Cape from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Knysna: Rutherford Publications, 1993). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated dustwrapper; pp. xi + 152 + (ii), incl. index; endpaper map; liberally illustrated, including some colour. Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; very slightly shelf-rubbed. Very good condition. "It is difficult to define the charm and character of Belvidere, the little… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Trevor McGlashan, TJM Publishers, 2001) 0620256257. 4to; original light brown boards, lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover; pictorial onlay to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. (xvi) + 288, incl. index; lavishly illustrated, largely in full colour. Trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. Covering the human and natural history of one of South… Read more about this item

(Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Museum, [1973]) 062000681. 4to; original yellow boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 112; profusely illustrated in monochrome. Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; underlining and marginal annotations in pencil. Pencilling notwithstanding, very good condition. "Die kombuis was vanaf die vroegste tye die hart van die huis. In primitiewe wonings het die hele huis meermale… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Struik, 2008) 9781770073876. 4to; pictorial boards; pp. 256, incl. index; lavishly illustrated with numerous full-colour photographs and some historical artwork. Upper board very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "The Great Karoo is a vast, arid area with expansive plains and imposing mountains. Author Leon Nell spent three years getting to know this enigmatic landscape and its warm and… Read more about this item

(London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1910). Fourth impression. 8vo; original blue cloth, re-cased, with original backstrip laid down; new endpapers; pp. x + 316 + publisher's adverts.; frontis. portrait with tissue guard. Some discoloration to cloth; label remnant to half-title; penned code and accession number to title page verso.; occasional fox spot. Good condition. A significant early contribution to South… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1954). 12mo; marbled boards with white rexine gilt-lettered back; publisher's monogram in gilt to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. 57; plates; map. Extremities rubbed, especially to top fore-corners of boards; gift inscription to front free endpaper; endpapers a little foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good. Introduction by Edmund H. Burrows. Unmarried daughter of the… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1992) 0947430334. 4to; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper and matching laminated pictorial slipcase; pp. 215 + (i), incl. index; maps; lavishly illustrated with contemporary artwork, largely in full colour. Occasional fox spot. Near-fine condition. A beautiful book. "This is the first full-length biography, in any language, of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Spes Bona Girl Students' Residence, [ca 1920]). 190 x 250 mm; saddle-stitched printed wrappers; unpaginated (but pp. 12); full-page photographs. Wrappers detached, but present, and very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. An illustrated prospectus for this historic residence located in Hof Street, intended for young women pursuing further education, and established by the wife of the Cape Colony's… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Juta, 1950). 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt school emblem to upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 136, incl. index; plates, incl. some in colour; folding plan. Cloth a little mottled; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; scattered foxing. Good condition. "This book celebrates the centenary of the Diocesan College,… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: West Coast Regional Services Council, [1994]) 0620179651. 240 x 170 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 198; maps; colour photographs. Light bump to head of spine; earlier bookseller's ink stamp inside upper cover, with a little offset to half-title. Very good condition. "As the title indicates, this is a practical guide which will be of immense value and… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1954). 8vo; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xiv + (ii) + 112, incl. index; plates. Trace of edgewear to dustwrapper; earlier owner's bookplate to front pastedown; a little foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. "Hildagonda Duckitt was an outstanding figure at the Cape in the grand Victorian times and most of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2006) 9781874950813. Oblong 4to; original charcoal blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt lighthouse device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224, incl. index; sumptuously illustrated with some modern photographs, reproductions of Michell's artwork and facsimiles of contemporary maps, portraits, etchings. Light crease to top edge of dustwrapper's lower pane. Near-fine condition.… Read more about this item

(Strand: the author, 1981) 0620054824. Cover title reads "Day of the Buffalo: The Laingsburg Flood". Large 8vo; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 99; photographs; diagrams. An account of South Africa's greatest natural disaster, the flooding of the Karoo town of Laingsburg in 1981, with much on the individuals who lost their… Read more about this item

(Paarl: K.W.V., no date). 297 x 210 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; unpaginated (but pp. 16); photographs, largely in colour. Light foxing. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. An evocative introduction to the charms of the Boland town. 'In hierdie bondige brosjure oor Stellenbosch is daar gepoog om die voornemende besoeker aan die "Eikestad" nie net die gewone toeriste-inligting te gee nie,… Read more about this item

(Stellenbosch: Hortors Ltd for the Stellenbosch Town Council, 1929). 4to; original dark buckram, blocked in gilt to spine and upper cover; pp. 149 + (iii) + (128); woodcuts; plates, incl. folding. Boards rather worn, mottled and bumped; hinges starting; some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good only. Excellent plates. Text in English and Afrikaans. 'If at… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1955). Number 539 of a limited edition. 4to; original navy cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. 248, incl. index; colour frontis. portrait tipped in; text illustrations, some of which tipped in; several plates in both colour and monochrome, some of which folding. Backstrip… Read more about this item

(Hilton: Brevitas, 2008). 8vo; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. (x) + xxiii + (i) + 256 + (xiv); period and recent photographs, the latter in colour. Fine condition. "Manna in the Desert, first published in 1920, offers a fascinating insight into life on a Great Karoo… Read more about this item

(Durban: Art Publishers, no date) 1919688889. Small oblong 4to (155 x 215 mm); laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 64; full-colour photographs. Near-fine condition. A colourful souvenir of this Atlantic region of the Western Cape, famous for its flowers and picturesque fishing villages. .

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1973) 0869610309. Title continues: Being a history of the discovery and colonisation of Southern Africa - fragment of an unpublished manuscript written circa 1811, and, A translation of 'Ueber der Beetjuanas', originally published in 1807. 8vo; original rexine-backed papered boards, with spine lettered in gilt, and gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; dustwrapper; tinted… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Juta & Co, [1926]). Signed presentation inscription, to front free endpaper, by the book's renowned archivist author. Crown 8vo; original red cloth, pp. 109 + (ix); fold-out frontispiece; few plates. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. (Hosken, p. 23) "In addition to many articles in the South African Law Journal and other periodical publications, Botha made more… Read more about this item