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(Lisbon: Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1963). Estudos de Ciências Políticas e Sociais No. 68. 255 x 192 mm; printed card wraps; pp. 217 + (i) + plates; text figures; folding maps; large plates section showing scenery, inhabitants and material culture. Wraps a bit sunned and curled; pages mostly unopened. Very good condition. A detailed survey of Angola's southernmost region. Portuguese text. .

(London: James Nisbet, 1831). Bishop Robert Gray's copy, signed 'Rbt Gray / Bristol 1834' on the front free endpaper. 8vo; contemporary cloth-backed papered boards, with paper title label to spine; pp. (viii) + xvi + 250 + publisher's catalogue. Boards somewhat mottled and rubbed, and a little chipped to edges; corners turned; backstrip slightly worn and title label eroded; hinges just starting; some foxing throughout; 'Cape Town Diocesan Library' stamps to pastedowns and title page. A good copy. Besides being one of the greatest scientific minds of his or any other age, Sir Isaac Newton was a rigorous Biblical scholar. Many of his conclusions, only fully published long after his death, did not harmonise with official Church doctrine. They included a rejection of the Athanasian Creed, and a belief that the Millennial Rule of God's Kingdom would bring peace to earth's inhabitants for all eternity. In this regard, he wrote: "The earth shall continue to be… Read more

(Causeway, Southern Rhodesia, Volume 3, Number 23A, issued 29 December 1961). Original wraps, slightly discoloured, pp. (157 -) 332, figures in the text, folding charts. Edges lightly foxed. Several learned articles relating to the Zimbabwe excavations; 1958. .

(London: Victor Gollancz, 1963). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 288. Dustwrapper sunned, a little soiled, and edgeworn, with archival tape repair to reverse of spine panel; regular, light browning. Good condition. "With her third novel, Nadine Gordimer demands to be ranked, not merely as one of the two or three leading South African novelists, but beside the outstanding writers in English in any part of the world." Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. .

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) 9780521739573. 228 x 151 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xx + 378, incl. index; maps, illustrations, facsimiles in text. Fine condition. "Ocean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean." .

(London: Longmans, 1898, Silver Library Edition). Crown 8vo; original burgundy buckram lettered in gilt on spine; gilt-ruled upper cover; pp. viii + 342 + 32; frontis. with tissue guard; title page vignette; plates. Cloth a bit stippled; earlier owner's bookplate to front pastedown; some spotting to page edges and outer leaves. Very good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 578: 1st edition) "An earlier statesman, impressed by the ironies of his task, once wittily remarked that if you wish to be misled about a country you should consult the man who lives there and speaks the language. In 1874 Lord Carnarvon, anxious to know South Africa, took this aphorism to heart. He chose a man who had never seen South Africa, and who spoke only one of its many languages, to be first his eyes and ears in South Africa and eventually his mouth as well. For a long period of years James Anthony Froude had devoted his energy and his eloquence to the history which others had made. For a brief time in South… Read more

(Bloemfontein: A. C. White, 1929). 8vo; original orange cloth; pp. (xii) + 203. Cover rubbed and lightly soiled; hinges tender; gift inscription to front free endpaper; moderate foxing throughout; archival tape repair to one leaf of prelims. at gutter. Good. 'It is the lot of every writer to have their more recent books compared to their first, and it is a universal fact that they are "not so good". Actually, if you study the matter carefully, it will be found that the later books are just as bad as the first. When somebody once said to a famous editor that his paper isn't as good as it was, he replied, "It never was". One of the difficulties of a scribbler, such as I, is to please everybody. Each year I receive a very large number of letters from readers. Some say that they hope I will write more verse; others hope that I will write less. Some hope that I will continue to write in a light humorous way - others hope that I will write more serious stuff. And here I… Read more

(Cape Town, no date [ca 1896]). 205 x 130 mm; pamphlet; pp. 4. Some foxing. Good to very good. Henry Brougham Loch (1827-1900) was appointed high commissioner of South Africa in December 1889. During his earlier governorship of Victoria, he had been noted for his support of cultural projects, and this Cape colony programme demonstrates that he retained an involvement in the arts. The programme includes the words of two songs, 'My Faithful Fair One', and 'My Nut Brown Maiden'. .

(Pretoria: University of South Africa, 2003) 1868882063. 220 x 152 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. vii + (iii) + 175; tables. "Withdrawn" and "Sold" ink stamps to half-title, otherwise near fine. "The number of international migrants, asylum-seekers and clandestine migrants is estimated at 120 million worldwide. It is believed that a further 2 million join this figure each year. To put it differently, 1 in every 114 people is displaced in the world today. Between 3 and 8 million illegal aliens are estimated to be within the borders of South Africa. 'Of Myths and Migration' seeks to explore the causes and effects of population displacement and seeks to arrive at policy-relevant conclusions. It investigates one aspect of the global migration crisis in a specific context - that of illegal immigration into South Africa - and places this in a broader regional security framework." .

(no place: Mangula Mine, 1972). 210 x 140 mm; card, folded once, printed in black and gilt. Some foxing. Good. .

(Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1929). First edition. 8vo; original grey pictorial cloth, lettered in blue on spine and upper cover; pp. 143; line drawings by D. Ogilvie. Fore-corners a little turned; trace of fishmothing to cloth; a little wear to extremities; endpapers and page edges somewhat browned; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 267) Uncommon. Besides some examples held by South African repositories, OCLC finds only the British Library copy. The charming story of a circus escapee, Ogus the baboon, who is able to speak to the children Lettie and Hennie, who become his friends. .

(Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers, 1989) 0947458050. 4to; original blue boards, with silver gilt lettering to spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 156; colour map; lavishly illustrated with stunning overhead photographs. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, and very slightly edgeworn; some spotting, particularly to reverse of dustwrapper and to top edge of some leaves. Good condition. German version of 'Okavango from the Air'. .

(London: Archibald Constable, 1903). Demy 8vo; original red buckram, with gilt Cape Dutch homestead to upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g.; pp. 320 + 16; plates; engravings and plans in text. Backstrip very slightly sunned; gift inscription to W. Copenhagen, Rondebosch, to front pastedown; ownership inscription to front free endpaper and penned reference to frontis. recto; some informed marginal annotations; foxing to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. (Mendelssohn II, p. 527) "The volume contains a large number of quaint and beautiful engravings accompanied by much interesting and instructive information." - Mendelssohn .

(Johannesburg: The South African Quarterly, 1915). 275 x 220 mm; original card wrappers; pp. x + 103-128 + xviii. Wrappers sunned, crease to lower corner. The article by C. Graham Botha is on pp. 111-116. Some of the forms and ceremonies regarding marriages, baptisms and burials prevailing in the Cape during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. .

(Cape Town, 1939). 12mo, pictorial wraps, slightly soiled, pp. 20, few plates. .

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1951). 8vo; original green cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvii + (iii) + 188, incl. index; plates, incl. folding. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, with trace of curl to top edge; earlier owner's name on front pastedown; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere; tape marks to rear free endpaper. Very good condition. A fascinating account of the discovery of the unique flora of the Cape in the days of the Dutch East India Company's jurisdiction. .

(London: George Harrap, no date [1936]). 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and in blind to upper cover; front endpaper map; pp. vii + (i) + 503; frontis. facsimile of Old English manuscript. Upper fore-corners of boards a little turned; spine very slightly crumpled at head; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; endpapers, edges and outermost leaves somewhat foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere; some discreet pencilled marginalia. Very good condition. The Harrap imprint of this work is uncommon. Printed by the Riverside Press of Massachusetts, OCLC suggests shortly after the more readily encountered Houghton Mifflin version of 1935. A grammar, accompanied by readings from examples of Old English literature. "Old English Handbook had its inception some years ago in the desire of [Marjorie Anderson] to present to the student a volume of selections from Pre-Conquest manuscripts. ... She hoped ... that the Pre-Conquest scene, in all its variety, might be conveyed… Read more

(Port Elizabeth: The Grey Institute Development Trust, 1993). 297 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 96; numerous illustrations. Very good condition. "The Old Greys' Union is celebrating its centenary and it is our privilege as Heads of the respective Schools to be associated with the Grey and its Alumni. The Union's objective has been to produce a brochure that will interest and maintain a connection between someone who was at Grey in 1920 and the boy who matriculated in 1992. The Grey has a fascinating history and a network of alumni that makes this Institution the dynamic one it is." - From the Foreword .

(Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1969). Small 4to; pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 170, incl. index; plates in colour and monochrome. Trace of foxing to edges, endpapers and reverse of dustwrapper, occasional fox spot elsewhere; Copenhagen bookplate to front pastedown, and subsequent owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "Situated in the picturesque Jonkershoek valley, Old Nectar, a gabled Cape Dutch homestead, and its exquisite rose garden, is a national monument. Gen. Van der Spuy and his wife, Una, have spent twenty years at Old Nectar restoring the homestead and establishing the famous rose garden and nursery. The story of the Jonkershoek valley, Cape Dutch architecture, the Old Nectar homestead in particular, its builders and successive occupants (including ghosts), and the garden, makes fascinating reading and provides much interesting information, as well as practical advice for rose growers." .

(Port Elizabeth: the author, ca 2003). Author's presentation inscription to first blank. 203 x 144 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 149 + (ii); photographs. Discreet archival tape reinforcing at tail of spine. Very good condition. A history of the ninety years of Port Elizabeth's Pier Street Methodist church, demolished in February 1972. .