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A HANDLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN MOCAMBIQUE
Written by P.A. Clancey.
Stock no. 1811169
Published by Lourenco Marques. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Parts I & II in one volume. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates plus b/w distribution maps & photos. 40 colour plates. Plate 19 appears missing but was never published. Front joint starting to crack else binding tight. Text block slightly grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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THE BIOLOGY OF THE CRYPTIC FAUNA OF FORESTS
Written by R.F. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1809530
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1953. Good condition.

With Special Reference to the Indigenous Forests of South Africa. B/w photos and illustrations. 408 pages including index. 'L' in green biro to top of spine. Top rear edge of spine split for 1.5". Joints cracked but binding tight. Tippex to front pastedown. Previous owner's embossed stamp to front endpaper. Front hinge at title page split. Contents clean.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN TWINS
Written by Daphne Rooke. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1402576
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Bottom of spine and boards are a little faded. Rear board is marked. Foxing throughout. Yellow dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and grubby. Spine is browned and has yellow tape at bottom. Crayon marks to top of front panel. Verso is browned and has white sticky label at top of rear panel and flap.

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REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST KAFIR WAR
Written by James McKay.
Stock no. 2113819
Published by C. Struik. 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated with numerous anecdotes. Limited edition, to 1,000 numbered copies. B/w illustrations. This is copy no. 538. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few nicks and some grubby marks and browning.

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WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA, AND AFTER PRETORIA: THE GUERILLA WAR (4 VOLUME SET)
Written by H.W. Wilson.
Stock no. 2112218
Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited. Circa 1901. Good condition.

A History of the Boer War 1899-1900. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. This set comprises of the 2 copies of With the Flat and the 2 supplement volumes of After Pretoria; all uniform to each other. Heavy! All spines are faded and browned, with some wear. Differing amounts of damp staining to covers and pages internally. Still a good working set.

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WITH GENERAL FRENCH AND THE CAVALRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Charles Sydney Goldmann.
Stock no. 2111576
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Maroon cloth spine, with gilt title; rest of covers are black. Many fold-out pages of maps etc. Some b/w photos. Spine has been rebacked, with original laid down; a little chipping and loss to original. Bumping and wear to corners. A few marks to covers. New endpapers. Frontis is MISSING. Foxing to some pages and outer page edges. A few page corner losses.

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WITH A SHOW THROUGH SOUTHERN AFRICA AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE TRANSVAAL WAR
Written by Charles Du Val.
Stock no. 2111042
Published by Tinsley Brothers. 1882. Very good condition.

Two volumes, bound into one volume; this has been bound in a modern binding; cloth spine; marbled boards. B/w illustrations. Light wear to cover edges. Some foxing and page browning. A few margin marks. A little annotation.

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THE BIRDS OF NATAL AND ZULULAND
Written by P.A. Clancey. Illustrated by P.A. Clancey.
Stock no. 1807201
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Large format. 41 colour plates plus b/w text figures and photographs. Folding map to rear. xxxiv and 511 pages including index. Corners rubbed, title block to spine rubbed. Rear cover mottled and a little marked. Top edge of text block has minor foxing. Contents clean.

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THE MILITARY BAND IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by John Murdoch McGregor Imrie.
Stock no. 2107912
1st 1976. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to front cover. B/w photos. SIGNED by author, 'With grateful thanks'. Covers are mottled and browned. Corners are bumped and worn.

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KLOOF AND KARROO
Written by H.A. Bryden.
Stock no. 2107907
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1889. Very good condition.

Sport, Legend, and Natural History in Cape Colony. With a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of the antelopes and larger game. Cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes. Tissue-guarded b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to top of spine; minimal loss. Spotting to covers. Ink stamp to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few marks to some page margins.

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THE JOYOUS PATRIOT
Written by David Verney.
Stock no. 817344
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Correspondence of Ralph Verney 1900-1916. Life and Letters. Boer War. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850528410. Top edge of text block dull. Contents fine. Green pictorial wrapper is a little scuffed.

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TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Eve Palmer; Norah Pitman.
Stock no. 806267
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Wrappers of Vol 1 and 2 are covered in self-adhesive clear film. In the case of Volume 3 the clear film has been used to stick the wrapper to the book. Books are fine.

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