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TONY GROGAN

Grogan was editorial cartoonist at THE CAPE TIMES for many years. He has also illustrated many other publications. He is a relative of Ewart Grogan of CAPE TO CAIRO fame!

53 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S VANISHING CAPE TOWN; text by Brian Barrow. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1976.

[102] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.). Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w.

R 350
54 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S VANISHING VILLAGES. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1978.

[108] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

55 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S SETTLER COUNTRY. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1980.

[98] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

Grogan's sketches of the Eastern Cape.
56 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHBOOK. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1984.

[122] p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), map. Oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 250

57 Grogan, Tony. BETWEEN THE CAPE AND CAIRO: Tony Grogan paints Malawi: an anthology of painting and personal experience in the warm heart of Africa. Blantyre: Central Africana, 1995.

160 p.: chiefly col. ill. Small oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied by a newspaper cutting of a review of the book. Signed & dated inscription from Grogan on title page. R 300

58 Grogan, Tony. TONY GROGAN'S CAPE TOWN SKETCHBOOK. Cape Town: Don Nelson, 2002.

128 p.: col. ill. Small oblong 4to. Paper covered boards, d.w. Signed & dated inscription from Grogan on title page. R 300

CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS

59 Baikoff, Jill. RUSTENBERG; [photography by Alain Proust and Barry White]. [Privately published, 1992].

[46] p.: col. ill, col. ports., col. map. 4to. Stiff paper wraps. Name & annotation on preliminary page. R 150

Rustenberg is an old Cape Dutch homestead and farm in the shadow of the Simonsberg. Includes the history of the farm and of the Barlow family, who bought the farm after the First World War.
60 Bird, W. STATE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE IN 1822. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1966.

viii, 380 p.: ill., frontis., folding maps. (Africana collectanea series; vol. 19). Skivertex, d.w. frayed on top edge. Spotting on preliminary pages & page edges. No. 365 of an edition limited to 750 copies. R 350

Bird was Controller of Customs in Cape Town and consequently was able to provide a detailed overview of the Cape.
61 Bisset, W.M. & Rourke, J.P. ADMIRALTY HOUSE, SIMON'S TOWN AND ITS GARDEN. Simonstown: SAN Publication Unit, [1996].

[20] p.: ill. (some col.), ports. Oblong 16 mo. Paperback. R 50

62 Borcherds, Petrus Borchardus. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR. Facsimile reprint. Cape Town: Africana Connoisseurs Press, 1963.

xxv, 500, 15 p.: port. Paper covered boards. Originally published in 1861.

R 500

Borcherds (1786-1871) travelled with Samuel Daniell to Lataku in 1801-02. In 1803 he became Clerk of the Council of Justice in Cape Town. He became Adj.-Fiscal and in 1834, first magistrate of Cape Town, a post he held until 1857. He was the first chairman of the Cape Farmers' Union. Seventeen children were born out of his marriage with Janette Blanckenberg- many of whom went on to make their own mark on Cape life. See DSAB vol. II.
63 BOSCHENDAL: founded 1685; principal photography, Keith Phillips; copy editor, Kathryn White; research, Marianne Gertenbach. Groot Drakenstein: Boschendal Ltd, 2007.

156 p.: col. ill., ports. 4to. Paper covered boards & paper covered board slip case. R 500

Produced in the run up to the much publised subdivision and sale of Boschendal, this publication depicts the Estate in all its glory, and provides an interesting historical overview.
64 Botha, Colin Graham. A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE CAPE ARCHIVES FOR THE PERIOD 1652-1806. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1918.

vi, 85 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill. Cloth. Clear adhesive plastic cover. Spotting on page edges. Name & annotation on front free endpaper. R 250

Descriptive notes have been added, and Botha observes: "The records enumerated in the following pages are the keynote to the general history of South Africa up to the beginning of the 19th century and from them we are able to gather the social, economic, religious and political conditions of the people". Preface.
65 Botha, Colin Graham. EARLY CAPE LAND TENURE. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1919.

20 p. Stiff pict. paper wraps, split on spine. Name & annotation on title page. Some underlining. Reprinted from the SOUTH AFRICAN LAW JOURNAL, May and August 1919. R 150

Explains "Leening", "Erfpacht", "Eigendom" and other terms. Land ownership has always been complex and controversial in South Africa.
66 Bradlow, Frank R. BARON VON LUDWIG AND THE LUDWIG'S-BURG GARDEN: a chronicle of the Cape from 1806 to 1848 with an appendix showing some of the horticultural introductions of Baron von Ludwig. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1965.

xii, 124 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports. Cloth, d.w. Some spotting to preliminary pages. Name on front free endpaper. R 150

67 Burman, Jose. SO HIGH THE ROAD: mountain passes of the Western Cape. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1963.

157 p.: ill. (some col.), ports., maps (1 col. folding on rear endpaper). Cloth, d.w. rubbed. R 300

68 Cape Times. CAPE PENINSULA DIRECTORY, 1962-63. Cape Town: Cape Times, 1962.

895 p.: ill., plans, advertisements, maps. Small 4to. Pict. cloth, scarred.

R 450

Section 1 contains detailed street maps; section 2 an alphabetical list of streets and roads with the names of the principal residents of each house; section 3 an alphabetical list of individuals and businesses, including addresses (e.g. from A.I. Agencies of 14 Loop Street Cape Town to G. Zylstra of 13 Frere Street, Maitland); and section 4, an index to professions and trades.
69 Collier, Joy. PORTRAIT OF CAPE TOWN; written and illustrated by Joy Collier. De luxe ed. Cape Town: Longmans, 1961.

108 p.: ill. Small 4to. Half calf & gilding. No. 1 of an edition limited to 200 copies. R 250

70 De Villiers, Simon A. ROBBEN ISLAND: out of reach, out of mind: a history of Robben Island. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1971.

xv, 169 p.: ill., frontis., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 300

71 Duff Gordon, Lady. LETTERS FROM THE CAPE; edited by John Purves. [New ed.]. London: Humphrey Milford, 1921.

180 p. Cloth with gilding. Originally published in 1864. R 175

Lady Duff Gordon came to the Cape in 1861 to improve her health. "Her brilliant and vivacious letters from the Colony give a capital description of the country in the early sixties: she evidently greatly admired the scenery and the novelty… she was [also] a keen observer of the character of the inhabitants." Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 620.
72 Elliott, Arthur & Fransen, Hans. A CAPE CAMERA: the architectural beauty of the old Cape: photographs from the Arthur Elliott collection in the Cape Archives; compiled and introduced by Hans Fransen. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1993.

224 p.: ill., port. as frontis. Folio. Paper covered boards, d.w. R 650

Arthur Elliott's photographic record of Cape Dutch architecture has contributed to modern day awareness of our heritage.

73 Fairbridge, Dorothea. LADY ANNE BARNARD AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1797-1802; illustrated by a series of sketches made by Lady Anne Barnard. Oxford: Clarendon, 1924.

xiii, 343 p.: ill. (1 folding), col. port. as frontis. Cloth, some scarring along top edge. Name on front free endpaper. R 275
74 Gerber, Hilda. TRADITIONAL COOKERY OF THE CAPE MALAYS: food customs and 200 old Cape recipes; illustrated by Katrine Harries. 2nd ed. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1958.

127 p.: ill., frontis. Skivertex, d.w. with small cellotape repair to top of spine. R 150

Hard cover copies seldom seen.
75 Kenney, R.U. ABRAHAM IZAK PEROLD: wegwyser van ons wingerdbou. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1981.

149 p., [14] p. of plates: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. frayed along edges. R 125

Perold has made a significant contribution to the South African wine industry. He brought Barlinka grapes to the Cape, created Pinotage wines, and headed research at KWV for many years.
76 Kuttel, M. QUADRILLES AND KONFYT: the life and journal of Hildagonda Duckitt. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1954.

112 p.: ill. (chiefly ports., 1 as frontis.). Paper covered boards, d.w. worn on edges and with chips to corners. Some annotations. Name on front free endpaper. R 100

Hildagonda Duckitt was South Africa's equivalent of Mrs Beeton. She writes of the Cape in Victorian times.
77 Mackenzie, Barbara. SALT RIVER DOCTOR. Cape Town: Faircape Books, 1981.

77 p.: ill., ports. Paper covered boards, d.w. Name on front free endpaper. Newspaper cuttings laid down on preliminary page & title page. R 100

Professor Mackenzie describes the life of her father, a medical doctor, who left Scotland and settled near Cape Town, at Salt River. Dr Mackenzie also tended patients at the Ndabeni "location".
78 Mentzel, O.F. THE CAPE IN MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: being the biography of Rudolf Siegfried Allemann, Captain of the Military Forces and Commander of the Castle in the service of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope; translated from the German by Margaret Greenlees. Special ed. by arrangement with the Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller, 1920.

vi, 170 p.: frontis. Pict. cloth with gilding. Water staining to front cover.

R 650

See also Van Riebeeck Society section, nos. 86 & 88.
79 Papas, William & Sussens, Aubrey. UNDER THE TABLECLOTH: Papas looks at the Peninsula; [sketches by] Papas; [text by] Aubrey Sussens. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1961.

72 p.: ill., frontis. Cloth, d.w. Name on front endpaper, under endflap.

R 150
80 Rose, John & Wolpowitz, Lily [ed.]. THE DIARIES OF JOHN ROSE OF CAPE TOWN, 1848-1873; edited by Lily Wolpowitz. Cape Town: Friends of the South African Library, 1990.

xxvi, 191 p.: ill., ports. (Friends of the South African Library publications. New series; no. 1). Paperback. R 200

John Rose (1825-1902) lived his life in Cape Town and held a senior position in the civil service. He was a keen observer and provides an interesting view of mid-nineteenth century Victorian Cape Town and its growth, civic pride and events.
81 Tredgold, Arderne. VILLAGE OF THE SEA: the story of Hermanus. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1980.

159 p.: ill., ports., maps. Paper covered boards, d.w. Accompanied by a letter & newspaper cutting. R 150