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Imprint: Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1901 Half-Leather. No Jacket. First Edition. A geographical study of Southern Africa in French. Contains 25 b/w maps and 3 colour maps. Beautiful marble endpapers. Half leather cover with marble effect. Go od condition. Scarce. Stock number: 000221.
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City of Durban - Australian Cricket Memorabilia
Imprint: City of Durban, 1935 Invitation card for civic reception and ball hosted by Durban Mayor, Councillor Fleming Johnston, to meet the members of the Australian cricket team. 18th November 1935. Contains music and dance programme. Interesting collector's item. 12cmx7cm. Pencil attached to programme. Very good condition. Stock number: 000358.
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Imprint: London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1903 Golden treasury edition. The book is autographed by L.W.Ritch (29/6/1903). "Jewish by birth and a theosophist by conviction, Ritch was one of Gandhi's closest political lieutenants after 1903 and one of his most devoted followers." (Swann, M. 1985:138 Gandhi: The South African Experience). Ritch went on to become the first secretary of the South African British Indian Committee, and was its most active member between 1906 and 1911. Book has some foxing. Boards are marked, and spine has wear.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000740.
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Imprint: London: The Grolier Society Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. Interesting collection of the secret court memoirs of France, including Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine, the courts of Berlin, Denmark and Sweden and St . Petersburg. Collection is 20 volumes, Vol 9 & 16 are missing. Edition de luxe of 1000 copies, some are numbered at 644, others are unnumbered. Ills. Uncut paper. No date. Stock number: 000144.
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Southern African Review of Books - Jan '93 to Dec '94 & Jan '95 to Dec '96
Imprint: Cape Town, Southern African Review, 1993 Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Bound copies of the bi-monthly journal, Southern African Review of Books. Includes Njabulo Ndebele, Lewis Nkosi and Albie Sachs amongst others. Green boards. Collector's item.. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000656.
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Imprint: London, Macmillan Press, 2000 International Political Economy Series. xv, 238p. Previous owner's name on ffep. Slight foxing to edges. Pencil marks in text.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001199.
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Imprint: Delhi, Simant Publications, 1976 153p. Translated by the author and Leonard E.Nathan. Slightly rubbed around edges of dust jacket, otherwise, a tight, clean copy. S.H.Vatsyayan 'Agyeya' dominated the Hindi literary scene, pioneering modernity in both poetry and prose.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000979.
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Imprint: London, Judy Piatkus, 1998 200p. Colour photographs. Inscribed and signed on title page. A very good copy. Wasim Akram is one of Pakistan's greatest cricketers. This book describes his life as a cricketer,. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001119.
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Imprint: London: Victor Gollancz, 1988 Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spanning fifty years and three continents, this is a novel of comedy, tragedy and immense scope. 284p. Dustjacket is in fine condition. Stock number: 000552.
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Imprint: London, The Studio Ltd., 1929 Images of early 19th century sports - pheasant shooting, fishing, steeple chase and fox hunting. Eight tipped-in colour plates. Paper boards with wear to edges, spine has pieces missing. Foxing throughout.. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000694.
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Imprint: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970 439p. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Hodgkin. 4 b/w plates. 6 maps. Signed by R.W. Johnson. The essays in this book were presented to Thomas Hodgkin on his sixtieth birthday, and cover African history, Islamic studies and the sociology of religion. Previous owner's name and bookplate on ffep. Slight rubbing around edges. Slight foxing on top edge and back cover.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000884.
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Imprint: Keighley, The Moor Press, 1992 xx, 491p, tables, maps, ills. Slight spotting to edges. Pencil marks in text. Otherwise a clean copy.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001197.
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Imprint: Cape Town, Western Province Cricket Association, 2000 375p. Ilustrated cover. Photographs throughout. Chapters include the Dadabhay interpovincials, mixed cricket in Cape Town, conflict and unity, and local competitions. Clean copy.. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001046.
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Imprint: New York, Arlington House, 1968 With new introduction. The focal point of the book is Chicago during the 13 years of prohibition. 378p. 18 b/w photographs. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed around the edges.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 000631.
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Imprint: Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1994 viii, 229p. Minor spotting to edges. The book focuses on the link between gold and the pound, and the importance of South Africa's gold on the London market.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover Stock number: 001201.
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Imprint: London: Jonathan Cape, 1965 Hard Cover. First Edition. Price-clipped. Owner's name and date on front paste-down endpaper. Clean and tight copy, some foxing on first few pages.. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000112.
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1994 544p. 13 colour illustrations, and 37 b/w ill. Comprehensive account of Whistler, a complex and intriguing individual, who was a pivotal figure in the art movements of the nineteenth century, as well as the British and French art scenes. Complimentary copy stamp on ffep.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000798.
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Imprint: Arnheim: Van Loghum, 1931 Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. In Dutch. Gilt decorated cover. Original boards. 333p. Contains b/w photographs. Scarce collector's item. Stock number: 000461.
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Imprint: London, Sotheby's, 1987 320p. Illustrated throughout with colour plates. Brown cloth boards, small tear to rear bottom corner of dust jacket. Surveys the main types of scientific instruments used in Europe, those used for astronomy, mathematics and navigation amongst others. Tight, clean copy.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001076.
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Imprint: London: International Institute of African Languages and Culture, 1940 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. A comprehensive book on the phonetics and tonal structure of the Kikuyu language. Contains texts with translation and notes. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. 363p. Stock number: 000290.
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Imprint: New York: Vintage Books, 1979 Mass Market Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Biko's testimony, recorded here in the format of direct and cross examination. This was to be his last public statement before his murder in a South African jail in September 1977. 360p. Paperback. Stock number: 000380.
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Imprint: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1990 Paperback. 164p. Previous owner's name on ffep. Discusses the question of majority rule and the abolition of apartheid.. Book Condition: Very Good Stock number: 001198.
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Imprint: London, Adam and Charles Black, 1911 208p. Ills. 32 full-page illustrations, 37 line drawings. Green decorative cloth boards. Inner hinges are cracked. Slight wear to head and foot of spine. Small piece missing on spine. Slight foxing throughout.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001151.
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Imprint: London: Valentine, Mitchell & Co. Ltd. 1972 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. A collection of Isaac Asimov's favourite jokes, anecdotes, puns and scandalous verse. The jokes are interwoven with the author's personal commentary. 431p. Dustjacket is price clipped. Slight foxing to endpapers. Stock number: 000557.
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Imprint: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975 Fair/Fair. Signed by Author. The story of Hodder and Stoughton from its founding by Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton in 1868. Ills, 287p. Jacket torn in two places, upper edge. Stock number: 000123.
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Imprint: New Jersey: The Wellfleet Press, 1989 First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. The complete series of paintings by John James Audubon, including 155 full colour plates. Assisted by his two sons and Rev. John Bachman, Audubon provides a unique insight into the study of nature through art. 440p. 11 of the plates have been cut out, but are included in the book. This copy and d/j are in very good condition Stock number: 000319.
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Imprint: Bellville, Mayibuye Books, 1995 As told to Iain Edwards. Memoirs of a political activist during the 1942 'quit India' campaign, and one of the first recruits involved in Umkhonto we Sizwe actions, for which he was sentenced in 1963 to 16 years on Robben Island. 205p.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000657.
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Imprint: Pretoria, South African History Online/ Unisa Press, 2002 Photographs by Guy Tillim and Omar Badsha, text by Julia Maxted. Foreword by Amara Essy. Photographs of child soldiers, caught up in wars they have no control over. Both book and dust jacket are in near fine condition.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001126.
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Imprint: London, Andre Deutsch, 1998 214p. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Slight foxing to fore-edge. Biography of Leeds United and Scotland football star. Fine condition.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 000984.
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Imprint: London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1936 Original Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. With special reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria. Contain maps and beautiful coloured plates. Vols 4-7 only. Vol 7 has some water damage on the canvas. All volumes have some borer damage and limited foxing. Each volume costs $60. Stock number: 000259.
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Imprint: New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980 Hard Cover. A comprehensive reference book on antique toys. 286p. 285 illustrations, including 100 colour plates. Large square 4to. d/w slightly torn on bottom left hand corner (2.5cm). Otherwise very good copy. Stock number: 000179.
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Imprint: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1978 An illustrated history 1478-1978. 332p. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers and title page. Dust jacket is worn around the edges, and has tear on front cover. This book celebrates the quincentenary of the introduction of printing at Oxford.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000963.
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Imprint: Cape Town: Purnell, 1978 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. With specific reference to the succulent families found in the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa. Contains 180 colour photographs. Stock number: 000058.
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Imprint: Cape Town: Purnell, 1978 Cloth. First Edition. With specific reference to the succulent families found in the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa. Contains 180 colour photographs.. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000967.
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Imprint: Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1966 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautifully illustrated edition. Contains 127 colour plates. 185p. Tight, clean copy. Pictorial cloth cover. Stock number: 000304.
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Imprint: London, Faber & Faber, 1955 Classic cookery book by one of the great American chefs. Travelling widely, he has collected a wide range of recipes, including sea-water fish, freshwater fish, shellfish, as well as sections on buying, cleaning and cooking fish, and preparing sauces. 460p. Dust jacket is rubbed around the edges, with small pieces missing from back cover and bottom of spine.. Illustr.: Diamond, Harry O.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000653.
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Imprint: London: Longmans, 1962 Cloth. Signed by Author. First edition in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the previous owner. A biography of Mzilikazi, founder of the Matabele tribe, who conquered the peoples of the Transvaal, Bechuanaland and Southern Rhodesia. An interesting account, containing detailed descriptions of Bantu tribes, history and language. One library stamp on front endpaper. Stock number: 000354.
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1964 283p. 19 plates. Bookdealer's stamp on title page. Slight wear to head and foot of spine. Detailed study of the most controversial and least understood of the Zulu kings. He rose to fame in 1828 after assassinating King Shaka and usurping the Zulu throne.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000033.
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Imprint: Pretoria, A Wurm Publications, 1969 Drawings on front and back cover by Walter Batiss. Beiles was a member of the famous 'Beat' generation. 184p. Small tear to bottom left of front cover. Collector's item.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000686.
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Imprint: London, The Hogarth Press, 1973 Fourth impression. 300p. 15 illustrations, including frontispiece portrait of Virginia Woolf. Volume 2 of Quentin Bell's biography discusses her life with Leonard Woolf and the prolonged mental breakdown of 1912-1915. It also covers the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press, as well as Woolf's friends in the Bloomsbury group. Some tape marks on endpapers. Slightly rubbed on bottom of spine.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000797.
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Imprint: London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1970 Cloth. First UK edition. 313p. Dustjacket is price-clipped. Previous owner's name on ffep. Clean copy.. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000460.
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 New edition. 427p. Illustrated throughout with b/w sketches and photographs. Frontispiece photograph. Slightly rubbed on upper and lower spine. Mild foxing throughout.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000878.
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Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1935 An edited selection taken from Reverend Woodforde's work, "Diary of a country parson." 534p. Contains fold-out map and genealogy. Slight foxing. Single borer hole in the margin affecting pages 520 onwards.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000634.
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Imprint: Pretoria, Protea, 2003 207p. Comprehensive investigation into race relations in the Transvaal, bringing about reforms in African administration and new policies regarding African labour, land passes and taxes.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001189.
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Imprint: New Delhi, Promilla & Co., 1989 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 125p. 11 plates. 61 letters, written in Durban, South Africa, between September 1902 and June 1903 by M.H. Nazar, acting secretary of the Natal Indian Congress, and first editor of Indian Opinion, a weekly newspaper founded by Mohandas K.Gandhi in 1903. The letters were written in Gujarati and English: all are printed here in English.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000780.
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Imprint: New Delhi, Promilla & Co., 1991 155p. 12 b/w plates. 5 maps, 11 graphs and 23 tables. This book analyses the backgrounds of over 95,000 Indian migrants that went to South Africa in the period 1860-1902. The ships' registers form the core source around which the political and socio-economic circumstances of their recruitment are analysed. Clean copy.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000782.
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Imprint: Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1990 241p. 16 b/w plates, frontispiece portrait of Indian family. 9 maps, and 12 tables. This book traces the movements of Indian migrants, thousands of whom arrived in South Africa to work on the farms of Natal under the indenture system. Many more arrived seeking opportunities as traders or craftsmen. Clean copy.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000781.
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Imprint: Western Australia, University of Western Australia Press, 1971 251p. 39 b/w photographs. Map of western Australia. The spring is situated on the route between Perth and Albany. This book traces the beginnings and growth of KojonupDust jacket is rubbed around the edges, and is torn on back cover.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Good Stock number: 000876.
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Imprint: Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1866 Ein handbuch fur Studirende und Aerzte. 741p. Marbled boards, leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering on spine. Boards are bumped on corners.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Half-Leather. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000670.
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Imprint: London: Longmans, 1963 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Comprehensive account of the last zulu king, Cetshwayo, nephew of King Shaka. Based on eye-witness accounts and original documents. 240p. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Dust jacket is rubbed around the edges, with 1cm tear at top of spine. Contain 16 illustrations, incl. frontispiece colour portrait of Cetshwayo, and 3 maps. Stock number: 000569.
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