AFRICANA CATALOGUE no. 50 - Select Books

AFRICANA CATALOGUE no. 50
March 2010
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CONTENTS:
SPECIAL INTEREST...................................................................................................................................................... 3
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOOKS .................................................................................................................................. 5
TONY GROGAN............................................................................................................................................................ 13
CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS ....................................................................................................................................... 13
RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE CAPE........................................................................................................... 17
VAN RIEBEECK SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS (FIRST SERIES)........................................................................... 17
SOUTH AFRICA............................................................................................................................................................ 24
RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE CAPE........................................................................................................... 36
SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGY.............................................................................................................................. 39
NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO AND HUNTING .......................................................................................................... 47
RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE NORTH........................................................................................................ 50
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE .............................................................................................................................. 51
FLORA AND FAUNA.................................................................................................................................................... 52
RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO FLORA AND FAUNA ...................................................................... 55
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902........................................................................................................................... 55

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SPECIAL INTEREST
1 Barth, Henry. TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
AFRICA: being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M's
government in the years 1849-1855. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans
& Roberts, 1857-1858.
5 vols. (xxxvi, 578 p., 6 folding maps, [12] leaves of plates; xi, 676 p., 2 folding
maps, [8] leaves of plates; xi, 635 p., 3 folding maps, [16] leaves of plates; xiv, 641
p., 2 folding maps, [14] leaves of plates; x, 694 p., 2 folding maps, [10 leaves of
plates): ill. (some col.), 5 col. frontispieces, ports. Contemporary half calf & cloth,
with raised bands and gilt dentelles, with some wear to corners & spines. Some
offsetting from colour plates and maps as normally seen. Slight damage to top
corner of vol. 4 book block. R 10 000
One of the African exploration classics. Born in Hamburg, Barth (1821-1865)
embarked on an academic career, with a particular interest in the ancient
world. He later joined an English expedition to Central Africa under the
leadership of James Richardson, to the region around Lake Chad. After
Richardson's death, Barth became the leader of the exploring party. He
compiled these journals of his travels together with uncompleted volumes on
Central African vocabularies and was the first to map huge areas of Central
Africa. "A more intelligent, indefatigable, trustworthy and resolute traveller
than Dr Barth can rarely be found" was the tribute paid on his death by the
President of the Royal Geographical Society.
2 Bowler, T.W. PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN. with views of Simon's Town,
Port Elizabeth, and Graham's Town, from original drawings by T.W. Bowler; with
historical and descriptive sketches by W.R. Thomson. Cape Town: Juta, 1866.
44 p., 12 leaves of lithographed plates: col. ill., frontis. (folding). Oblong 4to. Original
pict. paper covered boards. Title page browned, spotting on cover & preliminary
pages. Recent quarter calf & green cloth box, with raised bands & gilding, scarred
along edges. The twelve plates are captioned : 1. View of Cape Town, from Table
Bay. (folding panoramic frontis.). 2. The Government-House. 3. St. George's
Cathedral, from Wale-Street. 4. The Public Library and Museum, from the Botanic
Garden. 5. Adderley-Street and the Dutch Reformed Church. 6. The entrance to the
Castle. 7. The Roman Catholic Cathedral. 8. The Lutheran Church, Strand-Street.
9. The Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's-Square. 10. Simon's Town. 11. Port
Elizabeth. 12. Graham's Town, from the Bay-Road. R 50 000
Thomas William Bowler (1812-1869) came to Cape Town from England in
1834 as a servant to the new Astronomer Royal of the Colony, Thomas
Maclear. He later established himself as a landscape painter and as a
follower of the English watercolour school and recorded all the important
events at the Cape for thirty-five years in this medium. "The descriptive
letterpress is ample and instructive, and gives, in the majority of instances, a
complete history of the building depicted." Mendelssohn, vol. 1 p. 177.
3 Cape of Good Hope. PROCLAMATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER
OFFICIAL NOTICES = PROCLAMATIEN, ADVERTENTIEN EN ANDERE
OFFICIELE BERIGTEN; published by the Government of the Cape of Good Hope,
from the 10th January, 1806 to the 2nd May 1825. Cape Town: The Government
Press, 1827.
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xlv, 802 p. 4to. Original half leather & paper boards, very worn. Stamp of John
Cairncross, Auctioneer, on front endpapers. Signature of Geo. Marsh on a
preliminary page. Parallel text in English and Dutch. R 12 500
Historical names such as Cradock, Somerset, Grey, Baird, Cloete, Faure,
Van Ryneveld, Stockenstrom, Thibault and others march through the pages
of this publication. The first Proclamation, dated 10 January 1806 is THE
ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION "proposed by the Lieut.-Colonel Hieronimus
Casimirus von Prophalow to the Major-General in the service of His Britannic
Majesty, Sir David Baird". In the last Proclamation, dated 2 May 1825, Lord
Charles Henry Somerset established a council to "advise and assist in the
Administration of the Colony" comprising the Governor, the Chief Justice,
Colonial Secretary, officer in command of the forces, Lt-Col. Bell, Walter
Bentinck and J.W. Stoll. There is an index which lists all the proclamations
chronologically. Pages i-xlv contain a chronological register of civil
appointments. Pages 1-56 are subdivided into 15 divisions: Judicial and
Police; Commerce and Finance; Political and Military; Naval; Lands and
Land Revenue; Native tribes; Slaves and Negro apprentices; Clergy and
Schools; Medical; Pacht and licences; Burgher Senate; Landdrosts and
Country Districts; Post Office; and Miscellaneous. The volume also contains
government advertisements. Reading these pages makes one very aware of
both the direct nature of government during this period and the fact that one
is reading the making of history. For example, the Proclamation of 23 April
1811 divided the Swellendam magistry; Proclamation 23 April 1812 dictated
the regulation of the "Hottentot nation", whilst others were humble, for
example, a request for barley to to be supplied to "His Majesty's Cavalry".
George Marsh was a furniture dealer and an active merchant who lived at
the Cape from 1812. He was a founder member of the Commercial
Exchange and was granted a Wine Licence. See Peter Philip, BRITISH
RESIDENTS AT THE CAPE 1795-1812 (p.265-6). He would have needed to
know what Proclamations were out there in order to trade lawfully and
profitably!
4 Daniell, Samuel & William. SKETCHES REPRESENTING THE NATIVE TRIBES,
ANIMALS AND SCENERY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA FROM DRAWINGS MADE
BY THE LATE MR SAMUEL DANIELL; engraved by William Daniell. London:
William Daniell & William Wood (publishers); Richard and Arthur Taylor (printer),
1820.
48 leaves of text, [48] plates: ill. Oblong 4to. Recent half calf & marbled paper
covered boards. Neatly recased with new endpapers. Some pages professionally
restored on edges. Some spotting. Original title lable laid down on verso of rear new
free endpaper. R 15 000
Samuel Daniell (1775-1811) arrived at the Cape on 9 December 1799 and
accompanied Dr Somerville and John Barrow on an expedition into the
interior (reaching as far as Lataku, then the limit of European exploration).
This journey was the source of both this book and AFRICAN SCENERY AND
ANIMALS (published in 1804-5). "He was indefatigable in the pursuit of the
various subjects he had delineated; and it was his constant care to see the
animals alive, that he might make himself master of their actions and habits.
To the knowledge acquired in this way he added all that could be obtained in
the country which produced the animals he had represented, by conversation
with the peasants and the natives." See Mendelssohn, vol. 1. p. 412-413.
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SAB distinguishes between two editions, a quarto edition and this oblong folio
edition (vol. 2, p. 13).
5 Sparrman, Andrew. A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS
THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE AND ROUND THE WORLD: but chiefly into the
country of the Hottentots and the Caffres from the year 1772 to 1776; by Andrew
Sparrman; translated from the Swedish original. London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson,
1785.
2 vols. (xxviii, 368 p., [3] leaves of plates; viii, 350 p., [7] leaves of plates): ill.,
frontis. (vol. 1), folding map (vol. 2). 4to. Full contemporary calf with raised bands &
gilding on spine. Page edges browned, slight staining to endpapers. Book block
clean & binding tight. R 50 000
Sparrman (1748-1820), the son of a clergyman, began medical studies at the
age of fourteen and was an pupil of Linnaeus. He proceeded to the Cape
with the Royal Swedish East India Company to take up a post as a tutor.
When James Cook arrived at the Cape later in that year, Sparrman was
taken on as an assistant naturalist. On his return to the Cape in 1775 he
practised medicine and made several excursions into the interior in search of
natural history specimens. Of his journey through Kaffraria, Theal said "[it is
the] most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of
people then residing in it." See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 414. See also SAB
vol. 4, p. 362.
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOOKS
See also South African Genealogy section; and nos. 193 & 343
6 Bosman, Herman Charles. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HERMAN CHARLES
BOSMAN; foreword by Lionel Abrahams. De luxe ed. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball,
1981.
2 vols. (723 p.; 594 p.) Half calf & marbled paper covered boards, faded on spines.
Cloth slip case. Signed inscription from Jonathan Ball to Ad Donker on front free
endpaper (vol. 1). R 1500
7 Bradlow, Frank R. THOMAS BOWLER IN MAURITIUS: a detail in the history of
contacts between the Cape of Good Hope & Mauritius, 1866-1868. Cape Town:
A.A. Balkema, 1970.
64 p.: ill. (some folding), double frontis. (1 map). Skivertex spine, paper covered
boards. No. 164 of an edition limited to 300 copies. Signed by Bradlow on verso of
title page. R 300
8 Brent, Winston. RHODESIAN AIR FORCE: the sanctions busters. Nelspruit:
Freeworld, 2001.
192 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (African aviation series; no. 9). 4to. Paperback. Signed
by Brent on title page. R 475
9 Bull, Marjorie. ABRAHAM DE SMIDT, 1829-1908: artist and Surveyor-General of
the Cape Colony. Cape Town: Privately published, 1981.
164 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Edition
limited to 500 copies. Signed & dated inscription from Bull on front free endpaper.
R 500
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De Smidt (1829-1908), for a time the owner of Groote Schuur estate, was a
pupil of Thomas Bowler. He was also a founder of the South African Fine
Arts Association.
10 Butler, Guy. [AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1918-1990]. Cape Town: David Philip, 1977-
1991.
3 vols. (xi, 267 p., [32] p. of plates; ix, 300 p., [8] p. of plates; 310 p., [16] p. of
plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.s covered in clear adhesive plastic.
Names on front free endpapers. All three volumes signed by Butler on title page.
Contents: [Vol. 1.]: KAROO MORNING… 1918-35. [Vol. 2]. BURSTING WORLD…
1936-45. [Vol. 3]. A LOCAL HABITATION… 1945-90. R 750
Guy Butler documents his life with humility, joy, humour, sadness and clarity.
He also provides superb insight into broader South Africa, in particular the
Eastern Cape.
11 Coetzee, Cora. EIKESTAD. 'n versameling gekleurde pentekeninge van
Stellenbosch = a collection of pen and wash drawings of Stellenbosch. De luxe ed.
Cape Town: C. Struik, 1976.
[68] p.: chiefly ill. Oblong 4to. Full leather. Cloth slip case. Signed by Coetzee on a
preliminary page. No. 63 of an edition limited to 100 copies. R 400
12 Cole, Barbara. THE ELITE [pictorial]: the story of the Rhodesian Special Air
Service. 2nd ed. Durban: Three Knights, 1986.
168 p. ill. (some col.), ports. (1 as frontis.), maps. 4to. Paper covered boards.
Signed inscription from Cole on title page. R 750
13 De Klerk, F.W. THE LAST TREK - A NEW BEGINNING: the autobiography.
London: Macmillan, 1998.
xx, 412 p.: ill., ports., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by De
Klerk on title page. R 500
14 Delpierre, G.R. & Du Plessis, N.M. THE WINTER-GROWING GLADIOLI OF
SOUTH AFRICA: a pictorial record with descriptions. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1974.
71 p.: col. ill., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Delpierre
and Du Plessis on front free endpaper. R 300
15 Douglas-Hamilton, Ian & Oria. AMONG THE ELEPHANTS; foreword by Niko
Tinbergen. London: Collins & Harvill, 1975.
285 p.: ill. (some col.), pachyderm genealogical table, maps. Paper covered boards,
d.w. frayed & worn along edges. Some spotting to top page edges. Signed by Ian
Douglas-Hamilton on half title page. R 250
The first systematic study of the behaviour of African elephants in the wild.
The Douglas-Hamiltons lived in a camp among the elephants of the Manyara
National Park, Tanzania, for five years. The book "enables everyone to enjoy
the intricate complexities of elephant society…" Niko Tinbergen, foreword.
16 Durbach, Renee. KIPLING'S SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town: Chameleon Press,
1988.
110 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Small 4to. Pict.paper covered boards. Inscription from
"Renee" on title page. R 100
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17 Elliott, Arthur A & Fransen, Hans [comp.]. ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE
OLD CAPE AS SEEN BY ARTHUR ELLIOTT: photographs of houses and
farmsteads now largely demolished or ruined, taken at the beginning of the
twentieth century; [selected & annotated] by Hans Fransen. De luxe ed. Cape
Town: A.A. Balkema, 1969.
343 p.: 162 leaves of plates, port. as frontis. 4to. Quarter leather & pict. paper
covered boards. Signed by Fransen on colophon page. No. 94 of an edition limited
to 200 copies. R 1000
Elliott (1870-1938) came to the Cape in 1900. Although he was not a
professional photographer, he became interested in photographing his
surroundings. Elliott's collection (now owned by the State) provides an
invaluable record of the Cape in the early 20th century. Taken mainly in the
winter months, his architectural photographs are unrivalled and an invaluable
record of the Cape's unique architectural style.
18 Elliott, Arthur B & Fransen, Hans [comp.]. ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE
OLD CAPE AS SEEN BY ARTHUR ELLIOTT: photographs of houses and
farmsteads now largely demolished or ruined, taken at the beginning of the
twentieth century; [selected & annotated] by Hans Fransen. Cape Town: A.A.
Balkema, 1969.
343 p.: 162 plates, port. as frontis. 4to. Cloth, d.w. Cellotape marks on endpapers.
Signed inscription from Fransen on title page. R 850
19 Elliott, Aubrey. SONS OF ZULU; with photographs by the author. De luxe ed.
London: Collins, 1978.
208 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., plan, map. 4to. Full leather with gilding. No. 40 of an
edition limited to 100 copies. Signed by Elliott on verso of title page. R 500
20 ffolliott, Pamela & Liversidge, Richard. LUDWIG KREBS: Cape naturalist to the
King of Prussia, 1792-1844. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1971.
xiii, 304 p.: col. ill. (1 folding), map. (South African biographical & historical studies;
9). Skivertex spine, paper covered boards, d.w. Inscription from ffolliott on front free
endpaper & signed on title page. R 300
Includes specimen lists. Krebs was one of the great collectors of zoological
and botanical specimens.
21 Forbes, Gordon. TOO SOON TO PANIC. London: Viking, 1995.
287 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Forbes on title
page. R 200
Forbes, a South African, played on the professional tennis circuit. A very
readable account of his life, filled with humorous stories, from helping Sol
Kerzner choose a private jet and witnessing a John McEnroe tantrum, to
playing serious tennis with Cliff Drysdale (his brother-in-law), Abe Segal and
others.
22 Francis, S., Dugmore, H. & Rico. THE MADAM & EVE COLLECTION. Cape
Town: David Philip, 1993.
119 p.: all cartoons. Oblong 8vo. Paperback, rubbed. Signed by Francis, Dugmore
& Rico on title page. R 450
The first edition of the first collection of South Africa's most popular cartoon
strip. The strip reflects South Africa in the transitional period prior to the first
democratic election in 1994. The advent of democracy in South Africa
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brought with it new social commentators. Along with Zapiro (Jonathan
Shapiro), the creators of the Madam & Eve series gained large followings.
The main protagonists and the supporting cast make pertinent and amusing
comments on current events across South Africa and early editions provide
an historical view of how South Africa developed.
23 Giliomee, Hermann. THE AFRIKANERS: biography of a people. Cape Town:
Tafelberg, 2003.
xix, 698 p. Paperback with endflaps. Signed inscription from Giliomee on title page.
R 300
A narrative history of the Afrikaners, from the colonization of the Cape of
Good Hope by the Dutch East India Company to the twenty-first century. "It
includes an account of the origins and demise of apartheid that must rank as
the most sober, objective and comprehensive we have." J.M. Coetzee, rear
cover.
24 Hawthorne, Tracey. NATALIE DU TOIT: tumble turn: [the authorised biography];
foreword by by Morne du Plessis. Cape Town: Oshun, 2006.
208 p.: col. ports. Paperback. Signed by Du Toit on a promotional label laid down
on half title page. R 150
Natalie du Toit lost a lower leg after an horrific scooter accident in 2001, but
that did not end her swimming career. In 2002 Natalie made history by
swimming in both able-bodied and disabled events at the Commonwealth
Games, reaching the 800m freestyle (able-bodied) final. She competed in
both the Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing 2008.
25 Heap, Peggy. THE STORY OF HOTTENTOTS HOLLAND: social history of
Somerset West, the Strand, Gordon's Bay and Sir Lowry's Pass over three
centuries. 3rd revised ed. Sir Lowry's Pass: Peggy Heap, 1993.
208 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Signed by Heap on title page R 150
Includes chapters on shipwrecks, the farms in the area, and the travellers
who visited the region in the 18th and 19th centuries.
26 Hind, Cynthia. UFOs: African encounters. Salisbury: Gemini, 1982.
236 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Spotting on page edges. Signed
inscription from Hind on title page. R 100
Hind gives examples of alleged UFO visits to southern Africa, including the
landing of a caravan-type vehicle on Danie van Graan's farm near Loxton (he
at first thought it belonged to prospectors looking for uranium, but changed
his mind when he saw the figures in the vehicle…). Hind includes the case of
a tennis court that was mysteriously damaged at Rosmead (near
Middleburg). The event was corroborated by several soldiers serving at a
nearby military base. Photographic evidence included!
27 Houston, Douglas. VALLEY OF THE SIMONSBERG. Cape Town: S.A.
Universities Press, 1981.
172 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., map on front endpaper. Paper covered boards, d.w.
frayed along edges. Book plate on verso of front free endpaper. Signed by Houston
on title page. R 100
28 Immelman, R.F.M. MEN OF GOOD HOPE: the romantic story of the Cape Town
Chamber of Commerce, 1804-1954. De luxe ed. Cape Town: The Chamber, 1955.
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xxii, 377 p.: ill., ports., plans on endpapers. Full leather, with col. ill. laid down.
A.e.g. Signed & dated inscription from Immelman on verso of half title page. No. 63
of an edition limited to 500 copies. R 150
29 Ingham, Kenneth. JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS: the conscience of a South African.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986.
xii, 284 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Page
edges browned as normally seen. Accompanied by an original loose-leaf
photograph of Smuts. Signed & dated compliments slip from Professor Ingham of
Bristol University laid down on front free endpaper: "… with sincere thanks for the
great help… when I was writing this book". R 250
30 Marsh, John H. SKELETON COAST. Updated & expanded ed. Johannesburg:
Marshes Books, 1985.
xii, 142 p., [48] p. of plates: ill., ports., map. Skivertex, d.w. Signed & dated
inscription from Marsh on half title page. R 600
The story of the shipwreck of the Dunedin Star (which was not named in the
first edition) and the subsequent ill-fated rescue attempts by tug, ship and
aeroplane before, finally, an overland expedition succeeded in reaching the
castaways and their stranded would-be rescuers.
31 McMagh, Patricia. THE THREE LIESCHINGS: their times and contribution to Cape
medicine, 1800-1843. Cape Town: Society for the History of Pharmacy in SA, 1992.
xiii, 203 p.: ill., genealogical table, ports. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription
from McMagh on front free endpaper & signed on title page. R 150
32 Meintjes, Malcolm [ed.]. THE TROUT AND THE KINGFISHER: selected articles
on African trout fishing, 1875-1975. Edenvale: The Entrepot, 1993.
155 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed &
dated by Meintjes on front free endpaper. R 175
See Curtis #56.
33 Meintjes, Malcolm. TROUT THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: tackle and
techniques for southern African flyfishers. Edenvale: The Entrepot, 1996.
126 p., [18] p. of plates: col. ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated by
Meintjes on front free endpaper. R 200
See Curtis #59.
34 Munnik, G.G. KRONIEKE VAN NOORDELIKE TRANSVAAL: die herinneringe van
Senator G.G. Munnik. Pretoria: Suid Afrikaanse Boekwinkel, [1932].
136 p., [31] p. of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Pict. cloth. Signed and dated
presentation inscription on a preliminary page & signed beneath frontis.
R 250
Munnik (1846-1935) grew up in Cape Town, but moved to the Transvaal
when gold was discovered at Barberton. He fought for the Boers in the South
African War, was captured and spent time in India. On his return, he settled
in the northern Transvaal and supported General Hertzog.
35 Murray, Marischal. SHIPS AND SOUTH AFRICA: a maritime chronicle of the Cape
with particular reference to mail and passenger liners from the early days of steam
down to the present. London: Oxford University Press, 1933.
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xxvi, 360 p., [162] p. of plates: ill., frontis. Cloth. Slight spotting on endpapers.
Accompanied by newspaper cuttings, a menu, postcards and a bookmark. Signed
by Murray on dedication page. R 2000
36 Murray, Marischal. UNION-CASTLE CHRONICLE, 1853-1953. London:
Longmans, Green, 1953.
xvii, 392 p.: ill. (some col., some photogravure), frontis. Cloth, d.w. torn on spine.
Spotting on page edges. Signed & dated inscription from Murray on title page.
R 750
37 Paton, Alan. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: a story of comfort in desolation.
18th impression. London: Jonathan Cape, December 1950.
269 p. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges with small chips to spine. Signed & dated
inscription from Paton on half title page. R 1000
See illustration, and also no. 311, an unsigned first edition.
38 Pocock, John. THE LIFE AND FORTUNES OF JOHN POCOCK OF CAPE
TOWN, 1814-1876; compiled from his journals and letters by M.G. Ashworth. Cape
Town: M.G. Ashworth, 1974.
xii, 165 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), genealogical table. Stiff pict. paper wraps.
Inscription on a preliminary page. R 200
Pocock settled at the Cape as a surgeon's apprentice. His journals give
insight into the daily life of the ordinary citizen of Victorian Cape Town
between 1830-1876.
39 Ramphele, Mamphele. A LIFE. Cape Town: David Philip, 1995.
224 p., [18] p. of ports. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Ramphele on a
preliminary page. R 150
Studying to be a medical doctor at the University of Natal Medical School,
Ramphele was drawn into the circle of activists centred around Steve Biko of
the Black Consciousness Movement. She was serving a banning order when
he was killed, and when this was lifted in the early 1980s she moved into the
world of academia and writing. After her tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Cape Town she took up a position at the World Bank.
40 Robinson, Helen. BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS: people and property at Wynberg,
1795-1927. Cape Town: Juta, 1998.
xvii, 271 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Helen
Robinson on half title page. R 300
41 Rousseau, Frank. THE PROTEACEAE OF SOUTH AFRICA. De luxe ed. Cape
Town: Purnell, 1970.
110 p.: col. ill. 4to. Full leather, rubbed & faded on spine. Signed by Rousseau on a
preliminary page. No. 132 of an edition limited to 250 copies. R 250
42 Smith, Wilbur. THE SEVENTH SCROLL. London: Macmillan, 1995.
486 p. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Smith on
title page. R 450
43 Sonn, Franklin. A DECADE OF STRUGGLE: a selection of speeches and articles;
selected and compiled with a foreword by Randall van den Heever. Cape Town:
Cape Teachers' Professional Association, 1986.
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266 p.: ill., ports. Pict. paper covered boards, faded on spine. Signed & dated
inscription from "Franklin" on front free endpaper. R 400
Compiled mostly from Sonn's presidential addresses to the C.T.P.A. Sonn
acted as the South African ambassador to the United States from 1995-
1998. He was also co-founder of New Africa Investments, Chancellor of the
University of the Free State, and now sits on numerous boards.
44 Stevenson, Michael. ART & ASPIRATIONS: the Randlords of South Africa and
their collections. Standard ed. Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2002.
199 p.: ill. (some col.), frontis., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed &
dated inscription from Stevenson on half title page. R 400
The discovery of diamonds and gold in South Africa in the late 19th century
led to the accumulation of considerable wealth by some individuals. Most
later settled in Britain and became known as the South African millionaires or
"Randlords". They acquired properties and possessions that symbolised
wealth in Europe, most notably artworks, which they collected with great
enthusiasm. In London in the 1890s they were the most prominent collectors
of old masters, altering the price levels of the art market. The individuals
focused on in this book are Sir Lionel & Lady Philips, Sir Joseph Robinson
(see no. 188), Sir Max Michaelis, Alfred Beit, Sir Otto Beit and Sir Julius
Wernher.
45 Swanepoel, D.A. BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AFRICA: where, when and how they
fly. De luxe ed. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1953.
319, [32] p.: ill. (some col.). 4to. Full calf. No. 83 of a limited edition. Signed by
Swanepoel on verso of half title page. R 750
Swanepoel, in the preface, indicated that he was prepared to travel 500
miles in a weekend in order to collect just one specimen! Such dedication led
him to produce the first widely available monograph on this subject.
46 Trotter, Alys Fane. OLD CAPE COLONY: a chronicle of her men and houses from
1625 [sic] to 1806. London: Archibald Constable, 1903.
319 p.: ill., port. as frontis., plan. Pict. cloth with gilding, faded on spine. T.e.g.
Name on front endpaper. Accompanied by a signed letter (laid down on rear free
endpaper) from Mrs Trotter, dated Jan. 4th (addressed 1 Campden Hill Square, W.)
to J.P. Lewis Esq. about Dutch architecture in Ceylon and describing a printer's
error in her first book. Also accompanied by a newspaper cutting. R 1000
"...much interesting and instructive information." Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 527.
Alys Fane Trotter (1862-1962) spent just three years at the Cape (1896-98)
but what a productive time it was! Her husband was the Government
Engineer and Mrs Trotter used her time to cycle all over the countryside,
drawing and making notes about her surroundings. The result was OLD
COLONIAL HOUSES with an introduction by Sir Herbert Baker; and this
book. Her work greatly increased awareness of Cape Dutch houses amongst
the general public. Her obituary in the Cape Times was headed "First
historian of old Cape houses dies".
47 Veitch, Neil. WATERFRONT AND HARBOUR: Cape Town's link with the sea;
picture research, M.D. Nash. Cape Town: Human Rousseau, 1994.
111 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), ports., col. map. 4to. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription
from Veitch on half title page. R 150
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48 Victorin, J.F. TRAVELS IN THE CAPE, THE YEARS 1853-55: hunting and nature
pictures from the late young naturalist's letters and diaries; by J.W. Grill; translated
from the first Swedish edition by Jalmar and Ione Rudner. De luxe ed. Cape Town:
C. Struik, 1968.
xiii, 125 p., 9 col. plates: ill., col. frontis. Full calf, d.w. slightly frayed along edges.
Name & annotation on front free endpaper. Signed by Jalmar & Ione Rudner on
verso of title page. No. 67 of an edition limited to 100 copies. R 450
During his stay at the Cape, Victorin devoted his studies mainly to the
George-Knysna-Oudtshoorn area. He hunted, preserved and collected many
mammals, birds, amphibians and insects. He also made numerous sketches
and drawings and wrote informative letters and diary notes.
49 Walton, James [ed.]. THE JOSEPHINE MILL AND ITS OWNERS: the story of
milling and brewing at the Cape of Good Hope; [James Walton, Margaret Cairns,
R.F.M. Immelman and Michael Ryan, contributors]. Standard ed. Cape Town:
Historical Society of Cape Town, 1978.
xi, 96 p.: ill., col. frontis, genealogical table, ports., maps, plan on endpapers. 4to.
Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly rubbed. Edition limited to 500 copies. Signed by
James Walton, Margaret Cairns, R.F.M. Immelman and Michael Ryan.
Accompanied by a letter from Immelman thanking the recipient for help in typing the
English translation of the biography of Jacob Letterstedt. R 750
50 Walton, James. AFRICAN VILLAGE. De luxe ed. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1956.
xi, 170 p., [60] p. of plates: ill., ports., plans, map. 4to. Full calf. No. 71 of an edition
limited to 100 copies. Signed by Walton on verso of half title page. R 2000
"Habitations and settlements are now considered of prime importance in
unfolding the past life of primitive peoples… I have attempted to bring
together in one volume a comprehensive account of the dwellings and
settlements of man in Southern Africa from the earliest times… based on
field work and study over the past eight years." Preface.
51 Walton, James. HOMESTEADS AND VILLAGES OF SOUTH AFRICA. De luxe
ed. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1952.
xii, 111 p.: ill., plans, maps. 4to. Half leather & cloth. Book plate & name on front
endpapers. No. 46 of an edition limited to 200 copies. Signed by Walton on verso of
title page. R 1950
Walton traces the development of folk building throughout South Africa. "He
has followed the opening up of the country and describes the homesteads
which characterise each region. Ornate gabled houses, fortified frontier
homesteads, hardbieshuise and even the kakabeenwa… The interior of the
house… also provides a rich store of surviving folk culture. " Endflap.
52 Weinberg, Con. FRAGMENTS OF A DESERT LAND: memoirs of a South West
African doctor. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1975.
157 p.: ill., ports., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed on edges
& with small chips. Name & address label on front free endpaper. Signed & dated
inscription from Weinberg on title page. R 150
Weinberg recounts his experiences as a doctor in South West Africa
(Nambia) from 1926 to 1939. Based at Gibeon, he travelled north and south
on the main railway in a caboose, which allowed him to administer to patients
who, on seeing the red cross painted on the train, were allowed to flag it
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down. He also discusses the affect Hitler's rise to power had on the formerly
German territory.
TONY GROGAN
Grogan was editorial cartoonist at THE CAPE TIMES for many years. He has also
illustrated many other publications. He is a relative of Ewart Grogan of CAPE TO
CAIRO fame!
53 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S VANISHING CAPE TOWN; text by Brian
Barrow. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1976.
[102] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.). Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.
R 350
54 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S VANISHING VILLAGES. Cape Town: Don
Nelson, 1978.
[108] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.
R 300
55 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S SETTLER COUNTRY. Cape Town: Don
Nelson, 1980.
[98] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.
R 250
Grogan's sketches of the Eastern Cape.
56 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHBOOK. Cape
Town: Don Nelson, 1984.
[122] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.
R 250
57 Grogan, Tony. BETWEEN THE CAPE AND CAIRO: Tony Grogan paints Malawi:
an anthology of painting and personal experience in the warm heart of Africa.
Blantyre: Central Africana, 1995.
160 p.: chiefly col. ill. Small oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied
by a newspaper cutting of a review of the book. Signed & dated inscription from
Grogan on title page. R 300
58 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S CAPE TOWN SKETCHBOOK. Cape Town:
Don Nelson, 2002.
128 p.: col. ill. Small oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated
inscription from Grogan on title page. R 300
CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS
59 Baikoff, Jill. RUSTENBERG; [photography by Alain Proust and Barry White].
[Privately published, 1992].
[46] p.: col. ill, col. ports., col. map. 4to. Stiff paper wraps. Name & annotation on
preliminary page. R 150
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Rustenberg is an old Cape Dutch homestead and farm in the shadow of the
Simonsberg. Includes the history of the farm and of the Barlow family, who
bought the farm after the First World War.
60 Bird, W. STATE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN 1822. Facsimile reprint.
Cape Town: C. Struik, 1966.
viii, 380 p.: ill., frontis., folding maps. (Africana collectanea series; vol. 19).
Skivertex, d.w. frayed on top edge. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges.
No. 365 of an edition limited to 750 copies. R 350
Bird was Controller of Customs in Cape Town and consequently was able to
provide a detailed overview of the Cape.
61 Bisset, W.M. & Rourke, J.P. ADMIRALTY HOUSE, SIMON'S TOWN AND ITS
GARDEN. Simonstown: SAN Publication Unit, [1996].
[20] p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Oblong 16 mo. Paperback. R 50
62 Borcherds, Petrus Borchardus. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR. Facsimile
reprint. Cape Town: Africana Connoisseurs Press, 1963.
xxv, 500, 15 p.: port. Paper covered boards. Originally published in 1861.
R 500
Borcherds (1786-1871) travelled with Samuel Daniell to Lataku in 1801-02.
In 1803 he became Clerk of the Council of Justice in Cape Town. He
became Adj.-Fiscal and in 1834, first magistrate of Cape Town, a post he
held until 1857. He was the first chairman of the Cape Farmers' Union.
Seventeen children were born out of his marriage with Janette
Blanckenberg- many of whom went on to make their own mark on Cape life.
See DSAB vol. II.
63 BOSCHENDAL: founded 1685; principal photography, Keith Phillips; copy editor,
Kathryn White; research, Marianne Gertenbach. Groot Drakenstein: Boschendal
Ltd, 2007.
156 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards & paper covered board slip case.
R 500
Produced in the run up to the much publised subdivision and sale of
Boschendal, this publication depicts the Estate in all its glory, and provides
an interesting historical overview.
64 Botha, Colin Graham. A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF
DOCUMENTS IN THE CAPE ARCHIVES FOR THE PERIOD 1652-1806. Cape
Town: Cape Times, 1918.
vi, 85 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill. Cloth. Clear adhesive plastic cover. Spotting on
page edges. Name & annotation on front free endpaper. R 250
Descriptive notes have been added, and Botha observes: "The records
enumerated in the following pages are the keynote to the general history of
South Africa up to the beginning of the 19th century and from them we are
able to gather the social, economic, religious and political conditions of the
people". Preface.
65 Botha, Colin Graham. EARLY CAPE LAND TENURE. Cape Town: Cape Times,
1919.
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20 p. Stiff pict. paper wraps, split on spine. Name & annotation on title page. Some
underlining. Reprinted from the SOUTH AFRICAN LAW JOURNAL, May and
August 1919. R 150
Explains "Leening", "Erfpacht", "Eigendom" and other terms. Land ownership
has always been complex and controversial in South Africa.
66 Bradlow, Frank R. BARON VON LUDWIG AND THE LUDWIG'S-BURG GARDEN:
a chronicle of the Cape from 1806 to 1848 with an appendix showing some of the
horticultural introductions of Baron von Ludwig. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1965.
xii, 124 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Cloth, d.w. Some spotting to preliminary
pages. Name on front free endpaper. R 150
67 Burman, Jose. SO HIGH THE ROAD: mountain passes of the Western Cape.
Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1963.
157 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps (1 col. folding on rear endpaper). Cloth, d.w.
rubbed. R 300
68 Cape Times. CAPE PENINSULA DIRECTORY, 1962-63. Cape Town: Cape
Times, 1962.
895 p.: ill., plans, advertisements, maps. Small 4to. Pict. cloth, scarred.
R 450
Section 1 contains detailed street maps; section 2 an alphabetical list of
streets and roads with the names of the principal residents of each house;
section 3 an alphabetical list of individuals and businesses, including
addresses (e.g. from A.I. Agencies of 14 Loop Street Cape Town to G.
Zylstra of 13 Frere Street, Maitland); and section 4, an index to professions
and trades.
69 Collier, Joy. PORTRAIT OF CAPE TOWN; written and illustrated by Joy Collier. De
luxe ed. Cape Town: Longmans, 1961.
108 p.: ill. Small 4to. Half calf & gilding. No. 1 of an edition limited to 200 copies.
R 250
70 De Villiers, Simon A. ROBBEN ISLAND: out of reach, out of mind: a history of
Robben Island. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1971.
xv, 169 p.: ill., frontis., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
71 Duff Gordon, Lady. LETTERS FROM THE CAPE; edited by John Purves. [New
ed.]. London: Humphrey Milford, 1921.
180 p. Cloth with gilding. Originally published in 1864. R 175
Lady Duff Gordon came to the Cape in 1861 to improve her health. "Her
brilliant and vivacious letters from the Colony give a capital description of the
country in the early sixties: she evidently greatly admired the scenery and the
novelty… she was [also] a keen observer of the character of the inhabitants."
Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 620.
72 Elliott, Arthur & Fransen, Hans. A CAPE CAMERA: the architectural beauty of the
old Cape: photographs from the Arthur Elliott collection in the Cape Archives;
compiled and introduced by Hans Fransen. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1993.
224 p.: ill., port. as frontis. Folio. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 650
Arthur Elliott's photographic record of Cape Dutch architecture has
contributed to modern day awareness of our heritage.
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73 Fairbridge, Dorothea. LADY ANNE BARNARD AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,
1797-1802; illustrated by a series of sketches made by Lady Anne Barnard. Oxford:
Clarendon, 1924.
xiii, 343 p.: ill. (1 folding), col. port. as frontis. Cloth, some scarring along top edge.
Name on front free endpaper. R 275
74 Gerber, Hilda. TRADITIONAL COOKERY OF THE CAPE MALAYS: food customs
and 200 old Cape recipes; illustrated by Katrine Harries. 2nd ed. Cape Town: A.A.
Balkema, 1958.
127 p.: ill., frontis. Skivertex, d.w. with small cellotape repair to top of spine.
R 150
Hard cover copies seldom seen.
75 Kenney, R.U. ABRAHAM IZAK PEROLD: wegwyser van ons wingerdbou. Cape
Town: Human & Rousseau, 1981.
149 p., [14] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges.
R 125
Perold has made a significant contribution to the South African wine industry.
He brought Barlinka grapes to the Cape, created Pinotage wines, and
headed research at KWV for many years.
76 Kuttel, M. QUADRILLES AND KONFYT: the life and journal of Hildagonda Duckitt.
Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1954.
112 p.: ill. (chiefly ports., 1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. worn on edges
and with chips to corners. Some annotations. Name on front free endpaper.
R 100
Hildagonda Duckitt was South Africa's equivalent of Mrs Beeton. She writes
of the Cape in Victorian times.
77 Mackenzie, Barbara. SALT RIVER DOCTOR. Cape Town: Faircape Books, 1981.
77 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name on front free endpaper.
Newspaper cuttings laid down on preliminary page & title page. R 100
Professor Mackenzie describes the life of her father, a medical doctor, who
left Scotland and settled near Cape Town, at Salt River. Dr Mackenzie also
tended patients at the Ndabeni "location".
78 Mentzel, O.F. THE CAPE IN MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: being the biography of
Rudolf Siegfried Allemann, Captain of the Military Forces and Commander of the
Castle in the service of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope;
translated from the German by Margaret Greenlees. Special ed. by arrangement
with the Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller, 1920.
vi, 170 p.: frontis. Pict. cloth with gilding. Water staining to front cover.
R 650
See also Van Riebeeck Society section, nos. 86 & 88.
79 Papas, William & Sussens, Aubrey. UNDER THE TABLECLOTH: Papas looks at
the Peninsula; [sketches by] Papas; [text by] Aubrey Sussens. 2nd ed. Cape Town:
Maskew Miller, 1961.
72 p.: ill., frontis. Cloth, d.w. Name on front endpaper, under endflap.
R 150
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80 Rose, John & Wolpowitz, Lily [ed.]. THE DIARIES OF JOHN ROSE OF CAPE
TOWN, 1848-1873; edited by Lily Wolpowitz. Cape Town: Friends of the South
African Library, 1990.
xxvi, 191 p.: ill., ports. (Friends of the South African Library publications. New
series; no. 1). Paperback. R 200
John Rose (1825-1902) lived his life in Cape Town and held a senior position
in the civil service. He was a keen observer and provides an interesting view
of mid-nineteenth century Victorian Cape Town and its growth, civic pride
and events.
81 Tredgold, Arderne. VILLAGE OF THE SEA: the story of Hermanus. 2nd ed. Cape
Town: Human & Rousseau, 1980.
159 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied by a letter &
newspaper cutting. R 150
Recent publications relating to the Cape
82 Baker, Jos. PRESERVING A HOUSE; photography by David Baker. Cape Town:
Jos Baker, 2009.
112 p.: col. ill. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
Records the restoration of a 300 year old cottage, reputed to have been the
home of folk hero, Wolraad Woltemade.
83 Schoeman, Karel. HANDELSRYK IN DIE OOSTE: die wereld van die VOC, 1619-
1685. Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2009.
351 p. (Kolonie aan die Kaap; 2). Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
Schoeman's series, KOLONIE AAN DIE KAAP is a comprehensive
examination of the VOC at the Cape. The first title in the proposed five part
work, PATRISIERS EN PRINSE: die Europese samelewing en die stigting
van 'n kolonie aan die Kaap, 1619-1688, was published in 2008.
84 Walker, Michael. MUIZENBERG: a forgotten story. St James: M. Walker, 2009.
xi, 160 p.: ill., ports., plans. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. R 180
VAN RIEBEECK SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS (FIRST SERIES)
85 Chavonnes, Maurits Pasques de [et al.]. THE REPORTS OF CHAVONNES AND
HIS COUNCIL, AND OF VAN IMHOFF, ON THE CAPE: with incidental
correspondence; with an introduction by the Right Hon. J.X. Merriman. Cape Town:
Van Riebeeck Society, 1918.
156 p. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 1). Pict. cloth. Text in Dutch
and English. R 4000
Chavonnes (1654-1724) was Governor of the Cape from 1714-1721. He did
much to develop the settlement and regulated the duties of the garrison. He
drew up a set of instructions for the care of arms and ammunition and
introduced a uniform for the soldiers. He also formed a Company of "Vry
Swartes" and Chinese in the colony under their own officers, who shared the
duties of the garrison. The reports of Chavonnes and his council were made
in response to a request of the Council of Seventeen of the Dutch East India
Company in 1716. The report of Baron Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff (1705-
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1750), then the newly appointed Governor General of the East Indies, was
made in 1743 to Governor Swellengrebel for his instruction as to the conduct
of the Company's affairs at the Cape.
86 Mentzel, O.F. LIFE AT THE CAPE IN MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: being the
biography of Rudolf Siegfried Allemann, Captain of the military forces and
Commander of the Castle in the service of the Dutch East India Company at the
Cape of Good Hope; translated from the German by Margaret Greenlees. Cape
Town: The Van Riebeeck Society 1919.
170 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 2)
Pict. cloth. Originally published in German in 1784. R 1250
Mentzel (1709-1801) lived at the Cape from 1733-1741. He was a teacher by
profession and taught the children of R.S. Allerman. "… an entertaining
account of social life at the Cape during the mid-18th century. The topics
range from the structure of the military forces to the life of slaves, and the
revolt of Etienne Barbier to shipwrecks and the financial prospects of young
women." Van Riebeeck Society. He was visiting a ship bound for Holland
when a southeaster came up, and he could not return to shore. So he
travelled to Holland, with nothing more than the clothes he wore, and was
never to return to the Cape. See D.S.A.B., vol. 1.
87 De Mist, J.A. & Jeffreys, K.M. [trans.]. THE MEMORANDUM OF COMMISSARY
J.A. DE MIST: containing recommendations for the form and administration of
Government at the Cape of Good Hope, 1802; with an English version by Kathleen
M. Jeffreys; and a preface by S.F.N. Gie. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society,
1920.
xiv, 292 p.: port. as frontis. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 3). Pict.
cloth. Text in Dutch and English. R 1100
De Mist was asked by the Asiatic Council in Holland to make
recommendations on the administration of the Cape in the event of it being
returned to Dutch rule by the British. The MEMORANDUM… was the result.
When the Cape was returned in 1802, De Mist was appointed
Commissioner-General on behalf of Batavia. He reached the Cape in 1802,
and a year later visited the interior, accompanied by, amongst others, his
daughter Augusta and Dr M.H. Lichtenstein, who both kept journals of their
travels. He believed in the sovereignty of the law, and instituted a strong
central government. He stressed individualism and free trade, but strict
separation of the races. He gave the church autonomy and instituted various
other reforms. He returned to Holland in 1805.
88 Mentzel, O.F. A GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Parts 1 & 2; translated from the German by H.J.
Mandelbrote. Part. 3; translated from the original German by G.V. Marais and J.
Hoge; revised and edited with an introduction and footnotes by H.J. Mandelbrote.
Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1921-1944.
3 vols. (181; 159; xxv, 353 p.): folding plan in vol. 1, folding maps in vol. 3. (Van
Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 4, 6 & 25). Pict. cloth. Spine title:
DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPE. Reprint of the 1785-7 edition, which was originally
published in 2 volumes. R 2500
Title of original publication: A COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC
GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
FAMOUS, AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, REMARKABLE, AFRICAN
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. "… three volumes by Mentzel on conditions at the
Cape as he found them in the mid-18th century. Mentzel intended to correct
the errors perpetrated by such earlier travellers as Kolb. [The first] volume
contains an historical background, a description of the physical features of
the Cape and accounts of the administration and finances of the colony…
The second part of Mentzel's account of life at the Cape ranges widely from
revenues available to the Cape government, to the daily life of the burghers,
public auctions and the treatment of slaves… In [the] third volume of
Mentzel's account of life at the Cape, he travelled into the interior, to
Stellenbosch and Swellendam. He comments on agriculture and viticulture,
as well as hunting. The final chapters discuss the Khoi inhabitants." Van
Riebeeck Society.
89 Botha, Colin Graham. COLLECTANEA. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society,
1924.
141 p.: ill. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 5). Pict. cloth. Text in
Dutch and English. R 750
Contents include Ovington, Beeckman and Dampier's descriptions of the
Cape; Roger's description of Natal; and two of the earliest accounts of
journeys to the hot springs now known as Caledon Baths, and of the whole
experience of "taking the waters".
90 Owen, Francis & Cory, George E. [ed.]. THE DIARY OF THE REV. FRANCIS
OWEN: missionary with Dingaan in 1837-38, together with extracts from the writings
of the interpreters in Zulu, Messrs. Hulley and Kirkman; edited by Sir Geo. E. Cory.
Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1926.
189 p. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 7). Pict. cloth.
R 1500
"Owen produced one of the best-known descriptions of life in Dingaan's
kraal, including an account of the Retief massacre, of which he was the only
white witness. This was the first time that the diary has been published in its
entirety…" Van Riebeeck Society.
91 Carter, George & Van Reenen, J. THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR:
containing a narrative of the loss of The Grosvenor, East Indiaman wrecked on the
coast of Caffraria, 1782; compiled by Mr George Carter…, and, JOURNAL OF A
JOURNEY FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN 1790 and 1791, undertaken by
J. van Reenen and others in search of the wreck of The Grosvenor, a literal
translation of the original; by Capt. Edward Riou. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1927.
207 p.: folding ill., folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 8).
Pict. cloth. R 1000
92 Witbooi, Hendrik. DIE DAGBOEK VAN HENDRIK WITBOOI: Kaptein van die
Witbooi-Hottentotte, 1884-1905…; met 'n voorwoord deur Gustav Voigts. Cape
Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1929.
xxviii, 244 p.: multiple port. as frontis., folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 9). Pict. cloth. Text chiefly in German. R 1500
Witbooi, a Nama, realised that African unity was essential in the face of
conquest and colonization by Germany. He committed his thoughts and
convictions to paper in the form of a journal, and kept minutes of meetings
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and copies of correspondence with other Namibian leaders and Imperial
German officers.
93 Lichtenstein, Henry & Plumptre, A. [trans.]. TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:
in the years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806; a reprint of the translation from the original
German by Anne Plumptre. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1928-30.
2 vols. (xxiv, 470, x p.; xxiii, 498, xv p.): ill. (1 folding in vol. 2), port in vol. 1, folding
map in vol. 2. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 10 & 11). Pict. cloth,
Reprint of the 1812-15 edition. R 1500
"Henry Lichtenstein, doctor in medicine and philosophy, and professor of
natural history in the University of Berlin, member of several learned
societies, and formerly in the the Dutch service at the Cape of Good Hope"
[title page] managed to travel extensively in the four years he spent at the
Cape, and his observations are free of much of the prejudice which coloured
many of his contemporaries' writings.
94 Bergh, Olof & Schrijver, Isaq. JOERNALE VAN DIE LANDTOGTE = JOURNALS
OF THE EXPEDITIONS: of the Honourable Ensign Olof Bergh, 1682 and 1683; and
the Ensign Isaq Schrijver, 1689; transcribed and translated into English and edited
with a foreword and footnotes by E.E. Mossop. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1931.
270, xv p.: ill., port. as frontis., folding maps. (Van Riebeeck Society publications.
First series; 12). Pict. cloth. Parallel text in English and Dutch. R 750
Dr Mossop's footnotes provide greater insight into these interesting accounts
of early journeys into the interior of the Cape.
95 Fuller, Claude. LOUIS TRIGARDT'S TREK ACROSS THE DRAKENSBERG,
1837-1838; edited by Leo Fouche. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1932.
xix, 173 p.: ill., col. folding frontis., 5 col. folding maps. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 13). Pict. cloth. R 1000
96 Isaacs, Nathaniel. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN EASTERN AFRICA:
[descriptive of the Zoolus, their manners, customs, etc. etc., with, A SKETCH OF
NATAL]; edited with footnotes and a biographical sketch by Louis Herman. Cape
Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1936.
2 vols. (xiii, 291; 335 p.): ports. (2 as frontispieces), folding map (in vol. 1). (Van
Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 16 & 17). Pict. cloth. Reprint of the 1836
edition. R 1000
Isaacs accompanied Lieutenant King on his voyage to Natal in search of
King's friends, Lieutenant Farewell and Francis Fynn. The former were
shipwrecked in Natal Bay and while the crew built another ship, Isaacs
ventured inland to visit Shaka's royal kraal. He records his impressions of the
Zulu people and their customs which are particularly interesting as they are
an accurate account of the Zulu people before they came under European
influence. He lived in daily contact with Shaka and was treated on the whole
with favour, having rank and honours conferred upon him, as well as a large
tract of land.
97 Van Reenen, Dirk Gysbert. DIE JOERNAAL VAN DIRK GYSBERT VAN
REENEN, 1803; [edited with notes by] W. Blommaert and J.A. Wiid; met 'n Engelse
vertaling deur J.L.M. Franken en Ian M. Murray. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1937.
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322 p.: folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 18). Pict.
cloth. Text in English, Dutch and Afrikaans. R 400
Van Reenen travelled along the east coast before turning inland and
returning to Cape Town through the Great Karoo. "This is an account of a
journey in to the Eastern Cape undertaken by the Governor of the Cape,
J.W. Janssens and Capt Paravicini de Capelli, recorded by D.G. van
Reenen. Van Reenen was a prominent burger at the Cape, a winemaker,
reputed to make the best wine in the Cape, and he held the wine and meat
contracts for the VOC on a number of occasions. The purpose of the journey
was to inspect the land now ruled by the Batavian Government, and to settle
the conflicts occurring between the Dutch burgers and the indigenous
residents of the area. This is an official report with much factual information."
Van Riebeeck Society.
98 Duminy, Francois. DUMINY-DAGBOEKE = DUMINY DIARIES; uitgegee en
toegelig deur J.L.M. Franken. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1938.
355 p.: ill., ports., col. folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series;
19). Pict. cloth. Text in English, Dutch and Afrikaans. R 500
The Duminy diaries consist of the diary of Johanna Margareta Duminy
(1797); François Duminy's journal of his visit to the Caledon Baths (end 1810
to early 1811); his expedition to Walvis Bay in 1893; and Sebastian Valentyn
van Reenen's journal of the same expedition.
99 Adams, Buck. THE NARRATIVE OF PRIVATE BUCK ADAMS, 7th (Princess
Royal's) Dragoon Guards: on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, 1843-
1848; edited by A. Gordon-Brown. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1941.
316 p.: ill., col. frontis., ports., folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications.
First series; 22). Pict. cloth. R 750
Private Adams (1826-1910) served on the Eastern frontier for five years,
seeing action in the War of the Axe.
100 Van Ryneveld, Willem S. & Thom, H.B. [ed.]. WILLEM STEPHANUS VAN
RYNEVELD SE AANMERKINGS OVER DE VERBETERING VAN HET VEE AAN
DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP, 1804; uitgegee en toegelig met 'n inleiding en
voetnote deur H.B. Thom; Engelse vertaling deur Ian M. Murray en J.L.M. Franken.
Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1942.
229 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series;
23). Pict. cloth. Parallel text in Dutch and English. R 250
101 Teenstra, M.D. DE VRUCHTEN MIJNER WERKZAAMHEDEN: gedurende mijne
reize, over de Kaap de Goede Hoop, naar Java en terug, over St Helena, naar de
Nederlanden; [edited by] F.C.L. Bosman & J.L.M. Franken; [English summary by]
P.J. Smuts. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1943.
xlviii, 363 p.: ill., folding map as frontis., folding plan. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 24). Pict. cloth. R 300
Of particular value to those interested in the Overberg region.
102 Dobie, John Shedden & Hattersley, A.F. [ed.]. JOHN SHEDDEN DOBIE, SOUTH
AFRICAN JOURNAL, 1862-6; edited by Alan F. Hattersley. Cape Town: The Van
Riebeeck Society, 1945.
xxiv, 207 p., [14] leaves of plates: ill., port. as frontis., map. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 26). Pict. cloth. R 200
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After gaining experience in Australia, Dobie (1819-1853) attempted to farm
sheep in Natal, but was unsuccessful.
103 Goldswain, Jeremy & Long, Una [ed.]. THE CHRONICLE OF JEREMIAH
GOLDSWAIN: Albany settler of 1820; edited by Una Long. Cape Town: The Van
Riebeeck Society, 1946-1949.
2 vols. (xxi, 188; xxix, 239 p.): ill.,frontispieces, maps (1 folding). (Van Riebeeck
Society Publications. First series. 27 & 29). Pict. cloth. Contents: Volume 1. 1819-
1836. Volume 2. 1838-1858. R 350
Jeremiah Goldswain was one of the 1820 Settlers. The book gives a factual
account of their lives and the challenges they faced from 1820 to 1870.
104 Brink, C. F. & Rhenius, Johannes Tobias. THE JOURNALS OF BRINK AND
RHENIUS: being the journal of C.F. Brink of the journey into Great Namaqualand
(1761-2) made by Capt. Hendrik Hop; and the journal of Ensign J.T.Rhenius (1724);
[edited with notes] by E.E. Mossop. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1947.
xiv, 160 p.: frontis., genealogical table, folding maps. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 28). Pict. cloth. R 300
105 Bain, Andrew Geddes & Lister, M.H. [ed.]. JOURNALS OF ANDREW GEDDES
BAIN: trader, explorer, soldier, road engineer and geologist; edited with biographical
sketch and footnotes by Margaret Hermina Lister. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1949.
xxxix, 264 p.: ill. (1 folding), ports. (1 as frontis.), maps (2 folding). (Van Riebeeck
Society Publications. First series; 30). Pict. cloth. R 300
106 Kotze, D.J. [ed.]. LETTERS OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES, 1835-1838.
Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1950.
294 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series;
31). Pict. cloth. R 100
107 Malan, Francois Stephanus & Preller, J. [ed.] DIE KONVENSIE-DAGBOEK VAN
SY EDELAGBARE FRANCOIS STEPHANUS MALAN, 1908-1909; uitgegee en
toegelig met inleiding en voetnote deur Johann F. Preller; Engelse vertaling deur
A.J. de Villiers. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1951.
284 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., frontis., ports., plans. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 32). Pict. cloth. R 100
The Convention resulted in the formation of the Union of South Africa in
1910.
108 Hamelberg, H.A.L. DIE DAGBOEK VAN H.A.L. HAMELBERG, 1855-1871;
uitgegee en toegelig deur Dr. F.J. du T. Spies; met 'n verkorte weergawe in Engels
vertaal deur N.G. Sabbagha. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1952.
xx, 275 p., [12] p. of plates (1 folding): ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), plans. (Van
Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 33). Pict. cloth. R 100
109 Kirby, Percival R. [comp. & ed.]. A SOURCE BOOK ON THE WRECK OF THE
GROSVENOR EAST INDIAMAN; compiled and edited, with an introduction, notes
and map by Percival R. Kirby. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1953.
228 p.: ill., folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 34) Pict.
cloth. R 100
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Interesting to read in conjunction with Stephen Taylor's THE CALIBAN
SHORE, which deals with the fate of the Grosvenor castaways.
110 McKiernan, Gerald & Serton, P. [ed.]. THE NARRATIVE AND JOURNAL OF
GERALD MCKIERNAN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA, 1874-1879; edited with
introduction, notes and map by P. Serton. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society,
1954.
193 p.: port. as frontis., folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First
series; vol. 35). Pict. cloth. R 100
111 Kirby, Percival R. [comp. & ed.]. ANDREW SMITH AND NATAL: documents
relating to the early history of that province; selected, edited and annotated by
Percival R. Kirby. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1955.
253 p.: frontis., maps (1 folding). (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series;
36). Pict. cloth. R 100
Andrew Smith (1797-1872), military doctor, explorer and traveller, was the
author of the monumental ILLUSTRATION OF THE ZOOLOGY OF SOUTH
AFRICA.
112 Merriman, N.J & Varley, D. [ed]. THE CAPE JOURNALS OF ARCHDEACON N.J.
MERRIMAN, 1848-1855; edited with introduction, footnotes and sketch-map by
D.H. Varley and H.M. Matthew. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1957.
ix, 243 p., [10] p. of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), folding map. (Van Riebeeck
Society publications. First series; 37). Pict. cloth. R 100
See also no. 152.
113 Wangemann, T.& Grosskopf, J.F.W. [trans.]. MALEO EN SEKOEKOENI; vertaal
uit die Duits van Th. Wangemann deur J.F.W. Grosskopf; uitgegee en toegelig deur
G.P.J. Trumpelmann; met 'n opsomming in Engels vertaal deur A. Ravenscroft.
Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1957.
xxv, 185 p., [10] leaves of plates: ill., ports., map as frontis. (Van Riebeeck Society
publications. First series; 38). Pict. cloth. Text in English and German.
R 100
114 Stanford, Sir Walter & Macquarrie, J. [ed.]. THE REMINISCENCES OF SIR
WALTER STANFORD; edited with introduction, footnotes and sketch-map by J.W.
Macquarrie. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1958-1962.
2 vols. (xxviii, 221 p., [20] p. of plates; xi, 270 p., [12] p.): ill., ports (2 as
frontispieces), maps. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 39 & 43).
Pict. cloth. R 200
115 Tindall, B.A. THE JOURNAL OF JOSEPH TINDALL: missionary in South West
Africa, 1839-55; edited with introduction, footnotes and sketch-map. Cape Town:
The Van Riebeeck Society, 1959.
x, 221 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications.
First series; 40). Pict. cloth. R 100
116 Merriman, J.X. & Lewsen, Phyllis [ed.]. SELECTIONS FROM THE
CORRESPONDENCE OF J.X. MERRIMAN; edited by Phyllis Lewsen, with
introduction, footnotes and sketch-maps. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society,
1960-1969.
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4 vols. (xxi, 318 p.; xv, 349 p.; x, 495 p.; xv, 327 p.): ill., ports. as frontispieces,
maps. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 41, 44, 47 & 50). Pict. cloth.
R 400
117 Baines, Thomas. JOURNAL OF RESIDENCE IN AFRICA, 1842-1853; edited with
introduction, notes & map by R.F. Kennedy. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1961-1964.
2 vols. (xix, 252 p.; xi, 355 p): ill., ports. (1 as frontis.in vol. 1), maps (some
folding). Van Riebeeck Society. Publications, First series; 42 & 45). Pict. cloth.
Contents: Vol. 1. 1842-1849. Vol. 2. 1850-1853. R 1100
"...one of the most likeable and one of the most remarkablle characters in the
whole of Africana literature" Kennedy, vol. 1, p. xix.
118 Paravicini di Capelli, W.B.E. REIZE IN DE BINNE-LANDEN VAN ZUID-AFRICA;
gedaan in den jaare 1803 door W.B.E. Paravicini di Capelli, Kapitein Aide de Camp
by den Gouverneur van de Caap de Goede Hoop; uitgegee en toegelig… en
verkorte weergawe in Engels deur W.J. de Kock. Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck
Society, 1965.
xxxiii, 290 p., [13] p. of plates : ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), folding maps. (Van
Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 46). Pict. cloth. Text in Dutch and
English. R 150
119 Thompson, George & Forbes, Vernon [ed.]. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA: [eight years a resident at the Cape: comprising a view of the
present state of the Cape Colony, with observations on the progress and prospects
of the British emigrants]; edited with notes by Vernon S. Forbes. Cape Town: The
Van Riebeeck Society, 1967-8.
2 vols. (xxxvi, 187; xiv, 277 p.): ill., ports., folding plans, tables, folding map. (Van
Riebeeck Society Publications. First series; 48 & 49). Pict. cloth. R 250
SOUTH AFRICA
120 Agricola, Georgius & Hoover, Herbert Clark. DE RE METALLICA [by] Georgius
Agricola; translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with biographical introduction,
annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods,
metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to
the 16th century by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Facsimile reprint.
New York: Dover Publications, 1950.
xxxi, 638 p.: ill. 4to. Skivetex with gilding. Originally published in 1912. "Specially
bound for ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL's 125th anniversary, 1866-1991"
Cover. R 400
Agricola was born in Saxony in 1494. In 1544 he began work on a series of
books relating to physical geology, subterranean waters and gases, a
systematic mineralogy, a history of metals and topographical mineralogy,
and a glossary of Latin and German mineralogical and metallurgical terms.
This collection of books is regarded as one of the earliest relevant to
technology of the modern era. Herbert Hoover began his career as a gold
miner. He met his his wife Lou Henry at Stanford University and they worked
on the translation over a period of five years, puzzling out Agricola's
processes and constructions through scientific detective work in small
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chemical laboratories set up in their various homes. He went on to become
the 31st President of the United States, serving for the years 1929-1933.
121 Alberts, Paul [comp.]. SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY BUILDINGS
PHOTOGRAPHED: an historical heritage; compiled by Paul Alberts; foreword by Mr
Justice M.R. de Kock. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1992.
125 p.: ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. R 350
Alberts, better known for his political portraits, uses black & white or sepia
photographs to record the most important historical buildings across the
whole of South Africa, which served a military role. Includes the Castle of
Good Hope, the Provost Building, Grahamstown, Fort Schanskop, Pretoria
and the Old Artillery Stables, Pretoria. Very seldom seen.
122 Axelson, Eric. CONGO TO CAPE: early Portuguese explorers; edited by George
Woodcock. London: Faber and Faber, 1973.
224 p., [8] p. of plates: maps. Cloth, d.w. Names on half title page. R 450
Eric Axelson, then Professor of History at UCT, wrote a number of books on
the Portuguese influence in southern Africa. He traced their exact routes
around the coast of South Africa. Prof. Axelson combines elements of his
previous books to explain and describe the voyages of the early Portuguese
explorers. His great knowledge of their lives is very evident. Of particular
interest is his astute detective work in tracking down the last Padrao at
Kwaaihoek (and the resulting tug-of-war over this find!). A very readable
account.
123 Bell, Terry & Ntsebeza, Dumisa Buhle. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: South Africa,
apartheid & truth. London: Verso, 2003.
xii, 385 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 225
Bell is a journalist, Ntsebeza is a well-known South African human rights
lawyer and the former head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's
Investigations Unit. They feel that the TRC and other bodies established after
1994 did not fully reveal and explore what had really happened during
apartheid. Published only in paperback in South Africa, the hard cover is
seldom seen.
124 Bloomberg, Charles. CHRISTIAN-NATIONALISM AND THE RISE OF THE
AFRIKANER BROEDERBOND IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1918-48; edited by Saul
Dubow. London: Macmillan, 1990.
xxviii, 250 p.: port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
Bloomberg realised the power exercised by the Broederbond before it was
generally acknowledged in South Africa. Published posthumously.
125 Boeseken, Anna [comp]. GESKEIDENIS-ATLAS VIR SUID-AFRIKA; in oorleg met
F.A. Steytler, P.S. du Toit, J.A. Smuts en L.W. Hiemstra. 2nd ed., 7th impression.
Cape Town: Nasou, [1948].
91 p.: all maps. 4to. Stiff paper wraps. Designed for schools use, the Atlas does not
focus exclusively on South Africa, but also on European history and the early
explorers and travellers. R 150
126 Breytenbach, Jan. FORGED IN BATTLE. Cape Town: Saayman & Weber, 1986.
149 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Stamp on front free endpaper.
R 1250
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Col. Jan Breytenbach commanded the famous, or infamous, 32 Battalion
which campaigned so effectively in Angola and Namibia during the Bush
War. The publishers were a small firm who only produced a limited print run
of this book. It is a revealing and honest look at the war and has become a
sought after account of the fighting between South African forces on the one
side and Angolans and Cubans on the other, north of the "cutline".
127 Burkitt, M.C. SOUTH AFRICA'S PAST IN STONE AND PAINT. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1928.
xiv, 183 p., [9] leaves of plates: ill., col. frontis., map. Cloth, d.w. with small scar &
browned on spine. Book plate removed from front free endpaper. R 350
128 Christopher, A.J. THE ATLAS OF APARTHEID. London: Routledge, 1994.
212 p.: plans, maps. Small 4to. Paperback. R 350
Apartheid was intended to enforce geographical separation. It is thus ironic
that so little written attention has been devoted to this aspect. This atlas
seeks to portray South Africa through the prism of maps, broken down into
categories such as State apartheid, Urban apartheid, Personal apartheid and
Resistance to apartheid. It provides a fascinating and alternative view.
129 Condon, Tim. BENEATH SOUTHERN SEAS: the story of skindivers' exploration of
southern African seas. Facsimile reprint. Durban: Ihlane, 1990.
288 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., map. 4to. Skivotex, d.w. frayed along edges & with
chip to top of spine. Originally published by Findiver Magazine in 1971.
R 150
A comprehensive survey of underwater exploration in southern seas. There
was a lapse of twenty years between impressions, as the original plates,
artwork and photographs were destroyed when the printer's archives were,
ironically, flooded! The original publication has been photolithographed
without any changes.
130 COSATU. HLANGANANI BASEBENZI: a brief history of COSATU: [celebrating
twenty years of the Congress of South African Trade Unions]; text, Judy Seidman
and Neva Makgetla. Johannesburg: Cosatu, 1995.
80 p.: col. ill. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. R 150
131 Curson, H.H. COLOURS AND HONOURS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1783-1948; with a
foreword by J.C. Smuts. Pretoria: H.H. Curson, 1948.
xv, 123 p., [30] p. of leaves: ill., frontis., ports. Small 4to. Cloth, unevenly faded.
Bears "Foyle's, Cape Town" book ticket on front endpaper. Accompanied by looseleaf
5 page article by Curson from COMMANDO [magazine], March 1953, entitled:
HELMET AND HAT SMASHERS, 1900-1922. R 1950
132 De Kock, W.J. & Kruger, D.W. [et al., eds.]. DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN
BIOGRAPHY. Pretoria: HSRC, 1968-1987.
5 vols. (xx, 894; 864; 861; 803; 909 p.). Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.s.,
slightly frayed on edges of spine. R 2000
The entries are of a high standard, as the majority of the contributors were
academics from prominent South African universities.
133 Denyer, Susan. AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE: an historical and
geographical perspective. London: Heinemann, 1978.
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xiv, 210 p.: ill., plans, maps. Paperback. R 125
134 Du Plessis, J. A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1965.
xx, 494 p.: ill., ports., col. folding map. Skivertex, d.w. with chip to top of spine.
Name & date on front free endpaper. Reprint of the 1911 edition. R 500
A large number of societies and churches started functioning in southern
Africa to convert those who lived in this part of the "Dark Continent" to
Christianity. This overview takes the reader from 1652 onwards.
135 Du Toit, Allan. SOUTH AFRICA'S FIGHTING SHIPS: past and present.
Johannesburg: Ashanti, 1992.
xxvii, 359 p.: ill. (some col.). 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 600
136 Du Toit, Schalk. DIE ONTSTAAN VAN DIE GEMEENTE NUWE KERK OP
GRAAFF-REINET: 'n kritiese kerkhistoriese-kerkregtelike evaluering van die
gebeure wat aanleiding was tot die kerkskeuring in 1927. Murraysburg: S. du Toit,
1993.
ix, 126 p. Paperback. R 75
137 Erasmus, Yvonne [comp.]. THE TRILINGUAL COOKERY BOOK: simple recipes
in English, South Sotho and Zulu; translators Mrs Constance Motsumi (Zulu) and
Miss Eddie Malukwa (South Sotho). Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1972.
123 p. Paper covered boards, rubbed. R 250
Despite its good intentions, this publication is an example of high apartheid
thinking: "I have a little maid who can cook reasonably well and who is very
keen to learn more… naturally a little basic training by the mistress is
necessary. The maid, or cook-boy, must be shown how to weigh on
whatever type of kitchen-scale you have… and [to operate] your mixer, if you
allow her to use it" Foreword.
138 Findlay, G.H. DR ROBERT BROOM: palaeontologist and physician, 1866-1951: a
biography, appreciation and bibliography; introduction by Raymond A. Dart. Cape
Town: A.A. Balkema, 1972.
157 p., [16] p. pf plates: ill., ports. (South African biographical and historical studies;
16). Small 4to. Quarter calf & paper covered boards, d.w. with chip to lower spine &
scarred along top edge. R 750
Dr Robert Broom became Professor of Zoology at the University of
Stellenbosch and changed contemporary thinking about human origins. His
output of scientific papers was prolific and he enjoyed a special place in
South African academia.
139 Geldenhuys, Jannie. A GENERAL'S STORY: from an era of war and peace.
Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1995.
328 p., [26] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps (1 on endpapers). Paper covered boards,
d.w. R 500
General Geldenhuys had command of the South African forces in the then
South West Africa, and was an important military and political figure at that
time. Geldenhuys played a crucial role in the fighting that took place on
Namibia's northern border and gives interesting insight into the political
scenario in which he operated. Seldom seen in hard cover.
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140 Goosen, Willem. ON THE RUN. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1964.
224 p.: port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, spotted on spine, d.w.
R 150
Goosen, a recidivist criminal of the hardened variety, evaded the South
African Police for years and escaped from prison no less than four times. He
became a newsprint celebrity, even writing letters to the papers whilst on the
run! Written in his own amusing style, Goosen details the gunfights, safe
breaks, and other events of his unconventional life.
141 Grahamstown Publicity Association. GRAHAMSTAD, KAAPPROVINSIE.
Grahamstown: The Association, [197-?].
24 p: ill. Oblong 16 mo. Paperback. R 75
142 Grant, Sandy & Elinah. DECORATED HOMES IN BOTSWANA. Mchudi:
Phuthadikobo Museum, 1995.
134 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), ports. 4to. Skivertex, d.w. R 300
A study of the manner in which the Tswana people decorate their homes and
homesteads, and the meaning of the decorations.
143 Haughton, S.H. GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Cape Town:
Geological Society of South Africa, for the South African Chamber of Mines, 1969.
535 p., [17] p. of plates: ill., col. folding map. Cloth, d.w. price clipped. Spotting on
page edges. R 150
144 Hay, Sereld. HISTORY OF THE R.N.V.R. [Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]: South
African division. Cape Town: Juta, 1920.
xv, 193 p., [22] leaves of plates: ill., ports., folding plan. Cloth spine & paper
covered boards, with some staining. Title handwritten on spine. Pages browned.
Name & date on front endpaper. R 1250
Branches of the R.N.V.R. served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and
were involved in both the defence and relief of Ladysmith. Chapters are also
devoted to the Bambata Rebellion and the campaign in German South West
Africa. After the cessation of hostilities there, members saw service in
Europe. Of interest are the appendices which contain lists of the men who
served, and those who did not return.
145 Heard, Vida & Faull, Lesley. COOKERY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: traditional and
today. Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1970.
547 p., [12] p. of plates: ill. (some col.). Pict. paper covered boards. Name on front
free endpaper. R 150
Faull was the doyenne of Cordon Bleu cooks in South Africa at the time of
publication. She established Silwood Kitchen in 1963, still a renowned
Cordon Bleu school. Heard, a journalist, undertook the research and editing.
146 Higgins, Stephen. BUILDING BANK CITY. Cape Town: Struik, 1996.
xxi, 244 p.: col. ill., ports., plans. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 500
First National Bank constructed its headquarters in downtown Johannesburg
when most businesses were leaving and relocating to the northern suburbs.
Covering seven blocks, the project was controversial at the time. It renewed
the area in which it was built, and the design and scale of the building were
impressive by any standards. "... the building's architecture echoes the
history of Johannesburg: its presence marks a massive investment in the city
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and represents a determined effort in the sphere of urban renewal. Behind
the building of this complex lay the intention to enrich the city, re-emphasise
its past and express optimism in the future." Front endflap. Includes detailed
architectural drawings and provides the thinking behind the project and its
execution.
147 Holland, Frank. THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
RAILWAYS. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971 (vol. 1); Cape Town: Purnell,
1972 (vol. 2).
2 vols. (144; 144 p.): ill., frontispieces, diagrams, ports., maps. Paper covered
boards, d.w.s. Slight staining to page edges (vol. 2). Contents: Vol. 1. 1859-1910.
Vol. 2. SAR locos 1910-55, and, Harbour Board locos 1873-1904. R 950
The most comprehensive work on the subject, with detailed technical
drawings and numerous photographs.
148 Horrell, Muriel. THE AFRICAN RESERVES OF SOUTH AFRICA. Johannesburg:
SA Institute of Race Relations, 1969.
142 p.: 2 col. folding maps laid down on inside front and rear covers. Stiff paper
wraps, unevenly faded. R 200
An academic and honest attempt to understand the requirements necessary
to make the reserves (later called homelands) succeed. The African
Reserves played a very important role in South Africa's history, as it was
their presence which led to the "Bantustans" developing into "independent
states" as apartheid matured.
149 Keeble, Sheila [ed.] & Kutumela, S.P.P. THE BLACK WHO'S WHO OF
SOUTHERN AFRICA TODAY. 2nd ed. African Business Publications, 1982.
336 p.: ports., advertisements. Small 4to. Cloth. R 350
Contains particulars of black state governments [the "Homelands"],
administration boards [e.g West Rand AB, which comprised Soweto,
Dobsonville and Diep Meadow, etc], and universities [including Fort Hare,
University of the North and University of the Western Cape].
150 Keppel-Jones, Arthur. SOUTH AFRICA: a short history. 5th ed. London:
Hutchinson University Library, 1975.
251 p.: map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name on front endpaper. R 100
Keppel-Jones was educated at the University of Cape Town and Oxford. He
taught at The Universities of the Witwatersrand and Natal. Although he
moved to Canada in 1959, he continued to write on southern African
subjects.
151 Krige, Eileen Jensen & Krige, J.D. THE REALM OF A RAIN-QUEEN: a study of
the pattern of Lovedu society; with a foreword by J.C. Smuts. 4th impression.
London: International African Institute, 1956.
xv, 335 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps (1 col. folding). Cloth, d.w. price
clipped. Spotting to page edges and some light pencil underlining. R 250
152 Laurence, Sir Perceval. THE LIFE OF JOHN XAVIER MERRIMAN. London:
Constable, 1930.
428 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. frayed & slightly spotted, but unusually
present. R 150
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Merriman (1841-1926) was a Cape parliamentarian and the last Premier of
the Cape Colony prior to Union in 1910. Laurence was a judge on the South
African bench and knew Merriman well. See D.S.A.B. vol. 2, p. 463-469.
153 Lewis, Cecil & Edwards, G.E. HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF
THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA. London: Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, 1934.
xix, 821 p.: port. as frontis., col. folding map (laid down on rear endpaper). Cloth,
d.w. unusually present. Some spotting on page edges. R 500
154 Lhote, Henri. THE SEARCH FOR THE TASSILI FRESCOES: the story of the
prehistoric rock-paintings of the Sahara; translated from the French by Alan
Houghton Brodrick. London: Hutchinson, 1959.
236 p., [75] p. of plates: ill. (some col. folding), ports., 2 maps (1 folding). Pict. cloth,
d.w. frayed along edges. Name on front free endpaper. R 150
155 Lister, Georgina. REMINISCENCES OF GEORGINA LISTER. Johannesburg:
Africana Museum, 1960.
114 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth spine, pict. paper covered
boards. R 200
Lister (1860-1954) was the daughter of Thomas Bain and granddaughter of
Andrew Geddes Bain, eminent South African road engineers and geologists.
Her husband, Joseph Storr Lister, became the first Chief Conservator of
Forests in the Union of South Africa.
156 Meer, Fatima [ed.]. RESISTANCE IN THE TOWNSHIPS. Durban: Madiba
Publications, 1989.
274 p. Paperback. R 200
Contributors include Barney Mthombothi, Paulus Zulu, Shamil Jeppie and
others who have gone on to make their mark in the new South Africa. Of
particular value is the inclusion of original affidavits describing acts of
violence, intimidation, etc. It was published at a time the contributors call the
"prelude to the end of apartheid" p. 1.
157 Molteno, Sir James Tennant. THE DOMINION OF AFRIKANERDOM:
recollections pleasant and otherwise. London: Methuen, 1923.
xii, 257 p., [3] leaves of ill.: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, faded on spine. Spotting on
page edges & preliminary pages. R 450
The Hon. Sir James Molteno (1865-1936) was the last Speaker of the
Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope and the first Speaker of the Union of
South Africa. He studied at Bishops and at UCT before being called to the
Inner Temple, London, in 1889. On his return to the Cape he became a
member of the Legislative Council for Namaqualand. He distrusted Rhodes,
and joined the opposition benches, infuriating some in the House for
defending Cape Rebels in treason trials during the South African War of
1899-1902. He served once more in government under Merriman and was
elected Speaker. He was not very successful and lost his seat in the 1915
election. He turned to farming in Elgin and wrote these two volumes of
memoirs.
158 Molteno, Sir James Tennant. FURTHER SOUTH AFRICAN RECOLLECTIONS.
London: Methuen, 1926.
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xiii, 236 p., [9] leaves of ill: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, faded on spine. Spotting on
page edges & preliminary pages. R 300
159 Monick, S. SHAMROCK AND SPRINGBOK: the Irish impact on South African
military history, 1689-1914; maps and illustrations by Christine Heseltine. De luxe
ed. Johannesburg: South African Irish Regimental Association, 1989.
vi, 436 p.: ports., maps. Pict. paper covered boards. Name on front free endpaper.
R 1000
The Irish fought on both sides in both South African wars and the South
African Irish Regiment took part in the German South West African campaign
in WWI and in later conflicts in southern Africa.
160 Mountfield, David. A HISTORY OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION. London: Hamlyn,
1976.
160 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps (2 on endpapers). 4to. Pict. paper covered
boards, d.w., price clipped. R 200
The author deals with ancient travellers, the slave trade, the Portuguese,
Park, Livingstone, Stanley, Burton and many others. Provides a good
overview of the topic.
161 Naude, Adele. HUGO NAUDE; general editor, Charles Du Ry. Cape Town: Struik,
1974.
64 p.: chiefly ill. (some col.)., port. as frontis. Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards,
d.w. frayed along top edge. R 350
162 Norwich, Oscar I. MAPS OF AFRICA: an illustrated and annotated cartobibliography;
bibliographical descriptions by Pam Kolbe. Johannesburg: Ad.
Donker, 1983.
444 p.: chiefly maps (some col., 1 as frontis., 2 on endpapers). 4to. Cloth, d.w.
R 1000
163 OUR LEGAL HERITAGE; [a project of De Rebus, the South African Attorney's
Journal, under the auspices of the Association of Law Societies of the Republic of
South Africa]. Durban: Butterworths, 1982.
204 p.: ill.,ports., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. frayed & spotted.
R 150
This publication was intended for the layman, so that the traditions and
history of the legal fraternity and the practise of law in South Africa could be
better understood by all.
164 Pachai, Bridglal. THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
INDIAN QUESTION, 1860-1971. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1971.
xi, 318 p. Small 4to. Cloth, d.w. Cover title: THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN
QUESTION, 1860-1971. R 175
165 Pearse, G.E. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 3rd
ed. Cape Town; A.A. Balkema, 1957.
xi, 48 p., 113 p. of plates: ill., frontis., plans, map. Folio. Cloth, d.w. A crisp copy.
R 3000
166 Pettman, Charles. SOUTH AFRICAN PLACE NAMES: past and present. [New
ed.]. Johannesburg: Lowry Publishers, 1985.
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238 p. Cloth. Name on front endpaper. Originally published in 1931. R 250
Toponymy is under the spotlight in South Africa, as long-standing names are
replaced by new ones. Pettman was a Methodist minister who developed a
deep knowledge of history, natural history and tribal history which allowed
him to write extensively on the subject.
167 Pietersburg [plan]. THE HANDY POCKET PLAN OF THE TOWNSHIP
PIETERSBURG (TRANSVAAL). Pietersburg: Geo. F. Hughes, [190-?].
27 x 21,5 cm. Folding limp cloth. R 100
Pietersburg (now called Polokwane) was established in 1886 and named
after the trekker Petrus Jacobus Joubert. This plan extends from Onder
Street to Hoog Street and from Rissik Street to Marshal Street.
168 Republic of South Africa. AMPTELIKE PLEKNAME IN DIE REPUBLIEK VAN
SUID-AFRIKA EN IN SUIDWES-AFRIKA = OFFICIAL PLACE NAMES IN THE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA; compiled by the
Place Names Committee, Department of National Education. Pretoria: Government
Printer, 1978.
329 p. Cloth with gilding, scarred along edges. Name stamps on page edges.
R 200
169 Roman Catholic Church of South Africa. EPISCOPAL INSTALLATION OF THE
MOST REVEREND STEPHEN NAIDOO CSsR: in the Church of Our Lady Help of
Christians, Lansdowne, Cape, on the third Sunday of Advent, 16 December 1984.
Cape Town: Salesian Press, 1984.
23 p.: col. port. Stiff pict. paper wraps. Accompanied by an invitation to the
installation. R 75
170 Saunders, Christopher. THE MAKING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PAST: major
historians on race and class. Cape Town: David Philip, 1988.
240 p.: ports. Paperback. Name & address stamp on half title page. R 300
An important reference work dealing with the major historians of South Africa
and their interpretations of events.
171 Schwager, Dirk & Colleen. LESOTHO; photography, Dirk Schwager; text, Colleen
Schwager. Maseru: Schwager Publications, 1986.
141 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), ports., map. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied
by postcards bearing Lesotho scenes. R 150
Contains photographs of many spectacular scenes of the mountain kingdom.
The text opens with "khotso, pula, nala" the greeting of the Basotho,
meaning "peace, rain and plenty" in that order, and with plenty indicating
merely that which is sufficent to a man's need.
172 Sewell, John F. & Storrar, C.D. THE PRIVATE DIARY OF THE VILLAGE
HARBOUR-MASTER, 1875-97; by John F. Sewell of Plettenberg; passages
selected and edited by C.D. Storrar. Plettenberg Bay: The Ladywood Publisher,
1983.
185 p.: ill., ports., genealogical table, maps. Paperback. Spotting on page edges.
Name on inside front cover. R 275
173 Smuts, Dene & Alberts, Paul [comps]. THE FORGOTTEN HIGHWAY: through
Ceres and the Bokkeveld. Johannesburg: The Gallery Press, 1988.
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245 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), ports., map on endpapers. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards,
d.w. faded on spine. R 350
174 Smuts, J.C. [Magazine articles]. THE BRITISH EMPIRE, No. 74. London:
BBC TV & Time-Life Books, 1972.
p. 2045-2072: ill., ports., maps. 4to. Stiff pict. paper wraps. Main cover story:
SOUTH AFRICA'S JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS: prophet of the New Empire; by Neil
Hepburn. R 100
Other articles include THE FINAL TREK, which examines Smuts in his last
years and a picture essay entitled THE COMING OF APARTHEID.
175 South Africa [Newspaper]. MAP OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AFRICA. London:
South Africa [Newspaper], 1923.
Linen backed col. folding map: inset maps, advertisements. 96 x 1310 cm. Folds
into cloth covered binder, rubbed on spine. Cover title: THE SOUTH AFRICA MAP
OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AFRICA 1923. R 1500
The weekly newspaper SOUTH AFRICA was published on Fridays and sold
for 6d. The main map is surrounded by a border of advertisements for the
Ellerman, P & O and Clan Lines; Standard Bank, Banque du Congo, Belge
and Rhodesia, which "offers exceptional advantages to men with moderate
capital". The map covers the area as far north as Abyssinia, and includes
inset maps of Luderitz, Bulawayo, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Beira,
Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth and Africa.
176 South African Railways and Harbours. SOUTH AFRICA, LAND OF THE
OUTDOOR LIFE. Cape Town: Townshend, Taylor & Snashall (printers), 1923.
298 p.: ill., advertisements, map. Stiff paper wraps & linen spine, worn.
R 250
A very early tourist guide. Life was to be taken slowly: George to Knysna
took nine hours by cart, or three and a half hours by car!
177 Stewart, Ken & Reich, Norman. SUN ON THE GRID: Grand Prix and endurance
racing in southern Africa. Johannesburg: Hugh Keartland, 1967.
232 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), tables. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed
along edges. R 1500
South Africa was very involved in motor racing from the sport's earliest days.
Up until the anti-apartheid sports boycott took effect, the South African Grand
Prix was an important event on the global motor racing calendar.
178 Steytler, Sandra & Nieuwmeyer, Hans. BAIN'S KLOOF PASS: gateway to the
north: national monument, provinicial heritage site. Cape Town: Summit Publishing,
2003.
71 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Paperback. R 125
179 Taylor, Stephen. STORM AND CONQUEST: the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809.
London: Faber and Faber, 2007.
xx, 380 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 200
A very readable account of one season in which Britain lost fourteen of her
Indiamen, either in storms or taken by enemy frigates. The focus of these
disasters which cost the East India Company dearly, was the French island
of Mauritius.
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180 Tylden, G. THE ARMED FORCES OF SOUTH AFRICA: with an appendix on the
commandos. Johannesburg: City of Johannesburg Africana Museum, 1954.
xvi, 239 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., ports. Cloth, with slight scarring & faded
on spine. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 600
An alphabetical overview of 628 units from the Abolondolozi (raised by Mr D.
Strachan for action in the Basutoland Rebellion) to the Zululand Native
Police.
181 UDF Bumper sticker. DON'T VOTE IN APARTHEID ELECTIONS: forward to
freedom. Mowbray: J. de Vries; Cape Town: Esquire Press (printer), [198-].
7 x 20 cm. R 200
Formed in 1983, initially to fight the just-introduced idea of the Tricameral
Parliament (the parliament was put in place in 1984 with the election of P. W.
Botha of the National Party), the United Democratic Front was a non-racial
coalition of about 400 civic, church, students', workers' and other
organisations (national, regional and local). It became one of the most
important anti-apartheid organisations of the 1980s.
182 UDF Bumper sticker. UDF UNITES: apartheid divides. [Cape Town]: Sham
Printers, [198-].
7 x 20 cm. R 200
183 Union of South Africa. THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE GREAT WAR,
1914-1918: official history; General Staff, Defence Headquarters, Pretoria. Pretoria:
Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1924.
230 p.: ports., maps. 4to. Cloth, faded on spine & slightly worn on corners. Some
spotting to preliminary pages. Some staining to lower edges of last few pages.
Edition limited to 1000 copies. R 2000
This is the only book to date that deals with South Africa's entire war effort
during WWI. "In view of the multi-authored nature of the work, the final
product…was eventually published anonymously. However, regardless of the
number of pens involved, it is apparent that [Major J.W.G.] Leipoldt had done
the lion's share of the work." I.J.van der Waag, MILITARIA, vol. 25, no.1, p.
30. Major Leipoldt was C. Louis Leipoldt's older brother.
184 Van der Merwe, Hendrik W. [et al.]. WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN ELITES: a study of
incumbents of top positions in the Republic of South Africa; Hendrik W. van der
Merwe, M.J. Ashley, Nancy C.J. Charton [and] Bettina J. Huber. Cape Town: Juta,
1974.
190 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. with tear on rear. Slight spotting on top page
edges. R 150
Elites lead and do not run with the herd. Van der Merwe [et al.] were trying to
assess how ready the elite were to press for meaningful political change in
South Africa. The survey found that, whilst English elites were more open to
change and more accepting of dissent, Afrikaner elites were not. The latter's
numerical ascendency made meaningful change hard to foresee.
185 Venter, Al J. WAR DOG: fighting other peoples' war: [the modern mercenary in
combat]. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2003.
xviii, 498 p., [32] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.
R 120
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186 Wannenburgh, A.J. DIAMOND PEOPLE; photography by Peter Johnson. London:
Norfolk House, 1990.
280 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Cloth with col. ill. laid down, d.w. R 400
An opulent publication dealing with all aspects of the diamond industry.
187 Ward Price, G. THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE PRINCE. London: Gill
Publishing, 1926.
304 p.: ill., ports. (2 as frontis.), map. Cloth, d.w. Dated inscription on front free
endpaper. Cover title: ON TOUR WITH H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
R 250
The Prince of Wales travelled across southern Africa from 30 April to 29 July
1925, going as far north as the Kafue River in modern Zambia before
returning to Cape Town.
188 Weinthal, Leo [comp. & ed.]. MEMORIES, MINES AND MILLIONS: being the life
of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart; compiled and edited by Leo Weinthal. London:
Simpkin, Marshall, 1929.
248 p., [4] tipped in card leaves bearing laid down photographs (1 as frontis.): ill.,
ports. (1 as frontis.). Small 4to. Cloth. Name & address (dated 1929) on front free
endpaper. The number "393" written at top of title page. R 750
Sir Joseph Robinson (1840-1909) was one of the "Randlords". A
controversial figure who prospered during the diamond and gold boom
preceeding the South African War of 1899, Robinson was sympathetic to the
Boer cause and did not like Cecil John Rhodes. Weinthal worked for
Robinson.
189 Whitlock, E.S. [comp.]. GRAAFF-REINET: 'n album ou foto's = an album of old
photographs. Port Elizabeth: E.H. Walton, [197-?].
32 p.: all ill. Oblong 8vo. Pict. paper wraps. R 100
Reproductions of old photographs of the fourth oldest town in South Africa,
during the period 1866 to the turn of the century.
190 Wilson, M.L. [et al., eds.]. CODEX WITSENII: annotated watercolours of
landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains in
the country of Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander
at the Cape of Good Hope; copied at the Cape for Nicolaas Witsen, Mayor of
Amsterdam…&c,&c; edited by M.L. Wilson; Th. Toussaint van Hove-Exalto and
W.J.J. van Rijssen. Cape Town: Iziko Museums of Cape Town, 2002.
viii, 190 p.: ill. (some col.), port. as frontis., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards,
d.w. R 400
Simon van der Stel's journal of the expedition to Namaqualand in 1685 was
rediscovered in 1922 by Gilbert Waterhouse. The manuscript had been part
of the library of Baron Hendrik Fagel, secretary to the States General in
Holland, who had removed it to London in 1794, when the French invaded
Holland. Includes 71 colour reproductions of drawings presumed to be the
work of Hendrik Claudius, who had executed similar work for Bergh's
expedition of 1683.
191 Wood, Arthur A. NATAL PAST AND PRESENT; with a foreword by Edgar H.
Brookes. Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1962.
176 p., [14] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., ports., map. Cloth, d.w. frayed along
edges. Name on front free endpaper. R 400
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A history of the Natal Mounted Police, 1874-1894 and of the Natal Police,
1894-1913.
192 Young, George. SHIPS THAT PASS. Cape Town: J.F. Midgley, 1976.
161 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.
R 250
Recent publications relating to the Cape
193 Amschwand, Nigel. SHORT HISTORY OF THE ONDER-BOKKEVELD. Cape
Town: Aquaknowledge, 2009.
xii, 186 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Signed by Amschswand on title page.
R 160
194 Breytenbach, Breyton. NOTES FROM THE MIDDLE WORLD: essays. Chicago:
Haymarket Books, 2009.
214 p. Paperback. R 185
195 Broster, Joan A. TRANSKEI HERITAGE. Port Alfred: P.E. Bailes, 2009.
458 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 200
Broster records the lives and adventures of the Transkei pioneers, from the
early missionaries to the demise of the traders.
196 Coetzee, Peet. SPECIAL FORCES "JAM STEALER": the memoirs of a specialist
who served in Special Forces and the Defence Force of South Africa. 2nd revised
ed. [Mossel Bay]: African Publisher, 2009.
448 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 375
Coetzee was involved in most of the SADF operations launched in SWA and
other neighbouring countries; most of it as a "back room boy" in Intelligence.
Also available in Afrikaans as ONS VERGEET NIE.
197 Du Preez, Max. DWARS: mymeringe van 'n gebleikte Afrikaan. Cape Town: Zebra
Press, 2009.
xi, 431 p., [8] p. of plates: col. ill., ports. Paperback with endflaps. R 220
Translation of PALE NATIVE. Du Preez is a well-known, if controversial,
journalist whose career as an investigative journalist has been filled with
drama. He is probably best known as the founder and editor of the VRYE
WEEKBLAD, South Africa's only anti-apartheid Afrikaans newspaper and for
his weekly television report on the TRC hearings.
198 Fox, Justin [ed.]. AFRICA LENS: 20 years of GETAWAY photography. Cape
Town: Getaway Books /Jacana, 2009.
144 p.: chiefly col. ill. Oblong 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 240
199 Hawkey, Ian. FEET OF THE CHAMELEON: the story of African football. London:
Wild Dog Press, 2009.
312 p., [8] p. of plates: col. ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 160
200 Holland, Heidi & Roberts, Adam [eds.]. FROM JO'BURG TO JOZI: stories about
Africa's infamous city. London: Penguin, 2010.
xiv, 293 p. Paperback. R 140
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201 Kellner, Clive & Gonzalez, Sergio-Albio [eds]. THAMI MNYELE & MEDU ART
ENSEMBLE RETROSPECTIVE. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2009.
216 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paperback with endflaps. R 350
On his return to Botswana from the United States, Wally Serote initiated
MEDU, a group for cultural workers. The unit was seen as an ANC aligned
cultural organisation, and it promoted resistance to apartheid. Thami Mnyele
was involved with the Graphic Art Unit of Medu.
202 Knight, Matthew. BETWEEN THE LINES: the spirit of South African rugby;
foreword by Jake White. Johannesburg: Penguin, 2009.
234 P., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports. Paperback. R 220
A journey to the heart of South Africa's rugby spirit- schoolboy rugby- from
Bishops and Michaelhouse to dusty platteland fields.
203 Lapierre, Dominique. A RAINBOW IN THE NIGHT: the tumultuous birth of South
Africa; translated from French by Kathryn Spink; with research assistance from
Xavier Moro. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2009.
288 p., [14] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. R 195
204 Malan, Rian. RESIDENT ALIEN. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2009.
336 p. Paperback. R 185
A collection of Malan's writings that have appeared in The Spectator, The
Observer and elsewhere since MY TRAITOR'S HEART. "Malan eviscerates
politicians, provokes rabid fury in Aids activists, pursues justice in the music
industry, and exults in the company of an extraordinary cast of characters
from truckers to tycoons." Rear cover.
205 Mandela, Nelson & Crwys-Williams, Jennifer [ed.]. IN THE WORDS OF
NELSON MANDELA: a little pocketbook. [New ed.]. Johannesburg: Penguin Books,
2010.
169 p. 16 mo. Paper covered boards, d.w. Originally published in 1997.
R 110
206 Mandela, Nelson & Russell, Henry [comp.]. LET FREEDOM REIGN: the words of
Nelson Mandela; foreword by Andre Brink. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2010.
136 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 140
207 Mangcu, Xolela. THE DEMOCRATIC MOMENT: South Africa's prospects under
Jacob Zuma. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2009.
200 p. Paperback. R 180
An exploration of President Zuma's style and philosophy of government.
208 Mendelsohn, John [et al.]. ATLAS OF NAMIBIA: a portrait of the land and its
people; John Mendelsohn, Alice Jarvis, Carole Roberts and Tony Robertson. 3rd
ed. Cape Town: Sunbird, for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 2009.
200 p.: col. ill., col. maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. R 250
209 Meredith-Watts, Jess [comp]. ON A PLATE: signature dishes from SA's awardwinning
restaurants. South Africa: Reach Publishers, 2009.
192 p.: col. ill. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. R 215
100% of profits from the sale of this book will go to Streetsmart, a charity
which aids street children.
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210 Morton, Fred. WHEN RUSTLING BECAME AN ART: Pilane's Kgatla and the
Transvaal Frontier, 1820-1902. Cape Town: David Philip, 2009.
xxx, 314 p.: ports., maps. Paperback. R 230
Pilane, Kgamanyane and Linchwe, father, son and grandson, led the Kgatla
people to political and military prominence in the western Transvaal and
eastern Bechuanaland during the 19th century. The were uncommonly good
at acquiring cattle, a matter close to the hearts of Boer and African alike.
Morton also provides a revisionist perspective of Paul Kruger.
211 Ngculu, James. THE HONOUR TO SERVE: recollections of an Umkhonto soldier;
foreword by Thabo Mbeki. Cape Town: David Philip, 2009.
271 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. R 240
212 Platter, John. PLATTER'S SOUTH AFRICAN WINES, 2010: the guide to cellars,
vineyards, winemakers, restaurants and accomodation. 30th anniversary ed. Cape
Town: John Platter SA Wine Guide, 2009.
601 p.: advertisements, ports., maps. Paper covered boards. R 150
An annual, definitive guide to South African wines and wine estates.
213 Richman, Tim & Schreiber, Grant. COMPLETE KAK: [the comprehensive
whinger's guide to South Africa and the world…]. Cape Town: Two Dogs, 2009.
188 p. Paperback. R 130
214 Smith, Nico. DIE AFRIKANER BROEDERBOND: belewinge van die binnekant.
2nd impression. Pretoria: LAPA, 2009.
262 p. Paperback. R 175
215 Smith, P.J. THE LOST SHIP, SS WARATAH: searching for The Titanic of the
south. Stroud: The History Press, 2009.
191 p.: ill., ports., plans. Paperback. R 240
The official inquiry into the loss of the WARATAH came to the conclusion
that she had sunk in a storm off South Africa's Wild Coast. However, there
has always remained some doubt around her disappearance.
216 Sparks, Allister. FIRST DRAFTS: South African history in the making.
Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2009.
xvi, 399 p. Paperback. R 205
Philip Graham wrote that the journalist's role "is to write the first rough draft
of history". Sparks has covered South African events with remarkable insight
and depth, and this is a collection of his writings over the last decade.
217 Van den Boogerd, Dominic [et al.]. MARLENE DUMAS; Dominic van den
Boogerd, Barbara Bloom, Mariuccia [and] Ilaria Bonacossa. 2nd expanded, revised
ed. London: Phaidon, 2009.
238 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 700
Text includes a survey by Van den Boogerd; an interview with Barbara
Bloom; a focus piece by Mariuccia and finally an update by Ilaria Bonacossa.
There is also a section chosen by Dumas, and a chronology of her life.
218 Van der Merwe, Floris J.G. ESSAYS ON SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT HISTORY.
Stellenbosch: FJG Publikasies, 2010.
152 p. Paperback. R 135
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219 Westby-Nunn, Tony & Van Schalkwyk, Wendy. THE CAPE JOURNAL:
Willowmore: [a historic guide on Willowmore as a trading and farming community,
its historical buildings and farms]. Cape Town: Westby Nunn Publishers, 2009.
128 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., advertisements, maps. Paperback. R 165
See also no. 350.
220 Williamson, Sue. SOUTH AFRICAN ART NOW; [appreciation by Elton John;
foreword by Nadine Gordimer]. New York: Collins Design, 2009.
320 p.: col. ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 750
SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGY
221 Beddy, Arthur J. Rex. GENEALOGY OF THE REX FAMILY: stemming from
George Rex, the proprietor and founder of Knysna. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema,
1971.
xiv, 58 p.: ill. (chiefly ports.), genealogical tables (1 as frontis., 1 folding), map.
Cloth. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 1000
222 Boeseken, Anna. AVONTUUR IN DIE VREEMDE: die verhaal van Jan van
Riebeeck. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1971.
99 p.: ill., ports. (S.A. galery). Paper covered boards, d.w., spotted. Name & date on
front free endpaper. Spotting page edges & preliminary pages. Signed by Boeseken
on title page. R 150
223 Boeseken, Anna. JAN VAN RIEBEECK EN SY GESIN. Cape Town: Tafelberg,
1974.
xviii, 285 p.: ill., frontis., maps (2 on endpapers). Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.
frayed on top edge. Name on front free endpaper. Accompanied by newspaper
cuttings and pictures relating to the book. Signed by Boeseken on title page.
R 250
224 Boeseken, Anna. SIMON VAN DER STEL EN SY KINDERS. Cape Town: Nasou,
1964.
277 p.: ill., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. Some neat annotations.
Name on front free endpaper. Signed by Boeseken on title page. Accompanied by
newspaper cutting. R 350
225 Boje, Johannes Gerhardus & Blaauw, Susan [ed.]. KALM MAAR KOPPIG: die
familie Boje en aanverwante families. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike
Navorsing, 1979.
124 p.: ports. (group port. as frontis.). Skivertex. Name & date on front free
endpaper. R 300
226 Botha, Colin Graham. THE FRENCH REFUGEES AT THE CAPE. 2nd ed. Cape
Town: Cape Times, 1921.
viii, 171 p.: tables, folding maps. Cloth. Front hinge weak. Name on front free
endpaper. Signed by Botha on front free endpaper. R 500
Provides a list of the 1688 arrivals and extracts of documents relating to the
refugees.
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227 Botma, Francois Johannes. BOTMA (BOTHMA) IS MY VAN: die doen en late van
die Bot(h)ma-voorouers aan die Kaap en my familieregister vanaf ons stamvader
Steven Jansz (1618-1700) tot my kleinkind Francois Johannes (gebore 1971).
Ceres: F.J. Botma, 1990.
xiv, 100 p.: ill., port. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Botma on title
page. R 200
228 Boucher, Maurice. FRENCH SPEAKERS AT THE CAPE IN THE FIRST
HUNDRED YEARS OF DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY RULE: the European
background. Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1981.
x, 446 p.: port. as frontis., map on endpapers. (A Hiddingh-Currie Award
publication). Paper covered boards, d.w. worn along edges. Name on front free
endpaper. Signed by Boucher on title page. R 450
229 Burrows, Edmund H. THE MOODIES OF MELSETTER: [a study in pioneering].
Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1954.
204 p.: ill., ports, maps. Cloth. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 1000
The Moodies emigrated from the Orkney Islands to South Africa and
Rhodesia in the later part of the 19th century.
230 Campbell, Colin Turing. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA: a history of the Colony of the
Cape of Good Hope from its conquest 1795 to the settlement of Albany by the
British emigration of 1819…; with notices of some of the British Settlers of 1820.
London: John Haddon, 1897.
viii, 222 p.: maps (1 as frontis., col. folding map). Cloth. Page edges browned.
Neatly recased with new endpapers. R 400
231 Carter, Edward [comp.]. THE DOVETONS OF ST HELENA: a family history. Cape
Town: Privately printed, 1973.
110 p.: ill., ports., folding genealogical table (laid down), map. Coat of arms on
endpapers. Cloth with gilding, d.w. faded on spine. Name on front free endpaper.
No. 194 of an edition limted to 300 copies. Signed by Carter on a preliminary page.
R 750
William Dufton emigrated to the island of St Helena in 1674. His descendants
now live in England, South Africa, India and on the island.
232 Cloete, Anna & Lombard, R.J.T. [ed.]. ORLANDINI: 'n familiegeskeidenis.
Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1982.
109 p.: ill., ports. (group port. as frontis.). Skivertex. Name & date on front free
endpaper. R 250
233 Colenbrander, H.T. DE AFKOMST DER BOEREN. 2nd ed. Cape Town: C. Struik,
1964.
127 p.: chiefly tables. Cloth. Spotting to preliminary pages. Name & date on front
free endpaper. Cellotape marks on endpapers. Reprint of the 1902 edition. Text in
Dutch. Accompanied by a photocopied list of Huguenot emigrants and settlers.
R 250
Colenbrander lists the marriages of early residents at the Cape; and the
number of children of each union. Unlike Hans Heese in GROEP SONDER
GRENSE, he steered away from marriages involving people "van die Kaap",
or children born out of wedlock.
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234 Conradie, Ben. CONRADIE-SAAMTREKKE, 1932, 1939, 1945, 1956. Privately
published, [1976].
63 p. Stiff paper wraps. Signed & dated inscription from Conradie on inside cover.
R 100
235 Conradie, H.L.N. [comp.]. DIE CONRADIE-GESLAGSREGISTER. Privately
published, 1978.
111 p. Stiff paper wraps. Name on front free endpaper. R 200
236 De Bruyn, G.F.C. & Lombard, R.T.J. [ed.]. GESLAGREGISTER DE BRUYN - DE
BRUIN - DU BRUYN. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1986.
287 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). (Genealogy publication; no. 25). Skivertex. Name
on front free endpaper. Letter relating to the book laid down on front free endpaper.
R 400
237 De Kock, Sita; Bosman, F.C.L. & Paul D. [comps.]. DIE BOSMANS VAN SUID-
AFRIKA, 1707-1965. Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1968.
345 p.: ill., genealogical table, ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, slightly spotted.
Name & date on front free endpaper. R 550
Hermanus Bosman came to the Cape in 1706.
238 De Villiers, C.G.S. & Endemann, L.C.P. [ed.]. GESLAGSREGISTER VAN DIE
FAMILIE SWART IN SUID-AFRIKA. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike
Navorsing, 1977.
ix, 414 p.: ports. (double port. as frontis.), genealogical chart. (Genealogy
publication; no. 5). Skivertex. Name on front free endpaper. R 350
Johannes Swart arrived at the Cape in 1685.
239 De Villiers, D.P. A HISTORY OF THE DE VILLIERS FAMILY. Cape Town:
Nasionale Boekhandel, 1960.
165 p., [32] p. of plates: ill., folding genealogical table, ports., maps. Paper covered
boards, d.w. Name & date on front free endpaper. Some annotations. Newspaper
cutting laid down on half title page. R 400
The De Villiers family in South Africa descends from three Huguenot
brothers, Pierre, Abraham and Jacob, who arrived on board The Sion in May
1689. They had fled from France, bringing their skills to the Cape.
240 Dickason, Graham Brian. CORNISH IMMIGRANTS TO SOUTH AFRICA: the
Cousin Jacks' contribution to the development of mining and commerce, 1820-
1920. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1978.
x, 122 p.: ill., ports. (S.A. biographical & historical series; vol. 25). Cloth, d.w. Gift
inscription on front free endpaper. R 500
241 Dickason, Graham Brian. THE DICKASON FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA:
genealogical data on the Dickason family in South Africa and the branch of that
family in Argentina. 3rd revision. Cape Town: DFSA Publications, 2004.
129 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 150
The Dickason family first came to South Africa in 1820.
242 Du Preez, J.W. DU PREEZ GEDENKBOEK. Johannesburg: J.W. du Preez, 1962.
214 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Small 4to. Stiff paper boards, d.w. Name & annotation
on front free endpaper. R 300
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Hercules des Pres and his wife, Cecile d'Atis arrived at the Cape on 5 June
1688.
243 Findlay, Joan [ed.]. THE FINDLAY LETTERS, 1806-1870; edited by Joan Findlay;
compiled from the originals in the possession of George Schreiner Findlay of
Pretoria. Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1954.
181 p., [12] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports.), genealogical chart, map. Cloth, d.w.
frayed along edges along edges with small tears and repair to spine.
Underlining.Photograph of George Findlay laid down on a preliminary page.
R 400
In 1860, the Findlay and Schreiner families were joined by the marriage of
John Findlay, a country store keeper, and Kate Schreiner, of missionary
stock, and the eldest sister of Olive.
244 Hauman, Riel. VAN RIGA TOT DRAKENSTEIN: die verhaal van Eduardt Christian
Haumann [sic] en sy nasate. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekdrukkery, 1987.
148 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied by letters from Hauman.
Signed & dated inscription from Hauman on front free endpaper (to one of the
people to whom the book is dedicated) & signed on title page. R 400
Eduardt Christian Haumann landed at the Cape in 1745.
245 Heatlie, Charles Hugo. THE FIRST THREE GENERATIONS OF HEATLIES IN
SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town: Privately published, 1981.
135 p.: ill., ports. Paperback faded on spine. Name & date on half title page.
R 250
The first Heatlie in South Africa settled on the farm Glen Heatlie near
Worcester. All the Heatlie men, it appears, were large, but the biggest of
them all was Barry Heatlie, who was nicknamed "Fairy" whilst at Bishops
[Diocesan College, Cape Town]. He was the first to captain a winning
Springbok rugby side and it was he who supplied the Springboks with the
now famous green and gold rugby jersey by using the Bishops rugby jersey
of the time! Some of his cousins were nicknamed Elephant, Giraffe and
Kangaroo (because he was paralysed in one leg).
246 Hockly, H.E. THE STORY OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820 IN SOUTH
AFRICA. 2nd enlarged & revised ed. Cape Town: Juta, 1973.
284 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed.
Spotting on page edges. Name on front free endpaper. Handwritten William Plomer
quote on a preliminary page. R 250
247 Hofmeyr, Annie. VAN ERFURT NA DIE KAAP: grepe uit die geskiedenis van die
Beyers-Familie; deur Annie Hofmeyr en 'n geslagsregister deur Joh. van der Bijl.
Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1972.
139 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., col. frontis. (laid down), ports., map. Paper covered
boards, d.w. Name & date on front free endpaper. Some annotations.
R 200
248 Hoge, J. BYDRAES TOT DIE GENEALOGIE VAN OU AFRIKAANSE FAMILIES:
verbeterings en aanvullings op die Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien
van C.C. de Villiers. Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1958.
224 p. Cloth, faded on spine, covered in clear adhesive plastic. Name on front
endpaper. Underlining in red ink. R 350
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249 Horn, Emma. DS. A.A. LOUW, 1827-1908, EN SY GESIN. Cape Town: E. Horn,
1974.
234 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Name & address on preliminary page.
Text in English and Afrikaans. Title handwritten on spine. R 200
250 Horn, Emma. LOUW-STAMREGISTER: Johannes Rudolph en sy afstammelinge.
Somerset West: C.R. Louw, 1967.
87 p.: ill., ports. Stiff paper wraps. Signed inscription from Horn on preliminary page.
R 150
251 Horn, Emma. MURRAY-STAMREGISTER, [1794-1954]. Privately published,
[1978].
80 p.: ill., ports. Stiff paper wraps. Signed inscription from Horn on title page.
R 250
252 Hugo, G.F. de Vos; A.M. & J.J. DIE HUGO-FAMILIEBOEK. Privately published,
1977.
viii, 330 p.: ill., ports., maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along
edges. Name on front free endpaper. Some underlining in red ink. List of farms on
rear endpaper. R 250
Daniel Hugo arrived at the Cape in 1688.
253 Jones, E. Morse. ROLL OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Part 1:
up to 1826. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema: 1820 Settlers Monument Committee, 1969.
ix, 173 p.: ports., folding maps. Cloth, d.w. frayed along top edge & spotted.
R 200
The list was expanded by M.D. Nash in SETTLER HANDBOOK.
254 Le Roux, G.J. & Lombard, R.T.J. [ed.]. HUGENOTEBLOED IN ONS ARE;
redakteur R.T.J. Lombard. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing,
1988.
194 p.: frontis., maps. (Genealogy publication; no. 27). Skivertex, d.w. Name & date
on front free endpaper. R 475
The descendants of the Hugenots who came to South Africa in the 1600s
and 1700s have made a huge contribution to their new land.
255 Lemmer, Stephanus R. FAMILIA LEMMER. Messina: S.R. Lemmer, 1987.
xiii, 182 p.: ill., ports. Skivertex. Name on front free endpaper. Signed inscription
from Lemmer on a preliminary page. Accompanied by a letter from Lemmer.
R 300
Johan Caspar Lemmer was a soldier who came to the Cape in 1786.
256 Linder, Adolphe. THE SWISS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1652-1971.
Basel: Basel Afrika Bibliographien, 1997.
527 p.: ill., ports (1 as frontis.), map on inside covers. Paperback. Signed & dated
by Linder on title page. R 200
257 Louw, Jannie & Malan, Lalie. THE LOUWS OF LOUWVLIET: the story of the first
South African Louws and their neighbours, 1659/60-1724. Cape Town: A.A.
Balkema, 1984.
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xv, 96 p.: ill., maps. Cloth. Newspaper cuttings laid down. Name on front free
endpaper. Signed & dated inscription from Louw on front free endpaper.
Accompanied by a letter from Louw noting that he was residing on a piece of his
ancestor's original farm; and the publisher's brochure on the book. R 750
Jan Pieter Louw was granted land by Jan van Riebeeck in Rondebosch in
1660. Louw & Malan detail the lives of those who farmed in the area around
Groote Schuur on the banks of the Black and Liesbeeck Rivers.
258 Malherbe, D.F. du T. STAMREGISTER VAN DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE VOLK =
FAMILY REGISTER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION. 3rd enlarged ed.
Stellenbosch: Tegniek, 1966.
xxvii, 1208 p. Skivertex, covered in clear adhesive plastic. Spotting on page edges
& preliminary pages. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 500
259 Malherbe, G.H. STAMREGISTER VAN DIE MALHERBES IN SUID-AFRIKA. Cape
Town: John Malherbe, 1974.
xiv, 220 p., frontis., genealogical chart. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly rubbed.
Name & date on front free endpaper. R 250
Gideon Malherbe arrived in the Cape in 1688.
260 McMagh, Patricia. THE STORY OF THE LE SUEUR FAMILY AND THE LE
SUEUR GENEALOGY. Cape Town: P. McMagh, 1989.
97 p.: genealogical tables. 4to. Ring bound typescript. Accompanied by a letter from
McMagh. R 200
Francois LeSueur arrived at the Cape in October 1729.
261 Midgley, John Franklin. A MIDGLEY MISCELLANY. Cape Town: J.F. Midgley,
[198-?].
77, [18] p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), genealogical tables (some folding), maps. 4to.
Stiff paper wraps. Cover title: MIDGLEYANA. Signed inscription from Midgley on
title page. R 200
262 Midgley, Thelma Starke. FAMILIA STARKE: the stud-book 1972, with pedigrees or
genealogical tables. Cape Town: T. Midgley, 1972.
124 p.: ill., ports. (multiple ports. as frontis.), maps on endpapers. Small 4to. Paper
covered boards, d.w. Some annotations. Signed inscription from Midgely on title
page. R 200
263 Mursalo, T.A. IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE: a story of Croatian settlers in
southern Africa. Privately published, 1981.
ix, 201 p.: ill., ports., map. Cloth, d.w. Signed by Mursalo on title page.
Accompanied by a letter from Mursalo. R 250
264 Neethling, E.M. & Endemann, L.C.P. [ed.]. DIE NEETHLINGS IN SUID-AFRIKA.
Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1979.
152 p.: ill., frontis., ports., folding genealogical table. (Geneology publication; no.
14). Skivotex. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 250
Christiaan Netheling came to the Cape on 25 January 1741.
265 Philip, Peter. A FIFESHIRE FAMILY: the descendants of John & Thomas Philip of
Kirkcaldy. Cape Town: P. Philip, 1980.
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2 vols. (160 p.): genealogical tables. Pict. cloth with scarring on fore-edge. Name &
date on front free endpaper. Some annotations and underlining. Edition limited to
400 copies. Accompanied by a letter from Philip. R 400
266 Pretorius, M.E. & Pretorius, Andre. PRETORIUS, 1600-1900: oor drie eeu =
through three centuries. Barkly East: M.E. Pretorius, 1992.
874 p.: ports., genealogical table, maps. Pict. skivotex with gilding, d.w. with
"Pretorius" handwritten on spine. Accomapnied by a card from M.E. Pretorius and
newspaper cuttings. R 650
267 Raubenheimer, Denis & Lombard, R.T.J. [ed.]. FAMILIA RAUBENHEIMER.
Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1978.
185 p.: frontis., ports., map. (Genealogy publication; no. 11). Skivertex. Name on
front free endpaper. Spotting on page edges. Text in English and Afrikaans.
R 250
Johan Adam Raubenheimer came to the Cape in 1769.
268 Read, Audrey Eunice. RESEARCH INTO THE FAMILY BRUIJNS / BRUYNS /
BRUINS / BROENS. Privately published, [1988].
77 p.: ill., genealogical tables, ports., plans, maps. Paper covered boards.
R 175
Jacobus Pieter Bruijns came to the Cape in 1712.
269 Retief, P.J. DIE RETIEF-FAMILIE IN SUID-AFRIKA. Pretoria: Privately published,
[1967].
175 p.: ports. Stiff pict. paper wraps, slightly spotted. Some underlining.
R 250
270 Robertson, Isobel. ABERDEEN TO OVERBERG: the life and family of William
Robertson. Cape Town: I. Robertson, 1976.
45 p., [39] p. of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), genealogical chart. 4to. Paper
covered boards covered in clear plastic adhesive. R 200
William Robertson came to South Africa in 1822 at the age of seventeen in
order to improve his health. He was employed as a teacher at the Free
English School.
271 Sellick, N.P. & Endemann, L.C.P. [ed.]. JOHN PARKIN OF BAAKENS RIVER
FARM AND HIS FAMILY, 1820-1970. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research
Council, 1978.
111 p.: ports., genealogical tables. (Genealogy publication; no. 10). Skivertex.
R 250
John Parkin was an 1820 Settler who established himself on the Baakens
River farm, where he died in 1856.
272 Smuts, P.J. DIE SMUTS-FAMILIE VAN DIE SWARTLAND. Privately published,
[1992].
vi, 90 p.: genealogical chart, facsimiles. Skivertex. Inscription from Smuts on front
free endpaper & signed on title page. R 250
Michiel Smuts (or Smits) came to the Cape in the 1690s.
273 Uys, J.R. UYS FAMILIE REGISTER. Cape Town: J.R. Uys, 1984.
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1 vol. (no pagination): ill. (chiefly ports.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Name & date
on front free endpaper. R 300
Cornelis Uijs was at the Cape by 1700.
274 Van As, Norma. A SMALL WORLD: Charles Webber and his descendants. Cape
Town: N. van As, 1981.
492 p.: ports. Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along top edge. Some
spotting to page edges. Signed inscription from Van As on title page. No. 705 of an
edition limited to 1000 copies. R 250
Webber was a British settler in Shepherd's Party which arrived in the Eastern
Cape in 1826.
275 Van der Bijl, J. VAN DER BIJL, 1667-1967: geslagsregister = genealogy. Cape
Town: A.A. Balkema, 1968.
xvi, 80 p.: ports. Cloth. Newspaper cuttings laid down. Some underlining of text.
Name on front free endpaper. R 300
Gerhard van der Bijl came to the Cape in the 1660s.
276 Van der Bijl, Johannes. DIE FAMILIE ROUX. Pretoria: Raad vir
Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1978.
x, 328 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). (Genealogy publication; no. 8). Skivertex. Name
& date on front free endpaper. Spotting on endpapers. R 400
Paul Roux arrived at the Cape in 1688 and settled on the farm De Orleans in
Dal Josafat.
277 Van der Spuy, P. van A. & Jooste, E.P. [ed.]. FAMILIA ROOME IN SUID-
AFRIKA. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1985.
41 p.: ports. Photocopy. R 100
The Roome family, although small, made a significant contribution to South
African history. The original Roome to arrive was a ship's captain and it was
on his ship that Thomas Baines came to the Cape and the early traveller
James Chapman became his son-in-law.
278 Van der Spuy, Villebois A. DIE VAN DER SPUY-STAMREGISTER. [Privately
published, 1974].
368 p.: ill., (1 col.), map on front endpaper. Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.
with some spotting. Some spotting along page edges. Handwritten title on spine.
Signed inscription from Van der Spuy on verso of front free endpaper.
R 300
Melt van der Spuy arrived at the Cape on 20 September 1714.
279 Van Dyk, J.H. GESLAGSREGISTER VAN DIE BROERS JOOST EN BURGERT
VAN DYK. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1975.
339 p.: frontis. (Genealogy publication; no. 3). Cloth. Name on front free endpaper.
Some annotations. Slight spotting to page edges. R 350
Jan Pieterz van Dyk arrived at the Cape in 1691. The large van Dyk family
have made "diep spore" in the South African landscape.
280 Van Heerden, Petronella. GESLAGSREGISTER VAN DIE FAMILIE VAN
HEERDEN, 1701-1968. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1969.
iv, 463 p. Cloth. Newspaper cutting laid down as frontis. Some underlining.
R 350
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Pieter W. van Heerden arrived at the Cape from the village of Heerden in the
Netherlands, in 1701.
281 Viljoen, Christo [et al.]. VILJOEN-GEDENKBOEK. Stellenbosch: Viljoen-
Familiebond, 1977.
137 p.: ill. (1 col.), ports. 4to. Pict. skivotex with gilding. Endpapers stained. Name &
date on title page. R 350
Francois Viljoen (or Villion) arrived at the Cape in 1671.
282 Weinberg, Ann Cluver. LOOKING FOR GOODNESS: exploring Eustace Cluver
and his family, South Africa, 1657-1982. Johannesburg: Sapler Press, 2008.
xxii, 426 p.: ports. Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Inscription from "Ann" on
title page. R 200
Cluver, a medical doctor, was very involved in polio prevention and medical
research.
283 Williams, Fayers Marie & Zollner, Linda [ed.]. GESLAGSREGISTER VAN DIE
FAMILIE BRUWER. Pretoria: Raad van Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1979.
xii, 176 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). (Genealogy publication; no. 12). Skivertex. Some
annotations. Signed & dated inscription from Mary Bruwer on front free endpapers.
R 200
Estienne Bruwer came to the Cape in 1688.
284 Zoellner, Linda & Heese, J.A. THE BERLIN MISSIONARIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS = DIE BERLYNSE SENDELINGE IN SUID-AFRIKA
EN HUL NAGESLAG. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1984.
583 p.: ports. Skivotex, d.w. Name & address on front free endpaper.
R 1000
The 130 Berlin missionaries and their descendants, who were well-educated
and motivated, did well in their new country. Information is also provided on
the 65 missionaries who did not leave descendants in South Africa.
NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO and HUNTING
285 Brown, James Ambrose. THEY FOUGHT FOR KING AND KAISER: South
Africans in German East Africa, 1916. Johannesburg: Ashanti, 1991.
xviii, 374 p.: ill., ports., maps. (South Africans at war series; vol. 6). Paper covered
boards, d.w. R 250
286 Capell, A.E. THE 2ND RHODESIA REGIMENT IN EAST AFRICA; foreword by
Major-General Sir Alfred H.M. Edwards. London: Simson, 1923.
132 p.: maps (1 folding as frontis.). Cloth, faded with stain & worn on spine. Name &
force number on front endpaper (Sgt. Albert E. Cloete, 1219, attested on 2
September 1915). R 1500
Early in August 1914, a small force of the B.S.A. Police and Northern
Rhodesia Police, under the command of Major A. Essex Capell, D.S.O., left
Victoria Falls with orders to capture Schuckmannsburg, a small German
outpost in the Caprivi Zipfel, together with adjacent territory, and this was
accomplished without resistance on September 21, 1914. This was one of
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the first German posts to surrender and the captured enemy flag was placed
in the Regimental Sergeant's Mess at the Police Depot, Salisbury. A number
of other Police officers as well as other ranks were seconded to the
Regiment which left for active service in East Africa in March, 1915. The
Police suffered many casualties (including from illness, especially malaria)
before the remnants of the Regiment returned to Salisbury after two years of
hard campaigning and was disbanded.
287 Coupland, R. THE EXPLOITATION OF EAST AFRICA, 1856-1890: the slave trade
and the scramble. London: Faber and Faber, 1939.
ix, 507 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.), col. folding map. Cloth, d.w. frayed & faded on
spine. Spotting on page edges & preliminary pages. R 250
288 Depelchin, H. & Croonenberghs, C. JOURNEY TO GUBULUWAYO: letters of Frs
H. Depelchin and C. Croonenberghs, S.J., 1879, 1880, 1881; translated by Moira
Lloyd; introduced, edited and annotated by R.S. Roberts. Bulawayo: Books of
Rhodesia, 1979.
xi, 375 p., [14] p. of plates: ill., ports. maps (1 folding). (Rhodesia reprint library.
Silver series; vol. 24). Paper covered boards, d.w. Originally published in French in
1882. R 600
A party of Jesuit priests from the Zambesi Mission arrived at Gubuluwayo on
2 September 1879. The two Belgian fathers describel their long journey via
ox-cart from Grahamstown to Tai (through the Cape Colony and
Bechuanaland) where they set up a base before they went on to King
Lobengula's Gubuluwayo, where they established themselves. Of interest is
their account of Matabele history, customs and ceremonies, and life at
Lobengula's court.
289 Donovan, C.H.W. WITH WILSON IN MATABELELAND, or, SPORT AND WAR IN
ZAMBESIA; by Captain C.H.W. Donovan; with a new frontispiece, foreword,
appendix and index. Facsimile reprint. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1979.
xiv, 335 p.: ill. (port. as frontis.), folding map. (Rhodesiana Reprint Library. Silver
series; vol. 23). Paper covered boards, d.w. Slight spotting to page edges.
Originally published in 1894. R 300
An account of Donovan's duck-shooting, big-game hunting and tiger-fishing
experiences as he moved northwards en route to Fort Victoria. Once there
he responded to Dr Jameson's appeal to repel the Matabele who were
raiding the local Mashonas. He gives an account of the events of 1893. "His
comments on the first military engagements in Rhodesia, and the effects of
modern arms on the combatants make a meaningful contribution to the early
records of the Occupation" Front endflap.
290 Fry, W. Ellerton. OCCUPATION OF MASHONALAND: views by W. Ellerton Fry: …
[an] album of photographs taken on the Pioneer Column of 1890…; with the
addition of maps; and new text, captions and a bibliography prepared by Peter
McLaughlin. Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1982.
xvi, 175 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps (1 folding). Oblong 4to. Half leather & cloth with
gilding. No. 142 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Originally published in October
1891. R 3000
Lieutenant W. Ellerton Fry was an Intelligence Officer of the Pioneer Corps.
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291 Government of Rhodesia. MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS. Salisbury:
Government of Rhodesia, 1978.
38 p.: ill. Pict. paper wraps. R 150
Issued by the Rhodesian government in the last days of white rule, it
contains some of the most graphic photographs of the terror war visited on
the mainly rural residents of that country. It was a plea for sympathy and the
use of the material an indication of the despair felt at the time. A stamp of the
"Save Rhodesia Campaign" on the rear cover has been crossed out above a
stamp of the "South Africa First Campaign" (with the same address). There is
another stamp on the front cover: "A taste of life under Mugabe - this must
not happen in South Africa".
292 Hempstone, Smith. KATANGA REPORT. London: Faber and Faber, 1962.
212 p. Cloth, d.w. Small name stamp on front free endpaper. R 150
293 Lagus, Charles. OPERATION NOAH; introduction by Peter Scott. London: William
Kimber, in association with the Fauna Preservation Society, 1959.
176 p.: ill., ports., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. price clipped but in unusually
good condition. R 250
An account of Operation Noah, whereby over 6000 wild animals were
rescued from the rising waters of Lake Kariba.
294 Lecanides, Basil. GORONGOSA: grass and game. Pretoria: Wallachs, 1948.
95 p.: ill., frontis. Stiff pict. paper wraps, d.w. Name & address on half title page.
Repairs to front & rear hinges. R 650
The Gorongosa Game Reserve in Mozambique became a National Park in
1948. Lecanides describes a safari in the Reserve and his camps along the
Zambezi prior to this period. He notes the dire need for stricter administration
of the game laws as the denuding of the area of game became evident. He
makes the pertinent point that it was the advent of motorised transport that
made the wholesale destruction of game possible, as weekend hunting
safaris became accessible to many. Includes notes on the Gorongoza Game
Reserve and the big game of Manica and Sofala.
295 Sangiro [pseud.]. SIMBA. Johannesburg: Transvaler-Boekhandel, [1944].
335 p.: ill. Cloth, d.w. with chips to edges of spine. Name & date on front free
endpaper. Portrait of Sangiro pasted down on a preliminary page. R 450
Sangiro was the pseudonym of Andries Albertus Pienaar (1894-1979), who
dedicated this book to a man interned by the Union government of General
Smuts. He recounts hunting and travel anecdotes of his life in East Africa.
296 Selous, Frederick Courteney. SUNSHINE AND STORM IN RHODESIA: [being a
narrative of events in Matabeleland, both before and during the recent native
insurrection, up to the date of the disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force].
Facsimile ed. Bulawayo : Books of Rhodesia, 1968.
xxvii, 290 p.: ill., ports., folding maps. (Rhodesiana reprint library. [Gold series]; vol.
2). Cloth, d.w. Slight spotting to preliminary pages & page edges. Reprint of the 2nd
edition of 1896. R 500
297 Selous, Frederick Courteney. TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN SOUTH-EAST
AFRICA: [being the narrative of the last eleven years spent by the author on the
Zambesi and its tributaries…]. Facsimile ed. Bulawayo : Books of Rhodesia, 1972.
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xviii, 503 p.: ill., ports., col. folding map. (Rhodesiana reprint library. [Gold series];
vol. 25). Pict. paper covered boards with gilding, d.w. Slight spotting on page edges.
Reprint of the 1893 edition. R 500
The first nine chapters are devoted to Selous' experiences with the Boers
and native tribesmen while engaged in hunting expeditions in order to collect
specimens of fauna. The latter part includes an account of the Chartered
Company's expedition to Mashonaland, in which Selous played a prominent
part. See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 300.
298 Steer, G.L. CAESAR IN ABYSSINIA. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936.
411 p., [4] leaves of plates: maps (1 folding). Cloth, d.w. frayed along top of spine.
R 350
Steer used the title ironically, concluding "My task is rather in this book to
show what was the strength and spirit of the Ethiopian armies sent against a
European Great Power. My conclusions are that they had no artillery, no
aviation, a pathetic proportion of automatic weapons and modern rifles, and
ammunition sufficient for two days' modern battle. I have seen a child nation,
ruled by a man who was both noble and intelligent, done brutally to death
almost before it had begun to breathe" p. 7-8.
299 Stigand, C.H. HUNTING THE ELEPHANT IN AFRICA: and other recollections of
thirteen years' wanderings; [with an introduction by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt];
[new] introduction and bibliographical note by James A. Casada. Facsimile reprint.
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1989.
xxi, xv, 379 p., [16] leaves of plates: ill., port. as frontis., folding table. (African
hunting reprint series; vol. 8). Pict. paper covered boards with gilding, d.w. slightly
frayed along top edge. Originally published in 1913. R 500
Captain Chauncey Hugh Stigand served in the British Army in West and East
Africa, Somalia and Sudan. In his introduction to the original publication,
Theodore Roosevelt calls Stigand " a field naturalist of unusual powers". He
also notes that the best type of big game hunter tends to note the "natural
history and ethnology of the regions… and to make his book less and less a
catalogue of mere slaughter". Foreword.
300 Wolhuter, Harry. MEMORIES OF A GAME-RANGER; illustrations by C.T. Astley-
Maberley. 1st ed. Johannesburg: Wild Life Protection Society of South Africa,
December 1948.
313 p., [15] leaves of plates: ill., port. as frontis., map as endpapers. Pict. cloth with
gilding, scarred. R 600
Wolhuter was born in Beaufort West in 1877, but his family moved to the
Lowveld in the 1890s. In 1902, after a period with Steinacker's Horse during
the SA War, he became one of Stevenson-Hamilton's original game rangers
in what was to become known as the Kruger National Park. Having served
as a ranger for forty-four years, his memoirs contain a rich fund of game
stories and has become a South African classic.
301 Yeoman, Guy. THE QUEST FOR THE SECRET NILE: Victorian exploration in
Equatorial Africa, 1857-1900. London: Chaucer Press, 2004.
192 p.: col. ill., ports., col. maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200
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302 Gibbs, Peter [et al.]. BLUE AND OLD GOLD: the history of the British South Africa
Police, 1889-1980; illustrated by Richard Hamley. [New ed.]. Johannesburg: 30
Degrees South 2009.
576 p., [44] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports., col. maps. 4to. Paper covered
boards, d.w. Originally published in 3 volumes in 1972-1980. Contents: Vol. 1. The
first line of defence, 1889-1903. Vol. 2. The right of the line, 1903-1939. Vol. 3. The
end of the line., 1939-1980. R 750
303 Stassen, Nicol. AFRIKANERS IN ANGOLA, 1928-1975. Pretoria: Protea
Boekhuis, 2009.
666 p.: map (col. folding). Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
304 Taylor, Stu. LOST IN AFRICA. Johannesburg: 30 Degrees South, 2009.
200 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. R 75
"Lost in Africa" is a colloquialism from the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI),
meaning 'a state of bewilderment or cluelessness'." Rear cover.
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
305 Brink, Andre P. MISKIEN NOOIT: 'n somerspel. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau,
1967.
176 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges & browned on spine.
R 125
306 Brink, Andre P. ORGIE. Cape Town: John Malherbe, 1965.
[212] p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Oblong 16mo, bound along top edge, pages
running from top to bottom instead of from left to right. Name on front endpaper.
Some small pencil annotations. R 250
Controversial when published, ORGIE was based on Brink's relationship with
Ingrid Jonker (who took her own life in July 1965).
307 Brink, Andre P. VOORLOPIGE RAPPORT: beskouings oor die Afrikaanse
literatuur van Sewentig. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1976.
160 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name on front free endpaper. R 100
308 Butler, Guy. TALES FROM THE OLD KAROO. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1989.
205 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. faded on spine. R 350
309 Dirks, Cor. DIE UILE IN DIE GIMNASIUM. 2nd ed. Johannesburg: Perskor, 1978.
121 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200
Dirks penned a series of "uile" books depicting the lives of a group of South
African teenagers. Dirks was a teacher and thus had an insight into his
subject. This book deals with the same group of characters, but they have
moved to the army gymnasium for basic military training. During a time of
compulsory National Service for all young white men, Dirks depicts this in a
very positive light. The final chapter describes an impressive parade given
for the Minister of Defence.
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310 Orkin, Martin. SHAKESPEARE AGAINST APARTHEID. Johannesburg: Ad.
Donker, 1987.
198 p. Paperback, faded on spine. Name on preliminary page. R 125
Orkin's argument is that the cultural background of the audience will
determine the meaning and conclusions drawn from Shakespeare's plays.
White South Africans read him from an Anglo-America perspective, and his
works need to be read and appreciated as being of "the people".
311 Paton, Alan. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: a story of comfort in desolation.
[1st ed.]. London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
269 p. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges. Some evidence of insect damage on
endpapers. Bears book ticket of Ness & Archibald, Salisbury. R 750
312 Schreiner, Olive & Emslie, T.S. [ed.]. KAROO MOON; edited by T.S. Emslie.
Cape Town: Stonewall Books, 2004.
xiv, 706 p.: port. Paper covered boards, d.w. Contents: [1]. UNDINE. [2]. THE
STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM. [3]. FROM MAN TO MAN. R 350
Brings together three of Olive Schreiner's novels. Includes a short
biographical sketch of Schreiner.
Recent fiction
313 Nicol, Mike. KILLER COUNTRY: [assume nothing]. Cape Town: Umuzi, 2010.
318 p. Paperback. R 170
The second part of Nicol's Revenge trilogy, the first being PAYBACK.
FLORA AND FAUNA
314 Adams, Jill. WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHERN CAPE = VELDBLOMME VAN
NORD-KAAPLAND. Cape Town: Cape of Good Hope Administration, 1976.
173 p.: chiefly col. ill., map on rear endpapers. Pict. paper covered boards. Name
on inside front cover. R 100
315 Bolus, Harry. THE ORCHIDS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. 2nd ed.; edited by
Harriet M.L. Bolus and Alice M. Greene. Cape Town: Darter Bros, 1918.
xxxiii, 141 p. of text, 119 leaves of lithographed plates, partially coloured. Cloth, with
gilding. R 4000
316 Carter, Nick. THE ELEPHANTS OF KNYSNA. Cape Town: Purnell, 1971.
220 p.: col. ill., map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed.
R 200
317 Du Plessis, Niel; Duncan, Graham & Bodley, Elise. BULBOUS PLANTS OF
SOUTHERN AFRICA: a guide to their cultivation and propagation; with
contributions by Bruce Bayer; watercolours by Elise Bodley. Standard ed. Cape
Town: Tafelberg, 1989.
192 p.: col. ill., range map, col. map on endpapers. 4to. Pict. cloth, d.w. Pict. paper
covered board slip case. Accompanied by pre-publication pamphlet.
R 1750
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318 Fairbridge, Dorothea. GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA; illustrations by Elizabeth
Drake, E. Struben & E. Barter. London: A.& C. Black, 1924.
viii, 212 p.: col. ill., col. frontis. Pict. cloth with gilding, d.w. in exceptionally good
condition. R 200
319 Finch-Davies, Claude Gibney & Kemp, Alan. GAMEBIRDS AND WATERFOWL
OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: a collection of 68 water-colours… originally
commissioned to illustrate Lt.-Col. Boyd Robert Horsbrugh's 1912 volume THE
GAME-BIRDS AND WATER-FOWL OF SOUTH AFRICA. Johannesburg:
Winchester Press, 1986.
190 p.: 68 col. plates. (1 as frontis.) 4to. Cloth, d.w. faded on spine. Pict. paper
covered board slip case. No. 1218 of an edition limited to 4750 copies.
R 500
320 Fitzsimons, F.W. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA: mammals.
London: Longmans, Green, 1919-1920.
4 vols. (xix, 177 p., [49] leaves of plates; xi, 194 p., [47] p. of plates; xiii, 277 p. [48]
p. of plates; xix, 270 p., [34] p. of plates): ill., 4 frontispieces. Cloth, d.w.s. browned
& frayed along edges, with some tears, but not often present. Some spotting to
page edges. R 750
321 Gunn, Mary & Codd, L.E. BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA:
an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora, biographical
accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from
the days of the East India Company until modern times. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema,
for the Botanical Research Institute, 1981.
xiv, 400 p.: ill., col. frontis (laid down), ports., map. 4to. Cloth, d.w. R 1650
322 Harris, Tony & Arnott, Graeme. SHRIKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: true shrikes,
helmet-shrikes and bush-shrikes, including the batises and Black-throated Wattleeye;
text by Tony Harris; illustrations by Graeme Arnott. Cape Town: Struik
Winchester, 1988.
224 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), range maps. Pict. cloth, d.w. Pict. paper covered board slip
case. R 750
323 Harvey, William H.& Sonder, Otto Wilhelm. FLORA CAPENSIS: being a
systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria & Port Natal.
Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1859-1865.
3 vols. (21, xxxviii, 546 p.; ix, 621 p.; ix, 633 p.). Cloth with gilding. Slight scarring &
wear to spine of vol. 1. Book plate stamps. Contents: Vol. 1. Ranunculaceae to
Connaraceae. Vol. 2. Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Vol. 3. Rubiaceae to
Campanulaceae. R 450
324 Huxley, Juliette. WILD LIVES OF AFRICA; introduction and postscript by Julian
Huxley. 2nd impression. London: Quality Book Club, 1964.
254 p.: map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name & date on half title page.
R 100
Lady Huxley accompanied her husband on a wild life conservation survey for
UNESCO. They travelled from the Cape to Lake Rudolph and the frontier of
Uganda and the then Congo.
325 Jeppe, Barbara. SOUTH AFRICAN ALOES. Cape Town: Purnell, 1969.
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xxvii, 144 p.: ill. (chiefly col.). Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly frayed along
edges. R 250
326 Kemp, Alan & Calburn, Simon. THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; text by
Alan Kemp; paintings by Simon Calburn. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Struik
Winchester, 1987.
184 p: ill. (chiefly col.), col. frontis., range maps. 4to. Pict. cloth, d.w. Pict. paper
covered board slip case. R 475
327 Mason, Hilda. WESTERN CAPE SANDVELD FLOWERS; illustrated by Hilda
Mason; text by Enid du Plessis and collaborators. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1972.
203 p.: col. ill., b&w frontis. 4to. Cloth, d.w. R 350
328 Nel, G.C. LITHOPS: plantae succulente, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae e familia
Aizoaceae, ex Africa australi. Cape Town: Privately published, 1946.
178 p., 43 plates: ill. (some col.). Pict. cloth with gilding. Some scarring along edges
& faded on spine. Parallel text in English and Afrikaans. R 750
329 Palmer, Eve & Pitman, Norah. TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: covering all
known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa,
Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1972.
3 vols. (xv, 2235 p.): ill. (some col.), map. 4to. Cloth, d.w.s., slightly browned on
spines. Name on front endpapers, obscured by endflaps. Unread. R 3000
330 Scott, Charles L. THE GENUS HAWORTHIA (LILIACEAE): a taxonomic revision.
Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985.
xl, 150 p.: ill. (some col.), frontis., range maps (1 on endpapers). Skivertex, d.w.
R 450
331 Smith, Christo Albertyn. COMMON NAMES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS;
edited by E. Percy Phillips and Estelle van Hoepen. Pretoria: Dept. of Agricultural
Technical Services, 1966.
642 p. (Botanical survey memoir; no. 35). Cloth. Name on front free endpaper.
R 500
332 THE EUPHORBIA JOURNAL. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1983-1985.
3 vols. (130 p.; 154 p; 154 p.): ill. (chiefly col.). Cloth with gilding, d.w.s. Slight
spotting to top page edges. R 1250
333 Van der Walt, J., Vorster, P. & Ward-Hilhorst, E. PELARGONIUMS OF
SOUTHERN AFRICA; illustrations Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst. Cape Town: Juta &
National Botanic Gardens, 1977-1988.
3 vols. (xix, 50, [50] p.; xvii, 148 p.; xxvi, 148 p.): ill. (chiefly col.), range maps. 4to.
Paper covered boards, d.w.s. Accompanied by the 1979 reprint of vol. 1.
R 4000
334 Wager, Vincent A. FROGS OF SOUTH AFRICA: their fascinating life stories; with
photographs and drawings by the author. [2nd, revised ed.]. Johannesburg: Delta
Books, 1986.
183 p.: ill. (some col.). Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200
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335 Wegener, R.H. SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLER'S GUIDE: a guide to sea and fresh
water fishing. Johannesburg: T.W. Hayne (printer), [1968?].
132 p.: ill. Cloth, d.w. rubbed. R 125
See Curtis # 33.
336 Wild Life Protection Society of South Africa. AFRICAN WILD LIFE: official
magazine. Johannesburg: The Society, 1946-1964.
18 vols. in 9 (various paginations): ill. Skivertex. R 1200
The Wildlife Protection Society was established in 1920. Whilst recognising
the conflict that exists between nature and man's economic development, the
Society hoped that the creation of strong public opinion would keep the
damage inflicted on the environment to a minimum. The publication of the
magazine was therefore to encourage the solving of problems in a Pan-
African manner and to enlighten the public as to the damage being done by
man to flora and fauna. The first magazine issued carried a list of the
members, from Sir George Albu to Harry Wolhuter, and included Sir Ernest
Oppenheimer. Under the patronage of King George VI, the president of the
Society was J.H. Orpen and the vice-presidents included J.C. Smuts, Dr
Austin Roberts and Lt-Col. Stevenson-Hamilton. Contributors include a who's
who of South Africans involved in nature conservation.
Recent publications relating to flora and fauna
337 Cowling, Richard & Pierce, Shirley. EAST OF THE CAPE: conserving Eden.
Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2009.
168 p.: col. ill. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 295
A richly diverse area on the south-east coast of Africa, where rainforest,
karoo, fynbos, grassland and savannah are juxtaposed.
338 Sutcliffe, Tom. SHADOWS ON THE STREAM BED; with a foreword by Darryl
Lampert; illustrations by the author. Johannesburg: Platanna Press, 2009.
383 p.: ill. Paperback. R 250
A celebration of fly fishing by South Africa's most celebrated flyfisherman.
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902
339 Blake, J.Y.F. A WEST POINTER WITH THE BOERS: personal narrative of Colonel
J.Y.F. Blake, Commander of the Irish Brigade. Boston: Angel Guardian Press,
1903.
411 p., [50] leaves of plates: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth with pict. laid down on front
cover. Neatly recased with new endpapers. R 850
Blake graduated from West Point in 1880 and saw action in the wars against
the Apache. He resigned his commission in 1889 and went gold mining in
South Africa. He joined the Boer cause when war broke out, and fought with
them to the end. His love for the Boers and hatred of the English victors in
the war is palpable.
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340 BURGHERSDORP: imperial map of South Africa; compiled for Field Intelligence
Department, Cape Town [by] John Wood. 1st ed. [Cape Town: Argus; Wood &
Ortlepp],1900.
Linen backed col. folding map. Scale: 3.94 miles = 1 inch. 48 x 60 cm. Folds into
limp cloth binder, faded on spine. "This map is not to be considered as absolutely
accurate". R 300
341 Davitt, Michael. THE BOER FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. New York: Funk & Wagnalls,
1902.
xii, 603 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), maps (1 col. folding laid down on rear
endpaper). Cloth, browned on spine Some scarring. Neatly recased with new
endpapers. R 750
Davitt (1846-1906) was born in County Mayo, Ireland. He started work in a
factory at nine and his right arm was amputated at eleven after an industrial
accident. Unable to work, he attended school and became interested in Irish
history. He smuggled arms to Ireland and became active in politics. He was
imprisoned and whilst there was elected an MP. His parliamentary career
was turbulent and he resigned his membership of the British House of
Commons in October 1899, as a protest against the war he considered to be
"the greatest infamy of the nineteenth century" (Preface). He then proceeded
to the Transvaal, where, during a stay of several months, he gathered facts
and information at first hand through contact with the leaders and burghers of
both Republics and this book describes those experiences. His role in Irish
politics declined in his later years and he was deliberately sidelined by later,
more radical, nationalists. Nevertheless his private funeral was attended by
over 20 000 of his countrymen. See Mendelssohn vol. 1, p. 422.
342 Hall, Darrell. HALT! ACTION FRONT!: with Colonel Long at Colenso. Pretoria:
Covos-Day Books, 1999.
83 p.: ill., ports., maps. Stiff pict. paper wraps, with scarring along fore-edge.
Address stamp blacked out on front cover. R 100
343 Hall, Darrell. LONG TOM: the story of the four Long Tom guns in the 2nd Anglo-
Boer War. Glenashley: D. Hall, 1994.
195 p.: ill., ports., maps. (Artillery in the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902). 4to. Stiff
pict. paper wraps. Address stamp blacked out on front cover. Signed by Hall on title
page. Accompanied by a letter from Hall. R 250
344 Hofmeyr, N.J. DIE AFRIKANER-BOER EN DIE JAMESON-INVAL. [New ed.].
Cape Town: Jacques Dusseau, [1896].
408 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), advertisements, 2 maps (1 folding). Paper covered
boards, cloth spine, scarred & faded. Text in Dutch. R 500
"Hofmeyr summarises the work of several Pretoria-based journalists, such as
Eugene N. Marais… [his] work is important because it documents much of
the Boer point of view" Stephen Gray: THE LITERATURE OF THE
JAMESON RAID, p. 31-2, in THE JAMESON RAID: a centennial perspective
(Brenthurst Press, 1996). See also Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 722.
345 MACLEAR: [map]; compiled and lithographed by Mapping Section F.I.D. under the
superintendence of Capt. P.H. du P. Casgrain from farm surveys and all other
available information. [Cape Town: Argus; Wood & Ortlepp, 19--?].
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Select Books Africana Catalogue no. 50
Linen backed col. folding map. Scale: 3.94 miles = 1 inch. 48 x 60 cm. Folds into
limp cloth binder, rubbed on edges. "South Africa, having never been properly
surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.
Officers are therefore requested to report errors or omissions to Mapping Section,
Cape Town". R 300
346 Shearing, Hilary Anne. THE SECOND INVASION OF THE CAPE COLONY, 1901-
1902, DURING THE SECOND ANGLO-BOER WAR: [thesis] submitted in fulfilment
of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Historical
Studies, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Pietermaritzburg: H.A. Shearing,
1989.
263 leaves: folding maps (some in pocket on rear endpaper). 4to. Bound typescript.
Name blacked out on front free endpaper. R 250
347 Slegtkamp, Hendrik & Mostert, Dirk. SLEGTKAMP VAN SPIOENKOP:
oorlogsherinneringe van Kapt. Slegtkamp; saamgestel uit sy dagboek deur Dirk
Mostert. Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1935.
312 p.: ports. Pict. cloth. R 500
Slegtkamp (1873-1951) served as an ordinary soldier in Middleburg
Kommando and saw much action on the Natal front. He played a crucial role
in the battle of Spioenkop, where he, Hindon and De Roos defied Buller's
force. He then became a member of Danie Theron's Verkennerskorp and
after Theron's death and Hindon's surrender, became the ultimate
Bittereinder, dodging patrols right until the end (the book is dedicated the the
Bittereinders- men, women and children). He later became a staunch
member of the Ossewa-Brandwag in Middleburg, where he died.
348 Swinton, E.D. THE DEFENCE OF DUFFER'S DRIFT: a few experiences in the
field defence for detached posts which may prove useful in our next war. [New ed.].
London: Leo Cooper, 1990.
74 p.: maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name stamp blacked out on front free
endpaper. Originally published in 1905. R 300
Swinton (1868-1951) received a D.S.O. in the South African War and is
credited with the invention of the tank. He was colonel commandant of the
Royal Tank Corps and professor of military history at Oxford University from
1925-1939. Both thought provoking and entertaining, DUFFER'S DRIFT is
Swinton's vehicle to set out six "dreams" in which he tries to defend "Duffer's
Drift" from the Boers. In each case, he shows poor planning, misplaced trust
put in locals, and the need to plan for all eventualities. In the first five
"dreams" he wakes up defeated by the Boers. Only in "dream" six, where
absolutely every eventuality is covered, is the task put before the officer
achieved.
349 Terblanche, Annette. EMILY HOBHOUSE. Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers
Boekhandel, 1948.
383 p.: ports. Cloth. Name & name stamp on front free endpaper. Text in Afrikaans.
R 300
350 WILLOWMORE: [map]. [Cape Town: Argus; Wood & Ortlepp, 19--?].
Linen backed col. folding map. Scale: 3.94 miles = 1 inch. 48 x 60 cm. Folds into
limp cloth binder, rubbed on edges. "This map is not to be considered as absolutely
accurate". R 300
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