41. [Robinson, Sir Joseph B.] Weinthal, Leo [Editor].

Memories, Mines and Millions. Being the Life of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart. Compiled and edited by Leo Weinthal.

London, Simpkin Marshall, 1929. 19 cm x 25 cm. Frontispiece, 247 pages. Five high-quality, tipped-in, vintage monochrome photographs, including frontispiece on 4 plates. Besides the vintage photographs numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrations show for example action on the Pniel Diamond Diggings in 1875, Ferreira’s Camp in Johannesburg, 1886, Pretoria in 1875 / Caricatures of Robinson in “The Moon”, “Pretoria Press” “Truth” etc. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corners slightly rubbed. Illegible name of preowner on titlepage. Interior is bright and clean. Pencilled underlining to page 35.

42. Sawyer, A.R. / [G.F.Gresley / W.S.Gresley].

Coal-Mining in South Africa.

Newcastle, G.T. Bagguley, no year (c.1890). 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 44 pages. Excellent, larger fold-out-map (coloured) at rear of the publication, showing the South African coalfields. Several fold-out tables and diagrams at rear related to the coalfields. Softcover / Publisher’s original, printed wrappers. Poor condition of this very scarce pamphlet with strong signs of external wear and chipping to boards. Occasional annotations within the publication. Interior bright and clean. Private gift-inscription in ink on the frontcover: “To W.S.Gresley from his brother G.F.G. [G.F.Gresley]– Capetwon – May – 1890”. [G.F.Gresley was author of e.g.: “The Early History of Robben Island”].

43. [Schreiner, Olive] Buchanan-Gould, Vera.

Not Without Honour – The Life and Writings of Olive Schreiner. With an Introduction by Field Marshal, The Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1948). 14.5 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 248 pages. 16 illustrations (including frontispiece). Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Preowner details on front endpapers: A.Allan Shearer – 10 Mount St. Wellington – 7-3-51.

44. Schreiner, Olive [Iron, Ralph].

The Story of an African Farm. A Novel.

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Small embossment to front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to board corners. Small cutout (of old name) on halftitle. Interior lightly tanned throughout but bright and clean. Binding is strong, firm and square.

45. [Select Committee on Kafir Tribes / Henry Labouchere] [Freeman, Joseph John (J.J.) and others].

Report from the Select Committee on the ‘Kafir Tribes’ – Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.

London, House of Commons, 1851. 15.5 cm25.5 cm. X, 607 pages with two manuscript pages preceding the printed report. The manuscript pages title and detail the content and are bearing in pencil the name “J.J.Freeman” [Reverend Joseph John Freeman was one of the people who were called in to give evidence]. Hardcover / Late 20th – century navy half-leather with gilt lettering on maroon spinelabel with raised bands. Marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very clean and bright. Bookstamp of the ‘Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom’ on endpapers, titlepage and preliminary pages. Inked titling to endpapers.

46. Smiles, Paul

The Land of the Black Buffalo.

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 164 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original yellow cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front pastedown and endpaper.

47. Southern Africa – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602 – 1680).

Hydrophylacium Africae Precipuum, in Montibus Lunae Situm, Lacus et Flumina Praecipua Sundens. Ubi et Nova Inventio Originis Nili describitur.

Original engraving. Amsterdam Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.5 cm x 34 cm. Sheet Size: 47.6 cm x 39.2 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Some very light traces of foxing near outer margins. Some very minor ink staining evident near ‘Oceanus Orientasis’ text. Otherwise, a very clean and bright map.

48. Steere, Edward,

A Handbook of the Swahili Language – As Spoken at Zanzibar.

Fourth Edition, Revised. London, The Sheldon Press, 1943. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 184 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Interior bright and clean.

49. Stoneham, C.T.

Big Stuff – African Big Game and its Hunters. With 17 Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Long Limited, 1954. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 191 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth, without the dustjacket] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signs of correction-fluid on front endpaper. Interior clean and bright.

50. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

51. Theal, George McCall.

History of the Boers in South Africa. Or The Wanderings and Wars of the Emigrant Farmers From Their Leaving The Cape Colony To The Acknowledgement Of Their Independence by Great Britain.

London, Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Small gilt embossment to front board. Blind ruling to boards. Gilt top-edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm. Interior is unmarked and bright.

52. Transvaal Miners’ Association.

Membership Card for E. Morgan.

Johannesburg, Transvaal Miners’ Association, no year (1912). 7.5 cm x 12 cm. 9 pages / partly stamped and signed off. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on front. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rear board carries label stating “The Owner of this Card is entitled to admisssion to the Trades Hall Club at all Times, and on payment of 6d. may have a Membership Card issued to him.”

53. Truepeney, Charlotte.

Our African Farm.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. 14 cm x 22 cm. 190 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original rusty orange cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean, crisp with sharp corners.

54. Tyler, Josiah.

Forty Years Among the Zulus.

Boston and Chicago, Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, no year (c.1891). 14 cm x 20 xm. 300 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt tooling on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

55. Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

56. [Weston, Frank] Smith, H. Maynard.

Frank Bishop of Zanzibar – Life of Frank Weston, D.D., 1871-1924. With Portraits.

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 326 pages. 9 black-and-white photographs. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

57. Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

58. Wilkinson, Mrs. [Annie Margaret] /

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign. Being the African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J. T. Hayes. 1882. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front and rear boards carry pictorials. Richly coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to frontispiece. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

59. Wilson, Sarah [Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill].

South African Memories – Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Written at the Time. With a Photogravure of Lady Wilson.

London, Edward Arnold. 1909. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 331 pages. 20 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt letter and design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Tear to cloth at front hinge of spine but binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean and the bookblock tight and complete with all illustrations. Excellent Provenance: With tiny – bookplate: “The Times” – Book Club – Oxford Street, London.

60. Wright, Noel.

Glimpses of South Africa. Containing Sixteen Pages of Illustrations From Photographs by the Authors.

London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 246 pages. 31 monochrome photographs. One fold-out map of Cape of Good Hope Peninsula at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Occasional spotting to some pages. Interior bright and clean otherwise.