51. Southern Africa – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602 – 1680).

Hydrophylacium Africae Precipuum, in Montibus Lunae Situm, Lacus et Flumina Praecipua Sundens. Ubi et Nova Inventio Originis Nili describitur.

Original engraving. Amsterdam Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.5 cm x 34 cm. Sheet Size: 47.6 cm x 39.2 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Some very light traces of foxing near outer margins. Some very minor ink staining evident near ‘Oceanus Orientasis’ text. Otherwise, a very clean and bright map.

52. Steere, Edward,

A Handbook of the Swahili Language – As Spoken at Zanzibar.

Fourth Edition, Revised. London, The Sheldon Press, 1943. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 184 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Interior bright and clean.

53. Stoneham, C.T.

Big Stuff – African Big Game and its Hunters. With 17 Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Long Limited, 1954. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 191 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth, without the dustjacket] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signs of correction-fluid on front endpaper. Interior clean and bright.

54. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

55. Theal, George McCall.

History of the Boers in South Africa. Or The Wanderings and Wars of the Emigrant Farmers From Their Leaving The Cape Colony To The Acknowledgement Of Their Independence by Great Britain.

London, Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Small gilt embossment to front board. Blind ruling to boards. Gilt top-edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm. Interior is unmarked and bright.

56. Transvaal Miners’ Association.

Membership Card for E. Morgan.

Johannesburg, Transvaal Miners’ Association, no year (1912). 7.5 cm x 12 cm. 9 pages / partly stamped and signed off. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on front. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rear board carries label stating “The Owner of this Card is entitled to admisssion to the Trades Hall Club at all Times, and on payment of 6d. may have a Membership Card issued to him.”

57. Truepeney, Charlotte.

Our African Farm.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. 14 cm x 22 cm. 190 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original rusty orange cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean, crisp with sharp corners.

58. Tyler, Josiah.

Forty Years Among the Zulus.

Boston and Chicago, Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, no year (c.1891). 14 cm x 20 xm. 300 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt tooling on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

59. Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

60. [Weston, Frank] Smith, H. Maynard.

Frank Bishop of Zanzibar – Life of Frank Weston, D.D., 1871-1924. With Portraits.

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 326 pages. 9 black-and-white photographs. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

61. Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

62. Wilkinson, Mrs. [Annie Margaret] /

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign. Being the African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J. T. Hayes. 1882. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front and rear boards carry pictorials. Richly coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to frontispiece. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

63. Wilson, Sarah [Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill].

South African Memories – Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Written at the Time. With a Photogravure of Lady Wilson.

London, Edward Arnold. 1909. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 331 pages. 20 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt letter and design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Tear to cloth at front hinge of spine but binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean and the bookblock tight and complete with all illustrations. Excellent Provenance: With tiny – bookplate: “The Times” – Book Club – Oxford Street, London.

64. Wright, Noel.

Glimpses of South Africa. Containing Sixteen Pages of Illustrations From Photographs by the Authors.

London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 246 pages. 31 monochrome photographs. One fold-out map of Cape of Good Hope Peninsula at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Occasional spotting to some pages. Interior bright and clean otherwise.