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The Postage Stamp - An Exciting Investment Prospect - L. H. AhrensThe Postage Stamp - An Exciting Investment Prospect by L. H. Ahrens describes the hobby of postage stamp collecting, and includes all the fascinating aspects. |
ZAR 135.00 |
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Cape Furniture - M.G. AtmoreCape Furniture by Dr. M.G. Atmore examined more than 1500 pieces of locally made furniture in museums and private collections and compared them with examples of similar age from such places as Europe, America and Canada. |
ZAR 250.00 |
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Town Furniture Of The Cape - Baraitser & ObholzerTown Furniture Of The Cape by Michael Baraitser & Anton Obholzer provides detailed information on the finely crafted period furniture at the Cape. It is a culmination of years of research in both South Africa and Europe, during which the authors completed a painstakingly thorough survey of Cape furniture in all major public collections. |
ZAR 650.00 |
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Cape Country Furniture - Michael Baraitser & Anton ObholzerCape Country Furniture: A Pictorial Survey of Regional Styles, Materials and Techniques in the Cape Province of South Africa by Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer is a pictorial representation of Cape country furniture, and incorporates background information from previous editions, to comprehensively detail identification, dating and specific districts of origin. |
ZAR 450.00 |
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Africa Adorned - Angela FisherAfrica Adorned by Angela Fisher describes many treasures and relics of the past, many of which are only found in private hands or museums outside of Africa. Angela Fisher brings us the story behind them, corroborated by extensive research, and combines a vivid portrait of African life with photographs of the finest jewellery made and worn in that continent since the 13th century. |
ZAR 1,250.00 |
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Edward FitzgeraldRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald includes 12 beautiful illustrations in colour by Edmund Dulac. Since the collected poems of eleventh- and twelfth-century Persian philosopher Omar Khayyám were first translated into English in 1859 by Patrick Fitzgerald, the Rubáiyát has become one of the most popular books of verse in the world. |
ZAR 1,250.00 |
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Drawing Instruments 1580-1980 - Maya HamblyDrawing Instruments 1580-1980 by Maya Hambly is the definitive work on mechanical drawing instruments. Many illustrations in colour and black & white. |
ZAR 650.00 |
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Early Scientific Instruments - Nigel HawkesEarly Scientific Instruments by Nigel Hawkes covers in some detail 73 instruments, their place in the development of scientific technology, and explains the principles of function of each. Well illustrated in full colour. |
ZAR 125.00 |
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Africana Repository - R F KennedyAfricana Repository: Notes For A Series Of Lectures Given To The Hillbrow Study Centre From March To May 1964 by R F Kennedy contains much information of primary importance to everyone interested in books about South Africa. |
ZAR 145.00 |
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The Cape Copper-smith - Marius le RouxThe Cape Copper-smith: A survey of the copper-smiths who worked at the Cape of Good Hope from 1662 onwards with particular reference to the materials, tools and techniques they employed by Marius le Roux provides information on those craftsmen who made the gleaming copper and brass utensils which formed such an essential part of the early Cape housewife's kitchen. |
ZAR 200.00 |
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A Century of Model Trains - Allen LevyA Century of Model Trains by Allen Levy is concerned with illustrating how commercial manufacturers interpreted the changes that occurred during the period 1870 - 1970, both in the style of contemporary railways and in the social and economic conditions in which they had to sell their products. Includes over 500 illustrations in colour and b&w. |
ZAR 150.00 |
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Maps of Africa - Oscar I NorwichMaps of Africa: An Illustrated and Annotated Carto-Bibliography by Oscar I Norwich is the standard work on maps of Africa. Exploration of the fascinating dark continent through the eyes of the explorers and mapmakers who presented each piece of newly discovered information to the world. This book is based on the author's own collection. |
ZAR 1,200.00 |
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The Cape House And Its Interior - Obholzer; Baraitser; MalherbeThe Cape House And Its Interior by Obholzer, Baraitser & Malherbe is the first comprehensive survey of the architecture of the early Cape of Good Hope, considered by many art-historians to be the major South African contribution to world culture. |
ZAR 4,500.00 |
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The Book of Penny Toys - David PresslandThe Book of Penny Toys by David Pressland is about toys that were sold for a penny, principally in the years between 1895 and 1914. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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The Art of the Tin Toy - David PresslandThe Art of the Tin Toy by David Pressland is an authoritative historical reference for tin toys, which had their beginnings in the Industrial Revolution, and often depicted vehicles of the era. Included here are images and information related to American, French, German, English, and Japanese manufacturers, including trademarks useful in identification. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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Marine Navigation Instruments - Jean RandierMarine Navigation Instruments by Jean Randier is a superbly illustrated book covering dead reckoning including dromoscopes, compasses; pilotage as an art; celestial navigation including astrolabes, quadrants, reflecting circles, etc; measuring time at sea; hydrography, geodesy, terrestrial astronomy; observing and forecasting the weather, with excellent description of the instruments a |
ZAR 185.00 |
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Africana Byways - Anna H SmithAfricana Byways edited by Anna H Smith contains 8 essays on topics of interest to the Africana collector: photographs, pictures, reprints of Africana books, botanical illustrations, newspapers and periodicals, book plates, Ndebele arts and crafts and early cartoons. Illustrated in b&w. |
ZAR 120.00 |
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Collectors' Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa - R. V. TooleyCollector's Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa by R. V. Tooley lists and describes nearly 500 maps in such detail as to facilitate indentification, giving the full title, maker's name - often a short biography - size, date, edition or re-issue, significant internal changes and variations. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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Collecting Microscopes - Gerard L'E. TurnerCollecting Microscopes by Gerard L'E. Turner provides a unique guide to the aspiring collector of these useful and often fascinating instruments. This book concludes with an invaluable chapter on practical advice for the collector, a full bibliography, and index. |
ZAR 180.00 |
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Antique Scientific Instruments - Gerard L'E TurnerAntique Scientific Instruments by Gerard L'E Turner (an internationally recognised authority on the subject) provides an interesting survey including instruments for astronomy, time telling, navigation, drawing, calculating, optical, scales, medical, etc. The final chapter has practical advice for collectors including dating antique instruments. |
ZAR 75.00 |
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Art At Auction in South Africa - Stephan WelzArt At Auction in South Africa: The Art Market Review 1969 to 1995 by Stephan Welz is similar to its predecessor, Art at Auction in South Africa: Twenty Years of Sotheby's/Stephen Welz and Co., 1969 - 1989. This updated work covers a wider period of the country's stimulating auction history - just over a quarter century. Profusely illustrated. |
ZAR 500.00 |
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Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1795 - C. S. WoodwardOriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1795 by C. S. Woodward is an account of the porcelain trade of the Dutch East India Company with particular reference to ceramics with the V.O.C. Monogram, the Cape market, and South African collectors. |
ZAR 375.00 |
