Africana - Memoir from Chapter 1 Books

Cape Times Limited, Cape Town, 1921. sixth impression. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 142 pages (complete). Rebound retaining original front panel. The boards are smart, sound. Newer end-papers. Only indications of use are a few corner folds/ creases to some early pages. Otherwise, the contents are most pleasing. They are certain, thick, healthy,… Read more about this item

Nasionale Pers, Beperkt, 1946. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 476 pages (complete). In Afrikaans throughout. Included: various press cuttings about the General. A sturdy copy of this memoir that reveals the experiences and thinking behind the Anglo-Boer war general and later unswerving stalwart of the Nationalist (apartheid) party. The dust-jacket has wear, tear, scuffing,… Read more about this item

JC Juta & Co., Capetown, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 152 pages (complete). A passive copy. Green boards with blind stamped decoration and stamped gilt titling and arms. The boards are much worn, scuffed, rubbed and marked all about. The spine too, has wear. The boards and spine are secure and comfortable.… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 376 pages (complete). From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow (their ex-libris plate affixed on the frontispage). Included is a signed letter from Tom Hopkinson (the great first editor of Picture Post and editor of Drum during three tumultuous years)to Frank Bradlow (mostly about Johannesburg… Read more about this item

J C Juta and Co., Cape Town, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 467 pages (complete). Volume II only. Newer end papers. Previous owner annotation on the front pastedown. The boards are much worn all about from storage. The spine is sunned, worn from storage, punctured by insects. The spine and boards… Read more about this item

Adolpho, Modesto & Ca. Impressores, Lisbon , 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 422 pages (complete). In Portuguese throughout. A much owned, negligently stored, amiably aging copy. Marbled boards, leather spine. The boards are worn all about. They are scuffed, marked. Leather spine has wear, handling and shelving marks. Gilt decoration… Read more about this item

J H de Bussy, Amsterdam-Pretoria, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete. In Dutch throughout. A clubbable copy. The green boards have wear about all edges, corners, seams. There is scuffing, there are some handling marks. Nonetheless, the boards are sound, steady. The contents are a little austere, but they retain… Read more about this item

Kuiseb Verlag, Windhoek, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 226 pages (complete). In German throughout. A tidy copy. The covers are neat, healthy. The contents are placid, very clean and clear, tight, bright, amiable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Central News Agency Ltd., Johannesburg, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A comfortable copy. The dustjacket is a bit worn, creased and rubbed all about. It is yet passive and secure. The brown boards have some light shelving wear to the corners. The boards are otherwise sound and steady. The contents are mild-mannered, patient. They are clean,… Read more about this item

Henry Colburn, Publisher, London, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes. Both in contented condition. From the library of Weston Hall-in-Arden) (Weston under the then ownership of Francis Newdigate (a soldier, politician and former Governor of Bermuda). The front pastedowns have his emblem with "F N" in pencil above both. The frontispages… Read more about this item

Edward Moxon, London, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 528 pages (complete). An amiable copy. A rather SPECIAL copy as the previous owner signature is that of GEORGE AUGUSTUS KOLBÉ, a member of one of the first 1820 SETTLER parties to land at Algoa Bay in the Cape Colony, as a member of Thomas Owen's… Read more about this item

Robert Hale Limited, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. 187 pages (complete). Inscribed by Ada Cherry Kearton on the frontispage: "With love to dear Alan and Hazel from Aunt Ada 1956". Also included a handwritten letter from the author in a handwritten envelope. The envelope also has a number of press cuttings on… Read more about this item

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 323 pages plus folded map (complete). A comfortable copy of Aylward's mischievous memoir. Aylward, a self-styled Fenian, was known, by all sides wherever he found himself, to be unscrupulous with his values and loyalties. Fond of rebellion and ill-discipline he even yet… Read more about this item

Africana Connoisseurs Press, Cape Town, 1963. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 500 pages plus index (complete). Numbered 371 of a limited edition of 500 copies. A placid copy. The green boards are passive. They have some corner knocks, some very mild shelving wear, some shallow scuffing. They are sound, sure. The contents are… Read more about this item

Selwyn & Blount Ltd., London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Newlands, Thelma. 104 pages (complete). A passive copy. The boards are much worn, scuffed, marked all about. They are resolutely sure and secure. The contents are mild-mannered. There are some aged-related marks, shallow handling marks. In general and by far, the… Read more about this item

The Friend Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Bloemfontein, ORC, South Africa, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 391 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The front-pastedown has a charming ex-libris plate - designed by Leo Wyatt in 1979 - for Ida Hosken and her husband. The light green boards are agreeably contented. They have… Read more about this item

The Friend Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Bloemfontein, ORC, South Africa, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 391 pages (complete). Ex-library (Albert Public Library, Burgersdorp) with consequent stamps and wear. The frontispage has a previous owner signature (C F Leygonie - who was dominee of the Dutch Reformed Church at Sterkstroom for many years). The… Read more about this item

Henry Colburn, Publisher, London, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Both books are placid, comfortably owned copies. Volume I: The boards are worn, scuffed, marked from handling and storage all about. The spine is sunned. The gilt titling is amiable. The binding is a little loose here and there… Read more about this item

Arrowsmith, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. 318 pages (complete). Inscribed by (but not signed) Lloyd-Jones: "From the Author Xmas 1928". A comfortable copy. The boards are worn, marked by handling and shelving, scuffed, rubbed all about. The head of the spine is worn. Nonetheless, the boards and spine are… Read more about this item

Eveleigh Nash, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 335 pages (complete). A charming book of memories of travel through, and living in South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century. Mrs Maturin has an engaging, entertaining turn of phrase and view of life: "Nov. 30, 1904 ... I have heard of a dear… Read more about this item