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Lost Trails of the Transvaal
by Bulpin, T. V.
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(Somerset West: Stephan Phillips, 2002) 0958424756. 210 x 138 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 364 + (x); line drawings by A. A. Telford. Fine condition. A reprint of this Africana classic, first published in 1956. "Myths and legends of African tribes blend with stories of early pioneers, the birth of the Transvaal Republic, and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Working Life 1886-1940: Factories, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand
by Callinicos, Luli
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(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987) 0869752782. A People's History of South Africa: Volume Two. 297 x 208 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 263; numerous illustrations. Very slightly sunned, adjacent to spine; trace of curl to corners of wrappers; occasional faint fox spot. Very good condition. "Working Life
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Golden Memories of Barberton
by Curror, W. D. (compiler)
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(Barberton: The Barberton & District Publicity Association, 1972). Fifth edition. 194 x 139 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 85 + (ii); historical photographs; map. Wrappers very slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "It was the discovery of gold which gave rise to the beautiful, prosperous town of Barberton, so steeped in the history of our fair land,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Johannesburg. One Hundred Years
by Van Rensburg, C C (publisher), and Editorial Committee
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(Johannesburg: Chris van Rensburg Publications, 1986) 0868460362. 4to; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xii + 332, incl. index; profusely illustrated with photographs and facsimiles, in colour and monochrome, including many period illustrations. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn; gift inscription to front pastedown; some foxing to edges. Good to very good condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Between Woodbush and Wolkberg. Googoo Thompson's Story
by Wongtschowski, Brigitte
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(Haenertsburg: the author, 1990) 0620147180. 210 x 138 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 213, incl. index; photographs and line drawings. A little foxing to top edge. Very good condtiion. Harry Klein, author of 'Land of the Silver Mist', describes this book as "a tribute to those wonderful old-timers of the Northern Transvaal who pioneered what was once the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Joburg Book
by Brodie, Nechama (editor)
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(Johannesburg: Pan Macmillan, 2008) 9781770100794. 260 x 215 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. iv + 332, incl. index; lavishly illustrated with recent and historical photographs and artwork; maps and street plans. Near-fine condition. "Johannesburg: a city of thieves and dreamers, home to more than four million inhabitants spread out over an area larger than greater London ... The Joburg Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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When Johannesburg and I Were Young
by Louw, Juliet Marais
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(Johannesburg: Amagi Books, 1991) 0958310556. 4to; original pictorial boards; decorative endpapers; pp. ix + (i) + 111, incl. index; monochrome photographs and some sketches. Near-fine condition. This delightful book "provides a fascinating anecdotal account of Johannesburg's early years as seen through the eyes of a child growing up in a South African family of German origin. Juliet and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Legend Lives On: The Country Club Johannesburg 1906-2006
by Sander, Ivor
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(Johannesburg: The Country Club Johannesburg, 2006). 4to; laminated pictorial boards and matching laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 183; lavishly illustrated, largely in full colour, with photographs and artwork from throughout the Club's history. Near-fine condition. A thorough and tastefully presented history of "how a small group of energetic citizens of a young mining town established and with succeeding members… Read more about this item Item Price
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Some Reminiscences: Lionel Phillips
by Phillips, Lionel (author) and Maryna Fraser (editor)
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(Craighall: Ad Donker, 1986) 0868520942. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 228, incl. index; black-and-white illustrations. Dustwrapper partially sunned, slightly rubbed and edgeworn; merest trace of foxing to edges and reverse of free endpapers. Very good condition. Sir Lionel Phillips (1855-1936) typified the self-made men who were at the forefront of South Africa's boom… Read more about this item Item Price
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Salvation City
by Nussey, Wilf
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(Somerset West: Stephan Phillips, 2002) 0958424764. 208 x 140 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (xvi) + 198. Near-fine condition. "These are stories from a forgotten time in South Africa's past, the Forties, and a little-known part, the Lowveld. They are all rooted in truth and legend, though somewhat embellished by me. They do not make any… Read more about this item Item Price
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Die Wordinggeskiedenis van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek 1838-1860 [Archives Year Book for South African History, Fourth Year, Part II / Argief-jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis, Vierde Jaargang, Deel II]
by Wichmann, F. A. F.
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(Pretoria: Ministry of the Interior, 1941). 276 x 178 mm; original printed wrappers; pp. xii + 255. Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled; contents penned on backstrip; faint hand-stamp of earlier owner (H. J. M. Guest of Klerksdorp) to upper cover; top fore-corner of upper cover an initial leaves a bit gnawed; some foxing; trace of damp-stain to margins of… Read more about this item Item Price
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De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal
by Leyds, W. J.
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(Amsterdam: Allert de Lange, 1906). Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xxi + (iii) + 443, incl. index; large, folding chart, and large, folding map; folding facscimile. Extremities of cloth a bit rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown, and his ink stamp to half-title; numerous informed marginal annotations in… Read more about this item Item Price
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De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal
by Leyds, W. J.
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(Amsterdam: Allert de Lange, 1906). Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xxi + (iii) + 443, incl. index; large, folding chart, and large, folding map; folding facscimile. Cloth rather worn; joints starting; corners bumped; front pastedown and free endpaper adhering; earlier owner's name signed verso of front free endpaper and to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Klerksdorp. Groeiende Reus 1837-1987
by Marx, Roelf (editor)
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(Klerksdorp: Klerksdorp Municipality, 1987). 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 140; numerous illustrations, historical and modern, including some in full colour. Sunned to spine, and slightly to upper board; trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die doel van hierdie publikasie is nie om as 'n omvattende wetenskaplike handleiding oor alle aspekte… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Boy to Boardroom. An Autobiography
by Altmann, Hendrik
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(Mbabane: High Commission Printing and Publishing Company Limited, 1963). 8vo; original red cloth,lettered in black on upper cover; pp. (iv) + 48; some plates, incl. folding; folding chart in end-pocket. Spine lettered in pen, and snagged at head; free endpapers have been removed. Good. Author was born in Nieuwendam, near Amsterdam, Holland, in 1875, and came to South Africa as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp. A Tale of Transvaal Officialdom.
by Blackburn, Douglas
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(London: Alston Rivers, 1908, first edition). Being Incidents in the Life of a Transvaal Official, as told by his son-in-law Sarel Erasmus, Late Public Prosecutor of Prinsloosdorp, Market-master of Kaalkop, Small-pox tax collector of Schoonspruit, etc., etc. 8vo; limp pictorial boards; pp. xxii + 134. Spine cocked; wrappers foxed and edgeworn; frayed at spine extremities; scattered foxing. Fair condition. "The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Taken at the Flood. The Story of Harry Struben
by Struben, Roy
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(Johannesburg: Longmans, 1968). 8vo; original pale pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (x) + 260; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape repair to reverse of spine at head; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "He believed firmly that the territory which he travelled contained mineral wealth of incalculable value. He was among the early diamond seekers… Read more about this item Item Price
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Some Reminiscences
by Phillips, Lionel (author), and Maryna Fraser (editor)
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(Craighall: Ad Donker, 1986) 0868520942. 8vo; original green boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 228, incl. index; black-and-white illustrations. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; faint price label mark to front free endpaper; trace of light foxing to edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition. "Phillips wrote Some Reminiscences in London in 1924 during his last few months as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Die Eerste Europeane in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin 1725 / The first Europeans in the Kruger National Park
by Punt, W. H. J.
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(Pretoria: National Parks Board of Trustees, 1975) 0869530178. Signed by the author on the title page, with his gift inscription to his children to the half-title. 8vo; pictorial boards; pp. (x) + 101; parallel English and Afrikaans texts, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. Boards partially sunned, with coffee cup half-ring to upper board; small newspaper clipping relating… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ou Marico: 2. Transportry, Runderpes en Poskoetse
by Gronum, C. F.
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(Potchefstroom: Pro Rege, 1975) 094998857X. Subtitle reads: Mededelinge oor die soet en suur, voorbereidings, ontberinge en teëspoede betrokke by die transportryery en posvervoer teen die einde van die vorige eeu. Versamel en verwerk deur prof. J. H. Coetzee in die Instituut vir Afrikanistiek van die Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys. 209 x 136 mm; pictorial wrappers;… Read more about this item Item Price
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