Archive for October, 2008

The Fight for the Channel Ports: Calais to Brest 1940: a Study in Confusion

DW price clippped.

The Potter’s Challenge / Edited By David Outerbridge

Portions of text and illustrations first appeared in A Potter’s Portfolio, 1951. Clean text, neat owner’s name on title page.

Barnett Potter: a Fighter

A crisp clean copy.

Zuidafrikaanse Prozabundel: Stukken met Zuidafrikaanse Schrijvers met Portretten en Levensbeschrijvingen

Neat stamp on front fep. Text in Dutch. Fascinating collection of early South African literature.

50 Years Michaelis School of Fine Art

Catalogue of exhibition held in 1970s to commemorate 50th anniversary of Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. Back cover scuffed.

South African Poisonous Plants : Being Notes on South African Plants Poisonous to Stock, with Particulars of Symptoms and Treatment

Preface date 1909. On cover: Presented by Lennon Limited 1931. In remarkably good condition with only small neat owner’s name in ink on front cover.

Gunners of the Cape : The Story of the Cape Field Artillery

Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper and signed at end of Preface. No. 384 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Illustrated with photographs, and line drawings by Major LA Crook. Slight sunning to edges of boards and dw chipped at top and bott

Suid-Afrikaanse Heldegalery: Gedenkboek van Figure in Ons Geskiedenis wat deur Hul Heldedade, Baanbrekerswerk en Selfopoffering in Dankbare Herinnering Behoort te Bly

Boards mildly scuffed, contents fresh and bright.

With Wolfe in Canada; or, The Winning of a Continent

No date of publication; circa 1920s. Past owner’s name on front fep. Corners a little frayed but front board and spine clean and bright.

Hill of Destiny : The Life and Times of Moshesh, Founder of the Basotho

Adhesive tape marks on back and front endpapers. Spine of dw sunned.

The Zulu Kings

Mild creasing to covers and spine.

Battles of the Boer War

British Battles Series. First published 1964. Binding cracked and some plates are loose.

Raiders and Rebels in South Africa

Rhodesiana Reprint Library; Silver Series; v. 9. Past owner’s name and date in ink on front fep. Boards show slight edge wear at ends of spine and corners. DW has faded spine, scuffing and tears (piece of title missing at top of front panel).

How to Go Collecting Model Soldiers

DW has faded spine with tear to back hinge.

Model Soldiers

Very slight creasing to top edge of dw.

International Geological Congress, XVII Session, USSR, 1937 : Twelve Volumes of Sessions / Edited By AA Polkanov

Twelve volumes detailing the geological Excursions of the Congress. Text in French or English.

An Assemblage of 19th Century Horses & Carriages from the Original Sketches By the Late William Francis Freelove; Written By Jennifer Lang

Spine of dw faded, chipped at top and with insect damage at bottom.

Marching Over Africa: Letters from Victorian Soldiers

Presentation inscription in ink on front fep. Spine of dw faded and chipped at bottom.

Hugo, or; Fact and Fiction in the History of a South African

A few pencil markings in margins. Covers creased and torn with small pieces missing. Cloth spine torn and chipped.

Private Tucker’s Boer War Diary : The Transvaal War of 1899, 1900, 1901 & 1902 with the Natal Field Forces / Compiled & Designed By Pamela Todd & David Fordham

Neat ink inscription on front fep. DW chipped lightly top and bottom with faded spine.