Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa 1840

First Edition.
By Captain William Cornwallis Harris

Delineated from Life in their Native Haunts, during a Hunting Expedition from the Cape Colony as far as the Tropic of Capricorn, in 1836 and 1837, with Sketches of the Field Sports.

Elephant Folio (555 by 338mm).
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This huge work was first published in parts between 1840 and 1842 and in volume form in 1843. It was considered by Mendelssohn “One of the most important and valuable of the large folio works on South African fauna”. Each chapter has a detailed description of the animal illustrated in the accompanying plate.

Please note this book is on consignment, requiring special arrangements for viewing.

R200,000

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Haydock Bible (2 vols) 1811

First Edition.

George Leo Haydock (1774-1849) was a priest, pastor and Bible scholar from an ancient English Catholic Recusant family. His edition of the Douay Bible with extended commentary, originally published in 1811, became the most popular English Catholic Bible of the 19th century on both sides of the Atlantic. It remains in print and is still regarded for its apologetic value.

8 engravings in Vol 1. 12 engravings in Vol 2. Complete.
Rebound, foxed, pages creased etc.

28cm x 43.5cm x 7cm (Very heavy, not suitable for posting.)

R25,000

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Grand Panorama of London from the Thames 1849

Woodblock engravings.

From the Thames extending from the New Houses of Parliament to Greenwich Hospital. This edition extends to ‘18 feet’. The original ornamental paper-covered case has been restored. Several pages have been repaired. Complete.

15.5cm x 17.5cm folded.

R8,000

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Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China 1834

Journal of three voyages along the coast of China, in 1831, 1832 and 1833 : with notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands: to which is prefixed an Introductory essay on the policy, religion, etc., of China by the Rev. W. Ellis 

Second Edition.
Prelims foxed.
13cm x 21cm

R7,500

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William Kentridge, Everyone is their own Projector (Signed)

Ex Libris Natalie Knight.
First Standard Edition, 2008.
19.5cm x 26cm.

R5,000

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Atlas to Alison’s History of Europe 1850

New Edition (First 1840)
16 pages of text, 108 pages of maps.
Historical geography.

Hand coloured engravings.
Foxed. Binding repaired.

29cm x 22.5cm

R3,500

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The Chace, the Turf and the Road

1837
First Edition in Book Form
By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley)
Illustrated by Henry Alken.
All 13 engravings present.

Originally published in sections in the quarterly review

14.5cm x 22.5cm

R2,500.

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Bulawayo: Historic Battlegroup of Rhodesia

By Oliver Ransford 1968

No. 148 of 200 copies in a special quarter leather de luxe binding, signed by the author.

Mzilikazi, originally a Zulu chief,led the Matabele nation to the highveld around Bulawayo in 1840, and ruled this territory until his death in 1868. Suceeded eventually by Lobengula, Matabeleland and its capital were captured by the Europeans pioneer settlers under Dr Jameson, what the author describes as a remarkable Calvary Blitzkreig”. This was seventy five years ago and has become known as the Matabele War : the two pitched battles at the Shagani and Bembesi, are fully described.

22.5cm x 28.5cm

R2,000

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Freemasons’ Calendar and Directory 1852

Containing a correct list of all the Lodges on the register of Ireland. Traditional and authentic information respecting the order in both hemispheres, and a variety of matter useful and interesting to Freemasons.

Published under the sanction and by the authority of the Right Worshipful the Grand Lodge of Ireland.

In original calf pocket.
8cm x 12.5cm

R2,000

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Peking (Beijing, China)

c.1910
Monochrome printed photographs.
Fishmothed.

28cm x 21cm

R2,000

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Thomas Baines
The Victoria Falls- A Thousand Beauties

By Jonathan Waters
First Edition 2024

The artist sketched and painted many beautiful views of the Falls during his 1862 expedition, which is brought back to life in his words and those of fellow traveller James Chapman.

112 pages.
24.5cm x 23.5cm

R550 signed
R500 unsigned

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