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London. the leather is Very Slightly rubbed, gold motif on each corner is in ver good condition; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lineations; skiver with title on spine is dull. 2 bookplates and a dealer's sticker on front paste-down. There is a moderate amount of foxing on the eps and the verso to the first map in the series. This copy has no title page, which appears to be standard - I imagine because it was included on Vol ! only. So no definite printing date can be given. The last date in the text is 1853. Mendelssohn (S A Bib) on p988 lists the book as "The British Colonies, Division VII and printing date 1851, but he probably took the date from Vol 1. Frontis of Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1734-1801, hero of Aboukir Bay 1801; with tissue guard; 208pp with tables; 5 double page col maps with vignettes, all unfoxed and very frame-able : Africa; Cape Colony; Natal and Kaffraria; Western Africa; Islands of the Atlantic, with lovely engravings of landscapes by J Rankin (and others). All maps… Read More

Johannesburg.: Brenthurst Press,, 1985. All books covered in 50 micron polyethylene (archival plastic); silk page markers; col illus, b&w photos and dwgs. Weight packed will be somewhat in excess of 15kgs and the books would have to be couriered so please expect huge extra postage. Vol 1 " Livingstone Letters"; Vol 2 " John Blades Currey" ; Vol 3 "Melton Prior" - "WITH BEST WISHES, JANE CARRUTHERS"; Vol 4 " Robert Jacob Gordon Vol 1" ; Vol 5 " Robert Jacob Gordon Vol 2"; Vol 6 :" A Soldier in South Africa" ; Vol 7 " Thomas Baines" "WITH BEST WISHES JANE CARRUTHERS"; Vol 8 " Vanity Fair" ; Vol 9 "Britain at the Cape " ; Vol 10 "The Cape of Good Hope 1806 -1872" . Volumes 6,7,8,9,& 10 are SIGNED HARRY OPPENHEIMER, ( owner of Brenthurst and Mining Magnate.). 5 Signed by Harry Oppenheimer. First Edition. Hard Cover Cloth.. Very Fine in Plastic./Very Fine. 307mm.

Almost a complete run. Unread . All bound vols contain my attractive bookplate in the verso of front cover. Includes 3 vols Index ( I - X, XI - XV and XVI - XX ). In all, 26 volumes/ books bound in green leather with real gold titles on tan blocked- out background. 4 vols unbound; 2nd volume only is bound in grey cloth. Original soft covers bound in. The run is missing vol I , no 1 and starts at March 1944, ends with Vol 30, no 5 of March 1993 but No 3 is MISSING. There are numerous maps and photog plates in b&w. This run is unique. Postage will be a problem. NOTE : Unbound spares are available and listed separately from Vol 23 to Vol 30 and some odd issues.

69pp intro: Commission, Report, Heads of an Act, Resolutions, Objections, Proceedings. 158pp body: Minutes of Evidence. 84pp: Circular of Question, Answers. xcviiipp appendices. Foxing to pages, pages yellowing and fragile. Top edges uncut. A rare and apparently largely unknown document, no other copy found and no references to it on google. Covered in adhesive plastic.