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Canada: Write Stuff Productions, 1999. Spiral Bound. A source of reference about South Africa, customs, the European ancestors from France, England and Wales, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Portugal; how to find South African ancestors; death notices; dukes; genealogical societies, and much more. Excellent research guide and historical content. 208 pp. CONDITION.....
Item #072619
Durban: The Knox Printing Co., No Date Listed. Black and White Illustrations. Hardcover. Hardcover. Circa 1964. Bound in green cloth with black text on the spine. Black and white illustrations scattered throughout. 213pp. CONDITION: Covers are mildly rubbed. Spine is a little sunned, Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and.....
Item #072404
South Africa: Printed by Von Linsingen & M'Pherson, Queenstown, 1914. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Bound in red cloth with black text on the cover. 38pp + index viii. CONDITION: Covers are moderately rubbed. About 2 inches of lower spine strip is missing. Previous owner's.....
Item #072407
Queenstown: Daily Representative Limited, 1923. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. First Edition. Presentation copy signed by the Author. Stapled binding. Bound in brown paper with taped spine and with black text. 42pp + index. Protective plastic cover. CONDITION: Covers wrapped in protective plastic cover. Hinge coming apart at front flyleaf. Pages are.....
Item #072406
Not Given: No Publisher Listed, [1999]. REPRINT. REPRINT. The author knew descendants of German immigrants in South Africa; from their reminiscences and oral tradition, the importance and significant background of the German immigration of 1857-1858 is shared in this volume. "A creditable account of this neglected group of people in.....
Item #072266
Glasgow: Robert Maclehose and Co., ltd, 1914. Black and White Illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with gilt Standard Bank seal on the cover and gilt text on the spine. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Gilt top edge. Black and White Illustrations; plates, portrait, and folded maps.....
Item #072310
Digital Print Out: antiquarian.co.za, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. This is a unique item, as it is a print out from a website that appears to no longer exist, printed on a printer in 2001. Who actually printed it is unknown. The context below the title reads [This rare pamphlet was first.....
Item #073102
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. Black and White Illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Story of the Nations Series. Bound in green and brown cloth. Cover is illustrated, decorative gilt lettering on spine and cover. Occasional black and white illustrations. The Story Of South Africa: The Cape Colony, Natal, Orange.....
Item #072304
Africa: University of Port Elizabeth, 1974. Black and White Illustrations. Softcover. Volume 1 Only. Softcover. Blue and white illustrated cover. Frontispiece. The Letters of Gustav Steinbart: German Military Colonist to British Kaffraria, Cape Province, South Africa written between 6 October 1855 and 23 May 1858. Black and white illustrations. viii.....
Item #072305
Africa: University of Port Elizabeth, 1978. Paperback. Volume 2 Only. Paperback. Beige and brown illustrated cover with black text. Frontispiece. The Journal of Gustav Steinbart: German Military Colonist to British Kaffraria, Cape Province, South Africa written between 25 February 1857 and 1 August 1858. Black and white illustrations. xii 227pp.....
Item #072308
National Institute for Personnel Research, Institute for Social Research , University of Natal, 1961. Paperback. Rare. Parts 1 and 2, December, 1961. Paperback. Gray covers with black lettering. Brown cloth on spine of part 1, gray cloth on spine of part 2. Part 1: [iv] 50 pp. Part 2: [iv].....
Item #072424
Cape Town / Wetton / Johannesburg: Juta & Co. Ltd, 1983. Black and White Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with gilt text on the spine. Over 80 illustrations and maps. This book presents for the reader a new and entertaining account of the long struggle between.....
Item #072298
Cape Town Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1984. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs. FIRST EDITION. hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in cream glossy paper. Orange and brown text along with an Illustration on the cover and brown text on the spine. Dealing with the start of the railways.....
Item #072301
Cape Town Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1988. Color and black and white illustrations. hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in beige glossy paper. with brown text and an illustration labeled "Boer Farmhouse". Filled with many color and black and white illustrations. 168pp. CONDITION: Covers are cupped, otherwise unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean.....
Item #072261
United Kingdom / New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Hardcover. Volume discusses the economic changes wrought in Africa under colonial rule, particularly the growth of mining, seen as the touchstone of development in the continent. Chapters: The Colonial State and the Development of the Copperbelt; Wartime Mobilisation; The Post-War Commodity Boom;.....
Item #072622
Union Steam Ship Company, No Date. Facsimile of Sixth Edition. Spiral Bound. Facsimile of Sixth Edition. Spiral bound. White front cover with picture of original cover. [xxxvi] 139 pp. A very nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #072425
Africa: Queen's College Publishing Committee, 2008. Full Color Illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in black cloth. Gilt text and Queen's College monogram on the cover, gilt text on the spine. Filled with colorful photographs and illustrations. 272pp. Pictorial dustjacket. CONDITION: Covers have bumped corners and a dent on.....
Item #072299
Cape Town: Rhodes University, 1971. Black and White Illustrations. Hardcover. The Graham's Town Series Number 1 Bound in dark brown cloth, with gilt monogram on the cover, and gilt text on the spine. Tinted top edge. Monochrome plates between pages 18 and 19. "The Rev John Ayliff, 1820 Settler and.....
Item #072615
Cape Town: Methodist Publishing Office And Book Room, 1920. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, 1920. Presentation copy to James Endicott. Volume tells the story and introduces the leading personalities of the earlier days among the settlers of the Methodist church who were engaged in Christian work an pioneering.....
Item #072616
Unknown: Self Published, No Date Listed. Paperback / Loose Leaf. Possible off print. Corner stapled 8.5 x 11 pages. No Cover. From the introduction, "Several studies have explored the operation of the mercantile sector in the Eastern Cape economy during the nineteenth century. The Eastern Cape story is worth examining.....
Item #072338
Capetown: Rhodes University, 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with gilt publishers mark on the cover. Gilt text on the spine. Born in Scotland of English parents, Shaw was ordained as a Methodist chaplain to the Sephton party, one of the many organized groups that made up the 1820.....
Item #072405
Chicago: B. S. Wasson & Co., Printers, 1892. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1892. Wm. Westphal was a Sergeant of the 7th Company, 5th Regiment of Infantry, No. 683, who took part in all expeditions during that period. The volume shares the colonization of South Africa, the history that occurred.....
Item #072617