her famous uncle. George Pemba visited her at her home whilst in Thaba Nchu. He did two distinctly different portraits of her - the first for her during his visit, and subsequently a second for the present owner who commissioned the work. She passed on in Thaba Nchu in 1983 aged 93 Excellent provenance. The present owner was a friend of George Pemba. Feel free to contact us regarding the condition of this item Lot 406 #27567 Andrew Reed and Ken Stewart. CLASSIC CAR AFRICA A full run of 32 consecutive issues. Glossy cover saddle-stapled A4 format magazines. Classic Car Africa, Port Elizabeth & Johannesburg, 1994 - 2004 A full run of the original publication. Issues from Volume 1 No.1 (1994) to Volume 8 No.4 (2004). Authoritative magazine covering veteran, vintage, and classic cars & motorcycles in Southern Africa. Featuring local motor sport history with historic racing and rallying. Regular contributors included Frank Hoal, Ken MacLeod, Ken Corkett, Gordon Strauss, and Robert Young. The founding editors, Ken Stewart and Andrew Reed, then sold the publication to a third party after this long run. Lot 458 #27743 Alternative Books, with various photographers. This comprises a collection of seven locally produced homoerotic art books published by Alternative Books in the 1980s. Each one illustrated with the work of an individual photographer. Limited editions of either 1000 or 1500, unnumbered. Marked "not available to the general trade". These comprise: Montgomery Cooper, MAN. (Roggebaai 1981). Ian Swan, IMAGES, (Cape Town 1982). Marius Senekal, PHOTOGRAPHS OF GUYS. (Roggebaai 1983). Mike Fisher, PHILANDROS. (Cape Town 1984). Neil Hermann, BODYSCOPES. (Mbatho 1986). Andrew Kennedy, SHORE LEAVE. (Mmbatho 1987). Dook, DESERT PATROL. (Windhoek 1989). Lot 459 #21586 Leslie Brown, Emil Urban, Kenneth Newman, Hilary Fry, & Stuart Keith. THE BIRDS OF AFRICA Volumes I to VII Academic Press & Nigel Helm., London, 1982 - 2004. The original 7-volume set of this definitive work. arrangement is by order and not geographically. The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. -------------------------------------- Any additional information, images, assistance, as required in connection with the above items and the bidding process can be provided on request - including p&p estimates for overseas clients. You need to register to take bid and antiquarianauctions.com will be pleased to assist you with the bidding process - which is actually simplicity in itself. If you can log in, you can bid. Registration is easy and the site does not ask for too many personal details. IMPORTANT: The items are on the auction and no pre-auction offers will be considered. Items will, if unsold, revert to our previous listed price and no post-auction offers will be considered. If you wish to purchase an item at auction-level prices, please bid for it. 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