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(London: William Heinemann, in association with The Hyperion Press, no date). Small 4to; original coarse grey cloth, lettered in red on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 96; reproductions of the drawings, with notes on the artists. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. 'The drawings of the Venetians are particularly interesting to us. Less known than those of Florence, they represent a painting school which Berenson calls "the most complete expression in art of the Italian Renaissance".' .

(Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, 1970). 181 x 117 mm; printed wrappers; pp. (iv) + 117. Wrappers very slightly rubbed; ink stamp to upper cover and to title page. Very good condition. "A gentle introduction to Afrikaans with a series of daily exercises devised specially for immigrants to enable them to become familiar with one of South Africa's two official languages." .

(London: Arrow Books, 2004) 0099478935. 195 x 128 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xviii + (iv) + 562, incl. index; maps. A little foxing. Very good condition. "An award-winning international sensation, Shake Hands with the Devil is a landmark contribution to the literature of war: a remarkable tale of a soldier's courage and an unforgettable parable of good and evil. It is also a stinging indictment of the petty bureaucrats who refused to give Dallaire the men and the operational freedom he needed to stop the killing. 'I know there is a God', Dallaire writes, 'because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.' " .

(Victoria, Australia: the author, 2014) 9780980755046. 240 x 180 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + vi + 218, incl. index; liberally illustrated with contemporary photographs, artwork and facsimiles; map. Near-fine condition. "William Edward Moore was expected to follow his father into military service but his life turned upside down at the age of nine when his father died. He was taken under the wing of the Chief Justice of the Cape, Sir John Wylde, who encouraged the young boy to pursue a careeer in law. Moore repaid the generosity of his benefactor by having an outstanding legal career that was to last for sixty-four years. Having settled in the tiny hamlet of Papendorp, he became passionately involved in its welfare and development. He was the driving force that saw Papendorp later become the municipality of Woodstock and he was its first mayor. ... The Father of Woodstock traces the settlement of the Cape from its 17th century beginnings under Dutch rule through the 19th century when the… Read More

(London: Adam and Charles Black, 1937). 8vo; original brown buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. xxxvii + (iii) + 376, incl. index; several plates and maps, incl. folding. Spine very slightly sunned; edges and outermost leaves foxed; sporadic, moderate foxing. Good to very good condition. 'Dampier's New Voyage on its publication won immediate success, and has ever since maintained its place in the front rank among the most notable records of maritime adventure. ... In his Preface Dampier describes his book as "composed of a mixt relation of places and actions," a modest and inadequate indication which would hardly be approved by the advertising experts of the present day. The relation of places was, in fact, an extensive contribution to the geographical and ethnographical knowledge of his time. Nor does the description take count of the frequent excursions in the realm of natural history which diversify the main story with detailed accounts of tropical animals and plants, not… Read More

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1972). 8vo; original blue boards; pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 138; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, and a bit sunned on spine panel; top edge foxed, and occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "Everything written in this book is as I saw it and is factual as far as I know. The book was written in tribute to Table Bay Harbour where I spent many happy hours covering the waterfront as a reporter. The Alfred dock was one hundred years only in 1969, the Victoria dock will be one hundred years in 1979 and the Duncan dock is now thirty years old. The book is comprised of happenings connected with shipping over six years and also incorporates my impressions and my thoughts during that time." .

(Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1975). 237 x 168 mm; wraps; pp. (ii) + 241 + (i); line drawings; photographs; maps; tables. From the library of ornithologist Gordon Maclean, this issue including his article "Belly-soaking in the Charadriiformes". Contents: The Sundarban of India and Its Biota; Status of the Nilgiri Langur, Presbytis johni in the Anamalai, Cardamom and Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, India; Orchids of Nepal - 9; A New Species of Spider of the Genus Cheiracanthium Koch (Family Clubionidae) from India; Some Observations on Birds at High Altitude Lake Sites in Gosainkund, Central Nepal; A New Species of Rotala from Palghat, Kerala; Observations on Metamorphosing Behaviour of Cybister Larvae for Development of Control Measures During Pupal Stage; Pseudobrassaiopsis - A New Genus of Araliaceae with a Note on the Status of Euaraliopsis Hutch.; Belly-soaking in the Charadriiformes; Observations on the Occurrence and Habits of Juvenile Fishes in the Nearshore Region of… Read More

(Roodepoort: SHADE, no date). 210 x 292 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 36; map; colour illustrations. Wrappers slightly rubbed and creased; some discreet annotations. Good condition. Illustrated and annotated catalogue. "In the rural areas of southern Africa an extremely rich heritage of handcrafted art has been preserved by the black people. Uncorrupted by industrialisation, yet perfected by modern ideas, the objects which started as simple household items have been adapted and embellished for contemporary use. The craftspeople retain their natural artistry, but the products spread further to people who value beauty with function. This brochure illustrates a range of these handcrafted items, and tells the story of the people who make them. It brings together established groups that started out as Church-based development projects striving to become economically independent." .

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977) 0624009076. 8vo; original olive-green boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 119; plates. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, with light browning to reverse, and to endpapers; faint spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Vir ons is Totius - prof. dr. J.D. Du Toit - die groot volksdigter, predikant, teologie-professor, volksman, Bybelvertaler, Psalmberymer en taalstryder. Deur sy teologiese geskrifte leer ons hom ken as toegewyde bedienaar van die Woord en as uitnemende Skrifverklaarder. In sy gedigte weer is hy die bedroefde vader wat treur oor die dood van sy kinders, is hy die volksman wat troos vir sy volk ná die oorlog bring. Maar wat weet ons van Japie, die jong seun wat voor 'n beroepskeuse staan? Van die jong rebel wat hom tydens die Boereoorlog by die Transvaalse magte aansluit en later na Nederland moet vlug? En van sy stryd ná sy terugkoms in sy vaderland toe nie één gemeente hom wou beroep nie.… Read More

(Johannesburg: Brenthurst, 1983) 0909079218. Brenthurst First Series, number 9. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Original bright red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; tinted top edge; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 275, incl. index; maps; full-page contemporary illustrations, some of which in full colour. Dustwrapper spine panel sunned, and lower panel partially so; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Four eye-witness impressions are here published for the first time. They represent a range of viewpoints, influenced by differing experiences and backgrounds and add illumination to events that have attracted continuing attention since 1900. The siege of Ladysmith had high military significance. Artillery officer Captain William Thwaites, cavalryman Lieutenant Steuart Binny and rifleman Private Alfred Down were members of the large British garrison stationed there, and their writings recall months of testing trial. An account of the longer siege of Mafeking is… Read More

(Melbourne: Lansdowne Press/Periwinkle Books, 1970). 184 x 127 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 111, incl. index; photographs and line drawings. From the library of naturalist and arid zone authority Gordon Maclean, signed by him on half-title. A good to very good copy, with slightly rubbed and curled wraps, and a little foxing. .

(London: Chatto & Windus, 1981) 0701125330. Title taken from half-title. Title page reads "Hakluyt's Voyages". 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 640, incl. index; maps; illustrations in text. Some foxing to reverse of dustwrapper and flaps, also to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. "Like Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Hakluyt's collection has been unjustly neglected because of its enormous length. Many abridgements are too short to do justice to the variety and scope of the original, while others concentrate on its historical or economic interest. The present selection conveys all the variety of the original while emphasizing the extraordinary human interest of the documents." .

(Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Bird Club, 1986) 0620104880. Number 13 in the Southern Birds series of site guides. 205 x 143 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 69; habitat photographs; maps. Loosely inserted, once-folded brochure on Lapalala, which includes a large map of the area. Very good condition. "Lapalala Wilderness is a privately owned nature reserve of 18140 hectare in the Waterberg Mountains of the north western Transvaal. ... The aim of the survey was to compile a comprehensive list to determine the status, habitat preference, abundance, distribution and breeding of the avifauna of the reserve." .

(Pretoria, Union of South Africa, Department of Commerce and Industries; Division of Fisheries; Investigational Report No. 23, reprint from "Commerce & Industry," 1956). Wraps, pp. 40, illustrations, tables. .

(Ashburton: Brevitas, 2011) 9781874976547. Large 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (iv) + vi + 245, incl. index; several photographs, plans, maps and line drawings in text. Fine condition. This attractive book consists of two parts. It includes a transcript of recollections of pioneering life in the Transkei by Harold Delacour Davis, born in Pondoland in 1901. There are further reminiscences by Grant Delacour Davis, son of Harold, who relates experiences from childhood on his parents' trading station at Wilo, Mqanduli district, and from holidays at Coffee Bay. .

(London: Faber and Faber, 2007) 9780571202560. 8vo; original crimson boards, lettered in cream on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (x) + 435, incl. index and credits; plates; maps. Chip from dustwrapper spine panel at head; backstrip lightly bumped at head. Very good condition. "The man whom historians know as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa, is a celebrated but hitherto elusive figure. Al-Hasan al-Wazzan was born in Granada, and grew up in Morocco. He was captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean in 1518 and imprisoned by the pope, then released, baptized and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone. In Trickster Travels the distinguished historian Natalie Zemon Davis offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him. In her characteristically accessible and engaging way, Davis describes this dramatic life in rich… Read More

(Durban: E.P. & Commercial Printing Co. Ltd, 1948). 8vo; original green cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 181, incl. index; plates. Cloth somewhat mottled and extremities rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; front free endpaper removed, with earlier owner's broad sellotape repair to upper hinge; foxed throughout. Working copy. Chapters include: Old Durban, as George Christopher Cato saw it in 1838; The Old Fort; The Old St. Paul's; The Theatre Royal; The Queen's Bridge; The Old Court House; The Bluff Lighthouse; The Toll Gate; The Durban Public Library and Reading Room. .

(Durban: E.P. & Commercial Printing Co. Ltd, 1948). 8vo; original green cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 181, incl. index; plates. Edges of covers lightly fishmothed; some soiling to lower cover; endpapers and prelims. somewhat foxed; previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Good. Chapters include: Old Durban, as George Christopher Cato saw it in 1838; The Old Fort; The Old St. Paul's; The Theatre Royal; The Queen's Bridge; The Old Court House; The Bluff Lighthouse; The Toll Gate; The Durban Public Library and Reading Room. .

(no place: 2b Publications, 2011) 1920380280. Oblong 4to; original black boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 176; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs. Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Fine condition. "The region encompassing the Overberg and the Whale Coast really is a hidden treasure: craggy mountains trace a jagged path toward oceans inhabited by schools of migrant whales, green hills grazed by wild antelope give onto tranquil lagoons and beaches, while tilled orchards and neatly planted vineyards stretch out in wild contrast to the disorder of pristine forests. There is a corner of this beautiful region to satisfy every soul ... These pages reflect what comprises the essential character of the place: the natural surroundings, the contrast of modern and traditional and, importantly, the many creative and industrious individuals who live here, providing an insight into the activities with which they fill their days." .

(London: Edward Arnold, 1973) 0713156775. 225 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 288, incl. index; maps, graphs, tables and diagrams. Earlier owner's name signed on half-title and inside upper cover; faint trace of spotting to edges. Very good condition. "The editors of this volume have presented eleven essays which indicate the practical scope of the geographer's approach to the day-to-day operation of human society. The subjects range from the geographer's studies of air pollution and its control, through a diversity of interrelated physical and human geographical fields, to the role of geographers in politics and political decision-making. ... This volume aims to demonstrate to students of geography the range of applications open to them, and at the same time to indicate to non-geographers the important potential of geographical techniques applied to evaluation and planning." .