Archive for May, 2010

Passage to the Cape

Ink inscription to inside cover.

The Highlands of Kaffraria

Foxing to slightly soiled dw.

Bushlife of a Game Warden

The Bell

Titus Alone

The Life of John Xavier Merriman

Foxing to the fep and title page

Een Vader des Volks: een Verhaal uit den Oranje-Vrystaat van de Jaren 1869-1871

Zuid-Afrikaansche Historie Bibliotheek; 9. Past owners’ stamp/name on front endpapers. Back fep missing. Some pencil notes; general wear to boards.

President Paul Kruger, a Biography

Previous owner’s name on the fep.

The Diary of Erasmus Smit, Minister to the Voortrekkers

An English translation of the Minister’s diary.

Polfyntjies Vir Die Proe

Vyf-en-vyftig opstelle oor kos, dranksoorte en die voorbereiding van kos. An unusually clean copy.

Die Asvaal Ou Karoo En Ander Essays

Pencil marginalia. Atmospheric essays in Afrikaans.

The Old Koppie

Cloth cover with some scuff marks. Sporadic foxing mostly to end papers.

The Game of Golf

Lonsdale library Volume IX. Cloth covers re bound with school emblem. Damp staining to top of binding. Prize bookplate to free end paper dated 1947.

Rhodesia, a Postal history - Its Stamps, Posts and Telegraphs

Dust jacket has creasing and chipping to edges. Previous owner’s inscription to end papers. Good firm copy of Rhodesia’s postal history

On Veldt and Farm, in Bechuanaland-Cape Colony - The Transvaal and Natal

Red cloth cover with sunning to the spine. General scuffing to cover. General advice on farming in South Africa.

The Palace of Architecture

Green embossed cloth with gilt decoration, wear to edges. Some sunning to the spine. Bindings loose.

Ladenbau

Text in german. Paper back With some losses to the spine. Previous owners inscription to end papers. Black and white photography mostly of shop fronts.

Facades of Buildings

Fronts of old and modern business and dwelling houses with 500 illustrations collected by Werner Hegemann. Cloth cover. Previous owners inscription to end papers in pencil. Very good firm copy with very slight browning to edges.

Metal Craft in Architecture

Re cased in original binding. Green cloth cover with some wear to edges. Previous owners inscription plus booksellers stamp to endpapers. With black and white photographs.

Architectural & Builders’ Brassfoundry Catalogue 1960

Catalogue 1338. Star products. W.P.M. Kellam, Cape Town. Tonks LTD Start works, Birmingham. Red cloth cover with wear to edges and scuffing. Cover in poor to fair condition. Black and white illustrations. Trade representatives stamp to end papers.