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The Life and Work of Thomas Baines

MILITARY HISTORY (1-28) AFRIKAANS (29-36) ART (37-62) HUNTING (63-81) LOCAL HISTORY (82-85) SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY (86-87) TRAVEL (88-89)

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MILITARY HISTORY

1. Anonymous: Aircraft of the South African Airforce. Command Information / Vliegtuie van die Suid Afrikaanse Lugmag. Bevelsinformasie (Pretoria: Air Force Gymnasium, no date) 295 x 210 mm; side-stitched brown card wrappers, with squadron crest to upper cover; unpaginated; printed recto's. Wrappers creased; staples rusty; bottom fore-corner of upper cover and several leaves creased. Good. Uncommon. Twenty-two contemporary aircraft illustrated and outlined, with nose-on, side-on, and overhead line illustrations of each, plus

mention of squadron, base and role, in each case. A further six museum aircraft receive similar treatment. Included are South African Bush War "specials" such as the Bosbok and Kudu. The Air Force Gymnasium of the SAAF is tasked with the basic training of new airforce members. Between 1959 and 2009, it was based at Valhalla in Pretoria, but has since relocated to Hoedspruit. R270

2. Anonymous: South African Defence Force Hymnal / Kerksangbundel van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (Pretoria: South African Defence Force, 1968) The cover subtitles read: "For use by all denominations in the South African Defence Force" / "Vir gebruik deur alle kerke in die Weermag". 135 x 94 mm; blue card wrappers; unpaginated. Bilingual text: Afrikaans from one end and Afrikaans from the other. Very good condition. "The South African Defence Force Hymnal contains 325 selected Hymns and Psalms comprising:- 150

Hymns (used by the English speaking Churches) and 50 Psalms, 50 Gesange, 50 Hallelujaliedere, 25 Evangelie-liedere (used by the Afrikaans speaking Churches.) This bilingual Hymnal is printed in separate sections according to language groups, but where a Hymn is known to be used in both languages a cross-reference is made. The National Anthem is included at the end of each section in either language." R150

3. Butterfield, Paul H.: War and Peace in South Africa 1879 - 1881 (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1986) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; top edge gilt; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xxx) + 246; some monochrome illustrations; tables; map. Near fine condition. "This book, published for the first time, is based on the letters of Major Philip Anstruther and the journal of Edward Essex, discovered by Dr Butterfield. It deals in part with the Zulu

wars and for the rest with the first Anglo-Boer War. Major Anstruther was killed at the Battle of Bronkhorstpruit where the Boers wiped out the British force in a matter of minutes. The book ... gives a clear insight into political and social conditions in the Transvaal, apart from vivid descriptions of battles like Majuba." R810

4. Carter, Thomas Fortescue: A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results

(Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1985) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xiv)

+ viii + 574 + (ii); some monochrome illustrations; tables; map. Near fine condition. Larger-format text facsimile of the John Macqueen edition of 1900. The first edition is listed in Mendelssohn I, p. 305. 'The best work which has been published on the Boer War of 1880-1881 up to date. The volume is divided into four Parts: (I.) The British in the Transvaal. (II.) The Battlefields. (III.) The Peace. (IV.) A Journey through the Transvaal. In dealing with the "indirect causes" of the war, Mr. Carter asserts that "there can be little doubt that an outbreak of hostilities was precipitated by one flagrant act of injustice on the part of the government at Pretoria." Colonel Lanyon's arbitrary and injudicious methods appear to have thoroughly incensed and disgusted the Boers, and the author confirms Lady Bellairs' statement that they believed the Administrator to be "a nigger", which helped to increase his unpopularity, while his despotic tendencies served to alienate even the loyally inclined inhabitants. "He showed a facility of making himself disagreeable to the

Boers. ... He tried to command the Transvaal, when he failed to govern it or manage it; having no sympathies for the Boers ... he despised them and theirs as an inferior creation, &c." On the other hand, the author was of opinion that "If promises made by Sir T. Shepstone at the time of the annexation - promises which there is every reason to believe that he intended to carry out - had been fulfilled, the late disastrous war would never have happened." As regards the annexation, it is pointed out that although "the Free State, the Cape, and the Dutch press wrote condemning this act, the Daily News and other London Liberal journals gave approval to it; and reference is made to a work published in 1870, entitled Herinneringen uit Zuid Africa, by "an author devoid of British prejudices" ... who, in discussing the state of the Transvaal, remarks on "the confusion in the authority of the State; the stupid unwillingness of the Boers to assist in any way, &c. &c." Mr. Burgers, the President, is also quoted, and his remarks would serve to show that he, at all events, believed in the charge of slavery against the Boers, as he told his Volksraad, "You have ill-treated the natives, you have shot them down, you have sold them into slavery, and now you have to pay the penalty."' - Mendelssohn. R810

5. Clarke, J. B.: Rhodesian Map-Reading. Book One. An Introduction to Map-Reading with Exercises (Salisbury: Oxford University Press, 1967) 218 x 280 mm; blue card wrappers; pp. (iv) + 30; full-page colour map sheets, with accompanying questions. Wrappers soiled and curled, with "Army Headquarters ... May 1968" ink stamp and some pen notations to upper cover; some foxing; some pen annotations. Fair condition. Contents: A Comparison of

Rhodesian and Federal map keys; Federal key, map references and scale; Starting on maps; Scales; The Grid System; Direction; Relief and Contours; Map extract (Shabani, Lake Kyle, Heany Junction, Kariba, Buhwa, Domboshawa, Chiconyora, Lake McIlwaine); Rhodesian key, map references and scale. R120

6. Davitt, Michael: The Boer Fight For Freedom (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1988) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; linen marker; top edge gilt; pp. (xxiv) + xii + 607, incl. index; photographs in text; endpaper map. Fore-edges of slipcase a little sunned; some fox spots to fore- and bottom edges. Near fine condition. Larger-format text facsimile of the Funk & Wagnalls edition of 1902, with some introductory material. The original edition is listed in Mendelssohn I (p. 422) and Hackett (pp. 2, 140). "The author embarked on a fact finding tour of South Africa late in 1899. He travelled extensively through the Boer Republics and northern Natal gauging

public opinion in regard to the crisis. He met many republican leaders and was officially assisted in his journey through Boer lines. The volume affords a full account of military operations to the end of May 1900 when the author returned home. Throughout the narrative Boer conduct is acclaimed and Britain reviled for prosecuting an unjust war. Concluding chapters comprise a diary of the campaign from June 1900 to March 1902." - Hackett R900

7. De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf: Three Years' War (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1985) Number 687 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (x) + x + (vi) + 448, incl. index; frontis. portrait; battle plans in text; folding map loosely inserted. Fore-edges of slipcase very slightly sunned. Near fine condition. 'Right to the last, speaking at Vereeniging, De Wet remarked, in a speech of considerable vigour, "We must fight on, no matter how long, until our independence is absolutely secure," and there appears no reason to doubt that he was fully prepared to continue the conflict,

although he subsequently acquiesced with the views of the majority of the delegates. Severe reprobation is accorded to the "National Scouts," to whose actions is attributed the final downfall of the Boer cause, and heavy censure is bestowed on Generals Prinsloo, Vilonel, and others, who surrendered to the

British forces. ... Attention is repeatedly drawn to the overwhelming strength of the British ... and there is ample evidence that the courage and resourcefulness of De Wet were counteracted by the difficulties which he had to contend with owing to the insubordination of his men.' - Mendelssohn R720

8. Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1987) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; top edge gilt; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xii) + 575, incl. index; photographs not appearing in the original edition. Fore-edges of slipcase very slightly sunned, else fine. Larger-format text facsimile of an early edition, with new introductory material and photographs. The original edition is listed in Mendelssohn I (p. 484), and Hackett (p. 142). 'At the time the volume was issued, the author, in common with many other people, including some

of the highest military authorities, considered that the fighting was practically over, and there is a chapter at the close of the book on "The End of the War," nearly two years before the guerilla tactics of Botha, Delarey and De Wet were at last exhausted by the persistence of the British.' - Mendelssohn R630

9. du Plooy, Sakkie: Wonderwerke op die grens (Cape Town: Lux Verbi,

1985) 212 x 137 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 56; photographs. Wrappers a little rubbed; trace of damp-stain to wrappers, endpapers and some leaves. Fair to good. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. Religious take on anecdotes from South Africa's Border War. "In die nag in die koeëlreën by Katima Mulilo; anderkant die grense by Chetequera; op kronkelende voetslaanpaaie waar landmyne grondlangs dreig en die vyand se visier op 'n weerlose rug … Ook dáár is Hy - die Getroue Kameraad." R135

10. Hillegas, Howard C.: With the Boer Forces (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1987) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; all edges gilt; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xxiv) + 318; plates. Near fine condition. Larger-format text facsimile of the Methuen edition of 1900, with new foreword and additional photographs. The original edition is listed in Hackett (p. 153), and in Mendelssohn I (p. 713). 'Much stress is laid on the lack of discipline among the Boers: and it is stated that, owing to the fact that "family influences, party affiliations, and religion had a strong bearing on the election of the commandants, the best men were not always chosen as leaders." Many

examples are given of occasions when the Krijgsraad

overruled the advice of the Generals, whilst at other times the commandants refused to obey the instructions of the Krijgsraad, often to the great detriment of military operations. Reference is made to the systematic manner in which the Republicans were prepared for the struggle, and it is said that they possessed plans on which "was a representation of every foot of ground in the Transvaal, Free State, Natal, and Cape Colony," but the author asserts that although Steyn, Reitz, and the Dutch of the Cape Colony may have had visions of Dutch supremacy in South Africa, Kruger did not make war to gain it.' - Mendelssohn. R720

11. Kruger, Paul, as told to H. C. Bredell and Piet Grobler: The Memoirs of Paul Kruger (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1987) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. Two volumes in one. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; top edge gilt; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xxxiv) + 319, incl. index; some monochrome illustrations. Fore-edges of slipcase a little sunned, else fine. Prepared with the assistance of Kruger's private secretary H. C. Bredell, and Piet Grobler, the former Under Secretary of State for the Z.A.R., these volumes present the President's life in detail, explaining his family's trek from the Colesburg district to the Magaliesburg, his rise to prominence in the affairs of the fledgling Boer republic, his part in war and peace, the first Anglo-Boer War, and events leading

up to and including the second Anglo-Boer War until the proclamation of peace in 1902. 'It is asserted that, "the attempt upon the independence of the Republic" having failed, Chamberlain prepared to attain his object by a "gigantic British Raid," and at this stage the Republic determined to prepare for emergencies by purchasing ammunition, rifles, and guns. There is a full account of the negotiations, despatches, and correspondence with Chamberlain, and of the conference with Sir Alfred Milner, who is described as "the typical Jingo, autocratic beyond endurance, and filled with contempt for all that is not English." ' - Mendelssohn R630

12. Lawson, Richard: Strange Soldiering (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963) 8vo; original pale grey boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 176; plates. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, with lamination partially lifting; sporadic foxing. Good condition. "In the Congo there were nearly as many armies as there were political parties; none were controlled, all were mutinous. Ragged groups of troops murdering each other, murdering civilians and murdering those U.N.O. doctors and officials who

were attempting to help them, ranged through a country lacking any central authority, any police or any public services. ... It was the duty of Major Lawson and his colleagues in the U.N.O. force to which he was attached, to bring peace to such a country and to deal, themselves unarmed and often single-handed, with these terrorists. That he and his colleagues succeeded is not only remarkable, but is a pointer for the future. How Major Lawson himself succeeded provides one of the most exciting stories of our time." R120

13. Little, Eric H.: The Luck of H.M.S. Dragon (Cape Town: Stewart Printing Company, 1944) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; endpaper map; pp. 93; plates. Cloth partially sunned, and fishmothed; hinges just starting; a little foxing. Fair to good condition. Subtitle reads: A South African's Thrilling Sea Story containing numerous incidents of the War in the Far East .. including the Evacuations of Singapore and Batavia. R180

14. Norton, [Norman Ogilvie] 'Pompey': Letter written while on active service in German East Africa, 1916 (Morogoro, 1916) Two lined sheets of notepaper (253 x 202 mm), with one horizontal and two vertical folds; pencil manuscript; in the original envelope (94 x 154 mm), which has the address of Mrs J. D. Norton, Prince Alfred Street, Grahamstown, and a "Passed by Censor" stamp. Envelope somewhat foxed and worn; a few fox spots to the letter, which is in very good condition. At the time of writing this letter to his mother, Pompey Norton (1881-1968) had played a test match for South Africa against the M.C.C. in Cape Town during the 1909/10 season, when he took the wickets of Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley. He was a lawyer by profession; the Judge Graham referred to in his letter is Sir Thomas Lyndoch Graham, who had also been a fine cricketer in his early years. The letter is particularly interesting in relating certain details of the campaign against General Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck's German forces, as experienced by the men in the field: "You will never really know what hardships we had during Aug, Sep & part of Oct. but the rest has done me good and I am quite fat again. My responsibility is I think rather too much for me now as I have been given two more machine guns and I am at present the only officer in charge of 8 guns - rather a responsibility is it not?" Mrs Norton is asked to share with Judge Graham an amusing anecdote about the Germans' ploy to curb deserting among their Askaris: "As you know their Askaris are deserting in large numbers and the other day they captured 42 of our men and as they could not feed them they let them go the next day and told the Askaris that they had made an agreement with us that they would release all their prisoners and we were going to hand over all their deserters. Of course you know what they would do to their deserters if they ever got them into their hands." The South African forces in East Africa were ill-prepared for the experience of warfare in the tropics. Smuts "drove his men hard, but speed was necessary to make good the delays caused by incessant rain, trackless bush and forest, and the huge toll of malaria." - DSAB I, p. 743. Norton may well have been referring to such hardships in his letter from Morogoro. R540

15. Pottinger, Brian: The Foreign Volunteers. They fought for the Boers

(1899-1902) (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1986) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red

leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt; pp. xxxi + (i) + 340, incl. index; plates. Slipcase fore-edges slightly sunned; some fox spots to fore-edge. Near fine condition. "Among them was a French nobleman who had once commanded the Foreign Legion,

a half dozen of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, a Russian Prince who brought his own Cossacks, a hero of the Apache wars, a group of Filipinos, a Junker escaping professional disgrace, the brother of Vincent van Gogh, an anarchist, Irish revolutionaries, an Algerian Muslim and a nephew of the Pope. ... This book is in honour of the Foreign Volunteers so that their place in history will not be forgotten." R900

16. Rhodesia Army: Counter Insurgency Aide Memoire (no place: Rhodesia Army, no

date) "Restricted". 140 x 108 mm; saddle-stitched blue card wrappers; pp. 23; diagrams. Name and code in pen to upper cover; slightly rubbed. Good condition. Contents: Patrol Orders; Patrol De-Brief; Ambush Orders; Interrogation of Captured Terrorists; Supply Demand Code; Medical Request Code; Incidence Report Code; Dimensions of DZs and LZs. The Rhodesian Bush War, sometimes referred to as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, ran from July 1964 to December 1979. This handbook appears to be from the height of the conflict, or shortly before. The instructions on "Interrogation of

Captured Insurgents" are particularly interesting. R270 17. Rhodesia Army: Mortar Operational Orders. Attack. Defence. Withdrawal (no place:

Rhodesia Army, no date) 140 x 102 mm; concertina-fold, 10-page card pamphlet. Light soiling and small nick to top edge of front page. Good to very good condition. Ops Orders for mortar deployment during the Rhodesian Bush War. R135

18. [Rhodesian Army]: Aide Memoire for Battle Gp and Cbt Team Comds (no

place: Rhodesian Army, no date) "Restricted". 150 x 84 mm; concertina-fold blue card pamphlet; pp. (i) + 11. Very slightly soiled. Very good condition. Pocket memory aid for battle group and combat team commands during the Rhodesian Bush War. R180

19. [Rhodesian Army]: Aide Memoire for Sec Comds (no place: Rhodesian Army, no date) "Restricted". 150 x 84 mm; concertina-fold buff card pamphlet; pp. (i) + 11. Very slightly soiled. Very good condition. Pocket memory aid for section commands during the Rhodesian Bush War. R180

20. Rhodesian Army: Counter Insurgency Aide Memoire (no place: Army Headquarters, 1975) "Restricted". 178 x 128 mm; saddle-stitched blue card wrappers; pp. 44; diagrams. Name of a lieutenant to upper cover; slightly rubbed. Very good condition. Contents: Patrol Orders; Patrol Debrief Proforma; Ambush Orders; Op Orders; Location of Tracks Report; Interrogation of Captured Terrorists; Contact and Incident Report Messages; Casevac and Medcas Report Messages; Helicopter Landing and Aircraft Dropping Zones; Ground Air Control Procedures. The Rhodesian Bush War, sometimes referred to as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, ran from July 1964 to December 1979. This handbook is from the height of the conflict. The instructions on "Interrogation of Captured Insurgents" are particularly interesting. R270

21. Rhodesian Army: Range Tables for 60-mm Mortar (no place: Rhodesian

Army, 1976) "Restricted". 150 x 85 mm; concertina-fold green card pamphlet; pp. (x). A little rubbed, with some soiling. Good. Range tables for mortar deployment during the Rhodesian Bush War. R120

22. Schoeman, Roelf: Weermagstories. Dienspligtiges verbreek die stilte (Cape Town:

Lux Verbi, 2014) 210 x 136 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 192, incl. index; photographs; map. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Study of post-traumatic stress

in national servicemen who experienced South Africa's border conflict, with recommendations for rehabilitation. "Roelf Schoeman, self oud-dienspligtige wat in die Kaprivi en in Ovamboland ontplooi is, het post-traumatiese stres vir sy meestersgraad ondersoek. Hy is besig om saam met 61 Meg aan 'n model te werk wat dienspligtiges wat PTSD ervaar kan ondersteun. Hy is tans betrokke by die Sentrum vir Kontekstuele Bediening by die Teologie-fakulteit van die Universiteit van Pretoria." R180

23. School of Infantry, Rhodesia Army: Aide Memoire for Company Commanders: Operation Orders (Gwelo: Government Printer, 1966) 'Restricted'. 237 x 100 mm; concertina-fold, 8-page kraft card pamphlet. Central horizontal fold. Very good condition. The Rhodesian government under Ian Smith issued its Unilateral Declaration of Independence (U.D.I) on November 11th 1965, by which time the conflict that came to be known as the Rhodesian Bush War was already under way. This document provides the template for all operations of the Rhodesian infantry, covering everything from

a description of the mission, through Attack, Defence and Withdrawal. R180 24. Slocum, S. L'H., and Carl Reichmann: Boer War Operations in South Africa 1899-

1901. Extracts from the Reports of Captain S L'H Slocum and Captain Carl Reichmann. A facsimile reproduction with new foreword and rare historical pictures (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1987) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; linen

marker; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt; pp. (xxiv) + 325; photographs; maps and battle plans; tables. Slipcase fore-edges slightly sunned; edges and outermost leaves a bit foxed. Very good condition. The original publication is listed in SABIB 4, p. 583, and in Hackett, p. 148. "The ninth volume of the Scripta Africana series ... contains the intelligence reports on the Second Anglo-Boer War of two American military attaches - one

travelled with the Boer forces and the other with the British. The war is, therefore, seen from both sides by highly trained observers. ... The two authors were Captain S L'H Slocum of the Eighth Cavalry, who accompanied the British troops, and Captain Carl Reichmann of the Seventh Infantry, who went with the Boers because he could speak Dutch." R900

25. South African Army Headquarters: Eksterne Na-Opleiding Evaluasie:

Tein Plattelands (Pretoria: South African Army Headquarters, 1978) "Beperk" [Restricted]. 150 x 104 mm; side-stitched mustard-coloured wrappers; unusual pagination. Staples slightly rusty; wrappers a little creased. Good condition. Afrikaans text. "Alhoewel hierdie dokument opgestel is vir eksterne na-opleiding evaluasie van tein eenhede deur hierdie hoofkwartier moet dit ook deur kmdmte vir hulle jaarlikse interne evaluasie gebruik word." R180

26. Union of South Africa. Department of Defence: General Management and Care of

Horses and Treatment of Their Common Ailments (Cape Town: Cape Times Ltd.,

Printers, 1914) Squarish 16mo; original brown cloth, lettered in black on upper cover; pp. (ii) + 103; a few diagrams in text. Cloth somewhat worn and soiled; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; binding slack; archival tape reinforcing to hinges and between two gatherings; moderate foxing throughout. Fair condition. Horses continued to be used extensively by the Union Defence Force during the campaigns in German South West Africa and Tanganyika. This little manual served as a guide for horsemen of the Force. Uncommon: OCLC finds only the University of Cape Town copy. R270

27. Various: 2AA Regt Reunion 17 June. 50 Anniversary / 2LA Regt Reunie 17 Junie. 50 Herdenking (no place: publisher not stated, 1990) 210 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pale blue card wrappers; pp. 22. Trace of fishmothing to wrappers. Good condition. Programme for the fiftieth anniversary luncheon of the South African Defence Force's Second Anti-Aircraft Regiment (earlier named the Second Anti-Aircraft Brigade), established in 1940. "There was a wonderful response to the request for anecdotes. ... A selection has been made to cover four

periods: Early Days, East Africa, North Africa and PoW Camps." Despite the bilingual title, the booklet is entirely in English, with the exception of a song relating to the campaign in Abyssinia ("Daar vlieg 'n bommer oor Selassie se land ..."). R90

28. Waters, W.H.H., and Hubert Du Cane: The German Official Account of

the War in South Africa. Two Volumes published in One (Johannesburg: Scripta Africana, 1986) Number 86 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the publisher. 4to; original red leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, in slipcase of similar colour; spine with raised bands; top edge gilt; linen marker; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xxiv) + 218 + (vii), incl. index; some photographs, tables and diagrams; accompanied by red card map-folder, housing eighteen largely folding, coloured maps. Leading edge of map folder and slipcase fore-edges sunned. Near fine condition. "An account of military operations in South Africa prepared by the General Staff, Berlin. Part I of the volume concerns

the campaign in Natal up to and including the battle of Colenso, with an account of Lord Methuen's campaign in the west concluding with the battle of Magersfontein. Part II relates to operations in the western theatre from the assumption of command by Lord Roberts until the surrender of Cronje at Paardeberg. With appendices to each section." - Hackett. 'The contest is stigmatised as having been carried out between opponents of whom one was bound by "rigid formulas," and the other characterised by "untrammelled healthy common sense," and it is maintained that, with regard to the British army, "The

rigid fettering with forms and rules, to which a false system of peace-training condemned leaders, avenged itself bitterly during the South African War. In this experience, so pregnant of warning for the future, is contained the most important lesson of the whole war." ' - Mendelssohn R1080

AFRIKAANS 29. Deist, Ferdinand: Pofadder en Peddelford. Strandveldstories (Pretoria, van Schaik, 1987) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (vi) + 81. Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie oud-Strandvelder is 'n gesoute storieman en sy vertellings in Pofadder en Peddelford is sappig soos dié wêreld se vygies, droog soos die halfwoestyn. Sy karakters is groots soos hul omgewing, of klein en dwaas soos mense ook maar is." R110

30. Kotzé, Willem D.: Kalaharijoernaal (Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2006) 216 x 137 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 225; map. As new. Afrikaans text. "Dit is veral die mense van Aranos se wêreld wie se stemme in Kalaharijoernaal gehoor word, die mense wat in die ongenaakbare wêreld langs die Nossobrivier 'n bestaan gemaak het. Maar daar is ook die sagter geluide van die Kalahari se wild, die springbokke, die groot elande en koedoes, die kiewiete, die sandpatryse en die sonbesies wie se skril stemme oor die rooi sand bewe. Vir dié wat soek, wag daar immers 'n verrassing after elke duin, só leer die Kalaharikind vroeg al." R135

31. Sangiro [Andries Albertus Pienaar]: Rolprentavonture (no place: Voortrekkerpers,

1951) 8vo; original blue papered boards; pp. 287; photographs. Boards a little splayed; some foxing to page edges. Good. Afrikaans text. Although Rolprentavonture saw several printings, it is probably the hardest of Sangiro's works to find. The origins of Sangiro's move from hunting and journalism to wildlife filmmaking are described thus in P. J. Nienaber's 'Hier is ons Skrywers': 'Terwyl hy in Duitsland was, het die UFA-filmmaatskappy hom genader met die versoek om 'n film-ekspedisie na Tanganyika te lei. Gedurende 1924 het hierdie ekspedisie

plaasgevind en sommige van die ondervindings wat hy toe opgedoen het, word in sy boek Simba beskryf. Nadat hy weer 'n tyd in Duitsland deurgebring het, het hy na Suid-Afrika gekom om die rolprent "Kilimandjaro" te vertoon. In 1928 is Sangiro weer na Tanganyika, waar hy en sy broer Danie die rolprent "Shaitani" vervaardig het. Sommige van die ervarings wat hulle met daardie ekspedisie opgedoen het, word ook in Simba beskryf. Hy het die film na Duitsland geneem om 'n afdruk daarvan te laat maak en het in 1931 na Suid-Afrika teruggekeer." R180

32. Sienaert - van Reenen, Marilet: Die Franse bydrae tot Africana-literatuur 1622-1902

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1989) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 286; facsimiles. Regular, light browning; slight bump to head of spine. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. A fascinating survey of the French contribution to the literature of South Africa up to the end of the Anglo-Boer War. "Deur die eeue het talle Franse na die suidpunt van Afrika gekom. Hulle het gewissel van seevaarders, skipbreukelinge, wetenskaplikes, avonturiers en jagters wat betreklik kort vertoef het, tot immigrante wat hulle permanent in Suid-Afrika gevestig het. Die meeste het op die een of ander manier skriftelik rekenskap gegee van hul verblyf en dié geskrifte word vandag ook as Africana gereken. Marilet Sienaert-van Reenen het dié talryke Franse tekste geindentifiseer en vertaal, en die resultaat is Die Franse Bydrae tot Africana-literatuur - 'n merkwaardige versameling anekdotes, briewe, dagboeke, verklarings, jagavonture, reisbeskrywings, poësie, prosa en toneelstukkies. Die bydraes is ook nie beperk tot die 17de-eeuse volkstigtingsperiode nie; die vroegste is in 1622 geskryf, terwyl die meeste ontstaan het tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog van 1899 tot 1902. Kultuur-histories is die boek van groot belang. Dit gee die leser insig in die vroeë bande tussen Europa en

Afrika, verskaf inligting oor Suid-Afrika en sy inwoners, en werp lig op die aktiwiteite en gesindhede van die Franse." R225

33. Snyman, Adriaan: Siener van Rensburg - die laaste loopgraaf (Mossel Bay: Vaandel-

Uitgewers, 1997) 210 x 137 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 122 + (i). Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Siener van Rensburg - die laaste loopgraaf, is Adriaan Snyman se nuutste en waarskynlik ook die heel opwindendste toevoeging tot sy reeks uitgebreide publikasies oor ons eie Boereprofeet se visioene oor sy volk se eindbestemming. En hier maak die skrywer veral gebruik van nuwe verklarings wat betrekking het op gebeure soos prinses Diana se dood; die 'Duitse Patriotte' se oorlogsverklaring, en die Boere se staatsgreep. Daarna beskryf hy ons Derde Vryheidsoorlog en die inswering van ons eerste ware president

van die nuwe Boererepubliek." R135 34. Spies, Jan: Poort deur die koue (Vertellings 2) (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1984) 8vo;

original papered boards; dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 113. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Wanneer Jan Spies vertel van 'n leerlingverpleegster se slim planne met 'n emmer vol kunstande of van 'n bobbejaan wat hom spook in die plek van 'n afgestorwe boervrou, van 'n groot-eet in 'n gemsbokpark of 'n oud-stryder se taalprobleem op die paradebaan, slaan hy 'n poort deur die koue van die moderne bestaan. Want in dié stories toon hy dat die lewe meer as kompers, video's en hidro's is, dat mense tóg na mekaar kan uitreik, dat vreugde ook in die eenvoudige te vinde is. Hier wag op die leser die warmte van humor en menslikheid, dikwels met 'n tikkie nostalgie daarby. Poort deur die koue is 'n tweede keur uit Jan Spies se onnabootsbare bydraes tot die Afrikaanse radiodiens se vroeëmôreprogram Monitor." R110

35. Spies, Jan: Profeet met kondensmelk (Vertellings 3) (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1985)

8vo; papered boards; dustwrapper; pp. 119. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn, and scuffed to lower panel; spine panel sunned, with short tear at head; slight bump to top fore-corner; gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Baasjagters en voorsingers, spoke en spekskieters, tandesoekers - hulle is almal hier in Profeet met kondensmelk. Saam met die tante wat die duiwel een Nagmaalsnaweek sy hele bose gedagte laat wegskrik het, vindingryke kinders wat maak dat Spreuke Levitikus word, Openbaring Hábakuk, en 'n ou dokter wat 'n reusekrat boerebeskuit en moskonfyt oor see en land

karwei - agter 'n niksnuts aan. En vir dié wat dit so oor en oor wil hoor, is hier ook: Jan Spies se hulde aan die wonderlike diere wat ons land help oopmaak het, sy unieke donkiestories. Profeet met kondensmelk is Jan Spies se derde bundel heuglike vertellings. Dit volg op Pilatus tot molshoop en Poort deur die koue." R135

36. Steyn, Fritz: Die Wêreld wat was (Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel,

1961) Illustrations by A.A. Telford. 8vo; original yellow boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 170; line drawings. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and worn; some foxing. Afrikaans text. "Fritz Steyn plaas ons met hierdie boek terug in die tyd toe die hele laeveld en boswêreld nog kon behoort aan 'n swerwerjagter met sy muilkar en sy geweer. Dit is 'n boek vir oud en jonk; vir die oues, wat die groot stilte en die skielike geweld ken van 'n dreigende nag onder die oop sterre in die hartjie van die wildernis, voordat plase afgebaken en permitte uitgedeel was - en vir die jonges, wat te laat gebore is. Want so voel 'n jong mens wanneer hy hierdie boek lees - dat hy te laat gebore is on

deel te neem aan die dramatiese oerstryd om lewe en dood. So voel hy wanneer hy slegs deur sy motorruit kan kyk hoe 'n leeumannetjie hom uitstrek oor die netjiese pad van 'n wildtuin. Jan Blom was 'n swerwerjagter van daardie tyd, maar hy moes sien hoe die trekplek min word in sy leeftyd." R135

ART 37. Amshewitz, Sarah Briana: The Paintings of J. H. Amshewitz R.B.A. (London: B. T.

Batsford, 1951) 4to; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; printed dustwrapper with pictorial onlay to upper panel; pp. xiv + 66; plates, some of which in colour. Price-clipped dustwrapper (housed in removable protector) rather foxed and edgeworn, with some archival tape repairs to reverse; earlier owners' names to front endpaper; old tape mark to rear free endpaper; old tape repair to bottom edge of one plate leaf; quite foxed. Good condition. "The numerous colour and black and white illustrations to this book give a representative selection from Amshewitz's life work. Ten of the plates are in full colour and there are more than 80

monochrome reproductions of murals, portraits, drawings, water-colours and paintings. These reproductions form a particularly impressive record of Amshewitz's work in South Africa, an aspect of his oeuvre which is comparatively little known in England. The text, by the painter's wife, gives an intimate and fascinating account of J. H. Amshewitz's life, his struggles and successes, and his many friends. The whole book will provide a valued record of Amshewitz's work for the many admirers of his art." R270

38. Arnold, Marion: Irma Stern: A Feast for the Eye (Cape Town: Rembrandt van Rijn Art

Foundation, in association with Fernwood Press, 1995) 4to; original grey boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 156; lavishly illustrated with examples of the artist's work, some photographs of Stern and her studio. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed, with trace of crease to lower panel; a little spotting to top edge; faint foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. "Irma Stern, a major South African artist, is a woman whose personality, life and work cannot easily be separated. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Dr Marion Arnold explores Stern's fifty-year career and evaluates its significance. ... Controversial in her lifetime, Stern is one of the most interesting South African painters to consider from a late twentieth-century perspective. Her extensive oeuvre encapsulates the white South African dilemma of acknowledging a European cultural heritage and an African environment. She saw Africa through a lens of expectation and romanticized the people and places she encountered in her extensive travels. ... Stern's paintings offer a feast for the eye in their luxuriant colour and energetic brushwork. They also speak eloquently of an artistic quest for connections between the self and an external world shaped by the artist's restless wanderings in both Africa and Europe. Irma Stern: A Feast for the Eye is a glowing tribute to a great artist. Here, beautifully reproduced, are familiar paintings, as well as less well-known ones from private collections, which have not been seen publicly." R810

39. Berman, Esmé: Art & Artists of South Africa. An illustrated biographical dictionary

and historical survey of painters, sculptors & graphic artists since 1875 (Cape Town: A A Balkema, 1983) 4to; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and with publisher's gilt device to upper cover; dustwrapper; pp. xviii + 545, incl. index; profusely illustrated, with full-colour plates and monochrome pictures in text. Dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, with original lower flap missing; a little fishmothing to head of backstrip and top edge of lower board; some fox spots. Good condition. "ART &

ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA is the most comprehensive reference work on South African art yet published. Its record-breaking First Edition, released in 1970, has been acknowledged nationally and internationally as the standard reference work on the subject. This NEW ENLARGED EDITION expands prodigiously on the original, scholarly foundation. Its ... pages encompass updated information on every facet of South African art during the past century. In addition to more than 400 biographies on individual artists - 210 of them in depth - there are over 100 articles on museums and institutions, art groups and associations, styles and media, exhibitions and events." R720

40. Booyens, B., and Otto Schröder (introduction):

Solomon Caesar Malan. Aquarelles / Akwarelle. Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1971) Oblong 4to; original coarse cream cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 24 + (xxxvi); full-page colour reproductions of Malan's watercolours of Cape scenes. Dustwrapper a little foxed, and edgeworn, with archival tape repairs to reverse of edges; a little foxing. Good to very good condition. Introduction in Afrikaans, English and French. Malan was born at the Cape in 1812, and studied at Oxford. His Cape views were made during the course of a visit to the Cape in 1839. R225

41. Breytenbach, Breyten: Painting the Eye. Compiled for his first one-man exhibitions

in South Africa. With contributions by Marilet Sienaert, Georges Marie Lory, John Miles and Breyten Breytenbach (Cape Town: David Philip, 1993) 219 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 78; reproductions, several of which in full colour, of the artist's works. Near fine. "Although is paintings have been exhibited all over Europe since 1964, in South Africa Breyten Breytenbach has been more celebrated as a writer. Now for the first time in the country of his birth, one-man exhibitions of his work, 'Painting the Eye', will be shown at the South African Association of Arts, Cape Town, and at the UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria. This book celebrates these auspicious occasions through articles specially contributed by Georges Marie Lory, the French

translator of his poems; Marilet Sienaert, Senior Lecturer in the Arts faculty of the University of Durban-Westville; and John Miles, Professor of Afrikaans at the University of the Witwatersrand; with a concluding article by Breyten himself." R135

42. Brink, André: Jan Vermeiren. A Flemish artist in South Africa (Tielt: Lannoo / Cape

Town: Tafelberg and Human & Rousseau, 2000) Signed by the artist on the half-title. Text in English and Dutch (Dutch translation by Rob van der Veer). 4to; original papered boards, with title in blind to spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. 133 + (ii); liberally illustrated with photographs of the artist and his associates, and with reproductions of his work, in monochrome and full colour. Fine condition, though lacking dustwrapper. "When facing a painting by Jan Vermeiren, one often has the curious sensation - both unnerving and exhilirating - of being sucked into the vortex of another world, a world in which colour is not a property or an attribute but a

physical reality, and a theme in its own right. It is a colour so rich with darkness, and at the same time so luminous with mystery, that it would seem the night itself has bled upon the canvas. This night is infinitely ambiguous, conjuring up a remote North, of tundras and steppes, of medieval monsters, of myths of Good and Evil, its blues - ultramarine and prussian and cerulean and the occasional touch of cobalt, infused with pruples and greens - suggestive of both pagan rites and the stained-glass windows of Chartres. But at the same time it is a night of the deepest South, a night of Africa, throbbing with subliminal sound and the shadows of lithe or ponderous predators." R450

43. Burnett, Ricky (pictures), and Richard Beynon (text): Resurrection Cycles & On Skin (Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, 2009) 199 x 199 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 28; colour portfolio of the artist's work, with interpretive essay. Fine condition. "Ricky Burnett was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. He has spent most of his life in South Africa, with occasional lengthy sojourns in both the U.K. and the USA. He has been active as a teacher, writer, curator

and artist. As a curator his ground-breaking exhibitions of the 1980's, Tributaries and a retrospective of Jackson Hlungwani are of particular note. He currently runs a private teaching studio in Johannesburg. He is also represented by the Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg." R135

44. Carruthers, Jane, and Marion Arnold: The Life and Work of Thomas Baines (Cape

Town: Fernwood Press, 1995) Oblong 4to; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 184, incl. index; sumptuously illustrated with full-colour reproductions of the artist's work; maps. Trace of foxing to reverse of dustwrapper. Near fine condition. " 'The desire of travel once roused within my heart was not so easily to be lulled to rest'. Born in 1820 in King's Lynn, Baines left England at the age of 21. He travelled extensively in Africa and Australia before he died in Durban in 1875. The name of Thomas Baines is well known today, but this is the first comprehensive evaluation of his life and work. His journals meticulously record his encounters with the people and landscapes of South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. From the perspective of the late twentieth century, Baines emerges as a talented and interesting Victorian artist conditioned by his British heritage, but influenced by the spacious African continent. His work is the confluence of his cultural values and the way he translated his experiences into visual language. This fresh interpretation provides a deeper understanding of the man and his art." R1260

45. Crocquet, Pierre: On Africa Time (Cape Town: Bell-Roberts, 2003) Signed by the

photographer on the title page. 4to; laminated pictorial boards, and laminated pictorial dustwrapper housed in protector; unpaginated: 62 full-page, captioned monochrome photographs, several of which also have commentary by the photographer. Near fine condition. A beautiful book, celebrating

outstanding moments from the photographer's travels throughout the 'Bright Continent'. 'While bleak associations with Africa continue, there is another face to the continent. An

elegant, humorous, dignified, reflective and spiritual Africa exists. These uplifting elements are often overlooked or ignored. On Africa Time is an attempt to portray the lesser-known Brighter Africa. Images of daily life captured show a continent with its own identity and style, distinct from the new creature known as "global culture". Life is lived differently here and the continent has its own interpretation of time - Africa time. First impressions of the phrase assume it to mean that time is of no consequence. Perhaps the exact opposite is true - how can one enjoy time if one is continually preoccupied with not wasting it?' R720

46. De Villiers, Simon A.: Otto Landsberg 1803-1905: 19th Century South African Artist (Cape Town: Struik, 1974) 4to; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 120, incl. index; frontis. portrait; reproductions of the artist's works in colour and monochrome: picture on recto and accompanying text on facing verso. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn, with some discreet archival tape reinforcement to reverse of edges; earlier owner's name on front pastedown; old tape marks to rear free endpaper and reverse of spine panel; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. "This is a fascinating study of a multi-faceted and gifted man. Born in Germany in 1803, he immigrated with his parents and brothers to South Africa in 1818 and died in the Cape in 1905. In his lifetime of more than a century he was simultaneously artist, art teacher, musician and successful snuff merchant. As late as 1952 an art historian wrote that none of Otto Landsberg's paintings had been traced and, had it not been for the generous bequest by his grandson Auguste d'Astre of more than 70 of his grandfather's paintings to the Potchefstroom Museum in 1956, Otto Landsberg's achievements as an artist might well have been forgotten. This is an attempt to put his art back into the perspective which it clearly merits. His canvases depicting early South African life, scenery and personalities are of particular interest to the Africana collector and to those interested in South African art." R270

47. Duffey, Alex, with Gerard de Kamper and Daniel Mosako (text): Anton van Wouw (1862 - 1945) (Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 2010) 200 x 200 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; full-colour photographs with descriptive and explanatory text. As new. The essential guide to the doyen of South African sculptors. An eye-catching presentation. "This Anton van Wouw (1862-1945) retrospective exhibition aims to bring together for the first time, not only the most complete collection of all the sculptures of South Africa's most important historical sculptor, but also to publicly display the most exceptional bronze casts of each of his individual works." R270

48. Fischer, Hannelore (text): Käthe Kollwitz (Cape Town: Rembrandt van Rijn Art

Foundation for the Käthe Kollwitz exhibition, 1997) 210 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; full-page photographs of artworks; text in English and Afrikaans. Some fox spots to cover. Very good condition. "Käthe Kollwitz ranks among the outstanding German

artists of the classical modern school. The life and work of this remarkable woman are closely intertwined. ... Käthe Kollwitz's artistic accomplishments are the evidence and focus of her legacy: an art that is strongly expressive, humane and also feminine, consolatory, but above all, great art." R135

49. Fransen, Hans: S.A. printmakers: Works from the S.A. National Gallery / S.A. grafiese kunstenaars: werke van die S.A. Nasionale Kunsmuseum (Cape Town: S.A. National Gallery, 1979) 250 x 165 mm; saddle-stitched printed wrappers; pp. 32; monochrome illustrations. Near fine. Annotated exhibition catalogue. " ... the Gallery's collections of South African art are in all departments the most comprehensive in the country. Of these, the collection of South African graphic art is the most representative. Much of it has been shown in recent years as part of

exhibitions of particular artists, of certain themes, of new acquisitions or just of random selections. This collection has now developed to the stage where it is possible to select about eighty works - the optimum number for a substantial exhibition but little over ten percent of the total print holdings - which together present a picture of South African printmaking since the beginning of this century. ... The exhibition includes work by most major graphic artists in the country, but has also been so selected that it illustrates the main techniques and trends of their work. It is hoped that the exhibition, with the accompanying notes, will contribute to the appreciation of what is the most popular, but also the least really understood of all art media." R180

50. Harmsen, Frieda (editor): Cecil Skotnes (no place: Privately published in conjunction

with the 1996 Cecil Skotnes Retrospective exhibition, 1996) 238 x 335 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 240; lavishly illustrated in full colour and monochrome. Small, faint scuff to lower cover, and small bump to spine. Near fine condition. "Disciplined by his sympathy with the obdurate material into which he drew, he began to simplify his earlier stylized images and, slowly, to transform them into semi-abstract symbols. By a subtle process of allusion, bred of his acute awareness of the character and mood of his surroundings, these forms acquired the elusive but indisputable imprint of Africa." - Berman: Art & Artists of South Africa (1983), p. 426 R630

51. Holloway, Victor: Cecil Higgs (Cape Town: Struik, 1974) Bookplate of Pieter A. Duminy

to front pastedown. A volume in the South African Art Library series. Oblong 4to; original light brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 64, incl. index; frontis. portrait; profusely illustrated with the artist's works, largely in full colour. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good condition. "Cecil Higgs is probably the most important colourist in South African art. A long study period and subsequent visits overseas have given her the opportunity to observe and absorb the painting trends of the present and past centuries. From this she has distilled

her own style, one which shows no direct influence by any painter or school. Through half a century this style has evolved, but, as is the case with every fine artist, she has

produced major works in every period of her career. Cecil Higgs' latest paintings are as vibrant as any she has ever made." R180

52. Loedolff, Cecile, and Eunice Basson (compilers): ABSA Groep Korporatiewe

Kunsversameling 1900-1997/ ABSA Group Corporate Art Collection 1900-1997 (no place: ABSA Group, 1997) 4to; laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial

dustwrapper; pp. (ii) + 110; large, full-colour reproductions of the original paintings. Dustwrapper very slightly sunned to spine panel, with some foxing to reverse side; a few fox spots to top edge and to endpapers. Very good to near fine condition. Bilingual text (English and Afrikaans). This book, produced in an edition of five thousand copies, considers South African art in the twentieth century in three distinct periods, each of which has an informative introduction. Works by J H Pierneef, W H Coetzer and the sculptor Anton van Wouw are particularly well represented in The ABSA Group Corporate Art Collection. R540

53. Mackintosh, Theresa-Anne (artworks), and Carine Zaayman

(text): Menagerie (Johannesburg: Gallery MOMO & Theresa-Anne Mackintosh, 2007) 190 x 200 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 48; portolio of the artist's work (sculptures and prints), with interpretive text and interview. Fine condition. The allusion may, or may not, be to the Tennessee Williams play, but Carine Zaayman finds, in her accompanying essay, a parallel between Theresa-Anne Mackintosh's works and the final scene of The Glass Menagerie, "the insight that no matter how hard one tries to protect oneself, there is ultimately no escape from hurt." R135

54. Marriott, Rosemarie (artworks), and Wilhelm van Rensburg (text): Genus

(Johannesburg: Art on Paper Gallery, 2008) 268 x 209 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; unpaginated (pp. 16). Introductory text and full-page reproductions of the artist's exceptionally detailed charcoal drawings of moths, showing a mastery of texture. Wrappers very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "The structural elements of Marriott's moth drawings expand the boundaries of conventional drawing techniques. Her concern seems to be less about rendering a realistic impression of a three-dimensional moth in two-dimensional form; she is more interested in the relationship between various moth forms, entangled and attached to other, seemingly natural structures. The images are

created by making incisions with a blade into white board. These incisions create a network of fine ribbon-like strands, which Marriott then 'blackens' by rubbing them with charcoal. These incisions resemble strands of 'hair' that fall this way and that way across the picture plane, evoking the strong tactile sense of a moth, or of the 'hair' on her 'moth' sculptures." R135

55. Martienssen, Heather (introduction), and others: Suid-Afrikaanse

kuns van die twintigste eeu / Twentieth century South African art (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, in co-operation with the Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation,1966) Bookplate signed by patron, Anton Rupert, on front free endpaper. Folio; original coarse oatmeal cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; slipcase; pp. xvii + (i) + 133 + (v), incl. index; lavishly illustrated in colour and monochrome. Slipcase a little rubbed; some light foxing to edges and endpapers,

occasional fox spot elsewhere; shadow on pages adjacent to tipped-in colour plates. Very good condition. A loosely inserted booklet provides the introductory material in four languages. "There is little doubt that Twentieth Century South African Art is, and will remain by far the most comprehensive and luxurious visual record of South African art in our time." R270

56. Meintjes, Julia, and Gaynor Pettitt (compilers): The Standard Bank National Drawing Competition / Die Standard Bank se Nasionale Tekenkompetisie (Grahamstown: Standard Bank National Arts Festival, 1987) 180 x 200 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 58 + (i); illustrated catalogue, with biographical details. Central crease to upper cover. Good to very good condition. "Much of the content in the works is concerned with disquietude and unease. In a country where so

many uncertainties and insecurities exist it is predictable that art reflects and even comments directly on this condition. What may be highly unnerving for the individual living in a society of change can also be highly productive for the artist as reflector, private recorder, visionary or predictor." R135

57. Nesbit, Alice: A Study of Helen Martins and the Formulation of a Conservation

Policy for the Owl House in Nieu Bethesda (Port Elizabeth: Bachelor of Technology in Fine Arts thesis [Port Elizabeth Technikon] in unpublished form, 2002) Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Baccalaureus Technologiae in Fine Arts degree, Department of Fine Arts, Port Elizabeth Technikon. 4to; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. (ix) + 76 (printed recto's); colour photographs in text; film plates with coloured card backgrounds. Fine condition. A very tastefully-produced dissertation. Very uncommon: OCLC does not fine any repositories holding this work, an important study of one of South Africa's cultural landmarks. 'Her obsession with light was stimulated by exposure to Christian religion and Eastern mythology and specifically the poetry of William Blake and Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat by the Arabian Omar Khayyam. She worked intensely and compulsively until 1976, when, with failing eyesight and painful arthritis, she committed suicide by swallowing caustic soda. The Owl House and its yard stood exposed to the elements, neglected and deteriorating until, in 1996, a local group of individuals, the "Friends of the Owl House" and the local Municipality, together with PPC cement formed "The Owl House Foundation", a Section 21 non-profit organization. Discussions, between representatives of the Owl House Foundation and the Sculpture Department of the Faculty of Art and Design of the Port Elizabeth Technikon, concluded that a suitable Conservation Policy document would be essential before embarking on a physical programme of conservation. This document defines Helen Martins and The Owl House and presents an interpretation of her work, influences and intentions. Research of International and National conservation policies and practices has resulted in the formulation of a specific conservation policy for the restoration and conservation of the Owl House.' - From the author's Abstract. R540

58. Nettleton, Anitra, and David Hammond-Tooke (editors): African Art in Southern Africa. From Tradition to Township (Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1989) 4to; original red boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 252; liberally illustrated in monochrome and full colour. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel and a little foxed to reverse, with small archival tape repair to reverse of lower panel's top edge; light foxing to edges; bottom edges of boards a little shelf-rubbed. Very good condition. "This is the first comprehensive book to cover many important

aspects of black South African art, from the traditional to Township Art. It is dedicated by the authors to all artists of Africa, past and present, who have sought to express the significance of things in objects of great beauty. Completely up to date, it contains sections on San Rock Art, Venda Court Art, Ndzundza Wall Decorations in the Transvaal, Images of Township Art, Street Art in the Townships and the Polly Street Art Centre. As the work of black artists is sought by collectors here and overseas, more people become aware of symbols and themes used; serious students add constantly to the sum of this knowledge. The future will bring an even greater depth of insight into the evolution of the African artistic tradition to which this book will have contributed." R720

59. Oxley, John: Stained Glass in South Africa (Johannesburg: William Waterman, 1994) Ownership inscription of Hunter Nesbitt, whose work is the subject of one of the book's chapters. 4to; original grey boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xv + (i) + 111, incl. index; photographic illustrations, very largely in full colour. Merest trace of edge-wear to dustwrapper; bottom edges of boards very slightly shelf-rubbed. Very good condition. "This book sets out to stimulate an appreciation of stained glass in South Africa and to record something of this segment of the country's evolution, as well as attempting to broaden interest in an art

which is becoming increasingly popular as it develops an idiom of its own." R135 60. Skawran, Karin M (text): Standard Bank Young Artists Award Winner for Fine Art.

Marion Arnold: "Encounters" (no place: Standard Bank Limited, [1985]) 220 x 245 mm; saddle-stitched wrappers; unpaginated (pp. 8, excluding wrappers); full-page depictions of the artist's work, with accompanying essay. Wrappers a little rubbed. Very good condition. "Marion Arnold's paintings are strong and energetic, but they are never tough. They reveal a vulnerability, a delicacy and a wistful sense of humour which have been acquired through introspection and empathy. Reality cannot change, but Marion Arnold in her work has changed the eyes that see reality. In her transformations of the banal into metaphors of personal significance, she has created private icons which invite silent contemplation and which offer a world of richer harmonies." R135

61. Stevenson, Michael, and Deon Viljoen (text): Christo Coetzee. Paintings from London and Paris 1954-1964 (Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2001) 4to; original rust-coloured boards, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers and flyleaves; pp. 79 + (i), incl. index; generously illustrated with photographs and depictions of the artist's work. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed, with short closed tear to bottom edge of lower panel. Near fine condition, in a very good dustwrapper. "In bringing these paintings to the

public eye for the first time in decades, this book re-evaluates the artist's innovative work from this challenging period of European art. The accompanying essay delves into the forces that shaped Coetzee's art - from his breakthrough years in post war London to the formative influences of Spanish art and culture, and his productive association with French, Italian and Japanese contemporary artists. It illustrates lavishly many of the provocative and imaginative canvases produced by Coetzee between 1954 and 1964, and includes photographs that contextualise his life and art in these years." R270

62. Stevenson, Michael, and Deon Viljoen (text): Christo Coetzee. Paintings from London and Paris 1954-1964 (Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2001) 4to; original rust-coloured boards, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers and flyleaves; pp. 79 + (i), incl. index; generously illustrated with photographs and depictions of the artist's work. Trace of spotting to top edge. Near fine condition. R270

HUNTING 63. Akeley, Mary L Jobe: Restless jungle (London, Harrap, 1937) Original green

cloth, a little worn and marked, pp. 317, plates. Some foxing. Binding a little slack. Fair condition. Signature of author Carel Birkby on the half-title-page. Includes hunting for American Museum of Natural history. Visits to Zululand and Swaziland. R90

64. Buckley, William: Big Game Hunting in Central Africa (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + viii + 268, incl. index; photographs. Dustwrapper very lightly rubbed and a little sunned on spine panel; merest trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. "Buckley was nearly everywhere and had done almost everything when it

was actually happening, before Africa was sanforized and supposedly civilized. Best known for his ivory hunting, he struck up friendships with the better-chronicled of that most dangerous trade and earned a chink in the ragged wall of African hunting that was every bit as distinguished as the places occupied by his better-known colleagues." R270

65. Dollman, Guy, and J. B. Burlace (editors): Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game.

African and Asiatic Sections. Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, and Horn & Tusk Measurements (London: Rowland Ward, 1935) Tenth Edition. Large, squarish 8vo; original coarse brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (i) + 408 + (vi); numerous photographs of trophies. Cloth a little rubbed; corners turned; ownership labels and hand-stamp to front free endpaper and fly-leaf; sporadic light foxing. Good condition. Earliest of the famous guidebooks focused specifically on Shikar and Safari in the most rewarding foreign locales for European hunters. "For the first time in the history of this publication measurements of African and Asiatic specimens only are included." R900

66. Finaughty, William: The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter 1864-1875 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 242. Text facsimile of the Harrison printing of 1916, which was limited to 250 copies. A little light spotting to edges; dustwrapper flaps and reverse lightly tanned. Very good condition. 'Taken from the years well before

and during the Anglo-Boer War, one of the great, early ivory hunters told his adventures to a friend who owned the pioneer paper The Rhodesian Journal. Adventurer, rogue, and hunter extraordinaire, William Finaughty survived the death that awaited many early elephant hunters, bagging over five hundred tuskers in five years, as well as living through the intrigues with which the early South Africa was fraught. "Bill" Finaughty even shot five elephants with four bullets, a feat that is typical of this book. That he hunted

entirely with a muzzle-loading rifle adds a great deal of zest to this classic tale of which only 250 copies were printed, and less than half survive today.' R225

67. Foran, W. Robert: Kill or Be Killed: The Rambling Reminiscensces of an Amateur Hunter (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 320, incl. index; photographs. Spine very slightly cocked; suggestion of foxing to top edge. Very good condition. 'Major W. Robert Foran once killed a lion while "garbed in dinner clothes and patent leather shoes" in the days

when it was still possible to meet simba in the streets of Nairobi. He hunted the big five of dangerous game, experiencing many close shaves in the process. Buckley served in the Boer war, and in the British East Africa Police, a paramilitary group that blazed a rough trail through Kenya's early days. He survived injury and disease, and covered Theodore Roosevelt's famous safari for the Associated Press. His vigorous book is an extremely rare and pungent look at a side of wildest Africa that no longer exists.' R360

68. Gillmore, Parker: The Hunter's Arcadia (London: Chapman and Hall, 1886) First

edition. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, with gilt springhare to upper cover and gilt leopard to spine; pp. xvi + 300; plates. Corners bumped; backstrip fragile, frayed at extremities, with a little loss at head, starting at tail of lower joint (with archival tape strengthening); slight scar from removed bookplate to front pastedown; hinges a little tender; some leaves (as often) brittle at gutters, particularly at plates' mounting points; occasional discreet archival tape strengthening; two small library stamps in text. Good. (Czech, p. 106; Hosken, p. 81; Mendelssohn I, p. 603) "A trek through Bechuanaland mostly after small game and birds, but with some incidents of hunting leopard, springbok and kudu. Gillmore speaks highly of his Tolley .500-bore rifle." - Kenneth Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1999. 'Sketches of sporting adventures in Bechuanaland. Mr. Gillmore remarks, "If there is an Eden on the face of this earth it is 'Kooruman' - 'Kooruman,' that has been represented by Moffat and Mackenzie as a residence unfit for white men, and only one grade better than the Sahara Desert." The work possesses some notes on the flora and fauna of the country, more especially with regard to the game animals, birds and ferae generally, and there are a number of interesting illustrations, together with hints to sportsmen intending to hunt in this part of South Africa.' - Mendelssohn I R720

69. Kittenberger, Kalman: Big Game Hunting and Collecting In East Africa, 1903-1926 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + xix + (iii) + 348; photographs; map. Trace of spotting to top edge. Near fine condition. "Kalman Kittenberger was a humorous, intrepid Hungarian hunter-collector. When he was mauled by a lion, this great African character

proved his courage, and wit, by calmly amputating his own mauled finger and shipping it home in preservative, along with his other specimens. The nobleman's book is one of the most heart-stopping, charming, and funny accounts of adventure in the Kenya Colony ever penned - a diamond of reality in a field full of sensationalist writing." R270

70. Letcher, Owen: Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia (New York: St. Martin's

Press, 1986) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of

which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original purple boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 266, incl. index; photographs. Bump to bottom fore-corner of upper board; spine a little cocked; edges lightly sunned. Very good condition. 'Owen Letcher's classic, Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia, is one of the very few to concentrate on this fascinating area, now Zambia: a region that today is still very much safari country. Letcher, a gentleman adventurer who was one of the first writer-hunters to advocate the

principles of "fair chase," recounts in fascinating detail adventures in such places as the Luangwa Valley. Lucid observations are made on the region's game and its hunting, and particular attention is paid to the "big five" game animals.' R270

71. Makepeace, Gordon: Safari Sam (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933) Demy 8vo;

original blue cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. 254; frontis. portrait. Cloth irregularly sunned and a bit worn at extremities; fore-corners a little turned; spine somewhat cocked; archival tape strengthening to hinges; sporadic foxing. Fair to good. Uncommon. (Czech [2011], p. 179) 'Makepeace, a journalist, recorded the experiences of "Safari Sam" during a long interview. Sam evidently spent much time in the Northern Rhodesian brush country and relates incidents of encounters with rhinoceros, lion, leopard and crocodile, as well as conversation with a veteran elephant hunter. The frontispiece and plates reveal a bright-eyed Sam in various poses." - Kenneth Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 R360

72. McLellan, Isaac: Haunts of Wild Game; or Poems of Woods, Wilds and Waters (no place [USA]: Scholar Select, no date) Text facsimile of the Library of Congress copy of the 1896 New York edition, published by Charles Barker Bradford. 8vo; glacé boards; pp. 207 + original publisher's adverts.; some illustrations. Fine condition. Field and Stream, St. Paul, Minn.: "Charles Barker Bradford will issue what will prove, perhaps, the last and best of the works of Isaac McLellan, 'Haunts of Wild Game.' It is with the keenest and most pleasurable expectation

that we await the publication of this new volume. Its author is a grand example of the preservative element in a life in sun and shade, fanned by the breeze and calmed and smoothed beside the freshening brook. Few men put forth such vigorous sentiment to glorify Nature as that displayed in the advance sheets of this work." R180

73. Melliss, C. J.: Lion-Hunting in Somaliland. Also, an Account of "Pigsticking" the African Wart-hog (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 186; plates. Dustwrapper spine panel a little sunned, and tanned to reverse side; trace of spotting to top edge. Near fine condition. 'Somaliland, today the Somali Democratic Republic, was once a favorite

hunting ground for British officers stationed there or in Aden. A captain in the 9th Bombay Infantry, C. J. Melliss was a pioneer of those professional soldiers of the Thin Red Line of Empire on Indian duty who found new areas of sport here. Ranging well inland despite the risk of irregulars of the Mahdi ... Melliss was able to hunt lions and "pigstick" warthogs, replacing the Indian sports of tiger and wild boar hunting. He tells in his book of a day long gone when gentlemen holding the King's commission could pit

their rifles against lions in the most primitive of conditions, as well as try their hand at warthogs with a bamboo and steel lance.' R270

74. Patterson, J. H.: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East-African Adventures (London: Macmillan, 1963) 8vo; original crimson cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. xv + (i) + 351; photographs; map; facsimile of address presented to the author. Dustwrapper tanned, with some fox spots, and tape remnants to flaps; earlier owner's small book label to front pastedown. Excellent copy. "The 'man-eaters' were two lions who for nine months waged a savage warfare against the railway and all

connected with it at Tsavo, and indeed in the end actually succeeded in putting a complete stop to the railway works for a period of three weeks. Colonel Patterson eventually succeeded in shooting them both, but not until they had managed to carry off and devour an almost incredible number of the railway workmen. Terrible and pathetic stories are also told of tragedies due to other man-eating lions, while descriptions of the most exciting character are given of many lion-hunts in the ordinary way of sport and of the author's experiences among wild animals of all kinds which abound in British East Africa." R450

75. Rall, Henk (compiler): Jagtye. 'n Keur van jagervarings uit Suider-Afrika (Cape Town:

Human & Rousseau, 1991) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 141. Light foxing to endpapers; edges lightly browned. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Jagtye is 'n bloemlesing van ervarings uit die Suider-Afrikaanse jagvelde. Die vroegste stukke dateer uit die 19de eeu, die laaste eietydse verhaal is nog nie voorheen gepubliseer nie. Saam bied vertelling en verhaal insae in tye, tradisies en avonture wat al haas vergete geraak het, én 'n blik op die verwording van die jagervaring soos in die samesteller se eie bydrae 'n Bongo vir Lois Yohonn. Deurgaans is daar egter verwondering oor die dierelewe van Afrika wat die bloemlesing laat aansluit by vandag se bewustheid van die waarde van wild vir 'n gesonde ekologie. Die lyntekeninge is deur Zakkie Eloff, een van die voorste kunstenaars hier te lande wat op dierelewe konsentreer." R130

76. Sánchez-Ariño, Tony: Claws and Fangs (Long Beach: Safari Press, 2011) Number 869 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the author. 8vo; original blue cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper cover, housed in matching slipcase; pp. xvii + (i) + 332; photographs in colour and monochrome. Fine condition. "There are few names as enduring in the field of African big-game hunting as that of Tony Sánchez-Ariño. Not only has he been hunting on the African continent for over five decades, but he is also one of the very few left who actually had

significant hunting experience in Africa prior to the departure of the colonial powers. What other hunter can recall gorillas still being shot legally, and who else has twenty-eight elephants to his name with tusks of 100 pounds or greater? This book is a highly eclectic mix of the old and the new—reminiscences of his early days and African hunting as it is today." - From the publisher's website R720

77. Smith, S.J. (editor): Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. XXII Edition (San

Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications, 1989) No. 286 of an edition limited to 2000 copies. 4to; original blue cloth, with silver gilt lettering to spine and publisher's device in silver gilt to upper cover; pp. xvi + 796, incl. index; diagrams; illustrations of horns, antlers, skulls; colour maps; ribbon marker. Marker a little frayed. Near fine condition. "This, the Twenty-second Edition of the Records of Big Game, represents a milestone in the annals of modern record keeping, being the first Edition, since the Ninth was published in 1928,

to cover all the Big Game species from all the continents of the world. Recent editions have reflected changes in methods of measurement which have assessed trophies on a 'points' system; whilst this most certainly has its merits, the Editors have responded to the overwhelming wishes of Sportsmen throughout the world for a reversion to the simpler, traditional systems." R450

78. Stigand, C. H.: Hunting the Elephant in Africa (New York: St. Martin's

Press, 1986) Text facsimile of the Macmillan edition of 1913, excluding the chart which appeared in the original. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Editor's note for reprint edition by Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (x) + xv + (iii) + 379, incl. index; plates. Near fine condition. 'A preeminent elephant hunting title, this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa, North Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Lado Enclave.

He includes chapters on hunting rhinoceros, buffalo and lion, but relates his encounters with elephants with particular verve. As he states in Chapter 1: "There is something so fascinating and absorbing about elephant hunting that those who have done much of it can seldom take any interest again in any other form of sport." ' - Kenneth Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1999 R360

79. Stigand, C. H.: Hunting the Elephant in Africa (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986) A

volume in the 'Peter Capstick Adventure Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. Text facsimile of the Macmillan edition of 1913, excluding the chart which appeared in the original. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + xv + (iii) + 379, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; some minor spotting to edges. Very good condition. R315

80. Stockley, Lieut.-Colonel C. H.: African Camera Hunts (London: Country Life Limited,

1948) 4to; original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. ix + (i) + 182; plates. Backstrip slightly frayed at head and tail; corners turned; cloth a little rubbed and stippled; gift inscription to front free endpaper; moderate foxing throughout; archival tape reinforcing to tail of upper hinge. Good condition. (Czech [2011], p. 270) "While most of this work details the author's treks in the African bush to photograph big game, there is mention of hunting elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, etc." - Kenneth Czech: An Annotated

Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 R120 81. Von Blixen-Finecke, Bror: African Hunter (New York: St. Martin's

Press, 1986) A volume in the 'Peter Capstick Library', the series editor of which is Peter Hathaway Capstick. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xvi) + 284 + viii, incl. index; photographs. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed; merest trace of foxing to top edge. Near fine condition. "Although perhaps best remembered today as the husband of novelist Isak Dinesen, Bror von Blixen was a brilliant and courageous big game hunter in his own right, and - as this spellbinding book proves admirably - a highly accomplished storyteller. Here, in witty and conversational prose, Baron Blixen describes his years in Africa, provides fascinating insights into his own domestic life, and recounts heart-stopping tales of hunting lion, elephant, buffalo, and other big game in pre-World War II Africa. A lavish assortment of period photographs complements the absorbing text." R360

LOCAL HISTORY 82. Anderson, T. A.: The Story of Pacaltsdorp and Some Reminiscences (Port Elizabeth: Long & Co., for the author, [foreword dated 1957]) 8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 123; frontis. Cover lightly rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; endpapers foxed, with old tape marks; scattered moderate foxing. Good. "Pacaltsdorp. Village 8 km south of George. It was founded as a station of the London Missionary Society under the name Hooge Kraal in 1818. In 1886 a village management board was

instituted. The name was changed to Pacaltsdorp in honour of the German missionary Carl August Pacalt (1773-1818) who laboured there from 1813 to 1818." R315

83. [Cape Theatre]: Odd-Fellows' Hall, Plein Street. Mrs. Carlisle-Carr's

Grand Concert. Under the Distinguished Patronage and in the Presence of His Excellency The Governor Sir Henry Brougham Loch and Lady Loch (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'. R135

84. Grahamstown Gymkhana Club: Grahamstown Gymkhana Club. Races on Saturday, June 7th, 1913, Commencing at 2 p.m., on the Grahamstown Race Course (Grahamstown: Grocott & Sherry, 1913) 185 x 122 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 8. Some foxing. Good to very good condition. Race card for this early-20th century Grahamstown race meeting. R135

85. Middelburg Agricultural Society: Special Show of Ostrich Feathers, and Poultry, to be held at Middelburg, on Wednesday, 18th October, 1911 (Middleburg: Middelburg Agricultural Society, 1911) 212 x 138 mm; side-stitched paper wrappers; pp. 12; some adverts. Light vertical fold; some foxing; staples rusty. Good to very good condition. This outline for the Middelburg Agricultural Society Show dates from the height of the second ostrich feather boom, which started after the Anglo-Boer War, and peaked in 1913, at which time the plumes ranked among South Africa's four most important exports. The collapse occurred in 1914, when changes in fashion brought the virtual disappearance of ostrich-feather hats. R180

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY 86. Hawthorne, Peter, and Barry Bristow: Historic Schools of South Africa. An Ethos of

Excellence (Cape Town: Pachyderm Press, 1993) Photographs by Laura Jeannes and Kevin Rudham. 4to; original salmon-coloured cloth, with spine lettered in gilt; laminated pictorial dustwrapper and matching laminated pictorial slipcase; pp. 241 + (iv); lavishly illustrated in full colour and with some monochrome period pictures. Spine panel slightly sunned. Near fine condition. Twenty-three of the most celebrated schools in South Africa appear in this prestigious book, their histories traced through the terms of their successive headmasters. The architecture of each school is discussed - a fascinating aspect of their stories, with many schools having had more than one (and some many) homes during their existence. The text celebrates the achievements of the schools'

outstanding pupils, following them through their schooldays and noting their later contributions to society - Rhodes Scholars, Nobel prizewinners, international sportsmen, politicians and war heroes, and other Old Boys who have achieved prominence, at home and abroad. An outstanding portfolio of original full-colour photographs shows the schools in their environments, highlighting various aspects of the architecture and day-to-day school life. These are juxtaposed with black-and-white archival pictures recalling the schools' historic eras and the personalities of bygone days. Each chapter opens with a spectacular double-page full-colour photograph depicting the school at its finest. The selected schools include Dale College, the Diocesan College (Bishops), Durban High School, Glenwood Boys' High School, Grey College in Bloemfontein, Grey High School in Port Elizabeth, Hilton College, Jeppe High School for Boys, Kimberley Boys' High School, King Edward VII School, Kingswood College, Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Pretoria Boys' High School, St Patrick's Christian Brothers' College, Queen's College, Rondebosch Boys' High School, Selborne College, the South African College Schools, St Andrew's College, St John's College and Wynberg Boys' High School." R495

87. Sidwell, H. B.: The Story of South Africa. An Outline of South African History (Capetown: J. C. Juta & Co., 1901) Eleventh edition. 12mo; original pale cloth, lettered in black to upper cover; pp. xvi + 155, incl. index. Cloth somewhat rubbed and a little soiled; front free endpaper missing; ownership inscription of "Annie Pöhl 7/4/1902" to front pastedown; interesting pencilled doodles and annotations scattered throughout, likely by the young learner; some foxing. Fair condition. (Mendelssohn II, p. 316 [1897 edition]) "The work was compiled from

notes originally drawn up for the use of senior classes at the Albert Academy, Burghersdorp, and although it has been written mainly for school purposes, the contents are so concisely arranged that it can serve as a text-book for those who have not the leisure to study the more lengthy productions of other authors. There is a list of important events in South African history, arranged in chronological order, as also a list of the commanders and governors of South Africa from 1652 to the present date." - Mendelssohn. Henry Bindley Sidwell (1857-1936) was the first person born in South Africa to become an Anglican bishop. "As a bishop Sidwell devoted much of his energies to educational work, including the maintenance of church schools in his diocese, and also to work among the Cape Coloureds, by whom he was much loved. He was the author of a short school textbook, The story of South Africa, and was largely instrumental in founding the Anglican mission in Ovamboland, for which he raised a great deal of the necessary money." - DSAB I, p. 722 R270

TRAVEL 88. Burton, William F. P.: Mudishi, Congo Hunter (London: Victory Press, 1947) 8vo;

original pale grey cloth, lettered on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 193; plates. Dustwrapper somewhat rubbed and edgworn, with archival tape reinforcing to reverse of edge-tears; moderate foxing throughout; ownership inscription to recto of frontis. Good condition. From the dustwrapper blurb: 'Says the Author: - "Let me introduce you to the brown-skinned natives of Lubaland ... listen to the wind in the palms, and to the songs of the boys and girls around the evening camp-fires, the throb of the sorcerer's drum and the hoarse cries and roaring fires of the

hunt ... We shall face furious, drink-sodden crowds, as they hem in the helpless little band of christians, and we shall see false religion persecuting the true, as Cain hated Abel, and Saul sought the life of David." ' R180

89. Port Elizabeth Automobile Club: Official Road and Handbook 1922-3 (Port Elizabeth:

Port Elizabeth Automobile Club, 1922) Catalogue title from upper cover. 8vo; original coarse tan cloth, blocked in black to covers; pastedown endpaper adverts.; pp. 8 + (106) + [62-72]; fifty-two route maps and a key map, these printed recto only. Cloth lightly soiled; archival tape reinforcing to hinges; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper and elsewhere; edges of front free endpaper and first printed leaf a little fishmothed; scattered, light foxing. Good to very good condition. The route maps largely cover the Cape province, including the Karoo and Transkei, but also include places further afield, such as Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Durban. The concluding section, with a slightly odd pagination, includes registration marks for Cape towns, a brief list of recommended hotels in main towns of the Eastern Cape and Little Karoo, plus an outline of the Port Elizabeth Automobile Club, affiliated to the R.A.C., and its constitution. This is an exceedingly rare and early route guide for this region of South Africa, not found by OCLC, though the 1919 and 1927 editions are located in a few repositories. (SABIB 3, p. 708) "In presenting the Second Edition of the Club Road Book, my Committee have been greatly encouraged by the reception of its initial publication. Very few complaints of inaccuracies in the maps (most of which are again included in this edition) have been received. The scope of the book has been increased to include maps of the Main Routes to Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Durban, also of additional much-needed routes in this Province." - From the Club Secretary's introduction R810