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CAPE TOWN AND ENVIRONS. 3

Recent publications relating to Cape Town.. 5

NATAL AND ZULULAND.. 6

ART AND ARTISTS. 8

SOUTH AFRICA.. 11

Recent Publications relating to South Africa.. 30

NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO & HUNTING.. 33

Recent publications relating to the North.. 39

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.. 40

Recent literary publications. 43

FLORA AND FAUNA.. 44

Recent flora and fauna publications. 48

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902. 49

Recent South African War publications. 51

 

Catalogue no. 29

August 2002

 

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a.e.g.:    all edges gilt

b&w :    black and white

col.:       colour

comp.:   compiler

d.w.:      dust wrapper

ed.:        edition / editor (s)

frontis.: frontispiece

ill.:         illustrations

orig.:      original

p.:           page(s)

port.:      portrait

pict.:       pictorial (e.g. pict. cloth)

t.e.g.:      top edge gilt

vol.:        volume

4to.:       quarto

8vo.:       octavo

16mo.:    sextodecimo

 

 D.S.A.B. :          DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIOGRAPHY

Mendelssohn :  SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / Sidney Mendelssohn

S.A.B. :              SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY to the year 1925



CAPE TOWN AND ENVIRONS

 

 

1          Atmore, M.G. CAPE FURNITURE.  Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1965.

            244 p.: ill., frontis, plans. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. neatly covered in contact plastic.                                                                                                                         375

 

2          Bolsmann, Eric H. THE MOUNT NELSON.  Pretoria: HAUM, [1978].

            120 p.: ill. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.                                              125

Places Cape Town's famous Mount Nelson Hotel in the context of the development of the Cape of Good Hope and its social history.

 

3          Cape Corps. CAPE CORPS "FLAG" CEREMONY, GRAND PARADE CAPE TOWN: Sunday, February 29th 1948, 10.30 a.m.: souvenir (historical) programme: dedication of King's Colour and Cape Corps Colour by Rt. Rev. Bishop S.W. Lavis; address by Field-Marshal the Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts P.C. O.M., Prime Minister. Cape Town: Galvin & Sales, [1948].

            18 p.: ill., ports. Oblong 8vo. Pict. paper wraps.                                      100

 

4          De Beer, Mona. THE LION MOUNTAIN: and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1987.

            176 p.: ill., ports., frontis., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.       450

 

5          Elliott, Arthur. ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE OLD CAPE AS SEEN BY ARTHUR ELLIOTT: photographs of houses and farmsteads now largely demolished or ruined, taken at the beginning of the twentieth century; [selected & annotated] by Hans Fransen. De luxe ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1969.

            343 p.: 162 plates, port. as frontis. 4to. Quarter leathr, chipped & marbled paper covered boards. Some spotting on endpapers. One corner creased. Accompanied by  photograph of Elliott, with the inscription "Arthur Elliott, 1870-1938. With compliments to A.A. Balkema. C[onrad]. Lighton, Dec. 1956".                                                                                                    1400

Elliott came to the Cape in 1900. Although he was not a professional photographer, he became interested in photographing his surroundings. Elliott's collection (now owned by the State) provides an invaluable record of the Cape in the early 20th century. Taken mainly in the winter months, his architectural photographs are unrivalled.

 

6          Grogan, Tony & Burrow, Brian. TONY GROGAN'S VANISHING CAPE TOWN; text by Brian Barrow. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1976.

            [102] p.: ill. (chiefly col.), frontis., ports. Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly darkened.                                                                                                                         275

 

7          Heap, Peggy. THE STORY OF HOTTENTOTS HOLLAND: social history of Somerset West, the Strand, Gordon's Bay and Sir Lowry's Pass over three centuries. 2nd ed., revised & enlarged. Sir Lowry's Pass: Peggy Heap, 1977.

            208 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed. Signed by Heap on title page, with signed & dated inscription on front free endpaper.                               200

Includes chapters on the farms in the area, shipwrecks, and travellers who visited the area in the 18th & 19th centuries.

 

8          Heller, David. A HISTORY OF CAPE SILVER, 1700-1870.  Cape Town: David Heller, 1949.

            276 p.: ill., frontis. 4to. Cloth, d.w. with small tears on top edge. Signed by Heller on title page.                                                                                                                        1500

 

9          Heller, David. FURTHER RESEARCHES IN CAPE SILVER.  Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1953.

            179 p.: ill., frontis. 4to. Cloth.                                                                      850

 

10        Heller, David. IN SEARCH OF VOC GLASS.  Cape Town: Maskew Miller, [1961].

            103 p.: ill., frontis. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges.                                 195

 

11        Henshilwood, Norah G. ALL THESE UNDER A SUMMER SUN; decorated by John Dronsfield. Cape Town: Paul Koston, 1947.

            89 p. Cloth, d.w.                                                                                            75

Reminiscences of a Cape childhood.

 

12        Henshilwood, Norah G. & Higgs, Cecil. KELP COAST; [text by Norah Henshilwood and drawings by Cecil Higgs].  Cape Town: David Philip, 1976.

            95 p.: ill. Oblong 16 mo. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. with small tear. No. 626 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Henshilwood on title page.            95

Describes the coast of the Cape Peninsula between Schuster's Bay and Chapman's Peak and the coast at Vermont..

 

13        Hoefsloot, Ted & Pama, Cor. CAPE WINE HOMESTEADS; paintings by Ted Hoefsloot; text by Cor Pama. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1980.

            120 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), frontis., plans. Oblong 4to. Cloth, d.w. worn along edges.             275

Includes a brief historical sketch of each farm illustrated, including Alphen, Allesverloren, Boschendal, Lanzerac, Meerlust, Spier, etc. Ad. Donker, publisher of many books on South Africa, died in July 2002.

 

14        Jeffreys, Kathleen M. [comp.]. KAAPSE ARCHIEFSTUKKEN: lopende over het jaar 1778 [-1783]: afgeschreven en met een register voorzien. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1926-1938.

            7 vols. Cloth, colour not uniform. Comprises the following: 1778; 1779; 1780; 1781; 1782 (in 2 vols.), 1783 (vol.1 only).                                                                              1500

South Africa has a proud tradition of archivists who attempted to bring the contents of the repositories to a wider audience. Dr Theal, C.G. Botha and H.V.C. Leibbrandt were the foremost, but Kathleen Jeffreys (a long time archivist at the Cape Archives Depot) must also be included in this endeavour. This collation was meant to make the documents easily available whilst retaining the original language. The ARGIEFSTUKKEN were intended to cover the period between Leibbrant's PRECIS (which ended in 1732) and Theal's RECORDS (which started in 1793). Dr Anna Boeseken continued this tradition (see our last catalogue) and Dr Dan Sleigh continues this work today.

 

15        Luckhoff, C.A. [comp.]. DIE OU HOOGGEREGSHOFGEBOU: die ingeligte openbare mening en die toekoms van die gebou. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1954.

            [16] p.: ill., frontis. Pict. paper wraps, creased.                                        50

 

16        Picard, Hymen W.J. GRAND PARADE: the birth of greater Cape Town, 1850-1913. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1969.

            x, 176, p. [42] p. of ill. (some col., 1 col. folding), col. frontis, ports., folding map. 4to. Cloth, d.w. frayed at edges of spine.                                                                            350

Sequel to GENTLEMAN'S WALK. Contains an interesting selection of photographs of old Cape Town.

 

17        Trefois, Clemens [et al.]. OUR CAPE GABLES = ONS KAAPSE GEWELS; Clemens Trefois, Willem Punt, Jan Ploeger. Reprint. Pretoria: Simon van der Stel Foundation, [1970].

            92 p.: ill., map. Pict. paper wraps.                                                              150

An interesting study of Cape and Dutch architecture.


Recent publications relating to Cape Town

 

18        Botha, Colin Graham. THE CAPE ROYAL RIFLES AND OTHER VOLUNTEER UNITS, 1855-1881.  Cape Town: Castle Military Museum, 2001.

            172 p.: ill. Oblong 16 mo. Paperback.                                                       110

Botha was the first Government Archivist of the Union of South Africa. He died in 1973. This manuscript was found among his papers.

 

19        Cape Town [Maps]. CAPE TOWN STREET GUIDE.  11th ed. Cape Town: MapStudio, 2002.

            226 p.: chiefly col. plans & maps. 4to. Ringbound stiff paper boards.           115

You won't get lost in Cape Town if you have this!

 

20        KRONOS: Journal of Cape History = Tydskrif vir Kaaplandse Geskiedenis. No. 27, November 2001. Special issue: Visual history. Bellville: University of the Western Cape, 2001.

            346 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback.                                                         95

 

21        Raynard, J.H. DR ABDURAHMAN: a biographical memoir; edited by Mohamed Adhikari. Cape Town: Friends of the National Library of South Africa, 2002.

            96 p.: frontis., port. (Voices of Black South Africans series; no. 3). Paperback.       50

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman (1872-1940) was a popular and influential Coloured political leader during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Raynard's relationship with Abdurahman over forty years ranged from that of friendship to political rivalry.

 

22        Rough Guides. THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CAPE TOWN.  2nd ed. London: Penguin, 2002.

            xv, 363 p.: col. ill., col. maps. 16 mo. Paperback.                                   90

A comprehensive guide to the Mother City, including accomodation, historic attractions, reviews, day-trips etc.


NATAL AND ZULULAND

 

23        Binns, C.T. DINUZULU: the death of the house of Shaka. London: Longmans, Green, 1968.

            305 p.: ill., ports., maps. Cloth, paper covered boards, d.w. faded on spine.             150

Dinuzulu was the son of Cetshwayo. Binns records the final dissolution of the great military empire founded by Shaka.

 

24        Chase, John Centlivres. THE NATAL PAPERS: a reprint of all notices and public documents connected with that territory, including a description of the country and a history of events from 1498 to 1843. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: Struik, 1968.

            xv, 320 p.: port. (Africana collectanea series; vol. 30). Skivotex, d.w.             250

 

25        Dube, John. JEQE, THE BODYSERVANT OF KING TSHAKA: insila ka Tshaka; translated from the Zulu by J. Boxwell. Lovedale: Lovedale Press, 1951.

            84 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Stiff paper wraps.                                    150

 

26        Gardiner, Allen F. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA: [undertaken in 1835.]. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: Struik, 1966.

            iv, 412 p.: ill., plan, 2 folding maps. (Africana collectanea series; vol. 21). Skivotex, d.w. with small chip at top of spine. No. 511 of an edition limited to 750 copies.        350

Gardiner, a celebrated missionary pioneer, became a cadet at the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth at the age of 13. He travelled widely, to the U.S.A., Peru, Chile, India, China, Australia and Cape Town. He was appointed Commander in 1825. After the death of his first wife in 1834, he decided to become a missionary and travelled to Cape Town. Unaware of the 6th Frontier War, he travelled to Natal via Kaffraria, a difficult and dangerous journey. He began a mission station at Berea before setting out to meet Dingaan. He succeeded in negotiating a treaty which granted him a vast tract of land, including the original grants held by the settlers. He then travelled to Port Elizabeth to meet Sir B. D'Urban, the Governor of the Cape Colony, to have the treaty confirmed. On his return he moved his mission to an area north of the Tugela, where he was visited by Piet Retief. After Retief and his party were killed, he returned to Port Natal and later that year left with his family for Rio de Janeiro. See Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 587-8 and D.S.A.B. vol. 2, p. 254-5.

 

27        Goetzsche, Eric. THE FATHER OF A CITY: the life and times of George Cato, first mayor of Durban. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, [1966].

            216 p.: : ill., port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed with small tear to top of spine.                                                                                                                         100

Cato, the eldest of six sons, emigrated to South Africa from Britain in 1826. His father was  killed by an elephant shortly after their arrival, and he assumed responsibility for the family. He moved to Durban from Algoa Bay in 1839 and was involved in the rescue of a party of trekboers. The history of early Natal forms the background to his personal history.

 

28        Hindson, Doug & McCarthy, Jeff [eds.]. HERE TO STAY: informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal. Dalbridge: Indicator Press, 1994.

            viii, 230 p.: tables, map. Paperback.                                                         75

 

29        Isaacs, Nathaniel. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN EASTERN AFRICA: descriptive of the Zoolus, their manners, customs, with, A SKETCH OF NATAL newly revised and edited, in one volume, with a biography of the author, notes and appendices by Louis Herman and Percival R. Kirby. New, revised ed. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1970.

            xxxi, 349 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w. Originally published in 1836. Edition limited to 1500 copies.                                                                                                  900

Isaacs accompanied Lieutenant King on his voyage to Natal in search of King's friends, Lieutenant Farewell and Francis Fynn. They were shipwrecked in Natal Bay and while the crew built another ship, Isaacs ventured inland to visit Shaka's royal kraal. He records his impressions of the Zulu people and their customs which are particularly interesting as they are an accurate account of the Zulu people before they came under European influence. He lived in daily contact with Shaka and was treated on the whole with favour, having rank and honours conferred upon him, as well as a large tract of land. Second copy with small chip at top of spine @ R650.

 

30        Krige, Eileen Jensen. THE SOCIAL SYSTEM OF THE ZULUS.  2nd ed. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1950.

            xix, 420 p. Cloth, d.w. three ownership signatures on front endpapers. Cellotape marks on endpapers.                                                                                                    275

 

31        Meer, Y.S. [et al.]. DOCUMENTS OF INDENTURED LABOUR, NATAL 1851-1917.  Durban: Institute of Black Research, 1980.

            690 p.: tables (some folding). Skivotex.                                                   200

 

32        Morris, Donald R. THE WASHING OF THE SPEARS: a history of the rise of the Zulu nation under Shaka, and its fall in the Zulu War of 1879. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.

            655 p.: ill., ports., maps (2 on endpapers). Cloth spine, paper covered boards, d.w. frayed on edges and along spine, with cellotape reinforcing.                               250

33        Sycholt, August. A GUIDE TO THE DRAKENSBERG.  Cape Town: Struik, 2002.

            200 p.: col. ill., col. maps. Paperback.                                                       140

 

34        Tracey, Hugh. LALELA ZULU: 100 Zulu lyrics; with illustrations by Eric Byrd; foreword by A.W. Hoernle. Johannesburg: African Music Society, [1948].

            121 p.: ill. Cloth, d.w.                                                                                   175

The lyrics are presented in the original Zulu and in English translation. They reflect "...a vivid cross section of the emotional reactions of the African songmaker to life's joys and sorrows… for the anthropologist or other student of African life and thought, the lyrics form most valuable social documents." Hoernle.  Categories include historical incidents, country affairs, praise to the chief, faction fighting songs, dancing songs, love songs and police and passes.


ART AND ARTISTS

 

35        Battiss, Walter [ed.]. DE ARTE.  [Pretoria: Unisa, 196-?].

            32 p,: ill., ports. 4to. Paperback. Accompanied by a numbered (181/500) signed lithographed figure composition by Cecil Skotnes. Text in English, Afrikaans and German.      250

A collection of poetry, essays and reproductions of art.

 

36        Berman, Esme. ART AND ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA: an illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875. De luxe ed. New updated & enlarged ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1983.

            xviii, 545 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Quarter leather & marbled paper boards.     750

 

37        Bloom, Doris. THE LABYRINTHINE NEST: the art of Doris Bloom [text by Jacob Wamberg]. [English ed.]. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1991.

            16 p. of text, [32] p. of ill. (chiefly col.). Paperback. Translated from the Danish. Signed and dated inscription from Bloom on title page, and a letter from the author laid down on front endflap.                                                                                                                        300

 

38        Caldecott, Strat. STRAT CALDECOTT, 1886-1929; [by] J. du P. Scholtz.  De luxe ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1970.

            84 p. of text, 59 p. of ill. (some col.), port. as frontis., col. folding plate (laid down). 4to. Quarter brown leather and marbled paper covered boards. No. 65 of an edition limited to 65 copies. Signed by Scholtz on verso of title page.                                                175

Standard edition also available @ R125.

 

39        Coetzee, Christo. CHRISTO COETZEE: paintings from London and Paris, 1954-1964. Cape Town: Fernwood, in association with Michael Stevenson and Deon Viljoen, 2001.

            79 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (1 as frontis.). Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.                         R 195

40        Dick-Read, Robert. SANAMU: adventures in search of African art. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964.

            271 p.: ill., ports., maps (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w., worn along edges.     200

 

41        D'Oyly, Sir Charles. THE CAPE SKETCHBOOKS OF SIR CHARLES D'OYLY, 1832-1833: depicting Cape Town, the countryside and neighbouring villages; with an introduction by A. Gordon-Brown. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1968.

            xii, [238] p.: chiefly ill. 4to. Cloth, d.w.                                                       175

D'Oyly lived in Cape Town while on leave from India in 1832-3. He painted from life and in the field and was a fine draughtsman with a love of the landscape and an obsevant eye for people and their daily activities. He left an album of 118 sketches in pen & ink with wash and pencil of the Cape Peninsula and environs. His landscapes record the countryside of the Boland and his sketches of people form an interesting social record of the time.

 

42        Higgs, Cecil. CECIL HIGGS CLOSE UP: a biography by D.R. Bertram. Johannesburg: William Waterman, 1994.

            vii, 157 p.: ill., (some col.), ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w., torn at top of spine.      165

Based on personal diaries, notebooks and drafts of letters. Higgs (1898-1986) spent her childhood on a Free State farm, then studied art in London and Paris. She returned to South Africa in 1933 and maintained close contact with fellow artists Lippy Lipshitz, John Dronsfield and William Dawe amongst others, over the next 5 decades. Her passion for nature's elements is reflected in her work.

 

43        Lipshitz, Lippy. LIPPY LIPSHITZ: a biographical commentary and documentation of the years 1903-1968; with a catalogue raisonne of sculptures by Bruce Arnott; with photographic illustrations by Volker Miros. De luxe ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1969.

            viii, 246 p.: chiefly ill., port. as frontis. 4to. Quarter green leather and marbled paper covered boards, slightly faded along fore-edge.                                                    400

 

44        Museum of Modern Art. ART FROM SOUTH AFRICA: an exhibition organised by the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, in association with the Zabalaza Festival, London. London: The Museum, 1990.

            95 p.: ill. (chiefly col.). Oblong 8vo.                                                           350

 

45        Pierneef, J.H. DIE HOUT-EN LINOSEE VAN J.H. PIERNEEF; [compiled by] F.E.G. Nilant. De luxe ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1974.

            x, 197 p.: frontis., chiefly ill. 4to. Quarter leather (slightly rubbed), marbled paper covered boards. No. 9 of an edition limited to 150. Signed by Nilant on a preliminary page. 550

 

46        Pierneef, J.H. DIE HOUT-EN LINOSEE VAN J.H. PIERNEEF; [compiled by] F.E.G. Nilant. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1974.

            x, 197 p.: frontis., chiefly ill. Cloth, d.w.  A crisp copy.                           400

 

47        Pierneef, J.H. DIE STASIEPANELE = THE STATION PANELS.  Johannesburg: Transnet Art Collection, 1978.

            27 p.: chiefly col. plates, interleaved with captioned waxed paper. Paperback.       250

Pierneef was commissioned to paint panels for Johannesburg Station in July 1929. He depicted scenes from across southern Africa and they are celebrated as being amongst Pierneef's finest work.

 

48        Pudi, Ranko & Satyo, Sizwe. THE ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF MAKHANDA; [text by Sizwe Satyo; illustrations by Ranko Pudi]. Johannesburg: Skotaville, 1984.

            [16] p. of text., [21] col. plates of ill. Oblong 16mo.                                 300

Makhanda was a "war doctor" and a general in the Xhosa armies under Ndlambe. He made prophecies about the resurrection of old heroes and told the impis that the bullets of the British at Grahamstown would magically turn to water. Following an abortive attack by the AmaXhosa, he handed himself to the authorities in order to end hostilities. He drowned off Robben Island during an escape attempt.

 

49        Sacks, Leslie J. PASSIONS: modern and African art: a collection. Leslie J. Sacks Editions, [198-?].

            30 p. of text, [30] col. plates. 4to. Paper covered boards with col. plate laid down on front cover, d.w. slightly rubbed.                                                                                     250

A celebration of many years of dealing in and collecting visual art.

 

50        Tretchikoff, Vladimir & Hocking, Anthony. PIGEON'S LUCK.  London: Collins, 1973.

            283 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly rubbed along edges. Signed & dated by Tretchikoff on half title page.                      275

The life story of one of South Africa's most successful artists of modern times. The book traces his artistic career, as well as his wartime experiences in Singapore, his capture by the Japanese and final reunion with his family in Cape Town.

 

51        Van Graan, Mike & Ballantyne, Tammy [comps.]. THE SOUTH AFRICAN HANDBOOK ON ARTS AND CULTURE, 2002/2003.  Cape Town: David Philip, 2002.

            xv, 460 p. Paperback.                                                                                  150

 

52        Wenning, Pieter. WENNING; by Gregoire Boonzaier and I. Lippy Lipshitz. Cape Town: Unie-Volkspers, 1949.

            58 p. of text, [56] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), col. frontis., ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w.  A crisp copy. Signed & dated by Boonzaier on front free endpaper.                          225

 

53        Winizki, Ernst. AFRICAN SPOONS = AFRIKANISCHE LOFFEL.  Zurich: Museum Rietberg, 1990.

            [46] p.: all. ill. Paperback, rubbed.                                                             250


SOUTH AFRICA

 

 

54        Anderson, J.W. THE PROSPECTOR'S HANDBOOK: a guide for the prospector and traveller in search of metal-bearing or other valuable minerals. 10th ed. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1904.

            176 p.: ill. Pict. cloth with gilding, slightly worn on edges of spine.    500

 

55        Attwell, J.E.M. Thursby. THE FIGHTING POLICE OF SOUTH AFRICA.  Maritzburg: Natal Witness, [printer],  [1927?].

            207 p.: ill., ports. Original cloth spine, paper covered boards with insect damage to front cover and some staining internally to page edges.                                                  5000

A scarce item. Police took part in all the major conflicts that took place in southern Africa, including the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and WWI as well as all the Rebellions and other upheavals: the Bondelzwarts, the Bullhoek Affair, the Rebellion of 1914, the Witwatersrand disturbances of 1913 etc.

 

56        Becker, Dave. YELLOW WINGS: the story of the Joint Air Training Scheme in World War II. [Johannesburg]: SAAF Museum, [1989].

            102 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Paperback.                                          100

Because of advantageous weather conditions, large numbers of Allied pilots were trained in South Africa during WWII.

 

57        Belling, Ron. A PORTRAIT OF MILITARY AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Cape Town: Struikhof, 1989.

            160 p.: col. ill. Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy.            400

Ron Belling was official war artist to the South African Air Force. His paintings are celebrated for the very careful attention to technical detail displayed and the historical context in which the aeroplanes are placed.

 

58        Bennett, Benjamin. AND YOUR VERDICT?  Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1954.

            256 p.: ill., ports. Cloth, d.w.                                                                        70

Bennett describes murder trials and mysteries and provides the background to many. His books were very popular and sold in great numbers.

 

59        Bennett, Benjamin. FREEDOM- OR THE GALLOWS?  Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1956.

            248 p.: ill., ports., map on endpapers. Cloth, d.w. slightly rubbed.      100

 

60        Bennett, Benjamin. MURDER IS MY BUSINESS.  Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1951.

            286 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. with top and bottom of spine missing. 70

 

61        Bennett, Benjamin. THE COHEN CASE; with acknowledgment to John B. Richards. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1971.

            206 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w.                                              75

Ronald Cohen was convicted of the murder of his wife, Susan, who was brutally killed in their home in 1970. He was spared the gallows as the judge found extenuating circumstances. Bennett questions whether this sentence was a step towards the abolition of capital punishment in South Africa.

 

62        Bennett, Benjamin. THE NOOSE TIGHTENS.  Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1974.

            266 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. with small tear and faded on spine. 60

 

63        Bennett, Benjamin. TOO LATE FOR TEARS.  14th impression. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1956.

            191 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. worn along edges. Front free endpaper stuck down.                                                                                                                         50

The stories behind twelve South African murder mysteries.

 

64        Bennett, Benjamin. WAS JUSTICE DONE?: the scissors murder. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1975.

            184 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w., slightly frayed along top edge.          70

Marlene Lehnberg enticed Marthinus Choegoe to help her murder her older lover's wife, Susanna van der Linde, who was stabbed with a pair of scissors and strangled to death.

 

65        Bennett, Benjamin. WHY DID THEY DO IT?  Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1953.

            310 p.: ill., plan, ports. Paper covered boards, d.w., slightly frayed along edges.     80

 

66        Benyon, John. PROCONSUL AND PARAMOUNCY IN SOUTH AFRICA: the High Commission, British Supremacy and the sub-continent, 1806-1910. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal, 1980.

            xv, 393 p.: ports., maps. Paperback.                                                         160

How did advancing European civilization incorporate traditional societies (including the Boers)? British involvement was extensive in southern Africa and Prof. Benyon traces its route.

 

67        Blackie, W.K. MALARIA: with special reference to the African forms. Cape Town: African Bookman for Post-Graduate Press, 1947.

            101 p.: 1 col. plate. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, d.w., frayed along edges. R 100

Much discussion centres on HIV-AIDS at present. However malaria has been and continues to be as much of a problem for Africa, and has enjoyed little attention in comparison.

 

68        Boesak, Allan. THE FINGER OF GOD: sermons on faith and socio-political responsibility; translated from the Afrikaans by Peter Randall. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1982.

            xii, 100 p. Paperback. Inscription from Theo & Helen Kotze, to whom Boesak dedicated the book.                                                                                                                        90

 

69        Bolsmann, Eric H. THE SOUTH AFRICAN WINE DICTIONARY.  2nd, enlarged ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1984.

            xi, 192 p.: map. Paperback.                                                                        50

 

70        Breytenbach, Jan. FORGED IN BATTLE.  Cape Town: Saayman & Weber, 1986.

            149 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback.                                                         850

Col. Breytenbach commanded the famous, or infamous, 32 Battalion which campaigned so effectively in Angola and Namibia during the bush war. The publishers were a small firm who only produced a small run of this scarce book..

 

71        Breytenbach, Jan. THEY LIVE BY THE SWORD: [32 "Buffalo" Battalion: South Africa's Foreign Legion]. Alberton: Lemur, 1990.

            272 p.: ill., ports., maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy.   1000

Col. Breytenbach became a legendary figure in the old South African army and these two books are the most readable of the South African involvement in Angola that have yet appeared. Although Breytenbach claimed no political affiliations, his feelings about the war are clear and he took delight in the success the composite force he had moulded with difficulty, achieved in their battles with SWAPO and MPLA forces. Breytenbach's force, 32 "Buffalo" Battalion, were used to spearhead the SA drive into Angola and during Operation Savannah in 1975, it was 32 Battalion that reaching Novo Redondo just south of Luando that raised the spectre of SA "taking over" Angola, alarming European and American governments. Breytenbach's books are valuable since he does not attempt to hide problems in supply and staffing and the conflicts he had with senior SA military staff, who did not like his unconventional modus operandi (or his success!). He also provides graphic evidence of the confusion that existed in Angola in the period after 1974, where UNITA changed sides and you often had to question  people you came across to determine whether they were friend or foe!

 

72        Burchell, William J. TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; with a new introduction by A. Gordon Brown. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1967.

            2 vols. (582, 648 p.): ill. (some col. folding), port. as frontis. (vol. 1), 1 loose-leaf folding map. Full green calf with raised bands and gilding on faded spine. Small stain on spine of vol. 2. 4to. Facsimile reprint of the 1822-4 edition. Edition limited to 1000 copies.        3000

"The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century, and embracing a description of a large part of the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland at this period." Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 224, commenting on the original publication.

 

73        Butler, Alan. KURUMAN MOFFAT MISSION.  Kuruman: Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust, 1983.

            20 p.: ill., ports. Accompanied by a loose-leaf pamphlet (2 p.) entitled THE MOFFAT STORY. Pict. stiff paper wraps.                                                                                          95

 

74        Butler, Jeffrey [et al.]. THE BLACK HOMELANDS OF SOUTH AFRICA: the political and economic development of Bophuthatswana and KwaZulu; by Jeffrey Butler, Robert I. Rotberg and John Adams. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.

            x, 250 p.: tables, maps. Cloth, d.w.                                                            125

This study grew out of a report commissioned by the U.S. State Department in an attempt to understand how the homelands would affect South Africa's political development.

 

75        Carnegie Commission. DIE ARMBLANKE-VRAAGSTUK IN SUID-AFRIKA: verslag van die Carnegie-Kommissie. Stellenbosch: Pro Ecclesia, 1932.

            5 vols. (xxxiii, 237; xxxiii, 202; xxxiii, 383; xxxiii, 154; xxxiii, 232 p.): ill., tables, folding maps. Cloth, slightly worn on edges, volumes not uniformly coloured. Contents: Vol. 1. EKONOMIESE VERSLAG: plattelandsverarming en plaasverlating / J.F.W. Grosskopf. Vol. 2. PHYSCHOLOGIESE VERSLAG: die armblanke / R.W. Wilcocks. Vol. 3. ONDERWYS-VERSLAG: onderwys en die armblanke / E.G. Malherbe. Vol. 4. MEDIESE VERSLAG: die fysieke toestand van die armblanke / W.A. Murray. Vol. 5. SOCIOLOGIESE VERSLAG: die armblanke en die maatskappy / J.R. Albertyn; Die moeder en dogter van die armblanke-huisgesin / M.E.R. Rothmann.                                                                                                    750

The Carnegie Commission arose out of a visit by the President and Secretary of the Carnegie Corporation of New York to South Africa in 1927.The Dutch Reformed Church requested support for an investigation into the "poor white" question. The Corporation agreed and took responsibility for the costs involved as well as arranging for two American sociologists to participate in the study.

 

76        Carter, Edward [comp.]. THE DOVETONS OF ST HELENA: a family history. Cape Town: Privately printed, 1973.

            110 p.: ill., ports., folding genealogical table (laid down), map. Coat of arms on endpapers. A neat genealogical chart of previous owner laid down on endpaper. Cloth with gilding, d.w. A mint copy. No. 209 of an edition limted to 300 copies, signed by Carter.              550

St Helena has just celebrated its quincentenary. William Dufton emigrated to the island of St Helena in 1674. His descendants now live in England, South Africa, India and on the island.

 

77        Casalis, Eugene. MY LIFE IN BASUTOLAND.  Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1971.

            300 p. (Africana collectanea; vol. 38). Skivotex, d.w. Originally published in 1889. No. 506 of an edition limited to 1000 copies.                                                                   R 250

Casalis was a missionary who knew the Basutos well.

 

78        Child, Daphne. YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN.  Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1969.

            222 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly frayed along edges.    80

Describes the exeriences of young Dutch, British and Voortrekker South Africans prior to 1860.

 

79        Clarke, James. BACK TO EARTH: South Africa's environmental challenges. Johannesburg: Southern, 1991.

            332 p.: ill., (some col.). Paper covered boards, d.w.                               125

Clarke is a specialist in environmental journalism and the issues he deals with become more important each year. See no. 192 for an update of this book.

 

80        Clarke, James. EARTH LINK: survival guide to the outdoors. Johannesburg: Branch Promotions, [1987].

            111 p.: ill., advertisements. Paperback, creased on top corner. Errata slip laid down on title page.                                                                                                                         50

 

81        Cocker, Mark. RIVERS OF BLOOD, RIVERS OF GOLD: Europe's conflict with tribal peoples. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998.

            xvi, 416 p.: ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w.                            250

Part 4 deals with German South West Africa.

 

82        Coetsee, Gert. HANS STRIJDOM: lewensloop en beleid van Suid-Afrika se vyfde Premier. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1958.

            62 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed. Signature of Blaar Coetzee on front free endpaper.                                                                                     100

 This book was published to celebrate the victory of Strijdom (South Africa's fifth Prime Minister) and the National Party in the elections of 16 April 1958.

 

83        Coetzer, Pieter. BAAI VAN DIAMANTE: die geskiedenis van Alexanderbaai, 1926 to 1989. Bloemfontein: Instituut vir Eietydse Geskeidenis, UOVS, 1997.

            246 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., plans, map. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.   200

 

84        De Guingand, Sir Francis. FROM BRASS HAT TO BOWLER HAT.  London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979.

            120 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. faded on spine with small creases.         60

De Guingand was Montgomery's Chief of Staff during WWII. After the war he joined the world of commerce both in South Africa and Britain.

 

85        De Kock, Victor. ONS DRIE EEUE = OUR THREE CENTURIES; compiled at the request of the Central Committee for the Van Riebeeck Festival, Cape Town, 1952. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1952.

            264 p. (of which 32 p. are text): ill., some col., ports. (1 as frontis.), map on endpapers. 4to. Pict. cloth with gilding, d.w. Parallel text in English & Afrikaans.                85

Celebrates three hundred years of European influence in South Africa.

 

86        Dennison, C.G. HISTORY OF STELLALAND: previously Bechuanaland, now the District of Vryburg. [2nd ed. Vryburg, 1972].

            50 p.: port. Paperback. Lengthy inscription on preliminary page. Originally published in 1928.                                                                                                                        150

The district of Vryburg is referred to as "the Texas of the Republic of South Africa". Dennison grew up in the Grahamstown district during the Frontier Wars. He was present at the attack and capture of Sekukune's stronghold. He also undertook many transport ventures to the then Rhodesia.

 

87        Desmond, Cosmas. THE DISCARDED PEOPLE: an account of African resettlement in South Africa; foreword by Nadine Gordimer. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.

            xx, 264 p.: ill. Paperback, slight water damage to lower edge.             65

 

88        Dickason, Graham B. CORNISH IMMIGRANTS TO SOUTH AFRICA: the Cousin Jacks' contribution to the development of mining and commerce, 1820-1920. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1978.

            x, 122 p.: ill., ports. (S.A. biographical & historical series; vol. 25). Cloth, d.w.          225

 

89        Dicke, B.H. THE BUSH SPEAKS: border life in old Transvaal. Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, 1936.

            xv, 421 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, worn along edges.                    400

Some photographs by A.M. Duggin-Cronin and Gordon Makepeace. Dicke writes of the northern Transvaal Lowveld and his tales reflect his experiences of the area in all guises.

 

90        Donaldson, Ken [ed.]. SOUTH AFRICAN WHO'S WHO 1955: an illustrated biographical sketch book of South Africans with separate sections for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and South West Africa. Johannesburg: Ken Donaldson, 1955.

            727 p.: ill., ports., advertisements. Cloth, with clear contact plastic covering. Ex library copy.                                                                                                                         275

 

91        Empire Exhibition 1936-7. OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION, SOUTH AFRICA 1936: 15th September 1936 - 15th January 1937, Johannesburg = AMPTELIKE KATALOGUS…  Johannesburg: [The Exhibition, 1936].

            300 p.: ill., ports., advertisements. Pict. paper wraps with small tear on top edge.   250

 

92        Epstein, Edward Jay. THE DEATH OF THE DIAMOND: [the coming collapse in diamond prices]. London: Sphere Books, 1983.

            270 p. Paperback. Originally published in 1982 as THE DIAMOND INVENTION.  80

"The diamond invention was an ingenious scheme for sustaining the value of diamonds in an uncertain world." p. 8.

 

93        FitzPatrick, Sir J. Percy. LORD MILNER AND HIS WORK: an appreciation. Reprinted from the Cape Times, [1925].

            18 p. Stiff paper wraps.                                                                               75

 

94        FitzPatrick, Sir J. Percy. THE TRANSVAAL FROM WITHIN: a private record of public affairs. 4th impression. London: William Heinemann, 1899.

            xiv, 452 p. Cloth, some scarring. "Mudie's Select Library" label on front cover.       300

"A comprehensive account of the politics of the Transvaal… the work is so full of important matter that it is impossible to give a resume…" Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 550. The book had a substantial impact after being privately circulated in June 1899. It was published in September 1899, the second impression on 10 October, the 3rd on 16 October and this impression on 23 October. FitzPatrick's line must have influenced British opinion. E.g. "[In the ZAR]… justice was not a commodity intended for the Britisher" p. 59.

 

95        Gandhi, M.K. SATYAGRAHA IN SOUTH AFRICA; translated from the Gujarati by Valji Govindji Desai. 4th impression. Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1972.

            xv, 317 p. Paperback. First published in 1928.                                       250

 

96        Gastrow, Shelagh. WHO'S WHO IN SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. No. 4; with an introduction by Tom Lodge. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1992.

            xxxviii, 333 p.: ports. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Gastrow on title page.  60

 

97        Gerhart, Gail M. BLACK POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA: the evolution of an ideology. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.

            xi, 364 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback.                                                      250

 

98        Gevers, T.W. ALEX L. DU TOIT MEMORIAL LECTURES, No. 1: the life and work of Dr Alex L. du Toit. Johannesburg: The Geological Society of South Africa, [195-].

            109 p.: ports. Pict. stiff paper wraps. Annexure to Volume LII of the Geological Society of South Africa.                                                                                                             100

Alex du Toit (1878-1948) was a very successful geologist who did much to expand knowledge of South Africa's mineral composition. He contributed greatly to the mining industry. For decades his was the standard text book used by students of geology.

 

99        Godbold, Brian. MOUNTAINS, BULLETS AND BLESSINGS: the autobiography of Brian Godbold. Durban: B. Godbold, 1989.

            416 p.: ill., ports. Pict. paper covered boards.                                          150

Goldbold saw service in German East Africa in WWI and in Abyssinia in WWII. He was an ardent mountaineer all his life and climbed in the Drakensberg.

 

100     Goldblatt, Robert. POSTMARKS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: the postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West, 1792-1910. Cape Town: Reijger Publishers, 1984.

            267 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., map on endpapers. Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                                                                                         300

 

101     Goldswain, Pauline. THE SETTLER NAMED JEREMIAH GOLDSWAIN.  Johannesburg: Privately published, 1983.

            136 p.: ill., ports., map. Paper covered boards, d.w., stained. Signed by Pauline Goldswain on front free endpaper. No. 211 of an edition limited to 1000 copies.     250

Jeremiah Goldswain was one of the 1820 settlers. The book gives a factual account of their lives and the challenges they faced from 1820 to 1870.

 

102     Green, Lawrence G. GREAT AFRICAN MYSTERIES.  [2nd impression]. London: Stanley Paul, 1937.

            255 p.: ill., port. as frontis. Cloth, neatly recased with new endpapers.         850

Green produced six books prior to the WWII, all published in London. No books were published whilst he served "up north" with the South African forces during the war, but from 1948 onwards, he produced virtually a book per year. The pre-war editions are seldom seen (although they were later reprinted by Howard Timmins, Green's post-war publisher).

 

103     Green, Lawrence G. THE COAST OF TREASURE.  London: Putnam, 1933.

            269 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps on endpapers. Cloth. Slight discolouration on spine and edges.                                                                                                                         775

Describes the South West coast of Africa.

 

104     Grobler, E. [et al., eds.]. LANGUAGE ATLAS OF SOUTH AFRICA: language and literacy patterns. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1990.

            74 p.: chiefly col. maps. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards.               350

The language question was one of the most important issues addressed by politicians in post-1994 South Africa. The complexity of the situation is shown graphically in this book and it explains why the decision was taken to fudge the issue and recognise all eleven languages equally, and not just one!

 

105     Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S SETTLER COUNTRY.  Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1980.

            [98] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Inscription on front free endpaper.                                                                                              250

 

106     Hall, Martin. THE CHANGING PAST: farmers, kings and traders in southern Africa, 200-1860. Cape Town: David Philip, 1987.

            161 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Hall to Roger Summers, on title page.                                                                                                       125

 

107     Harington, A.L. SIR HARRY SMITH: bungling hero. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1980.

            299 p.: maps (some on endpapers). Paper covered boards, d.w. with three small scars. 165

 

108     Hawthorne, Peter & Bristow, Barry. HISTORIC SCHOOLS OF SOUTH AFRICA: an ethos of excellence. Cape Town: Pachyderm Press, 1993.

            241 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w., slip case.                                      225

The schools described are all boys' schools!

 

109     Hay, Sereld. HISTORY OF THE R.N.V.R. [Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]: South African division. Cape Town: Juta, 1920.

            xv, 193 p.: ill., ports., folding plan. Cloth spine, paper covered boards rubbed at corners. Not normally seen in such good condition.                                                   2200

Branches of the R.N.V.R. served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and were involved in both the defence and relief of Ladysmith. Chapters are also devoted to the Bambata Rebellion and the campaign in German South West Africa. After the cessation of hostilities there, members saw service in Europe. Of interest are the appendices which contain lists of the men who served, and those who did not return.

 

110     Hocking, Anthony. RANDFONTEIN ESTATES: the first hundred years; illustrations by Heather Blair. Bethulie: Hollards, 1986.

            280 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., plans. Pict. paper covered boards. Top front corner bumped. Signed by Hocking & Blair on title page.                                                               100

A history of the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company.

 

111     James, Lawrence. THE ILLUSTRATED RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.  [Abridged ed.]; abridged by Helen Lownie. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1999.

            352 p.: ill. (some col.), col. frontis., ports., maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Full edition published in 1994.                                                                                       470

Spans four centuries and six continents, from 1600 to the present day.

 

112     Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co. Ltd. THE STORY OF "JOHNNNIES", 1889-1964: a history of the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited; written by the staff; illustrated by Bernard Sargent. Johannesburg: The Company, 1965.

            63 p.: ill., ports. Pict. cloth with gilding, d.w. frayed along top edges with small chips on spine.                                                                                                                         100

The company was founded in 1889 by Barney Barnato, and is still listed on the J.S.E.

 

113     Kendall, Frances & Louw, Leon. SOUTH AFRICA: the solution. Bisho: Amagi, 1986.

            xvi, 237 p.: ill., maps. Paperback. Signed by Louw & Kendall on half title page.     100

Kendall & Louw wrote extensively on South Africa from a liberal perspective.

 

114     Klein, Harry. SPRINGBOKS IN ARMOUR: the South African armoured cars in World War II. Cape Town: Purnell, [1965].

            xiii, 338 p.: ill., ports. (1 col. as frontis., some folding), folding maps. (S.A. National War Museum Publications; no. 2). Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges, with small chip along top edge.                                                                                                              300

The SA armoured car regiments gained a good reputation during the north African campaigns for their operations behind enemy lines.

 

115     Lategan, Felix V. & Potgieter, Lucas. DIE BOER SE ROER TOT VANDAG: die ontwikkeling van die vuurwapen in Suider-Afrika. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1982.

            208 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w.  Pages slightly rippled on lower edge. Signed and dated inscription from Lategan on title page.                                          300

The definitive work on this subject.

 

116     Le Roux, G.J. HUGENOTEBLOED IN ONS ARE; redakteur R.T.J. Lombard. Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1988.

            194 p.: frontis., maps. Skivotex, d.w.                                                         350

The descendants of the Hugenots who came to South Africa in the 1600 & 1700's have made a huge contribution to the development of South Africa.

 

117     Leipoldt, C. Louis. BUSHVELD DOCTOR.  2nd impression. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938.

            350 p. Cloth, faded on spine. Title page browned from insertion of a newspaper cutting.                                                                                                                         350

Louis Leipoldt, one of South Africa's best-known men of letters, qualified as a doctor in 1907. After practising in and around London, he returned to South Africa in 1914 to become Chief Medical Inspector of schools in the Transvaal. This book was the result of his experiences in that post. Not only does he discuss the medical aspects of his job, but in Leipoldt fashion, discusses the flora, the fauna, the politics and the people he encountered and thus allows us a glimpse of those who inhabited what was one of the most isolated parts of South Africa.

 

118     Leipoldt, C. Louis. DEAR DR BOLUS: letters from Clanwilliam, London, New York & Europe written mainly during his medical education by C. Louis Leipoldt to Harry Bolus in Cape Town from 1897-1911; edited with an introduction, notes and index by E.M. Sandler. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, for UCT, 1979.

            xii, 180 p.: port. as frontis. Cloth, d.w.                                                       50

The botanist and businessman Harry Bolus got to know Leipoldt because of the latter's interest in plants. He paid for Leipoldt's medical education in England. "The letters reveal the development of a literary talent that was later to mature into the successful and widely-appreciated South African author". D.w.

 

119     Lewis, Bernard. I REMEMBER…; illustrated by Nerine Desmond. Cape Town: Rustica Press, 1950.

            45 p.: ill., col. frontis. Cloth, d.w. worn on spine. Edition limited to 500 copies, signed by Lewis.                                                                                                                        100

Reminiscences of a South African childhood in the 1880's.

 

120     Lovell, Mary S. A RAGE TO LIVE: a biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. London: Abacus, 1999.

            xvii, 910 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback, creased on lower front corner.         200

 

121     Malan, Jacques. RYTUIE VAN WELEER: 'n monografie van die Nasionale Kultuurhistoriese en Opelugmuseum, Pretoria. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1981.

            152 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.              225

South Africa's development was so dependent upon the wagon and coach and yet so little has been written about these modes of transport. This book is an attempt to correct that. Includes an interesting selection of photographs and drawings of the wagons that were used.

 

122     Malan, T. & Hattingh, P.S. [comps]. SWART TUISLANDE IN SUID-AFRIKA.  Pretoria: Afrika-Instituut, 1975.

            viii, 223 p.: ill., ports., tables, col. maps (1 loose-leaf, folding). 4to. Paperback.        100

Deals with the "homelands" created by the National Party as part of their policy of segregation.

 

123     McKenzie, Gordon. DELAYED ACTION: being something of the life and times of the late Brigadier General, Sir Duncan McKenzie; illustrations by Barbara Woollatt. [Johannesburg, 1961?].

            412 p.: ill., ports., genealogical tables (1 folding). Small 4to. Skivotex, d.w. with small tears and large chip out of rear cover. A privately published limited edition.      400

Col. McKenzie records his father's experiences, based on diaries and notes, his early transport riding days, the South African War, the "Native Rebellion" of 1906 and his years with the Natal Carbineers through two world wars.

 

124     Moravian Church. GEORG SCHMIDT EN SY OPVOLGERS: 200 jaar Evangeliese Broederkerk (Moravian Church) in Suid-Afrika, 1737-1937. Herrnhut: Gustav Winter, 1937.

            23 p.: ports. Stiff pict. paper wraps.                                                           75

 

125     Mtolo, Bruno. UMKONTO WE SIZWE: the road to the left. Durban: Drakensberg Press, 1966.

            195 p. Cloth, d.w. worn on fore-edge.                                                      250

Mtolo was originally a member of the ANC, but later changed sides and was "Mr X", the sensational State witness of the Rivonia trial. He ends the book by asking Chief Luthuli to accept the policy of separate development!

 

126     Mulholland, Rosemary. SOUTH AFRICA, 1948-1994.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

            64 p. : ill. (some col.), ports., col. maps. 4to. Paperback.                       75

A concise history of South Africa.

 

127     Muller, C.F.J. [et al., eds.]. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY AND HISTORIANS: a bibliography. Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1979.

            xv, 411 p. Paper covered boards.                                                              150

 

128     Mylchreest, Brian. THE DIAMOND KING AND THE MYLCHREESTS OF PEEL.  Isle of Man: Amulree Publications, 1993.

            80 p.: ill., ports. Paperback.                                                                         125

Joseph Mylchreest left the Isle of Man to seek his fortune. He was known as "Diamond Joe" in Kimberley. After selling his business interests to Cecil John Rhodes, he returned to the Isle of Man, richer than when he left!

 

129     Nakasa, Nat. THE WORLD OF NAT NAKASA: selected writings of the late Nat Nakasa; edited by Essop Patel; with an introduction by Nadine Gordimer. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1986.

            xxi, 125 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges.                350

Nat Nakasa was born in Durban but spent most of his adult life as a journalist in Johannesburg in the early and mid sixties- he was the first black journalist on the staff of the Rand Daily Mail. He left South Africa on an exit visa, barred from ever returning, to take up a journalism scholarship at Harvard University. He committed suicide in New York at the age of 28, three days before Ingrid Jonker's suicide, in July 1965. He did not see South Africa in racial terms and wrote: "My people are South Africans. Mine is the history of the Great Trek. Gandhi's passive resistance in Johannesburg, the war of Ceteswayo and the dawn raids which gave us the treason trials in 1956. All these are South African things. They are part of me." Gordimer wrote of Nakasa: "…he was a new kind of man…with easy dignity and natural pride in his Africanness.". This book deserves to be reprinted.

 

130     Newton, L.M. FARAWAY SANDY TRAILS.  Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, [195-].

            212 p.: ill., ports., map as frontis. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges with some rubbing.        150

Lily Newton recalls her many years in the then South West Africa.

 

131     Orkin, Mark. DISINVESTMENT, THE STRUGGLE AND THE FUTURE: what black South Africans really think. 2nd impression. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1986.

            xii, 78 p.: tables. Paperback.                                                                       75

Orkin's conclusions were at odds with the National Party statements re disinvestment.

 

132     Palmer, Eve. RETURN TO CAMDEBOO: a century's Karoo foods and flavours. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1992.

            311 p. Paperback.                                                                                        150

 

133     Paton, Alan. HOFMEYR.  Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1964.

            viii, 545 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed with small tears along top edge. Some water damage to edges, not interfering with text. Accompanied by a typed letter (1 leaf) dated 23/8/65 from Paton (signed in ink) to A.K. Fryer, who reviewed the book for the MELBOURNE AGE. Also accompanied by a clipping of Fryer's review, both contained in an envelope laid down on front endpaper.                                                                                                      750

In the letter, Paton refers to Hancock's study of Smuts and to the reception his HOFMEYR had received throughout the world. "I think that HOFMEYR will be of great help to Hancock and I am sure he will regard the Smuts-Hofmeyr relationship as much more important than it first appeared to him. I was hoping his second volume on Smuts might come out before HOFMEYR, but he wrote and told me that his hope was the HOFMEYR would come out first. I may add that he wrote me a very complimentary letter" .

 

134     Pearse, G.E. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1960.

            ix, 193 p.: ill., frontis., plans. Folio. Cloth, d.w.                                        2500

Illustrations include detailed drawings of the furniture described.

 

135     Pivnic, H.L. RAILWAY DINING CARS IN SOUTH AFRICA: history and development. Johannesburg: South African Transport Services, 1985.

            415 p.: ill. (some col.), frontis., plans. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.          225

A detailed and fascinating history of food provision to rail travellers. "The inherent nature of rail travel in South Africa- long distances covered at relatively slow speeds- resulted in catering services becoming a necessity rather than a luxury". Introduction.

 

136     Player, Ian [ed.]. VOICES OF THE WILDERNESS.  Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1979.

            xx, 283 p. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                      100

Includes papers delivered by Ian Player, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Laurens van der Post, amongst others.

 

137     Player, Ian. MEN, RIVERS AND CANOES.  Cape Town: Simondium, 1964.

            148 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), maps (2 on endpapers, 1 folding). Cloth, d.w. frayed along top edge.                                                                                                              200

Player is a dedicated conservationist.

 

138     Portnet, South Africa. LIGHTHOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA; [photography by Herman Potgieter et al.]. [Cape Town]: Portnet, 1991.

            47 p. : col. ill., map. 4to. Paperback.                                                          125

 

139     Posel, Deborah. THE MAKING OF APARTHEID, 1948-1961: conflict and compromise. Oxford: Clarendon Paperbacks, 1997.

            297 p. Paperback. Originally published in 1991.                                   175

 

140     Preller, Gustav S. [comp.]. VOORTREKKER WETGEWING: notule van die Natalse Volksraad, 1839-1845; met inleiding en aantekeninge van Gustav S. Preller. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1924.

            xviii, 296 p. Cloth, d.w. with small tear to lower front corner.                100

 

141     Republic of South Africa. Commission of Inquiry. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT: of the Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Irregularities in the Former Department of Information. Pretoria: Government Printer, 1979.

            72 p. 4to. Stiff paper wraps.                                                                        100

A crucial document in South African history, leading to the fall of Prime Minister Vorster as a result of the "Information Scandal" and the rise to power of P.W. Botha.

 

142     Retief, P.J. DIE RETIEF-FAMILIE IN SUID-AFRIKA.  Pretoria: Privately published, [1967].

            173 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                            150

 

143     Rhodes Trustees. CECIL RHODES AND RHODES HOUSE.  2nd ed. Oxford: The University Press, 1929.

            23 p.: loose-leaf plan. Paper wraps, frayed along edges.                     75

 

144     Ries, Alf & Dommisse, Ebbe. LEIERSTRYD: die dramas rondom die uittrede van pres. P.W. Botha. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1990.

            270 p.: ports. Pict. paper covered boards. Signed by Ries and Dommisse on front free endpaper.                                                                                                                        100

The last days of P.W. Botha's power, and the struggle between prospective successors.

 

145     Robert, Earl. THE RAND OF HOPE AND GLORY: under martial law, Johannesburg, January 1914. Johannesburg: The Transvaal Leader, 1914.

            30 p.: chiefly cartoons. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Corners curled, some scarring to covers and some spotting.                                                                                              300

Humour is the surest and the simplest corrective of angry and bitter passions: and it may well be that Mr Robert's collection of sketches will go some way to induce that frame of mind…" Foreword.The Rebellion saw the taking up of arms by those objecting to South Africa taking Britain's side in WWI.

 

146     Robertson, Janet. LIBERALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1948-1963.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.

            252 p. (Oxford studies in African affairs). Cloth, d.w.                            150

 

147     Rosenthal, Eric. THEY WALK BY NIGHT: true South African ghost stories and tales of the supernatural. 2nd ed. (1st pbk. ed.). Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, 1951.

            187 p. Paperback.                                                                                        50

 

148     Ryan, Colleen. BEYERS NAUDE: pilgrimage of faith. Cape Town: David Philip, 1990.

            viii, 230 p.: ports. Paperback . Signed by Naude & Ryan on title page.         150

Beyers Naude broke the mould of Afrikanerdom and spoke out against apartheid.

 

149     Schadeberg, Jurgen [comp. & ed.]. THE FIFTIES PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA: [black life: politics, jazz, sport]: the lives of some ninety-five people who were influential in South Africa during the fifties, a period which saw the first stirring of the coming revolution; with photos by Bob Gosani, Ranith Kally, Alfred Kumalo, Peter Magubane, G.R. Naidoo, Gopal Naransamy [and] Jurgen Schadeberg. [Johannesburg]: Bailey's African Photo Archives, 1987.

            260 p.: chiefly ill., chiefly ports. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards.         375

 

150     Schapera, I. MARRIED LIFE IN AN AFRICAN TRIBE.  London: Faber and Faber, 1940.

            364 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w., price clipped.                     250

The book describes marriage and family life among the Kgatla of the former Bechuanaland Protectorate. The focus of the book is the change brought about by exposure to Western cultures for over a century.

 

151     Schoeman, Karel. BLOEMFONTEIN IN BEELD = PORTRAIT OF BLOEMFONTEIN, 1860-1910.  Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1987.

            191 p.: chiefly ill., folding plan, ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.          150

 

152     Scholtz, G.D. DIE AFRIKANER EN DIE SEE.  Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1969.

            127 p.: ill. Paper covered boards, d.w. rubbed.                                       75

Dr Scholtz argues that for Afrikaners to stay in control of South Africa, they need to stay in control of the sea routes around the country.

 

153     Schulenburg, C.A.R. AUGUST CARL SCHULENBURG: krygsgevangene, medikus, boer. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1985.

            170 p.: ports., map. Pict. Paper covered boards.                                     100

Schulenburg lived in the western Transvaal.

 

154     Shepherd, Don. MY RUN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.  Los Altos: Tafnews Press, 1970.

            187 p.: ill., ports. Paperback.                                                                      75

Five years after completing a run from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Shepherd set off to run from Los Angeles to New York.

 

155     Shinnie, P.L. [ed.]. THE AFRICAN IRON AGE.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.

            x, 281 p.: ill., plans, maps. Cloth, lower front corner bumped, d.w.     200

 

156     Shutte, Augustine. PHILOSOPHY FOR AFRICA.  2nd impression. Cape Town: UCT Press, 1994.

            184 p. Paperback. Ex library copy.                                                            50

 

157     Slagter's Nek Rebellion. THE SLAGTER'S NEK REBELLION, 1815: a brief sketch; with the Report of the Judicial Commissioners to H.E. Lord Charles Somerset. Cape Town: Reprinted from THE CAPE, 1915.

            15 p. Stiff paper wraps, small tear to spine.                                             250

 

158     Smith, Andrew. ANDREW SMITH'S JOURNAL OF HIS EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1834-36: an authentic narrative of travels and discoveries, the manners and customs of the Native tribes and the physical nature of the country; edited with an introduction and notes by William F. Lye; with contemporary illustrations by Charles Davidson Bell. Standard ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema for the South African Museum, 1975.

            xii, 323 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. 4to. Cloth, d.w. slightly browned along fore edge.                                                                                                                         350

 

159     Smuts, J.C. GREATER SOUTH AFRICA: plans for a better world: the speeches of General the Right Honourable J.C. Smuts "One country and one people". 2nd ed. Johannesburg: The Truth Legion, 1941.

            xi, 191 p.: ports (1 as frontis.). Cloth, unevenly faded, d.w. creased along top edge with small tears. Some spotting on preliminary pages. Signed inscription from General Smuts to Dr S.H. Skaife laid down on front free endpaper.                                                400

These speeches reflect Smuts's ability to bring an unusual angle to bear upon a subject, and his vast store of knowledge and wisdom. His dedication of the monument to members of the South African Mountain Club who died in WWI (The spirit of the mountain, p. 31-6) deserves to be widely read. Skaife was an eminent entomologist, and prolific author (of both scientific books and detective stories!).

 

160     Smuts, P.J. DIE SMUTS-FAMILIE VAN DIE SWARTLAND.  Privately published, [1994?].

            vi, 90 p.: genealogical chart, facsimiles. Skivotex. Initialed inscription from the author on front free endpaper & signed on title page.                                                              250

Accompanied by a letter (dated February 1994) from Jan Smuts, son of the "Oubaas", revealing reservations about some of the things written about his father, and expressing pessimistic views on the prevailing political situation.

 

161     Soref, Harold & Greig, Ian. THE PUPPETEERS: [an examination of those organizations and bodies concerned with the elimination of the white man in Africa]. London: Tandem, 1965.

            126 p. Paperback.                                                                                        60

 

162     South African Air Force Museum. AIR HERITAGE: the official journal of the Friends of the South African Air Force Museum, Cape Town Branch. Cape Town: The Friends, 1999.

            2 vols. (42; 47 p.): ill., ports. 4to. Stiff pict. paper wraps. Partial contents: Cape Corps and Native Military Corps in SAAF Service. The Junkers JU86 in SAAF service.           100

 

163     Stadler, H.D. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: a true perspective; Maj.-Gen. H.D. Stadler; assisted by various other retired members of the South African Police. 2nd ed. Pretoria: Contact Publishers, 1997.

            198 p.: col. ill., graphs. Paperback. 1st ed. also published in 1997.    75

Written after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's hearings. Stadler was a senior military/police figure in apartheid South Africa.

 

164     Stanford, Edward. STANFORD'S MAP OF BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA.  London: Edward Stanford, 1 May 1899.

            Col. folding map printed on linen. 56 x 73 cm. Folds into red cloth binder, small tear on spine.                                                                                                                         1500

Area covered is Cape Town to Luanda, including Madagascar.

 

165     Streak, Michael. THE AFRIKANER AS VIEWED BY THE ENGLISH, 1795-1854.  Cape Town: C. Struik, 1974.

            xvi, 231 p. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                     90

 

166     Tapson, Winifred. TIMBER AND TIDES: the story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay; illustrated by Winifred Tapson. Cape Town: Juta, 1961.

            xiv, 195 p.: ill., frontis., ports., maps (1 on endpapers). Paper covered boards, d.w. with insect damage along fore edge.                                                                           200

First edition. Later edtions contain the genealogical chart.

 

167     Taylor, William P. AFRICAN TREASURES: sixty years among diamonds and gold. London: John Long, 1932.

            288 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, lower corner bumped. Spotting on preliminary pages and page edges.                                                                                                  300

Taylor arrived at the diamond diggings at Pniel (on the banks of the Orange River) at the age of 11 in 1870. He came to know many of the famous figures of the time: Rhodes, Beit and Kruger amongst others.

 

168     Theron, C.J. & Niehaus, C.J.G. WINE-MAKING.  3rd revised ed. Pretoria: Government Printer, 1948.

            94 p. (Union of South Africa. Department of Agriculture. Farmer's bulletin series; no. 130; Bulletin no. 191) Stiff paper wraps, stapled. Torn at top of spine.                      50

How it was done then!

 

169     Tobias, Phillip V. THE MEANING OF RACE. [a lecture given to inaugurate a Seminar on Man]. 2nd ed., revised & enlarged. Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1972.

            41 p. Paperback. Lower corner bumped. Originally published in 1961.        100

"… the scientific truth about race runs counter to some or all of the assumptions underlying or influencing the race policies of this country." Introduction.

 

170     Tomaselli, Keyan & Louw, Eric P. [eds.]. THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Bellville: Anthropos, 1991.

            236 p. (Studies on the South African media). Paperback.                   100

Focuses on the history of "black" newspapers from the missionary press, linking the struggles of this press and its editors to contemporary publishing ventures by oppressed communities, trade unions and the student presses.

 

171     Trichardt, Louis. DAGBOEK VAN LOUIS TRICHARDT, 1836-1838; met inleiding en aantekeninge van Gustav S. Preller. 2nd revised ed. Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938.

            cv, 379 p.: ill., ports., col. folding map laid down on rear endpaper. (Ons geskiedenis-serie). Pict. cloth.                                                                                                               250

Trichardt, one of the most intrepid of the trekkers, got his wagons down the northern Drakensberg and reached Lourenco Marques (Maputo), where he and most of his party succumbed to malaria.

 

172     Trollope, Anthony. SOUTH AFRICA: a reprint of the 1878 edition with an introduction and notes by J.H. Davidson. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1973.

            504 p.: frontis. (South African biographical and historical studies). Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                                                                                         225

 

173     Ulster, J.J. DAAR IS MAAR EEN ELIM, 1824-1974: uitgegee tydens die 150-jarige Jubelfees van die Sending stasie: Elim. Genadendal: Moravian Church, 1974.

            47 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                               100

Elim is a Moravian Mission Station.

 

174     United Party, South Africa. THE NATIVE POLICY OF THE UNITED PARTY: as approved by the Union Congress of the Party, Bloemfontein, 16, 17, 18 November 1954. Johannesburg: The Party, 1954.

            26 p. Paperback.                                                                                          100

Summary: "In economic affairs-integration, properly controlled; in political relations- guidance; in social and residential policies- separation; in all things- justice and fair dealings". For the period 1948-94, attention is focused on National Party policies. For much of this time the United Party were the official opposition. This document shows how they differed (or not) from those policies.

 

175     Uys, Ian. SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY WHO'S WHO, 1452-1992.  Germiston: Fortress, 1992.

            312 p. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                            175

 

176     Van der Merwe, N.J. DIE TREKBOER IN DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE KAAPKOLONIE, 1657-1842.  Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938.

            334 p.: plans. (Ons geskiedenis-serie). Pict. cloth. Some spotting on page edges.            325

 

177     Van Schoor, M.C.E. PRESIDENT BRANDSTRAAT = PRESIDENT BRAND STREET: presented on behalf of the City of Bloemfontein and sponsored by Volkskas Beperk with the declaration of President Brand Street as a National Conservation area on 25 November 1988. Bloemfontein: The City, 1988.

            64 p.: ill. (some col.). Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Parallel text in English and Afrikaans.       75

 

178     Vedder, H.C. Heinrich. DAS ALTE SUDWESTAFRIKA: Sudwestafrikas geschichte bis zum Tode Mahareros 1890: nach den bestenschriftlichen und mundlichen quellen erzahlt von Heinrich Vedder. Windhoek: S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 1973.

            xviii, 686 p. Cloth, d.w. slightly rubbed.                                                    300

 

179     Walter, Heinrich. GRUNDLAGEN DER WEIDEWIRTSCHAFT IN SUDWESTAFRIKA.  Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer, 1954.

            281 p.: ill., tables. Cloth spine, slightly spotted, & paper covered boards.     400

 

180     Walton, James. SOUTH AFRICAN SLEDGES.  Cape Town, 1991.

            26 p.: ill., col. frontis. Paperback. Reprinted from TYDSKRIF VIR VOLKSKUNDE EN VOLKSTAAL, vol. 47, no. 1 of 1991.                                                         150

Walton once again shows how something seemingly insignificant was important to South Africa's development.

 

181     Watson, Robert Spence. THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH RULE AND POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA: a lecture; with a new introduction. Pretoria: The State Library, 1979.

            32 p.: map. Skivotex, stained. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 edition.  50

The lecture was delivered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the request of the Newcastle Liberal Association.

 

182     Willoughby, W.C. NATIVE LIFE ON THE TRANSVAAL BORDER: illustrated from original photographs. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, [1900].

            64 p.: ill. Oblong 8vo. Cloth, worn on corners with gilt embossed seal of "The Chief Khama, Phalapye Bechuanaland". Binding weak but holding.                        350

"A good deal of information is afforded respecting the growth of religion and eduction amongst the natives, with some particulars regarding the life of the white inhabitants of the protectorate. There are views of the deserted capital Shoshong, the town of Palapye…portraits of the chiefs and their families and many other illustrations, mainly depicting the social life of the natives in Bechuanaland." Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 617.

 

183     Wylie, Diana. A LITTLE GOD: the twilight of patriarchy in a southern African chiefdom. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1990.

            xiv, 278 p.: ill., ports., map. Paperback.                                                    150

Follows the changing role of the chieftain in Ngwato society. The Ngwato inhabited central Bechuanaland. When Botswana became independent in 1966, Seretse Khama, heir to the Ngwato chieftainship, became its first president. His marriage to an English woman had precipitated crises in political authority both in England and Botswana. He had been preceded as chieftain by his uncle, Tshekedi Khama. "… portrait of a Tswana patriarch, bent on using the global forces buffeting his semi-desert chiefdom to launch a 'modern' state." Jean Comaroff.

 

184     Yates, Alan. UNION GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS: Pretoria, South Africa: fifteen reproductions of copyright photographs by Alan Yates. Middleburg: O.H. Frewin, [1913].

            [36] p.: chiefly ill. Oblong 16 mo. Stiff paper wraps, brown silk ribbon through spine.        100

 

185     Yates, Alan. UNION GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS: Pretoria, South Africa: fifteen reproductions of copyright photographs by Alan Yates and others: commemoration issue in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Union buildings. Pretoria: Pretoria Publicity Association, [1963].

            [34] p.: chiefly ill. Oblong 16 mo. Stiff paper wraps.                               50

 

186     Young, George. FAREWELL TO THE TRAMPS: [the unsung heroes]. Kommetjie: J.F. Midgley, , 1982.

            120 p.: ill., ports., frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. with small tears to top edge. Signed and dated inscription from Young on title page.                                            150

Young describes the cargo carrying vessels which have largely disappeared from our coastline, victims of wartime casualty and shipwreck, or scrapped in favour of purely utilitarian carriers.

 

187     Zeederberg, H. VELD EXPRESS.  Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1971.

            246 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges with small tears.            300

Zeederberg is a descendant of the family commissioned by Rhodes to open the transport route into Mashonaland. He tells of the stage coach era in southern Africa, with all the attendant drama and adventure, including encounters with highwaymen and wild animals.


Recent Publications relating to Southern Africa

 

188     Baericke, Max Ewald. LUDERITZBUCHT: Historische Erinnerungen eines alten Diamantensuchers aus der deutschen Diamantenzeit in Sudwestafrika zwischen den Jahren 1908 und 1914 mit einer geschichtlichen Einleitung. Windhoek: Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 2001.

            189 p.: ill., ports., maps (1 col. folding laid down on rear endpaper). Paperback.    90

 

189     Beckett, Denis [et al.]. FLYING WITH PRIDE: the story of the South African flag; text by Denis Beckett. Pretoria: Wildnet Africa, 2002.

            161, [14] p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w.           265

The new South African flag flew for the first time on the 27th of April 1994, the only six-colour flag in the world. Since then it has been woven into the fabric of South African society, as illustrated in this lavish production.

 

190     Bizzell, John. BLUEPRINTS IN BLACK AND WHITE: the built environment professionals in South Africa: an outline history. Durban: Solo Collective, 2002.

            x, 132 p.: ill., plan. 4to. Paperback.                                                            125

 

191     Blum, William. ROGUE STATE: a guide to the world's only superpower. New updated ed. Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002.

            308 p. Paperback.                                                                                        115

Chapter 23: How the CIA sent Nelson Mandela to prison for 28 years.

 

192     Clarke, James. COMING BACK TO EARTH: South Africa's changing environment: an up-to-the-minute review of the state of the environment; contributing editor David Holt-Biddle. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2002.

            x, 374 p.: ill. (chiefly col.). Paperback.                                                      170

Discusses all the issues facing the World Summit on Sustainable Development. "A current, comprehensive and holistic assessment of the challenges facing a developing African state within the global context.

 

193     Dikene, Sandile. SOUL FIRE: writing the transition; with an introduction by Antjie Krog. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 2002.

            x, 277 p. Paperback.                                                                                    125

 

194     Edelstein, Jillian. TRUTH & LIES: stories from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Johannesburg: M&G Books, 2001.

            227 p.: ill., ports. Stiff paper wraps with endflaps.                                  200

Edelstein photographed the proceedings of the TRC. "… a fascinating look at… the Truth Commission: not only through its images, but through eyewitness accounts, Jillain Edelstein's diary and some of the Commission's main protagonists… it is a testimony to the necessity of looking at what happened." Gillian Slovo.

 

195     Fox, Justin. WITH BOTH HANDS WAVING: a journey through Mozambique. Cape Town: Kwela Books, 2002.

            208 p.: ill., map. Paperback.                                                                       95

Narrative of a trip undertaken at the turn of the century by a team of journalists from GETAWAY magazine.

 

196     Jordan, Meg. THE LEGEND OF HUBERTA; foreword by Ian Player. Umhlali: Ortus Books, [2002].

            238 p.: ill. (some col.)., col. frontis., maps. Paperback.                          135

A retelling (for the young reader) of the story of the lone trek of the celebrated Zululand hippoptamus during 1928-1931.

 

197     Kinahan, John. PASTORAL NOMADS OF THE DESERT: the people history forgot. 2nd ed. Windhoek: Capital Press, 2001.

            167 p.: maps. Paperback.                                                                           65

 

198     Koch, Blaise. IN, AROUND, THROUGH AND OUT: an actor's life. Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002.

            320 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                            130

An award winning South African actor, Koch confronts life with HIV with humour and courage.

 

199     Kruger Park. [Map]. TOURING MAP OF KRUGER PARK: Blyde River Canyon, Pietersburg and Nelspruit. Cape Town: Sunbird , 2002.

            98 x 69 cm: col. folding map with stiff pict. paper wraps.                      50

 

200     Lans, Han [comp.]. THE STORY OF MY LIFE: South Africa seen through the eyes of its children; foreword by Nelson Mandela. Cape Town: Kwela Books, 2002.

            131 p.: col. ill., ports, col. map on endpapers. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards.        175

Description of the daily life of children in different communities across South Africa.

 

201     Lewis-Williams, J.D. DISCOVERING SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK ART.  3rd impression. Cape Town: David Philip, 2000.

            102 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. First published in 1990.              85

 

202     Mulholland, Stephen. ANOTHER VOICE II; foreword by Tim Modise. Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002.

            viii, 200 p. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                     150

A second collection of Mulholland's weekly social commentaries in the SUNDAY TIMES. His is one of the voices of the New South Africa, bringing critical insight to a broad array of pertinent topics.

 

203     Musson, Alfred. THE WHITE TIDE;. [edited by David Sinclair]. Gweru: Modern Press, 2002.

            212 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. No. 128 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Signed by Sinclair on verso of title page.                                                                                        225

Sinclair has edited the diary of his grandfather, Alfred Musson (1851-1938). Musson left Cape Town for Shoshong Trading, and forged friendships with the Revs. John McKenzie and James Hepburn. A gifted linguist, he could communicate with the Boers and the local tribes and recorded events meticuluously. He travelled to Kimberley in search of diamonds, befriended Khama of Bechuanaland, and spent many years in the then Mashonaland and Rhodesia.

 

204     O'Hagan, Tim. SPECTACULAR NAMIBIA.  Cape Town: Struik, 2002.

            152 p.: chiefly ill., frontis., ports., map (all col.). Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards with col. ill. laid down, transparent d.w. Parallel text in English and German.             220

 

205     Pike, Steve. SURFING IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Cape Town: Book4, 2001.

            176 p.: col. ill., maps. Paperback.                                                              120

Contains a superb chapter entitled "Surfrikan slang" which enables the tourist to understand a sentence such as: Howzit, do you and your squeeze want some spook and diesel? Also explains such well known South African phrases as "Ja nee / Yes no" and "isit?"

 

206     Retief, Linette. PYNBOS SIDING.  Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2002.

            97 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                               60

Autobiography of a Capetonian copywriter living in Johannesburg.

 

207     Rice, Bill. THE ROYAL NAVY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-2000.  Lodge Hill: Maritime Books, 2002.

            128 p.: chiefly ill. Oblong 8vo. Paper covered boards, d.w.                  400

 

208     Ryan, John. ONE MAN'S AFRICA.  Cape Town: Jonathan Ball, 2002.

            346 p. Paperback.                                                                                        140

Ryan is a foreign correspondent reporting on Africa and has covered events on the continent for 40 years.

 

209     Smith, Charlene. PATRICIA DE LILLE.  Cape Town: New Africa Books, 2002.

            202 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                            130

Patricia de Lille is a strong personality in South African politics. An MP for the Pan African Congress, she is vocal and fearless in her concern for the rights and well-being of ordinary South Africans. Nelson Mandela has called Ms de Lille his favourite opposition politician.

 

210     South Africa. [Map]. TOURING MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA: a folded map of South Africa showing an eastern section on the front and a western section including a large place names index on the back. Cape Town: Sunbird , 2002.

            98 x 69 cm: col. Pict. paper wraps.                                                            50

 

211     Van Wyk, Magdaleen. THE COMPLETE SOUTH AFRICAN COOKBOOK.  3rd ed. Cape Town: Struik, 2002.

            367 p.: ill. Pict. paper covered boards.                                                      100

 

212     Visser, Wayne & Sunter, Clem. BEYOND REASONABLE GREED: why sustainable business is a much better idea. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2002.

            190 p. Paperback.                                                                                        75

Visser & Sunter argue that for sustainable business in both a social and environmental sense, it will be necessary for companies to change from the "tooth-and-claw" logic of lions to the more caring, holistic philosophy of elephants.

 

213     Webb, John. THE ZANZI BAR: Africa through the lens. Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002.

            127 p.: col. ill., ports. Paperback with flyleaves.                                      150

The Zanzi Bar is a nightspot in Kigali, Rwanda. Webb records each of nine photographers' most memorable experience in covering Africa.


NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO & HUNTING

 

214     Adamson, Joy. JOY ADAMSON'S AFRICA.  London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1972.

            125 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Pict. cloth with gilding, d.w. with tear to top edge and spine.                                                                                                                         R 150

 

215     African hunting reprints. AFRICAN HUNTING REPRINT SERIES.  Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1980-81 & Bookset Publishers, 1982-1999.

            12 vols.: ill.(some col.), ports., frontispieces, maps (some folding). Paper covered boards, d.w.s. A crisp set. Contents: Vols. 1 & 2. A HUNTER'S LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA / R. Gordon Cumming. 2 vols. (xv, 388; x, 381 p.). Vol. 3. THE RECOLLECTIONS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER, 1864-1875 / William Finaughty. 244 p. Vol. 4. AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE / William Charles Baldwin. x, 451 p. Vol. 5. A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS IN AFRICA / F.C. Selous. xvii, 455 p. Vol. 6. ELEPHANT HUNTING IN EAST EQUATORIAL AFRICA / Arthur H. Neumann. xix, 455 p. Vol. 7. TREKKING THE GREAT THIRST: sport and travel in the Kalahari Desert / Arnold W. Hodson. xvi, 359 p. Vol. 8. HUNTING THE ELEPHANT IN AFRICA: and other recollections of thirteen years' wanderings / C.H. Stigand. xxi, 379 p. Vol. 9. THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA / William Cornwallis Harris. xvi, 359 p. Vol. 10. THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT AND ITS HUNTERS / Denis D. Lyell. ix, 221 p. Vol. 11. THE ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER / James Sutherland. 324 p. Vol. 12. THE BONDS OF AFRICA: impressions of travel and sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912 / Owen Letcher. 267 p.                                 3500

Classic hunting and exploration titles.

 

216     Baines, Thomas. THE GOLD REGIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA.  Facsimile ed. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1968.

            xxiv, 240 p.: ill., port. as frontis., advertisements, tables, facsimile letter (laid down), folding map in pocket on rear endpaper. (Rhodesiana Reprint Library; vol. 1). Pict. cloth with gilding, d.w. Cellotape discolouration on preliminary pages. Reprint of the 1877 edition.           375

 

217     Banana, Canaan Sodindo. POLITICS OF REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE: face to face with combat theology. Gweru: Mambo Press, 1996.

            xiii, 335 p. Paperback.                                                                                 75

The Rev. Banana became Zimbabwe's first President after democratic elections were held. He was later imprisoned on a criminal charge of a sexual nature.

 

218     Bridgland, Fred. JONAS SAVIMBI: a key to Africa. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1986.

            513 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                          350

Seldom seen in hardcover. Dr Jonas Savimbi (1934-2002) was the son of a station master in the central highlands of Angola. In 1966 he broke away from the MPLA and formed UNITA. He was to lead this movement for the rest of his life, fighting first the Portuguese and later the FNLA & MPLA. He was most powerful during the 1980's when he received covert backing from the Reagan and Bush governments and open help from South Africa. He was seen as a bulwark against communism, even though he called himself a "Maoist". He ran his campaign from his headquarters at Jamba in the highlands, and visited Reagan in the White House. Clinton recognised the Angolan government, and apartheid's demise saw the withdrawal of South African help. Increasingly, the bloody Angolan civil war was attributed to Savimbi's intransigence and less and less material was supplied to him. In 1991 he lost the UN supervised elections and in 1994 refused to sign the Lusaka Peace Accord. In his last year his forces were confined to a small area around his headquarters. He was killed by Angolan troops in February this year.

 

219     Bruce, James. TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA.  Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1882.

            295 p.: frontis. (Nimmo's library of history, travel and adventure). Embossed pict. cloth with bevelled edges. Gilt spine titles and illustrations. Prize bookplate laid down on front endpaper. Text in double columns.                                                                             500

Journal of the travels through North Africa, Egypt, and Abyssinia in the late 18th century, towards the source of the Blue Nile. Bruce was British Consul in Algiers.

 

220     Cole, Barbara. THE ELITE: Rhodesian Special Air Service: pictorial. Amanzimtoti: Three Knights, [198-].

            168 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards.             750

 

221     Contact I. Lovett, John. CONTACT: a tribute to those who serve Rhodesia. 3rd impression. Johannesburg: Khenty Press, 1982.

            240 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Pict. cloth with gilding, rubbed on edges, d.w. torn on corners with neat cellotape tears, but in unusually good condition. Originally published by Galaxie, 1977. Cover subtitle: Rhodesia at war.                                                               650

 

222     Contact II. Moorcraft, Paul L. CONTACT II: struggle for peace; by Paul L. Moorcraft. Johannesburg: Sygma, 1981.

            208 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards with gilding, d.w. Inscription on title page.                                                                                                       800

 

223     Cowderoy, Dudley & Nesbit, Roy C. WAR IN THE AIR: Rhodesian Air Force, 1935-1980. Alberton: Galago, 1987.

            248 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy.                  300

Air power was one of the means whereby Rhodesian security forces defended the country for so long. The authors trace the political events that shaped the war in Rhodesia and relate these to the development of air tactics and combined operations.

 

224     Flower, Ken. SERVING SECRETLY: Rhodesia's CIO Chief on record. Alberton: Galago, 1987.

            xxii, 330 p., ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy.         300

 

225     Gann, Lewis H. & Duignan, Peter. WHITE SETTLERS IN TROPICAL AFRICA.  Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1962.

            169 p.: tables. (African series). Paperback.                                             50

 

226     Godwin, Peter. MUKIWA: a white boy in Africa; foreword by Shaun Johnson. London: Macmillan, 1996.

            418 p.: map. Paperback.                                                                             125

Born in eastern Rhodesia "Godwin tells his story of childhood in the colony, war in the rebel state, and rejection in the independent country…" Foreword.

 

227     Hall, Richard. THE HIGH PRICE OF PRINCIPLES: Kaunda and the white south. Revised ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.

            287 p. (African library). Paperback.                                                           75

Hall  “takes the story of Zambia (which is interwoven with the story of Rhodesia) through the mounting disillusionment with Britain and the West to the present stalemate which inflicts daily economic suffering on the Zambians." Rear cover.

 

228     Hamley, Richard. THE REGIMENT: an outline of the history and the uniforms of the British South Africa Police. Cape Town: T.V. Bulpin, 1971.

            120 p.: ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. Bookplate on front endpaper.     550

 

229     Hamley, Richard. THE REGIMENT: an illustrated history and the uniforms of the British South Africa Police. De luxe ed. Salisbury: Quest Publishing, 1980.

            [76] p. of which 33 p. are full colour plates. 4to. Full blue leather with gilt dentelles and raised bands. Small scratch on front cover, otherwise in good condition. "F" of an edition limited to 350 copies. T.e.g. Cloth slip case with gilding. Signed by Hamley on title page.            3500

 

230     Hanna, A.J. THE STORY OF THE RHODESIAS AND NYASALAND.  London: Faber and Faber, 1960.

            288 p.: ill., ports., (1 col. as  frontis.), maps. Cloth, d.w. with tears on top edge.       150

 

231     Hutchinson, Alfred. ROAD TO GHANA.  London: Victor Gollancz, 1960.

            190 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges. Some spotting on page edges.   85

Hutchinson was accused no. 7 in the Rivonia treason trial. He skipped bail with the intention of travelling to Ghana. "…It is a record of brutality and stupidity; it is also one of the most exciting and moving adventure stories I've read…" Doris Lessing.

 

232     Lloyd, A.W. JAMBO, or, WITH JANNIE IN THE JUNGLE: thirty East African sketches; with an introduction by Sir Percy FitzPatrick. [Cape Town,1917].

            [2] p. of text; [29] leaves + [2] p. of cartoons. Stiff pict. paper wraps, creased & detached. 400

A series of cartoons relating to the East African campaign of WW1. "…for us in the East African Campaign…to know that the starved and ragged scarecrows are not caricatures, but just pictures from life of 'our boys' brings a 'catch' in the voice when the laughter should be unbroken and not many will be able to look at such pictures as 'Victor' and 'Vanquished' or able to read 'I have nothing to complain about!' without an afterthought". Percy FitzPatrick.

 

233     Lotter, Chas. RHODESIAN SOLDIER: and others who fought. Alberton: Galago, 1984.

            110 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.              450

Told in pictures and verse.

 

234     Mair, Lucy. AFRICAN SOCIETIES.  2nd impression. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

            v, 251 p.: maps. Paperback.                                                                       100

Presents brief ethnographic accounts of a wide variety of African societies as well as discussions of the main theoretical concepts of anthropology.

 

235     Matthews, Herbert. EYEWITNESS IN ABYSSINIA: with Marshal Badoglio's forces to Addis Ababa. London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1937.

            ix, 319 p.: ill., ports., frontis., map. Cloth, d.w. with small tears on spine. Spotting on page edges and preliminary pages.                                                                               600

Matthews was one of the few journalists who stayed with the Italian army for the duration of the Ethiopian War- from a troopship in Naples to the occupation of Addis Ababa.

 

236     Moore-King, Bruce. WHITE MAN, BLACK WAR.  Revised ed. London: Penguin, 1989.

            184 p. Paperback.                                                                                        150

Moore-King was in Grey's Scouts.

 

237     Mullan, James E. THE ARAB BUILDERS OF ZIMBABWE.  Salisbury: J.E. Mullan, 1969.

            168 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, skivotex spine, d.w. rubbed.            150

Mullan suggests that the BaLemba people of then Rhodesia and the northern Transvaal are descendants of two Arab refugee peoples from Oman and Yemen, and gives reason for believing these Arab peoples were responsible for the building of Great Zimbabwe and were the engineers of the ancient mines found throughout the area.

 

238     Nkomo, Joshua. NKOMO: the story of my life. London: Methuen, 1984.

            xiv, 270 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Three obituaries laid down on front endpapers & title page.                                                                                                       600

Nkomo (1917-1999) was the leader of the National Democratic Party in Rhodesia and was prepared to talk to Ian Smith in the early 1960's. Hardliners in his party, under Robert Mugabe, scuppered the plan and set up their own party with support from China. Both Nkomo and Mugabe spent years in jail before the Lancaster House Agreement brought independence to Zimbabwe in 1980. His party did badly in the 1980 elections and in 1982 Mugabe accused him of plotting a coup. He was fired from the cabinet and fled into exile in the United Kingdom. In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's forces killed thousands in Matabeleland, Nkomo's area of support. Nkomo returned to Zimbabwe in 1985 on Mugabe's terms and spent his remaining years in a ceremonial role. This book was produced during his exile and is very seldom encountered.

 

239     Nyerere, Julius K. UJAMAA: essays on socialism. Dar es Salaam: Oxford University Press, 1968.

            viii, 186 p. Paperback. Some underlining and margin lines in pencil and ink.        65

"Ujamaa" means "familyhood". Its policy implications in many fields is explained. "This book helps towards an understanding of the moral principles, the aspirations and the methods of Tanzanian political and economic development during Nyerere's period in power". Rear cover.

 

240     Olivier, P.L. [comp.]. WIE IS WIE IN ONS SENDINGVELDE?: Mashonaland en Betsjoeanaland: in opdrag van die Vrouesendingbond van Kaapland. Cape Town: N.G. Kerk-Uitgewers, [1952].

            188 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w., frayed along edges.           75

 

241     O'Reilly, John. PURSUIT OF THE KING: an evaluation of the Shangani Patrol in the light of sources read by the author. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1970.

            218 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.), maps. Cloth, d.w.                                        100

 

242     Owen, Christopher. THE RHODESIAN AFRICAN RIFLES.  London: Leo Cooper, 1970.

            75 p.: ports., maps. (Famous regiments). Paper covered boards, d.w.           300

 

243     Selous, Frederick Courteney. SUNSHINE AND STORM IN RHODESIA: being a narrative of events in Matabeleland, both before and during the recent native insurrection, up to the date of the disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force. [1st ed.]. London: Rowland Ward, 1896.

            xxvii, 290 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), tables, folding map. Cloth, with some browning on spine as usually seen. Tear to top of spine, fraying at bottom. Corners bumped. Zebra pattern endpapers.                                                                                                                         2500

 

244     Sithole, Ndabaningi. IN DEFENCE OF THE RHODESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT: a power promise. Salisbury: Graham Publishing, 1978.

            71 p. Paperback.                                                                                          50

Sithole was defending the 1978 agreement between Ian Smith and internal black political entities. The settlement did not go far enough for Mugabe and Nkomo who did not join it.

 

245     Sithole, Ndabaningi. ROOTS OF A REVOLUTION: scenes from Zimbabwe's struggle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.

            142 p. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                            100

Sithole was the first president of ZANU (the Zimbabwe African National Union). This book was written whilst in prison and has been cast in fictional form to protect fellow nationalists. He exposes the political and social issues involved in Zimbabwe's struggle, and the spectrum of attitudes among black and white Rhodesians / Zimbabweans.

 

246     Smith, Ian Douglas. THE GREAT BETRAYAL: the memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith. London: Blake Publishing, 1997.

            xi, 418 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Smith on title page.      400

 

247     Stiff, Peter. SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER: [Rhodesia's no-holds-barred Intelligence war]. Alberton: Galago, 1985.

            352 p.: ill., ports., plans. Paper covered boards, d.w.                             250

 

248     Stiff, Peter. SELOUS SCOUTS: a pictorial account. Alberton: Galago, 1984.

            176 p.: ill., ports., maps. Small folio. Paper covered boards, d.w. An unusually good copy.                                                                                                                         850

A pictorial record of the Selous Scouts Regiment of Rhodesia, formed in 1973 with the purpose of clandestinely eliminating ZANLA and ZIPRA, inside and outside of the then Rhodesia.

 

249     Todd, Judith. THE RIGHT TO SAY NO: [famous Rhodesian political detainee tells her own uncensored story]. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972.

            200 p.: map. Paperback.                                                                             125

The daughter of Garfield Todd, a former Rhodesian prime minister, Judith was arrested in 1972 and kept in solitary confinement, as was her father, for five weeks. In this book she looks harshly at the government of Ian Smith. She opposed any law which created animosity between races and opposed the policy of appeasement proposed by Britain which would have left power in the hands of Ian Smith and the Rhodesian Front. She has recently run foul of Mr Mugabe!

 

250     Willis, Roy G. THE FIPA AND RELATED PEOPLES OF SOUTH-WEST TANZANIA AND NORTH-EAST ZAMBIA.  London: International African Institute, 1966.

            82 p.: folding map on rear inside cover. (Ethnographic survey of Africa. East Central Africa; part 15). Stiff paper wraps.                                                                                 75

 

251     Young, Kenneth. RHODESIA AND INDEPENDENCE: a study in British colonial policy. 2nd impression. London: J.M. Dent, 1969.

            xv, 684 p.: maps. Cloth, d.w. rubbed on edges.                                      200


Recent publications relating to the North

 

252     Blair, David. DEGREES IN VIOLENCE: Robert Mugabe and the struggle for power in Zimbabwe. London: Continuum, 2002.

            x, 258 p.: ports. Paperback.                                                                        170

 

253     Stiff, Peter. SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER: [the story of an SAS assassin]. 3rd revised ed. Alberton: Galago, 2002.

            312 p.: ill., ports. Paperback.                                                                      170

 

254     Wylie, Dan. DEAD LEAVES: two years in the Rhodesian war. Scottsville: University of Natal Press, 2002.

            xvi, 196 p.: maps. Paperback.                                                                    115


LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

 

255     Bourke, Myles. BADOLI THE OX; illustrations and decorations by Stella Bailey. Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, [194-].

            222 p.: ill. (some col.). 4to. Cloth, d.w., frayed along edges, with tears but normally absent. Signed & dated inscription from Bailey on dedication page.                             400

Folktales of the Amaxosa, Shangaan, Zulus and Basuto.

 

256     Breytenbach, Breyten. ALL ONE HORSE: fictions and images. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1990.

            126 p.: col. ill. Paperback.                                                                           200

 

257     Breytenbach, Breyten. BABEL: schrift 4. 1 Mei 1975. Reprinted November 1975.

            46 p.: ill., map. Stiff paper wraps, some scarring. Some underlining.            R 100

 

258     Breytenbach, Breyten. BOEK. Deel een: Dryfpunt. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1987.

            210 p. Paperback.                                                                                        135

 

259     Breytenbach, Breyten. DIE HAND VOL VERE: 'n bloemlesing van die poesie van Breyten Breytenbach, met twee briewe; gekeur deur Ampie Coetzee. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1995.

            352 p. Paperback.                                                                                        100

 

260     Breytenbach, Breyten. DIE POESIE VAN BREYTEN BREYTENBACH; behandel deur Andre P. Brink. 2nd impression. Pretoria: Academia, 1973.

            46 p. Paperback.                                                                                          75

 

261     Breytenbach, Breyten. HARTLAM: 'n leerboek. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1991.

            83 p.: ill. Paperback. Text in English and Afrikaans.                             75

 

262     Breytenbach, Breyten. MEMORY OF SNOW AND DUST.  Johannesburg: Taurus, 1989.

            308 p. Paperback.                                                                                        100

 

263     Breytenbach, Breyten. N SEISOEN IN DIE PARADYS / B.B. Lasarus. Johannesburg: Perskor, 1976.

            226 p.: port. as frontis. Paper covered boards, d.w. with insect damage.      175

In 1973 after an exile of 13 years, Breytenbach returned to South Africa for 90 days with his wife Yolande. This is a journal of that time, his travels and experiences, as well as reminiscences and fantasies.

 

264     Breytenbach, Breyten. NOTES OF A BIRD.  Amsterdam: Meulenhof, 1984.

            45 p.: ill. (some col.). Paperback.                                                               125

This publication appeared on the occasion of an exhibition of Breytenbach's paintings in Amsterdam.

 

265     Breytenbach, Breyten. SOOS DIE SO: toktokkie se nagregister. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1990.

            202 p. Paperback.                                                                                        75

 

266     Breytenbach, Breyten. TERUGKEER NAAR HET PARADIJS: een Afrikaans dagboek; vertaald door Mea Flothuis. Amsterdam: Van Gennep/Meulenhoff, 1993.

            275 p. Paperback. Text in Dutch. Translation of RETURN TO PARADISE: an African journal. Signed & dated inscription from Breytenbach on title page.                250

 

267     Breytenbach, Breyten. WOORDE TEEN DIE WOLKE: vir Breyten. Johannesburg: Taurus, 1980.

            128 p. Paperback. Contributors include Andre P. Brink and A.J. Coetzee.  75

 

268     Brink, Andre P. KENNIS VAN DIE AAND: roman. 2nd ed., 2nd impression. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1983.

            408 p. Paper covered boards, rubbed along edges, d.w. Signed by Brink on title page. Originally published in 1973.                                                                                       200

 

269     Brink, Andre P. 'N DROE WIT SEISOEN: roman. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1992.

            261 p. Paperback. Signed by Brink on title page. Originally published in 1979.     200

 

270     Brink, Andre P. ORGIE.  Cape Town: John Malherbe, 1965.

            [212] p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Oblong 16mo, bound along top edge, pages running from top to bottom instead of from left to right.                                                       200

 

271     Gordimer, Nadine. A SPORT OF NATURE.  Cape Town: David Philip, 1987.

            341 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed by Gordimer on title page.           300

 

272     Higgins, D.S. RIDER HAGGARD: a biography. New York: Stein and Day, 1983.

            266 p.: ports. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, d.w.                          150

 

273     Hobson, G.C. ADOONS OF THE KALAHARI.  Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1929.

            127 p.: ill., frontis. Cloth, torn along spine. Some spotting on page edges and preliminary pages.                                                                                                                         90

 

274     Jansen, Chris & Small, Adam. DISTRIK SES: oos wes tuis bes; poesie Adam Small; fotografie Chris Jansen. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1973.

            [68] p.: ill., frontis., ports. 4to. Cloth, d.w. frayed along top edge. No. 480 of an edition limited to 1250 copies. Signed by Jansen & Small on colophon.                        300

 

275     Jonker, Ingrid. SELECTED POEMS; translated from the Afrikaans by Jack Cope and William Plomer. London: Jonathan Cape, 1968.

            52 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. slightly frayed along edges & price clipped. Small tear to front free endpaper.                                                                                              400

"…she was deeply affected by by the racial tensions in her own country and her poems reveal her emotional involvement with the deprived and the oppressed, with the child, the aged person and the outcast, as well as with the bewilderments of her own identity." Cope & Plomer, from the introduction. Jonker took her own life in 1965, at the age of thirty-two. Nelson Mandela quoted from her poetry in his inauguration speech as South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.

 

276     Kropf, Albert. A KAFIR-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.  2nd ed.; edited by Robert Godfrey. Lovedale: Lovedale Mission Press, 1915.

            xxxi, 525 p. Cloth, some scarring along edges.                                      150

 

277     Langenhoven, C.J. DIE VROLIKE VLAM: 'n versameling van stukke vir lekker lees uit die werke van C.J. Langenhoven; uitgesoek deur J.P.S. Scannell [et al.]. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1979.

            323 p.: port. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges.              75

 

278     Lategan, F.V. [et al., eds.]. MORE AFRIKAANS SHORT STORIES.  Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969.

            159 p. Cloth, d.w. worn on corners. Text in English.                             50

 

279     Lessing, Doris. MARTHA QUEST.  London: Michael Joseph, 1952.

            319 p. Cloth, slightly browned at bottom of spine, d.w. torn.                150

 

280     Lloyd, B.G. KITCHEN-KAFIR: grammar & vocabulary. 4th ed. [Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, [19--?].

            48 p. Stiff paper wraps, torn on spine. Stain to p. 44-48.                      100

"A European landing in South Africa must take some years to learn to speak Zulu fluently. The average European picks up sufficient Kitchen-Kafir for his immediate wants and ceases to trouble about Zulu; and when he tries anything higher the result is generally incorrect." Preface.

 

281     Lock, N.K. NO WINE FOR THE GOVERNOR.  Cape Town: Howard B. Timmins, [195-].

            241 p. Cloth, d.w. frayed on edges of spine.                                           100

Historical novel set in the Cape during the the governorship of Willem Adriaan van der Stel.

 

282     Marais, Eugene N. DWAALSTORIES; geillustreer deur Katrine Harries. 2nd ed., 3rd impression. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1964.

            30 p.: ill. Cloth, d.w. rubbed.                                                                       75

 

283     McCallaghan, Andrew. JIMMY GOES TO THE BORDER; translated by Marguerite Sabbagha; illustrations by Gerhard Marx. Pretoria: Daan Retief, 1983.

            30 p. Pict. paper covered boards.                                                              75

A propagandist child's story praising the concept of "border duty" .

 

284     McLaren, J. A CONCISE XHOSA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.  [New ed., 4th impression]; revised in the new orthography by W.G. Bennie. London: Longmans, Green, 1955.

            xix, 196 p. Paper covered boards, scarred. Annotations on rear free endpaper.      100

 

285     Plomer, William. TURBOTT WOLFE: with background pieces by Roy Campbell, William Plomer, Laurens van der Post, Nadine Gordimer [et al.]; edited by Stephen Gray. [New ed.]. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1980.

            203 p. Paper covered boards, d.w., stained on front corners. Originally published in 1926.                                                                                                                        165

 

286     Scholtz, J. du P. AFRIKAANS UIT DIE VROEE TYD: studies oor die Afrikaanse taal en literere volkskultuur van voor 1875. Cape Town: Nasou, [197-?].

            342 p. Paper covered boards, d.w. worn along top edge.                     80

 

287     Stotesbury, John A. APARTHEID, LIBERALISM AND ROMANCE: a critical investigation of the writing of Joy Packer. Uppsala: Umea University, 1996.

            iv, 247 p. Paperback. Small tear to half title page.                                 200

Joy Packer's (1905-1977) work includes six volumes of memoirs and ten novels. "[Packer's] writing is significant for …her attempt to merge the conventions of popular romantic fiction with the polemics of South African liberalism under apartheid." Cover.

 

288     Walton, Ann [comp.]. LEGENDS OF THE AFRICAN LAKES; retold by Ann Walton; illustrations by Gillian Mathew. Blantyre: Central Africana, 1997.

            87 p.: ill. (some col.). Paper covered boards, d.w.                                  100


Recent literary publications

 

289     Bakkes, Christiaan. SKUILPLEK.  Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2002.

            132 p. Paperback.                                                                                        70

A novel set in the Caprivi area, revolving around nature conservation and poaching.

 

290     Calana, Zolile & Holo, Patrick. XHOSA PROVERBS AND METAPHORS.  Cape Town: Kwela Books, 2002.

            53 p.: ill. Paperback.                                                                                    50

 

291     Folscher, Barbara. REISGENOOT.  Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2002.

            124 p. Paperback.                                                                                        70

Stories from contemporary South African life.

 

292     Kannemeyer, J.C. DIE GOUE SEUN: die lewe en werk van Uys Krige. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2002.

            692 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                250

 

293     Krige, Uys. UIT DIE SKATKIS VAN DIE GOUE SEUN: 'n omnibus; saamgestel deur J.C. Kannemeyer. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2002.

            400 p. Pict. paper covered boards.                                                            150

 

294     Krog, Antjie [et al.]. MET WOORDE SOOS KERSE: inheemse verse uitgesoek en vertaal deur Antjie Krog en ander. Cape Town: Kwela Boeke, 2002.

            255 p.: ports., music. Paperback.                                                              90

 

295     Mda, Zakes. WAYS OF DYING.  3rd impression. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

            212 p. Paperback.                                                                                        90

Mda's first novel, about a professional mourner, Toloki, and his journey from a rural community to the outskirts of a contemporary South African city.

 

296     Van Eerden, Derek. THE COMRADES MARATHON: a poetical perspective, 1993-1999. Cape Town: F.J. van Eerden, 2000.

            118 p. Paperback.                                                                                        45

Van Eerden is a veteran of 15 Comrade Marathons.


FLORA AND FAUNA

 

297     Attenborough, David. ZOO QUEST TO MADAGASCAR.  London: Lutterworth Press, 1961.

            160 p.: ill., col. frontis., ports., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. front flyleaf torn.   100

 

298     Baines, Thomas. THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA PAINTED BY THOMAS BAINES: comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines; together with descriptions from the text of C.J. Andersson…; with a biographical essay by R.F. Kennedy. Limited ed. Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1975.

            204 p. [23 p. of text, 90 leaves of plates]: col. ill., col. port. as frontis. 4to. Skivotex with gilding, skivotex slip case. No. 348 of an edition limited to 500 copies.           3000

 

299     Bottriell, Lena Godsall. KING CHEETAH: the story of the quest. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1987.

            241 p.: ill.(some col.), ports., maps. Cloth, d.w. Pages slightly rippled.          225

Fourteen months fieldwork from Botswana through the then Rhodesia to a hot-air balloon search in the Kruger Park led to eight years of research and documenting of forty specimens and firmly establishing the existence of the King cheetah in the wild. Bottriell argues the case for the striped cheetah of southern Africa being a new geographic race of cheetah in the process of evolving.

 

300     Breyne, Jakob & Johann Philipp. THE FLORA CAPENSIS OF JAKOB AND JOHANN PHILIPP BREYNE; [edited and introduced by] Mary Gunn and Enid du Plessis. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Brenthurst Press, 1978.

            218 p.: chiefly col. ill., col. frontis., port. (Brenthurst Press. [First] series; 4). 4to. Cloth, d.w. slightly frayed along top edge and slightly rubbed on fore-edge.                     1200

The Breynes were wealthy merchants of Danzig who collected rare and exotic plants. Father and son were both celebrated botanists. Jakob made a collection of water-colour drawings of Cape plants by several artists. Eighty-six were bound together in 1724 in an album for his son, Johann Philipp, and given the title FLORA CAPENSIS.

 

301     Brink, Charles & K.S.H. EXPEDITION ST HELENA: describing the adventures of four anglers. Durban: Sealandair Publications, [195-].

            42 p.: ill., ports. Cloth, slightly faded on spine. Lower front corner bumped.            250

 

302     Finch-Davies, Claude Gibney & Kemp, Alan. THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; colour plates by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies; text by Alan Kemp. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1982.

            488 p.:176 col. plates (1 as frontis.), port. 4to. Cloth, d.w. slightly rubbed on corners & stained on spine. Slip case. No. 2270 of an edition limited to 3000 volumes.     2350

By the time of his death at 46 years, Finch-Davies had illustrated almost half (380) of the bird species known to occur in Southern Africa.

His masterly illustrations are renowned for their technical excellence, and detail of colour and structure.

 

303     Hes, Lex. THE LEOPARDS OF LONDOLOZI.  4th impression. Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1996.

            168 p.: col. ill. 4to. Cloth, d.w.                                                                     400

 

304     Hilliard, O.M., Burtt, B.L. & Batten, Auriol. DIERAMA: the hairbells of Africa; text by O.M. Hilliard and B.L. Burtt; illustrations by Auriol Batten; foreword by L.E. Codd. De luxe ed. Johannesburg: Acorn Books, 1991.

            152 p.: ill. (some col.). 4to. Quarter red leather & marbled paper covered boards, cloth slip case with marbled edges. Bookplate on front free endpaper. No. 35 of an edition limited to 90 copies, signed by Hilliard, Burtt and Batten on a preliminary page.                 900

Both a technically detailed and artistically pleasing book. It covers the 44 known species: 36  illustrated in watercolour, eight photographically.

 

305     Horsbrugh, Boyd Robert. THE GAMEBIRDS AND WATERFOWL OF SOUTH AFRICA; with colour plates by Claude Gibney Davies. Facsimile reprint. Subscriber's ed. Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1978.

            160 p.: col. ill. , col. frontis., ports. Half green leather & marbled paper covered boards. Reprint of the 1912 edition. No. 129 of an edition limited to 526.                          R 2000

 

306     Huxley, Juliette. WILD LIVES OF AFRICA; introduction and postscript by Julian Huxley. 2nd impression. London: Quality Book Club, 1964.

            254 p.: map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Spotting on page edges.    85

Lady Huxley accompanied her husband on a wild life conservation survey for UNESCO. They travelled from the Cape to Lake Rudolph and the frontier of Uganda and the then Congo.

 

307     Isemonger, R.M. SNAKES OF AFRICA.  Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1968.

            263 p.: col. ill. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated by Isemonger on title page, and a signed inscription on front free endpaper. (Inscribed to John Visser, the author of numerous books on snakes himself!).                                                    225

 

308     Joubert, Flip. STYWE LYNE.  Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers, 1970.

            293 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. with neatly repaired tear.         125

 

309     Lane, Margaret. LIFE WITH IONIDES.  London: Hamish Hamilton Reader's Union, 1964.

            ix, 180 p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Paper covered boards, d.w., frayed along top edge & unevenly faded. Spotting on page edges.                                                                250

Ionides was a famous character in East Africa, a dedicated naturalist, and one of the world's foremost authorities on poisonous snakes.

 

310     Long, William J. MOTHER NATURE: a study of animal life and death; illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923.

            330 p.: ill. (some col.), col. frontis. Pict. cloth. Lower front corner bumped. Bookplate on front endpaper.                                                                                                      100

 

311     Louw, Gideon & Seely, Mary. ECOLOGY OF DESERT ORGANISMS.  London: Longman, 1982.

            194 p.: ill. (some col.), graphs, map. Paperback, top corner bumped. Signed & dated inscription from Louw on title page.                                                                             100

 

312     Marais, Eugene N. DIE SIEL VAN DIE MIER.  2nd ed., 2nd impression. Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1975.

            170 p.: ill. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy. Originally published in 1934.     250

 

313     Marais, Eugene N. THE SOUL OF THE APE [and] THE SOUL OF THE WHITE ANT.  Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1990.

            240 p.: ill., ports. Cloth, d.w.                                                                        250

 

314     Mason, Hilda. WESTERN CAPE SANDVELD FLOWERS; illustrated by Hilda Mason; text by Enid du Plessis and collaborators. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1972.

            203 p.: col. ill., b&w frontis. 4to. Cloth, d.w., slightly faded on spine. 550

 

315     Masson, Jeffrey & McCarthy, Susan. WHEN ELEPHANTS WEEP: the emotional lives of animals. London: Vintage, 1996.

            268 p. Paperback.                                                                                        125

Collects together a wide range of case studies which show the complexity of the animal world and the emotions animals are capable of exhibiting.

 

316     Norris, Kenneth S. [ed.]. WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966.

            xv, 789 p.: ill., graphs, maps. Cloth, d.w.                                                  250

 

317     Palmer, Eve. A GARDENER'S YEAR; illustrations by Brenda Clarke. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1995.

            232 p.: ill. (some col.), col. frontis. (laid down). Paperback.                  100

 

318     Patterson, Gareth. WHERE THE LION WALKED: the story of a journey into the vanishing wilderness of the lion in contemporary Africa. Harmondsworth: Viking, 1991.

            ix, 145 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w.   175

Patterson undertook a journey through southern and eastern Africa to investigate the status of the lion on this rapidly changing continent. He sets his findings against an historical background of the lion's former range.

 

319     Patterson, Rod. REPTILES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; photography, Anthony Bannister. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1987.

            128 p.: col. ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards.                                       150

 

320     Pienaar, U. de V. THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE KRUGER PARK: a guide to a group of vertebrate animals from the Superclass Pisces of the Chordate phylum. Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, 1978.

            91 p.:col. ill., range maps. Paperback. Signed & dated inscription from Pienaar on front free endpaper.                                                                                                      50

 

321     Pinhey, Elliot. HAWK MOTHS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA.  Cape Town: Longmans, for the Trustees of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia, 1962.

            ix, 139 p.: ill. (some col.), col. frontis. Cloth, d.w.                                    500

 

322     Poynton, R.J. CHARACTERISTICS AND USES OF SELECTED TREES AND SHRUBS CULTIVATED IN SOUTH AFRICA.  4th ed., revised and enlarged. Pretoria: Directorate of Forestry, 1984.

            xiv, 202 p.: ill (some col.), frontis., tables, col. folding map laid down on rear endpaper. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. Accompanied by a leaflet of tables.                 100

 

323     Saunders, Katherine. FLOWER PAINTINGS OF KATHERINE SAUNDERS; botanical and biographical notes and explanations [by] A. Bayer. Maidstone, Natal: Tongaat Group, 1979.

            343 p.: col. ill., port. as frontis. 4to. Pict. skivotex with gilding, d.w.     R 550

 

324     Scott, Jonathan. THE LEOPARD'S TALE.  2nd impression. London: Elm Tree Books, 1988.

            192 p.: col. ill. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                       250

Scott follows a young leopard and her cubs in the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya.

 

325     Steel, Rodney. CROCODILES.  London: Christopher Helm, 1989.

            x, 198 p.: ill., range maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. with small scar.        225

 

326     Vogel, Zdenek. REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS: their care and behaviour; translated and revised by Gwynne Vevers. London: Studio Vista, 1964.

            228 p.: ill. (some col.). Cloth, d.w. frayed at top of spine.                      250


Recent flora and fauna publications

 

327     Breitenbach, Jutta von [et al., comps]. POCKET LIST OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS TREES: including selected shrubs and woody climbers. Abridged ed. Pretoria: Briza, 2001.

            328 p.: ill., range maps. Paperback.                                                          90

 

328     Dennis, Nigel. GETAWAY GUIDE TO WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.  Cape Town: Sunbird, 2002.

            48 p.: col. ill. 4to. Paperback.                                                                      80

 

329     Le Roux, Jenny [comp.]. THE BIODIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA 2002: indicators, trends and human impacts. Cape Town: Struik, 2002.

            32 p.: col. ill., graphs, col. maps. Oblong 8vo. Paperback.                    35

 

330     Marais, Eugene N. THE SOUL OF THE APE; with an introduction by Robert Ardrey. [New ed.]. Cape Town: Stephan Phillips, 2002.

            173 p. Paperback.                                                                                        135

"I lived among a troop of wild baboons for three years. I followed them on their daily excursions; slept among them, fed them, learned to know each one individually: taught them to trust me and love me- and also to hate me so violently that my life was several times in danger." Eugene Marais.

 

331     Marais, Eugene N. THE SOUL OF THE WHITE ANT; translated by Winifred de Kok. [New ed.]. Cape Town: Stephan Phillips, 2002.

            144 p. Paperback.                                                                                        135

 

332     Roberts, Margaret. THE ESSENTIAL MARGARET ROBERTS: my favourite 100 herbs; photographs by Phyllis Green. Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002.

            136 p.: col. ill., plan. 4to. Paperback.                                                        170

 

333     Schutze, Heike. FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK.  Cape Town: Struik, 2002.

            219 p.: col. ill., range maps. Paperback.                                                  150

 


THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902

 

334     Brereton, F.S. WITH RIFLE AND BAYONET: a story of the Boer War; illustrated by Wal Paget. London: Blackie and Son, [192-?].

            352 p.: ill., frontis. Pict. cloth, small tears at top of spine.                      150

A novel set in the South African War.

 

335     Brereton, J.M. THE 7TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS.  London: Leo Cooper, 1975.

            xvi, 221 p.: ill., ports., music. (Famous regiments). Paper covered boards, d.w.      200

The Regiment saw action in South Africa during the first and second South African Wars.

 

336     Davey, Arthur. THE BRITISH PRO-BOERS, 1877-1902.  Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1978.

            220 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                150

 

337     Davey, Arthur. THE DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH AND MAFEKING: accounts of two sieges, 1899-1900, being the South African War experiences of William Thwaites, Steuart Binny, Alfred Down and Samuel Cawood. Standard ed. Johannesburg: Brenthurst Press, 1983.

            275 p.: ill., ports. (some col.), maps.  (Brenthurst [first] series; 9). 4to. Cloth, d.w., small chips at top of spine.                                                                                                         1500

 

338     Du Plessis, Ph. J. OOMBLIKKE VAN SPANNING.  2nd impression. Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1942.

            150 p.: ill., ports. (double port. as frontis.), map. Pict. cloth, slightly worn on spine and corners.                                                                                                                         235

 

339     Kieran, Brian L. O'OKIEP: the defence and relief of O'okiep Cape Colony, 4 April to 4 May 1902: freedom, franchise and disillusionment; black and coloured aspirations. Hong Kong: B.L. Kieran, 1995.

            xviii, 274 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps (2 on endpapers). 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. corners bumped.                                                                                                        450

An in-depth study of the strategy of the last defence and relief of the South African War, through the eyes of the participants. The absence of official recognition of the coloured and black defenders (mostly employed at the copper mine) is examined through the medal rolls. The Imperial Government imposed the phrase " Coloured men. Not entitled to the medal" on the medal rolls for the Queen's South Africa Medal. The issue of the O'okiep Medal by the Cape Copper Company redressed this.

 

340     Lee, Emanoel. TO THE BITTER END: a photographic history of the Boer War, 1899-1902. Harmondsworth: Viking, 1985.

            226 p.: ill., ports. (double port. as frontis.), maps. Paper covered boards, d.w.          425

 

341     Marais, J.S. THE FALL OF KRUGER'S REPUBLIC.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961.

            xiv, 345 p. Cloth, d.w. A crisp copy. Signed by Marais on title page.  300

 

342     Meintjes, Johannes. PRESIDENT STEYN: a biography. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969.

            272 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w.                       250

 

343     Meintjes, Johannes. SWORD IN THE SAND: the life and death of Gideon Scheepers. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1969.

            242 p.: ill., ports. (1 laid down as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. with insect damage along edges.                                                                                                            300

 

344     Meintjes, Johannes. THE COMMANDANT-GENERAL: the life and times of Petrus Jacobus Joubert of the South African Republic, 1831-1900. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1971.

            220 p.: ports. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                200

 

345     Nordbruch, Claus. THE EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS IN THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, 1899-1902 = DIE EUROPAISCHEN FREIWILLIGEN…= LES VOLONTAIRES EUROPEENS…  Pretoria: Contact Publishers, 1999.

            249 p.: ill. (some col.), ports, maps on endpapers. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards. Text sequentially in German, English and French.                                       200

 

346     Otto, J.C. DIE KONSENTRASIEKAMPE.  Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1954.

            186 p.: ill., ports. Cloth.                                                                                275

 

347     Pieterse, H.J.C. VOLKSALTARE, of, 'N VETERAAN VAN DIE EERSTE VRYHEIDSOORLOG: persoonlike herinneringe van P.C. Joubert. 2nd impression. Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1948.

            iv, 160 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). (Ons geskiedenis-serie). Pict. cloth.   175

 

348     Ross, E.J. SIEGE VIEWS OF MAFEKING: from original photographs, Oct. 1899 - May 1900. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1900].

            [32] p.: all b&w ill., ports. Oblong 8vo. Pict. paper wraps laid down on board with cloth spine.                                                                                                                         1500

8 copies in S.A.B., vol. 4,  p. 84.

 

349     Van der Merwe, N.J. TOT NAGEDAGTENIS VAN EMILY HOBHOUSE: geskrywe en uitgegee op versoek van die Begrafniskomitee by geleentheid van die plegtige teraardebestelling van die stoflike oorskot van Emily Hobhouse aan die voet van die Nasionale Vroue Monument te Bloemfontein op 27 Oktober 1926. Bloemfontein: Nasionale Pers, 1926.

            52 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth.                                                               250


Recent South African War publications

 

350     Bleszynski, Nick. SHOOT STRAIGHT, YOU BASTARDS!: the truth behind the killing of 'Breaker' Morant. Sydney: Random House Australia, 2002.

            xliii, 386 p.: ill., ports. Paperback.                                                              165

 

351     Cecil, Hugh & Mirabel. IMPERIAL MARRIAGE: an Edwardian War and Peace. London: John Murray, 2002.

            xiii, 366 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), genealogical table, map. Paper covered boards, d.w.                                                                                                                         295

Lord Edward Cecil married Violet Maxse in 1894. His father was Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary, and Edward Cecil fought with Kitchener in the Sudan. He became Chief Staff Officer to Baden-Powell, with whom he was besieged in Mafeking. Violet became close to Sir Alfred Milner during this time. Edward spent his later years administering the finances of Egypt. "IMPERIAL MARRIAGE is a picture of the British aristocratic world during its last period of real influence." Flyleaf.

 

352     Judd, Denis & Surridge, Keith. THE BOER WAR.  London: John Murray, 2002.

            xvi, 352 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w.                      295

 

353     Smuts, Jan. [Sculpture]. JAN SMUTS; [sculptor, Phil Minnaar]. 26 cm. Bronze. Casting limited to 35 copies.  Smuts is depicted as he appeared during the South African War, 1899-1902.                                               R 4000

Minnaar sculpted the statues of Smuts at Johannesburg International Airport and Delville Wood in France. The names of the owners of the small sculptures will be engraved onto the large sculpture of Smuts which was handed over to the Museum of the Boer Republics by the Friends of the War Museum.

 

354     Uys, Ian. FIGHT TO THE BITTER END: the story of Heidelberg and its people during the South African War. Knysna: Fortress, 2002.

            viii, 222 p.; ill., ports., maps. Paperback.                                                  150

 

355     Van der Bank, D.A. [comp.]. BATTLEFIELDS, MONUMENTS AND GRAVES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR IN BLOEMFONTEIN AND VICINITY, 1899-1902 = SLAGVELDE, GEDENKTEKENS EN GRAFTE VAN DIE ANGLO-BOEREOORLOG IN BLOEMFONTEIN EN OMGEWING, 1899-1902.  Bloemfontein: Friends of the War Museum, 2002.

            95 p.: col. ill., maps. 4to. Paperback.                                                         100

A well presented work.

 

356     Wessels, Elria. VELDSLAE: Anglo-Boereoorlog, 1899-1902. Pretoria: LAPA Uitgewers, 2002.

            320 p.: ill., maps. Paperback.                                                                     70