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Rare & Collectable Books

May 2024

 

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
1837
First Edition in book form (rebound).
All 41 plates are present. Collation of plates varies therefore please consider this copy to be a second state First Edition.
R25,000

 

Indentured Chinese Labour in South Africa
1904-1909
This is a collection of source material that formed part of an exhibition that Warren Siebrits curated at the Wits Art Museum. Only some of the material in the catalogue is in this collection. There are also additional items that have been added to it. Not all items have been photographed.
R25,000

 

Reueste Kunde von Afrika (Big News from Afrika)
1811
First and only edition. This is a single volume in a set which deals with the Islands around Africa by Theophil Friedrich Ehrmann. Published in Prague. Very rare, not found in SABIB. Copperplate engravings at back, not collated.
R15,000

 

Journal of a Residence in India
1813
By Maria Graham. Second edition. 15 plates, complete. Original publisher’s boards. Hand-coloured copperplate engraved frontis.
R12,500

 

Ian Fleming’s From Russia, with Love
1957
First edition, second printing.
Tape stains on dust jacket. Owner’s name on title page.
R6,000

 

Scenes in Africa
1820
By the Rev Isaac Taylor
First Edition, with map. 84 hand-coloured engravings.
11cm x 17cm
R5,000

 

The End of the Game
1965
First edition. Text and photographs by Peter Hill Beard.
R3,500

 

Johannesburg Street Names
1971
A Dictionary of Streets, Suburb and other place-names, compiled to the end of 1968 by Anna H Smith.
R2,750

 

Whales and Dolphins of the Southern African Region (with apologies to the porpoise)
This is volume 14 of the Collector’s Edition, which is limited to 100 copies.
Signed by Peter B. Best and Pieter A. Folkens.
R2,000

 

Who Dares Grins
1998
By Robert J. Mutch.
Limited edition copy No.136 of 500.
Inscribed by the author.
R1,000

 

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

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Johannesburg
South Africa

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