The Ancient World in Two Hemispheres by Robert de Vaugondy c.1752
Watercolour paint box c.1870-1880
Flush by Virginia Woolf
A botanical illustration of white orchids with five flowers, some in partial bloom, on a brown background with black borders. Handwritten scientific name at the bottom.
An antique print page showing a gray-scale illustration of ships in the harbor near Cape of Good Hope, with mountains in the background. There is a smaller, colored illustration at the bottom depicting the Dutch fort at the same location, with a starry sky above and a boat nearby. The page includes handwritten and printed text in French describing the scenes.
A poster for a performance titled 'Die Zauberflöte' or 'The Magic Flute', directed by William Kentridge, held in spring 2007 in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The poster features artistic sketches of three blackbirds or crows with a textured background and some overlaying red grid lines.
Thomas Baines – The Victoria Falls a Thousand Beauties By Jonathan Waters 2024
Books on the rest of the world
Mrs Ariah Bookholane by George Pemba 1989
A watercolor painting of a cityscape with a cloudy sky, showing buildings, hills, and open land.
NUSAS Pays Tribute to David Webster
Book cover titled "A Turn at the Wheel" by Stirling Moss, featuring an illustrated racing car with a driver in vintage racing gear, encircled by a laurel wreath on a red background.
Art book about Maud Sumner
Documents
A row of vintage books with colorful covers, a brass telescope at the bottom, and a black book with yellow and white illustration on the right.
Robben Island Prisoner by Jurgen Schadeberg
Vintage brown hardcover book with a gold illustration of a woman in a long dress holding a spear and leash, standing with a dog.
A vintage framed profile portrait of a woman wearing a laurel wreath, placed next to three old books about soldiers and military history on a dark shelf.
Private Press Books for sale
Vintage nautical map of the southern ocean, with coastlines of South America and Africa, decorative title cartouche, compass rose, and navigational lines.