Archive for January, 2009

Fuhrer Fur Sammler Von Porzellan Und Fayence

Dust jacket worn at corners with tears to the spine.

Fugitive Pieces

Fugitive peices with letters containing a comparitive veiw of the modes of living

Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa

Numerous colour photographs by Doreen Hemp. A detailed survey of the entire range and variety of contemporary ceramic expression in South Africa. Includes overviews of more than 80 ceramicists.

It Just Occurred to Me

Author’s inscription

Cookery in Southern Africa, Traditional and Today

Title page has been removed. Many recipes and some cultural history relating to food.

Namaqualand in Flower

Ink inscription of previous owner on fep. Jacket cover edgeworn. Internally neat and clean.

Tales of Table Bay

Insect damage to cover. Ink inscription from previous owner on the inside of the cover.

South Africa’s Fighting Ships Past and Present

A well illustrated history of South Africa’s fighting ships.

Bandoola

Good clean copy; some sunning to spine. DW has pieces missing from spine.

A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (South African Words and Their origins)

A near fine copy in a price clipped dust jacket.

Africa and Its Inhabitants: Vol. I, Section II / Edited By AH Keane

No date of publication. Illustrated by numerous engravings and maps. Clean text and tight binding. Gilded fore edges. Light wear to boards and corners.

Africa and Its Inhabitants: Vol. I, Section I / Edited By AH Keane

No date of publication. Illustrated by numerous engravings and maps. Clean text and tight binding. Gilded fore edges. Past owner’s name on verso of front fep. Light wear to boards and corners.

Europe in Storm and Calm: Twenty-five Years’ Experiences and Reminiscences of an American Journalist : Sketches and Records of Noted Events, Celebrated Persons and Places, National and International Affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain …

Text clean and binding firm. Small piece torn off top of spine.

Study of the Volcano Nyiragongo: a Progress Report

Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission d’Etudes Vulcanologiques; fascicule 2. Text in English.

Dictionary of Metals and Alloys: Their Compostion and Characteristics, with Special Sections on Plating, Polishing, Heat Treatment, Metal Spraying, Rustproofing, Chemical Colouring, and Useful Tables

Past owner’s name on fron endpaper. Text clean and tightly bound; slight wear to sides of spine and back board.

Practical Surveying and Field Work : Including the Mechanical Forms of Office Calculations, with Examples Completely Worked Out

Past owner’s name on front endpaper. Light general wear to boards, lower corners bumped and spine a little faded.

Glossary of Botanical Terms, Reprinted from the Flora of West Tropical Africa / Revised By RWJ Keay

Prepared and revised at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Cape Naturalist. Vol. 1, No. 6. July 1939


The Cape Naturalist. Vol. 1, No. 5. June 1938


Bulletin No. 4, October 1976