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AFRICANA CATALOGUE no. 57

March 2012

SELECT BOOKS232 LONG STREET8001 CAPE TOWNSOUTH AFRICA

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CONTENTS:

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOOKS.......................................................................................................................................2

ART & ARTISTS.............................................................................................................................................................12

CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS.........................................................................................................................................13

RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE CAPE...........................................................................................................17

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON............................................................................................................................18

SOUTH AFRICA..............................................................................................................................................................21

RECENT PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO SOUTH AFRICA...................................................................................................35

NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO.........................................................................................................................................36

RECENT PUBLICATION RELATING TO THE NORTH..........................................................................................................39

LANGUAGE & LITERATURE.....................................................................................................................................39

RECENT FICTION.............................................................................................................................................................41

FLORA & FAUNA...........................................................................................................................................................42

RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON FAUNA................................................................................................................................43

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1899-1902).................................................................................................................43

NELSON MANDELA.......................................................................................................................................................46

Unless otherwise described, all our books are first editions in fine condition.

Select Books Africana Catalogue 57: March 2012

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOOKS

1 Alexander, David. SANI PASS: riding the dragon. Durban: [Privately published, 1992]. 156 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback. Signed & dated by Alexander on title page.

R 125The Sani Pass breaches the Drakensberg escarpment on the border of Natal and snakes its way into the mountain kingdom of Lesotho- not a route for the faint-hearted!

2 Alexander, F.L. ART IN SOUTH AFRICA = KUNS IN SUID-AFRIKA: painting, sculpture and graphic work since 1900 = skilderkuns beeldhoukuns en grafiek sedert 1900. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1940. 171 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Cloth, frayed along top edge with chip to top of spine. Name & address on front free endpaper. Signed by Alexander on title page and by Elsa Marshall, May Hillhouse, Nell Kaye, Molly D'Arcy Thompson, Katrine Harries, Enslin du Plessis and Maggie Laubser on half title page. R 1000

3 Aronson, Theo. ROYAL AMBASSADORS: British Royalties in Southern Africa, 1860-1947. Cape Town: David Philip, 1975. 144 p.: ill., genealogical table as frontis., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper. Signed by Aronson on title page.

R 125

4 Axelson, Eric [translator & ed.]. VASCO DA GAMA: the diary of his travels through African waters, 1497-1499. Somerset West: Stephan Phillips, 1998. 102 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (1 col. as frontis.), maps (some col.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Signed by Axelson on front free endpaper. R 200

A day-to-day narrative of the struggle to find the sea route to India, detailing the hardships encountered by the sailors on their epic voyage.

5 Bailey, John. WAR CLOUDS AND HONEYMOONS. Cape Town: Privately published, 1994. viii, 93 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps (1 on endpapers). 4to. Paperback. Signed by Bailey on title page. R 200

The golden age of sea travel between the Needles and Table Bay on a Union-Castle mailship is recalled though the use of diaries, contemporary news reports and photographs.

6 Blaiberg, Philip. LOOKING AT MY HEART. London: Heinemann, 1969. 130 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated by Blaiberg and Chris Barnard on title page. R 1000

Blaiberg was the second recipient of a human donor heart, the operation being performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard and his team.

7 Boeseken, Anna. SLAVES AND FREE BLACKS AT THE CAPE, 1658-1700. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977. 208 p.: maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. browned along edges & with spotting to page edges. Signed by Boeseken on half title page. R 600

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Dr Boeseken worked for many years in the State Archives and her great knowledge of the Dutch, the VOC and early Cape history enabled her to produce a number of books on the early settlement of the Cape.

8 Bosman, Herman Charles & Mynhardt, Patrick [comp.] CELEBRATING BOSMAN: a centenary selection of Herman Charles Bosman's stories; compiled by Patrick Mynhardt. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2005. 219 p. Paperback. Signed & dated at Groot Marico with an inscription from Mynhardt on title page. R 100

9 Breytenbach, Breyten. DOG HEART: a travel memoir. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1998. 204 p.: ports. Paperback with endflaps. Ownership details on half title page. Signed & dated inscription from Breytenbach on title page. R 250

Breytenbach's "celebration of the Boland of his youth, with the gathered experience of the years…" Endflap.

10 Bulpin, T.V. LOST TRAILS OF THE TRANSVAAL; line illustrations by A.A. Telford and C.T.A. Maberly. 4th ed. Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1983. 474 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., map on endpapers. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed by Bulpin on title page. R 500

"This book represents the combined material of several earlier works: LOST TRAILS OF THE LOW VELD; THE GOLDEN REPUBLIC; STORM OVER THE TRANSVAAL and LOST TRAILS OF THE TRANSVAAL (1956 edition). Much new material has also been added…" Author's note.

11 Castell, Robin. ST HELENA ILLUSTRATED, 1502-1902. Limited ed. Cape Town: National Book Printers Group, 1998. [16] p.of text, 172 p. of ill. (some col.), ports., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, with gilding, d.w. Signed inscription from Castell on front free endpaper.

R 200

12 Cloete, Stuart. TURNING WHEELS. 11th impression. London: St James Place, 1974. 380 p. Paper covered boards. Signed inscription from Tiny Cloete on title page.

R 50A classic novel of the Great Trek. Tiny was Cloete's wife.

13 Coates Palgrave, Olive H. TREES OF CENTRAL AFRICA: painted by Olive H. Coates Palgrave; descriptions by Keith Coates Palgrave; photographs by Deric and Paul Coates Palgrave. 2nd impression. Salisbury: National Publications Trust, 1957. xxvii, 466 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), col. frontis., map. 4to. Cloth, d.w. browned & with chips to edges of spine. Name on fornt free endpaper. Signed by Olive, Keith, Deric and Paul Coates Palgrave on verso of title page. R 900

Consists of "...water colour paintings of one hundred and ten of the trees met in the Federation of Central Africa…each coloured plate is accompanied by a habitat photograph of the tree." Introduction. Also includes the indigenous names of the trees and their medicinal uses, where known.

14 Cole, Barbara. THE ELITE: the story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service. De luxe ed. Durban: Three Knights, 1984.

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449 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. Full leather, a.e.g. Skivertex slip case with SAS badge in metal laid down on front cover. Book mark present. No. 1101 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Signed by Cole on preliminary page. R 3000

15 Damant, D.G. THE DAMANTS AND THEIR PARTY: the 1820 Settlers from Norfolk. [Port Elizabeth]: The Historical Society of Port Elizabeth, [198-]. 144 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. with some insect damage along edges. Newspaper cutting laid down on front free endpaper. Cover subtitle: Some account of an enterprising family and the Settlers they brought to South Africa. No 115 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Signed by Damant on title page.

R 550The Damant family settled in the Gamtoos Valley and party members founded the towns of Hankey and Somerset East. One of the scarcer 1820 Settler histories.

16 Daniels, Eddie. THERE AND BACK: Robben Island 1964-1979. Cape Town: Mayibuye Books, 1998. 251 p.: ill., ports. (Mayibuye history and literature series; no. 83). Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Daniels on half title page. R 150

Daniels, a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, was banned, detained, imprisoned and banned again because of his opposition to apartheid. He served a 15 year sentence on Robben Island in the company of Mandela, Sisulu, Kathrada and others.

17 D'Aubrey, Jeannette D. PRELIMINARY GUIDE TO THE SHARKS FOUND OFF THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA. Durban: South African Association for Marine Biological Research, 1964. 95 p.: ill. (Investigational report; no. 8). Paperback. Spotting to page edges & preliminary pages. Signed inscription from D'Aubrey on title page. R 100

18 Davids, Achmat. THE HISTORY OF THE TANA BARU: the case for the preservation of the Muslim cemetry [sic] at the top of Longmarket Street. Cape Town: Committee for the Preservation of the Tanu Baru, 1985. xiii, 161 p.: ill., plans. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Davids on front free endpaper. R 550

The Tana Baru Cemetery is the oldest existing Muslim Cemetery in South Africa, probably already in use in 1772. It is the final resting place of the pioneers of Islam in South Africa.

19 De Vries, Gerry. WINGFIELD: a pictorial history. [Cape Town: G. de Vries], 1991. 310 p.: ill., ports., plan. Pict. paper covered boards. No. 629 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Signed by De Vries on front free endpaper. R 350

Wingfield Airfield was first the Cape Town Municipal Aerodrome, then AFS Wingfield under the SAAF, before being used as a Fleet Air Arm base by the Royal Navy. After WWII, the airfield reverted to being the municipal airport for a while. The history of Wingfield is synonomous with the history of flight in South Africa, including pioneering attempts at commercial aviation.

20 Fisher, John. THAT MISS HOBHOUSE: [the life of a great feminist]. London: Secker & Warburg, 1971. 286 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. price clipped. Signed & dated inscription from Fisher on front free endpaper. R 400

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21 Franklin, Margaret. THE STORY OF GREAT BRAK RIVER. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1975. 248 p.: ill., ports., folding genealogical table, maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed on corners. Signed by Franklin on title page. R 350

22 Fugard, Athol. THE CAPTAIN'S TIGER: a memoir for the stage. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1999. 64 p. Paperback. Signed inscription from Fugard on half title page. R 100

23 Gordimer, Nadine. GET A LIFE. London: Bloomsbury, 2006. 187 p. Paperback. Signed by Gordimer on half title page. R 150

In this novel, illness leads to the re-evaluation of various lives and relationships. An ecologist undergoes radiation therapy and has to leave his wife and child for a while to avoid contaminating them.

24 Green, Lawrence G. AT DAYBREAK FOR THE ISLES. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1950. 220 p., [13] leaves of ill.: col. folding frontis., ports., maps on endpapers. Cloth, d.w. frayed on edges. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper. Name stamp on half title & title pages. Signed by Green on the half title page. R 400

"The book covers a century and a thousand miles of coastline… reveals vividly the lives of some of the most remote people under the South African flag." Endflap. Concentrates on the West Coast and the islands off Namibia. Some of the islands are named Possession, Albatross, Panther, Roast Beef, Plum Pudding, Elephant, Dassen, Seal and Bird.

25 Green, Lawrence G. THUNDER ON THE BLAAUWBERG: a book of rare, strange and curious episodes inspired by a storm; personal experiences, encounters with unusual characters, mysteries and legends. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1966. 259 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., col. frontis., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Green on a preliminary page. R 350

26 Gross, Fanny A. WHO HANGS THE HANGMAN?: a modern approach to punishment. Cape Town: Juta, 1966. xv, 198 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly frayed along the edges. Signed & dated inscription from Gross on front free endpaper. R 125

Gross, a South African attorney, was educated in South Africa and the United States. She examines the harsh sentences handed down by South African courts: in the four years preceding the publication of this work, nearly 400 people had been hanged.

27 Hart, Peter. A BOWLFUL OF NAMES. Cape Town: The Historical Society of Cape Town, 2011. 108 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. Signed by Hart on title page. R 150

Hart continues his study of the origin of street names in Cape Town, with his focus now on the City Bowl and surrounds, including Gardens, Tamboerskloof, Vredehoek and the Foreshore.

28 Heese, H.F. GROEP SONDER GRENSE. Cape Town: University of the Western Cape, 1984. viii, 89 p.: genealogical tables. 4to. Pict. paper wraps. Signed by Heese on title page. R 750

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One of the most important publications to challenge apartheid. Published during the height of opposition to apartheid and two years before the second State of Emergency. Hans Heese drew on the substantial body of genealogical literature that had grown up around the well kept archives of the N.G. Church (of which his father, J.A. Heese, was archivist). Heese did not reveal anything new, but what he did was to set out plainly (names and dates) when intermarriages had taken place between black and white at the Cape. The reaction to his book was emotional in some quarters and legal threats and worse were aimed at him. Of particular note was that one of the ancestors of Ds. Andries Treurnicht (leader of the Conservative Party which opposed any liberalisation of government policies) was named in the book as having married "Victoria van die Kaap". Jan Hoon, Conservative MP for Kuruman and one of the most implacable opponents of liberalism in South Africa, publically announced his intention to sue Heese. Heese invited Hoon to meet him in the Cape Archives and look at the records with him. The case never came to court! This book shook the foundation of one of the basic tenets upon which apartheid was founded. This slim paperback is scarce in this condition. One of the most important publications in South Africa since 1948.

29 Heitman, Helmoed-Romer. SOUTH AFRICAN ARMS & ARMOUR: a concise guide to armaments of the South African Army, Navy and Air Force. Cape Town: Struik, 1988. 192 p.: ill. (some col.). Pict. paper covered boards with small tear to lower edge of spine. Name & address on front endpaper. Signed inscription from Heitman on verso of front free endpaper. R 150

30 Hey, S.A. THE RAPTURE OF THE RIVER: the autobiography of a South African fisherman. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1957. 258 p., [81 p. of plates]: ill., (chiefly ports.,1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. frayed and rubbed along spine & edges, but extremely unusual to be present. Signed by Hey on a preliminary page. No. 161 of an edition limited to 200 copies. R 5000

Based on Hey's carefully kept fishing diaries, recording happy days on rivers, lakes and estuaries in different parts of South Africa over a period of fifty years. As the author of several government Blue Books on inland fisheries, Hey had the unique opportunity of visiting all the worthwhile waters. He grew up in the Border region and started work at the Department of Post and Telegraphs as a teenager. He worked in the Department for the next 47 years, enjoying postings all over South Africa (always close to good fishing spots!). In 1925, the Union Government initiated a survey of all inland waters and Hey was appointed to fulfil the task, despite his lack of formal scientific training. He described every river, stream and vlei in South Africa and as a result the government was able to stock rivers and dams with fish in a more efficient manner. "If you only ever collect one [fishing] book, let it be RAPTURE OF THE RIVER. There will never be another that sums up the soul of South African fly fishing as brilliantly". Paul Curtis, FISHING THE MARGINS, p. 113.

31 Hulsman, Belinda. SILENCE OF THE SAN: a collection of poetry on the Bushman of Southern Africa; written and illustrated by Belinda Hulsman; edited by P.J. Harpur and C.A.L. Harpur. Cape Town: Mallard Publishers, 1994. 86 p.: ill. Paperback. Signed by Hulsman on a preliminary page. R 100

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32 Jacobsen, W.B.G. THE FERNS AND FERN ALLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Durban: Butterworths, 1983. 542 p.: ill, tables, range maps, col. map on endpapers. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Some spotting to endpapers. Signed by Jacobsen on title page.

R 3500Describes 338 species, sub-species and varieties of these non-flowering plants of southern Africa.

33 Jaffer, Zubeida. OUR GENERATION. Cape Town: Kwela Books, 2003. 164 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Signed & dated by Jaffer on half title page. R 150

Jaffer was an anti-apartheid activist who, after being arrested, suffered at the hands of her captors. She recalls the physical and emotional highs and lows of her life.

34 Kendall, Frances & Louw, Leon. SOUTH AFRICA: the solution. Bisho: Amagi, 1986. xvi, 237 p.: ill., maps. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Kendall & Louw on half title page. R 100

Kendall & Louw wrote extensively on South Africa from a liberal perspective.

35 Kloppers, Hannes. VELDWAGTER! Johannesburg: Janssonius & Heyns, 1967. 288 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated by Kloppers, Harry Kirkman & Rocco Knoebel on front free endpaper. R 175

Kloppers worked at Skukuza under Harry Kirkman, who was a friend and colleague of the much younger Kloppers. The book includes both his experiences and his memories of Kirkman. Knoebel was head of the Parks Board.

36 Koenig, Oskar. SNORTY THE RHINO; with an introduction by Stuart Cloete. Cape Town: Oskar Koenig, 1965. 50 p.: ill., col. frontis. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges & with tear. Signed inscription from Koenig on front free endpaper. R 50

37 Le Roux, P.J. UIT DIE KOUP: 'n outobiografie van 'n seun wat in die Koup grootgeword het. Stellenbosch: De Oewer, 2004. 225 p.: ports. Paperback. Signed & dated by Le Roux on preliminary page.

R 150After you have passed bustling Matjiesfontein and Laingsburg and before you get to the large towns of Leeu Gamka and Beaufort West, you pass the (now deserted) station of Koup on the N1. It is in the centre of the area called the Koup, which incorporates most of the Karoo. Le Roux grew up on a farm in this area and became a teacher there.

38 Levinson, Olga. DIAMONDS IN THE DESERT: the story of August Stauch and his times. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1983. 172 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription to a prospective miner who had a sea diamond concession at Hondeklipbaai in the late 1970s. R 1100

Stauch was a railway worker who stumbled across diamonds at an outpost in the desert area near Luderitz. Levinson follows the fortunes of Stauch and

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his family, as well as tracing the history of diamonds and of South West Africa / Namibia.

39 Levitt, Wilfred. TIME FOR MURDER. Johannesburg: Justified Press, 1990. 199 p. Paperback. Inscibed & dated with the author's compliments. R 75

Levitt lived in Cape Town and the novel is set in one of its suburbs.

40 McIntyre, Donald. A CENTURY OF "BISHOPS": the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa. De luxe ed. Cape Town: Juta, 1950. 136 p.: ill. (some col.), col. frontis., ports., folding plan. Half calf, worn at top of spine, & cloth with gilding. Signed by McIntyre and the then principal, H. Kidd. No. 36 of an edition limited to 110 copies. R 400

"Bishops" is the second oldest school in South Africa, established on 15 March 1849. The standard edition is seen fairly regularly, but the de luxe edition is seldom found- copies being tightly held by ODs!

41 Meadows, Keith. SOMETIMES WHEN IT RAINS: white Africans in black Africa. Hillside: Thorntree Press, 2000. x, 376 p., [24] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges. Signed by Meadows on title page. R 350

A collection of biographies of eleven white Africans, passionate about their country, who left their stamp on Rhodesia / Zimbabwe.

42 Naude, Adele. RONDEBOSCH & ROUND ABOUT. Cape Town: David Philip, 1973. 111 p.: ill., frontis., ports. (South African yesterdays; 2). Paper covered boards, d.w. Inscription from Adele on front free endpaper and signed by Naude on title page.

R 175A personal account of growing up in Rondebosch.

43 Ovenstone, Rosemary. DONNA OF HIGH NOON. Cape Town: T.V. Bulpin, [197-]? 94 p.: ill. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed inscription from Ovenstone on title page. R 75

Donna was a baby donkey, resident of the farm High Noon, outside Cape Town.

44 Parkes, Margaret & Williams, V.M. KNYSNA, THE FORGOTTEN PORT: the maritime story. Knysna: Emu Publisher, 1988. xiii, 234 p.: ill., ports., maps (2 on endpapers). Paperback, slight spotting on page edges. No. 409 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Signed by Parkes & Williams on verso of front free endpaper. R 500

Mesdames Parkes and Williams distilled their rich knowledge of the area into a much sought after classic of local history.

45 Pennington, Ken. PENNINGTON'S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; edited by C.G.C. Dickson; with the collaboration of D.M. Kroon. Subscriber's ed. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1978. 670 p.: col. ill. (1 folding), port. as frontis., folding map. 4to. Quarter leather & cloth with raised bands & title label on spine. Some slight insect damage to cloth. Signed & dated by Dickson & Kroon on title page. No. 51 of an edition limited to 300.

R 1750

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See also standard edition in FLORA AND FAUNA section.

46 Pettifer, Terry. NO PUNCHES PULLED. Johannesburg: Full House Productions, 2000. 178 p. : ill., ports. Paperback. No. 116 of a limited edition. Signed inscription from Pettifer; Brian Mitchell, "World Champ" and Harald Volbrecht "The Hammer".

R 150Charlie Weir, Pierre Fourie, Gerry Coetzee, Brian Mitchell, Sugarboy Malinga, Hawk Makepula, Cassius Baloyi, Johnny du Plooy, the Toweel Brothers, Roddy Berman and other South African boxing personalities appear in these pages.

47 Picton-Seymour, Desiree & Webster, R.I.B. WESTERN PROVINCIAL: an album of paintings & drawings of the Western Cape; text by R.I.B. Webster. De luxe ed. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1952. 80 p.: ill. (some col.). Full black leather. No. 126 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Signed by Picton-Seymour & Webster on a preliminary page. R 250

48 Pienaar, Francois & Griffiths, Edward. RAINBOW WARRIOR; with Edward Griffiths. New & revised ed. London: CollinsWillow, 2000. 384 p., [16] p. of plates: col. ill., ports. Paperback. Signed by Pienaar on title page.

R 500

49 Podlashuk, Fredagh. OUR LIVES AT BELLINGHAM (BELLINCHAMP): the first thirty-eight years, 1943-1981. Privately published, [198-]. 56 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., plans. Paperback. Signed inscription from "Fredagh" on verso of front cover. R 200

Bellingham is a wine estate in Franschhoek.

50 Ramphele, Mamphela. A BED CALLED HOME: life in the migrant labour hostels of Cape Town; photographs by Roger Meintjes. Cape Town: David Philip, 1993. 152 p.: ill., ports. Paperback, corners creased Signed inscription from Ramphele on half title page. R 200

Dr Ramphele highlights the conditions under which the hostel dwellers lived and the ramifications of their living conditions on their lives.

51 Ramphele, Mamphela. A LIFE. Cape Town: David Philip, 1995. 224 p., [18] p. of ports. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Ramphele on a preliminary page. R 150

Studying to be a medical doctor at the University of Natal Medical School, Ramphele was drawn into the circle of activists centred around Steve Biko of the Black Consciousness Movement. She was serving a banning order when he was killed, and when this was lifted in the early 1980s she moved into the world of academia and writing. After her tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town she took up a position at the World Bank.

52 Rive, Richard. "BUCKINGHAM PALACE" DISTRICT SIX. Cape Town: David Philip, 1986. 198 p. Cloth, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Rive on title page.

R 650

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Rive grew up in District Six. His academic achievements included a doctorate from Oxford and he was a prolific, well-respected author and playwright.

53 Roderigues, Jan. DIE VELDWAGTERS VERTEL VERDER: 'n bundel ware bosverhale wat die hare laat rys. Gezina: J.A. Roderiques, 2003. 244 p., [14] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports. Paperback, front cover creased. Signed by Roderigues on title page. R 250

Roderigues interviewed a number of experienced game rangers to collate these true stories, some of which might dissuade you from ever viewing game in our national parks again!

54 Roderigues, Jan. THE GAME RANGERS: seventy-eight authentic stories from the African bush. English ed. Innesdale: J.A. Roderiques, 1992. 215 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. Originally published in Afrikaans in 1992. Signed by Roderigues on title page. R 200

55 Sampson, Anthony. MANDELA: the authorised biography. London: HarperCollins, 1999. xxvi, 678 p.: ill. (chiefly ports)., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Sampson on front free endpaper. R 450

Sampson (1926-2004) worked for DRUM magazine and got to know Nelson Mandela well before he was imprisoned. The cover photograph was taken by Annie Leibovitz and the book won the Alan Paton Award.

56 Saron, Gustav & Hotz, Louis [eds.]. THE JEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA: a history. Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1955. xvii, 422 p., [24] p. of plates: ill., ports., folding map. Cloth, worn along bottom edge, d.w. browned on spine & frayed on edges. Signed inscription from Saron on half title page. R 250

57 Scott, F.P. GREGOIRE BOONZAIER. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1964. 149 p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), port. as frontis. Cloth, faded on spine, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from the artist on frontis. R 850

58 Smith, Ian Douglas. THE GREAT BETRAYAL: the memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith. London: Blake Publishing, 1997. xi, 418 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Smith's signature laid down on title page. Accompanied by the Order of Service [4 p.: col. ports] for Smith's funeral in November 2007; and a photocopy of a letter from Hector Macdonald addressed to all those who had purchased the book. R 1200

Smith (1919-2007) was a crucial figure in Central Africa post WWII and his role in leading Rhodesia into UDI is well known. This book allows one to understand his beliefs, and the influence of his upbringing on his later life. Hector Macdonald was the Chief Justice of Rhodesia and the letter (dated 1 July 1998) defends Macdonald against Smith's allegations that he was a "traitor" due to his position during negotiations. The Order of Service reflects a simple family funeral without pomp and ceremony.

59 Smith, Wilbur. ELEPHANT SONG. London: Macmillan, 1991. 451 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Smith on title page. R 550

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60 Sparks, Allister. THE MIND OF SOUTH AFRICA: [the story of the rise and fall of apartheid]. London: Heinemann, 1990. xviii, 424 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Sparks on title page.

R 300"It is surely the definitive work on South African attitudes…" Donald Woods. Seldom seen in hardback.

61 Speight, W.L. SWEPT BY WIND AND WAVE. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, [195-]. 224 p. Cloth, d.w. Browning to page edges. Signed inscription from Speight on half title page. R 175

Tales of the seas around South Africa from the earliest days to the WWII.

62 Stiff, Peter. SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER: [Rhodesia's no-holds-barred Intelligence war]. Alberton: Galago, 1985. 352 p.: ill., ports., plans. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Peter [Stiff] on title page. R 300

63 Tabor, George. THE CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY & RIVER ROUTES: and the principal hotels en route through Africa. London: Genta Publications, 2003. v, 324 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Tabor on title page. R 450

More than a century ago, Rhodes dreamed of joining the Cape to Cairo by means of a railway. The idea was never achieved and Tabor shows how it could have been done, and could still be done if political will existed. Superbly illustrated.

64 Van der Post, Laurens. FEATHER FALL: an anthology; edited by Jean-Marc Pottiez; assisted by Jane Bedford. London: Chatto & Windus, 1994. xviii, 269 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed personal inscriptions from Van der Post in green pen; and Jane & one other on title page. R 400

A collection of Van der Post's writings, lectures and unpublished work.

65 Walker, Michael. THE GOLDEN YEARS: a postcard memoir of the Kalk Bay - Muizenberg Municipality, 1895-1913. Revised ed. St James: M. Walker, 1997. 160 p.: ill., plans. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed by Walker on front endpaper. Originally published in 1996. R 300

66 Walker, Michael. THE GOLDEN YEARS: a postcard memoir of the Kalk Bay - Muizenberg Municipality, 1895-1913. Final ed. St James: M. Walker, 1998. 234 p.: ill., plans. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed by Walker on front endpaper. Originally published in 1996. R 350

67 Willcox, A.R. ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE DRAKENSBERG: Natal and Griqualand East. 2nd enlarged ed. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1973. 96 p.: col. ill., col. frontis. 4to. Quarter leather with cloth & gilding. No. 95 of an edition limited to 275 copies. Signed by Willcox on verso of title page.

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ART & ARTISTS

68 Battiss, Walter. LIMPOPO. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1965. 128 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Pict. cloth with slight discoloration, d.w. frayed on edges of spine. R 1500

Battiss (1906-1982) was Professor of Art at UNISA at the time of publication. He conceived the book at his camp on the Limpopo River (from where he went out looking for prehistoric engravings and Bushman paintings), looking south to the Karoo of his birth and youth; and north to the islands of Zanzibar, Lamu, Manda and Pate which he had visited as an adult.

69 Bekker, Martin. GREGOIRE BOONZAIER. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1990. 112 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 1500

Boonzaier (1909-2005) was born in Newlands, Cape Town and was the son of D.C .Boonzaier, whose friend Moses Kottler gave Gregoire his first box of paints. D.C. opposed formal training, believing that an artist should learn from practising artists around him. Gregoire painted landscapes, portraits, still life, seascapes and figures. He set up his own studio in Cape Town in 1932.

70 Goldin, Alice. ALICE GOLDIN; edited by Jeremy Lawrence. Cape Town: Gryphon Press, 2012. 68 p.: col. ill., ports. Paperback. R 125

Born in Vienna in the 1920s, artist Goldin arrived in South Africa in 1947.

71 Juta, Rene. THE CAPE PENINSULA: being pen and colour sketches described by Rene Juta and painted by W. Westhofen. Cape Town: J.C. Juta, 1910. 118 p., [25] leaves of plates with titled tissue guards: ill., col. frontis. Pict. cloth with gilding, slightly scarred. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 200

72 Malan, Solomon Caesar. SOLOMON CAESAR MALAN: aquarelles = akwarelle, Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1971. 24 p. of text, [36] p. of col ill. 4to. Cloth, d.w. slightly frayed along top edge.

R 400Solomon Malan came to Cape Town from India in 1839 for health reasons. During his four-month stay, he travelled and sketched, leaving behind these appealing and historically interesting aquarelles.

73 Meintjes, Johannes. MAGGIE LAUBSER. Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1944. 47 p.: ill. (some col.)., ports. 4to. Cloth, unevenly faded and worn along edges.

R 2500Laubser spent ten years abroad before returning to the Cape in 1924. "For years denounced by critics as an unwelcome and pretentious modernist, she became with time a victorious symbol of an own and indigenous culture" Johann van Rooyen. MAGGIE LAUBSER.

74 Mor, F. SHONA SCULPTURE. Harare: Jongwe, 1987. 160 p.: col. ill. Paperback with endflaps. R 100

75 Pierneef, J.H. THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS' PIERNEEF PAINTINGS. Johannesburg: South African Railways, 1978.

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[iii], [30] leaves of col. plates, interleaved with captioned waxed paper. Oblong 8vo. Ring binding, boards slightly soiled along edges. R 1000

Pierneef's (1886-1957) most famous commission, the panels were erected in the Johannesburg Railway station in 1932. They were cleaned by Pierneef himself prior to the Royal Visit of 1947, and placed behind glass. They were cleaned again in the 1960s, and then placed in the Railway Museum as it became evident that pollution was taking its toll. They were recently exhibited at the Rupert Museum in Stellenbosch. "The station panels marked the peak in Pierneef's development as an artist" P.G. Nel, J.H. PIERNEEF, p. 142.

76 Sithole, Lucas & Haenggi, F.F. LUCAS SITHOLE, 1958-1979: a pictorial review of Africa's major Black sculptor; by F.F. Haenggi. Johannesburg: Gallery 21, 1979. 236 p.: chiefly ill. Paperback. R 450

Lucas Sithole (1931-1994) was a South African sculptor best known for his work in mainly indigenous woods. He also sculptured in bronze, stone and other media.

77 Strydom, Matthys & Krige, Francois. FRANCOIS KRIGE. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1993. 61 p.: chiefly ill. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Scarring to lower cover edges.

R 350

CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS

78 Bird, W. STATE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN 1822. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1966. viii, 380 p.: ill., frontis., folding maps. (Africana collectanea series; vol. 19). Skivertex, d.w. frayed on top edge with foldlines. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. No. 192 of an edition limited to 750 copies. R 400

Bird was Controller of Customs in Cape Town and consequently was able to provide a detailed overview of the Cape.

79 Borcherds, Petrus Borchardus. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: Africana Connoisseurs Press, 1963. xxv, 500, 15 p.: port. Paper covered boards. Originally published in 1861.

R 500Borcherds (1786-1871) travelled with Samuel Daniel to Lattakoo in 1801and 1802. In 1803 he became Clerk of the Council of Justice in Cape Town. In 1834 he was appointed the first magistrate of Cape Town, a post he held until 1857. He was also the first chairman of the Cape Farmer's Union. He married Janette Blanckenberg, who bore him seventeen children, many of whom went on to make their own mark on Cape life. See DSAB vol. II.

80 Burton, A.R.E. CAPE COLONY TO-DAY [sic]. Cape Town: Townshend, Taylor & Snashall (printers), 1907. 316 p.: ill., port., maps (1 col. folding map laid down on rear endpaper). Cloth with gilding. Chip to title page. R 300

Provides a detailed overview of the Cape at the time, with suggested routes to traverse whilst on holiday in the region.

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81 De Beer, Mona. THE LION MOUNTAIN: and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1987. 176 p.: ill., ports., frontis., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 650

82 De Mist, Augusta. DIARY OF A JOURNEY TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: and the interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1954. 57 p.: ill., port. as frontis., map. Calf spine, marbled paper covered boards.

R 300Augusta was eighteen when she left Texel to travel with her father, J.A. de Mist to the Cape. He had been appointed Commissary General by the Batavian Republic and they stayed in the Cape until 1805. She also met the explorer Lichtenstein, who recorded that he was impressed by her fortitude.

83 Du Plessis, I.D. & Luckhoff, C.A. THE MALAY QUARTER AND ITS PEOPLE; photography, E. van Z. Hofmeyr & J. Luckhoff. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1953. 90 p. of text, [160] p. of ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w. faded on spine & frayed along edges. Book plate on front endpaper. R 400

84 Duff Gordon, Lady. LETTERS FROM THE CAPE; edited by John Purves. [New ed.]. London: Humphrey Milford, 1921. 180 p. Cloth with gilding. Name & date on front free endpaper. Originally published in 1864. R 200

Lady Duff Gordon came to the Cape in 1861 to improve her health. "Her brilliant and vivacious letters from the Colony give a capital description of the country in the early sixties: she evidently greatly admired the scenery and the novelty… she was [also] a keen observer of the character of the inhabitants." Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 620.

85 Ferreira, Angela. WERDMULLER CENTRE. Cape Town: Michael Stevenson, 2010. [28] p.: ill. (some col.). Paperback. R 75

The award winning Werdmuller Centre in Claremont, Cape Town is under imminent threat of being demolished by its owners to make way for a more modern, user-friendly structure. Ferreira is a visual artist whose work is informed by architecture.

86 Gerber, Hilda. TRADITIONAL COOKERY OF THE CAPE MALAYS: food customs and 200 old Cape recipes; foreword by I.D. du Plessis; illustrated by Katrine Harries. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1957. 127 p.: ill., frontis. Cloth spine, pict. paper covered boards with title label laid down.

R 175Hardcover copies are seldom seen.

87 Herschel, John. HERSCHEL AT THE CAPE: diaries and correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838; edited with an introduction by David S. Evans [et al.]. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969. xxxv, 398 p.: ill., port. as frontis., plans, maps. Cloth, d.w frayed along top edge.

R 225Sir John Herschel was one of the pioneers of Southern Hemishere astronomical study, as well as a contributor in the fields of botany, geology, ornithology, chemistry and mathematics. He kept a diary throughout his

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scientific career, recording both his public and private lives. He spent 1834-1838 at the Cape of Good Hope, making astronomical observations.

88 Kilpin, Ralph. THE OLD CAPE HOUSE: being pages from the history of a Legislative Assembly. Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller, [1918]. xi, 200 p.: ill., ports., plans. Cloth spine, paper covered boards. Spotting on preliminary pages. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 300

Kilpin was "Second Clerk-Assistant of the Union of the House of Assembly". He provides an overview of democracy in the Cape, looking both at the parliamentary buildings and the influence of the Speakers (Brand, Tennant, Juta, Bisset, Berry & Molteno) and the House.

89 Percival, Robert. AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: containing an historical view of its original settlement by the Dutch, its capture by the British in 1795 and the different policy pursued there by the Dutch and British governments; also a sketch of its geography, productions, the manners and customs of the inhabitants, etc, etc: with a view of the political and commercial advantages which might be derived from its possession by Great Britain. Facsimile reprint. New York: Negro Universities, 1969. 339 p. Cloth. Originally published in 1804. R 400

Percival's account is one of only a few about the capture of the Cape by the British in 1795 and this period. Theal was very critical of Percival, who, it must be said, was very harsh in his description of the Dutch inhabitants and not particularly keen to understand their way of life. See also Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 152.

90 Picard, Hymen W.J. GENTLEMAN'S WALK: the romantic story of Cape Town's oldest streets, lanes and squares. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1968. 188 p.: ill. (some col.), 1 col. as frontis, maps (1 folding). 4to. Cloth, d.w.

R 300Only named the "Heerengracht" in the middle of the 18th century, the link between Van Riebeeck's Castle and the Company's vegetable garden was the "walk" taken by the gentlemen of the Dutch East India Company whilst conducting their business and social activities, and the town was built along this route.

91 Ritter, W. "LATEST ARRIVAL FROM MECCA" [watercolour]. 20 x14 cm (painting); 44 x 36 cm (including mount & frame). The painting is of three bearded men engaged in conversation. The two younger men wear red cloths about their heads, one topped by a conical hat; one man is wearing "kaparrings"; and the third, carrying a furled umbrella, appears to be addressing them. His beard is white and he wears a turban and a long robe. R 25000

A. Gordon-Brown, in PICTORIAL AFRICANA: a survey of old South African paintings, drawings and prints up to the end of the ninteenth century…(1975, p. 213) records: "Ritter, W., fl. 1892-96. He was described as a bookkeeper of Loop St, CT, he made 12 small water-colours of various dimensions of priests, hawkers, children, etc., some inscribed as "A souvenir from CT", Mendelsohn Collection, Fehr RV [Rust en Vreugd]". The Cape Archives holds a Memorial from Ritter to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope dated 10 December 1878 (CO, vol. 4201, no. R81) wherein he asks for any employment that becomes available in the Cape Government. He also attaches a number of testimonials pertaining to his character which reveal

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that he worked as a bookkeeper in Lamberts Bay from 1852 until 1854; and the district of Calvinia from 1868 until 1874; and then from 1874 until the penning of the letter, in Cape Town itself. There is a note attached to the Memorial agreeing to provide employment. At that stage Ritter was living at 104 Loop St. Cape Town. In the Juta's Directory for 1899 onwards he is shown as living at 2 Upper Union Street, off Kloof Street. Ritter's widow Catherine died aged 84 in 1916 (MOOC 6/9/828, no. 1771) and her Death Notice indicates that William died in 1906, but his Death Notice could not be traced. Ritter would have been very aware of the Muslim population living in Cape Town at the time, as there were a number of Mosques in the Bo-Kaap (near Loop Street) as well as in Loop and Long Streets. The clothing of the men is typical of the time: "In place of shoes, some people of Eastern origin wore kaparrings, a type of wooden sandal… a wooden sole, raised from the ground, in front and at the heel, and attached to the foot only by an iron pin having a turned wooden head, and passing between the great toe and the fore toe… Mahomedans were distinguished among the coloured population by wearing red handkerchiefs round their heads, and pyramidical hats with spreading borders: their priests wore turbans, and garments of various colours." (p.5-7). The missionary Backhouse, quoted in DE MEILLON'S PEOPLE OF COLOUR; Robert C.-H. Shell.

92 Rosenthal, Eric & Blum, Eliezer. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TRIANGULAR STAMP AND ITS STORY; with a check list and price chart of current market values by Eliezer Blum; foreword by L.C. Burke, Postmaster-General of the Union of South Africa. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1957. 48 p.: ill., ports., col. facsimiles of stamps (laid down). Cloth, d.w. with small chips.

R 1000The famous Cape Triangluar stamp was designed by Charles Davidson Bell in 1848 and in 1854 the English firm of Perkins, Bacon & Co. began engraving and printing them. Later copies were done by C.J. Roberts of Spin Street, Cape Town ("Woodblock" series) and as before did not contain perforations and thus had to be cut from a sheet before use! The colour facsimiles show all their variations, shades and colours, print-runs, defining features and other miscellanea of importance to stamp collectors! A scarce book about a uniquely Cape item.

93 Schoeman, Karel. DOGTER VAN SION: Machtelt Smit en die 18de-eeuse samelewing aan die Kaap, 1749-1799. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1997. 440 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

Friend and confidante of J.T. van der Kemp "Mother Smith" was widely known in missionary circles of the Netherlands and England. As the granddaughter of a Dutch mercenary and a former slave, she is an interesting representative of 18th century social life at the Cape.

94 Simons, Phillida Brooke. 'N GIDS TOT KAAPS-HOLLANDSE HUISE: [135 Kaapse huise van historiese en argitektoniese belang]. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1987. 208 p.: ill., plans, maps. Pict. paper covered boards. Name on front endpaper.

R 100Seldom seen in Afrikaans.

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95 Stellenbosch 300 Action. STELLENBOSCH: ons oudste dorp = our oldest village; compiled and edited by Stellenbosch 300 Action. Cape Town: [Stellenbosch 300 Action], 1974. 46 p.: ill., plans. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Accompanied by col. loose-leaf folding map. R 300

Stellenbosch celebrated its tercentenary in 1979. Stellenbosch 300 Action was formed to encourage the restoration and preservation of the historic heart of the town as a lasting legacy of the milestone anniversary. To this end the brochure contains detailed drawings of facades of whole streets, the Braak and important buildings.

96 Torr, Ross & Wood, Andy. 101 BEACHES IN AND AROUND THE CAPE PENINSULA. Cape Town: Capricorn Publishers, [1986]. 200 p.: maps. 16 mo. Paperback. Page edges browned. Gift inscription on preliminary page. R 100

There are 101 beaches within a one hour drive of Cape Town. Torr & Wood give a detailed description of each beach and its facilities and also descriptions of the flora and fauna in the area; diving possibilities and entertainment for children.

97 Tredgold, Arderne. THE ARDERNES AND THEIR GARDEN: a family chronicle. Cape Town: Arderne Book Trust, 1990. 150 p.: ill., ports. Pict. paper covered boards. R 250

The Arderne's Garden, over 150 years old, is situated in the heart of Claremont, Cape Town and Claremont forms the background to Tredgold's family history. She was secretary to James Percy Fitzpatrick before joining the Argus group of newspapers. She worked in London and Europe as a war correspondent, and was in Germany at the time of their surrender.

98 Welz, Stephan. CAPE SILVER AND SILVERSMITHS: the work of silversmiths at the Cape of Good Hope from late 17th to mid 19th century: early problems, training, output, marking, quality. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1976. xi, 172 p.: ill., ports., maps. 4to. Cloth, d.w. Slightly faded on spine. R 1000

Recent publications relating to the Cape

99 Odendaal, Andre [et al]. THE BLUE BOOK: a history of Western Province Cricket, 1890-2011; Andre Odendaal, Krish Reddy and Andrew Samson. Johannesburg, Fanele /Jacana, 2011. 440 p, [48] p. of plates: col. ill., ports. Pict. paper covered boards. R 250

100 Pinchuck, Tony & McCrea, Barbara. THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CAPE TOWN, THE WINELANDS & THE GARDEN ROUTE. 4th ed. London: Penguin, 2012. 285 p.: col. ill., col. maps. Paperback. R 130

A comprehensive guide to the Mother City, including accomodation, historic attractions, reviews, day-trips etc.

101 Schoeman, Karel. BURGERS & AMPTENARE: die vroee ontwikkeling van die Kolonie aan die Kaap, 1662-1679. Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2011. 504 p. (Kolonie aan die Kaap; vol. 4). Paper covered boards, d.w. R 325

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The fourth volume in Schoeman's series describing the early years of Dutch settlement at the Cape. Governor Wagenaer's time at the helm is examined. The building of a vryburger-elite who owned substantial farms and who began to flex their political strength and trek further into the interior is also covered.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON

The photographs are by George Washington Wilson (1823-1893). Wilson enjoyed limited success as a portraitist in northern Scotland until he came to the notice of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Many of the early photographs of Queen Victoria in Scottish settings were taken by Wilson. He became well known, and using his increased income, moved

into landscape photography and established one of the largest photographic print companies in the world, which his children continued to run after his death. He took special

interest in Australia and South Africa and his original photographs are held at the University of Aberdeen. Numbered prints produced by his own studio are seldom seen.

The Pretoria photographs are by an unknown photographer.

102 ADDERLEY STREET CAPETOWN [sic]. 15,5 x 21 cm (photograph); 24,5 x 36 cm (including mounting board). [ca 1899]. R 500

A superb view encapsulating the charm of Cape Town at this time. The photograph is taken "down" Adderley Street, towards the sea. It is dominated by magnificent late Victorian buildings, especially Heynes Matthew & Co and Cartwrights. Also in view are are the Standard Bank building with its portico and cupola roof (still extant, but now four storeys, not two). The Post Office building boasts beautiful but unnecessary domes and corner turrets. The station, and in the distance, Customs House, can also be seen. The buildings are embellished with balconies and ironmongery. A forest of masts can be seen in the distant bay. The street is busy, with numerous wagons, Cape carts, trams and pedestrians visible. Travellers of the era remarked upon the wide street and Table Mountain towering above. Regretfully, most of the buildings have long gone and the city has been cut off from the sea by increased harbour development and the infamous elevated freeways. A marvellous depiction of the glory of a late Victorian city embedded in the British Empire!

103 CAPE TOWN AND TABLE MOUNTAIN FROM TABLE BAY. 23,5 x 28,5 cm unmounted photograph. [ca 1899]. R 300

This view of Table Mountain and the city from the bay shows the harbour warehouses and the city from Kloof Nek to the edge of Devil's Peak. The limits of the city's urban sprawl at the time are evident. A lone recreational sailing boat can be seen. The bay is very still and this must have been a dramatic photograph for the time, as exposure times were long and the image is very clear.

104 CHURCH SQUARE, CAPE TOWN. 15,5 x 20 cm (photograph); 24,5 x 36 cm (including mounting board). [ca 1895]. R 400

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The view is towards the sea, showing the City Club building and the Colonial Insurance building. A small wagon and Cape cart can be seen in the foreground; a large one in the background; and three women in long dresses cross the dusty square towards Spin Street.

105 GRAND HOTEL & STRAND STREET CAPE TOWN. 15,5 x 20 cm (photograph); 24,5 x 36 cm (including mounting board). [ca. 1895]. R 450

The view is towards Green Point with the Grand Hotel on the left. Designed by Charles Freeman, the Grand Hotel was the most luxurious in Cape Town at the time. Beyond the glass swing doors, the arms of the Cape Colony were emblazoned in mosiac on the entrance hall floor. There was an electric lift; and the large dining room was furnished in walnut and upholstered in red plush. A tram can be seen approaching, one assumes slowly, as men in bowler hats and others in labourers' clothes stand nonchalantly in the centre of the St George's Street and Strand Street intersection! The sidewalks are thronged with people and there are no other vehicles apart from a single Cape cart.

106 LION'S HEAD AND THREE ANCHOR BAY. 23,5 x 28,5 cm (photograph); 23.5 x 28,5 cm (including mounting board). Small tear to top left corner of photograph. [1895]. R 300

This view of Lion's Head and Three Anchor Bay shows a pristine mountainside and a virtually undeveloped coastline. Two miscellaneous photographs are laid down on the verso of the mount.

107 MAIN ROAD, CLAREMONT. 15,5 x 20 cm (photograph); 24,5 x 36 cm (including mounting board). [1900]. R 400

The view is southwards towards the Arderne Gardens and shows the Ellerbreck & Co. photographers' building. Of interest are the figures riding bicycles, on carts, walking and the complete absence of cars. A tram can be seen in the background. A number of men stand near a wagon in the foreground. The semi-rural nature of Claremont is evident and trees dominate the landscape around St Saviour's Church. Only one of the Victorian buildings in this view is extant today, and that but a façade.

108 PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CAPE TOWN FROM N.E. 23,5 x 28,5 cm unmounted photograph. [1895]. R 350

The Parliamentary buildings are shown, with Lion's Head in the background and Parliament Street in the foreground. The buildings were completed in 1884, having been designed by Charles Freeman, but after a dispute, completed by H.S. Greaves. A bright and clean statue of Queen Victoria (in celebration of her Golden Jubilee in 1890) can be seen in the front of the entrance. The site is barren of vegetation and the trees in the Company's Garden are very small. Hence the magnificent building can be seen in its full glory, unobscured by the large trees which surround it today.

109 RAILWAY STATION, CAPE TOWN. 23,5 x 28,5 cm unmounted photograph. [1895]. R 400

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The Railway Station (completed in 1878) dominates the photograph, with a view of Customs House and the sea in the background. The booking hall canopy can be clearly seen. An additional level was later added to each corner (completed in 1899). The roads in the area are almost empty apart from two horse taxi cabs and a small hand cart. The hoarding aound the Post Office construction site is visible and bears an advertisement for R. Scott "Bookbinder and stationers of Long Street".

110 SATURDAY MARKET, PARADE, CAPE TOWN. 23,5 x 28,5 cm unmounted photograph. [ca 1899]. R 350

A view of the the Parade, looking towards Devil's Peak with the row of pine trees that used to line Darling Street in the background, as well as the Power Station. There is no sign of the City Hall (completed 1905) and the Parade looks uneven and ill-kempt, an indication that by this time it was a commercial node for the growing city. Residents cluster around tables and wagons on the Parade, perusing the objects laid out thereon. The buyers present an interesting cross-section. Well dressed younger men in boaters and caps mingle with older men wearing bowlers and top hats. By far the majority present appear to be white males, but women are present, as are well dressed black men. Older customers of Select Books often reminisce about buying books on the Parade on Saturday mornings, and the gems they turned down! Perhaps those gathered around a table are viewing a collection of old travel accounts!

111 STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. 23,5 x 28,5 cm, unmounted photograph. [ca 1890]. R 350

Also designed by Charles Freeman, and considered to be one of his best works, the Standard Bank building is in Adderley Street, Cape Town. A further two storeys were added later, creating the present day façade and the wrought iron fence remains to this day.The columned portico rose two storeys and contained carvings in the pediment. The banking hall was the most impressive in Cape Town. The original Cartwright's Building is in the background, and to the left there is hoarding to prevent pedestrians walking past the construction site of the new, larger, Post Office building (which was completed in 1896). The hoardings were erected by the contractors, Small and Morgan, and bear advertisements for Juta & Co.; Kuhn and Herald (watch and clock sellers of 39 Long Street); and Koch and Dixie (ironmongers).

112 TABLE BAY, CAPE TOWN. 23,5 x 28,5 cm unmounted photograph. [ca 1895]. R 300

This scene of Table Bay shows a row of skiffs or rowing boats at anchor and larger sailing boats further out in the bay. Some "hulks" are also visible.

113 WALE STREET AND ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, CAPE TOWN. 15,5 x 20 cm (photograph); 24,5 x 36 cm (including mounting board). [ca 1895]. R 400

A view looking "down" Wale Street towards the Slave Lodge with the first St George's Cathedral built in 1834 (and replaced by the present in 1901). The Cape Town Police Station can be seen on the corner of Wale and Queen Victoria Streets, and in the foreground is a single decker tram [advertising

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Bovril!] en route to Plein Street. The buildings in Wale Street all have flat roofs and ornamental Victorian pediments. A number of fit Capetonians can be seen walking briskly! A bridged open stormwater drain can be seen on the sea side of Wale Street.

114 Pretoria [photogaph]. CHURCH SQUARE AND CHURCH STREET, PRETORIA: laid down on a leaf extracted from a photograph album. 17,5 x 23,5 cm [(photograph); 26 x 33,5 cm (including mounting board). [ca 1885]. R 400

The view is of Church Square, Pretoria and Church Street, looking west. On the left is the photographer Robertson and H.F. Gros's premises. "F. Rudolph & Co. Goedkoop kontantwinkel" is on the ground floor of the building. On the other corner is the establishment of T.W. Beckett & Co. Three inspanned wagons can be seen in the foreground, with the traditional longhorned "trekosse" waiting patiently and a man clad in a loincloth and others better dressed tending the wagons.

115 Pretoria [photographs]. FOUR VIEWS: laid down on a leaf extracted from a photograph album. 23,5 x 28,5 cm (photographs); 26 x 35 cm (including mounting board). [ca 1891]. R 450

Photograph 1: The Fountains outside Pretoria. Photograph 2: Three men at The Fountains. Photograph 3: President Kruger's house in Pretoria. Photograph 4: Church Square, Pretoria, showing the Raadzaal and N.G. Kerk, with wagons drawn up around it (possibly there to celebrate Nagmaal). Seven men stand in front of the wagons and one holds the hand of a small girl wearing a large bonnet. Another appears to be looking at them and a ninth has moved and is merely a shadow. By their attire, the men represent a cross section of society at the time. The Raadzaal was the costliest building erected in southern Africa at the time and was the visible manifestation of the wealth gold and minerals had brought to the Z.A.R. Nevertheless, a fire with a traditional pot and a billy can can be seen in the foreground. Today this is one of the busiest circles in southern Africa!

SOUTH AFRICA

116 [Independent Electoral Commission]. AN END TO WAITING: the story of South Africa's elections, 26 April to 6 May 1994; editors Paul Bell [and] Rian de Villiers; writers Paul Bell [and] Pat Schwartz; photographic editor, Paul Weinberg. Johannesburg: The Commission, 1995. 128 p.: ill. (chiefly ports.). 4to. Paperback. R 350

In April 1994 South Africa held its first fully democratic election. 19 726 610 citizens voted at 10 500 voting stations across the world. The process was overseen by the Independent Electoral Commission, headed by Judge Johann Kriegler. This book was published a year later and gives an overview of an event which must rank as one of the cornerstones of the new South Africa. It reminds the reader of the burden borne by the Commission and the pressure they experienced before the election could be declared "substantially free and fair". The title refers both to the years of waiting for a truly democratic country, and the patience of South Africans as they queued for hours to cast their votes. A marvellous account with photographs that

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vividly depict the confusion, tolerance, pain, pride and pleasure South Africa experienced before the eyes of the world during the voting process.

117 Allen, Geoffrey & David. THE GUNS OF SACRAMENTO. London: Robin Garton, 1978. 81 p.: ill. (some col.), maps. Small 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.

R 200The Portuguese Man o' War, THE SACREMENTO, mounting 60 guns and with a huge cannon cast at Macao in her hold, was wrecked near Port Elizabeth in 1647.

118 Anderson, Alex. WINDJAMMER YARNS: some incidents in the life of a South African seaman aboard the wooden ships and steam tramps of fifty years ago; with contemporary photographs, sketches and charts. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1923. 256 p., 25 leaves of plates: ill., frontis., charts. Cloth, rubbed & frayed on edges of spine. Ownership details on front endpaper. R 450

Anderson's father was the Durban Harbour Government Pilot and he grew up on and around the sea. He went on his first sea voyage in 1868. He writes descriptively of his travels in both hemispheres and provides interesting photographs of shipping in Natal waters. His account ends in 1895. Showing a keen eye for detail, he focuses on his travails at sea, injuries suffered and cargo carried and lost. A good maritime read!

119 Baker, E.C.R. ACE OF ACES: M. St J. Pattle: top-scoring Allied fighter pilot of World War II. Johannesburg: Ashanti, 1992. xvii, 228 p.: ill., ports., maps. (Aviators in Africa). Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 200A fine fighter pilot who served in the Royal Airforce during WWII. Pattle is credited with shooting down between forty-four and sixty-four enemy aircraft. He was born in Butterworth (in the former Transkei) in 1914, the grandson of the first military magistrate of Butterworth, and grew up in Keetmanshoop. He was killed during the Greek Campaign early in the war, having already won the DFC and Bar.

120 Birkby, Carel [ed.]. THE SAGA OF THE TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT, 1932-1950. [Standard ed.]. Cape Town: Howard Timmins for Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. xxxii, 749 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (1 as frontis.), maps (some col., some folding, 1 on endpapers). Cloth with gilding, d.w. "This work is a continuation of the "History of the Transvaal Scottish, 1902-1932, written by H.C. Juta" Title page. R 1250

The Transvaal Scottish is one of South Africa's most illustrious regiments. This book follows on with the Regiment's role in Italian East Africa and then North Africa, where they were involved in all the major battles: Sidi Rezegh, Gazala and El Alamein. Birkby then follows them northwards through Italy. The ill fitting dust wrapper is seldom seen- this one is "as new" and thus very unusual.

121 Bizos, George. ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM: a memoir by the world renowned human rights advocate, friend and lawyer to Nelson Mandela. Johannesburg: Random House, 2007. 616 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports). Paper covered boards, d.w.

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R 250Arriving in Durban as a refugee from Greece during WWII, Bizos became a revered legal figure in South Africa. He defended Nelson Mandela and his colleagues during the Treason and Rivonia Trials and other major human-rights trials throughout his long career as an advocate.

122 Boesak, Allan. IF THIS IS TREASON, I AM GUILTY. English ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Williams B. Eerdmans, 1987. 134 p. Paperback. Name & date on a preliminary page. R 100

A collection of addresses and sermons from 1979 to 1986, including topics such as the church's role in political issues and biblical understanding of the issues of the day. Boesak was President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches at the time of publication.

123 Breier, Mignonne. BIOGRAPHY OF SIR ANTONIE VILJOEN. Privately published, 1991. 83 p., [6] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports.), genealogical tables. Paper covered boards with title label laid down. R 500

Antonie Viljoen (1858-1918) was a descendant of the first Huguenot to settle at the Cape. He trained as a doctor and after a period in the Overberg region, moved north to Krugersdorp. He was elected to the Cape Legislative Council in 1903 and worked tirelessly to unite "Boer and Brit". [He succeeded on a personal front as his daughter Hannah married a Brit, George Rawbone!]. He retired to the farm, Oak Valley Estate, in Caledon and was knighted in 1916.

124 Burrows, Edmund H. OVERBERG ORIGINS: the English-speaking Swellendam families. Swellendam: Swellendam Trust, 1988. ix, 182 p.: ill., frontis., genealogical charts, ports. Pict. paper covered boards.

R 1000Dr Burrows' detailed study of the Overberg is a valuable reference work for anyone interested in the area. Some of he families included are Barry, Burrows, Hodgson, Moodie, Reitz and Schreiner.

125 Butler, Guy, [ed.] THE 1820 SETTLERS: an illustrated commentary; text by Guy Butler & John Benyon; captions, Eily Gledhill; pictures, Rex & Barbara Reynolds. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1974. 366 p.: ill., col. frontis. (laid down), ports., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed along edges. R 500

The group of about 4000 English-speaking Settlers who arrived in the Eastern Cape in 1820 came in response to governmental propaganda. "This book hopes to draw attention to certain peculiarites which distinguished their settlement within the general pattern of nineteen-century emigration and to indicate some of the important results for Southern Africa." Butler, preface.

126 Carstens, Patrick Richard. PORT NOLLOTH: the making of a South African seaport. [Toronto]: Patrick Carstens, 2011. 240 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 150

127 Corbett, Michael McGregor [Festschrift]. THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE: essays in honour of Michael McGregor Corbett, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa; edited by Ellison Kahn. Cape Town: Juta, 1995.

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xx, 378 p., [19] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports., 1 as frontis.). Skivertex, d.w. R 200

Judge Mick Corbett presided over the swearing in of President Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings after the 1994 election.

128 Cruise, Wilma & Hemp, Doreen. CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1991. 208 p.: col. ill., col. ports. 4to. Pict. cloth, d.w. & pict. paper covered board slip case. A crisp copy. R 1500

Beautifully and profusely illustrated with full colour photographs.

129 De Kock, Eugene. A LONG NIGHT'S DAMAGE: working for the apartheid state; as told to Jeremy Gordin. Johannesburg: Contra Press, 1998. 332 p. Paperback. A crisp copy of a book normally seen in very poor condition.

R 750De Kock was head of section C1 at the notorious Vlakplaas, north of Pretoria. At his trial he was revealed to be the Nationalist government's assassin-in-chief. In this book he names the men from whom he took orders.

130 De la Rey, P. MANNE EN MOTORS: die verhaal van ons motorsport. Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1966. 105 p.: ill., ports. Pict. paper covered boards. Stain to top corner. Presentation book plate laid down on front free endpaper. R 350

The first book about motor sport to be published in Afrikaans.

131 Du Plessis, Frank & Mclean, Steven. SHACKLETON 1722: a visual appreciation; foreword by Louis Vosloo; text Steven Mclean. Capee Town: [Privately published], 2008. 66 p.: chiefly col. ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 325

132 Duggan-Cronin, A.M. THE BECHUANA; with introductory articles on the Suto-Chuana tribes and the Bechuana by G.P. Lestrade and descriptive notes on the plates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, for the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, 1929. 23 p. of text, 26 leaves of plates with captioned tissue-guards: ports. (THE BANTU TRIBES OF SOUTH AFRICA: reproductions of photographic studies; Vol. II, The Suto-Chuana tribes, sub-group 1). 4to. Skivertex. R 2000

133 Durban City Council. REWARDING CONSERVATION: Conservation Awards Committee of the Durban City Council, 1992. Durban: The Council, 1992. 80 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), frontis., plans. Small 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.

R 100Provides a detailed photographic record, including architectural features.

134 Emden, Paul H. RANDLORDS. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. 368 p.: ill., (chiefly ports., 1 as frontis.). Cloth, slightly scarred. R 200

135 Fleming, Ian. THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS: [the fantastic but true story of the world's greatest smuggling racket]. London: Pan Books, 1960. 152 p., [4] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Originally published in 1957.

R 200

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Fleming's 6th book. The true story of a real secret agent's three year campaign against a diamond smuggling racket, as told to the creator of a famous fictitious secret agent. Fleming wrote this whilst doing research for DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.

136 Fleming, Ian. THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS: [the fantastic but true story of the world's greatest smuggling racket]. 2nd impression. London: Pan Books, 1963. 152 p., [4] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Originally published in 1957.

R 200

137 Frederikse, Julie. SOUTH AFRICA: a different kind of war, from Soweto to Pretoria; designed by Peter Bonnici. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1986. 192 p.: ill., ports., maps. 4to. Paperback. R 200

When first released, this publication was immediately banned in South Africa.

138 Genadendal. GENADENDAL HISTORICAL OUTLINE. Genadendal: The Mission Museum, 1987. 6 p.: ill. Stiff pict. paper wraps. R 75

139 Godfrey, Denis. THE ENCHANTED DOOR: a discourse on Africana book-collecting, with notes on famous collectors, collections and books. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1963. 257 p.: ill. (chiefly ports.), maps on endpapers. Cloth, d.w. price clipped. No. 328 of an edition limited to 1200 copies. R 300

This book should be in the library of every collector. Godfrey recalls the great collectors and their collections; book dealers and their shops and books; and their prices! He also dispenses good advice along the way.

140 Goldblatt, David & Gordimer, Nadine. ON THE MINES: [essays and photographs]; David Goldblatt [photography]; Nadine Gordimer [text]. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1973. [132] p.: chiefly ill., ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges. Some scarring to top edge of the last 10 pages, not interfering with text or images. R 4500

Goldblatt's first book examines life on the gold mines of the Witwatersrand, including the process of shaftsinking. There are also many portraits of the miners, most of whom were migrant workers.

141 Gutsche, Thelma. THE BISHOP'S LADY. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1970. 245 p.: ill., ports., genealogical tables, maps (1 on title page). Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along top edge. R 250

The subject of the book is Sophy Gray, wife of Sir Robert Gray, the first Bishop of Cape Town. Lady Gray was a talented artist and architect, and designed many churches in South Africa.

142 Hawkins, E.B. THE STORY OF HARRISMITH, 1849-1920. 2nd impression. Harrismith: [Privately published], 1984. [xii], 289 p., [74] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paperback. Names on preliminary page.

R 175Harrismith lies midway between Johannesburg and Durban.

143 Heese, H.F. GROEP SONDER GRENSE. Cape Town: University of the Western Cape, 1984.

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viii, 89 p.: genealogical tables. 4to. Pict. paper wraps. R 600

144 Heese, J.A. DIE HERKOMS VAN DIE AFRIKANER, 1657-1867. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1971. 335 p. Cloth. R 1000

J.A. Heese was the N.G. Church archivist for many years. He provides an extensive genealogical list of early Cape settlers and who they married. In his introduction, Heese alludes to intermarriage and the lack of white women available for matrimony at the Cape, and thus paved the way for his son's groundbreaking study. See above.

145 Heine, Johan & Tellinger, Michael. ADAM'S CALENDAR: discovering the oldest man-made structure on earth. Johannesburg: Zulu Planet, 2008. 128 p.: col. ill. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. "75 000 years ago… early humans built a stone calendar that predates all other stone structures found to date. Who were they? Why did they need a calendar?" Title page. R 250

The authors investigate the stone structures that cover the rural landscape on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the Lowveld. They ascribe their presence and arrangement to the efforts of a group of early humans.

146 Herbstein, Denis. WHITE MAN WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978. 267 p. Paperback, with crease to cover. R 150

Focuses on South Africa after Soweto 1976. Herbstein was a journalist who covered the 1976 Soweto uprising and its aftermath, and the spread of Black Consciousness in the townships, especially amongst the youth. He was later expelled from the country.

147 Herrman, Louis. A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA: from the earliest times to 1895. South African ed. Johannesburg: SA Jewish Board of Deputies, 1935. 288 p.: ill., map as frontis., ports. Cloth, d.w. unevenly faded. Spotting to preliminary pages & page edges. R 200

148 Hoog-Edelen Volksraad. NOTULEN DER VERRIGTINGEN VAN DEN HOOG-EDELEN VOLKSRAAD: in zijne zitting beginnende 3 Mei 1880, des morgens ten 10 ure. Bloemfontein: C. Borckenhagen, 1880. 1 vol. [various paginations]. Cloth spine, marbled paper covered boards, rubbed & with chips. R 1500

An interesting publication. Lists of representatives are supplied and full debates are covered, so one can see who supported and who opposed motions and votes. W.W. Collins was the member for Bloemfontein; A.P. Cronje, Zandrivier; A. Fisher, Philippolis; and G.A. Coetzee Onder-Caledonrivier, amongst others. The volume also contains all the Ordannanties passed in the course of the year. A lot of the debates dealt with financial matters; land; establishing of dorps; voting lists, registration of children (opposed by some members); railways and telegraphs. Gives insight into how the O.V.S. functioned.

149 Huggins, William John. GRAHAMS TOWN-ALBANY [aquatint]: the metropolis of the Eastern Division of the Cape of Good Hope. London: W.J. Huggins, 1833.

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28 x 44 (image); 37 x 52 cm, including frame. Surrounded by a narrow mounting board in a dark wood frame with gilded embellishments. R 12000

Huggins (1781-1845) was appointed Marine Painter to both George IV and William IV. He began his working life as a seaman with the East India Company, and would have called at the Cape. He usually painted or drew the scenes himself and they were engraved by his son-in-law, Edward Duncan. Despite there being no record of his visit to the Cape Colony in the 1830s, this view does not relate to any other known images, so he is unlikely to have based this scene on any other published image. On occasions when he did so, he would acknowledge the source. See Kennedy, CATALOGUE OF PRINTS IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM (1975-6), H196. See also A. Gordon-Brown, PICTORIAL AFRICANA, p.177 & 179.

150 Huggins, William John. PORT ELIZABETH, ALGOA BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE [aquatint]; painted by W.J. Huggins; engraved by E. Duncan. London: W.J. Huggins, 1833. 28 x 44 cm (image); 37 x 52 cm (including frame). Surrounded by a narrow mounting board in a dark wood frame with gilded embellishments. R 15000

Does not appear in Kennedy, CATALOGUE OF PRINTS IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM (1975-6).

151 Hunter, Monica. REACTION TO CONQUEST: effects of contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa; with an introduction by General the Right Honourable J.C. Smuts. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1964. xxiii, 582 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps (1 on endpapers). Cloth, d.w. browned on spine. Originally published in 1936. R 200

A classic account of the change from primitive cattle-raising societies to wage-earners in a capitalist economy.

152 Hutmacher, Barbara. IN BLACK AND WHITE: voices of apartheid; introduction by Roger Omond; foreword by Donald Woods. London: Junction Books, 1980. 197 p. Paperback, page edges browned. R 150

A collection of interviews with black, white and coloured individuals living around East London; including Biko, Paton and Woods.

153 IDAF Research, Information & Publications Dept. TO HONOUR WOMEN'S DAY: profiles of leading women in the South African and Namibian liberation struggles. London: International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1981. 56 p.: ports. Paperback. R 150

Amongst the women featured are Nkosazana Dlamini, Helen Joseph, Florence Mkhize, Thandi Modise and Mamphela Ramphele.

154 Innes, James Rose & Tindall, B.A. [ed.]. JAMES ROSE INNES: Chief Justice of South Africa, 1914-27: autobiography; edited with an introduction by B.A. Tindall. London: Oxford University Press, 1949. 347 p., [3] leaves of plates: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. frayed on edges of spine. City Club book plate on front endpaper. R 100

155 Johannesburg [postcards]. SOUVENIR ALBUM: 12 choice views of Johannesburg. [Johannesburg, 1904].

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12 postcards, interleaved with tissue. 16 mo. Stiff paper boards. Originally held in place by a perforated strip, some of the postcards are now detached. Contents: The Exchange; Joubert Park; Orange Grove; Harrison Street; President Street; Commissioner Street; Eloff Street; Harrow Road, Doornfontein; General Post Office, Market Square; Railway Station; Eloff Street; The Lake and Park Town.

R 500

156 Johnson, Townley [et al.]. ROCK-PAINTINGS OF THE SOUTH-WEST CAPE = ROTSTEKENINGE VAN DIE SUID-WES-KAAP; compiled by Townley Johnson, Hyme Rabinowitz [and] Percy Sieff. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1959. 38 p., 48 pages of plates: col. ill., col. frontis. (laid down), maps. Pict. paper covered boards. Text in English & Afrikaans. R 250

157 Lehmann, Hellmut. 150 JAHRE BERLINER MISSION; mit einem Geleitwort von Bischof D. Scharf. Berlin: Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, 1974. 208 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports., folding map. Paperback. R 75

158 Leutwein, Theodor. ELF JAHRE GOUVERNEUR IN DEUTSCH-SUDWESTAFRIKA. Berlin: E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1908. 589 p.: ill., maps. Embossed pict. cloth, slightly frayed along edges of spine.

R 2250Leutwein (1849-1921) was Administrator of German South West Africa from 1894-1904. He was criticized for being too lenient in his policies towards the Namaqua and Herero tribes. The 1904 Herero Uprising saw Leutwin replaced by the notorius General Lothar von Trotha.

159 Lewis, Ethelreda [ed.]. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ALFRED ALOYSIUS HORN: an old visiter [sic], the works written by himself at the age of seventy-three; and the life, with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age and experience taken down and here edited by Ethelreda Lewis; the foreword written by John Galsworthy. London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. 319 p., [3] leaves of plates: ill., port. as frontis., map. Paper covered boards, corners bumped. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. Spotting to preliminary pages & page edges. Contents: THE IVORY COAST IN THE EARLIES: the narrative of a boy trader's adventures in the Seventies… R 150

This is a gorgeous book, more full of sheer stingo than any you are likely to come across in a day's march among the bookshops of wherever you mny be… recorded with a pen for long unpractised in a Johannesburg doss-house…" Galsworthy, foreword.

160 Lorimer, Eleanor K. PANORAMA OF PORT ELIZABETH. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1971. 196 p., [7] leaves of plates: col. ill., ports., maps. 4to. Cloth, d.w. with col. ill. laid down & slightly faded on spine. Book plate laid down on front endpaper.

R 500

161 Lubowski, Molly & Van der Vyver, Marita. ANTON LUBOWSKI: paradox of a man. Cape Town: Queillerie, [1992]. 147 p.: ports. Pict. paper covered boards. Name & date on front free endpaper.

R 300

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Lubowski was a human rights lawyer and trade union organiser in Nambia. One of the few white members of SWAPO, he was assassinated just before independence.

162 McCulloch, Jock. BLACK SOUL, WHITE ARTIFACT: Fanon's clinical psychology and social theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 249 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 500

Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and died in Washington D.C. "Fanon's key task was to understand the relationship between colonialism and the deformation of personality of men and women who were made inferior by Europe's expansionist drive". During his time in Algeria, Fanon wrote about his patients and towards the end of his life put his thoughts into his book THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH. Front endflap.

163 McWilliams, James P. ARMSCOR: South Africa's arms merchant. London: Brassey's, 1989. 199 p.: ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

Colonel McWilliams carefully analyses all aspects of Armscor's trade in weapons both within and outside of South Africa. Some of these weapons are being used by peacekeeping forces and in combat zones today.

164 Middlemas, Keith. CABORA BASSA: engineering and politics in Southern Africa. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. x, 367 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. Cloth, d.w. Spotting to preliminary pages & page edges.

R 300The Cabora Bassa dam and hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River in western Mozambique was built by the Portuguese and financed by South Africa. It has created the fourth largest lake in Africa.

165 Miller, Arnold. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN NATAL. Cape Town: Cape and Transvaal Printers, 1981. 103 p.: ill., ports., map on front endpapers. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 175

166 Millin, Sarah Gertrude. RHODES. New, revised ed. [Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, 1952. 406 p.: frontis., maps on endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with chips to edges of spine. Originally published in 1933. R 150

167 Mitford-Barberton, Ivan & White, Violet. SOME FRONTIER FAMILIES: biographical sketches of 100 Eastern Province families before 1840. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1968. 303 p.: ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. Some spotting on preliminary pages & d.w. Name & address on front endpaper. No. 212 of an edition limited to 1000 copies.

R 450

168 Moller, P. JOURNEY IN AFRICA: through Angola, Ovampoland and Damaraland; translated from the original Swedish edition of 1899 and annotated by Ione and Jalmar Rudner. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1974. 216 p.: ill., ports., maps (1 folding). Paper covered boards, d.w. faded on spine. Cover title: JOURNEY THROUGH ANGOLA, OVAMPOLAND AND DAMARALAND, 1895-1896. R 350

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Peter August Moller (1858-1951) travelled by ox-wagon through Ovamboland and Damaraland to Walvis Bay. He also travelled in East Africa and South America; and worked at a station on the Congo River. The Rudners add informative notes.

169 Mundell, Frank. STORIES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS. London: The Sunday School Union, [1895]. 160 p., 16 p. publisher's catalogue: ill., frontis. Pict. cloth, browned on spine, corners bumped. Gift subscription on front free endpaper. R 500

Four chapters relate to South Africa.

170 Nicholls, G. Heaton. SOUTH AFRICA IN MY TIME. London: George Allen, 1961. 491 p., [11] p. of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges with small tear on back fore-edge. R 150

Nicholls was born in England and after adventurous early days, settled in Zululand and became a successful farmer before going into politics. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he played an increasingly important role in South African life, which culminated in his appointment as High Commissioner in London upon the death of Deneys Reitz. An important book for understanding South Africa between the wars.

171 Norwich, Oscar I. MAPS OF AFRICA: an illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography; bibliographical descriptions by Pam Kolbe. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1983. 444 p.: chiefly maps (some col., 1 as frontis., 2 on endpapers). 4to. Cloth, d.w. torn. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 1000

172 Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. SOUTH AFRICA'S PARLIAMENT SINCE 1994: achievements and challenges. Cape Town: Parliament of the RSA, 2006. vii, 192 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

Encapsulates the progress made by South Africa as a true democracy with highs and lows. Photographs of protests outside the precinct; the intense celebrations of 1994 and other milestones are highlighted.

173 Phillips, Mrs Lionel. SOME SOUTH AFRICAN RECOLLECTIONS. 4th impression. London: Longmans, Green, 1899. x, 183 p., 32 p. publisher's catalogue: ill., frontis. with tissue-guard. Cloth, scarred, particularly on spine. Some spotting on preliminary pages. Originally published in 1899. Bears book plate of Robert Washington Oates. R 250

Florence Phillips asserts in her preface that she has written this volume as a record for her children of the part their father played in the Reform Movement in the Transvaal. See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 164. Oates, an antiquarian bookdealer, was related to Captain Lawrence Oates, a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition.

174 Pifer, Drury. INNOCENTS IN AFRICA: an American family's story. London: Granta Books, 1994. 338 p.: ill., ports., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 150

Pifer's family moved to South Africa from the USA during the Great Depression. As his father was a mining engineer, the family lived in remote

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areas, in particular, the diamond areas of the west Coast and Kimberley. Pifer struggled to fit in to South African society as it was at the time.

175 Prestage, Edgar. THE PORTUGUESE PIONEERS. London: A. & C. Black, 1933. xiv, 352 p., 4 leaves of plates: maps (some folding). (The pioneer histories; edited by V.T. Harlow and J.A. Williamson). Cloth with gilding. Stamp & signature on front free endpaper. R 250

176 Rebel Cricket Tour [pamphlet]. STOP THIS REBEL CRICKET TOUR! Cape Town: Anti Tour Forum; Elsies River: Allies Press (printers), 1989. 1 folded A4 sheet. R 75

"We say no normal sport in an abnormal society" The Forum aimed to stop the English rebel cricket tour led by Mike Gattling.

177 Ritchie, Eric Moore. THE UNFINISHED WAR: the drama of Anglo-German conflict in Africa in relation to the future of the British Empire. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940. 349 p., [3] leaves of plates: ill., port. as frontis., maps. Cloth, d.w. browned on spine with chips to corners. Spotting on page edges. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. R 350

Writing at the start of WWII, Ritchie contends that German expansion in Europe would be followed by expansion in Africa. He deals with early German exploration and WWI in Africa (Ritchie served in both the German West and East African Campaigns). He goes on to discuss the Nazi menace to the British Empire in Africa. He published WITH BOTHA IN THE FIELD in 1915.

178 Ritchie, Eric Moore. WITH BOTHA IN THE FIELD. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. xii, 68 p.: ill., ports. as frontis. (1 with tissue guard) maps. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, with port. laid down. A crisp copy. Plate on p. 8 unusually present (depicts Rebel members of the Union Defence Force in uniform. Includes Beyers and Maritz). R 1000

179 Ritchie, Eric Moore. WITH BOTHA IN THE FIELD. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. xii, 68 p.: ill., ports. as frontis. (1 with tissue guard) maps. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, with port. laid down. Some staining & scarring. Plate on p. 8 absent as usually found. R 500

180 Roell, Guus & Viljoen, Deon. UIT VERRE STREKEN: the European contact with South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Dutch West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope, 17th-20th centuries. Cape Town & Maastricht: Roell & Viljoen, 2008. [64] p.: col. ill. Paperback with endflaps. R 300

A catalogue of items for sale to the public.

181 Schoeman, Ben. MY LEWE IN DIE POLITIEK. Johannesburg: Perskor, 1978. 424 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Bears book plate of a former cabinet minister on the front free endpaper. R 300

Schoeman was a tough as teak Nationalist politician who went from a stoker on the railways to a seat in cabinet (he served as Minister of Labour from 1948 to 1954 and as Minister of Transport from 1954-1974) and could have

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been Prime Minister. He retired in 1974 and recalls 45 years of political life. He knew those who strode the political stage from the early 1930s well, and provides valuable insight into the functioning of the National Party and how it ran the country.

182 Schoeman, Karel. BLOEMFONTEIN IN BEELD = PORTRAIT OF BLOEMFONTEIN, 1860-1910. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1987. 191 p.: chiefly ill., folding plan, ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 350

183 Schwabe, Kurd. IM DEUTSCHEN DIAMANTENLANDE: Deutsch-Sudwestafrika von der Errichtung der Deuschen herrschaft bis zur Gegewenwart, 1884-1910. Berlin: Ernst Giegfried Mittler und Sohn, [1910]. 443 p.: ill. Embossed cloth. Ownership stamps on title page. R 1500

184 Scully, William Charles. A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA: from the earliest days to Union: with 45 maps and illustrations. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. 327 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps. Pict. embossed cloth., rubbed on edges of spine.

R 150Scully used Theal, Cory and Leibbrandt to compile this overview of South African history.

185 Sisulu, Elinor. WALTER & ALBERTINA SISULU: in our lifetime; foreword by Nelson Mandela. Cape Town: David Philip, 2002. 448 p.: ill., ports. (double port as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 250

186 South African Archaeological Society. ROCK PAINTINGS IN AFRICA. Cape Town: The Society, [1950]. [56] p. of ill., [56] p. of captions. Stiff pict. paper wraps. R 200

Collected reproductions of past Society Bulletin covers, arranged according to geographical groupings.

187 South African Railways. CENTENARY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS, 1860-1960. Johannesburg: SA Railways, 1959. 52 p. of text, 56 p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports. Oblong 4to. Stiff pict. paper wraps, ringbound. Text in English and Afrikaans. R 400

Old photographs are juxtaposed with new photographs showing the changes and developments over the century.

188 Strahl, O. von. SEVEN YEARS AS A NAZI CONSUL. Cape Town: Ridout, 1942. 179 p. Cloth, faded on spine and a little shaken. R 200

Strahl served as the German Consul in Durban, but resigned from his post when it was indicated that he had to join the Nazi Party and stayed in South Africa for the duration of the war. He describes encounters with Hitler, Goering's wedding, and various experiences in Berlin. He examines the public service under the Nazi regime, and describes what he had seen happening to Jewish people in the Reich before he left Germany in 1939: "…the persecution and attempted extermination of the Jewish race perpetrated by the Nazis to an ever increasing extent, were acts completely at variance with the fundamental principles of Christianity…" p. 176. In his foreword, the Honourable H.G. Lawrence (then Minister of the Interior and Health) says:

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"...attempts by the departing Gestapo to drag him back to a Concentration Camp did not succeed, and Baron von Strahl has remained in this country where he has rendered it many valuable services in combating Fifth Column activities."

189 Strassberger, Elfriede. THE RHENISH MISSION SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1830-1950. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1969. 109 p., [18] p. of plates: ill., ports., (group port. as frontis.), map. Skivertex, d.w. spotted. Name on front free endpaper. R 250

"Dokter Effie" was born in Wupperthal on the Rhenish Mission Station where she went to school. She then attended the Huguenot University College, Hamburg University and Cambridge. She became an Anglican in 1970 and before her death in 1984, served in a pastoral capacity in Clanwilliam and Paarl.

190 Susman, David. AN AFRICAN SHOPKEEPER: memoirs of David Susman. Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2004. 262 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), map. 4to. Skivertex spine & cloth, clear d.w.

R 750David Susman was a leading South Africa retailer, particularly associated with Woolworths.

191 Swanepoel, Pat [ed.] & Jackson, John [ill.]. THE BOOK: [a legend of rugby]: Test series 1949, New Zealand vs South Africa; edited by Pat Swanepoel; with cartoons by John Jackson. [Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, 1949. 32 p.: ill. Small 4to. Stiff pict. paper wraps. Name & address on title page. Punch holes on left. R 2500

Long before WWII broke out, the rugby rivalry between New Zealand and South Africa had been cemented. Tours between the two rugby giants had begun in 1921 and to represent your country in a game against the All Blacks or the Springboks was considered the apogee of one’s Test career. During WWII this rivalry took the form of ribbing and verbal jousting, and on occasion, in the bars of Cairo, a more physical form of rivalry! There are also numerous tales told of servicemen from both nations going out of their way to assist or come to the rescue of their fellow rugby Allies on the battlefield. Throughout the Italian Campaign the 2nd New Zealand Division and 6th South African Division fought together and after the war ended it was suggested that a rugby “Test” match be arranged in Italy between representatives of the two Divisions. It was played at Rapallo on 10 November 1945, and whilst now forgotten and never included in official statistics was, in the minds of the men from both countries of that generation, considered the most important or symbolic game they had ever watched. Both sides fielded XVs filled with internationals or men who would go on to represent their countries at the highest level. The game was played in a great spirit and the referee was Capt. R.E. Prescott. Starting in the Western Desert, the rivalry referred to took the form of a suggestion, by both sides, that the other side should read “The Book” and thereby learn how to play rugby “properly”. Springbok soldiers would ask if their NZ counterparts had seen the book and digested it so that after the war they could offer better resistance to SA teams (the Springboks had become the first team to defeat the All Blacks in NZ in 1937) whilst the New Zealanders would suggest to the South Africans that their glaring lack of ability could easily be remedied by

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the simple act of reading “The Book”. Thus the legend was born. Two South Africans, Lt. Keith Oxlee and Capt. J.G. Louden, are credited with the idea, before the game in Rapallo, of actually producing “The Book”, with the intent of handing it out to those present and the losing side being given a copy so that they could go away and study same! The idea was to make it like the Ashes, the twist being, that unlike the Ashes, the losing team would be given the “trophy”. In the event a small booklet was handed out at the game. They are extant, but the most sought after of rugby programmes and in great demand by collectors across the world. In 1949 Pat Swanepoel and others got together and recreated “The Book”, embellishing and expanding it and published it to celebrate the arrival of the 1949 All Blacks in South Africa on the first post-war Tour. Thus the publication now offered is not the original but has, in itself, become extremely scarce. It is a wonderful tribute to a sporting rivalry going back over 90 years and still growing stronger. Only those who possess a copy of “The Book” will know the score of that famous meeting in 1945 in Sports Stadium Rapallo!

192 Tracey, Hugh. ZULU PARADOX; illustrated by Ernest Ullmann. Johannesburg: Silver Leaf Books, 1948. 110 p.: ill., map on endpapers. Pict. cloth, d.w. frayed and with chips along edges.

R 150Tracey tries to draw the strands of "Zuludom" together.

193 Tyrrell, Barbara. SUSPICION IS MY NAME. Cape Town: T.V. Bulpin, 1971. 191 p.: ill. (some col.). Pict. paper covered boards. R 750

Barbara Tyrrell celebrated her 100th birthday this month! Sketching is still an important part of her life. Zulu tribal attire depicts who or what the wearer is and what stage of the life cycle they are at; dress also indicates what occasions are being observed or celebrated.Through her drawings which records these clothes and adornments, she has preserved an aspect of life fast being submerged by Nike, Adidas, Pep Stores and Truworths!

194 Van der Ross, R.E. THE RISE AND DECLINE OF APARTHEID: a study of political movements among the coloured people of South Africa, 1880-1985. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1986. 416 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Page edges slightly browned.

R 400Professor van der Ross provides an academic and philosophical view on the topic.

195 Verwoerd, Jan Hendrik. VERWOERD SPEAKS: speeches, 1948-1966; edited by A.N. Pelzer. Johannesburg: APB Publishers, 1966. lviii, 735 p.: port. as frontis. Cloth, d.w. frayed along top edge. R 600

The only English translation of Verwoerd's speeches.

196 Voss, Vivian. THE STORY OF No. 1 SQUADRON, S.A.A.F.: sometime known as the Billy Boys. Cape Town: Mercantile Atlas, 1952. 519, xiii p.: ill. (chiefly ports.). Cloth. Some spotting on page edges. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 2500

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham referred to No. 1 Squadron as "the finest Fighter Squadron in the Middle East" Preface. "To have been in at the beginning and to have seen the successful conclusion of every successive

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campaign in East Africa, Abyssinia, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, which led up finally to the complete overthrow of the enemy forces, is an enviable record for any unit." Brigadier W.H. Hingeston, foreword.

197 Zaloumis, Alex & Difford, Ian. ZULU TRIBAL ART; text Alex Zaloumis; photography, Ian Difford; [designed by William J. Wales]. Subscribers' ed. Cape Town: Amazulu, 2000. 301 p.: chiefly col. ill., ports., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 1500"A selection of 162 rare Zulu artifacts from private collections worldwide" Front endflap.

Recent publications relating to South Africa

198 Dommisse, Ebbe. SIR DAVID PIETER DE VILLIERS GRAAFF: first baronet of De Grendel. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2011. 366 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

Graaff was an influential politician at the time of South Africa's unification and a highly successful businessman. An entrepreneur, he pioneered cold storage in South Africa, thereby amassing a fortune. He was later the recipient of a rare hereditary baronetcy, linked to his farm De Grendel.

199 Getaway. BEST OF GETAWAY GALLERY; edited by Cameron Ewart-Smith. Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2011. 144 p.: chiefly col. ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 275

A showcase of Getaway Gallery winners from the last seven years. Each month readers submit aproximately 500 photographs from which a handful are selected for the Gallery feature.

200 Holland, Heidi. 100 YEARS OF STRUGGLE: Mandela's ANC. Revised ed. Johannesburg: Penguin Books, 2012. 227 p. Paperback. Originally published in 1989 under the title THE STRUGGLE: a history of the African National Congress. R 220

201 Keable, Ken [comp. & ed.]. LONDON RECRUITS: the secret war against apartheid; introduction by Ronnie Kasrils; foreword by Z. Pallo Jordan. Pontypool: Merlin Press, 2012. xiv, 348 p., [6] p. of plates: ports. Paperback. R 210

"ANC members found it very difficult to escape police surveillance after the Rivonia Trial of Nelson Mandela and other leaders in 1963-64. But white people from outside South Africa- being unknown and unsuspected- could move about freely to do things for the ANC. [This book] tells of the secret work they did…" Rear cover.

202 Liebenberg, John & Hayes, Patricia. BUSH OF GHOSTS: life and war in Namibia, 1986-1990; [photographs by John Liebenberg; text by Patricia Hayes]. Cape Town: Umuzi, 2010. 304 p.: ill., ports. 4to. Paperback. R 270

The photographs were taken clandestinely during the Border War. They are augmented by an essay and transcripts of conversations between Hayes and

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Liebenberg as they worked through his archive, and by Liebenberg's own extendsive comments about many of the images.

203 Monk, Billy & Goldblatt, David [et al.]. BILLY MONK; texts by David Goldblatt, Jac de Villiers and Lin Sampson. Heaton Moor: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2011. 92 p.: chiefly ports. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. R 500

Billy Monk was a bouncer who photographed the patrons of the Catacombs nightclub, Cape Town in the 1960s. He was shot to death when he intervened in an altercation in the nightclub shortly before his photographs were to be exhibited for the first time.

204 Murray, Kevin. SCATALOG: quick ID guide to Southern African animal droppings. Cape Town: Struik Nature, 2011. 40 p.: col. ill. Paperback. R 40

205 Plaatjies, Daniel [ed.]. FUTURE INHERITANCE: building state capacity in democratic South Africa; foreword by Dawn Primarolo; preface by Desmond Tutu. xxxiii, 321 p. Paperback. R 225

"A number of influential political and business leaders, academics and activists reflect on the following questions: What is the State supposed to achieve? How will it get there? And where is it now?" These thought leaders include Graeme Bloch, Steven Friedman, Helen Zille, Essop Pahad, Frank Chikane and Anthony Butler.

206 Riffel, Reuben. REUBEN COOKS LOCAL; recipes by Reuben Riffel; photographs by Craig Fraser. 2nd impression. Cape Town: Quivertree, 2011. 251 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 400

Reuben Riffel combines seasonal ingredients and the flavours of South Africa that reflect his upbringing.

207 Segal, Lauren & Cort, Sharon. ONE LAW, ONE NATION: the making of the South African Constitution; [foreword by Cyril Ramaphosa]. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2011. 255 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Paperback with endflaps. R 250

NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO

208 Cocks, Chris. FIREFORCE: one man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Alberton: Galago, 1988. 255 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. Page edges browned. R 700

The first edition of this classic, candid and brutal account of the war.

209 Colvile, Sir Henry. THE LAND OF THE NILE SPRINGS: being chiefly an account of how we fought Kabarega; illustrated by Mr J. Burrell-Smith and Mr. Twidle from sketches by the author and Major Thruston and from photographs by the author. London: Edward Arnold, 1895. xv, 312 p., [19] leaves of plates( 2 folding): ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), 2 col. folding maps. Pict. cloth with gilding, small spilt on front hinge. Book plate laid down on verso of front free endpaper. Stamp on title page. R 1250

210 Flower, Ken. SERVING SECRETLY: an intelligence chief on record: Rhodesia into Zimbabwe, 1964 to 1981. London: John Murray, 1987.

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xxii, 330 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps. Paperback, rubbed. along edges. R 600

Published posthumously. Flower formed the Central Intelligence Organisation in Rhodesia in 1963. His careful recollections provide a fascinating view of how Rhodesia survived as long as it did. He gives details of meetings with South African officials; reports on the intimate knowledge of the guerilla forces opposed to them; and the negotiations to turn Rhodesia into Zimbabwe. Flower served under Edgar Whitehead, Winston Field, Ian Smith, Abel Muzorewa and Robert Mugabe.

211 Foskett, R. [ed.]. THE ZAMBESI DOCTORS: David Livingstone's letters to John Kirk, 1858-1872; edited with an introduction by R. Foskett. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1964. 187 p., [9] leaves of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 200

The 64 letters tell of the difficulties encountered during the exploration of the Zambesi in search of the Great Lakes. Livingstone was influential in having Kirk appointed Agency Surgeon at Zanzibar.

212 Godwin, Peter. MUKIWA: a white boy in Africa; foreword by Shaun Johnson. London: Picador, 1996. 418 p.: map. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

Scarce in hardcover. Born in eastern Rhodesia "Godwin tells his story of childhood in the colony, war in the rebel state, and rejection in the independent country…" Foreword.

213 Harris, Sir William Cornwallis. THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: [being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn]. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1987. xvi, 359 p., 26 col. plates: ill., port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. Reprint of the 5th edition of 1852. R 400

Harris (1807-1848) joined the British East India Company in 1823 as a second-lieutenant. He arrived in Cape Town in June 1836 (now a Captain) to recover from fever. He arranged a hunting trip which lasted from 1836 to 1837 and saw him travel across what is now northern South Africa. Harris returned to India for three years before leading a diplomatic mission to Ethiopia (which led to two publications). He was knighted in 1844, and died of fever near Poona four years later.

214 Monteiro, Rose. DELAGOA BAY: its natives and natural history. London: George Philip & Son, 1891. 274 p., [6] leaves of plates: ill., frontis. Pict. cloth. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 1250

215 Niesewand, Peter. IN CAMERA: secret justice in Rhodesia. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. 209 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

Ian Smith's government attempted to silence Niesewand, a journalist. He was arrested, detained and his trial heard in secret in Rhodesia in 1972.

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216 Reid-Daly, Ron. STAYING ALIVE: a Southern African survival handbook. Gibraltar: Ashanti, 1990. ix, 259 p.: ill., maps. Pict. paper covered boards. R 300

Reid-Daly, the founding commander of the Selous Scouts, is well qualified to write about survival skills in the African bush.

217 Robeson, Eslanda Goode. AFRICAN JOURNEY. New York: The John Day Company, 1945. 154 p., [58] p.of plates: ill., ports., map. Cloth, d.w. frayed with chips to edges. Spotting to plates. Previously the property of Stuart Cloete, and signed by him in red ink. R 150

Eslanda was the wife of the singer Paul Robeson and toured Africa in 1936 as part of the field work for her doctorate in anthropology.

218 Schon, James Frederick & Crowther, Samuel. JOURNALS OF THE REV. JAMES FREDERICK SCHON AND MR SAMUEL CROWTHER: who, with the sanction of Her Majesty's Government, accompanied the expedition up the Niger in 1841 in [sic] behalf of the Church Missionary Society. London: Hatchard and Son, 1842. xxii, 393 p.: map as frontis. Cloth. Book plate laid down on front endpaper.

R 2000

219 Silberbauer, George B. REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BECHUANALAND ON THE BUSHMAN SURVEY. Gaberones: Bechuanaland Government, 1965. 138 p.: ill., col. frontis., ports., folding map in pocket laid down on rear inside cover. Small 4to. Stiff pict. paper wraps, worn on spine. Name on title page.

R 500Silberbauer was the survey officer appointed by the Bechuanaland government to make an investigation into the state of the Bushman population with regard to the disposition of the various tribes; their numbers and population growth and decrease; the effects on them of their contact with European and Bantu people; their social structure and organisation and also their culture and language.

220 Temple-Perkins, E.A. KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANT; with a preface by Col. Sir James Sleeman. London: Andrew Melrose, 1955. 271 p.: ill., frontis., ports. Cloth, d.w. Prize presentation label laid down on front free endpaper. R 300

The author hunted in East Africa and seems to have turned in later years to photographic safaris.

221 Thomson, J.B. JOSEPH THOMSON: African explorer: a biography by his brother; with contributions by friends. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1896. x, 358 p., [6] folding leaves of plates: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), col. folding maps. Cloth, rubbed on spine. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street" on front cover. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 750

222 Tilman, H.W. SNOW ON THE EQUATOR. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1937. xi, 265 p., [20] leaves of plates: ill., maps. Cloth, rubbed on spine. Name & date on front free endpaper. R 2000

H.W. "Bill" Tilman (1898-1977) was born in Cheshire and after school went straight into the Royal Field Artillery, serving extensively in WWI and being

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awarded the MC and Bar. After the War, he applied for and received land in present-day Kenya, where he became a coffee farmer. As his land consisted of heavy forest, clearing it took most of his energy. Nevertheless, in his spare time he began climbing the high mountains of Central Africa, including Kilamanjaro, Ruwenzori and Mount Kenya. When he decided to leave Africa, he travelled westward alone via Stanleyville, Bangassu, Yaunde and finally to Duala in the Cameroons. He found his trip westward boring, the country neither rough nor diverse enough in its population. His descriptions make light of the mountaineering feats achieved (mostly with Eric Shipton), the ridges crossed with sheer falls on either side, rocks so cold they could not be touched and rock hard ice that had to be navigated- his account is impressive and enthralling. He went on to become the most celebrated adventurer of his era and even the titles of his later books give the measure of the man. In 1937 he also published THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI; and then EVEREST (1938); WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET (1946); TWO MOUNTAINS AND A RIVER (1949) amongst others. In 1939 he again joined the British Army and saw action at Dunkirk and in North Africa. Parachuted behind the lines on several occasions to fight alongside Italian and Albanian partisans, he was awarded the DSO. Post war Tilman spent substantial time on expeditions in the most remote corners of the world: after a longitudinal crossing of the Southern Patagonian ice field, he lost his life, aged nearly eighty, somewhere in the South Atlantic south of Rio de Janerio when the tug he was on sank with all hands. He had been en route to climb on Smith Island, the most remote island in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula. On leaving Duala he wrote of his time in Africa: " For fourteen years- a fifth of our allotted span- Africa had been my task-mistress, and now I was leaving her. If she had not given me the fortune I expected, she had given me something better- memories, mountains, friends. We dropped down the river whose muddy waters were soon to be lost in the clean blue immensity of the sea, while the Cameroon mountain, showing faintly astern, waved to me Africa's last farewell. (p. 265). Classic Africana!

Recent publication relating to the North

223 Moorcraft, Paul. MUGABE'S WAR MACHINE. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2012. 208 p., [16] p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 195

LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

224 Campbell, Roy & Krige, Uys [ed.]. POEMS OF ROY CAMPBELL; chosen and introduced by Uys Krige. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1960. 142 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. browned. Spotting to pages. R 100

225 Du Plessis, I.D. BALLADE VAN BROER BLINDEMAN. Cape Town: Buren, 1973. 38 p. Paper covered boards. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges.

R 50

226 Du Plessis, I.D. DIE VLAMMENDE FEZ: verse deur I.D. du Plessis; illustrasies deur Le Roux Smith Le Roux. Cape Town: Unie-Volkspers, 1943.

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63 p.: ill. Cloth. Some pencil annotations. Gift inscription on half title page. Accompanied by a typescript critique of the work. R 200

227 Du Plessis, I.D. KAAPSE MOPPIES. Johannesburg: Perskor, 1977. 83 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Spotting on front endpaper. Name on front free endpaper. R 75

228 Du Plessis, I.D. VERSAMELDE VERSE. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1957. 135 p. Cloth. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. R 100

229 Eybers, Elisabeth. BALANS: gedigte. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1962. 71 p. Cloth, d.w. with chip to top corner. Ownership details on front free endpaper.

R 100

230 Eybers, Elisabeth. DIE STIL AVONTUUR. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1939. 44 p. Paper covered boards. Ownership details on front endpaper. R 100

231 Eybers, Elisabeth. NEERSLAG. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1958. 79 p. Cloth, d.w. with small tear on lower edge. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. R 100

232 Eybers, Elisabeth. UIT EN TUIS: Afrikaanse verse uit Amsterdam; saamgestel deur Ena Jansen en Hans Ester. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1995. 112 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.

R 100

233 Harries, C.L. THE SACRED BABOONS OF LOMONDO. Johannesburg: Hortors, 1929. 219 p. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, rubbed on lower edge. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. R 1500

Harries was the Native Commissioner for ten years in Vendaland and thus came to know the Bavenda well. The tales are recorded in a simple manner, as might have been told to a grandchild by a grandparent. Chapters include The Legend of Lake Funduzi; The Poachers; Venda faith healing; and Two threats.

234 Henty, G.A. WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN: a story of Atbara and Omdurman; illustrated by William Rainey and with two maps. London: Blackie & Son, [1930]. 385 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., maps. Pict. cloth, some scarring & faded on fore-edge. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. R 175

An historical novel of the story of the British military expedition under Lord Kitchener and the subsequent destruction of the Mahdi's followers.

235 Krog, Antjie. JANUARIE-SUITE. 2nd impression. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1973. 60 p. Paper covered boards, faded along top edge. Name on front free endpaper. Originally published in 1972. R 150

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236 Opperman, D.J. KOMAS UIT 'N BAMBOESSTOK: synde die mirakelagtige terugkeer na lewerversaking van ene Marco Polo, bevattende reisbeskrywings en aantekeninge oor die natuurlike geografie rakende die ooreenkoms van die aardtkloot met die sfere. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1979. 137 p. : frontis. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Spotting on page edges. Book plate on front free endpaper. Accompanied by a study guide to the work, by A.P. Grove. R 150

237 Plaatje, Sol T. MHUDI: an epic of South African native life a hundred years ago. Lovedale: Lovedale Press, [1930]. 225 p. Cloth, worn along spine. Spotting and name on endpapers. R 3500

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932) was born in Boshof in the Free State and grew up on a Lutheran Mission Station. He was largely self-educated, could speak eight languages, and was widely travelled. He became a political journalist and was a founder member of the African Native National Congress, becoming the organization’s first Secretary-General in 1912. MHUDI was the first novel written in English by a black African. The story concerns Mzilikazi's routing of the Baralong, during the ferment of the 1830s. Mhudi and her husband Ra-Thaga are present when the Baralong form an alliance with the Boer frontiersmen of the Great Trek, resulting in the Battle of Vegkop, under the tail of Hailey's Comet. Among his other works were NATIVE LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA (a plea against the Land Act of 1913, which he believed would cause great damage to race relations) and SeTswana translations of Shakespearean works. He was strongly opposed to tribalism and exemplified the spirit of national unity among African intellectuals.The Kimberley municipal district has been named the Sol Plaatje Municipality in his honour.

238 Rame, David. WINE OF GOOD HOPE. 2nd impression. New York: Macmillan, 1939. 511 p. Cloth, d.w. price clipped. R 100

The striking dustwrapper bears a classic Cape scene.

239 Renault, Mary. THE BULL FROM THE SEA. London: Longmans, Green, 1962. 279 p.: maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 100

Renault (born Eileen Challans, 1905-1983), wrote extensively on ancient Greece. Her novels were widely acclaimed and some were adapted as plays for stage and radio. She emigrated to South Africa in 1948, where she lived with her lifelong companion, Julie Mulland.

240 Small, Adam. KANNA HY KO HYS TOE: 'n drama. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1965. 70 p. Paper covered boards. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges.

R 75

Recent fiction

241 Dobson, John. THE YEAR OF THE GHERKIN: a novel. Johannesburg: Penguin Books, 2012. 266 p. Paperback. R 150

SPUD for twenty-somethings.

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242 Hobbs, Jenny. THE MIRACLE OF CROCODILE FLATS: an affectionate satire. Cape Town: Umuzi, 2012. 301 p. Paperback. R 180

FLORA & FAUNA

243 Burrows, J.E. SOUTHERN AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES. [Standard ed.]. Sandton: Frandsen Publishers, 1990. xiii, 359 p., 56 p. of plates: ill. (some col.), range maps, col. map. 4to. Cloth, d.w. An unread copy. R 4000

244 Buys, P.J. & Buys, P.J.C. SLANGE VAN SUIDWES-AFRIKA. Windhoek: Gamsberg, 1983. 64 p.: col. ill. Paperback, lightly rubbed. R 200

245 Carr, J.D. THE SOUTH AFRICAN ACACIAS. Johannesburg: Conservation Press, 1976. 323 p.: ill. (some col.). 4to. Skivotex, d.w. Name on front endpaper. R 750

246 Lydekker, R. & Dollman, J.G. THE GAME ANIMALS OF AFRICA; by R. Lydekker. 2nd ed. revised by J.G. Dollman, 1926. xiv, 483 p.: ill. Quarter leather & cloth. Zebra pattern endpapers. Originally published in 1908. R 1500

247 Matthews, Harold. THE MAN THEY CALLED VUKANI: the life and times of Harold Trollope. Port Elizabeth: Bluecliff, 2005. 151 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 100

Trollope worked in the Kruger Park and was involved in the establishment of Addo Elephant Park near Port Elizabeth and the Mountain Zebra Park near Cradock. He served with the South African forces in East Africa in WWI.

248 Pennington, Ken. PENNINGTON'S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; edited by C.G.C. Dickson; with the collaboration of D.M. Kroon. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1978. 670 p.: col. ill. (1 folding), port. as frontis., folding map. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. spotted; spotting to page edges. Book plate laid down on front endpaper.

R 1000

249 Pienaar, U. de V. [et al.]. NEEM UIT DIE VERLEDE. Pretoria: National Parks Board, 1990. 640 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name & date on endpapers. R 500

Pienaar was head of the Kruger National Park from 1978-1987. Pienaar and his fellow contributors trace the development of the Park and examine the environment and early inhabitants of the area, including the Voortrekkers.

250 Rattray, Gillian. TO EVERYTHING ITS SEASON: MalaMala: the story of a game reserve. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1986. 207 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., col. map on endpapers. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 500

MalaMala is a private game reserve on the border of the Kruger Park.

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251 Turnbull-Kemp, Peter. THE LEOPARD. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1967. xv, 268 p., [12] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 1800Turnbull-Kemp, a game ranger, made a particular study of the leopard during his years in the field in Nigeria, the Sudan and South Africa. This book examines the leopard from all angles: from the superstitions, witchcraft and mythology associated with this predator; to how and where it lives, mates, rears its young and hunts. Reading copy available @ R750.

252 White, Alain & Sloane, Boyd L. THE STAPELIEAE; [illustrations by Cythna Letty, Carl Luckhoff, et al.]. 2nd ed. Pasedena: White & Sloane Stapelieae Collection, 1937. 3 vols. (xvi, 1184, 23 p.): ill. (some col.)., folding map in vol. 1, col. map in vol. 2. Small 4to. Cloth, slightly rubbed, but binding tight. R 2500

Still in original postage boxes, postmarked Pasadena, California and addressed to Darter's Book Shop, "Top of Adderley Street, Cape Town".

Recent publications on Fauna

253 Schmidt, Dirk. WHITE SHARKS: magnificent, mysterious & misunderstood: [including attack profiles & approach behaviour]. Cape Town: Sunbird, 2011. 199 p.: col. ill. Oblong 8vo. Pict. paper covered boards. R 275

254 Wildblood, Chris. THE REALM OF THE DESERT ELEPHANT: Kaokoland and Damaraland; photography and text by Chris Wildblood. Cape Town: Sunbird, 2012. xiii, 124 p.: col. ill., col. maps. Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 300

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1899-1902)

255 Ashe, E. Oliver. BESIEGED BY THE BOERS: a diary of life and events in Kimberley during the Siege. London: Hutchinson, 1900. xii, 210 p., [24] leaves of plates: ill., frontis. Cloth, faded on spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 750

256 Begbie, Harold. THE STORY OF BADEN-POWELL: "The wolf that never sleeps". London: Grant Richards, 1900. 213 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Pict. cloth, browned on spine. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street" on front cover. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 450

Begbie (1871-1929) was a strong believer in the British Empire and its power for good. Baden-Powell is depicted here as the ultimate Empire builder who chose to sleep on the ground rather than in a bed; who marched all day; faced down fever and never walked anywhere "without finding opportunity for some subtle inductive reasoning" p. 100. In British eyes, Baden-Powell was one of their Boer War heroes and this work was fully intended to convey that.

257 Burke, Peter. THE SIEGE OF O'OKIEP: guerrilla campaign in the Anglo-Boer War. Bloemfontein: War Museum of the Boer Republics, 1995.

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211 p.: ill., ports., map as frontis. 4to. Skivotex, d.w. R 650An in-depth study of the strategy of the last defence and relief of the South African War.

258 Butler, William F. THE LIFE OF SIR GEORGE POMEROY-COLLEY, 1835-1881: including services in Kaffraria, in China, in Ashanti, in India and in Natal. London: John Murray, 1899. vii, 431 p., [11] leaves of plates: ill., ports.(1 as frontis., with tissue-guard), maps (1 col., some folding). Cloth, slightly, faded on spine. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street" on front cover. Book plate laid down on front endpaper.

R 300Pomeroy-Colley (1835-1881) was killed at Majuba. The volume contains some interesting notes on the political state of Natal, the Transvaal, and other parts of South Africa at this period, together with an account of the Boer War of 1880-1881, the peace negotiations, &c., &c." Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 367. Pomeroy-Colley is seen in South Africa as the man who made a bad mistake at Majuba. Butler examines his miltary life after Sandhurst and his wide theoretical knowledege of military matters and administrative prowess. See Prior, Melton. DEATH OF GENERAL COLLEY AT MAJUBA HILL.

259 Defender [pseud.]. SIR CHARLES WARREN AND SPION KOP: a vindication by "Defender": with a biographical sketch, portrait and map. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. xix, 244 p.: port. as frontis., folding map. Cloth, faded on spine, lower corner bumped. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street" on front cover. Book plate laid down on front endpaper. R 2000

"The volume gives a detailed account of Sir Charles Warren's connection with the Natal campaign, and the circumstances attending the occupation and evacuation of Spion Kop. The writer asserts that Sir Redvers Buller was responsible for the appointment of Lt-Colonel Thorneycroft as officer in command of the hill. Sir Charles 'it is stated with good authority' was forbidden to lead the attack, but was nevertheless censured by Lord Roberts… he was given no long-range guns to reply to those of the Boers, and Thorneycroft gives this prominently as a reason for retiring, which he did without consulting his superiors in rank, and against the advice of those around him." See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 586. Includes extracts from despatches which represent the affair from different points of view: Roberts, Buller, Warren, Thorneycroft and Major-General Talbot Coke.

260 Devereux, Roy. SIDE LIGHTS ON SOUTH AFRICA. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1899. 273 p.: col. folding map. Cloth, faded on spine. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street" on front cover. Book plate laid down on front endpaper.

R 200

261 James, Lionel. ON THE HEELS OF DE WET; by the Intelligence Officer. 4th impression. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. vi, 346 p., 32 p. publisher's catalogue. Pict. cloth. Bears label of "Mudie's Select Library, Oxford Street". R 400

"An account of the experiences of an officer who participated in the long chase after De Wet, which took place after his invasion of the Cape Colony…

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the smartness of the Boer general is everywhere admitted." Mendelssohn, vol.1, p. 764.

262 Laband, John. THE TRANSVAAL REBELLION: the first Boer War, 1880-1881. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2005. xii, 264 p, [8] p. of plates: ill., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 350

263 Nasson, Bill. THE WAR FOR SOUTH AFRICA: [the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902]. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2010. 352 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. R 240

"It is an evocative account of a war that made modern South Africa possible but also left it with a lacerating scar." Hermann Giliomee, rear cover.

264 Pretorius, Fransjohan [ed.]. SCORCHED EARTH. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2001. 292 p.: ill., ports., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 1500

The scorched earth policy introduced by Roberts and pursued by Kitchener in order to bring about the surrender of the Boers, led to the establishment of concentration camps and thereby the deaths of many civilians.

265 Prior, Melton. DEATH OF GENERAL COLLEY AT MAJUBA HILL. 25,5 x 34,5 cm (sketch) 42 x 51 cm (including frame and mounting board). Pencil sketch signed and annotated by Melton Prior, dated March 1881; white mounting board and gilded wooden frame. Annotations on sketch: "General about 5'10", broad shoulders"and "troops running away, officers trying to stop them" at top of sketch; "1 minute before General Colley was shot" and "General Colley at the battle of Majuba, Feb. 27. 1881" at the bottom. R 12000

Prior (1845-1910) became one of England's best known illustrators, working for the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. He had the ability to draw quickly and accurately and it became apparent to his employers that he did not shirk from joining troops on the frontline and often sketched whilst under fire. He covered the Ashanti, Russo-Turkish, Zulu and First Boer Wars. He also joined the expedition down the Nile under Kitchener. He returned to Southern Africa and covered the Jameson Raid, the Matabele Uprising and the South African War, 1899-1902, where he was besieged in Ladysmith. He went on the Somaliland Expedition of 1903 and finally covered the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Although he was not on Majuba Hill, Prior had been close to the battle and relied on John Cameron of THE STANDARD to explain the battle to him and to describe how Colley had been shot. When the subsequent Peace was signed at the foot of Majuba in O'Neill's cottage, he was one of the first journalists to convey the news to his editor in London. Annotated in Prior's usual manner, the sketch captures the chaos of battle, and re-inforces the cherished image of a British officer: although some troops can be seen fleeing, Colley stands firm and erect, with his hand up in an attempt to halt them. To his right, a wounded Highlander runs to his side, rifle at the ready; and a fallen Highlander officer raises his sword in defiance. Others tumble over, shot. A significant moment is recorded for posterity by one of the Emipre's foremost illustrators. The sketch does not appear in Jane Carruthers' MELTON PRIOR: war artist in Southern Africa, 1895 to 1900. (Brenthurst 1987).

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266 Statham, F. Reginald. PAUL KRUGER AND HIS TIMES. London: T. Fisher & Unwin, 1898. 312 p.: port. as frontis., col. folding map. Pict. cloth with gilding. Book plate laid down on verso of front free endpaper. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges.

R 350Statham, writing in early 1898, expresses the hope that Kruger "…by his tact, his firmness, his watchfulness… may be able to hold at arm's length the destruction that threatens…" p. 310.

267 Schoeman, Chris. BROTHERS IN ARMS: Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2011. xiii, 248 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports.). Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 240

268 Schroder-Nielsen, Ingvar. AMONG THE BOERS IN PEACE AND WAR; edited by Ione Rudner & Bill Nasson; translated from the Norwegian by Ione & Jalmar Rudner. Cape Town: Africana Publishers & Booksellers, 2012. 224 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback. R 180

Schroder-Nielsen was a young Norwegian land-surveyor who lived among the Boers. Having been befriended by them, he was appalled by the destruction of their farms and the incarceration of civilians by British forces. His empathy for their plight led to his joining the Boer forces and he describes their military tactics, improvisations and onerous circumstances. He provides graphic detail of battles such as Vlakfontein and Moedwil. He was captured by the British and ended the war in a prisoner-of-war camp on Bermuda and returned to Norway in July 1902.

NELSON MANDELA

269 The Argus. ANC UNBANNED: "the season of violence is over. The time for reconstruction and reconciliation has arrived…" 2 February 1990. Time Magazine. MANDELA: free at last?: after 27 years, a changing South Africa prepares to release its most famous political prisoner; February 5, 1990. The Weekly Mail. TAKE THE GAP, ANC… come home and grab the initiative; 9 February 1990. Weekend Argus. MANDELA OUT; 10 February 1990. Cape Times. FREE AT LAST; 12 February 1990. Newsweek. A TIME FOR RECONCILIATION: South Africa moving towards Black-White talks; February 12, 1990. The Weekly Mail. MANDELA WALKS FREE. Special edition; 12 February 1990. Newsweek. FREE!: breakthrough in South Africa: February 19; 1990.

R 1250All these items come from a watershed moment in South African history, when the country changed direction. The TIME cover did not even have a photograph of Mandela, but a drawing of what it presumed he would look like. An important archival group of items. Note: newspapers consist of front page only.

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270 Moss, Andy. NELSON MANDELA [ceramic sculpture]; modelled by Andy Moss; produced by Peggy Davies Ceramics. Staffordshire: Kevin Francis Ceramics, 1995. Height: 23 cm. No. 138 of an edition limited to 250. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. R 2500

This painted ceramic "jug" sculpture shows a seated Mandela, dressed in a black suit and wearing a red tie; with a cowhide shield on his right and on his left small houses and skyscrapers. He holds a scroll of paper bearing the words "Nobel Prize". The handle of the sculpture attached to Mandela's back shows a black, brown and white arm joining together to uplift a South African flag. "Nelson Mandela Man of the Year Jug 1995… hand made and hand painted..." is printed underneath the piece.

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