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CAPE TOWN AND ENVIRONS

65 Bradlow, Edna & Frank. HERE COMES THE ALABAMA: the career of a Confederate raider. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1958.

128 p.: ports. (1 as frontis.), chart. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges. Name on title page. R 200

The Alabama captured a Federal ship, The Sea-Bride, in Table Bay and was followed by a Northern cruiser, The Vanderbilt, which seized a South African ship,The Saxon. The Bradlows describe these events and their consequences.
66 BUILDINGS OF CENTRAL CAPE TOWN. Volume 2. Catalogue: a survey undertaken during 1977 and 1978 by John Rennie for the Committee for the Preparation of a Catalogue of Cape Town Buildings. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects, 1978.

369 p.: ill., plans. Paperback. Edition limited to 650 copies. R 750

Vol. 2 of 3. A comprehensive survey of the buildings of greater Cape Town, comprising photographs and descriptions of each building. The descriptions include well researched architectural and historical information.
67 Cape of Good Hope. CIVIL SERVICE LIST, 1910: containing the official return of the civil and military establishments of the Colony, pension lists, acts and regulations, services and duties of officers, particulars of the government and parliament, local boards and courts, etc.; also the CIVIL SERVICE CALENDAR 1910; edited by Ernest F. Kilpin, Clerk of the House of Assembly. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1910.

462 p.: advertisements, col. maps (1 folding). Red embossed cloth, worn on edge of spine. R 1400

Very seldom seen. Lists every civil servant, with date of appointment, salary and allowance etc, from the Governor to a ganger working in East London harbour. Includes full and very detailed biographies of all senior civil servants. The great value in the CIVIL SERVICE LISTS is the genealogical information they contain. There is also an alphabetical list of senior officers with complete service histories from the first date of appointment up to date of publication. Of interest is the fact that whilst the Prime Minister of the Cape, J.X. Merriman, earned £250 per annum, the Resident Magistrate for Kokstad earned £650, the Inspector of Valkenberg Asylum £900, and the Judge President of the Eastern Districts Court earned £2250: politics was the preserve of the independently wealthy and the prestige of the position, to assist and to serve was the compensation received. A useful tool for any genealogical researcher.[ An advertisement extolls the virtues of the "radio-active" waters of Montague, more "radio-active" than the waters of Baden-Baden!].
68 Dale, Mrs [Emme]. MRS DALE'S DIARY, 1857-1872; edited by Joyce Murray. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1966.

156 p.: port. as frontis. Pict. cloth with small stain. R 150

Mrs Dale was the wife of Dr Dale, Superintendent of Education in the Cape Colony for thirty years. The diaries are a record of their family life during this period.
69 D'Arbez. KORT GESKEIDENIS VAN DIE HUGENOTE; in Afrikaans oorgesit deur T.J. Kruger; onder toesig van A. Dreyer. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy, 1927.

98 p. Cloth, some scarring. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges.

R 100
70 Davids, Achmat. THE HISTORY OF THE TANA BARU: the case for the preservation of the Muslim cemetry [sic] at the top of Longmarket Street. Cape Town: Committee for the Preservation of the Tanu Baru, 1985.

xiii, 161 p.: ill., plans. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 500

The Tana Baru Cemetery, situated at the top end of Longmarket Street, Cape Town, is probably the oldest existing Muslim Cemetery in South Africa: it was probably already in use in 1772. It is the final resting place of the pioneers of Islam in South Africa.
71 De Wet, G.C. DIE VRYLIEDE EN VRYSWARTES IN DIE KAAPSE NEDERSETTING, 1657-1707. Cape Town: Historiese Publikasie-Vereniging, 1981.

vi, 246 p.: port., tables, map. Skivertex, d.w. slightly frayed along top edge. R 450

In 1657, nine VOC officials were given permission to make a living pursuing private enterprises. The "Vryliede" [Free Burghers] formed a new economic and social group at the Cape at the same time as another group was emerging: the "Vryswartes" [Free Blacks]. De Wet examines these two groups and their contributions, both positive and negative, to the settlement. De Wet also illustrates, from the court records, that one in seven free whites ended up in court at some time or another (many on charges of drunkeness) and roughly half were sued for debt. There was also a "lively sex traffic with female slaves", as there was a shortage of female immigrants and many of the free burghers married or started families with freed slaves. Dr de Wet worked in the South African Archive Service for many years. His sober assessment of early life at the Cape went virtually unnoticed in comparison to Dr Hans Heese's (also an archivist) GROEP SONDER GRENSE, published a few years later. Both books revealed the shaky foundations upon which the apartheid ediface was built.
72 Kotze, Anne R. BISHOPSCOURT AND ITS RESIDENTS. Cape Town: [Church of the Province]; 1992.

66 p.: ill., col. frontis., plans, ports. Pict. paper covered boards. R 250

Bishopscourt is the name of the residence of the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
73 Little, A.I. HISTORY OF THE CITY CLUB, CAPE TOWN, 1878-1938. [Cape Town: The City Club, 1938].

106 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., ports. Calf with gilding, a.e.g.

R 275

The City Club in central Cape Town was, for many years, THE club in the Cape! To belong to it signified that one had arrived and it replicated the typical London gentleman's club. Of particular interest are the 30 pages of biographies of deceased members. The list includes all the major figures who dominated Cape society, politics and business activity from 1850 onwards.
74 Marais, J.S. THE CAPE COLOURED PEOPLE, 1652-1937. 3rd impression. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand, 1962.

xxi, 296 p.: folding map. Cloth, d.w. Ownership signature on a preliminary page. R 300

75 Mossop, E.E. OLD CAPE HIGHWAYS. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1927.

202 p.: ill., frontis., maps (5 folding). Cloth. Spotting on page edges & preliminary pages. R 250

Dr Mossop follows all the early major routes out of Cape Town.
76 Naude, Adele. RONDEBOSCH & ROUND ABOUT. Cape Town: David Philip, 1973.

111 p.: ill., frontis., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 100

A personal account of growing up in Rondebosch.
77 Van der Merwe, Romi. PLAISIR DE MERLE. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1994.

80 p.: col. ill., frontis, maps. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Accompanied by a foldout brochure also entitled PLAISIR DE MERLE. R 175

The history of a wine estate in the Groot-Drakenstein valley, and the Huguenots and their descendants who developed the land and created a tradition of producing outstanding wines in the region.