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Imprint: Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1982 Vol 1: New Babylon - 213p, b/w photographs. Vol 2: New Nineveh - 220p, b/w photographs. Slight fading to spine. Otherwise, in near fine condition. Traces the changes that transformed South Africa in the period between the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand and the outbreak of WWI.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover Stock number: 001196.
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Imprint: Amsterdam: Gebr. Graauw Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Interesting item. Contains 94 illustrations and 39 loose b/w plates. Decorated cover with picture. Beautiful endpapers. Stock number: 000297.
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Imprint: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1978 xviii, 354p, 16 ills. Previous owner's name on ffep. Very slight foxing to prelims. Minor wear to foot of spine. Covers the contribution of writers such as Hardy, Kipling and Houseman, the effect of war on the literature of the Boers, Boer war poetry from the English speaking world, and the literary results of the pro-Boer movement in France.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001181.
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Imprint: Cape Town, C. Struik (PTY) Ltd, 1968 Hunting and nature pictures from the late young naturalist's letters and diaries. xiii, 125p, frontispiece, 8 plates. Limited to 1200 copies, this is no.1037. Gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on front cover. Some foxing throughout. Previous owner's name on ffep.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001183.
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Imprint: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930 194p. Illustrated with 8 b/w plates, including frontispiece portrait. Dust jacket is torn in places, with piece missing from head of spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Chronicles the story of the preacher-physicians, the beginning of the apprenticeship system, as well as leading figures in medicine and surgery. Collector's item.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000978.
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Imprint: Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1973 144p. Ills. Rendered into English verse by Florence Louie Friedman. From the literal translations of D. McK.Malcolm and J.Mandlenkosi Sikakana. Red cloth boards. Dust jacket has some wear to edges and has been strengthened along rear flap. Water stain on back cover of dust jacket.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001137.
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1995 393p. 29 illustrations and 4 maps. Fascinating account of the archaeologist, Aurel Stein, who travelled across Central Asia in search of a long-lost Buddhist civilisation. Tight, clean copy. Scarce.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 000926.
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Imprint: London: Chatto & Windus, 1953 A journal by James Stevenson-Hamilton of the navigability of the Zambesi river. The diary gives a detailed picture of the Barotse. Stevenson-Hamilton became warden of the Sabie game reserve , now the famous Kruger National Park. Contains 5 colour illustrations, half-tone frontispiece portrait of the author and a map of Northern Rhodesia. Scarlet buckram with gilt top, pp. 246. Spine slightly faded. Previous owner's name on ffep.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000093.
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Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1945 268p. Fold-out map at rear. Uncut pages. Oppengheimer Series Number 2.Frontispiece portrait of John Moffat. Gilt decorative crest on front cover, red cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Ex-libris bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Spine is faded. Lower edge has been damaged.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000962.
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Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1945 268p. Fold-out map at rear. Uncut pages. Oppengheimer Series Number 2.Frontispiece portrait of John Moffat. Gilt decorative crest on front cover, red cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Spine is slightly faded.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001150.
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Imprint: London: Chatto & Windus, 1954 Good/No Jacket. Diaries and letters of Thomas Leask, including an accont of journeys to Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Zambesi. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Leask and sketch map. pp.253, uncut paper. Bound in scarlet buckram with gilt top. Spine slightly faded. Previous owner's name on ffep. Stock number: 000095.
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Imprint: London: Chatto & Windus, 1952 An account of the expedition by James Stewart. pp. 268, map of the Shire River and frontispiece portrait of James Stewart. Slight fading to spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Bound in scarlet buckram with gilt top. Oppenheimer Series number six.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000092.
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Imprint: London: Chatto & Windus, 1956 Good/No Jacket. Volumes 1 &2 of Livingstone's expedition along the Zambesi river. Volume 1 - Journal, contains 8 colour illustrations. Frontispiece portrait of Livingstone and map showing routes follo wed by Livingstone. pp. 209, uncut paper. Spine faded. Volume 2 - Journals continued with letters and dispatches therefrom. Contains 8 watercolour illustrations by Thomas Baines, and map showing routes. pp. 462. Both volumes bound in scarlet buckram with gilt top. Stock number: 000094.
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Imprint: London, Torchstream Books 267p. Ills. Limited/numbered edition, 592/1375. Red cloth boards, ribbon marker is detached. Some foxing throughout and on edges. Previous owner's name on ffep. Fascinating book on aphrodisiac cuisine in different cultures, including the Jews, Ancient Greeks and Romans, the Arabs, India, China and the Middle Ages in Europe.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001110.
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson & Co Ltd., 1973 The sequel to Warburg's first book on the book trade, culminating in the foundation of Secker and Warburg. This book carries the story forward from 1939 to his resignation in 1971. Contains chapters on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' 310p. Tight, clean copy.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 000649.
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Imprint: Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 1966 388p. Classical work of Chinese mysticism, source for the study of Taoism as belief and practice. Ko Hung was the first to put this strictly oral tradition into writing. Also includes autobiography of Ko hung, as well as a Taoist library, a bibiliography of texts prepared by Ko Hung. Pencil marks throughout and two pages with ink markings.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000860.
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Imprint: London, Simon & Schuster, 1998 336p. Illustrated throughout. Price-clipped dust jacket. This book tells the extraordinary story of Wembley and the legends who played there. Exclusive interviews and archive material. Very good copy.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000934.
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Imprint: Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1978 126p. frontispiece portrait, 5 maps, 12 ills. Ex-libris stamp on front paste-down endpaper and owner's name and stamp on title page. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001136.
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Imprint: London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288p. Contains b/w photographs. Uncut pages. Includes chapters on the valley of the tombs of the kings, the Egyptian empire, Tutankhamen, and the Wadi Hammamat. Slightly rubbed around edges. Some small marks on boards.. Book Condition: Good. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000812.
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Imprint: Cape Town, Juta & Co., Ltd., 1950 634p. ffep missing. Top of spine has a repaired tear. Slight fading to spine.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001146.
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Imprint: Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1973 381p. Second impression. Previous owner's name and ex-libris stamp on title page, and ex-libris stamp on front paste-down endpaper. Accounts how African tribal institutions were viewed and used in colonial Natal, exploring political, social and economic relations between the colonists and the African population.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000950.
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Imprint: London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1942 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol Two only of this scarce and famous title by Rebecca West. The book covers her travels through Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Reprint. Ex-library stamp on title page. Tight, clean copy.. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000593.
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Imprint: London: Jonathan Cape, 1979 Cloth. First Edition. Acclaimed first novel by William Wharton about a boy obssessed by the birds he breeds and raises. 310p. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Stock number: 000566.
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Imprint: Cape Town/London, David Philip/Rex Collings, 1975 223p. Frontispiece portrait by Rupert Shephard. Previous owner's name on front paste-down endpaper. Slight wear to head of spine. Chapters include belief and ritual, interaction with Christianity.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001145.
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Imprint: London: A & C Black Ltd. 1928 Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. An unusual book looking at dolls in the British Museum, from ancient Egypt to the most modern doll of 1927. 44p. Colour plates. Pictorial endpapers, som e foxing. Cover is worn in places particularly along spine. Stock number: 000181.
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Imprint: Durban, Umgeni Water, 2000 162p. Illustrated throughout. Dating back to the first race in 1951, when Ian Player was the only paddler to complete the race, this book covers the development of this classic event. Year-by-year commentary. Fine copy.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000939.
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Imprint: New York, Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892 179p. Fiction, fact and fancy series, edited by Arthur Stedman. Frontispiece portrait of author. Previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down endpaper and half-title page. Head and foot of spine are slightly worn. Stain on front board, and a few marks on back board. Interior is tight and clean. Very good copy.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000938.
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Imprint: Cape Town, Howard B. Timmins, 1964 82p. Signed on prelim by author. Limited to 1000 copies, this is no.235. Dust jacket is worn, with some tears and crease on front cover. Details the variety of Spanish houses found in South Africa, from the Cape to Mozambique.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001167.
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Imprint: London, The Folio Society, 1960 Green silk boards, some sun fading to spine. 78p. Folio society collector's item.. Illustr.: Beaton, Cecil. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000731.
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Imprint: Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball, 1978 458p. Appendix. Ills. Dust jacket is slightly worn around the edges, with a few closed tear along upper edge. Slight foxing to endpapers. Traces the development of the Afrikaner broederbond formed in 1918 in Johannesburg.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001204.
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Imprint: London, Ebury Press, 1994 224p. Profusely illustrated. This fascinating book tells the story of a small Victorian dairy shop in London, which developed into one of the biggest supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Dust jacket and book are in near fine condition.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000898.
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Imprint: London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1895 Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Story of the exploration of Southern Africa, with accounts of the Zulu war, Natal colony, and Dutch East India company. Second edition wit h supplementary chapter, index, colour folding map and new appendix. 277p. Uncut paper. Some foxing. Map has small 2 cm tear. Stock number: 000253.
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Imprint: Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1897 Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Second Edition. Book has been rebound, with original cover neatly replaced over red cloth. New endpapers. Has some water stains on back pages, but does not impair boo k. Contains 56 ills, frontis, 528p. Stock number: 000098.
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Imprint: Johannesburg, Privately Published, 1977 The story of the Mackenzie family of Fochabers, Scotland, and of their contribution to the Development of South Africa through the professional practice of chartered accountancy as also through the handling, management and investment of money in mining, industry, banking and commerce, 1700-1975. No.300 of a limited edition. Signed by the author on title page. 228p. In original slipcase, gilt lettering on spine. Slight foxing to prelims.. Book Condition: Near Fine Stock number: 001180.
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Imprint: London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1973 Hard Cover. Good/Fair. First Edition. Price neatly clipped dw . Slight creasing on front cover, with some foxing. Stock number: 000111.
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Imprint: London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Good/Fair. First Edition. Some marks on first and last pages. 249p. Jacket has piece missing from top of spine and is slightly worn around the edges. Stock number: 000110.
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Imprint: London, BT Batsford, 2004 128p. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Covers techniques such as applique, stained glass applique, stencilling, fabric painting, as well as the interpretation of Rennie Mackintosh motifs and designs. Clean, fine copy.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 000832.
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Imprint: Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1971 A study of their conflict with stock-keeping peoples in Natal. Fold-out map at back. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp on front and rear paste-down endpapers, and name on title page. 235p. Dust jacket has minor insect damage on back cover. Rubbed around the edges with small closed tear on spine.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000954.
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Imprint: New York, The Heritage Press, 1948 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Authorized translation into English by F.J.Vizetelly, with a note by Henry James and an introduction by Lewis Galantiere. 409p. Previous owner's name (Edgar Cree, Conductor of South African philarmonic orchestra) on front endpaper, and including his business card. Floral cloth boards.. Illustr.: Lamotte, Bernard. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000695.
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