Biographies

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.

F W de Klerk: Die Man en sy Tyd

Neat presentation inscription on front fep.

F W Reitz: Outobriogafie (toegelig deur prof. JC Moll), met sy Twee en Sestig Uitgesogte Afrikaanse Gedigte

Some minor wear to the dw. A good firm copy.

F.W.De Klerk, Die Outobiografie. Die Laaste Trek - ‘n Nuwe Begin

Autobiography of the 1993 Nobel Peace prize laureate and ex South African President.

Signed on the title page by De Klerk. Afrikaans translation by Annelene van der Merwe.

False Dawn: The Story of Dan Judson, Pioneer


Famous South Africans: a Reader for Junior High-School Pupils Whose Home Language is Not English

No date of publication. Adhesive tape marks on endpapers. Owner’s name in ink on front endpaper. A few ink notes in text. Covers slightly worn.

Fiddlers on the Reef: An Investigation Into the Chweidan and Poplak Swindles


DW lightly soiled with chipping at edges and small pieces missing.

Gedenkboek Generaal J B M Hertzog

Owner’s signature in ink on front fep. Slight marking on fore edges of pages. Chipping at top and bottom of dw.

General De Wet, A Biography


General Louis Botha

Owner’s name stamp and signature on front endpapers. Occasional neat pencil underlining. DW scuffed and soiled, with insect damage and chips and tears top and bottom, especially at spine.

George Cruikshank Omnibus

Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard. Green cloth cover with scuffing and wear to edges. Sporadic foxing mostly to endpapers

George Rex: Death of a Legend

Dust jacket has slight wear to edges and sunning to the spine. Foxing to end papers. George Rex (29 August 1765 - 3 April 1839) was a British-born entrepreneur, who spent most of his life in the Cape Colony, South Africa. He founded the town of Knysna in the Western Cape.

George Rex: Death of a Legend

Dust jacket has very slight wear to edges. George Rex (29 August 1765 - 3 April 1839) was a British-born entrepreneur, who spent most of his life in the Cape Colony, South Africa. He founded the town of Knysna in the Western Cape.

Group Portrait, South Africa. Nine Family Histories

Nine family histories of very different South African families. Among the contributors are Willie Bester, Conrad Botes, David Goldblatt, Elsebe Brink and Berni Searle.

Hatching Out

The recollections of the daughter of Sir Herbert Baker and wife of MP Harry Lawrence.

Hawk’s Eye

Biography of Major Henry Somerset, son of Lord Charles Somerset.