The City Club Cape Town: a Supplementary History to 1955
Covers period 1938-1955.Text clean and binding firm. A plate and pages 47-50 are creased at fore edge. Boards frayed at corners and ends of spine. Lettering on spine faded.
Local History
The Diary of Erasmus Smit, Minister to the Voortrekkers
An English translation of the Minister’s diary.
The Early Days of the Free State
Dust jacket has some wear to edges and foxing. An interesting account of early life in the Orange Free State, South Africa
The Fall of Kruger’s Republic
Previous owner’s name on fep. Covers the events surrounding the build up to the Anglo-Boer War, ie: the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand.
The Foster Gang
Previous owner’s name on the fep. Dw has suffered some loss to the spine. Otherwise a very good copy
The G. H. S. Queenstown, (Queenstown Girls High School)
Small stain at top of back board. Inscription on fep. 131pp, various b/w photo’s. A history of the sister school to Queen’s College.
The Historical Monuments of South Africa
Numerous black and white photographs throughout and several colour plates. Boards show general wear.
The History of the Rondebosch boys’ High School: The Story of 50 Years of Constant Progress
Slight foxing throughout. Contains several black-and-white plates. Leaves slightly age toned. Text clear. Boards show slight edge wear.
The James Stuart Archive of Recorded Oral Evidence Relating to the History of the Zulu and Neighbouring Peoples. Volume 4
Killie Campbell Africana Library manuscipt series; no. 4. Very light foxing on page fore edges. DW has scuffing at folds and chipping top and bottom and closed tear at top.
The Josephine Mill and Its Owners. The Story of Milling and Brewing at the Cape of Good Hope
Number 514 of 740 copies. Dw is slightly rubbed, with two small closed tears
The Kaleidoscopic Transvaal
Red cloth cover with sunning to the spine. Marginalia on page ix. Sporadic foxing. A History of the Transvaal till 1905
The Life of John Xavier Merriman
Foxing to the fep and title page
The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat 1829-1860 Volume One and Two: The Oppenheimer Series
Some fading and watermarks and tipex marks on front cover of Vol. one. Fold-out map in the back of both volumes. Note: two separate volumes. Inscriptions on fep’s.
The Matabele Mission: a Selection from the Correspondence of John and Emily Moffat, David Livingstone and Others 1858-1878
Fold-out map at the back. Inscription on fep. Pages uncut.
The Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Directory of South Africa, 1926/7.
Some wear to the boards, binding tight and all text clean and clear.
The New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family
Book size: 13cm x 8,5cm. 166pp. Front board and fep have come loose, otherwise binding tight and all pages clean and clear. Previous owner’s name on fep.
The Old Town House: Its Place in the History of Cape Town = Die Burger Raad- en Waghuis: Sy Plek in die Geskiedenis van Kaapstad.
Parallel Afrikaans and English text. Spine missing. Back board soiled, boards shows some insect damage. Ink inscription on front endpaper. Back and front endpapers browned and back endpaper has moisture rippling.
The Puritans in Africa : a Story of Afrikanerdom
Slight wear dust-jacket. Personal inscription in fep.
The Rand Rush
1886-1911 Johannesburgs first 25 years in pictures. Dust jacket is creased with small tear. Previous owners inscription to end papers.