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MILITARY HISTORY (1-79) MISCELLANEOUS (80-109) MILITARY HISTORY 1. Brandt, Johanna: Die Kappie Kommando, of Boerevrouwen in Geheime Dienst (Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1915) 8vo; cloth-backed papered boards, lettered in dark brown to spine and upper board, with woman's bonneted head to upper board; pp. xiv + (ii) + 376; plates. Cover a little tanned and rubbed; contemporary ownership inscription pencilled to front free endpaper; hinges just starting; trace of foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Dutch text. (SABIB 1, p. 273) 'Die Kappie Kommando' was "a Dutch translation of the original English edition 'The petticoat commando or Boer women in secret service' (1913)... " (DSAB IV, p. 55), which is described by Hackett as "An account of work done by Boer women patriots during the struggle for independence. The narrative is based on a war diary relating events in the district of Pretoria, then under martial law." (R. G. Hackett: South African War Books - An illustrated bibliography, p. 46 35,00 / R630 2. Brandt-Van Warmelo, Johanna: Het Concentratie-Kamp van Iréne (Amsterdam & Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1905) 8vo; pale green cloth, lettered in black to upper cover, enclosing original printed wrappers; pp. (viii) + 130; frontis. portrait and another portrait plate. Cloth partially sunned; some moderate foxing. Very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn II, p. 561) "With her mother she was one of the six volunteer nurses from Pretoria who assisted in the concentration camp at Irene. The desperate conditions in this camp were made known to the outside world by Mrs Van Warmelo and Johanna Brandt by means of a sympathetic person's silver cigarette case. A full description was smuggled out in this manner to the welldisposed journalist W. T. Stead and widely circulated through his journal 'Review of Reviews'. Johanna Brandt's war experiences formed the basis of two of her books, 'The Irene concentration camp' (1904), which was published the following year in Dutch under the title 'Het concentratie-kamp van Irene', and the well-known 'Die kappie kommando, of Boerevrouwen in geheime dienst' (1913)." - DSAB IV, p. 55 60,00 / R1080 3. Brink, J.N.: Ceylon en de Bannelingen (Amsterdam and Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1904) 8vo; original olive-green cloth blocked in gilt and blind; pictorial onlay on upper cover; blind-stamped emblem of Boer republics on lower cover; pp. (x) + 224; black-and-white photographic plates and illustrations in text. Trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Exceptional condition. Dutch text. (SABIB 1, p. 283; uniform English edition: Hackett, pp. 48, 131) "An historical and descriptive sketch of the island of Ceylon, with an
account of the outward journey from South Africa and of life as experienced by Boer prisoners-of-war at Diyatalawa and Ragama camps." - Hackett, p. 49. 35,00 / R630 4. Bufton, John: Tasmanians in the Transvaal War (Hobart: S. G. Loone, 1905) 4to; original charcoal cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover; pp. (xvi) + 534; several photographic illustrations. Cloth damp-stained and worn; backstrip splitting along joints; gilt dull; endpapers a bit rippled; upper hinge starting between half-title and title leaves; small damp scar to bottom edge of final leaves. Externally fair only. Good internally. An uncommon work. (Hackett, p. 132; Mendelssohn I, p. 217) 'The volume contains a chapter entitled "Kruger's Characteristics," a summary of the negotiations between the Transvaal and Great Britain, and accounts of the experiences of the first contingent of Tasmanians, the Bushmen's contingent, the first and second Imperial Bushmen, the second federal contingent (Commonwealth Horse), and the first and third battalions. There are also articles giving the narrative of the prisoners, "The Last Roll Call," &c. &c. Part of the contents are in the form of journals, which are accompanied by a number of illustrations, and photographs of officers and men engaged in the campaign.' - Mendelssohn. 75,00 / R1350 5. Carver, Field Marshal Lord: The Seven Ages of the British Army (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984) 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated dustwrapper; pp. xii + 332, incl. index; plates; maps. Dustwrapper spine panel sunned; trace of spotting to top edge and endpapers. Very good condition. "The seven ages are those of Cromwell; Marlborough; Wellington; Wolseley and Roberts; Haig; Montgomery; and Templer. By looking at the spectacular careers of these figures Lord Carver emphasizes the successive changes in the army's organization and purpose over the last three hundred years." 5,00 / R90 6. Conradie, François D.: Met Cronjé aan die Wesfront. (1899-1900) en Waarom het die Boere die Oorlog verloor? (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1943) Squarish 8vo; original khaki cloth, with green and brown lettering; dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (vi) + ii + (iv) + 244; plates and full-page illustrations; battle plans. Dustwrapper tanned, torn and edgeworn, with some loss to extremities of spine panel; occasional fox spot. Very good condition, in a modest dustwrapper. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 97) "Mnr. Conradie het hom, op grond van persoonlike ervaring wat hy veertig jaar gelede in dagboekvorm vasgelê en bewaar het, tot taak gestel om veral op twee besondere aspekte van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog meer lig te laat val - twee aspekte wat tot dusver slegs ten dele deur ander skrywers behandel is, te wete genl.
Piet Cronjé se mislukte veldheerskap en roemlose uiteinde aan die Wesfront, en die hoofoorsake van die ondergang van die twee Boererepublieke. Ons kry hier vir die eerste maal 'n saaklike en kritiese ontleding van die oorsake wat daartoe gelei het dat die aanvanklik seëvierende Boerewapens ten slotte die onderspit gedelf het. Vir die eerste maal word hier ook die voor-oorlogse loopbaan geskets van die later so gevierde baasverkenner - Danie Theron." 25,00 / R450 7. De Villiers, O. T.: Met De Wet en Steyn in Het Veld. Avonturen, ervaringen en indrukken van O. T. de Villiers, Kaapsch rebel (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1903) Large 8vo; original pale green pictorial cloth, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; pp. (viii) + 253 + (iii); frontis. portrait; photographs; map. Cover a little rubbed; extremities somewhat worn and bumped; small hand-stamp to front free endpaper; moderate foxing throughout. Good. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 457) "Tussen Piketberg en Moorreesburg het Ockert de Villiers, gewese adjudant van genl. De Wet wat Kaapstad tydens De Wet se inval in Februarie 1901 ingedring en in Kaapstad gaan omdraai het, een aand die besettings van twee Engelse blokhuise met slegs twintig man tot oorgawe gedwing deur voor te gee dat hy daar is met 'n kommando van driehonderd man. Hy het net kort tevore by Maritz aangesluit." - Van Zyl: Die Helde-Album, pp. 333, 335 125,00 / R2250 8. De Wet, A., with H. van Doornik and G. T. du Plessis: Die Buren in der Kapkolonie im Kriege mit England (Munich: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, [1902]) Cover title reads: 'Im kampf um Süd- Afrika. Der kampf in der Kapkolonie'. 8vo; original light brown cloth, attractively blocked in darker brown and green to spine and upper cover, with pictorial onlay to upper cover; pp. viii + 293 + publisher's catalogue; plates; line drawings in text. Backstrip slightly crumpled at head and tail; signatures working loose but holding. Good condition. German text. (Spohr & Poller 479; SABIB 2, p. 66) Sympathetic account of the Boer guerillas' activities in the Cape, particularly during the latter stages of the South African War. 15,00 / R270 9. De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf: Three Years War (October 1899-June 1902) (London: Archibald Constable, 1902) 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with De Wet's signature in gilt to upper cover; frontis. portrait; pp. 520, incl. index; publisher's catalogue; maps, incl. large, folding. Cloth a little worn and mottled; hinges split or starting, with archival tape strengthening; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; short tear to folding maps, repaired on reverse side with archival tape; binding a little slack; occasional fox spot. Fair. (Hackett, p. 142; Mendelssohn I, p. 459) 'Right to the last, speaking at Vereeniging, De Wet remarked, in a speech of considerable vigour, "We must fight on, no matter how long, until our independence is absolutely secure," and there appears no reason to doubt that he was
fully prepared to continue the conflict, although he subsequently acquiesced with the views of the majority of the delegates. Severe reprobation is accorded to the "National Scouts," to whose actions is attributed the final downfall of the Boer cause, and heavy censure is bestowed on Generals Prinsloo, Vilonel, and others, who surrendered to the British forces.... Attention is repeatedly drawn to the overwhelming strength of the British... and there is ample evidence that the courage and resourcefulness of De Wet were counteracted by the difficulties which he had to contend with owing to the insubordination of his men.' - Mendelssohn 9,00 / R162 10. De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf: Three Years War (October 1899- June 1902) (London: Archibald Constable, 1902) Constable's Indian and Colonial Library edition. 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; frontis. portrait; pp. 520, incl. index; maps, incl. large, folding. Cloth rather worn, with trace of fishmothing; backstrip frayed at head and tail; corners bumped; foxed throughout; folding map torn, with significant loss. Fair only. (Hackett, p. 142; Mendelssohn I, p. 459) 6,50 / R117 11. Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War (London: Thomas Nelson, no date) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. 575, incl. index; map. Cloth partially sunned; top fore-corners slightly bumped; earlier owner's ink stamp, with penned date, to front free endpaper; endpapers and edges a bit foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. 'A summary of the Anglo-Boer question from the British point of view. It is stated that, "for some reason, which may be either arrogance or apathy, the British are very slow to state their case to the world," and while claiming that the British Government did its best to avoid war, it is admitted that right was not absolutely on one side, and that there were incidents in the campaign open to criticism.' - Mendelssohn. 5,00 / R90 12. Fessler, Julius: Unter dem Roten Kreuz in Transvaal (Munich: Seitz & Schauer, 1902) 8vo; quarter cloth, with marbled sides; pp. (iv) + 314; frontis. portrait; photographs in text. Slightly rubbed; regular browning to pages. Very good condition. German text. (Spohr & Poller, 653; SABIB 2, p. 239) This book concerns operations in Natal and the western Transvaal, in the vicinity of the Magaliesburg and Witwatersrand, up to the autumn of 1900. It is written by a physician attached to the Red Cross, who had firsthand experience of events. The foreword to the second edition notes that, such was the popularity of the first printing, a second issue of the work became necessary within weeks. A Dutch translation was published in 1904. 70,00 / R1260 13. Fremantle, Francis E.: Impressions of a Doctor in Khaki (London: John Murray, 1901) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; khaki cloth inlay to upper cover with medic pennant and red lettering; pp. xvi + 549, incl. index; plates; maps; some illustrations in text. Corners turned; backstrip frayed at head and tail;
joints chafed; archival tape reinforcing to lower hinge; upper hinge a bit tender; binding slightly slack; some foxing to edges, outermost leaves and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 565; Hackett, pp. 89, 146) "Experiences of a civil surgeon employed in the RAMC. During twelve months' army service the author worked at No. 1 General Hospital in Wynberg, made two homeward voyages aboard hospital ships Avoca and Spartan tending casualties, and served in the Field Hospital and Bearer Company attached to the 19th Brigade operating in the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Fremantle was summoned to give evidence before the Hospitals Commission of Inquiry before leaving South Africa in Oct. 1900." - Hackett 60,00 / R1080 14. Gen. Louis Botha Memorial Committee: A Tribute to Greatness: Gen. Louis Botha, Farmer, Soldier, Statesman 1862-1919 / Hulde aan 'n groot man: Genl. Louis Botha, Boer, Krygsman, Staatsman 1862-1919 (Pretoria: Gen. Louis Botha Memorial Committee, 1969) Cover title reads: Gedenkdiens 28.9.1969, Uniegebou / Commemoration Service 28.9.1969, Union Bldgs. 295 x 210 mm; saddlestitched pictorial wrappers; unpaginated (but pp. 16, excluding wrappers); contemporary photographs and arwork, facsimiles. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Celebration of the life and accomplishments of General Louis Botha, first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, with a programme for the commemoration service on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. 10,00 / R180 15. Gibson, George Fleming: The Story of the Imperial Light Horse in the South African War 1899-1902 ([Johannesburg?]: G. D. & Co., 1937) 8vo; original dark green cloth, with gilt lettering and regimental device to spine and upper board; pp. 351 + (i) + 10; colour frontis.; plates; maps and battle plans, incl. folding. Backstrip frayed at extremities and splitting along lower joint; edges rubbed; cloth a bit sunned, and gilt dull; contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown; archival tape reinforcing to lower hinge; edges foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good. The maps included in this volume provide a good overview of the scope of the regiment's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War: The Battle of Elandslaagte, The Battle of Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, The Battle of Colenso, The Cyferfontein Engagement, and The Roodewal Engagement. 50,00 / R900 16. Goldmann, Charles Sydney: With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa (London: Macmillan and Co., 1902) Bookplate of Walter Howorth Greenly to front pastedown; signed "WH Greenly / 12th Royal Lancers" on front free endpaper. Demy 8vo; black cloth sides with gilt-lettered red cloth back; pp. xix + (i) + 462; numerous plates, folding maps, battle plans and panoramas (all present) and endpocket freehand sketches (all present). Moderate wear to cloth (backstrip splitting along upper joint) and boards a trifle
bumped; upper hinge starting; some creasing to fore-edges; moderate foxing, which is somewhat more pronounced in the endpapers and outermost leaves. (Hackett pp. 105, 148; Mendelssohn I, p. 617) 'An account of French's cavalry operations excluding the campaign in Natal. Chapters relate to Colesberg operations, the relief of Kimberley, operations to the fall of Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and the campaign in eastern Transvaal to November 1900. The narrative is preceded by an informative introduction relating events to the investment of Ladysmith. Among appendices are observations on cavalry, notes on reconnaissance, on transport and remounts in war. The volume is liberally illustrated with folding maps, panoramas and plates. Loose sketches are contained in a separate pocket.' - Hackett: South African War Books - An Illustrated Bibliography. 'Few works on the war have been prepared with such thorough attention to detail, and every chapter is accompanied, at its conclusion, by a series of plans, maps, and illustrations of an elaborate nature. The appendices consist of articles on "Cavalry," "Reconnaissances," "Remounts," and "Transport." The volume was written by a gentleman who was not a soldier by profession, and belonged to the somewhat hotly abused class of "capitalists and mining magnates."' - Mendelssohn. The previous owner of this volume, Walter Howorth Greenly (1875-1955) was an ambitious young cavalry officer during the Anglo-Boer War, who served as adjutant of the 12th Lancers, winning a DSO. His rise through the officer ranks was swift, and by November of 1916 he was commander of the 2nd (Cavalry) Division. However, recognising that command of a cavalry division was a dead-end in the new reality of trench warfare with sophisticated weapons, Greenly successfully sought a senior post in the infantry, gaining command of the 14th (Light) Division, at which point his career faltered. His entry into a new kind of fighting exactly coincided with the thrust of the German Spring Offensive of 1918. Losses were severe, and John Bourne, editor of "Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters", quotes Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig as stating that "Greenly... went off his head with strain." Bourne further observes that Greenly's Who's Who entry makes no mention of his command of 14th Division. 175,00 / R3150 17. Groenewald, Coen: Bannelinge oor die oseaan. Boerekrygsgevangenes 1899-1902 (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1992) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 179, incl. index; photographs in text. Spine sunned; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Daar word twee en dertigduisend vyfhonderd Boerekrygsgevangenes na kampe in Suid-Afrika, Ceylon, Bermuda, St. Helena, Portugal en Indië gestuur. In BANNELINGE OOR DIE OSEAAN vertel
Coen Groenewald op deernisvolle wyse die dramatiese en aangrypende verhale van die mans en seuns wat in die kampe aangehou is. Hier is verhale wat spreek van die heroïese, verraad, ontbering, humor, gewaagde ontsnappings, eensaamheid en verlange na die vaderland. Interessante foto's lig die prikkelende vertellings toe." 25,00 / R450 18. Gronum, M. A.: Die Ontplooiing van die Engelse Oorlog 1899-1900 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977) 8vo; original pale purple boards, lettered in white on spine; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (viii) + 207, incl. index; plates. Light bump to bottom edge of upper board. Very good condition. 'Ondanks alle pogings om 'n oorlog af te wend, breek die oorlog tog uit - soos 'n tydbom wat die veroweraar gestel het om sy pad vorentoe oop te maak. Hierdie ontploffing word beskryf en die verloop van die stryd en die krygsmaneuvers stap vir stap gevolg met die hulp van kaarte. Van die belangrikste persoonlikhede aan albei kante word afgebeeld.' 15,00 / R270 19. Hickman, A. S.: Rhodesia Served the Queen: Rhodesian Forces in the Boer War 1899-1902. Volume I & Volume II (Salisbury: Published by Authority of the Government of Rhodesia, 1970 & 1975) Two 8vo volumes; original dark green cloth in each case, with spines lettered in gilt, and gilt coat-of-arms to upper covers; pictorial dustwrappers; pp. xx + 384 + (xxi), xvii + (i) + 354 + (xx); plates, some of which in colour; maps, sketches and battle plans, incl. folding. Dustwrappers slightly sunned on spine panels, with merest trace of edgewear; a little foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good to near fine condition. Standard work on Rhodesian involvement in the South African War. "I have determined that what I write shall in no way be biased as between Briton and Boer, and found my research into the activities of our former opponents to be of the greatest value in trying to arrive at a correct appreciation of events." 185,00 / R3330 20. Hobson, J. A.: The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Effects (London: James Nisbet, 1900) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. viii + 324, incl. index; publisher's adverts. Cloth sunned, mottled and discoloured, with a little wear to joints, spine extremities and corners; hinges just starting; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good. (Hackett, p. 158; Mendelssohn I, p. 720) 'The writer maintains that Milner did not know the way to deal with Kruger, and this rendered the Conference at Bloemfontein abortive.... Mr. Hobson asserts that the Afrikanders will be in a practical majority after the war, being of opinion that there will be no great influx of British subjects, either for mining or agricultural purposes, and in conclusion he suggests that the best plan for the settlement of South Africa after the war would be the adoption of a policy which would nearest approach to the satus quo ante bellum." - Mendelssohn 12,50 / R225
21. Hofmeyr, N.: Zes Maanden bij de Commando's (The Hague: Van Stockum & Zoon, 1903) Squarish 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 344. Joints very lightly rubbed; a little light browning; occasional fox spot; some pencilled marginalia. Very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 721) "An account of the war up to the time of Cronje's surrender. The tone of the volume is not so bitter as that of similar productions from Afrikander pens, and the narrative is not at all onesided." - Mendelssohn 65,00 / R1170 22. Jooste, Graham, & Abrie Oosthuizen: So het hulle gesterf. Gedenkboek van teregstellings van Kaapse rebelle en Republikeinse burgers tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1998) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 253; photographs; map. Slight bump to tail of spine. Near fine condition. Afrikaans text. "Met SO HET HULLE GESTERF word daar in die eerste plek gepoog om 'n oorsig te gee van al die burgers en burgerlikes wat tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog voor die vuurpeloton of aan die galg gesterf het. Daar word ook vertel van sommige veroordeeldes se laaste ure, persoonlike boodskappe en briewe, van hoe hulle tereggestel is, waar hulle begrawe lê, van hoe hulle deur die nageslag in monumente, gedenkstene en ererolle gedenk word - maar ook hoe ander in vergetelheid verdwyn het." 25,00 / R450 23. Jooste, Graham, and Roger Webster: Innocent Blood (Cape Town: Spearhead, 2002) 228 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 238, incl. index; profusely illustrated. Slightly sunned on spine. Very good condition. "Innocent Blood recounts the heartwrenching stories of Cape rebels and republican soldiers executed by the British during the Anglo- Boer War. The Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the burgers of the Cape faced an empire determined to eradicate any hint of dissent in the colony. Stories of suffering and injustice during the war are well documented. Less known are accounts of the summary executions in ways that shocked even commentators loyal to the Crown in England. These tales of brutal injustice, which include poignant last words of the condemned, reveal the details of suffering and devastation of all those touched by the executions. They relate the emotional turmoil, the bravery and even the humorous expressions of irony of the condemned during their last hours." 20,00 / R360 24. Jordaan, G. (compiler): Hoe zij stierven. Mededeelingen aangaande het einde dergenen, aan wien gedurende den laatsten oorlog, in de Kaap-Kolonie het doodvonnis voltrokken is (Burgersdorp: De Stem-Drukkerij, 1904) Uncommon first edition. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in black and red to upper cover; pp. 220; photographic portrait illustrations throughout. Short crack to top edge of upper board; backstrip slightly sunned; front free endpaper removed; discreet
archival tape repair to lower hinge; trace of foxing to endpapers and edges. Good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 791) This is an account of the deaths, largely by execution, of Republican sympathisers, with pen portraits and photographs of each. 75,00 / R1350 25. Jordaan, G. (compiler): Hoe zij stierven. Mededelingen aangaande het einde dergenen, aan wie gedurende de Oorlog 1899-1902, in de Kaap- Kolonie het doodvonnis voltrokken is (Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1917, 2nd impression) 8vo; cloth-backed printed paper over boards; pp. 208; photographic portrait illustrations throughout. Cover very worn and soiled; penned code to tail of spine; front free endpaper and pastedown adhering; rear hinge starting; regular browning throughout; brown stain to top fore-corner of endpapers and several leaves. Fair condition only. Dutch text. The Afrikaans translation of this work was published in 1940. (Nienaber I, p. 172) This is an account of the deaths, largely by execution, of Republican sympathisers, with pen portraits and photographs of each. Although mostly devoted to Cape Boers who were killed during the Anglo-Boer War, the book also relates the deaths of General Beyers and Captain Jopie Fourie, who were prominent in the South African Rebellion of 1914. 35,00 / R630 26. Knox, E. Blake: Buller's Campaign with the Natal Field Force of 1900 (London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1902) Demy 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; t.e.g.; pp. xx + 336, incl. index; plates; maps, incl. folding. Backstrip very slightly sunned, with trace of wear to head and tail; moderate foxing throughout. Good condition. (Hackett, p. 163; Mendelssohn I, p. 840) 'An account of the hostilities in Natal from the march to the Tugela River in January 1900 to the Relief of Ladysmith, and the subsequent battles of Laing's Nek and Belfast. The writer states that he was "present at each and every engagement," that he describes "as medical officer of one or the other unit employed in the fighting lines. My duties also brought me on conversational terms with many of the enemy, both in the early and later stages of the war, and I am thus able to record certain hitherto unpublished items of interest bearing on the campaign, gathered from the Boer side, all of which I have given as nearly as possible in the words of the speakers.... I have endeavoured to present a brief, though accurate, account of some of the enormous difficulties that General Buller's army had to surmount; concerning these, considerable vagueness seems to prevail in this country. If ever truth lay at the bottom of a well, it must have been during wartime, and the Natal Campaign has verified that proverb." ' - Mendelssohn 65,00 / R1170
27. Kritzinger, P. H., & R. D. McDonald: In die Skaduwee van die Dood (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1939) Squarish 8vo; later coarse oatmeal cloth, with upper cover panel and backstrip of original laid down; new endpapers; pp. (iv) + ii + (ii) + 246; plates; battle plans. Light bump to top fore-corner of upper board; faint library code to original backstrip; another internal accession code and handstamp erased, though just visible; occasional foxing. Good to very good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 190) Afrikaans version of 'In the Shadow of Death'. Significant biography, co-authored by Kritzinger and his personal secretary: there has been relatively little written about one of the most important generals of the Anglo-Boer War's guerilla phase. 20,00 / R360 28. Le Riche, P.J. (original author), and O.J.O. Ferreira (editor): Memoirs of General Ben Bouwer, as written by P.J. le Riche (Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1980) Bronnepublikasie Nr. 9. 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 365, incl. index; photographs; folding map in end-pocket. Small tape mark to front pastedown. Near fine condition. "His military exploits during the Second Anglo-Boer War take the reader from the battlefields in Natal and the Free State, down the Eastern Line to the Portuguese border and from there through the Bushveld to the Western Transvaal; he then turns south through the Free State and the Eastern Cape to the Western Province and Namaqualand. During these assignments Bouwer took part in the battles of Colenso, Spioenkop and Pieter's Hill, was among the reinforcements sent to Bloemfontein, retreated to the Transvaal, fought at Buffelspoort and Nooitgedacht and had a hand in the raid into the Cape Colony and the capture of Van Rhynsdorp, Calvinia, Springbok and O'Kiep." 30,00 / R540 29. Leyds, W. J.: De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal (Amsterdam: Allert de Lange, 1906) Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xxi + (iii) + 443, incl. index; large, folding chart, and large, folding map; folding facscimile. Extremities of cloth a bit rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown, and his ink stamp to half-title; numerous informed marginal annotations in a neat hand, and some underlining; scattered, light foxing. Good to very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 896 [Unwin English edition]) "De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal, which was also published in English and German, appeared in 1906.... His De eerste annexatie van de Transvaal and Het insluiten van de Boeren-republieken are brilliant works which, although they present matters from one side only, cannot easily be refuted." - DSAB III, p. 519 30,00 / R540
30. Leyds, W. J.: De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal (Amsterdam: Allert de Lange, 1906) Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xxi + (iii) + 443, incl. index; large, folding chart, and large, folding map; folding facscimile. Cloth rather worn; joints starting; corners bumped; front pastedown and free endpaper adhering; earlier owner's name signed verso of front free endpaper and to rear pastedown; initials penned on fore- and top edges; scattered, light foxing. Fair to good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 896 [Unwin English edition]) 25,00 / R450 31. Leyds, W. J.: Het Insluiten van de Boeren-Republieken. Een vervolg op De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal. In Twee Deelen (Amsterdam: Allert de Lange, 1914 [1919]) Two demy 8vo volumes; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board in each case; pp. xxvi + (ii) + 386, xi + (i) + 434, incl. index; folding chart and two large, folding maps at end of first volume; 'Naschrift van November 1919' loosely inserted to second volume. Extremities a little rubbed; ownership inscription to front pastedown in each case; scattered, moderate foxing. Very good condition. Dutch text. (SABIB 3, p. 112) "He completed the manuscript of Het insluiten van de Boerenrepublieken in 1914 but owing to the war this work was only published in 1919. It was also brought out in English and described the history of the relations between the Transvaal Republic and Britain up to 1895.... His De eerste annexatie van de Transvaal and Het insluiten van de Boeren-republieken are brilliant works which, although they present matters from one side only, cannot easily be refuted." - DSAB III, p. 519 45,00 / R810 32. Lombard, P. S. (author), and A. M. Jackson (compiler): Uit die dagboek van 'n wildeboer ([Johannesburg]: Afrikaanse Pers, [1939]) 8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 160; frontis. portrait. Lightly rubbed; some light foxing to endpapers; earlier owner's hand-stamps to front endpaper, bottom edge and elsewhere. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. (Nienaber I, p. 217) "Hierdie boek het ek begin vanaf die onststaan van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog in Oktober 1899. My begeerte was om die aanvang van die oorlog af alles te boekstaaf wat gebeur, nie alleen my eie ondervindinge nie, maar van alle gebeure waarvan ek kennis gedra het. Hierdie dagboek bevat dan ook die volle waarheid soos ek dit ervaar en aanskou het." 60,00 / R1080 33. Makins, George Henry: Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900. Being mainly a clinical study of the nature and effects of injuries produced by bullets of small calibre (London: Henry Frowde/Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. xvi + 504, incl. index; plates; illustrations in text. Spine slightly sunned; extremities a bit
rubbed; corners turned; archival tape reinforcing to split, or splitting, hinges; sporadic light foxing; medical doctor's name to title page, with penned date 'Oct 1914'. Good condition. (Hackett, p. 167; SABIB 3, p. 232) Sir George Henry Makins (1853-1933) served as Consulting Surgeon to the South African Field Force. In this volume he reveals his expertise in wound treatment, which would later be put to use treating the injured from the Western Front during the First World War. The X-rays, photographs and diagrams of wounds are an outstanding feature of this volume. 120,00 / R2160 34. Marais, Pets: Die vrou in die Anglo-Boereoorlog (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1999) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 284, incl. index; photographs. Fine condition. "Die saambindende en bemoedigende rol wat die vrou in hierdie donker tydperk gespeel het, was heroïes. Sy het 'n besliste aandeel aan die konflik en 'n bemoedigende uitwerking op die vegtendes gehad. Die rol van die Boerevrou in die Anglo-Boereoorlog mag nooit vergeet word nie." 25,00 / R450 35. Marais, Pets: Penkoppe van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog 1899-1902 (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1993) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 200, incl. index; photographs. A little sunned on spine; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Volgens die kommandowette van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek en die Oranje-Vrystaat was manlike burgers van die ouderdom van 16 jaar af krygspligtig. Maar reeds in die eerste maande van die oorlog was daar penkoppe jonger as 16 jaar op kommando. In PENKOPPE VAN DIE TWEEDE VRYHEIDSOORLOG 1899-1902 lig Pets Marais die sluier so ietwat oor die groot bydrae wat die onverskrokke seuns tydens die oorlog gelewer het. "Die werklike navorsing oor die penkoppe sal nog gedoen moet word," skryf sy. Met PENKOPPE bied sy egter 'n heerlike aptytwekker tot die noodsaaklike groot werk wat hopelik sal volg.' 20,00 / R360 36. Marquard, Leo (editor): Letters from a Boer Parsonage. Letters of Margaret Marquard during the Boer War (Cape Town: Purnell, 1967) 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 140, incl. index; frontis. portrait; plates, map. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "When the Boer War began on 12 October 1899, the Rev. J.J.T. Marquard, Moderator of the Dutch Reformed church of the Orange Free State, and his family were living in the parsonage at Winburg, a small town some sixty miles west of Bloemfontein. Four days after war broke out Marquard's wife, Margaret, began to record day-today happenings at Winburg in the form of letters to her mother at Stellenbosch and her husband on commando." 10,00 / R180
37. Meintjes, Johannes: Sword in the Sand. The Life and Death of Gideon Scheepers (Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1969) 8vo; original black boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 242, incl. index; photographic plates; tipped-in frontis. Small tape mark to each pastedown. Very good condition. 'What happened to Gideon Scheepers, the gallant twenty-three year old Boer fighter who was executed by a British firing squad some months before the Anglo-Boer War came to an end? Though nobody knows, since his body was never found, this young heliographer became an almost legendary figure in the South African history and his name sacred to many Afrikaners. As he was considered innocent and had become an idol because of his daring exploits in the Cape Colony, Scheepers' execution caused a great outcry throughout the world. Despite his tragic end and the public interest aroused by the secret and apparently clandestine circumstances of his death, very little is really known about his exact movements and experiences. As a result of this the author envisages Sword in the Sand not so much as a biography of Gideon Scheepers, "but rather a fragment of South African history centred around a key figure." Of special interest is, above all, the translation of Scheepers' diary - notes written up to hours before his execution. The execution itself has now generally been condemned by Boer and Briton as a disgraceful act, but its consequences were more far-reaching than anyone could have foreseen at the time: Gideon Scheepers took his place in the martyrology of Afrikanerdom.' 20,00 / R360 38. Meyer, Jan H., in collaboration with E. P. du Plessis: Kommando-jare. 'n Oudstryder se persoonlike relaas van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1971) 8vo; original pale blue boards, lettered in white on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 344. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed and edgeworn. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Wat hier volg, is 'n ware verhaal uit die Anglo-Boere-oorlog. Dis die verhaal van 'n jong seun wat van die skool af gedros en meer as tweehonderd myl per fiets gery het om die wapens te gaan opneem. Hy vertel van al sy opwindende ervarings in die drie jaar van stryd en van sy wonderbaarlike ontkomings. Hy vertel van die veldslae van Modderrivier en Magersfontein en Paardeberg; van De Wet en De la Rey en Cronjé; van Roberts en Kitchener, Methuen en French. Hy verhaal hoe hy tot die dood veroordeel is, twee maal gewond en eenkeer vir dood laat lê is. Hy vertel van sy epiese tog saam met genl. Smuts deur die Kaapkolonie, en van die aangrypende dinge wat die laaste dae van die stryd gekenmerk het." 30,00 / R540 39. Oosterhagen, H. S. (original text), and C.C. Eloff (introduction and annotations): Oorlogsdagboekie van H.S. Oosterhagen Januarie-Junie 1902 (Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1976) Bronnepublikasie Nr. 4. 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 106, incl. index; photographs; folding map. Curl to top edge of
dustwrapper; spine slightly cocked; trace of spotting. Very good condition. Dutch text, with Afrikaans notes. 'Uit kriptiese aantekeninge in 'n sakboekie, gehou te velde, word die laaste maande van die Driejarige Oorlog in die suidoostelike hoek van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ontvou. Die gebeure word sigbaar deur die oë van 'n Nederlandse vrywilliger op kommando saam met genl. Louis Botha se verkenners, die sg. "Kaggelpijperseksie." Dis 'n prosaïese beskrywing van 'n dramatiese tydsgewrig deur 'n vreemdeling wat sy lot aanvanklik as 'n Rooiskruisbeampte, maar later as burger onder die wapen, by die Boere ingewerp het.' 30,00 / R540 40. Oosthuizen, A. V.: Rebelle van die Stormberge. n Streekgeskiedenis van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog in Noordoos-Kaapland (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1994) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 262; illustrations in text; map. A little sunned on spine; edges foxed. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Ruim een derde van die Kaapse rebelle wat gevonnis is, het uit die distrikte Aliwal-Noord, Burgersdorp, Jamestown, Lady Grey, Dordrecht en Barkly-Oos gekom. Dit is hierdie gebied wat deur die Boerekommando's as Vrystaatse grondgebied geannekseer is. In hulle ywer om rekrute vir die Boeresaak te werf, is daar so ver gegaan om 'n eie onafhanklike republiek aan die inwoners te belowe. Die vlag van die Nuwe Verenigde Suid-Afrika is op die Stormberge gehys. REBELLE VAN DIE STORMBERGE is die boeiende verhaal van daardie storm-en-drang-jare. Die verhaal van die Stormberge is die verhaal van legendariese vegters soos kmdt. Hendrik Olivier, kapt. Jim de Montmorency, die befaamde Boerejagter kol. Harry Scobell en genls. P. H. Kritzinger en Jan Smuts. Maar bowenal is dit die verhaal van die onverskrokke kmdt. Willem Fouchee en die gewone burgers van die Stormberge." 20,00 / R360 41. Otto, J. C.: Die Konsentrasiekampe (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1954) 8vo; original pale blue cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 187, incl. index; plates. Cloth slightly rubbed; corners turned; merest trace of label scar to front pastedown; stamp and code virtually erased from title page; a little foxing. Good to very good condition. Afrikaans text. A study of the concentration camp system employed by the British forces to isolate Boer women and children during the scorched earth phase of the conflict. "Oor die konsentrasiekampe het daar tot nou toe geen studie wat op wetenskaplike navorsing berus, verskyn nie.... Dat daar behoefte aan 'n objektiewe omvattende studie oor die konsentrasiekampe bestaan, is dus duidelik. In hierdie behoefte het skrywer hiervan probeer voorsien." 17,50 / R315
42. Palmer, Alan: The Banner of Battle. The Story of the Crimean War (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987) 8vo; original dark brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiii + (i) + 289, incl. index; plates; maps. Dustwrapper slightly sunned on spine panel. Very good condition. "The Banner of Battle is the first comprehensive interpretation of the subject stressing the European and Baltic angles, and so bringing the Crimean War clearly and astutely into focus." 5,00 / R90 43. Pearse, Henry H. S. (editor): The History of Lumsden's Horse. A Complete Record of the Corps from its Formation to its Disbandment (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903) Loosely inserted is a slip printed with the words "With the Author's Compliments." The words "the Author's" have been crossed out, and "Colonel Lumsden's" inserted, in a contemporary hand. Squarish royal 8vo; bright red cloth over bevelled boards; lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; spine also decorated with gold, navy and cream regimental colours; t.e.g.; pp. xii + (ii) + 506, incl. index; numerous plates and illustrations in text; folding map. Backstrip a bit sunned, and slightly crumpled at extremities; trace of spotting. A very attractive presentation copy of this exceptional work. (Hackett, pp. 37, 175; Mendelssohn II, p. 147) 'Colonel Lumsden conceived the idea "of forming a corps of Indian volunteers," and, in December 1899, "cabled... to his friend Sir Patrick Playfair in Calcutta his proposal to raise a corps of European Mounted Infantry for service in South Africa, and backed it with an offer, not only to take the field himself, but to contribute a princely sum in aid of a fund for equipping any force the Government might sanction." It is stated that the volume "is intended to be no more than a regimental record enlivened by the personal experiences of men... at a time when the whole British Empire was moved by one impulse." The corps took part in Lord Roberts' march to Bloemfontein, the occupation of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the pursuit of De Wet, and the campaign in the Barberton and De Kaap districts.' - Mendelssohn. "Detailed record of a volunteer contingent raised in India.... Appendices include a regimental roll and a list of honours and decorations awarded." - Hackett: South African War Books - An Illustrated Bibliography. 185,00 / R3330 44. Peel, Hon. Sidney: Trooper 8008 I Y (London: Edward Arnold, 1901) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and in black and gilt to upper cover; pp. xi + (i) + 168; plates; folding map at end. Cloth very worn; significant damp-stain
to lower board, affecting final leaves; front endpapers pasted together; upper hinge split; some dye bleed to top fore-corner of initial leaves; some foxing. Fair condition only. (Hackett, p. 175; Mendelssohn II, p. 148) "Experiences of a volunteer in the 40th (Oxfordshire) Co. Imperial Yeomanry. Impressions 1-5 published 1901." - Hackett 12,50 / R225 45. Penning, L.: De Oorlog in Zuid-Afrika. De Strijd tusschen Engeland en de verbonden Boeren-Republieken Transvaal en Oranje-Vrijstaat (Rotterdam: D. A. Daamen, 1899, 1901, [1903]) Three royal 8vo volumes, original olive-green pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, blocked in black and gilt in each case; pp. (iv) + 408, (iv) + [409-808], (iv) + [809-1292] + (iv); liberally illustrated with photographs, artwork and maps. Covers somewhat rubbed and bumped; damp-stain to top edge of some leaves in first volume; scattered moderate foxing. Good. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn II, p. 150; SABIB 3, p. 648) "This account of the war was published in twenty-five parts, and it gives a review of the hostilities up to, and including, the battle of Magersfontein. The author marshals his facts with considerable bitterness towards the British army and people." - Mendelssohn 125,00 / R2250 46. Pieterse, H. J. C.: Oorlogsavonture van Genl. Wynand Malan (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1946) Squarish 8vo; original light grey cloth, lettered in green to spine and in brown and green to upper cover; dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (xii) + 373; plates. Dustwrapper sunned and torn, with penned code to tail of spine panel; corners of boards slightly bumped; front free and pastedown endpapers adhering; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 288) "Malan's fame as a soldier is based on outstanding personal qualities such as his unequalled bravery and his chivalry under all circumstances. As rebel leader he played an important part in disrupting the British units in the Cape Colony and set an inspiring example to his men." - DSAB III, p. 574 20,00 / R360 47. Preller, Gustav S.: Kaptein Hindon. Oorlogsaventure van 'n Baas Verkenner (Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik, 1916) 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; pp. 265; plates. Backstrip faded and a bit worn to extremities; cloth a little rubbed; earlier owner's name pencilled on front free endpaper; rather foxed throughout; occasional pencilled underlining. Good. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 301; SABIB 3, p. 727) Oliver John (Jack) Hindon (1874-1919) who was born in Stirling, Scotland, "joined the British army and at an early age came to South Africa to serve in Zululand. However, severe treatment at the hands of a non-commissioned officer caused him
to desert. In 1888 he moved to the Transvaal Republic and settled at Wakkerstroom... Hindon's adventurous war time career fired the imaginations of many. His fearlessness and ingenuity were almost unequalled, and his identification with the cause of the Afrikaners won him an honourable place among their heroes." - DSAB III, p. 394 45,00 / R810 48. Preller, Gustav S.: Talana. Die Drie Generaals-slag by Dundee met Lewensskets van Genl. Daniel Erasmus (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1942) Squarish 8vo; original oatmeal cloth, lettered in green on spine, and blocked in green and brown to upper cover; pp. (vi) + iii + (i) + 283, incl. index. Ex-library copy, with penned code to tail of spine; library and ex libris hand-stamps to endpapers and prelims., along with penned "CANCELLED" notes; cloth worn with some soiling; a little foxing and occasional soiling. Fair to good. "Gewaarsku deur wat ek sien word het van die geskiedenis van ons Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, - daar bestaan, uit Boerestandpunt niks van nie, en die beste bronne, die mense wat daaraan deelgeneem het, is daar vir die geskiedenis sedert lank nie meer nie, - is dit sedert 1902 my begeerte gewees om altans die boustof vir 'n geskiedenis van ons Tweede Vryheidsoorlog soveel moontlik in veiligheid te bring. So is ek instaat gewees om, deur 'n oproep in Land en Volk, van na Augustus 1902, die argiewe van 'n tiental Boere-aanvoerders in the Staatsargief te deponeer, tesame met talryke ander dokumente, stukke, portrette, dagboeke, boeke, brosjures en herinneringe, wat álles dáarop betrekking het." 15,00 / R270 49. Pretorius, Fransjohan: Kommandolewe tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1991) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 491, incl. index; maps; plates. Faint trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Definitive work on the day-to-day experience of Boer fighters during the war of 1899-1902, written by the leading authority on the republican side of the conflict. 20,00 / R360 50. Raath, A. W. G., & R. M. Louw: Die Konsentrasiekamp-Gedenkreeks 2. Die konsentrasiekamp te Springfontein gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 (Bloemfontein: Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke, 1991) 207 x 146 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xiii + (i) + 210; plates. Afrikaans text. Very good condition. "Die Konsentrasiekamp-reeks wat prof A.W.G. Raath, en mnr. R.M. Louw aanbied, is egter geen verwytskrifte, of 'n poging om 'n oordeel te vel oor die Britse optrede van destyds nie. Dit wil slegs die feite aangaande die stelsel en die onderskeie kampe wat oral in die Republieke en Kolonies opgerig is, soos dit in herinneringe, dagboeke en mededelinge weerspieël word, opnuut en so objektief moontlik beskikbaar stel. Die emosioneel-belaaide literatuur van destyds is tans vir die meeste lesers nie meer geredelik toeganklik nie, en ontbreek dit aan
werke wat kennis met insig en begrip oor hierdie ingryping in die Afrikaner se geskiedenis verstrek." 25,00 / R450 51. Raath, A. W. G., & R. M. Louw: Die Konsentrasiekamp- Gedenkreeks 3. Die konsentrasiekamp te Vredefortweg gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 (Bloemfontein: Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke, 1992) 207 x 146 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (vi) + 210; plates. Afrikaans text. Very good condition. 25,00 / R450 52. Raath, A. W. G., & R. M. Louw: Die Konsentrasiekamp- Gedenkreeks 4. Vroueleed - Die lotgevalle van die vroue en kinders buite die konsentrasiekampe 1899-1902 (Bloemfontein: Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke, 1993) 207 x 146 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (xviii) + 193; plates. Afrikaans text. Wrappers a little kinked and rubbed; archival tape repair to short tear on bottom edge of upper cover. Very good condition. 25,00 / R450 53. Reitz, Deneys: Commando. A Boer Journal of the Boer War (London: Faber & Faber, 1950) 8vo; original biscuitcoloured cloth, lettered in red on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (iv) + 331, incl. index. Very good dustwrapper ever so slightly creased to upper panel, with merest trace of wear to extremities of spine panel; a little foxing to top edge, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. An excellent copy of the Boer War classic first published by Faber in 1929. "A book of surpassing interest and strength... sheer breathless adventure." - Spectator 17,50 / R315 54. Reitz, F. W.: A Century of Wrong (London: "Review of Reviews" Office, [1900]) Preface by W. T. Stead. 8vo; original cream cloth with black lettering to spine and upper cover, and Vierkleur device in colours to upper cover; pp. xxiii + (i) + 152, incl. index. Lower joint starting at tail; corners a little turned, with trace of wear to backstrip at head and tail; cloth rather mottled; upper hinge starting; endpapers browned; earlier owner's name pencilled to title page; sporadic foxing. (Hackett, p. 178; Hosken, p. 167; Mendelssohn II, p. 208) "The case for the Boers could hardly have been placed in more zealous hands than those of the past President of the Orange Free State and Mr. W. T. Stead." - Mendelssohn 25,00 / R450 55. Romer, C. F., and A. E. Mainwaring: The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War, with a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland (London: A. L. Humphreys, 1908) Demy 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, and with regimental device to upper cover; t.e.g.; pp. xiv + 271; several plates; illustrations
in text. Cover very lightly rubbed; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; some light foxing to endpapers, and occasionally elsewhere. Very good condition. (Hackett, p. 180; Mendelssohn II, p. 245) ' "A plain soldier's narrative of the part taken by the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers" in the Natal campaign, together with an account of its "grim fights on the hills which fringe the borders of the River Tugela, its long and weary marches across the rolling uplands of the Transvaal, and its subsequent monotonous life of constant vigil in fort and blockhouse, and on escort duty.' - Mendelssohn, quoting the preface. 140,00 / R2520 56. Rompel, Frederik, and J. D. Kestell: Im kampf um Süd-Afrika: Präsident Steijn und die Freistaater im Krieg mit England (Munich: Lehmann, [1902]) The compendium consists of the following books: Präsident Steijn: Ein Lebensbild, by Frederik Rompel, PLUS, Mit den Burenkommandos im Felde, by J. D. Kestell. 8vo; original light brown cloth ornately blocked in brown and green to spine and upper cover, with portrait onlay to central disc on upper cover; tinted edges; pp. (viii) + 76, x + (ii) + 380, incl. index; publisher's catalogue; plates; illustrations in text; folding maps and facsimile signatures. Trace of spotting to cloth; upper hinge slightly tender. Exceptional copy. German text. (Spohr & Poller 2300, 2301; SABIB 4, p. 76; SABIB 2, p. 743) The first part of this work is Rompel's Life of President Marthinus Theunis Steyn, but by far the bulk of the volume is devoted to the German translation of Kestell's 'Met de Boeren-Commando's,' which appeared in English as 'Through Shot and Flame.' "The author [Kestell] was the principal minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Kimberley for many years before he was called to Harrismith, in which town he was stationed at the outbreak of hostilities. He relates in his Preface that his wife, solicitous for his personal safety, burnt the first part of the MS. of this work, and that at his capture at Graspan, near Reitz, he lost a third part of his notes. These occurrences, however, have not prevented him from writing an interesting account of his experiences during the war, throughout which he acted as Chaplain to the Republican forces of the Free State, and the work, though tinged with great hostility to the British, does not fail at times to be critical of the actions and conduct of the Republican forces." - Mendelssohn 20,00 / R360 57. Roodt, Adriaan: Die Kaapse Rebel. Die oorlogsavonture van commandant Edwin Conroy tydens die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog (Pretoria: J. P. van der Walt, 1998) 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 232; illustrations. Some spotting to edges; occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Skaars een en twintig jaar oud, word kommandant Edwin Conroy en die vreeslose burgers onder sy bevel die verskrikking vir die Engelse magte in Noordwes-Kaapland. Sy onverskrokke optrede kring ver oor landsgrense heen. Hy ontvang lof en erkenning van manne soos: president M.T. Steyn, generaals C.R. de Wet, J.B.M.
Hertzog, J.C. Smuts, Manie Maritz, P.J. (Ou Hartjie) de Villiers, H.W. Lategan, en nog vele ander. In DIE KAAPSE REBEL laat die gewilde skrywer van weleer Adriaan Roodt, die oorlogsavonture van Edwin Alfred Conroy soos 'n pakkende spanningsverhaal lees." 20,00 / R360 58. Rosny, J.-H. [pseud.]: La Guerre Anglo-Boer. Histoire et Récits d'après des Documents officiels (Paris: Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1902) Large 8vo; quarter red morocco, with matching bubbled cloth sides; spine tooled in compartments, with gilt lettering to second compartment; marbled endpapers; pp. (iv) + 716; plates, some of which with partial colour; illustrations and maps in text. Corners turned; cloth somewhat rubbed; moderate foxing throughout; short tear to top edge of a few leaves. Good condition. French text. (SABIB 4, p. 84) Record of the South African War, reflecting continental sympathy with the cause of the Boer guerillas. 45,00 / R810 59. Schiel, Adolf: 23 Jahre Sturm und Sonnenschein in Südafrika (Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1902) 8vo; original pictorial khaki cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; marbled edges; silk marker; pp. 592, incl. index; plates; battle plan; LACKS folding map. Edges slightly rubbed; corners a little turned; upper hinge tender; penned notation to front free endpaper. Good. German text. (Spohr & Poller 2395; Mendelssohn II, p. 274) "Twenty-three Years' Storm and Sunshine in South Africa. By Adolf Schiel, First Lieutenant on service in the Artillery, Commander-in-Chief of the German Corps (South African Republic). In addition to his experiences in the South African War, Colonel Schiel gives an interesting account of Zululand, and of Cetywayo and his brothers Oham and Umdabuko. Colonel Schiel was wounded and taken prisoner at Elandslaagte; he was taken to St. Helena, and endeavoured to escape, but was unsuccessful." - Mendelssohn 15,00 / R270 60. Schikkerling, R. W.: Hoe ry die Boere ('n Kommando-dagboek) (Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1964) 8vo; original pale blue boards, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xiv) + 402. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; small tape marks to spine and pastedowns; regular browning. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die skrywer verstaan die kuns om die leser saam met hom op die slagveld te neem... Die ontsnapping uit die Britse omsingeling by Komatipoort en die daaropvolgende trek deur die uitgestrekte dorsland wat vandag as die Kruger-Wildtuin bekend staan, word 'n epos van moed en uithouvermoë. Die nagtelike aanval op die kamp van die Queensland Mounted Cavalry is 'n meesterlike voorbeeld van krygstaktiek en tipies van die kommando's se durf en onverskrokkenheid. Die skrywer se sprankelende humorsin raak nooit uitgeput nie, maar terselfdertyd verstaan hy die kuns om die tragiese oomblikke, veral die verlorenheid van die Boere teen die einde, aangrypend en soms onvergeetlik uit te beeld." 25,00 / R450
61. Schmidt, Werner: Der Kulturanteil des Deutschtums am Aufbau des Burenvolkes (Hannover: Hahnsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1938) Large 8vo; original pale grey cloth with navy lettering and Table Mountain emblem to upper cover, lettered in navy on spine; dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 303, incl. index; plates; maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper very edgeworn and rubbed, with some loss; boards slightly splayed and corners turned; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; inscriptions to fly-leaf, including the author's: "Mej. Jooste / met baie groete aan die Afrikanervolk, wat van die verlede moet leer, om die toekoms reg te maak. / Werner Schmidt"; some fox spots. Good condition. German text. Important genealogical reference regarding German influences on the Afrikaner nation. Inscribed and signed by the author. 25,00 / R450 62. Scholtz, G. D.: Die Rebellie 1914-15 (Johannesburg: Voortrekkerpers, 1942) Squarish 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. 312, incl. index. Ex-library copy, with code to tail of spine, also elsewhere; label or pocket scar to front pastedown, stamps and codes elsewhere; joints and extremities rather rubbed; occasional fox spot. Fair condition. (Nienaber I, p. 330) Uncommon: OCLC finds only the British Library copy. "Toe ek 'n rukkie gelede die lewe van Genl. Beyers beskryf het, het die tydperk van die Rebellie my heelwat moeite verskaf, aangesien nog geen omvattende werk oor hierdie gebeurtenis bestaan nie. Ek kon stukkies en brokkies uit verskillende boeke kry en uit die blouboeke wat na afloop van die Rebellie deur die regering gepubliseer is, kon ek die vernaamste feite kry, maar dit was alles so obevredigend. Ek het toe maar besluit om self 'n werkie oor die Rebellie te skryf." 25,00 / R450 63. Smith, J. A.: Brit en Boer (Van Slagtersnek tot Jopie Fourie). Uit die Geskiedenis van die Laaste Honderd Jaar. 1814-1915. (Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1917) 8vo; clothbacked papered boards; pp. 164 + (ii); illustrations. Cover rubbed and soiled; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper and elsewhere; moderate foxing, particularly to endpapers and edges. Fair condition. Afrikaans text. Uncommon. (Nienaber I, p. 341; SABIB 4, p. 237) "Appendices include translations of the texts of the Sand River, Pretoria, London and Vereeniging treaties." - SABIB 30,00 / R540 64. Smith, J. A.: Ek Rebelleer (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1946) Small, squarish 8vo; original tan cloth blocked in black and orange; pp. (viii) + 183; plates; plans. Extremities very slightly rubbed; small scar from removal of label on front free endpaper; a little light foxing. Very good. Afrikaans text. "Almal wat belangstel in die Donker Tydperk, 1899-1902, soos die veelbewoë tydstip in ons volksgeskiedenis tereg genoem word, sal in hierdie boek 'n duidelike
en treffende verhaal vind soos deur die skrywer persoonlik deurleef. Die justheid van die verhaal het my deurgaans getref, wat 'n bewys is van die skrywer se eerlikheid om dinge nie te vergroot nie. J. A. Smith was, sover ek my kan herinner, die jongste burger in my kommando en hy het, hoewel in die begin onbekend onder ons, my besonder aandag getrek en bewondering erlang. As ek in daardie dae iets presteer het, dan was dit te danke aan my T.V.K.- bende wat bestaan het uit manne soos Johannes Smith, die jong rebel. Ek is bewus van my swakke aanbeveling, maar is seker dat niemand wat die boek lees, teleurgestel sal wees nie." - Wynand Malan (Generaal) 20,00 / R360 65. Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace: Memories of Forty-Eight Years' Service (London: John Murray, 1925) 8vo; original black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; pp. xii + 522, incl. index; publisher's adverts.; plates; battle plans and maps, incl. folding. Spine gilt a little dull; some wear to extremities, incl. backstrip; joints starting; contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, and another pencilled inscription to pastedown; short tear to margin of large, folding map, repaired with archival tape; foxing to edges and endpapers, occasionally elsewhere. Good condition. Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858-1930), distinguished himself first in the Anglo-Zulu War, being recommended for a Victoria Cross following Isandlwana and sharing in the final defeat of the Zulus at Ulundi. In 1882 he was in Egypt for the Arabi Pasha campaign, before moving on to India, returning to Egypt between 1884 and 1885. He participated in the Sudan campaign in 1898, and had a chequered experience of the Anglo-Boer War, doing well during the earlier stages, before seeming to lose his way somewhat during the guerilla phase. His part in the First World War was cut short somewhat by his feud with French, although he did take charge of Home Defence thereafter. "He was of medium height and spare build, and his blunt directness was marred at times by a fiery temper. He was essentially a soldier's general, not given to ostentation, and he had the gift of being able to infuse a fighting spirit into his men, who respected him for his stubborn strength and tenacity of purpose." - DSAB III, p. 744 65,00 / R1170 66. Stirling, John: Our Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902. Their Record, based on the Despatches (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1903) 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with margins of boards blocked in blind; pp. xiv + 532, incl. index. Edges very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's bookplate to front pastedown; a little light foxing. Very good condition. (Hackett pp. 112, 188; Mendelssohn II, p. 439) "A directory showing the movements and engagements of British regiments during the South African Campaign. The information is drawn from the chief despatches of the campaign, from regimental records and from unofficial sources. Records of the Royal Engineers, Army Service Corps, Medical Corps, Chaplain's Department, Ordnance and other departments, are included." - Hackett 150,00 / R2700
67. Strydom, C. J. Scheepers: Kaapland en die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1937) Squarish 8vo; original khaki cloth, with green and brown lettering; dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (ii) + ii + (ii) + 285, incl. index; folding maps. Dustwrapper tanned and edgeworn; page edges a little browned throughout. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 354) This work on the Cape colony's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War, on both sides of the conflict, is based on the author's 1932 doctoral thesis. 20,00 / R360 68. Tipping, H. Avray: The Story of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (London: Country Life, 1915) 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in blind to spine, with Welsh dragon device in blind to boards; pp. xii + 281, incl. index; publisher's catalogue; full-colour frontis., with tissue-guard (detached but present); plates, largely in monochrome; battle plans in text. Backstrip tanned and a little snagged to head and tail; top edge of upper board likewise a bit sunned; pockets mounted to pastedowns, though without enclosures (no reference to folding maps found in Contents pages or trade descriptions); edges foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. Contents: The Raising of the Regiment; The Camp at Dundalk; The Battle of the Boyne; Aghrim; Namur; Blenheim; Oudenarde; Dettingen and Fontenoy; Minorca and Minden; North America; Campaigns in Three Continents; In the Spanish Peninsula; Waterloo; In Times of Peace; The Crimea; The Mutiny; The Service of the Empire; The Militia, Volunteer, Territorial and Service Battalions; The Great War. 20,00 / R360 69. Trichard, S.P.E. (original text), and O.J.O. Ferreira (introduction and annotations): Geschiedenis, Werken en Streven van S.P.E. Trichard, Luitenant Kolonel der vroegere Staats-Artillerie Z.A.R. (Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1975) Bronnepublikasie Nr. 3. With introduction and copious historical notes by O.J.O. Ferreira. 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxvi + 261, incl. index; contemporary photographs; 4 folding maps. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; light bump to top fore-corner of upper board; a little foxing to edges, very occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. Dutch text, with supplementary material in Afrikaans. "Met hierdie outobiografiese geskrif laat S.P.E. Trichard, die laaste bevelvoerder van die Transvaalse Staatsartillerie, een van die merkwaardigste militêr-historiese dokumente uit die tyd van die Z.A.R. na. 'n Jaar na die oorlog, 1903, trek hy hom op sy Middelburgse plaas terug en dikteer hierdie gegewens aan sy voormalige adjutant, Thomas Kroon, om só sy militêre rol na 1860 te boekstaaf. Vir die historikus onthul die verhaal unieke gegewens rakende die oorloë wat daar tussen
die Boere en die Swartes en tussen die Britte en die Boere in Transvaal gevoer is." 25,00 / R450 70. Uys, Ian: Rollcall. The Delville Wood Story (Johannesburg: Uys Publishers, 1991) 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xvi + 302, incl. index; contemporary photographs and artwork; maps. Dustwrapper partially sunned; merest trace of foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. "On 20 July, 1916, when Lieut-Col Frank Thackeray, two wounded officers and 140 bone-weary men were relieved, after fighting for six days and five nights, they marched from the shattered Delville Wood into history - and a legend was born.... The personal information and human tales, together with extensive appendices, containing the names of over 4000 men, makes this book unique and a valuable source of reference." 17,50 / R315 71. Uys, Ian: South African Military Who s Who 1452-1992 (Germiston: Fortress Publishers, 1992) 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated dustwrapper; pp. viii + 312, incl. index. Dustwrapper spine panel a little sunned, with slightest creasing at head; some spotting to edges. Very good condition. "This book tells the life stories of over 1300 people who were involved in South Africa's tempestuous past." 17,50 / R315 72. Uys, Ian S.: For Valour. The History of Southern Africa s Victoria Cross Heroes (Johannesburg: the author, 1973) Author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, also signed by him on title page. 8vo; original white boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt Victoria Cross emblem to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xviii + 398, incl. index; photographs and artwork. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, and sunned on spine panel; some light fox spots to boards and edges. Very good condition. 'After 15 years of research the author has collected the biographic details of all the Southern African V.C. heroes, not only those serving in South African or Rhodesian units, but also those South Africans who served in other Commonwealth forces and who received the supreme award for gallantry. From the massacre which spurred a South African on to win the V.C. during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, to the heroic self-sacrifice of South Africa's "Pathfinder" pilot over Germany in 1945, the story surrounding every Victoria Cross award is told. In addition the campaigns in which the awards were won are described and the later lives of the recipients detailed.' 22,50 / R405 73. van Wyk, At: Honoris Crux. Ons Dapperes. Our Brave (Cape Town: Saayman & Weber, 1982) 8vo; original red boards, lettered in white on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 121, incl. index; portrait photographs; colour illustrations of decorations. Trace of spotting to top edge. Very good to near fine condition.
Text largely in Afrikaans, with some chapters in English. This book details the acts of valour of recipients of the four categories of South Africa's highest military award. 12,50 / R225 74. Viljoen, B. J.: Mijne Herinneringen uit den Anglo-Boeren-Oorlog (Amsterdam: W. Versluys, 1902) Squarish 8vo; original pale cloth blocked in purple and yellow; pp. 354; portrait plate. Spine a little rubbed and sunned, with light wear to extremities; endpapers and edges somewhat foxed, occasional foxing elsewhere; some pencilled marginalia. Very good condition. Dutch text. The original version of Viljoen's Reminiscences, which subsequently appeared in English. Viljoen's memoirs were written while a prisoner-of-war on St Helena, and published before the conclusion of hostilities. 'In humorously alluding to the fabulous tales about him which had appeared in the British papers, the General remarks that "after the several coups de grace in the field, and the tragic execution at De Aar... all which is left of Ben Viljoen... still pans out at a fairly robust young fellow - quite an ordinary young fellow indeed, thirty-four years of age, of middle height and build," although a periodical narrated how, bound to a chair, and placed near his open grave, he had met his doom with "rare stoicism and fortitude."... The work is free from bitterness, and is characterised by a fairness and lack of bragging which favourably distinguishes it from other publications written from the Boer point of view, while the humour, candour, and good-nature displayed in the volume are undeniable. The author was instructed by General Joubert to proceed to the Natal frontier, and he subsequently joined the troops under General Kock's command. He does not appear to have had a high opinion of his leader, and remarks, possibly if we "had had less to do with arrogant and stupid old men, we should have reached Cape Town and Durban."' - Mendelssohn. 60,00 / R1080 75. Warner, Philip: The British Cavalry (London: J. M. Dent, 1984) 4to; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 230, incl. index; illustrations, incl. several in colour. Near fine condition. "In this fine study, full of vivid eye-witness accounts and written with a verve and understanding of a form of warfare which was often more ingenious and complex than outward appearances suggested, the British cavalry comes vigorously to life, reminding us of the courage, skills, customs and astonishing encurance of our forebears." 5,00 / R90 76. Wavell, Archibald: Allenby. A Study in Greatness. The Biography of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe G.C.B. G.C.M.G. (London: Harrap, 1941) 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in white to spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 312, incl. index; plates; maps. Ex-library copy, with code to tail of sunned spine, which is slightly cocked; corners turned; trace of damp-stain to bottom edge of upper board; front endpapers pasted together; hinges starting; some ink stamps. Fair. 5,00 / R90
77. Weeber, E. J.: Op die Natalse Front (1 Oktober 1899-31 Mei 1900) (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1940) Squarish 8vo; original khaki cloth, with green and brown lettering; pp. (vi) + 230; plates. Spine a little cocked, with trace of wear to extremities; corners turned; cloth very slightly mottled; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 404) Weeber was intimately involved in the events he relates. The caption to the group portrait which serves as the frontispiece summarises his background as follows: "E. J. Weeber, klerk van die Staatsekretaris, afdeling Buitelandse Sake, later amptenaar en onderwyser, tans boer en joernalis, krygsgevangene geneem in April 1902." 20,00 / R360 78. Wilson, David Mackay: Behind the Scenes in the Transvaal (London: Cassell, [1901]) 8vo; later pale brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; new endpapers; pp. viii + 283. A little foxing. Very good condition. (Mendelssohn II, p. 624) "Mr. Wilson was practically the first Gold Commissioner in the Transvaal. He threw open the township of Barberton in February 1884, and was, he states, for seventeen years in close relationship with inner Pretoria, and consequently in a position to gain a fair insight into the methods of the officials of the country." - Mendelssohn 20,00 / R360 79. Wilson, H. W.: With the Flag to Pretoria. A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900, AND, After Pretoria: The Guerilla War. The Supplement to "With the Flag to Pretoria" (London: Harmsworth Brothers, 1900 and 1901; The Amalgamated Press, 1902) Four quarto volumes (330 x 255 mm); red cloth over bevelled boards, uniformly blocked in black and gilt to spines and upper covers; pp. viii + 364, viii + [365-716], viii + 528, vii + (ii) + [529-1008]; each volume liberally illustrated with photographs, artwork and maps. Covers bright; a little bumped, with slightly sunned spines; bindings slack; some light foxing; folding maps present, as called for, in both first and second volumes. Good condition. (Mendelssohn II, p. 625; Hackett, pp. 18, 202) Concerning the first two volumes, Mendelssohn notes: "This compilation... affords a record of the South African War up to the advance to Komati Poort and the flight of President Kruger. The volumes are interesting and entertaining... " Regarding 'After Pretoria: The Guerilla War', which completes the overall work, he observes: "These volumes continue the history of the South African War to the signing of Peace at Vereeniging. The same careful attention to detail is evinced in this work as in the preceding volumes... " 250,00 / R4500
MISCELLANEOUS 80. 'A Lady': Life at the Cape a Hundred Years Ago. By a Lady (Cape Town: C. Struik, 1963) Small 4to; original pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt device to upper cover; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (viii) + 119; plates after contemporary illustrations by Thomas Bowler. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and sunned; light browning. Very good condition. "What she tells is very interesting, especially about social customs. She writes about the 'upper-ten', the old Dutch and English families, their elegant houses, what they did and did not do, what they ate and drank, their picnic parties and their dance evenings; she also tells about the fishermen, the Malay tailors, and the whole somewhat untidy but colourful scenes of the 'men in the street'." 6,50 / R117 81. Beet, George: The Grand Old Days of the Diamond Fields. Memories of Past Times with the Diggers of Diamondia (Cape Town: Maskew Miller, [1931]) 8vo; original red cloth lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pp. xix + (i) + 192, incl. index; illustrations. Very slightly crumpled at extremities of sunned spine; light browning to endpapers; some fox spots. Very good condition. "The discovery of the South African alluvial diamond fields in 1866 came as a veritable surprise to the whole world. The real rush to the new El Dorado began in 1869, when eager fortuneseekers pressed in from all parts of the sub-continent and overseas, and ranged themselves along the middle section of the Vaal River.... Scarcely a soul in all this multitude had the vaguest idea of what a diamond looked like in its rough state, but all were well aware of its preciousness and value." 25,00 / R450 82. Bradlow, Frank R.: Africana Books & Pictures. A Selection of Published Papers (Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1975) 8vo; original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper, in removable protector; pp. viii + 136; black-andwhite reproductions. Very good condition. "This book represents years of research into certain features of nineteenth-century South African art and artists and offers a comprehensive impression of this widely-developing field to specialist collectors and enthusiasts. Although the main theme is Africana art, a variety of associated topics is covered - including an overall survey of Africana, both written and pictorial." 15,00 / R270 83. Davidson, Apollon: Cecil Rhodes and His Time (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1984) 8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in silver gilt on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 443 + (iii); illustrations in text; map. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn; bump to bottom fore-corner of upper board; some spotting to top edge; small tape stains to endpapers. Very good condition.
"The figure of Rhodes helps one to understand a great deal about how colonialism functioned and about the psychology of people of that time. Why did Rhodes become a symbol of the largest empire in the history of mankind? Why was it Rhodes who became the idol of colonialism in the epoch of the division of the world? And what impression did his personality leave on the nature of colonialism? These are some of the questions which the book tries to answer." 10,00 / R180 84. de Kock, W.J., D.W. Krüger and C.J. Beyers (successive editors-in-chief): Suid- Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek (Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council, 1976, 1986, 1977, 1981, 1987) Complete set of 5 8vo volumes. Original burgundy rexine; spine gilt; laminated pictorial dustwrapper in each case; pp. xx + (ii) + 934 + (iv), (xviii) + 894 + (viii), (xx) + 883 + (xvii), (xxvi) + 846 + (xxii), (xxviii) + 962 + (xxviii). Dustwrapper spine panels very slightly sunned, and occasional faint foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine condition. The definitive (for the period covered) and most comprehensive South African biographical reference work, complete sets of which are exceedingly hard to find. Afrikaans text. "Die verskyning van deel V van die Suid-Afrikaanse biografiese woordeboek bring die totale aantal biografieë wat in die reeks gepubliseer is, op 4 500 te staan. Omdat die sterfdatum van persone wat in hierdie deel opgeneem is, op ongeveer vyf jaar voor die datum van publikasie gestel is, is geen persoon wat ná 1982 oorlede is, vir opname oorweeg nie." 150,00 / R2700 85. Fouché, Leo (editor), and A. C. Paterson (English translation): The Diary of Adam Tas (1705-1706) / Het Dagboek van Adam Tas (1705-1706) (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914) Titles continue: With an enquiry into the complaints of the colonists against the Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel / Met een onderzoek naar de klachten der vrijburgers tegen de Gouverneur Willem Adriaan van der Stel. 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and in blind on upper cover; pp. xlvii + (i) + 367, incl. index; frontis. map and folding map. Bilingual publication: original Dutch text on verso, and English translation on facing recto. Backstrip a little mottled, with light wear to head and tail; earlier owner's name signed on fly-leaf; folding map a little creased, and frayed to fore-edge; occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition. (Hosken, p. 75; SABIB 4, p. 460) "In contrast to earlier work of the same Dutch- Afrikaans nature, whose characteristics and pre-occupations were mainly Dutch, Tas's diary tends to reflect the atmosphere of his new country, and rigidity and stiffness have been reduced by a little of the South African sun. Tas often uses original, though sometimes rough, popular expressions. His criticism of social and religious authority is typical of the eighteenth-century effort to escape from
restraint. What Tas wrote is important not only because it reflects the social and political conditions of an early Cape society, but because it reveals Tas's own personality and character. His diary makes him a gay and sociable person, and, especially, an organizer and leader. His dedicated ability was the real force that put W. A. van der Stel and his friends out of office." - DSAB II, pp. 730-1. 35,00 / R630 86. Guise, David: Freedom for All. The Orange River Proposals (Auckland: the author, 1993) Catalogue title from dustwrapper. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; laminated dustwrapper; pp. (xiv) + 588 + (xxxviii); maps and tables. Slightly shelf-rubbed; some foxing to top edge. Very good condition. "This book began in 1986 as an attempt to convince the Botha government that it could safely negotiate a new constitution in which Black parties would be dominant at federal level because Orange River could still provide considerable autonomy for Whites and other minorities. It would also offer assured safeguards that any agreed constitution would be honoured. With the commencement of serious negotiations for a new constitution, the emphasis has changed to convincing the de Klerk government that a decentralized federation, which includes a minority dominated state of Orange River, provides the only constitutional structure that can provide a guaranteed degree of long term autonomy for minorities, and an assurance of their continuing real influence at federal level." 12,50 / R225 87. Hole, Hugh Marshall: Old Rhodesian Days (London: Macmillan, 1928) 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. (x) + 142, incl. index; plates; folding map. Extremities very lightly rubbed; gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "In these pages I have endeavoured to recapture a little of the atmosphere which surrounded the early settlers of Rhodesia. To the present generation with their railways, their motor-cars and their wireless telegraphy the more leisurely existence of the bullock waggon days may appear dull, but it had its charm and was not without occasional excitement. It provided opportunities for the development of character - national as well as individual, and it was constantly relieved by the exhilirating sense of participation in a great adventure." 40,00 / R720 88. Krog, Antjie, and Fiona Moodie: Fynbos Fairies (Cape Town: Umuzi, 2008) Folio (346 x 247 mm); laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. 32; beautiful full-page colour illustrations and illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. "With Fynbos Fairies, Antjie Krog and Fiona Moodie, both of whom regularly walk on the slopes of Table Mountain, pay homage to one of the natural wonders of the world. Inspired by Cicely Mary Barker's A World of Flower Fairies, Antjie began the process by writing poems that each featured a plant and at least one imaginary little being. Fiona meticulously researched the features of each plant, insect and little animal
depicted in these pages. The fairies and other imaginary beings in these pages are her own creations, but the flowers and creatures she copied from nature." 15,00 / R270 89. Leibbrandt, H. C. V. (compiler): De Rebellie van 1815, Algemeen Bekend als Slachters Nek. Eene Volledige Verzameling van al de Stukken in verband met de Terechtstelling der Beschuldigden; Met vele Belangrijke Bijlagen (Cape Town: Juta, 1903) 243 x 150 mm; original printed paper wrappers; pp. iv + 1013. Lower wrapper detached and missing; backstrip and upper cover tanned, creased and rather worn; a little creasing; occasional fox spot; final leaf a little ragged, but with no loss of text. Fair to good. Dutch text. One of the most important documents on a seminal aspect of the Great Trek. (Mendelssohn I, p. 881 [English version of 1902]) 'It is claimed that this publication affords a narrative of the exact facts of the Slachter's Nek episode, and there are no comments on the part of the compiler or the editor. Mr. Leibbrandt was successful in discovering "the evidence given at the trial... in the handwriting of the Secretary of the Special Commissioner that tried the accused, the late Mr. Beelaerts van Blokland, every declaration being signed, or cross-marked by the witness who made it, as well as by Messrs. P. Diemel and W. Hiddingh - the two members forming the commission - and the secretary, the aforesaid Mr. Beelaerts van Blokland." The compilation includes the "History of the case of Frederik Bezuidenhout, and such letters as were written on the subject by the Governor, Landrosts Cuyler and Stockenstrom, and others.... They throw much light on the state of affairs on the borders, and the means employed for the better protection of the residents there." ' - Mendelssohn 50,00 / R900 90. Levine, Elias: The Coinage and Counterfeits of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Cape Town: Purnell, 1974) 8vo; original black rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. viii + (ii) + 127; photographs, incl. some colour; tables. Trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "Coin-collectors, particularly ZAR enthusiasts, will welcome the publication of this detailed study of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek coinage. Chapters include collecting for beginners, coin care and grading, examination of the regular ZAR series as well as rarities, and of interest to all numismatists, the most comprehensive information on forgeries yet published and some exciting new facts on the legendary Kruger millions. Investors are advised on investing profitably in the 'new Kruger millions', the Krugerrands, as well as ZAR coins, of which there is a catalogue included of current valuations. The foreword to this commemorative volume is by Mrs F. B. Lang, President Burgers' grand-daughter and owner of two Burgers Staatsponde." 12,50 / R225
91. Marx, Roelf (editor): Klerksdorp. Groeiende Reus 1837-1987 (Klerksdorp: Klerksdorp Municipality, 1987) 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 140; numerous illustrations, historical and modern, including some in full colour. Sunned to spine, and slightly to upper board; trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Die doel van hierdie publikasie is nie om as 'n omvattende wetenskaplike handleiding oor alle aspekte van Klerksdorp se geskiedenis, ekonomie en samelewing to te dien nie, maar om aan die leser 'n breë oorsig oor die verlede en hede te gee, en die bestaande leemte in 'n mate te vul." 20,00 / R360 92. Milner, the Viscountess: My Picture Gallery 1886-1901 (London: John Murray, 1951) 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. ix + (i) + 250, incl. index; frontis. portrait and other plates; line drawings. Spine a little sunned; corners slightly bumped; occasional light foxing. Good condition. "Looking back on life, now it is over, I find myself thinking of my own as I might think of a walk through a picture gallery, in which there are good and bad pictures, but in which each picture as one looked at it was allabsorbing. There were portraits, landscapes, rough sketches, tiny vignettes. There were full-length portraits, half-lengths, charcoal sketches, pastels. And there were the landscapes, the sea pictures, and, above all, the vivid conversation pieces.... They are all in my Picture Gallery. Can I show them to others as I saw them? I want to try." 6,50 / R117 93. Nathan, Manfred: Paul Kruger. His Life & Times (Durban: Knox, 1941) 8vo; original light blue cloth, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 510, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed and edgeworn; a small tape mark to each board; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; tape marks to endpapers; archival tape reinforcing to hinges; light browning; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "Paul Kruger... is portrayed against the rich, living background of South African politics, and the rival themes of a gigantic pastoral conservatism and the onrush of industrial progress which began, in his period of political labour and triumph, to gather force in his beloved Transvaal." 12,00 / R216 94. Oberholster, J. J.: Die historiese monumente van Suid- Afrika (Cape Town: Die Kultuurstigting Rembrandt van Rijn, for Die Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede, 1972) 4to; original coarse, oatmeal-coloured cloth, lettered in brown to spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxii + 354; numerous illustrations; colour plates; some maps. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Afrikaans text.
"DIE HISTORIESE MONUMENTE VAN SUID-AFRIKA bied 'n omvattende en ryklik geïllustreerde beeld van die meer as 370 historiese monumente van die Republiek - van die statige Tafelberg tot die bronsplaat by Punda Milia, wat een van die langste ritte wat ooit te perd in Suid-Afrika onderneem is, gedenk." 12,50 / R225 95. Preller, Dr Gustav S.: Voortrekkermense (VI). 'n Versameling Oorspronklike Dokumente uit die Voortrek 1838-1852 (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938) Ons Geskiedenis-Serie. 8vo; original beige decorative cloth; pp. (viii) + 258 (including index). Earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Mainly Dutch text, with some English documents. Includes documents relating to Dingane and Blood River. 20,00 / R360 96. Preller, Dr Gustav S.: Voortrekkermense (VI). 'n Versameling Oorspronklike Dokumente uit die Voortrek 1838-1852 (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1938) Ons Geskiedenis-Serie. 8vo; original beige decorative cloth; pp. (viii) + 258 (including index). Earlier owner's attractive Siamese cat bookplate to front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. 20,00 / R360 97. Preller, Gustav: Oorlogsoormag en Ander Sketse en Verhale (Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, n.d.) Small 4to (186 x 134 mm); original red boards, lettered in black on spine and upper board; pp. (vi) + 134. Spine sunned; trace of foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Contents: Lettie; Moedersmart; Johanna; Oom Hans; Oorlogsoormag; Oembaswane; Die "Kruger-Miljoene"; Boere op See; Dalmanutha; Dr. Gustav Schoeman Preller; Kultuurhistoriese Agtergrond; Lewenskets. "He devoted most of his time to two periods which were peaks in the history of the Boer nation: the period of the Great Trek and the migrations westward and northward which followed it; and the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902." - DSAB I, p. 646 17,50 / R315 98. Preller, Gustav S.: Voortrekkermense II. 'n Drietal Oorspronklike Dokumente oor die Geskiedenis van die Voortrek, met aantekeninge en bijlaë (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1920) Crown 8vo; original dark green cloth, with lettering in black to spine and upper cover; pp. (viii) + 291, incl. index; some plates; facsmiles. Cloth a bit worn to extremities, with trace of silverfish attention; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; slight foxing to endpapers. Good condition. Dutch text, with Afrikaans commentary. Contents: I. Herinneringe van Karl Trichardt; II. Gedenkskrif van Anna Steenkamp (Retief); III. Dagboek van Erasmus Smit. 17,50 / R315
99. Preller, Gustav S.: Voortrekkermense. 'n Vijftal oorspronklike Dokumente oor die Geskiedenis van die Voortrek, met aantekeninge en bijlaë (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers, 1920) Crown 8vo; original brown cloth, with lettering in black to spine and upper cover, and seated Voortrekker blocked in black to upper cover; pp. (viii) + 335, incl. index; some plates. Cloth very slightly rubbed; a little light foxing. Very good condition. Dutch text, with Afrikaans commentary. Contents: I. Herinneringe van F. P. van Gass; II. Herinneringe van J. H. Hatting; III. Herinneringe van Lourens C. de Klerk; IV. Geskidenis van die Uijs Kommissie; V. Losse mededelinge van J. Z. Uijs. 20,00 / R360 100. Pringle, John A., with Creina Bond and John Clark: The Conservationists and the Killers. The Story of Game Protection and the Wildlife Society of Southern Africa (Cape Town: T. V. Bulpin / Books of Africa, 1982) Folio; original green boards, with gilt device to upper board and spine lettered in gilt; pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 319, including index; illustrated with maps, line drawings, reproductions of colour wildlife paintings, and photographs. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed to lower panel; merest trace of spotting to top edge. Near fine condition. "When man reached the intellectual divide which separates the killers from the conservationists in Southern Africa, it was almost too late. While there is general acceptance in this world that all countries should preserve at least 10 per cent of their area for wilderness, nature, recreation and purity of watersheds, South Africa today has less than 4 per cent of its once seemingly boundless land conserved and safe from despoliation. The story of how even that small area was conserved is a story of the dedication and inspiration, not of governments, but of individuals, of small associations and of the Wildlife Society which increasingly works today in Southern Africa to guard the heritage of nature, to conserve what is left of the wilderness, to seek out areas where the flowers, plants, trees and all wild creatures can be restored to their former glory with the remarkable resilience of nature when human beings find harmony with their environment instead of destroying it, where the conservationists take over from the killers." 12,50 / R225 101. Raditsa, Leo: Prisoners of a Dream: The South African Mirage (Annapolis: Prince George Street Press, 1989) 230 x 153 mm; wrappers; pp. x + (ii) + 467. A little sunned on spine; some spotting to edges. Very good condition. 'Historical essay on the Denton Hearings on "The Role of the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany in Fomenting Terrorism in Southern Africa" before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, March 22, 24, 25, 29 and 31, 1982, Washington, D.C.' 7,50 / R135
102. [Smuts, J. C., compiler]: Eene Eeuw van Onrecht [Een Eeuw van Onrecht] (no place: no publisher noted, 1899) 343 x 214 mm; later blue half calf, with matching cloth sides, lettered in gilt to upper cover; not enclosing original wrappers; pp. 49. Boards slightly rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on first text page; very occasional fox spot. Very good condition. (SABIB 2, p. 166) SABIB supplies the following details: 'Contains Appendices A and B. Original edition. Compiled by Genl. J.C. Smuts from a draft by J. de V. Roos with the addition of the introductory and end chapters by Genl. Smuts. In later editions the name of F. W. Reitz, State Secretary of the South African Republic, was attached to the anonymous publication to give it more weight. (cf. De Kock, W.J. "Een eeuw van onrecht" in Die Brandwag, 21 (31): 4ff, 30 Aug. 1957).' 75,00 / R1350 103. Speke, John Hanning: Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1984) 'Classics of Exploration' series. Text facsimile of the Blackwood edition of 1863. 8vo; original brown padded leatherette cover, lettered in gilt, with borders ruled in gilt, red, and blind; a.e.g.; marbled effect to endpapers; pp. xxxii + 658 (+ adverts.); monochrome plates; line drawings in text; silk marker; endpocket with two large folding maps. Some scattered fox spots. Very good condition. Loosely inserted synopsis by the publishers, along with their blank Ex Libris label. "Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile chronicles the hardships, perils and excitements experienced by Speke on... an epic, three-year journey from Zanzibar to Lake Victoria, then down almost the full length of the mighty 4,145-mile river. It is an account of terrible savagery. He describes slave-traders with their emaciated captives, cannibals who prefer their human flesh raw, diviners who steam children over cauldrons of boiling water, a royal burial that involves entombing alive five maidens and five cows. Above all, he details the court of Mutesa, King of Buganda, a bloodthirsty tyrant who commonly orders executions for his amusement and casually has the ears lopped off children who do not attend his words. For six months, Speke was virtually a prisoner of the despotic Mutesa." 12,50 / R225 104. van der Vyver, G. C. P., and others (editorial committee): Die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika 1859-1959. Gedenkboek by geleentheid van die Eeufees. Uitgegee in opdrag van die Algemene Sinode deur die Deputaatskap vir die Eeufees (Potchefstroom: Die Kerkblad, 1959) 4to; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 418; photographs, artwork and facsimiles. Afrikaans text. Trace of foxing to endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. This is a history of South Africa's Gereformeerde Kerk, established in 1859 after a prolonged theological dispute with the Dutch Reformed Church. 30,00 / R540
105. Van Oordt, J. F.: Paul Kruger en de Opkomst der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Amsterdam & Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1898) 4to; original tan pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, ornately blocked in gilt and colours, with oval portrait onlay to upper cover; pp. (xii) + 904; frontis. portrait. Cloth a bit rubbed and soiled; joints and hinges starting; split to top of lower joint; binding slack; edges and endpapers foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Fair to good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn II, p. 554) "A history of the Transvaal Boers from the time of the Great Trek to the fourth election of Paul Kruger as President of the South African Republic. The work, which is very voluminous, contains a full account of the Jameson Raid and the revolution in Johannesburg." - Mendelssohn 27,50 / R495 106. Venter, E. A.: 400 Leiers in Suid-Afrika oor vier eeue. Beskouinge oor vierhonderd leierfigure in Suid-Afrika sedert die Grondlegging (Potchefstroom: the author, 1980) Signed by the author, with date, on front free endpaper, with his hand-stamp to title page. Large 8vo; original pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 511, incl. index; liberally illustrated with portraits and other pictures. Some foxing to edges and endpapers; earlier price penned on front pastedown. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie unieke boek is 'n ensikloedie van ons volk se prestasies. Die skrywer het 'n keuse gemaak van 400 leiers op elke denkbare gebied van die volksplanting af tot op hede. Die belangrikste historiese figure, politici, nyweraars, landbouleiers, kunstenaars ensomeer, word bespreek." 22,50 / R405 107. Waszklewicz, Mev., in collaboration with H. D. van Broekhuizen: Paul Kruger's Tocht. Getrouwe beschrijving van Oom Paul's bezoek aan Frankrijk, de Rijnprovincie en Nederland, opgeluisterd door illustratiën naar momentphotographieën (The Hague: A. Abrahams / Leiden: Blankenberg & Co., 1900) Small 4to; green half cloth, with marbled sides, enclosing original pictorial wrappers; pp. 107 + (viii); some illustrations in text. Cover a little rubbed; a little creasing to bottom fore-corner of some leaves, outside of text area; earlier owner's name signed on frontis. recto; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 850) 'An account of the President's journeys and receptions in Europe, with short articles from sympathisers with the Boer cause, poetry - much of which is by no means complimentary to the British - and several illustrations. There are also two musical compositions, one entitled "Vereenigd Afrika," and the other "Een 'Welkom' aan President Kruger." ' - Mendelssohn 20,00 / R360 108. Wilson, Lady Sarah: South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting. From Diaries Written at the Time (London: Edward Arnold, 1909) 8vo; original red cloth, lettering in gilt on spine and upper cover, with gilt device to
upper cover incorporating elements of the title; pp. xii + 331, incl. index; several plates (that facing page 172 is missing). Backstrip somewhat sunned and soiled, with wear to head and tail; corners turned; joints and edges rubbed; moderate foxing throughout; binding slack; one plate missing. Good. (Hackett, p. 202; Hosken, p. 220; Czech, p. 305) "Lady Wilson, an aunt of Sir Winston Churchill, relates her adventures in South Africa, particularly during the Boer War during which she actually became a prisoner of war. After the war, she returned to England for a short time, then journeyed back to South Africa. In 1903, her party traveled to the Victoria Falls and the region north of the Zambesi. There are a few pages of sport on hunting wildebeest and zebra, with note of lion hunting but without actual encounters." - Czech 25,00 / R450 109. Young, Francis Brett: In South Africa (London: William Heinemann, 1952) Squarish 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; attractive dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; endpaper map; pp. vi + 146; colour plates; line drawings in text. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn; merest trace of foxing to rear endpaper, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. The scope of the book is not confined to the Union of South Africa, but includes also Basutoland, Swaziland, Bechuanaland, South- West Africa, a small portion of Portuguese East Africa, and Southern Rhodesia. 6,50 / R117