New Acquisitions – Vintage Posters
Original 1994 ANC campaign poster for South Africa’s first democratic elections, appox 830mm by 595mm, Very Good condition. R1250 framed/glazed or R800 unframed. Original 1986 Cuban OSPAAL agitprop poster depicting a young Nelson Mandela, approx 700mm by 480mm, Very Good to Fine condition. R1250 framed/glazed or R800 unframed. Original psychaedelic 1967 film poster ‘The Cape … Read more
New Acquisitions: Art Deco Designer Bindings
The Eastern Anthology E. Powys Mathers Sainsbury, Hestor (illustrator) John Rodker, London, 1927 Fine/No Jacket Hardcover, Limited Edition Complete in 4 Volumes, Fine, Octavo, Art Deco designer bindings designed by Paul Nash, hand coloured plates, full red/brown Niger leather with black inlays and blind tooling, top edge gilt, rough cut foredge. Limited edition of 1000, … Read more
New Acquisitions: ‘Africa; The Dream and the Reality’
Africa, The Dream and the Reality Hanzelka, J; Zikmund, M; Urwin, I. (trans.) Artia, Prague, 1955 Good/Fair Hardcover, First Thus Complete three volumes, tan cloth with gilt and silver lettering/design to front and spine in simple pictorial dws, copiously illustrated with sepia toned plates, decorative end papers, octavo. Dws are fair, shelf worn with loss … Read more
New Acquisitions – Rare signed Smuts edition.
Our Changing World View Smuts, J.C. et. al. University of the Witwatersrand Press, Johannesburg, 1932 Good/No Jacket Hardcover, 1st Edition Burgundy cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to front and spine, octavo, pp. viii & 172. Subtitled: “Ten Lectures on Recent Movements of Thought in Science, Economics, Education, Literature and Philosophy” delivered by ten different … Read more
New Acquisitions: Lucian Freud illustrated limited/numbered first edition
The Equilibriad Sansom, William Hogarth Press, London, 1948 Very Good/No Jacket Hardcover, 1st Edition Limited & numbered edition – no 503 of 750; signed by author; black linen spine with gilt lettering, marbled paper covered boards; octavo; five full page black/white plates by Lucian Freud; pp.45. Corners slighlty worn, end papers tanned, slightly foxed prelims. … Read more
New Acquisitions: Marion Arnold, ‘South African Botanical Art’
South African Botanical Art; Peeling Back the Petals Arnold, Marion Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, South Africa, 2001 Fine/Fine Hardcover, First Edition Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and similar decoration to front in a crisp pictorial dw, beautifully illustrated with 63 colour plates (many full page), decorative end papers. A beautifully produced reference work in … Read more
Latest Bindings: ‘Practical Home Physician’ African Edition, c1890
Lyman, H.M (et.al.) ‘The Practical Home Physician and Encyclopedia of Medicine: A Guide for the Household Management of Disease; Giving the History, Cause, Means of Prevention, and Symptoms of all Diseases of Men, Women and Children and Most Approved Methods of Treatment, with Plain Instructions, for The Care of the Sick. Full and accurate Directions … Read more
Latest Binding: ‘The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare’, Ayscough, 1807
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Explanatory Notes. To Which is Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words.Ayscough, Samuel John Stockdale, London, 1807 pp. [xxiv], 1079; engraved frontispiece. Full leather rebind using a deep green Harmatan goat, raised bands, handsewn silk headbands, hand marbled end papers, 23c lettering and decoration. US$ … Read more
New Acquisition: Many VRS titles including signed copies – Mossop, VRS 12 & 15
Journals of the Expeditions of the Hon. Ensign Olof Bergh and the Ensign Isaq Schrijver Mossop, E.E. Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1931 Good/No Jacket Hardcover, First Edition Good/No Dw; First Edition; light olive green cloth with dark blue lettering and design characteristic of the VRS; three fold-out maps & various illustrations/plates; octavo; pp [vii], … Read more
New Acquisitions – Latrobe, ‘Journal of a Visit to South Africa 1815 and 1816′
‘Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816 with some account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope‘ Latrobe, Rev C.I. L.B. Seeley, London, 1818 Very Good/No Jacket Hardcover, First Edition Half leather with marbled paper, pp. viii & 406, fold out map as frontispiece, … Read more
