“The Cousin Jacks’ contribution to the development of mining and commerce / 1820-1920. Cornwall background and history, 1820 Settlers, Miner-immigrants to Namaqualand, Kimberley, Witwatersrand, Lists of names of immigrants. ” 122pp, with some black and white plates.

Price – $80.00 (ZAR-800.00)

25pp, age toned and with chips and tears.
Cape of Good Hope. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Excellency the Governor.

Price – $35 (ZAR-360)

Past owner’s bookplate pasted on front endpaper. Top corners of boards slightly bumped; top fore edges of pages foxed. DW has chips and tears top and bottom with small pieces missng at top of spine.

The Story of St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria, 1879 – 1979. With numerous black and white illustrations.

Price – $18.00 (ZAR-180.00)

A commemoration of the Century of the First War of Independence 1880 – 1881, covering the causes, the battles, and the effects, which result in a readable account of this war. With numerous illustrations and maps.

Price – $28.00 (ZAR-280.00)

A book focusing on Livingstone’s experiences in South Africa and his views on South African policy. With 3 black and white illustrations and 1 fold-out map.

Price – $32.00 (ZAR-320.00)

A historic South African tale from the years 1652-1656. This book is part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Historie Bibiliotheek.

Price – $16.00 (ZAR-140.00)

The author’s objective was to present an impartial account of the aspect and condition of the various divisions of the Colony for intending emigrants. Includes one illustration lithograph of Port Elizabeth market-square and town hall and folding table (1). Lacks map. Foxing to prelims and rear pastedowns and last few pages. Ffep is partly loose. Two small stains to photograph on page 170. Small stains to top- and fore-edge. Agetoned. Contents sound and firmly bound.

Price – $16.00 (ZAR-160.00)

The experiences of a German farmer’s wife in South West Africa. Illustrated by numerous b/w photographic plates.

Price – $20 (ZAR-220)

Boektentoonstelling by die Vyftigjarige Herdenkingsfees van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, geopen op 1 April 1959 in die Ou Hooggeregshofgebou [Stellenbosch]”. Some discolouration to edges of covers. Small closed tear on back cover.

Signed by the author in 1994. Edge wear to boards otherwise contents clean and tightly bound.

Price – $95.00 (ZAR-950.00)

This is the second installment of the series that tells the tale of the Groot Trek of the boers in South Africa in the 1830’s.

Price – $10.00 (ZAR-70.00)

Signed by the author on title page. Text is clean and clear with full colour frontis piece and black-and-white plates throughout. Boards and DW show slight general wear.

Price – $22.00 (ZAR-180.00)

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

The art of the Bushman in South Africa. Text in german. Brown cloth boards with white print. Dust jacket bound into the book. Many illustrations, some black and white photographs and 3 colour plates. Some foxing throughout. Well bound.

Price – $190.00 (ZAR-2200.00)

The author farmed at Vredendal in the Olifants River valley from 1970 onwards. This book describes his struggle to understand his coloured workers. Text in Afrikaans.

Price – $20.00 (ZAR-220.00)

In Dutch, with an illustration of Oom Gijsbert van Graan. Previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown.

Price – $36.00 (ZAR-360.00)

Booklet dealing with the mission at Witzieshoek. Blue cloth boards with darker blue titles to spine, titles and device to front board. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Ink scrawl to front paste down. Leaves are browned, especially prelims. Some pen markings to text.

Price – $20.00 (ZAR-250.00)

First issue. Clean whole copy. Some pencil answers in crossword puzzles. Page 41 has small tear at lower edge. Slight browning at edges of pages. Back board has slight chip.

Afrikaans verse about the Cape Malays. Du Plessis was head of the Institute of Malay Studies at the Cape Town University and from 1953 to 1963 he served as commissioner and later secretary and adviser for Coloured Affairs. Each poem is illustrated.

Price – $25 (ZAR-280)

Text in German. Author lived in Greyton, Cape Province. (rough translation “The Roots of Cape Dutch Folklore). Edge wear to marbled boards and leather spine. Contents clean and well bound.

Price – $38.00 (ZAR-450.00)

Paperback exhibition catalogue for the National gallery. Some damp staining.

Story of the Portuguese merchant ship Sao Goncalo, debris from the wreckage of which was found in Plettenberg Bay.With numerous b/w and colour illustrations.

Price – $30.00 (ZAR-350.00)

East London & Port Elizabeth. 170pp, illustrated catalogue of furniture and household goods. No date, presumably late 19th century or early 20th century.

Price – $120 (ZAR-1200)

37 photocopies pages with colour illustrations tipped in. Self published work on the Du Toit family and their history at the Cape from 1692 to 1818. Plastic spine with clear plastic wraps.

Price – $27.00 (ZAR-300.00)