All Books

Alphaville (Screenplay)

Including various black and white stills of the original production.

Als Er Oorlog Komt Gaan Wij de Woestijn in : Een Moderne Robinsonade

Authorised translation from the German by Walter Ijzendraat. Book clean and binding tight. DW chipped top and bottom and slightly worn.

Amateur Boatbuilding

No date of publication, probably 1970s. Book clean and whole, some moisture marking to back cover and small chips to front.

Amedeo Modigliani

With 122 illustrations, including 48 tipped-on colourplates. Previous owner’s blind stamp to the front fep. DW in good condition except for previous book dealer’s mark to the bottom of the spine.

Amelia Earhart, Her Last Flight

Small closed tear to the front edge of the dw. Gift inscription on the fep.

Amelia Jane Again!

Some foxing to the endpapers and the top, bottom and fore edges. Inscribed First prize in blue ink and award label adhered to front flyleaf. Contains numerous black-and-white illustrations. Boards show slight wear. DW shows several small tears (some of which repaired with clear tape) and wear,especially along the edges with slight losses to the top and bottom of spine area.

America’s Navy in World War II

No dust jacket. Blue cloth covers in good condition displaying minor edge wear and staining, with an edge worn and sunned spine. No publication date indicated, generally presumed 1943.

Amper Krieketkampioene

Text is clean and clear. Pages are age toned. Contains numerous black and white photographs. Boards show little wear. DW shows general wear, scuffing and closed tears along the edges. Significant closed tear to the back of DW.

An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798

2 Volume set .1801vol I. 1804 vol II .Half leather and marrble boards with wear to edges. First edition. Vol I has bookplate to marbled endpapers. Folding map of the Cape Colony strengthened with tape. Sporadic foxing. Vol II has bookplate to marbled endpapers. Sporadic foxing mostly to endpapers. dedication page has a sticker over a possible library number. Barrow went to the Cape of Good Hope as private secretary to Lord Macartney.

An Assemblage of 19th Century Horses & Carriages from the Original Sketches By the Late William Francis Freelove; Written By Jennifer Lang

Spine of dw faded, chipped at top and with insect damage at bottom.

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.

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, a Dictionary of Cultivated Plants, Etc.,

Ex-library. Binding slightly shaken. This book gives a epitome of the culture of all the kinds generally grown in gardens in this country, together with their common or popular names.

An Essay of Health and Long Life

An Essay of Health and Long Life

Recently rebound in black buckram with gilt titles to the spine and new end papers. The new binding is not sympathetic to the age of the book but has had the benefit of preserving the contents very well. Contemporary owner’s name to the title page and some notes to the back fep dated June 1816.

An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank

Falling apart, fraying and tearing.

An Exhibition of Cape Chairs Brought Together from Private Collections By the Rhodes National Heritage Trust in Collaboration with the SA National Gallery to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Castle (1679-1979)

Back to back parallel English and Afrikaans text. Notes and newspaper article to the front cover.

An Illustrated Guide to Modern Elite Forces

Past owner’s sticker and date on half-title page. A clean copy.

An Illustrated Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of the Zambezi River, Lake Kariba, Pungwe, Sabi, Lundi, and Limpopo Rivers

Minimal edge wear to base of boards. DW has minor chipping and creasing to top and bottom edges; scuffing on back panel.

An Illustrated History of Guns and Small Arms

A complete illustrated history of the gun.

An Introduction to the South African Orchids

Signed by the author on title page. Black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout. Foxing to the half title page, title page and last two pages. Boards show almost no wear. DW shows some scuffing, scratches and wear to the edges, corners, top and bottom of the spine.

Anchor and Brocklebank Lines

Limp covers as new. Contains loose errata slip. Series: Ships in focus.