Africana

South West

Text by Johann Richter, photographs by Gerald Cubitt and others. Covers show edge wear, crease on lower corner of front board. DW has severe creasing and chipping top and bottom with fading and creasing to spine.

South-East African Beadwork 1850-1910: From Adornment to Artefact to Art

Mainly features beadwork by Zulu-speaking women. Lacks pages 19/20, 23/24, 33/34, 75/76, 79/80, 81/82. Well illustrated .

Speaking for the Bushmen: a Collection of Papers Read at the 13th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Mexico City, July 29 - August 5, 1993.

Text is clean and clear, with various black and white illustrations. Cover shows some edge wear and scuffing.

Special Publication of the Royal Society of South Africa : Robert Broom Commemorative Volume

Ex-library copy; stamps on front endpaper and p. 9, ink numbers on back endpaper. Spine only in very poor condition; front cover sound with small ink marks, back cover has slight water damage at fore edge. Text in excellent condition.

Spiders of Southern Africa


Spys En Drank : Die Ontstaan Van Die Afrikaanse Eetkultuur Gedurende Die 17de En 18de Eeu, Met 167 Reseppe Van Tradisionele Geregte


Full-page colour photographs throughout. DW covered with adhesive plastic. Shows slight wear along the edges of DW.

Stamregister Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Volk / Family Register of the South African Nation

Parallel text in English and Afrikaans. Past owner’s name in ink to the front fep. Tape marks to the back and front endpapers. Text is clean and clear. Boards show little wear.

Standard Priced Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of the Union of South Africa, Issued By the Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa


Small amount of marginalia.

Steam in Africa

Open tears to top and bottom of dw. Damage to front board. Ink inscription to inside of front board.

Stellenbosch 1866-1966 Hundred Jaar Hoer Onderwys


Stellenbosch Revisited

Descriptions and sketches of Stellenbosch people, scapes and architecture telling the story of Stellenbosch. Dust jacket has some creasing and chipping and scuffing to back. Very slight sporadic foxing.

Stellenbosch: Drie Eeue - Amptelike Gedenkboek

A clean copy. Slight marking on front cover. Large item, will incur extra postage.

Stellenbosch: Three Centuries: Official Commemorative Volume

Text is clean and clear with black and white and colour plates throughout. Slight edge wear to boards. Dw shows general wear, scuffing, slight chipping and several small closed tears. Large item, will incur extra postage.

Stories of the Early American Missionaries in South Africa

No date of publication, probably about 1934. Some pencil writing on back cover and half-title page. Small marks on covers and corners a little bent but overall a neat clean copy.

Studio Encounters: Some Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter with a Preliminary Sketch By Anthony R. Delius

Text is clean and clear, illustrated with 16 black and white plates. Boards show little wear. DW shows general wear, some scuffing, chipping and a few folds.

Suid-Afrika se Grens Oorlog, 1966-1989

Clean copy. Slight wear to corners of boards. Black and white and colour photographs throughout. Boards show very little wear, except for slightly bumped corners.

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.

Sunflower to the Sun

Biography of Herman Charles Bosman. Ink inscription to the front fep. Text is clean and clear. Boards show slight wear. DW shows general wear, scuffing and small closed tears along the edges.

Swakopmund: Our Heritage: Ons Erfenis: Unser Erbe

Parallel text in English, Afrikaans and German. Owner’s neat sticker on front endpaper. Small closed tear to front hinge of dw.

Swerfkind van die Matabele, die Voortrekker Beweging, die Matabelevolk, en die Verrassende Skakel in die Ketting van hul Geskiedenis


Tales from the Malay Quarter

With illustrations by Nerine Desmond.

Tales from the Malay Quarter

Preface dated 1945. A light stain to the front board.

Tales of Table Bay

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

Tandalla: a Danish Game Warden’s Study of Native and Wild Life in Kenya and Tanganyika

Owner’s name stamped on endpapers and fore edges of pages. Ink notes on back fep. Some discolouration on endpapers. DW scuffed and faded with extensive repairs of adhesive tape.

Tanganyika Camera Studies

Compiled by The Central Publicity Committee, Tanganyika Territory, and The East African Standard, Ltd. No date of publication. Text clean and photos bright. Binding firm but boards chipped and corners bumped. Paper label on front board still bright.