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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.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FLY FISHING
- SOUTH AFRICA
LIST OF CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE, FROM 11TH OCTOBER, 1899, TO 20TH MARCH, 1900
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824027
Published by Oaklands.
1972.
Very good condition.
Very large format; red cloth with gilt titles. Base of spine worn, coners bumped and slightly frayed. A few minor marks to rear board. Text block browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- SOUTH AFRICA
- GENEALOGY
THE OWLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Alan Kemp.
Illustrated by Simon Calburn.
Stock no. 2139838
Published by Struik.
1st
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good 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 very good slip case; a few knocks and marks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIRDS OF PREY
- OWLS
- SOUTH AFRICA
THE GIBBAEUM HANDBOOK
Written by G.C. Nel.
Stock no. 1823709
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1953.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A genus of highly succulent plants, native to South Africa. A comprehensive guide to the general and indoor cultivation. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos, 7 colour tipped in plates. 117 pages including index. Lower rear corner bumped, top of spine lightly shelf worn. Text block lightly browned. Browning and a few pale foxspots to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and marked.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- SOUTH AFRICA
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.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- SOUTH AFRICA
- GENEALOGY
5,000 MILES WITH THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2137729
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited.
Circa
1914.
Good condition.
Large format. Red cloth with black titles. Limited Edition to 500 Numbered Copies. A series of articles, compiled from letters and diaries written by officers, Non-commissioned Offices and men of the 21st and 22nd (Cheshire) companies of Imperial Yeomanry, relating their experiences during the South African War in the years 1900-1901: also articles from "The Times", "The Times' History of the War," and other papers relating to the marches, movements and operations of the two companies. B/w photos. SIGNED by author (compiler) to Front endpaper, with dedication. Also signed to Numbered page; This is Copy No. 214.Bumping and wear to spine and corners; fading to spine, with fraying to cloth all up rear side of spine split - a few threads are holding on. Joints are cracked. Foxing to outer page edges. Some margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- ARMY
- CAVALRY
- SOUTH AFRICA
- LIMITED EDITION
GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Dorothea Fairbridge.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Drake; Ethel Driscoll; E. Barter.
Stock no. 2137418
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.
- Categorised in:
- GARDENING
- SOUTH AFRICA
- GARDENS
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.
A FIRST GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS
Written by Leonard Gill; J.M. Winterbottom.
Stock no. 2134680
Published by Maskew Miller.
1968.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
8th edition, revised. Colour & b/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Name in ink to title page. Some ink annotations in margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and creased; some tape repairs to verso and a few chips of loss.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AFRICA
- SOUTH AFRICA
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.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- SOUTH AFRICA
- DIARY
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- HISTORY
- EXPLORATION
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- MOUNTAINEERING
- AFRICA
- SOUTH AFRICA