Researches in South Africa, two volumes (1828)
R15,000

By Rev. John Philip D.D.(14 April 1775 – 27 August 1851),
a missionary in South Africa.

A significant historical record, this book sheds light on the transformative impact of missionary work and colonial encounters in the region. Philip's research stands as a crucial resource for understanding the complex cultural dynamics of South Africa during this period.

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Limpopo, inscribed
R10,000

By Walter Battiss, 1965
Standard First Edition.

Inscribed by Battiss to the famous gallerist Natalie Knight.
The cartouche design is also by Battiss.

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A Walk in the Night
R7,500

1962
By Alex La Guma

First Edition with stamp, inscribed by the author.
This book about District Six in Cape Town was banned in 1966.

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Fighting the Polar Ice (1907)
R4,500 

By Anthony Fiala, Commander of the Zeigler-Fiala Polar Expedition; Attempting to reach the North Pole using ponies and dogs.

1907, First UK Edition

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The End of the Game (1965)
R3,500

First edition
By Peter Beard

Beard’s photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.

Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the demise of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, later to become the subject of his first book, The End of the Game.

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The Imperial Kailyard; Being a Biting Satire on English Colonisation
R3,000

By R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 1896

The Imperial Kailyard: Being a Biting Satire on English Colonisation, published in 1896 by Twentieth Century Press, was a short anti-colonial pamphlet by Scottish writer and socialist R.B. Cunninghame Graham

“No one doubts that eventually the Matabele will be conquered, and that our flag will wave triumphantly over the remnant of them in the same way it waves triumphantly over the workhouse pauper and the sailors' poor whore in the east end of London.”

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Boesman and Lena; A Play in Two Acts
R1,500

By Athol Fugard
1969
First Edition

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The BFG  
R1,250 

By Roald Dahl
1982
First Edition

The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 novel Danny, the Champion of the World.

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South Africa's Apartheid Policy - Unacceptable
R1,000 

By Jan Buskes
Ex Libris and signed by Oliver Deneys Schreiner.
 
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Favorite Song Birds (1887)
R1,000 

By H. G. Adams
Includes eight hand coloured engravings.

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