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GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Dorothea Fairbridge. Illustrated by Elizabeth Drake; Ethel Driscoll; E. Barter.
Stock no. 1826737
Published by T. Maskew Miller. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Green covers with gilt titles and cream borders. 28 colour plates. With some chapters on Practical Gardening under South African conditions and some Notes of the Cultivation of South African Wild Flowers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Scattered foxing - heavy in places.

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INSECTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Clarke H. Scholtz; Erik Holm.
Stock no. 1824816
Published by Protea Book House. 2nd 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A balance between scientific accuracy and utility so that the information is easily accessible and comprehensible to professional and amateur enotomologists alike. The scientist will find enough general information to lead to more detailed works whilsts the amateur entomologist will find sufficient explanation in the text, beautiful illustrations and glossary. Large format. Brown pictorial cloth boards, white titles. B/w illustrations. 502 pages including index. ISBN: 9781869192433. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Top corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear panel.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLY-FISHING HANDBOOK
Written by Dean Riphagen.
Stock no. 1824116
Published by New Holland Publishers (uk) Ltd. Circa 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tying and fishing 50 effective flies for South African waters. Each pattern includes information about the typ0e of insect it imitates, the best ways and conditions in which to fish it and a list of the materials needed to tie it. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1859741010. 4th reprint.

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LIST OF CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE, FROM 11TH OCTOBER, 1899, TO 20TH MARCH, 1900
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138084
Published by Oaklands. Very good condition.

Very large format; red cloth with gilt titles. A few light marks to covers. Knocks and a little bumping along cover edges. Browning to outer page edges.

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FROM SKETCH-BOOK AND DIARY
Written by Elizabeth Butler. Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 2137357
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 28 colour plates + b/w illustrations. A & C Black 10 Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist + 4 page additional booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers, especially spine and edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing throughout. Light browning to plates.

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MAFEKING DIARY: A BLACK MAN'S VIEW OF A WHITE MAN'S WAR
Written by Sol T. Plaatje; John L. Comaroff.
Stock no. 1819553
Published by Southern Book Publishers. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A sharp-sighted view of the siege of Mafeking by a budding African intellectual and leader of his people. Orange boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1868122123. Foxing to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed.

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LOOKING FOR MRS LIVINGSTONE
Written by Julie Davidson.
Stock no. 1818662
Published by Saint Andrew Press. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An enthralling story of an extraordinary and courageous woman. Her bravery, stoicism and African upbringing were critical to the career of world-renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780715209646.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA 1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815624
Published by Cape Times. 1939. Almost very good condition.

Being number Forty-Two for the year 1939 (published in January 1940). Grey cardwraps, black titles. B/w plates. Covers browned. Spine edges rubbed. Joints pulled. Name in ink to inside front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxspots. Internal binding tight.

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MY BOOK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Alice Talwin Morris. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1317172
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, red boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn. Rubbing to cover edges and black mark to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light browning to title-page and last text page. Contents clean.

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WHAT'S THAT BIRD? A STARTER'S GUIDE TO BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Kenneth Newman.
Stock no. 2124021
Published by Struik Nature. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations and photos throughout. ISBN: 9781868728794. Slight kink in book. Contents are still excellent.

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WATERBIRDS BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA'S WETLANDS
Written by Warwick Tarboton; Nigel Dennis.
Stock no. 2119861
Published by New Holland. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Colour photography by Dennis throughout. ISBN: 1853682586. A few small marks to half title page. A little light foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with some scuff marks.

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THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Alan Kemp. Illustrated by Simon Calburn.
Stock no. 1811188
Published by Struik. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A monograph on the twelve owl species that inhabit the southern African subregion. Standard Edition. Large format. Beige cloth boards, brown title to spine and vignette of owl to front. Beautiful colour plates & b/w text illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0947430032. Contained in the publishers matching slipcase in almost fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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