Natural History

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


Study of the Volcano Nyiragongo: a Progress Report

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

Supernature, A Natural History of the Supernatural


Table Mountain: a Natural History

Full colour plates throughout. Clean copy in near fine condition.

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.

The African Fish Eagle


The Arcturus Adventure

Green cloth cover, with freying to edges. Glue marks to endpapers (where bookplate was removed) Good firm copy, with photographs.

The Birds Around Us, the commoner birds of Southern Africa

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate (3 Vols of 3)

Black cloth covers in firm condition displaying wear and staining, with volume 3’s spine and covers particularly discoloured. Well used copies. Completed and edited by W.L. Scater.

The Birds of South Africa

Pencil inscriptions and previous dealer’s mark to front end papers. Wear to the top and bottom of spine and shelf wear to the bottom edge of the boards. Internally the book is very good condition. Contains 56 colour plates.

The Birds of South Africa: a Guide to 142 Species

Purnell pocket guides. Illustrated by colour drawings. Designed for practical use in the field by amateur ornithologists and nature enthusiasts. Text clean; five sheets of one gathering have not been stitched and are loose. Top corner of p 36 not cut properly in production. Remnants of label on front fep. Lamination on front hinge of spine lifting.

The Black Eagle: a Study By Valerie Gargett


Some tape marks to the front and back endpapers and to the inside of DW.Clean, clear text. Contains numerous sketches and colour photographs.

The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation from a Latin Bestiary of the Twelfth Century


Ink inscription to the front fep. Text clean. DW shows some wear and chipping, especially along the edges.

The Book of Birds: Five Centuries of Bird Illustrations

Binding slightly loose. Significant tearing to dust-jacket. Black & White and colour illustrations.

The Book of Birds: Five Centuries of Bird Illustrations

Black-and-white and colour plates throughout. Clean copy. Boards show slight wear and moderate insect damage. DW in good condition other than slight wear, scuffing and small closed tear to top spine area.

The Butterflies of Southern Africa

3 volume set . No dust jackets . Text and illustrations in very good condition . Book plate pasted in free endpaper of all 3 volumes . Some tape marks to endpapers in volume 3.

The Butterflies of the Table Mountain Range: With Comprehensive Observations on Their…


Contains various black and white and colour illustrations. Limited edition, no. 92 of 1000. Boards show wear and chipping, especially along the edges.

The Canaries Seedeaters and Buntings of South Africa

Dust jacket is in fair condition with small losses on right hand corner, and minor foxing. Slight foxing throughout.

The Cape of Flames: The Great Fire of January 2000

An illustrated account of the wild fires that raged in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, in January 2000. Past owner’s name in ink on front fep.