Biographies

… And So They Talked

Past owner’s name on front endpaper. A neat copy of these fascinating interviews with people like Field-Marshall Montgomery, Pierre Balmain, Igor Stravinsky, Mimi Coertse, Gary Player, Phillip Tobias, John Creasey, Yousuf Karsh, etc.

A Bibliography of Alfred Edward Housman

Ex-Library.

A Cape Childhood

Book has slight wear to edges and corners of boards. DW has small chips and creases to top and bottom edges, and scuffing to folds. Top edge of dw spine repaired on inside with pasted on paper.

A Traveller’s Life

A Writer’s Diary

Being extracts from the diary of Virginia Woolf, edited by Leonard, Woolf. Dust jacket is missing part of spine and is worn on edges. Otherwise in very good condition.

An Autobiographical Memoir

Originally published 1861. Number 495 of a limited edition of 510 copies. One neat library stamp on verso of title page. Green on top fore edges slightly faded.

Andrew Louw van Morgenster

No date of publication. Book and dw in fine condition.

Architect of Apartheid: HF Verwoerd - an Appraisal

Dust jacket has minor creasing to edges. Good firm edition.

Barnett Potter: a Fighter

A crisp clean copy.

Beloved African

Biography of John Hammond, educator in early Rhodesia.

Bloomie: Memoirs of the Twenties

Descriptions of places such as Gordon’s Bay, Hermanus, Kenton on Sea, Port Alfred , Grahamstown and others in the 1920’s. Gift inscription on the fep.

Briewe Uit Hoeveld: Mev Anna Geyer se Briewe uit Londen aan Haar Dogter, 28 Mei 1950 tot 3 Junie 1954 / Saamgestel deur MER

Past owner’s name on front endpaper. A very clean copy in an adhesive tape stained dw.

Buried Alive: A Biography of Janis Joplin

Sunning to the dust jacket.

C.L.Leipoldt: ‘n Studie in Stof-keuse, -Verwerking en -Ontwikkeling

Slight tears to the edges of dust-jacket. Inscription by author on fep. Contains several black and white photographs and copies made from Leipoldt’s personal notebooks.

Cecil Rhodes: His Private Life By His Private Secretary

Previous owner’s name on front fep. All plates present. Binding firm and text clean and whole. Shelfwear to corners of boards; spine faded and chipped. Gilding to top fore edge.

Deep Pulse: Autobiography of a White African

Text clean, covers slightly curled.

Die Aamborstige Klok

This book has usual shelf wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. Binding strong with neat and clear text.

Die Dagboek van Louis Trigardt, Uitgegee met Inleiding, Aantekeninge en Glossarium

Text clean and binding tight; slight spotting to endpapers and fore edges of pages. Small ownership and other stamps on front fep. Some edge wear to boards especially corners, and mild scuffing to back board.

Die Dagboek van Louis Trigardt, Uitgegee met Inleiding, Aantekeninge en Glossarium

Text clean and binding tight; edges of pages browned.. Back endpapers marked by adhesive tape residue, front endpaper has tear where bookplate has been removed.

Die Groot Verlange, Die Verhaal van Eugene N. Marais

Text is clean and clear, with 55 black and white plates. Boards show some wear, insect damage and bumped corners. DW shows wear, chipping and scuffing. Newspaper clipping attached to front fep with a small piece of clear tape.

Die Malans van Morewag

Past owners’ names on the front fep of a very clean and tightly bound copy. Price clipped.

Down 2nd Avenue

Dr J D Kestell: Vader van die Reddingsdaad (Opgestel op Versoek van die Reddingsdaadbond)

Text clean and binding firm. Past owner’s name in ink on front fep. Only front panel of dw still present.

Dr Nicolaas Johannes Van Der Merwe, 1888-1950

Owner’s name in ink on front fep. Slight foxing on fore edges of pages and endpapers. DW chipped at top edge, spine browned.

Dulcie Howes: Pioneer of Ballet in South Africa

Ink inscription on front flyleaf. Severe dent to top of boards near spine. Slight shelfwear to base of boards. DW neat with small scratch on back panel.