Through Mashonaland with Pick & Pen (R10,000)

By Sir James Percy FitzPatrick KCMG.
The first book to be published on the Rand.

For more info and images, go to the website; https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/johannesburg/through-mashonaland-with-pick-pen-1892

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A Writer's Notebook 1949 (R6,000) 

Limited Edition, 848 of 1000.
Signed by the author, English writer W. Somerset Maugham.

For more info and images, go to the website; https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/first-editions/a-writers-notebook-1949 

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Treaties Entered into by Governors of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope (R5,000)

1857
36 treaties and conventions published.

For more info and images, go to the website;
https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/books-on-africa/treaties-entered-into-by-governors-of-the-colony-of-the-cape-of-good-hope-1857 

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Marchioness of Londonderry's Three Months Tour in Portugal, Spain and Africa 1843 (R5,000) 

By Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800 – 1865),
great-grandmother of Sir Winston Churchill.

First Edition, four lithographs including frontis.

For more info and images, go to the website;
https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/books-rest-of-the-world/marchioness-of-londonderrys-three-months-tour-in-portugal-spain-and-africa-1843 

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Journaal gehouden van af Reddersburg naar Rustenburg 1864 (R4,000)

Missionary work in the OFS and ZAR.
As well as Church matters, this book is an interesting social history of that time (Dutch).

For more info and images, go to the website;
https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/books-on-africa/journaal-gehouden-van-af-reddersburg-1864 

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RAKA (R3,500) 

Signed by the author, N.P van Wyk Louw
De luxe edition, no. 38 of 50 signed copies. This numbered edition celebrates the 60th birthday of the author on 11 June 1966.

For more info and images, go to the website;
https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/first-editions/raka-de-luxe-edition 

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People of the Eland (R3,500) 

By Patricia Joan Vinnicombe (1932 – 2003), a South African archaeologist and artist.

Limited Edition no 182 of 1000 (Standard edition) 1976.

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Memories of a Game Ranger (R3,500) 

1955 Fifth Edition
Inscribed by the author, Harry Wolhuter, 26 May 1960.

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https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/books-on-africa/memories-of-a-game-ranger-5th-edition 

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Art on the Rocks (R2,000) 

1970 Special Collectors Edition, Limited to two hundred copies.
No 86. signed by the authors, D.N Lee and H.C Woodhouse.

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The Aga Khan and Africa (R2,000)

1946 Private Press By Habib V. Keshavjee

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah (2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam.

For more info and images, go to the website;
https://jamesfindlaycollectablebooks.com/books-on-africa/the-aga-khan-and-africa

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WE ARE MOVING

James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps is moving from Rand Club to The Cape Town Club.

The Rand Club shop will be closed by the middle of May 2025.

We will be travelling a lot in April, so please
make an appointment to visit the
Gallery & Bookshop in the basement of Rand Club

In-store Only: 50% off selected books covering a variety of topics.

For more information contact James
+27 (0) 79 779 4574
jamesfindlaycollectablebooks@gmail.com

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