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Human & Rousseau. A tribute to the 1820 Settlers and the important role they came to play in their new country. Recounting the sometimes dramatic history of this large group of settlers. Text enhanced by nearly 350 illustrations. Captions by Eily Gledhill. Pictures by Rex & Barbara Reynolds. Previous owner's details on half title page. Contents clean with sound binding.366 Pages. This is a heavy book and will incur additional shipping charges. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair. Dust jacket: Fair. Worn. Creasing, abrasions and closed tears to the the edges. Binding:Hardcover. Edge-wear to extremities especially to the footer. Some insect nibbling.

Human & Rousseau. A tribute to the 1820 Settlers and the important role they came to play in their new country. Recounting the sometimes dramatic history of this large group of settlers. Text enhanced by nearly 350 illustrations. Captions by Eily Gledhill. Pictures by Rex & Barbara Reynolds. Contents clean. 366 Pages. This is a heavy book and will incur additional shipping charges. Some minor insect damage to the edge of the boards and wear to the dust jacket. Previous owner's name to the half title.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1905. Bound in decorative cloth with gilt titles to the spines and front boards. Spines faded with chips to heads and feet. Splitting to the gutters at the endpapers but binding of both volumes firm. All maps present. Two maps to rear pocket of volume 1 and three to the rear pocket of volume 2. Previous owner's signature to the paste down of both volumes. Plate facing page 8 of volume 2 is in facsimile. Some light foxing to the prelims.

Marjorie Bull. Abraham de Smidt was a topographical draughtsman and many of his South African landscapes reflect his journeys around the country as a surveyor. He was renowned for his landscape painting (he was a pupil of Thomas Bowler) and active in the fine arts exhibitions in the mid-1800s. Included is a catalogue of paintings of which 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white. 164 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Good. Good. Some light foxing to the verso Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Marjorie Bull. Abraham de Smidt was a topographical draughtsman and many of his South African landscapes reflect his journeys around the country as a surveyor. He was renowned for his landscape painting (he was a pupil of Thomas Bowler) and active in the fine arts exhibitions in the mid-1800s. Included is a catalogue of paintings of which 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white. Toning and foxing to the front prelims. Some cocking to the lower page edges. Some scattered foxing. 164 Pages. Binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear. Foxing on the verso. Mild cocking on the front cover. Binding: Hardcover. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Indentation on the front board caused by damp. Tide-mark on the fixed end paper.

Marjorie Bull. Abraham de Smidt was a topographical draughtsman and many of his South African landscapes reflect his journeys around the country as a surveyor. He was renowned for his landscape painting (he was a pupil of Thomas Bowler) and active in the fine arts exhibitions in the mid-1800s. Included is a catalogue of paintings of which 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white. 164 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Some light sunning to spine. Crinkling to the laminate. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Marjorie Bull. Abraham de Smidt was a topographical draughtsman and many of his South African landscapes reflect his journeys around the country as a surveyor. He was renowned for his landscape painting (he was a pupil of Thomas Bowler) and active in the fine arts exhibitions in the mid-1800s. Included is a catalogue of paintings of which 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white. Some foxing to front and rear prelims. 164 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edtion. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Good-. Some light edge-wear. Foxing to verso. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear.

Daldy, Isbister & Co.. Faded red outline image of Africa with a crown at the top and the signature of the author at the bottom on the front covers. Gilt lettering to spines. Vol 1: Splitting to front end papers. Two embossed stamps of W H Smith & Son Library on front end paper. Lacks folding map. Vol 2: Repaired splitting to spine and chipping to head and foot. Contents in both volumes remarkably clear with light foxing only to the prelims. Cloth boards are scuffed. 389 pages (Vol 1) and 366 pages (Vol 2). 4th Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Spines are in poor condition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards. Edge-wear to extremities.

Daldy, Isbister & Co.. Bookplate of George Ernest Morrison to paste-down of both volumes. Also signed by previous owner and historian, Eric Axelson. Chipping to the head and foot of the spines of both volumes and general edge-wear to the bindings. Folding map to the rear pocket of Volume 1. Numerous illustrations, folding maps and charts. Foxing to the prelims. Some minor tide marks to the top edge of a few pages in Volume 1. Contents clean. Vol I - xiv; 389pp; 4pp ads. Vol II - x; 366pp; 8pp ads.

South African Associationfor the Advancement of Science, 1905. Articles on Ostrich farming, William Burchell, Languare and 'racial affinities of Hottentots" &c.

South African Associationfor the Advancement of Science, 1905. Chapters on the Magnetic Survey of SA, Gold mining and Indigenous forests &c.

J C Cape Town. Small album with fold-out photographs. Reinforcement repairs to folds and one tear. Some abrasions to photographs.

Georges Bridel Editeur, 1888. On the 9th of July 1875, two young missionaries, Creux and Berthoud, founded the Swiss mission station of Valdezia in the Northern Transvaal, with their field of action being a hard living and constantly tested society. The Swiss mission was famous for its high quality hospitals and schools. The Principal task was Evangelisation, however they strongly believed in the power of education as a tool to improve living conditions, with schools offering agricultural and industrial syllabi. Strong efforts to foster good race relations were made by the church, as well as a focus on cordial ties with other christian sects.This book, written in French, includes 32 plates and 1 map.

circa 1900. Print laid on album card. Very good condition. Image size: 21.5 x 15.5cm

Henry Colburn, 1846. An account of a journey made through the two regencies by Viscount Fielding and Captain Kennedy. In half leather over green cloth. With 2 engraved frontispieces. Some rubbing to the leather and boards of both vols. Two small cataloguing labels to foot of each spine. Funchal English Rooms bookplate to front paste downs and rubber stamp to title pages. Frontis of vol. 2 present, but loosed. Leaves with scattered foxing and browning. VG copies overall.

Error Marx Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 1982. Text: Afrikaans. Illustrated by Walter Battiss. Gift inscripton on fep. A collection of quotes from around the world and which the author found insightful, controversial, sometimes even irritating.

Jonathan Ball. An account of the war as it appeared to the professional and amateur war correspondents, describing not only pitched battles but the human drama of everyday campaigning. A number of photographs. 170 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. Some edge-wear. 2cm closed tear to top edge. Some mild foxing to verso. Binding: Hardcover.

Cambridge University Press, 1914. 'Contributing to our knowledge of the vegetation of South Africa'. Botanical articles and reviews of books and papers on botanical subjects. 1914 to 1928. Volumes 1 to 4 in 15 parts. Lacks part 2 of Volume 3. 6 parts are loose in folders. Black-and-white and some colour illustrations. Slight browning to edges of some covers. Minor fraying to some spines. Pages clean and sound.

House of Assembly, 1866. Government blue book dating from 1866.With fold out diagrams.

Juta & Company Ltd. The life and work of Anton Anrieth (1754-1822). Covering all known material on South Africa's first European sculptor. Photographs reproduced from the Elliott Collection. 25 illustrations. Light age-toning with mild foxing to the rear end papers. 62 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition limited to 1000 copies. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge-wear to all extremities. 9cm closed tear to rear cover. Lacks header. 1cm open tear to lower edge of spine. Grubby marks. 1cm closed tear to lower edge. Some abrasions to along the spine.