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Fables Bookshop

6th August 2017

Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown. Catalogue Q244 6th August 2017

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WESTERN CAPE

#25646 Barnard, Madelaine. CAPE TOWN STORIES. 175pp paperback 8vo. VGcondition. Struik 2007. isbn 9781868729401

£6.00

Over 50 stories about Cape Town and its many unique characters – leg-endary and real, historical and modern, human and canine - and the placeswhere they wove their magic. All the favourite stories between the same twocovers! Freelance journalist author lives in Cape Town.

EASTERN CAPE

#25602 Blain, Maud. BATHURST METHODIST CHURCH. A Short History 12ppstapled booklet. illustrated. VG condition. nd. (1978?).

£10.00

Illustrates the history of the church. Includes list of ministers appointedto the Bathurst circuit. AIRMAIL worldwide at standard rate.

#25631 Harradine, Margaret. PORT ELIZABETH. A Social Chronicle To TheEnd Of 1945. Blue vynide boards. 304pp illustrated 4to. No inscription. VG conditionin Good only dustwrapper (creased and tears to top edges and spine but no major loss).Waltons. Port Elizabeth 1994 1st edition. isbn 0620190043

£25.00

Author was the head Africana librarian in the Port Elizabeth City Li-braries for many years. Contains a detailed chronology of events in PortElizabeth from 1488 to 1945 with a brief biographical section relating tonames mentioned in the former, photographs, maps, and a detailed index.Publication celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publisher. An excellentcompendium with many illustrations.

#25695 Hook, Major. WITH SWORD AND STATUTE. (On The Cape Of GoodHope Frontier). Gilt title on blind stamped red cloth boards. 434pp illustrated 8vo. Neatownership inscription front pastedown, light foxing throughout particularly preliminaries,

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front hinges parting to mull but still sound, rear hinge starting but tight. spine a littlesunned, soft at head and tail of spine, still a clean–looking copy, G-VG condition. Juta1907. Republished with additions and further photos.

£800.00

A personal memoir of a 19thC life in service as a military man, and later asa magistrate, mainly in the Eastern Cape, and including taking part in manymilitary events with the Frontier Armed Mounted Police (FAMP, joined in1855) and the Cape Mounted Rifles (CMR). This provides interesting insightsinto the times. He saw and gave service throughout the Eastern Cape, FreeState, and Basutoland.

#23250 Jones, E. Morse. THE LOWER ALBANY CHRONICLE. Six vols. PartOne. 1806–1825. Part Two. 1826-1840. Part Three 1841-1850. Part Four 1851-1855.Parts Five & Six 1856-1900. Index 1809-1900. Printed white wraps. A5 format. Asnew copies. Lower Albany Historical Society 2002-2004. isbn 0620291648 06202916560620294973 0620294981 062029129X 0620325003 isbn 0620291648

£60.00

Provides a chronological survey of happenings in the areas around Bathurstand Port Alfred. Culled from books, letters, diaries, notebooks, periodicals,ms. etc. with notes, index, list of sources. Events such as births, deaths,marriages, christenings, sales, military and commercial activity, and muchmore. Gives a detailed picture of the happenings in these areas on a dayby day basis. A new edition of this standard work. Previously unpublished,parts 5 & 6 have been prepared from the original notes of the Authors withthe addition of a newly prepared index of names.

#25568 Keppel–Jones, Arthur. PHILIPPS, 1820 SETTLER. His Letters, EditedBy Arthur Keppel-Jones In Consultation With Philipps’ Great-Granddaughter, E.K.Heathcote. Gilt on navy cloth boards. 371pp. b/w photo frontis. maps on eps. genealogytable. Ownership inscription ffep. edges spotted. bumped at top of spine. four squarecorners. a G++ copy in dustwrapper (complete but torn to front, repaired). Shuter &Shooter. Pietermaritzburg 1960.

£22.00

Letters from 1820 through to 1830. Some of the letters were published in”Scenes And Occurrences In Albany And Caffer-Land, South Africa” (Marsh1827). Thomas Philipps sailed as an 1820 Settler on the ”Kennersley Castle”as leader of the Pembrokeshire ’Party’ in order to make a new start in life.His letters, commenced on board ship on January 11th 1820, run to 1830.

#25598 Shaw, Barnabas, MEMORIALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (OR Memorialsof South Africa). Gilt title and device on red ’leather’ boards. 289pp 8vo. Ownership



inscription ffep. 4 square corners. externally a most attractive copy. edges and prelim-inaries tanned. in G++ dustwrapper (tanned, worn, no major loss or tears). StruikCollectanea XXXIV. Cape Town 1970.

£20.00

Copy No. 857 of 1000. Combines a history of the country with accountsof the Author’s travels and work as a Weslyan missionary in Namaqualand,Damaraland, Bechuanaland, the Cape, also throughout Albany and Kaffrariain the Eastern Cape Colony and border areas. Includes a brief account ofthe missionary William Threllfall who was murdered in Namaqualand, 1825.AIRMAIL at standard rates worldwide.

#25698 Shaw, Barnabas. (Wesleyan Missionary, Resident In The CountryNearly Twenty Years). MEMORIALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (OR Memorialsof South Africa) Gilt title on spine, blind–stamped ribbed cloth boards. 346pp 8vo. AG- copy. sound but badly soiled, foxed, both hinges cracked. Suitable for restoration. J.Mason, Hamilton Adam, & Thomas Riley. London 1841 (Second Thousand).

£100.00

Combines a history of the country with accounts of the Author’s travelsand work as a Weslyan missionary in Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechua-naland, the Cape, also throughout Albany and Kaffraria in the Eastern CapeColony and border areas. Includes a brief account of the missionary WilliamThrellfall who was murdered in Namaqualand, 1825.

GENERAL AFRICANA (History, unclassified)

#25692 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 2. From 1820 To 1834.Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 420pp illustrated 8vo. foldout map of the Eastern ProvinceOf The Cape Colony to illustrate events up to 1834 adapted from the military map ofHenry Hall, 1856. Neat ownership inscription to front pastedown. some marks to frontboards, edges foxed & minor page foxing here and there, essentially a near VG copy. ”InFour Volumes”. Vol. 2. Longmans Green & Co. London 1913.

£40.00

”A History Of The Origin Of South African Colonisation And Of ItsDevelopment Towards The East From The Earliest Times To 1857”. Thissecond volume of the earlier 4–volume edition of Cory’s work deals with ”...the fortunes and misfortunes of the 1820 Settlers arising in the Eastern CapeColony. The influence which they exercised upon the further development ofthe Eastern Province forms the burden of this volume”.



#25694 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 4. From 1838 To 1846.Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 546pp illustrated 8vo. Neat ownership inscription to frontpastedown. 4 square corners, some marks to front boards, , essentially a VG copy. ”InSix Volumes”. Vol. 4. Longmans Green & Co. London 1926.

£55.00

Deals with the Boer Trek, establishment of the Dutch Republic and Boerversus Briton in Natal, the annexation of Natal, the beginning of the OrangeFree State, and the Frontier War of 1846.

#25693 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 3. From 1834 To 1838.Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 474pp illustrated 8vo. foldout map of Albany, Victoria,& Somerset, And Of The Province Of Queen Adelaide. Neat ownership inscription tofront pastedown. some marks to front boards, edges foxed & minor page foxing here andthere, rather dull essentially a Good copy. ”In Four Volumes”. Vol. 3. Longmans Green& Co. London 1919.

£40.00

Cory: ”The history of these years is probably the most eventful of all theannals of South Africa. Not only so, but from this time, and in consequenceof the state of affairs created, the establishment of Natal and the NorthernDutch Republics may be dated. The events were of far–reaching importancein moulding the subsequent fortunes of this country”. They are dealt withat length in this volume.

#25691 Cory, G.E. THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Volume 1. From The EarliestTimes To The Year 1820. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 420pp illustrated 8vo. foldoutmap of the Cape Colony to 1820. Neat ownership inscription to front pastedown. somemarks, edges foxed and minor foxing page here and there, essentially a near VG copy.”In Four Volumes”. Vol. 1. Longmans Green & Co. London 1910.

£40.00

”A History Of The Origin Of South African Colonisation And Of ItsDevelopment Towards The East From The Earliest Times To 1857”. Thisfirst volume of the earlier 4–volume edition of Cory’s work deals extensivelywith the history of the Eastern Cape. Starts with a brief introductory on theearlier history of the Cape leading up to the establishment of Graaff Reinet in1786 from which date the Eastern Province is considered to have had officialexistence. Cory deals with subsequent events in the large drostdy that thiscovered in detail including unrest in and around Graaff Reinet, Slagter’s Nek,and The Battle Of Grahamstown,



ANTHROPOLOGY, RELIGION, MYTH & LEGEND.

#25702 Harries, C.L. THE SACRED BABOONS OF LOMONDO. Brown cloth spineover paper–covered boards. 219pp small 8vo. No inscription. edges foxed, pages alsothroughout, else a Good+ clean sound copy. Hortors 1929.

£80.00

Author spent 10 years in Vendaland in the Northern Transvaal as a NativeCommissioner, and records some of the strange incidents that came his way.Unusual item rarely found.

BIOGRAPHY (Diaries, memoirs, family & company histories)

#25632 Asmal, Kader. POLITICS IN MY BLOOD. A Memoir. 313pp illustratedsoftcover 8vo. No inscription. pages sprung hence VG condition. Jacana 2011. isbn9781770099036

£15.00

A personal memoir and also the story of South Africa’s transition fromapartheid to freedom and democracy. Author was a member of the ANC’sConstitutional Committee and negotiating team, and later an MP and cabi-net minister under Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. He also made majorwritten input to the country’s Bill of Rights.

#25624 Bulpin, T.V. (Illus. Penny Miller). TICKEY. The Story Of Eric HoylandAs Told By Him To T.V. Bulpin. Printed white boards. 242pp 4to. No inscriptions. VGcondition, in transparent protective wrap. T.V. Bulpin. Cape Town 1976.

£75.00

Tickey was the famous South African circus clown from the 1960s. Hardto find title, our first in 30 years!

#25690 Buxton, Earl. GENERAL BOTHA. Green cloth boards xiii + 347pp illus-trated 8vo. Ownership signature ffep. boards and spine sunned, front board with concaveset and double dib, preliminaries and edges foxed. overall a sound clean good readingcopy. foldout map at rear excellent with no tears or foxing. John Murray. London 19241st edition

£20.00



Deals with the years 1914–1918. Author was Governor-General of SouthAfrica during this period. Buxton and Botha formed an effective partner-ship, planning and executing South African actions in the war, including theinvasion of the neighbouring German colony of South West Africa. Thus acontemporary biography from a close associate.

#25599 Ebrahim, Noor. NOOR’S STORY. My Life In District Six. 88pp softcover,illustrated colour and b/w. A Fine unread copy. I M Publishing isbn 9780620438605

£10.00

Warmly inscribed to the Harvey family. Author was born in District 6and lived there until the forced removals in 1975. His story of life there ashe grew up is well illustrated showing life in the district..

#25610 Engelenburg, Dr F.V. GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA Gilt title on green clothboards. 351pp illustrated 8vo. A Good reading copy. various stamps to eps. no dust-wrapper. J.L. Van Schaik Limited. Pretoria 1929. 1st English edition.

£60.00

Introduction by J.C. Smuts.

#25634 Gevisser, Mark. THABO MBEKI. The Dream Deferred. 892pp softcoverillustrated b/w photos. large 8vo. Ownership inscription inside front wrap. G–VGcondition. Jonathan Ball. Johannesburg 2007. isbn 9781868421015

£10.00

The 2008 ANC conference at Polokwane effectively deposed Thabo Mbekias president, and he was ’recalled’ by the ANC before finishing his term ofoffice. A detailed ’official’ biography. Extensive notes, bibiliography.

#25633 Mandela, Nelson. CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF. Black cloth boards.454pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. Fine condition in Mint dustwrapper (two wrap-pers were put onto this book, the inner one is completely unmarked and as new). Macmil-lan 2010 1st edition 1st printing. isbn 9780230749016

£20.00

The heart of Mandela, the personal man himself, from diaries, notes,journals, recorded conversations. Forward by Barak Obama.

#25697 Smith, Sir Harry. (Ed. G.C. Moore Smith). THE AUTOBIOGRAPHYOF LIEUTENANT–GENERAL SIR HARRY SMITH. 2 Volumes. Gilt title and deviceon red cloth boards. 382 + 434pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership inscription to both ffeps.general wear, some foxing to end papers, spines sunned, corners bumped, etc. Vol.1shows some minor insect attrition to front board, front hinge starting and small splitto front joint. Vol.2 both hinges starting. overall a Good+ sound and clean set. JohnMurray. London 1902 reprint of 1st edition.



£80.00

With the addition of five supplementary chapters by the Editor coveringthe years 1846-1860. His life in South Africa and duties during the FrontierWars is given extensive coverage.

#25699 Wilmot, Alex. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR RICHARD SOUTHEY.Formerly Colonial Secretary Of The Cape Colony, And Lieut.–Governor Of GriqualandWest. Gilt title on navy cloth boards. 439pp illustrated 8vo. Gift inscription on half-titlepage. edges and preliminaries foxed, some minor foxing throughout. overall a G-VGcopy. Sampson Low Marston, London. & T. Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1904.

£50.00

Southey began his career as an officer during the Frontier Wars of theEastern Cape as a lieutenant in the Albany Mounted Sharpshooters andCaptain of the Corps of Guides. He worked closely with Sir Harry Smithduring this time, and later became his Secretary in Natal. He went on tofill two of the highest offices in the colonial government; firstly Treasurer(1861–1864) and later Colonial Secretary (1864–1872). In 1873 he movedto Griqualand West which had come under Imperial control as a separatecolony and was appointed Lieutenant-Governor there.

FICTION AND CREATIVE WRITINGS

#25604 Afrika, Tatamkhulu. BITTER EDEN. 233pp paperback. Gift inscription totitle page. edges and front wrap foxed. a sound G+ copy. Arcadia 2002 2nd imp.

£10.00

#25645 Beaumont, John Howland. THE GREAT KAROO. (The Tree Of Igdrasil).96pp paperback. Owners signature inside front wrap, G++ condition. David Philip1983.

£12.00

A collection of small stories about life on a South African farm, the land-scape and characters blending into a comprehensive mythology.

#25643 Jooste, Pamela. STAR OF THE MORNING. 393pp paperback. No inscrip-tions. Edges and eps spotted else VG condition. Transworld Black Swan. London 2007isbn 9780552773607

£6.00



Born on the wrong side of the racial divide in Cape Town, and at thepoor end of town at that, sisters Ruby & Rose must forge their own pathsin life and confront the lessons that apartheid enforces.

#25595 Khaya, Maseko. MASHU OMUSHA 153pp paperback. New copy. Self2017.

£15.00

A science fiction novella based in the township of KwaMashu in KwaZulu.Various scientific, spiritual, and political concepts are explored (such as an-thropomorphism, land rights, and gender orientation).

#25609 Knowles, Robert J. FRACTURED TIME. 408pp paperback. A worn copy.’swop–shop’ stamp inside front wrap. wraps creased, contents nice and clean. Self. 20132nd printing.

£20.00

Nice authorial gift inscription. A time-travel science fiction adventure.

#25703 Pringle, Thomas. (Ed. John Noble). AFAR IN THE DESERT AndOther South African Poems. With A Memoir And Notes. Gilt title and rules on royalblue cloth boards. 285pp small 8vo. Gift inscription to title page. pages tanned, edgesand preliminaries foxed, some marks to boards, spine dulled and light wear to head andtail of spine, lower corners bumped. despite all still a bright G–VG copy deserving of agood home. Longmans Green, London & Juta, Cape Town. 1881.

£50.00

The added notes and selections from his prose writings chiefly illustratethe allusions to the scenery and the character of the country and its inhabi-tants.

#25637 Smith, Alexander McCall. TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLYBUILT. Blue cloth boards. 250pp 8vo. Fine condition in matching dustwrapper. LittleBrown. London 2009 3rd printing. isbn 9781408701034

£15.00

It is unfortunate when Mma Ramotswe’s newest client is the big–shotowner of the ailing Kalahari Swoopers that one thing lady detectives knowvery little about is football. When the glamorous Violet Sephotho sets hersights on Mma Makutsi’s unsuspecting fiance it becomes clear that men donot recognise a ruthless Jezebel even when she is bouncing up and down onthe best bed in the Double Comfort Furniture Shop. In her attempt to finda traitor on Mr Football’s team, Mma Ramotswe ventures into new territory,drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observationalpowers of small boys. As wise and warm-hearted as his heroine, Alexander



McCall Smith reminds us that we must dig deep to uncover the goodness ofthe human heart.

#25613 Wicomb, Zoe. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. 189pp large format softcover.No inscription. VG condition. Five Leaves 2011. isbn 9781907869044

£10.00

A collection of 14 short stories, mostly previously unpublished, explorehuman relationships such as marriage, friendships, family ties, servants. AIR-MAIL at standard rates worldwide.

#25614 Wicomb, Zoe. YOU CAN’T GET LOST IN CAPE TOWN. 214pp softcover.A near–Fine copy. Feminist Press 2000. isbn 9781558612259

£10.00

Written in episodes spanning 30 years of the protagonist Frieda Shenton’slife, this details her coming of age as a woman and as a writer. One of the fewworks of fiction to explore the experience of ’colored’ citizens in apartheid-eraSouth Africa. AIRMAIL at standard rates worldwide.

#25658 Zapiro. DR DO–LITTLE AND THE AFRICAN POTATO. Cartoons FromSowetan, Mail & Guardian And Sunday Times. 160pp paperback oblong 4to. A Fineunmarked copy. Double Storey 2003. isbn 9781919930374

£10.00

A selection from the work of South Africa’s premier political cartoonist.Other Zapiro titles in stock.

LEGAL & BUSINESS TEXTS

#25710 Bellengere, Adrian., Palmer, Robin., Theophilopoulos, Constantine.et al. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA. Basic Principles. 494ppsoftcover large 8vo. Used academic text. minor highlighting in a few places. overallG–VG condition. Oxford University Press 2013 1st edition. isbn 9780199045860

£25.00

Current edition. A clear, practical, and innovative introduction to thelaw of evidence in South Africa.

#25714 Currie, Iain., De Waal, Johan. et al. THE NEW CONSTITUTIONALAND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. Volume 1. Constitutional Law. 424pp softcover large8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting, G+ condition. Juta 2014. isbn9780702158124



£20.00

Current edition.

#25709 Davis, Dennis., Geach, Walter., Mongalo, Tshepo., Butler, David.,Coetzee, Lindi., & Burdette, David. COMPANIES AND OTHER BUSINESSSTRUCTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 470pp softcover. large 8vo. Used academic text.minor highlighting in a few places. overall G–VG condition. Oxford University Press2013 3rd edition. isbn 9780199052608

£25.00

Current edition. A clear and practical introduction to the law relatingto companies, close corporations, business trusts, partnerships, and financialmarkets.

#25711 Heaton, Jacqueline. CASEBOOK ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAW OFPERSONS. 315pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting,G+ condition. LexisNexis 4th edition 2012. isbn 9780409052718

£22.00

Current edition.

#22778 Heaton, Jacqueline. THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAW OF PERSONS. 180ppsoftcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting, G+ condition. Lex-isNexis 4th edition 2012. isbn 9780409052657

£22.00

Current edition.

#25717 Heaton, Jacqueline. & Kruger, Hanneretha. CASEBOOK ON SOUTHAFRICAN FAMILY LAW. Vonnisbundel Oor Die Suid–Afrikaanse Familiereg. 687ppsoftcover large 8vo. Used academic text. no apparent markings. VG+ condition. Lexis-Nexis 2015 4th edition. isbn 9780409120615

£50.00

Current edition.

#25716 Heaton, Jacqueline. & Kruger, Hanneretha. SOUTH AFRICAN FAM-ILY LAW. 416pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. no apparent markings. VGcondition. LexisNexis 2015 4th edition. isbn 9780409120592

£30.00

Current edition.

#25712 Hoexter, Cora. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA. 642ppsoftcover large 8vo. Used academic text. VG+ condition, Juta 2011 2nd edition. isbn9780702194276



£35.00

Current edition. Intended primarily for the subject specialist with theemphasis on judicial review of administrative acrion.

#25715 Kleyn, Duard. & Viljoen, Frans. BEGINNER’S GUIDE FOR LAWSTUDENTS. 321pp softcover large 8vo. Used academic text. highlighting, without CD.Juta. 4th edition 2013. isbn 978070218209

£20.00

Current edition.

#25623 Loock, Coert, Grobler, Bennie, & Mestry, Raj. HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION. Balancing The Scales. 111pp softcover. No inscrip-tions. a Fine unread copy. Van Schaik 2006 1st edition. isbn 9780627026638

£15.00

A guide to the complex task of human resource management in SouthAfrican schools.

#25713 McGregor, M., Dekker, A.H. et al. LABOUR LAW RULES! 281ppsoftcover large 8vo. Used academic text. considerable highlighting, G+ condition. SiberInk. 2014 2nd edition. isbn 9781920025885

£15.00

Current edition. A student text on labour, equity, social security, andskills development laws.

MISCELLANEOUS AFRICANA

#25612 Chirwa, Ephraim. & Dorward, Andrew. AGRICULTURAL INPUTSUBSIDIES. The Recent Malawi Experience. 298pp softcover 8vo. Library stamp ffepelse VG+ condition, probably unread. Oxford University Press 2013 1st edition. isbn9780198705819

£20.00

Agricultural subsidies have been adopted on a large scale across differentAfrican countries in the last few years. Drawing on their involvement inMalawi over many years and utilising a wide range of information sourcesthe authors provide a detailed analysis of the historical, political, and agro–economic context of the programme. A review of current thinking on thepotential of such subsidies and new ’smart’ approaches in low-income Africancountries.



#25661 Leakey, Richard E. THE MAKING OF MANKIND. Maroon cloth boards.256pp. illustrated colour & b/w photos, drawings, maps. 4to. No inscriptions. aVG+ copy in VG dustwrapper (no chips, tears, or loss). Michael Joseph. 1981 revisedreprint.

£16.00

Author puts what he feels is the true picture of human evolution beforea general audience for the first time. Detailed and fascinating record. Aconsiderable amount of the text and illustrations by default refer to theAfrican fossil record. This book is a record of the BBC television series ofthe same name.

NATURAL HISTORY

#25638 Levin, Hilda., Branch, Margo., Rappoport, Simon & Mitchell, Derek.A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MUSHROOMS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Printed boards,168pp, illustrated colour photos, drawings, indexed. Small ownership signature else aVG copy. Struik. Cape Town 1985 1st edition. isbn 9780869772294

£15.00

Also covers the history of mushrooms, the biology of fungi, poisonousmushrooms and identification making it easy for beginners in the veld. Wealso have an Afrikaans version of this.

#25618 Manning, John. (with Colin Paterson–Jones). PHOTO GUIDE TOTHE WILDFLOWERS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Printed flexible wraps. 352pp illustratedsmall 4to. Printed flexible wraps. 352pp illustrated small 4to. No inscriptions. a nearFine copy. Briza 2012. isbn 9781920217020

£26.00

Includes nearly 900 of the most common and conspicuous wildflowers thatoccur in South Africa and the neighbouring countries of Lesotho, Swaziland,and Namibia. An easy to use field guide for the botanically challenged.

POLITICAL & SOCIAL

#25622 Bless, Claire. & Higson–Smith, Craig. FUNDAMENTALS OF SO-CIAL RESEARCH METHODS. An African Perspective. 164pp softcover. Owner-ship inscription inside front wrap else VG+ condition. Juta 1995 2nd edition. isbn9780702134326



£20.00

Applicable to diverse fields including sociology, economics, political sci-ence, psychology, and education. Contains examples drawn from diversefields.

#25648 Schreiner, Olive. WORDS IN SEASON. The Public Writings With HerOwn Remembrances Collected For The First Time. 217pp paperback. ff tanned else aVG+ unread copy. Penguin 2005. isbn 9780143185413

£10.00

Words in Season is a selection of Schreiner’s uncollected writings on keySouth African issues, supported by her own autobiographical pieces. It in-cludes ’The Political Situation’ written in collaboration with her husband in1895; her ’Words in Season’ produced on the eve of the second Anglo–BoerWar in 1899; and her ’Closer Union’ booklet of 1908 which defines her visionof a non-racial, non-sexist South Africa of the future.

REFERENCE WORKS

#25620 Holland, D.F. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAIL-ROADS. (Railways). Volume 1: 1859–1910. Chocolate cloth boards. 144pp illustrated4to. No inscriptions. VG+ in matching protected dustwrapper. Drake Publishers. NewYork 1972. isbn 0877491461

£65.00

Records the history of the railroads up until Union in 1910. Includesthe Capetown-Wellington Railway, Port Alfred locomotives, Port Elizabeth& East London, The Natal Railway, the 3’ 6” gauge: the Cape GovernmentRailways (CGR), Metropolitan & Suburban, New Cape Central (NCCR) &Kowie Railways, The Natal Government Railway (NGR), The Orange FreeState Railways (OVGS), De Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikan Spoorweg Maatschap-pij (NZASM), The Pretoria-Pietersburg (PPR), Selati and Ermelo Railways,the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) of the Anglo-Boer War, and the Cen-tral African Railways (CSAR). Appendix of Chief Mechanical Engineers andLocomotive Superintendents. Well illustrated with plates and dimensioneddrawings.

#25619 Holland, D.F. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAIL-WAYS. (Railroads) Volume Two: SAR Locos 1910–1955 And Harbour Board Locos1873-1904. Chocolate cloth boards. 144pp illustrated 4to. No inscriptions. some bumpslower front board else VG condition in G++ dustwrapper (some wear, minor tears, no



loss). David & Charles. Newton Abbot (1972). (same as Drake International edition).isbn 0715354272

£55.00

Covers all locomotives produced from inception of the Union (1910) to thelast steam design in 1955. Includes the many Harbour Board locos that op-erated in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Durban. Appendixof SAR Reclassification Lists. Well illustrated with plates and dimensioneddrawings.

#25625 Silva, Penny. et al. (Ed). (Oxford University Press). A DICTIONARYOF SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES. Gilt on black clothboards. xxix + 825pp 4to. Miniscule ownership initials top of ffep almost in gutter elsea Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper (price–clipped, one minor closed tear top rear). Superunused copy. Oxford University Press for The Dictionary Unit for South African English(Rhodes University). isbn 9780198631538

£85.00

South African words and their origins.

ZIMBABWE ZAMBIA & MALAWI (The Rhodesias, Nyasaland,the Federation)

#23866 Rogers, Douglas. THE LAST RESORT. A Memoir Of Zimbabwe. 312pp 8vopaperback. No inscriptions. a Fine copy. Jonathan Ball 2009. isbn 9781868423620

£10.00

Journalist author returns to Zimbabwe from a comfortable life in NewYork to face the realities of a third world economy with innovation, humour,bribery, and brothel management.

TRAVEL & EXPLORATION

#25636 Glyn, Patricia. WHAT DAWID KNEW. A Journey With The Kruipers.236pp paperback 8vo. A Fine unread copy. Picador 2013. isbn 9781770103047

£11.00

Dawid Kruiper was an old Bushman with a secret that had been keptin his family for over a century and which he wished to hand over to his



sons before he died. For two months author and her crew travelled with theKruipers through the Kalahari visiting and documenting places where Dawidand his forebears had roamed in the centuries before outsiders had arrivedin their homeland. An eco–adventure exploring the history and heritage of afamily that teaches us respect for and responsible management of our naturalresources.

#25596 National Geographic. AFRICAN ADVENTURE ATLAS. Africa. TheAtlantic Ocean Islands. The Indian Ocean Islands. Printed boards. 336pp hardcoverfolio illustrated coloured maps, photos. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. some marksto rear hence a VG–Fine copy. National Geographic Maps / Map Studio 2008. isbn9781597751469

£95.00

As expected from National Geographic, the ultimate map collection forthe African traveller in one humungous volume.

SECOND BOER WAR

#25615 Bateman, Philip. GENERALS OF THE ANGLO–BOER WAR. Blackleather boards. 131pp illustrated b/w. 4to. No inscriptions. eps tanned else conser-vatively a VG copy. South African Historical Mint & Purnell. Cape Town 1977 1stedition. isbn 0868430161

£30.00

As well as an introduction to the Boer War this provides an outline ofGenerals Smuts, Buller, Cronje, Villebois-Mareuil, French, de la Rey, Baden-Powell, Hertzog, Botha, Roberts, de Wet, and Kitchener. Many good illus-trations.

MILITARY (Regimental histories, militaria, other wars in Africa)

#25597 Allen, Geoffrey & David. THE GUNS OF SACRAMENTO. Blue clothboards. 81pp. illustrated 4to. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. VG condition in G+dustwrapper (worn, rubbed, but no major loss or tears). Robin Garton. London 1978.isbn 0906030064

£12.00

The story of the tracing and salvaging of this Portuguese galleon whichwas driven on to the rocks off Port Elizabeth in 1647, where she broke up.



Research also brought to light the astonishing account of the surviving crewmembers who trekked 1,000 miles up the African coast to safety.

#25607 Harris, C.J. WAR AT SEA. South African Maritime Operations DuringWorld War II. Grey cloth boards. 356pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. a VG–Finecopy in dustwrapper. Ashanti 1991 1st edition. South Africans At War series. isbn9781874800163

£20.00

Includes many personal records that tell the story of South African navalinvolvement in WWII.

HUNTING & BIG GAME, CONSERVATION

#25662 Baldwin, William Charles. (Illus. James Wolf and J.B. Zwecker).AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE From Natal To The Zambesi Including LakeNgami, The Kalahari Desert Etc. From 1852 To 1860. Gilt title & lion’s head deviceon brown cloth boards. 428pp illustrated 8vo. 48 illustrations including map, 11 platesof which 4 are coloured. edges rough–cut. Owners inscription to front pastedown, ffeploose, corners bumped. boards spotted white, pages tanned. sound, overall a sound copy.Richard Bentley. London 1894 3rd edition.

£100.00

William Charles Baldwin has an honoured place in the gallery of Africa’swhite hunters of the nineteenth century. Arriving in Durban in 1851 hebecame one of this continent’s great travellers, journeying between 12000 and15000 miles with his wagons during the last three years of his wanderings.In 1860 he earned the distinction of becoming the second known Europeanto reach the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river.

#25663 Bisset, John Jarvis. SPORT AND WAR Or Recollections Of Fighting AndHunting In South Africa From The Years 1834 To 1867 With A Narrative Of H.R.HThe Duke Of Edinburgh’s Visit To The Cape Later rebound three–quarter leather overmarbled boards. five raised bands with gilt decoration or text in panels. The title pageis not extant. the binding is a little loose with some illustrations loose (but all present),pages lightly tanned throughout. map at rear has no tears. externally attractive with verynice shelf appearance. John Murray. London 1875.

£395.00

Lieutenant General Sir John Jarvis Bisset KCMG, CB (25 December1819 – 25 March 1894) was a British Army officer who became Colonel ofthe 106th Regiment of Foot. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Cape



Mounted Riflemen in 1835 and fought in the 6th, 7th and 8th Frontier Wars.He became Commanding officer of his regiment and went on to be actingGovernor of Natal in 1865. He also became Colonel of the 106th Regimentof Foot. Military adventures are intermixed with hunting adventures, mostlyin the Eastern Cape. The Duke of Edingburgh went on various huntingexpeditions which are recorded here.

#25641 Cussons, Eugene. SAVING CHIMPANZEES. A Man On A Rescue Mission.245pp paperback 8vo. CD attached inside front wrap. No inscriptions, probably unread,a near Fine copy. (CD verified playable full length). Penguin. Johannesburg 2011. isbn9780143528135

£25.00

Includes the original CD showing a rescue mission. Author establishedthe Chimpanzee Eden in South Africa’s lowveld region. Travelling throughAfrica he brings traumatised primates back to Chimp Eden. An account ofrecent missions requiring diplomacy, dedication, and courage.

#25649 Fitzjohn, Tony. & Bredin, Miles. BORN WILD. The ExtraordinaryStory Of One Man’s Passion For Lions And Africa. 332pp illustrated paperback. Noinscription, VG condition. Penguin 2011. isbn 9780141048567

£10.00

Author has been protecting lions for over forty years since he joinedGeorge Adamson in 1971.

#25667 Foa, Eduard. (Tr. Frederic Lees). AFTER BIG GAME IN CENTRALAFRICA. Records Of A Sportsman From August 1894 To November 1897, When Cross-ing The Dark Continent From The Mouth Of The Zambesi To The French Congo. Gilttitle & device on blue cloth boards. 330pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership signatures. boardswhite splashed / spotted especially rear, foxing to preliminaries only, hinges split but stilltight, hence a Good copy only, sound but with clean contents. excellent map. Adam &Charles Black. London 1899.

£180.00

With 71 Illustrations And A Sketch Map Showing Route. (some varianteditions were published without this map). From Czech: ”Foa, a Frenchman,hunted from coast to coast across central Africa with numerous sportingepisodes, After a lengthy dissertation on choosing a rifle and cartridge, theauthor proceeds to describe his hunts for buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard andother game in the Chiromo district. He continued to hunt elephant andhippopotamus as he travelled westward in 1895 into Barotseland. Enteringthe Congo, he bagged a wide variety of antelope as well as buffalo, and moreelephant. Among his trophies was an enormous elephant sporting tusks at114.5 pounds each”.



#25668 Gibbons, Major A. St.H. AFRICA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHMAROTSELAND. Volumes 1 & 2. Gilt on dec. blue boards. teg. 276/297pp illustrated8vo.linen backed folding maps in pockets of both volumes. No inscriptions. sound copies.pages and edges tanned. rear hinge starting both volumes. soft at spine extremities.corners bumped, white markings to front of Volume 1. excellent maps, unmarked withno tears. overall fairly clean attractive set. John Lane The Bodley Head. London1904.

£650.00

The author was in charge of the 1898 to 1900 expedition to Marotseland.

#25640 Hart, Sue. (Illus. Lee Voigt). BACK IN THE WILD. Tan cloth boards.158pp illustrated 4to. Shows minor evidence of damp storage, not serious, hence VG industwrapper (spine faded, also shows damp mark around lower spine, no chips, tears, orloss). Collins Harvill 1977 1st edition. isbn 0002620499

£15.00

Nice authorial inscription on title page.

#25654 Patterson, Gareth. DYING TO BE FREE. The Canned Lion Scandal AndThe Case For Ending Trophy Hunting In South Africa. Printed black boards, 205ppillustrated 8vo. Small ownership inscription front pastedown, lower spine bumped a little(or manufacturing defect) else a VG copy in dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears).Viking / Penguin 1998. isbn 9780670884698

£15.00

Author’s investigation into the ’canned’ hunting industry in SouthernAfrica where lions are bred in captivity for the sole purpose of being killedunder unnatural conditions by high–paying trophy ’hunters’. In doing sohe exposes the myth of South Africa’s conservation image and the sale ofhunting as a necessary integral part of conservation. Trophy hunting is seenas a relic of the colonial past where ’conservation’ means exploitation of wildanimals and what remains of their habitat for profit. An African Renaissancemust include a rebirth of environmentalism on the continent and a reforgingof spiritual empathy for wild animals seeing a dismantling of colonial huntingpolicies. Other titles by this author in stock.

#25656 Patterson, Gareth. WITH MY SOUL AMONGST LIONS. A Moving StoryOf The Struggle To Protect The Last Adamson Lions. Green cloth boards, 177pp, il-lustrated 8vo. VG in VG dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears). Hodder & Stoughton,London 1995. isbn 9780340648964

£10.00

George Adamson was murdered by Somali bandits (near his camp inKora National Park when he went to the rescue of his assistant and a young



European tourist). Gareth Patterson vowed to continue his work but unfor-tunately could never completely protect them from their most lethal enemy– man. Other titles by this author in stock.

#25673 Rainsford, W.S. THE LAND OF THE LION. Gilt title and device on bluecloth boards. 459pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. frontboard shaken. boards dusty & marked, soft to head and tail of spine. overall a Good copywith clean contents. excellent map. Heinemann. London 1909.

£80.00

From Czech: ”Rainsford’s ”safari” trekked through British East Africawhere a variety of game was bagged. After crossing the Mau Escarpment, theauthor’s party hunted lion, buffalo, and rhino, then elephant near Mt. Elgon.Later, rhino and buffalo were taken near the Guaso Nyiro. He remarks thatshooting elephant with a .500 or .577 is outmoded – a .256 Mannlicher or.275 Mauser will do perfectly well. There are plenty of big-game huntingadventures throughout”.

#25674 Schillings, C.G. (Tr. Frederic Whyte). IN WILDEST AFRICA. Vol-umes 1 & 2. With Over 300 Photographic Studies Direct From Author’s Negatives,Taken By Day And Night; And Other Illustrations. 2 volumes. brown cloth boards withwhite and black elephant decoration to front board. 716pp continuously paginated. illus-trated large 8vo. Ownership signatures. boards show insect depredations both volumesall over. signatures to Vol.1 not tight, hinges sound both volumes. overall a Good onlyset. Hutchinson. London 1907.

£50.00

From Czech: ”In his second work on photographing and hunting game inEast Africa, Schillings captures the essence of the African landscape and itspeople with his brilliant, early snapshots. The first volume concerns a generalview of the region, with a brief history of the encroachment of civilizationon the African wild and an interesting, if oddly placed chapter on sportand nature in Germany. The second volume includes chapters on huntingelephant, rhino, and lion with additional sport after leopard, eland and otherantelope. There is a remarkable photograph of the extraordinary pair ofelephant tusks weighing a combined 450 pounds”.

#25676 Selous, Frederick Courteney. (Illustrated by E. Caldwell). AFRICANNATURE NOTES AND REMINISCENCES. Original brown cloth boards. teg. 356pp.illustrated b/w plates. Ownership inscription front pastedown. some insect depradationsto boards, notwithstanding a nice copy, tight and clean. Macmillan. London 1908 1stedition reprint.

£150.00

From Czech: ”A wide–ranging work that discusses everything from the



colouration of African big game to the extinction of some species in SouthAfrica. There are plenty of big-game hunting episodes, which Selous usesto accent his chapters on Cape buffalo, black rhinoceros, and lion, amongothers. Written at a time when there was a noticeable depletion of the greatgame herds, he becomes almost lyrical in his longing for the old days: ”butno man will ever again sit by a camp fire near one of the little rivers....eatingprime pieces of fat elephant’s heart, roasted on a forked stick, nor watch thegreat white rhinoceroses coming to drink just before dark nor lie and listento herd after herd of elephants drinking and bathing in the river near thecamp”.

#25657 Siddle, Sheila. & Cress, Doug. IN MY FAMILY TREE. A Life WithChimpanzees. 284pp paperback. Small ownership signature inside front wrap else aG++ copy. Double Storey 2004. isbn 9781919930572

£10.00

Sheila & David Siddle launched the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage inZambia in 1983 as a home for chimpanzees and other wild life.

#25679 Vasse, William. (Tr. R. & H.M. Lydekker). THREE YEARS SPORT INMOZAMBIQUE. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xiv + 163pp + 22pp adverts. Ownershipinscription to front pastedown. text pages foxed but not plates. boards fairly clean,but spine sunned. binding strong and sound. overall G++ condition. Isaac Pitman1909.

£1500.00

From Czech: ”Guillaume Vasse (even his name was translated) sailed toMozambique in 1904 to enjoy an extended hunting trip. Proceeding into thefoothills of the Drakensberg Range, he collected klipspringer and bushbuck,then traveled to the Zombi River where he bagged sable. Near the PungwiRiver, Vasse hunted eland, hartebeest, waterbuck, and buffalo. Numerousleopard were bagged in the region, as well as elephant. Continuing on tothe Sungwi River, he also collected a number of lion. Entering the Zambezi,hippopotamus was added to the bag, as was kudu. This is an excellent workof sporting adventure, well illustrated with numerous photographs, and quitescarce”.

#25680 Wolverton, Lord. (& Paget, Arthur). FIVE MONTHS SPORT INSOMALI LAND. Gilt title and lion device on buff chamfered cloth boards.108pp illus-trated 8vo. Ownership signature to front pastedown. spine darkened, boards handled,eps tanned, foxed, showing offset, else contents and plates clean, map good conditionbut foxed to rear showing through and with one closed tear. Chapman & Hall. London1894.

£300.00



Illustrations after photographs by Colonel Paget. Authors proceeded toSomali Land late in 1892 on a safari which was organised purely for pleasureand revolved heavily around lion shooting.

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