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(Bloemfontein: Glen Agricultural College, 1927). 250 x 160 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 74; photographs; adverts. Wrappers a little frayed, with short edge tears, otherwise very good. The sixth edition of this agricultural school's annual, with contributions in both English and Afrikaans. .

(Pretoria: Botanical Research Institute, 1966). Botanical Survey, Memoir No. 37. 240 x 182 mm; printed wrappers; pp. xi + (i) + 440, incl. index; 209 full-page line drawings (recto), with descriptive text in English and Afrikaans to facing verso in each case. Title penned on sunned spine, which has earlier owner's tape reinforcing; spine cocked; some foxing to edges and… Read more about this item

(Pretoria: Muller & Retief, 1976) 079970038x. Small 4to; original yellow boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 40; photographs, maps, tables, line drawings. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and edgeworn; library hand-stamps to some pages; a little foxing. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Complete overview of the history and management of the dried fruit industry in South Africa, with several… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Development Bank of Southern Africa, 1995) 1874878676. 240 x 170 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 159; illustrated with maps, graphs, line drawings, photographs, some of which in colour. Fine condition. "Animal power has a long history in South Africa. Its present importance is often unrecognised. Today the majority of farmers in remote rural areas benefit from… Read more about this item

(Pretoria: South African Wool Board, [ca 1962]). 12mo; original blue boards, lettered in black to upper cover; endpaper maps; pp. 205; several photographs. Cover partially tanned and mottled; bottom fore-corner of lower board turned; merest trace of spotting. Good condition. "The four booklets in the Wool Board's Educational Series, first published separately, are now combined in this… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: the author, 1999) 0620237473. 148 x 210 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 31; photographs; line drawings. Fine condition. Uncommon. "The donkey seems to be more adaptable to the changing climate of the Karoo than the horse or ox and certainly more capable of long periods of moving in a monotonous circular path which is required… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: Development Bank of Southern Africa, 1995) 1874878676. 240 x 170 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 159; illustrated with maps, graphs, line drawings, photographs, some of which in colour. Fine condition. "Animal power has a long history in South Africa. Its present importance is often unrecognised. Today the majority of farmers in remote rural areas benefit from… Read more about this item

([Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, 1959). 4to; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt grass inflorescence device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvi + 771, incl. index; colour plates; line drawings and distribution maps in text; several tables, incl. folding. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, with touch of damp-staining to tail of spine panel; tape marks to… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1994) 0624032094. 220 x 152 mm; pictorial wrappers with later additional lamination; pp. (x) + 381, incl. index. Some gum residue (from lamination) to endpapers; ink stamps to front free endpaper and elsewhere; rectangular portion cut from front free endpaper; occasional ink stamp and annotation. Good. Afrikaans text. "In die enigste omvattende handleiding… Read more about this item

(Pretoria, Noordelike Drukpers, preface dated 1929). Original wraps, pp. 64, illustrations. Errata slip present. .

(Pretoria, Director of Forestry, 1947). Wraps, a little worn and soiled, side-stitched, staples a little rusted, pp. (vii) + 72, graphs, plates. Corners curled, light foxing and browning, pen markings on the verso of one fold-out. Fair. .

(Honeydew, World's Poultry Science Association, c. 1980). 8vo; original dark boards a little insect-damaged; no dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 238; black-and-white photographs; tables. Good condition. .

(Belville: Unifruco Promotions, 1993). 297 x 210 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. (vi) + 141, incl. index; maps; colour plates; line drawings; graphs. Cover somewhat rubbed and curled. Good to very good condition. A thorough survey of South African deciduous fruit production, with information on a wide variety of cultivars, presentation, packaging and export, along with a… Read more about this item

(Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1991). 8vo; original green boards; no dustwrapper; pp. xx + 402 (including index); maps; figures; plates. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. A few brown spots to text edges. Very good condition. Four parts: Part I - Botanical and Other Characteristics of the Species, Part II - The… Read more about this item

(Queenstown: South African Stud Book Association for the Shorthorn Society of South Africa, 1923). 8vo; original cream cloth; xxxvi + 266 (including index); black-and-white plates. Cloth somewhat marked; a little foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and pages facing plates. Good condition. .