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(Bloemfontein: MA thesis [University of the Orange Free State] in unpublished form, 1998). MA thesis in unpublished form, submitted to the Department of History at the University of the Orange Free State. 4to (300 x 230 mm); red rexine over boards; pp. (i) + iv + 587; printed rectos. Very occasional marginal notes in manuscript. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Detailed study of race relations in South Africa, focusing on the Free State. Very heavy book. 'Suid-Afrikaanse historiografiese studies is óf van 'n algemene aard óf konsentreer op die debat tussen die revisionistiese en neo-liberale geskiedskrywers óf is togespits op die pennevrug van enkele geskiedskrywers. Hoewel enkele historiograwe spesifiek aandag aan tussengroepverhoudinge in Suid-Afrika skenk, is daar 'n behoefte aan " 'n omvattende historiografiese studie oor tussengroepverhoudinge in Suid-Afrika". Die logistieke omvang van sodanige studie kan tot gevolg hê dat slegs op… Read More

(Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1958). Communications of the University of South Africa C,4. 215 x 140 mm; original thin card wraps; pp. 64. Very good condition. Afrikaans text with English summary. Discussion of the position of the Anglican Church in the Orange Free State from 1848 to 1900. .

(Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, First Series, Volume 33, 1952). Original cloth, very slightly marked, pp. xxii + 275, frontispiece portrait of Hamelberg, plates, folding plan of Cape Town. Endpapers, preliminary pages and edges a little foxed, name on the front pastedown endpaper. The diarist, born in the Netherlands in 1826 and died there in 1896. He was a lawyer, member of the volksraad and a consul-general of the Orange Free State. He was unquestionably the most highly trained lawyer in the young republic, and in time built a flourishing advocate's practice. (Dictionary of South African biography, Vol. I, page 348) .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1982) 0798113103. 8vo; original purple boards; dustwrapper; pp. 113, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper a little sunned on spine panel. Very good condition. 'Die teregstelling van die Engelsman Charles Leo Cox deur die Vrystaatse Regering in 1856 vanwee die moord op sy vrou en kinders het dwarsdeur Suid-Afrika 'n sensasie veroorsaak. Aan die hand van die dokumentasie oor hierdie opspraakwekkende saak wat bewaar gebly het, het Karel Schoeman die lewe en dood van Cox gerekonstrueer, en daarmee op lewendige en leesbare wyse aan die vroeë jare van die Vrystaatse geskiedenis gestalte gegee.' 'Cox, Charles Leo (London, Eng., 13.12.1815 (?) - Bloemfontein, 1.11.1856) was executed as a murderer. Nothing is known about his early life, except that he came of a good family. A cousin of his was the wife of Sir Henry Barkly, later High Commissioner and Governor at the Cape. […] On 20.1.1853 Cox married the sixteen-year-old Maria Magdalena Bouwer,… Read More

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1986) 0798119861. Number 6 in the Vrijstatia series. 8vo; original purple boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 104, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel, with short tear to top edge of lower panel; trace of foxing to top edge and reverse of dutwrapper. Very good condition. "This anthology, compiled mainly from contemporary accounts in the Quarterly Paper of the Free State Mission, gives a description of the work of the Anglican Church in the Orange Free State under its first two Bishops, and of the great contribution it made to the development of the Republic, out of all proportion to its actual size or strength. At the same time the book provides a vivid picture of life in the Free State during the sixties, seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century, and of its people, White, Black and Coloured." .

(Bloemfontein: Associated Periodicals Limited, 1954). 4to; original green cloth with gilt coat of arms on upper cover; illustrated endpaper map; pp. xxiv + 154 + [xxv - xliv]; profusely illustrated with manuscript facsimiles and many photographic reproductions of historic personages, events and places, including a little colour; advertisements. Good to very good condition. "The compilers … have to the best of their ability selected illustrations to provide a picture of the history of the Free State in all its aspects up to 1910. The album cannot, of course, pretend to be a self-contained history, but is merely complementary, though it is hoped that it will be a valuable aid in the teaching of the history of our country. It does not go beyond 1910 because in that year the Free State ceased to exist as a separate and independent entity and its history since has been so closely interwoven with that of the Union of South Africa that it can hardly be separated from it." .

(Bloemfontein: Associated Periodicals Limited, 1954). 4to; original green cloth with gilt coat of arms on upper cover; illustrated endpaper map; pp. xxiv + 154 + [xxv - xliv]; profusely illustrated with manuscript facsimiles and many photographic reproductions of historic personages, events and places, including a little colour; advertisements. Bottom fore-corners slightly bumped; a little rubbed; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "The compilers … have to the best of their ability selected illustrations to provide a picture of the history of the Free State in all its aspects up to 1910. The album cannot, of course, pretend to be a self-contained history, but is merely complementary, though it is hoped that it will be a valuable aid in the teaching of the history of our country. It does not go beyond 1910 because in that year the Free State ceased to exist as a separate and independent entity and its history since has been so… Read More

(Cape Town: Protea Book House, 2002) 1919825398. 8vo; dark brown boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 308, incl. index; historical illustrations; map. Fine condition. "In 1826 a group of emigrants from Griquatown under Adam Kok II was allowed to settle at the mission station of Philippolis in the Transgariep. This became the capital of a new Griqua Captaincy, which for several decades was an important factor in the politics of the Northern frontier and the cause of the British Government first becoming involved in the affairs of the area. … Basing his account on contemporary sources, Karel Schoeman here describes fully for the first time the rise, development and collapse of the Philippolis Captaincy, and gives a detailed account of its organisation and administration and the lives of its inhabitants." .

(Bloemfontein: Nasionale Pers, 1926). 8vo; original grey cloth, blocked in black on upper cover; pp. 53, plus several plates, which are not included in the pagination. Edges very slightly rubbed; gift inscription on front free endpaper. Afrikaans text, with some Dutch. Not in Nienaber. Uncommon history of the Dutch Reformed Church parish of Hoopstad, which lies between Bloemhof and Welkom in the Free State province. There are many photographs of luminaries from throughout the history of the community, along with genealogical information on the individuals. .

(Bloemfontein, Eunice School, c. 1970). 8vo; original green rexine over boards, with gilt title and decoration; no dustwrapper; foxing and tape marks on endpapers; signed by author on title page; pp. 225; black-and-white photographic plates. Good condition. The story of the famous Bloemfontein girls' school, established in 1875. .

(Bloemfontein, Sacum, 1975). 8vo; original paper over boards; pp. (xiv) + 196; frontis. portrait. Previous owner's name signed on front free endpaper; regular light browning throughout. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. A series of essays in appreciation of the respected academic, by his former students. .

(Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1907). 246 x 162 mm; original green wrappers, with title and Orange Free State coat-of-arms printed in yellow to upper cover; pp. xii + 383, incl. index; plates. Wrappers a bit sunned and worn; earlier owner's name signed on half-title and final page; trace of curl to corners; minor damp-stain to bottom edge of a few prelims. Good condition. (Mendelssohn II, p. 64) "Olden Times in the Orange Free State. Compiled from the posthumous papers of Mr. H. A. L. Hamelberg, by Dr. Hendrik P. N. Muller. A valuable account of the Free State from its establishment as a Colony to the time of the death of Mr. Hamelberg (1896), formerly Consul-General for the Free State in Holland, and subsequently Member of the Volksraad. There is considerable information respecting the annexation of the Diamond Fields and other historical events in the Republic. The volume contains some interesting portraits and illustrations." - Mendelssohn. .

(Cape Town: South African Library, 1992) 0869681052. South African Library General Series, Number 18. 210 x 145 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 78, incl. index; monochrome illustrations. Wrappers very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "Porter's Touwfontein letters are published firstly as an insider's account of an important development in the history of South Africa, for the meeting convened by the Governor in 1845 was the beginning of a chain of events which led to the appointment of a British Resident in the Transorange in the same year, the proclamation of British sovereignty over the area in 1848 and the establishment of the Orange Free State in 1854. In addition, however, the letters also provide an entertaining and informative description of conditions in the interior of South Africa in the 1840s." .

(Bloemfontein: H.T.S. Louis Botha, 1998) 086886594X. Signed by the editor on the title page. Folio (300 x 212 mm); original white rexine, lettered in blue on upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial front endpaper; pp. (ii) + v + (i) + 119, incl. index; photographs. Trace of fingering to title leaf. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Centenary history of a prominent Bloemfontein school. .