Photography from Quagga Books

Kwela Books. Dramatic images documenting the violence, heartache and hope of South Africa's transitional years to the election in 1994. 1st Edition. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Foxing to the verso. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Purnell. From the flyleaf: "Wonderful collection of historic photographs of the old South African Republic and its people." Early gold-mining camps; everyday life of the people; Siege of Pretoria in 1880; Battle of Majuba; early architecture, and many other interesting photographs of the time. Illustrated end-papers with light foxing. Toning to a couple of pages. 151 Pages. Contents clean… Read more about this item

Kwela Books. Dramatic images documenting the violence, heartache and hope of South Africa's transitional years to the election in 1994. Abrasions to the title page and page 136 where the pages have been previously stuck together. Foxing to front and rear end papers and fep. 144 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust… Read more about this item

Human & Rousseau. Illustrations and photographs offers a fresh account of the most controversial aspects of the war. Providing a gripping picture of life in the camps and those affected by the contentious policy of 'scorched earth' - one of the most abhorrent practices of the Anglo Boer War which changed the course of South African history. Foxing to… Read more about this item

Jonathan Ball. From the flyleaf: "First serious study of the physical history of the older towns of an area of the former 'Cape Colony' reaching north as far as Calvinia and east to Grahamstown and Colesberg. Over 700 illustrations of early watercolours and pioneer photographs record their appearance up to the beginning of the 20th century. An invaluable reference… Read more about this item

South African National Gallery. Catalogue published for the photographic exhibition "Lines of Sights" held at the South African National Gallery July - October 1999. Cover photograph by Peter Magubane. 110 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Light edge-wear to extremities. Bumping to header.

Dennis Edwards & Co.. This grand visit of 17 to 23 August 1901 was celebrated with much fanfare and excitement. b&w photographs with advertising on the verso of each photograph except the last two. Unpaginated. Contents clean. Binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Ruched, faded crimson paper wraps with gilt. Edge-wear. Staple-bound. Rusty staples.… Read more about this item

Tafelberg. Limited edition, No. 141 of 1000 copies. 27 b&w photographs. 55 pages of text. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Toning to covers and verso. Some edge-wear. 2 x 2cm closed tears. Sunning Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with blue lettering. Some mild edge-wear. Cloth appears slightly grubby.

C.Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1973. This book is divided into three parts. The Witwatersrand: a time and tailings, Shaftsinking and Mining Men. The first part is a collection of Goldblatt's photographs accompanied by an essay by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. The second, photographs by Goldblatt with his description of the process of Shaftsinking. The third part is Goldblatt's images of… Read more about this item

Aperture Inc.. The photographs in this book were taken mostly in the separated Gypsy settlements in East Slovakia during the period 1962 - 1968. Unpaginated. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Fair. 8cm closed tear to front cover. A number of small abrasions. Edge-wear. Some creasing. Binding: Hardcover. Light brown cloth boards… Read more about this item

Jonathan Ball. From the flyleaf: "First serious study of the physical history of the older towns of an area of the former 'Cape Colony' reaching norther as far as Calvinia and east to Grahamstown and Colesberg. Over 700 illustrations of early watercolours and pioneer photographs record their appearance up to the beginning of the 20th century. An invaluable reference… Read more about this item

Swan. A history in documentary photographs. 280 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. … Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Culmination of 15 years of photography, research and writing by the author. 136 evocative b&w photographs from 1652 to 1990. Essay by Neville Dubow. 260 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering. Some mild edge-wear.

Taschen. Text: English / French. A selection of photographs taken from Helmut's commercial work for fashion catalogues and magazines. 215 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Some light edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. 2cm closed tear to top edge. Black boards in very good condition.

Taschen. Text: English, French and German. "We met at a party in Paris. Pierre was a photographer, Gilles was a painter... ". Bright gilt to all edges. 50 Pages of text. 354 Pages in total. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Boards in very good condition.… Read more about this item

Fine Arts Museum. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name. 112 vintage photographs from famous architectural monuments and natural landscapes, daily life in villages, foreign royalty visits and hunting. Includes essays by Robert Flynn Johnson, John Falconer, Sophie Gordon and Omar Khan. 188 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape Random House. Published to accompany a major Avedon retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. From early image of theatre people to the fall of the Berlin Wall. More than 600 photographs. 183 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear, scuffing and mild marks. Binding:… Read more about this item

The Bodley Head. Full page b&w photographs. Some light foxing to front and rear feps with mild soiling to some of the pages. 3rd Impression. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Fair. 2 x 5cm closed tears; 1 x 4cm closed tear; 1 x 3cm closed tear and 2 x 2cm closed tears. 2cm open tear. Discolouration mark to… Read more about this item

Umuzi. A new edition of Goldblatt's iconic photobook Some Afrikaners Photographed. This edition with some additional photographs and essays by Antjie Krog and Ivor Powell. Small abrasion to the spine and some marks to the page edges. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Bnding: Softcover.

Protea Boekhuis. Text: Afrikaans. Quatrains written specially for the photographs are by Hennie Aucamp. B&W photographs capturing the suffering, hardship as well as the strength of the human spirit. Mild cockling to the lower edges. 304 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover.