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  Cape of Good Hope Government, Cape Town, 1906. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Red cloth-boards, gilt to upper panel and spine, endpapers with advertising, maps, 8 pp of advertisements, xlviii + 437 pp of text + a further x pp of advertisements. The covers are stained, bumped and torn, with the staining carried over to the front and lower edges of several early leaves; the binding is loose, with several between-section breaks, but the hinges are still intact. Colour maps present but appears to be missing title page. Text is complete, unmarked and otherwise undiscoloured. "Surveyor Northern De Aar" neatly inscribed in black ink on the upper cover. A mine of useful information and hard to find. NO OVERSEAS SHIPPING

About the product Text facsimile of the Maskew Miller edition of 1952. 8vo; pictorial boards; endpaper map; pp. xiv + 310, incl. index; plates; folding genealogical table; line drawings in text. Tipped in on the half-title is a ticket for the"Malagas Pontoon"issued by the Swellendam Divisional Council (the hand-operated pont at Malgas on the Breede River is the last of its kind in South Africa). Near fine condition."In the heyday of the old Cape Dutch civilization they spoke of the coastland east of the Hottentot Holland mountains as the Overberg. This'new Canaan', as Lady Anne Barnard called it, is described by Dr Burrows as'one of the richest repositories of our national heritage'. The success of the first printing of this book many years ago proves his claim. The history of the Swellendam Drostdy, the short-lived Swellendam republic, the birth and development of sheep farming, glimpses of the lovely old homesteads, and the families who owned them, Van Bredas, Van Reenens, Reitzes, Moodies; the story of the fabulous Barry empire, the lost seaports; all these are revealed in a book that is not only for the collector and historian but for all who enjoy a good story and glimpses of an intriguing, romantic past." Books: Overberg Outspan. A Chronicle of People and Places in the South Western Districts of the Cape

About the product 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 89; line drawings. Cloth partially sunned and mottled; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; scattered, moderate foxing. Fair to good condition."This is not an autobiography in the usual sense but an attempt to show the influences in the life of a young South African of the first generation, in the period between the end of the Boer War and the outbreak of the first World War. Until 1914 I knew only the Cape Peninsula. These reminiscences, therefore, are of that narrow strip of land between Cape Town and Cape Point, separated from the mainland by the Cape Flats."

About the product Numbers 39 and 43 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series, the first volume covering 1850-1885, and the second dealing with 1885-1929. Two 8vo volumes, each of original pale cloth, lettered in navy to spine, with the Society's device blocked to upper cover; pp. xxviii + 221, incl. index, xi + (i) + 270, incl. index; plates; three maps overall, incl. folding. Merest trace of stippling to cloth; occasional fox spot. Very good condition."Sir Walter Stanford served for many years in the Native Affairs Department of the Cape Colony, retiring in 1907, when he began to write his memoirs. This first volume describes his youth, education at Lovedale College and his work in the Native Affairs Department during the 1870s, concluding with the Cape Native Laws and Customs Commission in 1881-3. Stanford's second volume of reminiscences records his life in Pondoland as chief magistrate, up to its annexation, the impact of the South African War, the creation of Ndabeni, Cape Town 's first location and the Native Affairs Commission of 1904."- The Van Riebeeck Society

About the product Author's inscription to upper cover reads"Mrs L. Richfield / with best wishes from / H. M. L. Bolus / Bolus Herbarium / University of Cape Town / Oct. 1 1954."185 x 123 mm; printed grey card wrappers; pp. 96; line drawings in text. Trace of foxing to wrappers; small crease to bottom fore-corner of upper cover; label stain to tail of spine; penned accession code to title leaf verso; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Uncommon (DSAB I, p. 236)"Because of her training as a teacher, Louisa Bolus did everything in her power to inculcate a knowledge and love of the indigenous flora and of nature study among children and laymen. She wrote a school textbook,'Elementary lessons in systematic botany based on familiar species of the South African flora'(Maskew Miller, 1919)."- DSAB V, p. 61 Books: Elementary Lessons in Systematic Botany. Based on familiar species of the South African Flora with an Introduction and Eight Summaries

About the product Brenthurst Second Series, number 2. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Large 4to; original crimson cloth; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; tinted top edge; silk markers; pp. 275 + (i), incl. index; several reproductions of contemporary illustrations, in monochrome and full colour. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A few fox spots to fore-edge, else fine."The name of John Blades Currey (1829-1904) is seldom mentioned in histories of southern Africa. Indeed, the young Englishman who arrived at the Cape in 1850 made little direct impact on its story. He was nonetheless to become a profound influence on some of the Cape's most famous men and an astute chronicler of the political and social events of his time. His memoirs, published here for the first time, cover half a century of Cape history, from 1850 to 1900. Soldiering, farming, copper-mining - Currey tried all these; then, on the advice of governor Sir George Grey he joined the Cape civil service. While in its employ in the late 1860s he was entrusted with the task of introducing to a sceptical Europe southern Africa's first diamond, the'Eureka'. Later, as secretary to the government of Griqualand West, he chose the new name of' Kimberley 'for the burgeoning diamond-fields town of New Rush. But in 1875 Currey was blamed for the diggers'rebellion there, and this led to his dismissal from office and blighted his subsequent public career. While he was in Kimbeley Currey befriended two young fortune-hunters, both of whom were to become renowned premiers of the Cape: Cecil John Rhodes and John X. Merriman. To both of them Currey was to remain a lifelong friend and counsellor.. He is revealed in the account not as a politician but as a man who helped to shape politicians, not as a man who made history but rather as one who was passionately part of it. The manuscript forms part of The Brenthurst Collection, as do the majority of the contemporary illustrations which complement the text." Books: John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900: Fifty Years in the Cape Colony

Buy CAPE SILVER AND SILVERSMITHS BY STEPHAN WELZ, FIRST EDITION, 1976, EXCELLENT CONDITION for R1,500.00

About the product The dust jacket is shelf rubbed and worn but remains bright and whole. one or two small tears and the spine is darkened. Internally there is a previous owner's name and date and some minor foxing. Tightly bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK (R*FH). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Books: The Early Cape Muslims: A Study of their Mosques, Genealogy and Origins

About the product The jacket is shelf rubbed and bit knocked. Light marks. the spine is slightly faded from exposure. [TK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Books: Cape Cookery, Old and New: Over 900 Traditional Recipes Including a Comprehensive Chapter on Diet Cookery

About the product 400 x 290 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. xiv + 157, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs; map. Trace of foxing to edges. Near-fine condition."The War Reporter is an imaginary newspaper. There was no single Republican or Boer newspaper that was published on either a daily, weekly or monthly basis for the whole duration of the Anglo-Boer War. The'editor','reporters'and'correspondents'of The War Reporter never actually existed. The aim was to publish an account of the course of the war in its totality - meaning not merely the military confrontations. The format represents the way in which the war could have been reported in a pro-Boer weekly newspaper (monthly from September 1900), published in the South African Republic as the war progressed. One of the most formidable challenges that face historians is to understand the zeitgeist or atmosphere of the period they write about. The same is true for readers of history books. A failure to understand the situation at the time makes it virtually impossible to understand the major events, the decisions taken by the major participants, the reactions of the ordinary people and the contradictions of the past in the context in which they occurred. This was my biggest challenge as I attempted to portray the world and the views of the Boers as the Anglo-Boer War progressed. The book is first and foremost an attempt to answer the question: how did the Boers experience the Anglo-Boer War?"- Author's Introduction. Books: The War Reporter. The Anglo-Boer War through the eyes of the Burghers

About the product The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed - worn.internally clean and tightly bound.ek. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Cape Cookery, Old and New: Over 900 Traditional Recipes Including a Comprehensive Chapter on Diet Cookery (Books)

About the product reprint. the book is a little shelf rubbed. internally clean and soundly bound. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Books: Lyst van alle collegien, civile en kerkelyke ambtenaaren, in de Bataafsche Volkplanting, zuidpunt van Africa: 1805 (South African Library Cape Almanac series vol. 4)

About the product 8vo; original black boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 270, incl. index; maps; plates. Very good condition."Georges, Comte de Villebois-Mareuil, had in fact been the youngest Colonel in the French Army and had commanded its Foreign Legion in Algeria. Roy Macnab's book is the first in English to trace the complicated circumstances and motives that brought this dashing and romantic hero of French imperialism to fight and die in vain but valiantly, in action against the British in the Orange Free State." Books: The French Colonel. Villebois-Mareuil and the Boers 1899-1900

About the product Am Beispiel des Australischen Diamanttäubchens Geopelia cuneata und des Afrikanischen Kaptäubchens Oena capensis. 210 x 148 mm; wraps; pp. (vi) + VI + 151; 2 colour plates, graphs, tables, line drawings; author's presentation inscription inside front cover to Prof. Gordon Maclean. Fine condition. German-language doctoral dissertation on the ecophysiology of two arid-zone dove species, the Namaqua dove Oena capensis of Africa, and the Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata of Australia. Books: Untersuchungen zur Okophyiologie von Taubenarten aus Extremen Biotopen