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Rare & Collectable Books

June 2024

 

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
1857
First Edition in book form.
Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne aka Phiz.
40 engraved plates, prelims and plates foxed.
All plates present however some are bound in facing various directions.
The true First Edition was in 20 original parts published in 1855 by the same publisher.
See more images HERE
R20,000.

 

Der Kilima-Ndjaro by H.H. Johnston
1886
First German Edition
Complete. Pencil underlining.
Ex Libris K.Hloucha.
15cm x 22cm.
R5,000

 

Histoire Complete de la Guerre Des Anglais contre Les Zoulous
1879
Zulu War and the annexation of the Transvaal.
Not collated.
Handsomely bound in quarter leather.
9,5cm x 14,5cm
R5,000

 

Goch’s Views of Johannesburg
c.1893
By James Goch.
First edition. Complete, 12 mounted photographs.
15,5cm x 22cm
R4,500

 

Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy
1823
Third edition.
A poem in four cantos, with notes.
By John Mitford.
20 hand-coloured copperplate engraved plates.
Some slight foxing.
15cm x 24cm.
R4,000

 

The Anatomy & Diseases of the Teeth
1829
First edition.
By Thomas Bell.
Discolouration to the endpapers.
14.5cm x 22cm.
R3,000

 

Samesprake in Afrikaans
c.1897
Paarl Press Printing.
A very rare, printed example of the evolution of the Afrikaans language. Afrikaans only became an official language in 1925.
20,5cm x 14cm.
R3,000

 

The Delagoa Directory
1910
Ex Libris I & F.W Hosken
A year book of information regarding the Port and Town of Lourenco Marques.
14cm x 21cm
R2,500

 

The Line of Beauty
2008
By Alan Hollinghurst with artwork by Gilbert & George.
Volume VII limited edition no.87 of 160.
Signed and dated by the author, presented in a slipcase with numbered original print by Gilbert & George.
Slipcase: 20cm x 26cm
R2,500

 

Thirteen Years Among the Wild Beasts of India
1890
By G.P. Sanderson.
Fourth edition.
Map together with all illustrations present.
Some preliminary foxing.
18cm x 22cm.
R2,000

 

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+27 (0) 79 779 4574
jamesfindlaycollectablebooks@gmail.com

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James Findlay Collectable Books
33 Loveday Street, Marshalltown
Johannesburg
South Africa

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