1. Holland – Wijngaerde, Frans van den. (1614 – 1679).

A Collection of Battle Scenes from Famiano Strada’s De Thien eerste Boecken der Nederlandtsche Oorloge.

Original Engravings. Antwerp, Ian Cnobbaert, 1646. Plate Size: 32 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 34 cm x 29 cm. In very good condition with only minor traces of browning to outer margins.

2. Brink, J.N.

Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon.

Amsterdam / Cape Town, Hollansch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 220 pages. Hardcover [very decorative, original publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front board is inlaid with illustration. Rear board is inlaid with coat of arms and flags of the South African (Transvaal) Republic and the Orange Free State. Excellent, actually stunning / Fine condition with only absolutely minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners.

3. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in South Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations by Wal Paget.

London, Glasgow, Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year (c.1915). 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 316 pages. 16 illustrations total – 8 in colour, 8 in black and white. Including three fold-out maps (Central and South Africa / Africa before Livingstone’s Journeys / Africa by discovery or report after Livingstone’s last researches were published 1874). Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with lettering and design on spine and front board. Frontispiece and one illustration cleanly detached but loosely inserted. Otherwise in very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting to edges and foxing throughout. [ “Pioneer” Library ]