Archive for December, 2008

A Compleat History of the Late Rebellion.


A contemporary account of the Jacobite rebellion and probably the first book ever written on the subject. With a 6 page dedication to the Duke of Argyle and 173 pp text.Pages 161 - 166 omitted in the pagination but text and register are continuous. Armorial bookplate of the noted British politician and ex- Governor of New South Wales, Sir Robert William Duff on the paste down fep.

Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815 and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, Near the Cape of Good Hope.

Ex-library with bookplate and stamps to the fep’s only. Shelf mark to the spine. Original calf boards with a newer spine in 6 compartments. Prelims have come loose and there is minor tape staining to the page edges. With a folding map frontis in very good condition, showing Latrobe’s journey from the Cape to the Great Fish River and back. 10 (of 12)fine hand coloured aquatints of the various mission stations visited, by R. Cocking, from the author’s sketches, and 4 uncoloured plates. Some minor foxing.

Roberts Birds of South Africa

No dust jacket. Blue colth covers in excellent condition. Very good firm copy

The Winter Growing Gladioli of South Africa

Dust jacket in fair condition with some wear and tear and a small stain on the cover .Some discolouration on free endpaper, due to news clipping. Good firm copy.

Birds of Prey

Dust jacket in good condition, some scuff marks. Corners bumped. Very good firm copy.

Succulents in the Veldt

Dust jacket in fair condition, well worn on edges . Some foxing and previous owners inscription to endpapers. Firm copy

Succulents of Southern Africa

Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear and tear. Tape marks to paste down endpapers. Book plate pasted in free end paper. Very slight foxing to end papers. Good firm, clean copy.

The Canaries Seedeaters and Buntings of South Africa

Dust jacket is in fair condition with small losses on right hand corner, and minor foxing. Slight foxing throughout.

Horticultural Essays: On the Natural Order of Protea

Signed limited edition in box. Very good condition

A First Guide to South African Birds

Dust jacket is well worn, with discoluration on spine. Some foxing throughout.

The Butterflies of Southern Africa

3 volume set . No dust jackets . Text and illustrations in very good condition . Book plate pasted in free endpaper of all 3 volumes . Some tape marks to endpapers in volume 3.

Gardens of South Africa

Maskew Miller 1934. No dust jacket. Foxing on text not illustrations. Covers slightly worn

Trees and Shrubs of The Witwatersrand

Witwatersrand University Press. 1974. Dust jacket torn and fixed with tape on edges. Slight foxing.

Reptiles of the Kruger National Park

Vand R printers 1966. no 1 Koedoe series. Kruger national Park. Cover slightly worn.

Reptiles of the Kruger National Park

Vand R printers 1966. no 1 Koedoe series.. Kruger national Park. Cover slightly worn

The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants (2 Vols of 2)

No dust jackets. Green skivitex covers in good condition with minor staining. Volume one’s spine cracked internally, and repaired with cellotape. Volume one: Dicotyledons ISBN 0621028541 published 1975; volume two: Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons ISBN 0621028630 published 1976.

The Genus Babiana

No dust jacket. Green cloth covers in good condition with minor edge wear. Supplementary Volume No. III of The Journal of South African Botany.

Wild Flowers of South Africa

Illustrated card covers in good condition displaying minor wear and staining. 1984 third impression of 1980 first edition. Approved by the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa

The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate (3 Vols of 3)

Black cloth covers in firm condition displaying wear and staining, with volume 3’s spine and covers particularly discoloured. Well used copies. Completed and edited by W.L. Scater.

Manual of British Grasses

“No dust jacket. Green cloth covers in firm condition with minor edge wear and staining. No date of publlication indicated, generally presumed early 1900s. With a coloured illustration of every species and many original diagrams”".”"”