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305141Johannesburg South Africa: Brenthurst Press 2004. Copy E of 25 later 20 copies in full binding for Robert S. Pirie. Numerous colour illustrations. 5 vols. Large 4to. Full publisher's navy Nigerian Sokoto goatskin t.e.g. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Loosely inserted engraved cards from "Mr Harry Oppenheimer Brenthurst Johannesburg" or compliments slip from Mary Slack Harry Oppenheimer's daughter. As new in leather backed folding box. Copy E of 25 later 20 copies in full binding for Robert S. Pirie. Numerous colour illustrations. 5 vols. Large 4to. Choice set of the third series of Brenthurst Library works on the history and natural history of South Africa in finely executed presentation bindings variously by John Mitchell Woking; Peter Carstens Johannesburg; and Roger and Ivy Bolton Warrington.<br /> Presented by Harry Oppenheimer and his librarian to the distnguished New York investment counselor and famed book collector Robert S. Pirie. Brenthurst Press unknown
1888142115Port Elizabeth: Published by the Author 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Port Elizabeth Published by the Author 1888. Large quarto 375 × 305 mm vi pages plus 104 Woodburytypes four very large measuring 233 × 326 mm or the reverse the rest approximately 125 × 190 mm mounted within printed borders on 29 card leaves recto and verso. Original full leather blocked in gilt and blind later rebacked retaining most of the original backstrip; all edges gilt; leaves a little cockled and tanned with a few slightly marked and foxed; expert conservation to a split near the head of the spine to the front free endpaper and the three leaves of text comprising the title leaf and two leaves of introductory notes by the photographer; overall a very good copy with the plates in excellent condition. A lavish photographic survey of Cape Colony Natal Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic with a particular focus on the 'scenery gold and diamond mining districts and mines seaports and the native industries and life of South Africa' from the foreword. <p>This copy has the additional interest and value of a large albumen silver photograph 205 × 282 mm mounted on the verso of the front free endpaper acting as a frontispiece. the margin below the plate is captioned '"Tweedie Hall" Natal Taken by the architect while the house was being built in 1892'. Jacqueline Kalley's book 'Farmhouses of Old Natal' records that the house was built by James and Eliza Morton and the name comes from Tweedie Hall in Scotland where they were married. They arrived at Port Natal in 1868 purchased a farm and over time acquired some 12000 acres of land. Morton sold agricultural machinery and built the first silos in Natal. The grand house was designed by the prolific Natal architect William Street-Wilson; it survives to this day and is currently owned by a great-grandson of the Mortons. Published by the Author hardcover
1875190005London: Printed by Wertheimer Lea and Co. 1875. One of the most elusive books on the South African diamond rush First edition rare just six locations among institutional libraries all in South Africa; one copy only on auction records. This compelling firsthand account traces an overland journey from Cape Town through Stellenbosch the Great Karoo and key frontier towns before reaching the diamond fields of Kimberley. The author has evaded identification. Mendelssohn suggests in the typescript "Additions" to his bibliography that the author may be Mary Elizabeth Barber 1818-1899 poet and natural historian; although she accompanied her husband and family to the diamond fields from the Eastern Province whereas the writer of this work travelled from the Cape. However South Africa historian Alfred Graham-Brown doesn't hesitate in attributing it to her see The Settlers' Press: Seventy years of printing in Grahamstown 1979. WorldCat and the South African Bibliography cite copies at the following libraries: Mendelssohn Library South African Library now National Library of South Africa Johannesburg Public library University of the Witwatersrand Kimberley Public Library and University of Pretoria. Octavo pp. 54. Original green cloth gilt lettered and panelled on front cover blind panelled on back pale yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed at extremities couple of marks to back cover internally cracked at gutter in a few places but firm: very good. Not in the printed edition of Mendelssohn; South African Bibliography II p. 148; Theal p. 176. hardcover
18459Various publishers and places. 1926 - 1982. Sydney Clouts' 1926-82 small body of poetry he published just one volume One Life 1966 during his lifetime belies a larger presence in the history of South African poetry in English during the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Cape Town in 1926 Clouts married Marjorie better known as Marge Leftwich in 1952. Although the couple never made public statements about their move to England in 1961 its timing following the 1960 referendum result that led to the constitution of the South African Republic and the entrenchment of apartheid policies was clearly no coincidence. Like his English near-contemporary Philip Larkin Clouts became a librarian a job he held until his death in 1982. Voluntary exile the use of a language English bound up with colonial history and its legacies not to speak of the poet's Jewishness anti-Semitism was rife in both his country of origin and exile all may have contributed to Clouts' near-silence as a poet following the move though this generous collection of books and papers drawn from Sydney and Marge's library demonstrates their continued involvement with and support for a South African literary community native and in exile while providing a context for Clouts' own small exquisitely formed output. J. M. Coetzee no less has described Clouts as "the purest poetic talent" of his generation writing of his "drive toward transcendence and concentration on the thisness things" and comparing the poet to both Gerard Manley Hopkins and Patrick White "another suburban visionary". If the poems' treatment of colonial racial and linguistic issues is typically oblique their deft control of sound and image offers a personal and quietly radical response to painful events that the poet clearly felt helpless to influence. Robert Frost's description of poetry as a "momentary stay against confusion" is a clue here as are the phenomenological meditations of Wallace Stevens or indeed the seventeenth-century English poet Thomas Traherne invoked in the first poem of One Life whose mystical and lyrical ecstasies are pared and distilled to the feel of a pebble warm in the palm of a hand. Along with the poet's own works this substantial collection of 154 items represents many poets Hope Wright Delius Driver who like Clouts moved to England as well as those who remained in Africa. There's a rich seam of work by black poets Mapanji Mtshali Rive Sepalma Serote as well as Clouts' Jewish peers Abrahams Becker Miller and others not to speak of the poet's personal copies of significant forebears such as Roy Campbell and William Plomer and his friend and contemporary Guy Butler. The many inscriptions dedications and recollections to be found across the collection attest to the widespread affection for the Clouts' as patrons and friends to the cause of South African literature. "My tradition is dew on a shrub / One word too many; many too few." from "Residuum" Collected Poems. Further information and a detailed list of the contents of the collection are available on request. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Various publishers and places. 1926 - 1982 unknown
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190099800Pretoria: Army Headquarters 1900. First editions. "Newspaper published by Lord Stanley at Pretoria during British occupation. Contents include military government notices proclamations advertisements and items of news. Publication commenced on Tuesday 26th June 1900 and ceased after the issue of Saturday 14th July 1900" Hackett. Text in Afrikaans and English. Folio. 17 bifolia printed all four sides loose as issued. Masthead with British royal arms. Light toning else very good. Hackett p.176; Mendelssohn II 182. unknown
63509c.1880 . Albumen print pasted on card good condition and with good tonal range. Dimensions: 220 x 140mm 8.5 x 4.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880] unknown
1900AQ29042Cape Town: Wood & Ortlepp 1900. Colour lithograph map. Scale 1:250 000. Linen backed. Original publisher's limp red cloth lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Hinge exposed short tear to one fold. The fourth known copy of a map compiled for Field Intelligence Department Cape Town detailing the region of Bethulie South Africa showing farm boundaries and fences farm names divisional boundaries roads rivers telegraph lines and railways. OCLC records copies at only three locations Cape Town KwaZulu-Nata and Wellington. . Dimensions unfolded: 620 x 490 mm folded in cover: 110 x 179 mm. [Wood & Ortlepp] hardcover
1901AQ28839London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons 1901. 384pp. Bound with: South Africa. Further papers relating to the working of the refugee camps in south africa. London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling & Son 1902. iv 134pp. Folio. Later red half-calf tooled in gilt and blind red cloth boards contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Two reports concerning the governance and conditions of South African concentration camps established during the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The British confined Boer families and black Africans to the camps in an effort to force the surrender of the Boer guerillas. Conditions were dire. Sustenance was scarce and medical treatment almost non-existent. Disease ran rampant resulting in the death of over 28000 Boer women and children and 12000 black Africans. The strategy proved ineffectual and attracted heated criticism from the British press. Control of the camps was wrestled from the military and conditions were somewhat improved not insignificantly due to the tireless campaigning of activist Emily Hobhouse 1860-1926 who both brought the matter to the public more generally as well as organising relief efforts to those unfortunate to be incarcerated. . Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons hardcover
1902003010Arthur L Humphreys 1902. 194 266 274pp illus index maps plans detailed record of the work of the hospitals in the Boer War. Firmly bound. The 3 volumes bound in a single volume. Original cloth laid on rebound boards. Library stamps internally but no external markings. Fold-out photos and illus in very good condition. Wear to corners of boards. Very heavy. Scarce first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. Arthur L Humphreys Hardcover
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190329109Durban South Africa 1903. Five photographs of Zulu people that are numbered and captioned in white at the bottom. <br /> Titles include: A Zulu Man with his Wives; Zulu Children - the Younger enjoying a Mealie; An Eligible Zulu Girl; A Challenge; the last image is of 3 men and 3 women caption is faded but has something to do with Zulu attire. Photographers are Bradley J Wallace J.E.M. and Middlebrook. <br /> <br /> 5 photos 5 7/8 x 8" evidence of glue on verso o/w vgc. unknown
1905007286Washington: War Department Government Printing Office 1905. Two original publications from the War Office in Washington bound together in a modern green cloth binding. Photo by email on request. The first is the Boer War publication of 1905 243pp incl indexand 4 fold-out maps at rear. The second is the July 1901 publication "Reports on Military Operations in South Africa and China. This includes numerous fold out coloured maps including one very large map of South Africa at the rear. Apart from a small area of wear to one of the page edges the book and contents are in remarkably good condition. Very scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. War Department Government Printing Office Hardcover
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