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Recent publications relating to the North

276 Croukamp, Dennis. ONLY MY FRIENDS CALL ME "CROUKS": Rhodesian reconnaisance specialist. 3rd impression. Cape Town: D. Croukamp, 2008.

478 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paperback. All copies signed. R 300

A personal account of the bush war in Rhodesia during the sixties and seventies.
277 Thomas, Kevin. SHADOWS IN AN AFRICAN TWILIGHT: game ranger, soldier, hunter; foreword by Capt. John H. Brandt. Cape Town: uThekwane Press, 2008.

705 p.: ill., ports. Paperback. R 300

278 Tillim, Guy. AVENUE PATRICE LUMUMBA; with texts by Robert Gardner and Guy Tillim. Munich: Prestel, 2008.

1 vol. (unpaginated): chiefly col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Text in English and French. R 865

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

279 Coetzee, J.M. DISGRACE. London: Secker & Warburg, 1999.

219 p. Cloth, d.w. Name on front free endpaper. R 350

True first edition.
280 Gallico, Paul. THE SNOW GOOSE. 13th (South African) impression. London: Michael Joseph; Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1944.

31 p. 16 mo. Pict. paper wraps, lightly spotted. Originally published in November 1941. R 75

This rare 13th impression was published in South Africa, in collaboration with Shuter & Shooter.
281 Haggard, H. Rider. KING SOLOMONS MINES; with a colour frontispiece and line drawings in the text by A.R. Whitear. [New ed.]. London: J.M. Dent, 1963.

ix, 214 p.: ill., col. frontis. Pict. cloth, d.w., price clipped. Cellotape marks on endpapers. R 100

282 Hobson, G.C. & S.B. KALAHARI KASENADES. London: Longmans, Green, 1929.

123 p.: ill., col. frontis. (Met 'n boek in die hand leesboekie series). Pict. cloth, frayed along edges. Previous owner's details on endpapers. R 150

283 Jackel, Martin. DER SENDLING VOM LENAREKOP: vier geschichten. Pretoria: UBUM, 1946.

84 p. Cloth. Name deleted on front free endpaper. R 75

284 Leroux, Etienne. DIE EERSTE LEWE VAN COLET. Cape Town: Uitgewerij Culemborg, [195-].

173 p. Cloth. R 125

Leroux [1922-89] was the son of S.P. Leroux, a South African Minister of Agriculture. After obtaining a LL.B degree at Stellenbosch University, he returned to the family farm "Ja-Nee" in the Koffiefontein district where he farmed and wrote (and now lies buried). This is the first published work of an important figure in Afrikaans literature. He won many awards, and a number of his works were translated into English.
285 Paton, Alan. AH, BUT YOUR LAND IS BEAUTIFUL. Cape Town: David Philip, 1981.

271 p. Cloth, d.w. R 100

Set in the 1950's during the time of the Passive Resistance Campaign, the Sophiatown removals and the emergence of the South African Liberal Party.
286 Plaatje, Sol T. MHUDI: an epic of South African native life a hundred years ago. Lovedale: Lovedale Press, 1957.

225 p. Paperback, slightly spotted. Originally published in 1930. R 500

Plaatje (1876-1932), activist, politician and writer, was born in Boshof in the Free State. He was largely self-educated and widely travelled. He became a political journalist and founder member of the African Native National Congress. MHUDI was the first novel written in English by a black African. (Plaatje also translated 5 Shakespearean works into SeTswana). MHUDI concerns Mzilikazi's routing of the Baralong, during the ferment of the 1830s. Mhudi and her husband Ra-Thaga are present when the Baralong form an alliance with the Boer frontiersmen of the Great Trek, resulting in the Battle of Vegkop, under the tail of Hailey's Comet. The Lovedale Press was based at the Lovedale Mission Station on the banks of the Tyhume (Chumie) River It was founded by Edward Govan in 1841. The Mission was closed in the 1960s, but the Press continued to publish. This edition is seldom seen in as good a condition as this copy, as the wraps are fragile.
287 Stewart, James. XHOSA PHRASE BOOK; revised and transposed into the standard Xhosa spelling by B.B. Mdledle. Lovedale: The Lovedale Press, 1976.

62 p. Paperback. Name & date on half title page. R 50

288 Stockenstrom, Wilma. DIE KREMETART-EKSPEDISIE. 2nd impression. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1988.

110 p. Pict. paper covered boards. R 100

"A compelling, richly textured fable" Christopher Hope, rear cover.
289 Van Wyk Louw, N.P. [Festschrift]. DIE "MENS" AGTER DIE BOEK: uitgegee by geleentheid van die vyftigste verjaardag van die skrywer, 11 Junie 1956. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1956.

68 p. 4to. Cloth. Lower pages untrimmed. R 200

290 Brink, Andre. A FORK IN THE ROAD: a memoir. London: Harvill Secker, 2009.

438 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 290

291 Hopkins, Pat. JOHNNY GOLIGHTLY COMES HOME: a portrait of eccentricity. Johannesburg: Penguin, 2009.

234 p. Trade paperback. R 190

The story of John Anthony Boerma, a South African conceptual artist.
292 Matthee, Dalene. PIETERNELLA: daughter of Eva; translated by Malcolm Hacksley. Johannesburg: Penguin, 2008.

551 p. Paperback. Translation of: PIETERNELLA VAN DIE KAAP. R 190

The novel was originally published in Afrikaans in 2000. Krotoa was a Khoi woman employed by Jan and Maria van Riebeeck and given the name Eva. Pieternella was her daughter.
293 McCall Smith, Alexander. THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS. Paperback ed. London: Abacus, 2009.

249 p. Paperback. R 130

A further volume in the No.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY series, which has gained a huge following. Smith's writing is highly amusing, understated and strongly evokes the landscapes and warm heart of Africa, Botswana in particular.
294 Rostron, Brian. BLACK PETALS. Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2009.

186 p. Paperback. R 165

Archivist Macaulay Vogel discovers an old police surveillance file with his name on it. The action takes place in Cape Town and includes the mystery surrounding bones excavated in the city centre.

FLORA, FAUNA, and FISHING

295 Commelin, Jan. JAN COMMELIN'S MONOGRAPH ON CAPE FLORA: drawings and descriptions of the plants that the Hon. Simon van der Stel, Governor at the Cape of Good Hope, found on his great journey, 1685; edited and annotated by D.O. Wijnands, M.L. Wilson & T. Toussaint van Hove. Cape Town: The Editors, 1995.

110 p., [9] folding leaves of plates: ill., group port. as frontis., map. Skivertex. Edition limited to 350 copies. R 500
296 Crass, Bob. TROUT IN SOUTH AFRICA. Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1986.

207 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), ports., maps. Pict. paper covered boards. R 150

"…one of the best books ever written in South Africa on the acclimatization and further propagation of trout in our country over the years. It is meticulously researched, incredibly detailed, full of interesting detail… no South African flyfisherman should be without its knowledge and wisdom" See Curtis #46.
297 Lewis, Stanley. AFRICAN ANGLING: what?... where?... and how?... Cape Town: Stewart Printing Company, [1948?].

251 p.: ill., ports. Cloth. Neat inscription on front endpaper. Spotting on page edges. R 150

See Curtis, # 20.
298 Mills, Gus & Haagner, Clem. GUIDE TO THE KALAHARI GEMSBOK NATIONAL PARK. 3rd impression. Johannesburg: Southern Books, 1997.

102 p., [30] p. of plates: col. ill., maps on endpapers. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 125

299 Patterson, Gareth. LAST OF THE FREE. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.

ix, 157 p.: col. ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. faded on spine.

R 100

Patterson worked with George Adamson, and after the latter's death moved his orphaned lion cubs to Tuli in Botswana, where he re-introduced them to the wild.
300 Payne, Andrew I.L. & Crawford, Robert J.M. OCEANS OF LIFE OFF SOUTHERN AFRICA; illustrated by Anthony P. van Dalsen. Cape Town: Vlaeberg Publishers, 1989.

xii, 380 p.: ill. (some col.), tables, maps. 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 250
301 Royal Horticultural Society. EXHIBITION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WILD FLOWERS = TENTOONSTELLING VAN SUID-AFRIKAANSE VELDBLOMME: London, October 1933; under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society; [illustrated by D. Barclay]. [London: The Society, 1933].

[40] p.: col. ill., maps. Cloth frayed & with faint stain on lower edge, housed in stiff card "envelope". Some spotting. Accompanied by 9 loose-leaf coloured plates. R 400

This brochure was supported by Countess Labia and was published to accompany the exhibition held in London. The previous (and first) exhibition of this kind was held in 1924 when only proteas and heaths had been exhibited. This exhibition included amongst its patrons the Governor General, Prime Minister Hertzog, General Smuts, the Mayor of Cape Town, Sir Lionel Philips and Mr T.H. Watermeyer. The map on the inside rear cover shows where the plants originated and a list of all flora displayed. An unusual item.
302 Salter, T.M. THE GENUS OXALIS IN SOUTH AFRICA: a taxonomic revision. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1944.

355 p.: ill., port. as frontis. (Journal of South African botany. Supplementary volume; no. 1). Small 4to. Stiff paper wraps with tear on spine. Some insect damage to fore-edge of preliminary pages. R 400

303 Schoeman, S. STRIKE; illustrations by Karin Stromsoe. 2nd ed., revised & enlarged. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1962.

260 p.: ill., ports., maps. Cloth, d.w., frayed along edges with small chip to fore-edge. R 100

304 Sclater, W.L. & Stark, A.C. THE FAUNA OF SOUTH AFRICA [comprising]: THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA (in 4 vols.); A.C. Stark and W.L. Sclater, and, THE MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA (in 2 vols); W.L. Sclater. London: R.H. Porter, 1900-1906.

6 vols. (xxv, 322 p.; ix, 323 p., 2 leaves of plates (1 folding); xi, 416 p.; xvii, 545 p. and xxx, 324 p., 1 folding leaf of plates; xii, 241 p.): ill., port. as frontis in vol. 2 of THE BIRDS; folding col. map in vol. 2 of THE BIRDS and vol. 1 of THE MAMMALS. Cloth with gilding, some staining. T.e.g. Edges of spines frayed. Binding weak in vol. 4 of THE BIRDS. Some spotting to preliminary pages. Contents: THE MAMMALS: Vol. 1. Primates, Carnivora and Ungulata. Vol. 2. Rodentia, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Cetacea and Edentata. THE BIRDS: Vols. 1. [Passerine birds]. Vol. 2. [No sub-title]. Vol. 3. Picarians, Parrots, Owls and Hawks. Vol. 4. Game-birds, shore-birds and sea-birds. R 5000

Arthur Cowell Stark (1846-1899) was a medical doctor and naturalist who emigrated to the Cape in 1885. His interest in birds was paramount and he travelled to England to oversee the printing of THE BIRDS… which was to form part of a larger study under the editorship of William Sclater, then Director of the South African Museum. Stark returned to South Africa in September 1899 and volunteered for service as a medical officer when war broke out. He proceeded to Ladismith and arrived on the last train before the siege began. He was based at the Royal Hotel, but spent time in a dugout on the edge of the Klip River while the town was being shelled by the Boers. On the evening of 18 November 1899, at 7.30 p.m., he was standing on the hotel verandah when it was hit by a shell from Long Tom. He did not survive and was buried in Ladismith. Sclater carried on with the work and in Vol. 2 of THE BIRDS, pays tribute to Stark's contribution. Sclater had graduated from Oxford and taught at Eton, where he married Charlotte Stephenson, a divorcee with two sons at the school. From 1896-1900 he worked at the South African Museum, bringing out a number of important works on natural history. After a dispute with the Museum's Board, he moved to the USA and then went on to the Natural History Museum in London. Charlotte was killed during the Blitz in 1942, and Sclater was killed by a V1 flying bomb on the verandah of his house on 7 July 1944. All six volumes are seldom seen together.
305 Skaife, S.H. AFRICAN INSECT LIFE; with illustrations by the author. London: Longmans, Green, [1953].

viii, 387 p.: ill. (some col.). Cloth, d.w. frayed & chipped on spine. Name & address on front free endpaper. Cellotape marks on endpapers. R 250

Prof. Skaife's first publication.
306 Skaife, S.H. THE STUDY OF ANTS; with line drawings by the author. London: Longmans, 1961.

vi, 178 p.: ill., tables. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name on front free endpaper. Some spotting on page edges & preliminary pages. R 150

Prof. Skaife was the President of the Entomological, the Zoological and the Royal Societies, as well as the South African Association for the Advancement of Science.
307 Stewart, J. & Hennessy, E.F. ORCHIDS OF AFRICA: a select review; text by J. Stewart; illustrations by E.F. Hennessey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.

159 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), col. frontis. Folio. Paper covered boards, d.w. Compliments slip laid down on half title page. R 500

308 Turnbull-Kemp, Peter. THE LEOPARD. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1967.

xv, 268 p., [12] p. of plates (1 with small tear): ill. (some col.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w. covered with contact plastic. Cellotape marks on endpapers.

R 900

Turnbull-Kemp, a game ranger, made a particular study of the leopard during his years in the field in Nigeria, the Sudan and South Africa. This book examines the leopard from all angles: from the superstitions, witchcraft and mythology associated with this predator; to how and where it lives, mates, rears its young and hunts.
309 Van Lawick-Goodall, Hugo & Jane. INNOCENT KILLERS. London: Collins, 1970.

222 p.: ill.: col. maps on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. with small tear to rear cover. R 200

Describes hyena, wild dogs and other small predators.
310 Yates, J.H. ANGLING ADVENTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA; photographs and sketches by the author. Johannesburg: Central News Agency, 1950.

149 p., [15] p. of plates: ill., port. as frontis. Cloth, d.w. frayed along edges. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. R 150

311 Young, E. THE CAPTURE AND CARE OF WILD ANIMALS: the work of eighteen veterinary medical and wildlife experts; project secretary, H. Ebedes. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1973.

224 p., [8] p.: ill., plans, maps. Small 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed & with tears along top edge. R 125

Recent publications relating to Fauna, Flora and Fishing

312 Brigg, Peter. CALL OF THE STREAM: a flyfisher's passion for hunting trout in mountain streams. Durban: Art Publishers, 2008.

191 p.: col. ill. 4to. Pict. paper covered boards, d.w. R 300
313 Chittenden, Hugh & Whyte, Ian. ROBERTS BIRD GUIDE: Kruger National Park and adjacent Lowveld: a guide to more than 420 birds in the region; distribution maps by Guy Upfold. Johannesburg: Jacana & the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 2008.

258 p.: col. ill., col. range maps. Laminated pict. paper covers. R 165

314 Clutton-Brock, Tim. MEERKAT MANOR: Flower of the Kalahari. Cape Town: Sunbird, 2008.

210 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. Paperback. R 140

315 Dennis, Nigel. THE ULTIMATE AFRICAN WILDLIFE. Cape Town: Sunbird, 2008.

160 p.: chiefly col. ill. Small 4to. Paperback. R 175

316 Jones, Georgina. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MARINE ANIMALS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. Cape Town: Southern Underwater Research Group, 2008.

271 p.: col. ill. Paperback. R 250

317 Van Wyk, Piet. FIELD GUIDE TO THE TREES OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK. 5th ed. Cape Town: Struik, 2008.

272 p.: col. ill., col. range maps. Paperback. R 180

318 Van Wyk, Piet. VELDGIDS TOT DIE BOME VAN DIE NASIONALE KRUGERWILDTUIN. 5th ed. Cape Town: Struik, 2008.

272 p.: col. ill., col. range maps. Paperback. R 180

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902

319 Fisher, John. THAT MISS HOBHOUSE: [the life of a great feminist]. London: Secker & Warburg, 1971.

286 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.). Cloth, d.w. slightly frayed at top of spine. Name on front free endpaper, together with a RSA postage stamp (laid down) bearing the portrait of Emily Hobhouse. R 300
320 Longford, Elizabeth. JAMESON'S RAID: the prelude to the Boer War. New ed. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982.

314 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports., map. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

On 29 December 1895, Jameson's force rode into the ZAR, intending to make a three day dash for Johannesburg and join up with disaffected Uitlanders and overthrow the Kruger government. The Raid had effects far beyond Doornkop where they surrendered to General Piet Cronje on 2 January 1896. Anti-Boer and anti-German (the Kaiser sent Kruger a congratulatory telegram) feelings were whipped up in Britain. The hearings in Westminster were widely considered to be a cover-up, the British press referring to it as the "Committee of No Inquiry". Jan Smuts was more direct: "it was the real declaration of war" and from then on the ZAR grimly prepared for the opening salvo. The Matabele used the depletion of troops (most of the Raiders were BSA Company employees) to rise against Rhodes' new arrivals. Countess Longford concedes (p. 284) that the Raid "lighted a brand which might take a hundred years to extinguish". A seminal work.
321 Louw, A.F. DS. A.F. LOUW OP ST HELENA: briewe en belewenisse; saamgestel deur Johann Louw. Cape Town: N.G. Kerk, [1963].

135 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), map. Paper covered boards, d.w. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. R 350

322 MAFEKING MAIL: special siege slips. No. 44, Wednesday January 3rd, 1900 - No. 45, Thursday, January 4th, 1900.

R 400

"Issued daily, shells permitting". One of the most famous literary results of the South African War. The slips were published throughout the siege, under the editorship of G.H.N. Whales and printed by Mr Townsend of Townsend & Son. During the siege the newspaper's offices were hit by shells three times and the assistant editor was killed in an altercation with a British officer. "The amount of news [in the MAFEKING MAIL] from outside was remarkable in quantity and accuracy". Brian Gardiner, MAFEKING: a Victorian legend, p. 84. See also Mendelssohn vol. 1, p. 967 and S.A.B., vol. 3, p. 228.
323 Plaatje, Sol T. THE BOER WAR DIARY OF SOL T. PLAATJE: an African at Mafeking; edited by John L. Comaroff. Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1973.

xli, 165 p.: ill., ports. (1 as frontis.), map on endpapers. Paper covered boards, d.w. A crisp copy. R 150

Plaatje had been employed as an interpreter in the Mafeking Magistrate's Court. The Siege of Mafeking is presented through the eyes of one of the town's black inhabitants, an intellectual and leader.
324 Van Niekerk, L.E. KRUGER SE REGTERHAND: 'n biografie van Dr. W.J. Leyds. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1985.

457 p., [17] p. of plates: ill. (chiefly ports., 1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. R 175

325 VICTORIA WEST: imperial map of South Africa; compiled for Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town [by] John Wood. 1st ed. Cape Town: Argus; Wood & Ortlepp, April 1900.

Col. folding map printed on linen. Scale: 3.94 miles = 1 inch. 61 x 49 cm. Folds into khaki limp cloth binder with coat of arms on front cover. Some staining to binder. "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate". R 400

326 Van Bart, Marthinus. SONGS OF THE VELD: and other poems: Engelse gedigte oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog = English poems on the Anglo-Boer War; introduced by Marthinus van Bart. Cape Town: Cederberg Publishers, 2008.

clx, 136 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 285

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