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$1,750 - An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa by Sir James Edward Alexander, K.L.S.
$1,750 - An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa by Sir James Edward Alexander, K.L.S.
Through the Hitherto Undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras; Performed under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographic Society
Through the Hitherto Undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras; Performed under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographic Society
Henry Colburn, London, 1838. First edition, first printing
This 2-volume First edition, published in 1838, is extremely rare.
NO OTHER COPY FOR SALE ANYWHERE ELSE AT THE TIME OF LISTING
NO OTHER COPY FOR SALE ANYWHERE ELSE AT THE TIME OF LISTING
2 volumes, engraved frontispieces in each volume, folding map, 6 engraved plates and 7 engravings in the text, original blind stamped blue straight grained cloth, titled and decorated gilt on the spines, edges uncut, original endpapers intact, bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp on the front free endpages, light offsetting of the frontispieces onto the title pages. The books are canted. See the images to confirm condition.
Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1:20-21: 'He proceeded to Namaqualand and Damaraland, which countries were very little known at the time. Leaving Cape Town in 1836, he traversed these regions in an ox wagon, and went through a large part of South West Africa arriving at Walvisch Bay almost exhausted with the difficulties of travel and want of water. He succeeded in obtaining a good collection of zoological and other specimens, many of which were at that time unknown to the scientific world. The volumes contain an account of the social condition of the Namaquas, Bushmen and Damaras.'$599 - WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA by William Cornwallis Harris
$599 - WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA by William Cornwallis Harris
Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope Through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn
Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope Through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn
Publisher: Bohn
Place: London
Date: 1852
RARE BRITISH EDITION
Contents complete with all plates present and fold-out map at rear. The ORIGINAL publisher's binding has not been restored, and has age-related wear, especially to crown, heel, corners; inner and outer joints splitting. Mild sporadic foxing. The textblock is intact, but loosening from the boards. All page edges gilt.
Fifth overall edition (4th British edition after the 1st [1839], 2nd [1841], and 3rd [1844]), and a preferred edition as the first edition did not include the hand-colored lithographic plates. Illustrated with 26 hand-colored lithographed plates, folding map at rear.
The original upper cover decorative panel portraying in gilt four animals: lion, giraffe, gnu, and elephant. For its age the book is in good condition.
One of the greatest 19th century works on African game and a true canon-title of the genre. Harris' narrative goes far beyond big-game hunting and is a valuable look into Africa of the mid-19th century. Harris provides, through both the text and the lithographic plates, a look at some of the fauna and indigenous peoples of the region. This work is regarded as the first book concerning the hunting of game animals in Africa -- the first African Safari narrative -- and is a cornerstone work of the African oeuvre. The plates themselves are highly noteworthy. The images are dynamic and capture the movements, the very nuances, of the subjects. In many cases these were among the earliest glimpses Western peoples experienced of these fascinating animals and peoples.
From the editor's note to the Struik Africana Collectanea reprint:
'This is not only a book about 'Wild Sports' but is a very interesting report of such important historical events as: The Great Trek; the massacre of Piet Retief and his party by Dingaan; the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories; the death of Maritz; the annihilation of the Natal Settlers; etc.
'The author and his party travelled by wagon and oxen to Grahamstown, Somerset, Graaff Reinet, New Lattakoo, through Griqualand and Bechuanaland, to Boksfontein, Cambellsdorp and Kuruman through the domains of the Matabele King and the Barolong country, and returned to Graaff Reinet by the Vaal River Route.
'He gives interesting accounts of the Matabele people and experiences with the Bushmen, Hottentots and other tribes. His stay with King Moselekatse is fully described and of great historical value.
'An interesting map 'exhibiting the relative positions of the emigrant farmers and the native tribes' is included.'
$599 -- LAKE NGAMI by Charles John Andersson
$599 -- LAKE NGAMI by Charles John Andersson
London, Hurst & Blackett, 1856
London, Hurst & Blackett, 1856
Original cloth with repair to rear outer hinge.
Charles John Andersson's first book, LAKE NGAMI, was published in London in a beautiful and expensive edition, but the American first edition published by Harper was less impressive in every way. This Hurst & Blackett London edition is in its original cloth, with some repair work.
It looks handsome and the pages are largely free of foxing, which is uncommon for a book that was published in London.
Karl Johan Andersson was born on 4 March 1827 in Sweden. He was the illegitimate child of the British bear hunter Llewellyn Lloyd and Lloyd's Swedish servant.
Andersson grew up in Sweden. Early in his life he went on hunting expeditions with his father, experienced Swedish nature and started a collection of biology specimens.
In 1849 he departed for London, intending to sell his collection to raise money for travels around the world. In London he met with the explorer Francis Galton, with whom he organised an expedition to Southern Africa. On midsummer day in 1850 they arrived at the Cape of Good Hope and then travelled to Walvis Bay, in modern-day Namibia. They then trekked into the interior, at the time little explored by Europeans. They intended to reach Lake Ngami, but failed on that expedition.
Galton returned home to England, while Andersson stayed in the area and reached Lake Ngami in 1853. In 1855 Andersson returned to London, where he published his first book LAKE NGAMI, in which he describes his travels. He returned to Africa the same year.
Back in south west Africa, Andersson was hired as manager for mines in what was then called Damaraland and Namaqualand. However, he only held the position for a brief time, and continued his explorations. In 1859 he reached the Okavango River, an expedition that he recorded in his book THE OKAVANGO RIVER.
After his return, he travelled to the Cape, where he married. Andersson and his wife settled in Otjimbingwe (in modern central Namibia).
Andersson had repeated financial problems. Even though his main interests were exploration and natural history, he often needed to earn money through trade and hunting. He lacked the money needed to publish his books and Galton declined to lend him any.
Andersson ultimately launched several ventures in Damaraland, including a copper mining scheme. He was briefly elected Chief of the Damara in 1864, but he was severely wounded in battle against the Nama Hottentots.In 1867, despite serious illness due to his battle wound, Andersson travelled north towards the Portuguese settlements in modern Angola, in order to establish a better trading route to Europe. He was unable to cross the Cunene River, so he had to turn back. His condition had worsened during his journey to the Cunene and, on the return journey, he died on 9 July 1867. He was buried by another Swede, Axel Eriksson.After his death, Andersson's wife and children continued to live in Africa, in the Cape Colony.Posthumously, Andersson's father, Lloyd, published notes from some of his son's exploration and hunting expeditions in the book THE LION AND THE ELEPHANT, as well as Andersson's last book, NOTES OF TRAVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Andersson is "perhaps the most extraordinary visitor to Namibia in the 19th century" (Tonchi, p. 24),
It has also been said of Andersson: "Few, if any, [explorers] give so full and complete an account of Namaqualand, Damaraland, and the Ovampo country and the description of the fauna of these countries is absolutely unequalled." (Mendelssohn). "A cornerstone book of African hunting in the middle of the nineteenth century." (Czech)
Galton returned home to England, while Andersson stayed in the area and reached Lake Ngami in 1853. In 1855 Andersson returned to London, where he published his first book LAKE NGAMI, in which he describes his travels. He returned to Africa the same year.
Back in south west Africa, Andersson was hired as manager for mines in what was then called Damaraland and Namaqualand. However, he only held the position for a brief time, and continued his explorations. In 1859 he reached the Okavango River, an expedition that he recorded in his book THE OKAVANGO RIVER.
After his return, he travelled to the Cape, where he married. Andersson and his wife settled in Otjimbingwe (in modern central Namibia).
Andersson had repeated financial problems. Even though his main interests were exploration and natural history, he often needed to earn money through trade and hunting. He lacked the money needed to publish his books and Galton declined to lend him any.
Andersson ultimately launched several ventures in Damaraland, including a copper mining scheme. He was briefly elected Chief of the Damara in 1864, but he was severely wounded in battle against the Nama Hottentots.In 1867, despite serious illness due to his battle wound, Andersson travelled north towards the Portuguese settlements in modern Angola, in order to establish a better trading route to Europe. He was unable to cross the Cunene River, so he had to turn back. His condition had worsened during his journey to the Cunene and, on the return journey, he died on 9 July 1867. He was buried by another Swede, Axel Eriksson.After his death, Andersson's wife and children continued to live in Africa, in the Cape Colony.Posthumously, Andersson's father, Lloyd, published notes from some of his son's exploration and hunting expeditions in the book THE LION AND THE ELEPHANT, as well as Andersson's last book, NOTES OF TRAVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Andersson is "perhaps the most extraordinary visitor to Namibia in the 19th century" (Tonchi, p. 24),
It has also been said of Andersson: "Few, if any, [explorers] give so full and complete an account of Namaqualand, Damaraland, and the Ovampo country and the description of the fauna of these countries is absolutely unequalled." (Mendelssohn). "A cornerstone book of African hunting in the middle of the nineteenth century." (Czech)
$375 - Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A.W. Drayson
$375 - Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A.W. Drayson
First edition, first printing, but instead of with 8 chromolithographed color plates & 1 black and white plate by Harrison Weir after drawings by the author, this copy has the black and white illustrations on plates from the second issue and second edition by Dalziel after Joseph Wolf.
First edition, first printing, but instead of with 8 chromolithographed color plates & 1 black and white plate by Harrison Weir after drawings by the author, this copy has the black and white illustrations on plates from the second issue and second edition by Dalziel after Joseph Wolf.
In summary, this is a first edition, with first edition title-page, but with second edition illustrations instead of first edition illustrations. Hence, this is a mixed-state issue, and is as-issued by the publisher. This copy in restored original cloth with new endsheets. Some signs of age and use, but overall very handsome when handled and shelved. One plate restored.
In summary, this is a first edition, with first edition title-page, but with second edition illustrations instead of first edition illustrations. Hence, this is a mixed-state issue, and is as-issued by the publisher. This copy in restored original cloth with new endsheets. Some signs of age and use, but overall very handsome when handled and shelved. One plate restored.
"An account of hunting and sporting experiences in Kaffraria and Natal. The author joined a party of Boer hunters who were making an excursion into the plains under the Drakensburg mountains, near the sources of the Mooi river. He remarks on the wonderful eyesight possessed by these people and their contempt for the English as sportsmen. There is a good account of the natives with many notes of the fauna of the country." - Mendelssohn
"An account of hunting and sporting experiences in Kaffraria and Natal. The author joined a party of Boer hunters who were making an excursion into the plains under the Drakensburg mountains, near the sources of the Mooi river. He remarks on the wonderful eyesight possessed by these people and their contempt for the English as sportsmen. There is a good account of the natives with many notes of the fauna of the country." - Mendelssohn
$295 -- Ten Years North of the Orange River
$295 -- Ten Years North of the Orange River
John Mackenzie
John Mackenzie
Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, 1871
Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, 1871
Rare first edition
"The reader is first introduced to the rural and village life of the Cape Colony. Sketches of social and religious life in the Free State and Transvaal Republic are followed by a description of long-established mission stations. Several chapters are devoted to the Makololo Mission, which was inaugurated so auspiciously and ended so fatally. Narrating events as they took place, I have left their lessons to be drawn by others. My journey to Matabele-land enables me to describe the hideous form of society in a purely military tribe. Our residence at Shoshong, and the experiences of the Mission there, are given in the concluding chapters. The Appendix contains what may be read with advantage as an introduction to the present work. I would specially direct attention to that part of it which describes the results of the past contact of Europeans with South Africans." From preface
$285 -- History of the Colony of Natal in South Africa
$285 -- History of the Colony of Natal in South Africa
The Rev. William C. Holden
The Rev. William C. Holden
Alexander Heylin, London, 1855. First edition, first printing
Alexander Heylin, London, 1855. First edition, first printing
Original cloth with some tears, wear, soiling. This copy is uncut, so it has not been read through. Small former owner ink stamp to ffep. See photos for best idea of condition.
Tinted lithographic frontispiece and 3 tinted lithograph plates, folding chart of Port Natal, 3 folding maps, 6 engraved plates, illustrations in the text.
At the time this work was published the Colony had only been recognised as a British dependency for ten years, and its natural advantages, such as the harbour of D'Urban being safer than that of Table Bay, led the author to be optimistic about its future. The "early settlers came on the scene about three years after the total devastation of the country by the Zulu king, Chaka. The settlement of the Dutch in the colony, and the eventual occupation of it by the British are carefully gone into, A good description is given of the gradual establishment of civil government, and of the progress of the Colony, with notes on the towns, villages, and other settlements, and the Kaffir War,.".Mendelssohn. Mendelssohon, 1, pp.724-5.
$195 -- 6 first editions by Cynthia Stockley
$195 -- 6 first editions by Cynthia Stockley
RARE Lot of 6 Cynthia Stockley novels set in Rhodesia / South Africa. These are first American editions.
RARE Lot of 6 Cynthia Stockley novels set in Rhodesia / South Africa. These are first American editions.
Stockley was once one of the most popular authoresses of the 1920s. See my website for more info about Stockley:
https://www.southafricabooks.com/authoresses/cynthia-stockley
1920 Pink Gods and Blue Demons - Doran, original DJ
1924 Dalla the Lion-cub - Putnam, original DJ & professionally-produced facsimile DJ
1924 The Garden of Peril - Putnam, xerox of an original DJ
1925 Three Farms - Putnam, original DJ front panel & professionally-produced facsimile DJ
1926 The Dice of God - Putnam, xerox of an original DJ
1927 The Leopard In the Bush (sequel to Dalla the Lion-Cub) - Putnam, professionally-produced facsimile DJ
$150 - THE OUTSPAN by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
$150 - THE OUTSPAN by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
Here is a rarity
Here is a rarity
Published a decade before his famous JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
Published a decade before his famous JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
These stories are certainly inspired by Fitzpatrick's adventures during the time of his life, when he was pioneering in the Bushveld.
These stories are certainly inspired by Fitzpatrick's adventures during the time of his life, when he was pioneering in the Bushveld.
This copy has signs of wear and damage, but no other copy is available for sale at the time of this listing.
This copy has signs of wear and damage, but no other copy is available for sale at the time of this listing.
Very scarce and desirable.
Very scarce and desirable.
$99 - Zulu Journey & Limpopo Journey by Carel Birkby
$99 - Zulu Journey & Limpopo Journey by Carel Birkby
ZULU JOURNEY and its follow-up, LIMPOPO JOURNEY
ZULU JOURNEY and its follow-up, LIMPOPO JOURNEY
By Carel Birkby
By Carel Birkby
Very rare books in the very rare dust jackets
Very rare books in the very rare dust jackets
$48 - That Which Hath Been : A Tale of Old Capetown
$48 - That Which Hath Been : A Tale of Old Capetown
by Dorothea Fairbridge
1913 British First Edition
The first South African historical novel
The hero of the novel is comparatively unknown to English readers, though his name is familiar to every South African child—whether as the ambitious schemer that Adam Tas, Peter Kolbe and Dr. Theal have depicted for us, or as the strong man working under adverse circumstances for the good of his country, if we see him with the eyes of that wise and learned old Dutch scholar Hendrik Leibbrandt, for more than thirty years Keeper of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
Willem Adriaan van der Stel came of a family which had served the Dutch East India Company in its distant possessions for several generations. His father was born in Mauritius in 1639, and was the son of Captain Adriaan van der Stel who took up his appointment as Commander of the island in that year. Simon van der Stel in his turn saw many years of service in the East Indies before his appoint-ment in 1679 as Commander of the Cape of Good Hope—a post which during his term of office was raised to a Governorship in recognition of his services to the Company. Simon's wife, Johanna Jacoba Six, was a daughter of Willem Six and his wife Catarina Hinlopen—the Sixes came of an old and well-known Amsterdam family, distinguished by their friendship for Rembrandt. Apparently she never lived at the Cape, though she had accompanied her husband to Batavia, where their five sons, Adriaan, Willem Adriaan, Hendrik (who died young), Cornelis and Frans, and their daughter Catarina were born.
In 1699 Simon van der Stel was succeeded as Councillor-Extra-ordinary of India and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope by his son, Willem Adriaan, who was accompanied to the Cape by his wife Marie de Haase and their children. For the first few years of his administration he carried out his policy of the expansion of the country without hindrance—if without much sympathy from the Company, which was less interested in the development of the Cape than in its success as a provision-station for ships, especially for the great fleets of the Company which touched at Table Bay twice a year, on their way to and from the East.
$28 - That Which Hath Been : A Tale of Old Capetown
$28 - That Which Hath Been : A Tale of Old Capetown
by Dorothea Fairbridge
The first South African historical novel
The hero of the novel is comparatively unknown to English readers, though his name is familiar to every South African child—whether as the ambitious schemer that Adam Tas, Peter Kolbe and Dr. Theal have depicted for us, or as the strong man working under adverse circumstances for the good of his country, if we see him with the eyes of that wise and learned old Dutch scholar Hendrik Leibbrandt, for more than thirty years Keeper of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
Willem Adriaan van der Stel came of a family which had served the Dutch East India Company in its distant possessions for several generations. His father was born in Mauritius in 1639, and was the son of Captain Adriaan van der Stel who took up his appointment as Commander of the island in that year. Simon van der Stel in his turn saw many years of service in the East Indies before his appoint-ment in 1679 as Commander of the Cape of Good Hope—a post which during his term of office was raised to a Governorship in recognition of his services to the Company. Simon's wife, Johanna Jacoba Six, was a daughter of Willem Six and his wife Catarina Hinlopen—the Sixes came of an old and well-known Amsterdam family, distinguished by their friendship for Rembrandt. Apparently she never lived at the Cape, though she had accompanied her husband to Batavia, where their five sons, Adriaan, Willem Adriaan, Hendrik (who died young), Cornelis and Frans, and their daughter Catarina were born.
In 1699 Simon van der Stel was succeeded as Councillor-Extra-ordinary of India and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope by his son, Willem Adriaan, who was accompanied to the Cape by his wife Marie de Haase and their children. For the first few years of his administration he carried out his policy of the expansion of the country without hindrance—if without much sympathy from the Company, which was less interested in the development of the Cape than in its success as a provision-station for ships, especially for the great fleets of the Company which touched at Table Bay twice a year, on their way to and from the East.
$65 -- THREE MEN DIE by Sarah Gertrude Millin
$65 -- THREE MEN DIE by Sarah Gertrude Millin
the most famous and popular South African author during her lifetime
the most famous and popular South African author during her lifetime
1934 first edition, rebound in quarter leather. Also, a free copy of AN ARTIST IN THE FAMILY, by the same author, and in a matching binding. This is Millin's fictional version of the true-crime of Daisy de Melker.
1934 first edition, rebound in quarter leather. Also, a free copy of AN ARTIST IN THE FAMILY, by the same author, and in a matching binding. This is Millin's fictional version of the true-crime of Daisy de Melker.
Kirkus Review: A book for the readers who like psychological murder studies. Not for the straight mystery fan. A penetrating and unsentimental study of a woman whose desire, first for financial and then for romantic security, brings destruction on these who stand in her way. Dispassionate, clear cut, grim portrait of a selfish woman, against a background of South Africa, which Mrs. Millin knows intimately. Characterize as the horror of the commonplace.
Daisy de Melker’s trial during October-November 1932 for poisoning two husbands and her son inspired the rapt attention of the white South African public and national and international media. She horrified and absorbed colonial South Africa not simply because of her crimes but because she was white, female and, from the legitimized perspective of the time, morally abhorrent in the manner in which she had transgressed against her own. Jean and John Comaroff observe that de Melker was an ‘horrific inversion of the national stereotype of the genteel white female entrusted with reproducing the moral essence of her race’.
$99 - 4 first editions by John Gordon Davis
$99 - 4 first editions by John Gordon Davis
HOLD MY HAND I AM DYING
THE LAND GOD MADE IN ANGER
ROOTS OF OUTRAGE
UNOFFICAL AND DENIABLE
John Gordon Davis was a Rhodesian author. First Editions
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A poignant novel about the race struggles of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. This novel was also made into a movie.A great chunk of Africa is "dying" and in this great chunk of a book bemoaning its transition from the kraal to the Kremlin is one Joe Mahoney, who works in the Native Department of the Southern Rhodesia Government and goes out on the High Court Circuit. Holding his hand on and off through some six or seven years is Suzie, who wants to marry him and settle down although Joe, really hung up tight, is always ready but never quite ready enough. Through a succession of rifts and reconciliations she tries to leave him, Joe tries to leave Africa and keeps coming back, and at the end cannot divorce himself from its fate while it is Suzie who will be the ultimate casualty in an insurgent native outbreak. . . . In its UhuRuarkian fashion, some thunderous violence in the bush, a high fluid intake of gin slings and beer, and a good deal of liquescent sex.The worldwide success of his first published novel, Hold My Hand I'm Dying (1967), prompted him to become a full-time writer.--------------------------------------
A heart-stopping adventure … A chilling Nazi legacy in today’s Southern Africa.A month after the end of World War II, a U-boat with a mysterious cargo founders off South West Africa’s treacherous Skeleton Coast. Two German Officers reach the surface and battle their way to the shore, but the bloody struggle that follows leaves one man murdered and the other facing a perilous journey across the terrible, burning sands…Forty years later, trawler captain James McQuade stumbles across the story, and the thought of a submarine full of Nazi war gold sets his pulse racing. Soon he uncovers startling evidence that the escaping German, a top Nazi, survived the desert crossing and is now a leading member of the South African neo-fascist group, the AWB. A simple salvage operation rapidly escalates into an international manhunt, with much more than sunken treasure at stake…--------------------------------------
A panoramic novel filled with adventure, passion, a cast of unforgettable characters, and penetrating political insight.South Africa – a land long run asunder by age-old struggles fro freedom. Now the apartheid era is brought vividly to life.Accused of treason following an illicit affair with activist Patti Ghandhi, journalist Luke Mahoney is forced to flee into exile. Only when South Africa finally moves into a new era is it safe for him to return – after long years of reporting on the racial oppression and the bloodshed from beyond its borders. It is a time of momentous change, uncertain optimism, fear and forgiveness. With unforeseeable speed, the ANC is unbanned, Nelson Mandela is released – and a ghost from Luke’s past returns. Suddenly his new life with Afrikaner academic Katrina de la Rey is thrown into turmoil, as the violence ravaged country braces itself for the first historic elections.---------------------------------------
The bestselling author of Hold My Hand, I’m Dying and Roots of Outrage returns to his most popular subject – South Africa – for his fourteenth novel of high adventure and political intrigue.Born in Rhodesia and educated in South Africa, John Gordon Davis first became known as a writer of action-packed novels of adventure, romance and political insight set in vividly evoked exotic locations with his bestselling Hold My Hand, I’m Dying.Since then he has written thirteen more international bestsellers, including Roots of Outrage, his acclaimed epic chronicling the last forty years of South African history.Now, he has returned once more to the country he knows best for his highly topical new thriller, which centres on South Africa’s momentous Truth and Reconciliation Commission – at which amnesty was offered to those who confessed to crimes committed during the Apartheid era.$30 - 3 novels by James Ambrose Brown
$30 - 3 novels by James Ambrose Brown
James Ambrose Brown was a Scottish-born South African journalist, author, playwright, and military historian (born 1919). He is known for his extensive writings on South Africa's military history, particularly its involvement in the World Wars, as well as novels and award-winning plays.
Brown moved to South Africa in 1936. He served in World War II, a period that inspired his book One Man's War: A Soldier's Diary. Post-war, he had a significant career in journalism in Johannesburg and became a prolific writer of fiction & non-fiction
*** SOLD *** - ZULU HART by Saul David SIGNED
*** SOLD *** - ZULU HART by Saul David SIGNED
A novel of the Zulu Wars in South Africa
A novel of the Zulu Wars in South Africa
Limited edition signed and dated first printing of the first edition. Title-page also has a drawing by the author of a firearm, assegai, and shield.
Limited edition signed and dated first printing of the first edition. Title-page also has a drawing by the author of a firearm, assegai, and shield.
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ON COMMANDO by George Hansby Russell
ON COMMANDO by George Hansby Russell
VERY SCARCE; 1902 First Edition; South Africa, Boer War, very nice all things considered
VERY SCARCE; 1902 First Edition; South Africa, Boer War, very nice all things considered
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JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
Here is an absolute rarity, and one of the cornerstone Africana titles.
Here is an absolute rarity, and one of the cornerstone Africana titles.
SIGNED on the title page by J Percy Fitzpatrick. His full name was Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick.
SIGNED on the title page by J Percy Fitzpatrick. His full name was Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick.
The textblock has been recased in nicer boards.
The textblock has been recased in nicer boards.
Illustrated by E.Caldwell
Illustrated by E.Caldwell
1907, First edition, First impression. 475 pages, colour frontispiece, plates and marginal illustrations, dark green cloth with gilt titling and gilt vignette of Jock on the upper cover, with the drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back legs on pages 65, 337 and 457 and Snowball the horse being dragged out of the river on page 316 - these drawings were changed in later impressions.
1907, First edition, First impression. 475 pages, colour frontispiece, plates and marginal illustrations, dark green cloth with gilt titling and gilt vignette of Jock on the upper cover, with the drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back legs on pages 65, 337 and 457 and Snowball the horse being dragged out of the river on page 316 - these drawings were changed in later impressions.
5000 copies of the first impression were printed at a total cost to Longmans of £416. 7s. 11d.
The dedications page reads: It was the youngest of the High Authorities who gravely informed the Inquiring Stranger that “Jock belongs to the Likkle People!” That being so, it is clearly the duty, no less less that the privilege, of the mere Narrator to dedicate the Story of Jock to those Keenest and Kindest critics, Best of Friends, and Most Delightful of Comrades The Likkle People.
Fitzpatrick's adventures during this time of his life, when he was pioneering in the Bushveld, are vividly described in his book JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD, which is generally accepted as a South African classic.
In the early 1900's he used to recount the adventures of his dog Jock (a Staffordshire Bull terrier cross), in the form of bedtime stories to his four children — Nugent, Alan, Oliver, and Cecily — to whom the book was dedicated - the likkle people.
Rudyard Kipling, an intimate friend, used to take part in these story-telling evenings and he it was who persuaded Fitzpatrick to put the stories together in book form. Having done this, Fitzpatrick searched for a suitable artist to illustrate the book and eventually came across Edmund Caldwell in London and brought him to South Africa to visit the Bushveld and make the drawings on the spot.
The book, which appeared in 1907 for the first time, was an immediate and overwhelming success, being reprinted four times in that year.
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