Local History

Myth of Iron, Shaka in History

No dust jacket . Card cover in excellent condition.

Natal Province. Discriptive Guide and Official Handbook

Leatherbound with decorative gilt title and emblem. Some wear and scuffing to front cover and spine. Previous owner’s inscription to free end papers. Map has small repair with tape.

Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Wolmaransstad, 1888-1988

Clean copy in excellent condition. Ink inscription on front fep.

Observations on Milford - Haven

Fold-out colour maps. Slightly damp damaged around the corners.

Old Mutual 1845-1995

Excellent clean copy in unmarked dustjacket.

Old Pretoria = Ou Pretoria

Soft cover booklet. With pictorial grey paper wraps. Top-to-tail text in English and Afrikaans dealing with the history of the city’s Voortrekker period.

Onderwys Aan Die Kaap Onder Die Kompanjie 1652-1795

A history of teaching and schools under the VOC.

Ou Hoofgebou, ‘n Eeu Oud

Numerous black and white photographs and full colour frontispiece. Text is clean and clear. Boards show very little wear.

Pacata Hibernia

“or a History of the wars inIreland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth especially within the province of Munster under the Government of Sir George Carew”" Volume I only. Limited edition 137/500 . Leather spine with gilt titles, worn on edges and spine. Marbled endpapers.”

Plettenberg Bay and the Paradise Coast

Full colour illustrations throughout. Text is clean and clear. Boards show some shelf wear and bumped corners. DW is in good condition showing only minor wear. Large item, will incur extra postage.

Portrait of Plettenberg Bay

Various colour, black and white photographs and drawings throughout. Previous owner’s stamp to the title page. Text is clean. Boards show little wear. DW in very good condition, showing slight wear , especially along the edges with small closed tears and chipping.

Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope : Letters and Documents Received, 1649-1662 (part 1)

Dutch text with parallel English precis. Title page marked, with neat ink inscription. Ink signature also on front cover.. One prelim has insect damage. Spine and back cover have been repaired.

Premiersverskiesings Sedert 1910

Presentation inscirption in ink on front fep. Slight shelfwear to lower edges of boards. DW chipped top and bottom with wear at spine folds.

Raiders and Rebels in South Africa

Rhodesiana Reprint Library; Silver Series; v. 9. Past owner’s name and date in ink on front fep. Boards show slight edge wear at ends of spine and corners. DW has faded spine, scuffing and tears (piece of title missing at top of front panel).

Refugees and Exiles Challenge the Churches: Report of the Nineteenth Annual National Conference of the South African Council of Churches Held at St Barnabas College, Johannesburg, 29th June - 3rd July 1987


Rivonia’s Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa

Ink inscription on half-title page. A very clean copy; crease to spine and binding slightly skewed.

Savuti the Vanishing River

Dust jacket in very good condition. Free end paper has booksellers sticker and tape marks. Good firm copy with colour photographs and illustrations.

Scheepsjournael ende Daghregister : (Fragmente uit 17de-Eeuse Nederlandse Skeepsjoernale, ‘n Verkorte Weergawe van Jan van Riebeeck se Daghregister volgens die Kaapse Teks, Dagboek van Francois de Cuiper, 1725, Uittreksels uit Louis Tregardt se Dagboek)

Text clean and binding firm. Foxing to fore edges of pages. Adhesive tape marks to front and back endpapers. Name on front fep has been scratched out in ink.

Sempe’s Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope

A reprint of Robert Semples (1798-1803) walks and sketches at the Cape Of Good Hope. Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. Dust jacket has some scuffing and sunning to the spine.

Shipwrecks & Salvage in South Africa

Text is clean and clear with various black and white illustrations throughout. Both boards and DW show only slight edge wear.