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Pietermaritzburg 1838 - 1988. A new portrait of an African city
by Laband, John, and Robert Haswell (editors)
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(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1988) 0869806394. Subscriber's Edition. 4to; original blue skivertex, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxxiii + (i) + 286, incl. index; profusely illustrated with historical and modern photographs and artwork, maps and plans. Earlier owner's ex libris hand-stamp to front free endpaper; trace of foxing to endpapers, edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Natal and Zululand from Earliest Times to 1910. A new history
by Duminy, Andrew, and Bill Guest (editors)
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(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press and Shuter & Shooter, 1989) 0869806955. 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxix + (i) + 489, incl. index; photographs; maps. Merest trace of browning to endpapers and edges. Very good condition. "Since the 1960s the history of Natal and Zululand has been dramatically revised and this book… Read more about this item Item Price
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East Griqualand Anecjokes
by Stanford, John
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- 9780986979101
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(Grahamstown: Mvusi Books, 2010) 9780986979101. Signed by the author on the half-title. 210 x 148 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 141. Earlier owner's name signed on half-title. Very good condition. "John Stanford's anecjokes are yarns against adversity, related with elegance and wry humour. Spanning half a century, they range from sheep psychology to frozen tractor valves to ancestral aunts. Many of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hugenot High School, Greytown, Natal [Early postcard]
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An early photographic postcard, showing the Hugenot (Huguenot) High School in Natal Colony, now KwaZulu-Natal. The used card is dated and postmarked 1909, one year before the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Some foxing to reverse side. The Huguenot Seminary for Girls was a private school for girls, and stood on the site of Greytown's current primary school.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Natal and Zululand from Earliest Times to 1910. A new history
by Duminy, Andrew, and Bill Guest (editors)
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(Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press and Shuter & Shooter, 1989) 0869806955. 243 x 170 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xxix + (i) + 489, incl. index; photographs; maps. A little rubbed; rather foxed, particularly to edges, inside covers and outermost leaves. Good condition. "Since the 1960s the history of Natal and Zululand has been dramatically revised and this book reflects… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bull by the Horns
by Collins, Tod
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(Dargle: Triple Creek Publishing, 2013) 9780992173708. Signed by the author on the title page. 210 x 141 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. viii + 192; illustrations in text. Very good condition. The author, a vet working in the southern Drakensberg foothills, offers a compilation of stories from his region, humorous and otherwise. . Item Price
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A Camera in Quathlamba. Photographing the Drakensberg
by Pearse, Malcolm L.
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(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1980) 0869782029. Folio; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 224, incl. index; monochrome photographs. Dustwrapper quite edgeworn and foxed to reverse side; spine cocked; a little shelf-rubbed; earlier owner's name scored out on front free endpaper; a little light foxing. Good, in a modest dustwrapper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dragon's Wrath. Drakensberg Climbs, Accidents and Rescues
by Pearse, R. O., and James Byrom
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(Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1986) 0869542699. 4to; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xvi) + 232, incl. index; full-colour plates; monochrome photographs in text; maps. Some small tape marks to endpapers. Very good condition. "This is a book about the Drakensberg, about its menace and its mysteries, but also about its beauty and its timeless tranquility. It is… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Cradle of Rivers. The Natal Drakensberg
by Dodds, David A.
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(Cape Town: Centaur, 1975) 0908379439. 4to; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 128, incl. index; profusely illustrated with a map, and photographs in colour and monochrome, including a sequence of the entire escarpment, with all the peaks identified. Dustwrapper a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with trace of sunning to spine panel. Very good condition, in a good dustwrapper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pietermaritzburg Panorama. A Survey of One Hundred Years of an African City
by Hattersley, Alan F.
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(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1938). Inscription to front free endpaper reads as follows: "J. S. Marwick M.P. With compliments and Best Wishes, A. J. Allison, Mayor. 25.9.41." 8vo; original blue cloth; dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. 126; 12 plates. Dustwrapper very edgeworn, foxed and somewhat rippled, with loss to spine panel; rather foxed throughout. Fair to good condition. "PIETERMARITZBURG, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Shedden Dobie: South African Journal 1862-6
by Hattersley, Alan F. (editor), and John Shedden Dobie (author)
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(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1945). Number 26 in the Van Riebeeck Society First Series. 8vo; original pale cloth, lettered in navy to spine, with the Society's device blocked to upper cover; pp. xxiv + (ii) + 207, incl. index; plates. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "After emigrating to Australia twice, where he had acquired experience in sheep farming,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pioneers of Underberg
by McKenzie, Peter
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- 9780958314527
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(Himeville: Printed by L. Backhouse, 1946) 0958314527. 208 x 137mm; saddle-stitched printed wrappers; pp. (ii) + 22. Silverfish attention to wrappers; occasional fox spot. Good condition. From Grant Christison's introduction to the 1990 reprint: "[Pat McKenzie] took up farming in the Underberg district in 1892 and died there in 1949, three years after Pioneers of Underberg was published. McKenzie… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dragon's Wrath. Drakensberg Climbs, Accidents and Rescues
by Pearse, R. O., and James Byrom
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(Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1986) 0869542699. 4to; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. (xvi) + 232, incl. index; full-colour plates; monochrome photographs in text; maps. Variant dustwrapper a little sunned on spine panel; trace of foxing to endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "This is a book about the Drakensberg, about its menace and its mysteries, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Drakensberg of Natal
by Liebenberg, Doyle P.
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(Cape Town: T.V. Bulpin, 1972) 0949956074. Small 4to; pictorial paper over boards; endpaper maps; pp. x + 178; plates; maps; including folding. Light bump to top fore-corners; lower board partially sunned; trace of foxing to edges and endpapers; earlier owner's name on half-title. Good condition. "This full and authoritative account of the Natal Drakensberg will appeal to every South African… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Natalians. Further Annals of Natal
by Hattersley, Alan F.
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(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1940). 8vo; original olive-green cloth; no dustwrapper; pp. 200, incl. index; plates. Corners of boards turned; trace of damp ingress to upper board and bleed to margins of front endpaper and prelims.; some foxing. Good. "Since economic and social developments were to occupy the foreground, it seemed proper to allow the individual settler to stand forward… Read more about this item Item Price
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Seven booklets on the Drakensberg [The Cathedral Peak Hotel Story; Drakensberg Walks; uKhahlamba-Drakensberg World Heritage Site; Natal Drakensberg; The Natal Drakensberg; The Building of the Berg]; Rock Paintings of the Natal Drakensberg
by Various
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Individual descriptions of the booklets follow: 1) Agar, Brian: The Cathedral Peak Hotel Story (Durban: the author, 1999) 210 x 148 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. 32; line drawings; photographs. "This book is dedicated to the van der Riet Family whose vision, creativity and effort have made the Hotel and the surrounding mountainland one of the top holiday destinations… Read more about this item Item Price
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In the Shadow of the Drakensberg
by Shephard, John
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- 9780620019859
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(Durban: T. W. Griggs, 1976) 0620019859. 8vo; original olive-green rexine gilt; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xiv) + 185. Dustwrapper a little rubbed; a little foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. Lt. Col. John Shephard "tells the absorbing and fascinating story of the White Man's arrival in East Griqualand and many absorbing details of the lives of some of its… Read more about this item Item Price
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Barrier of Spears. Drama of the Drakensberg
by Pearse, R. O, (original author), and James Byrom (revision)
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(Durban: Art Publishers, 2006) 1919688471. Photography by Malcolm L Pearse and others. 4to; original black boards, lettered in blind to spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 395, incl. index; profusely illustrated with colour photographs of Drakensberg scenery, historical photographs and artwork; detailed colour maps. Fine condition. "Since Barrier of Spears was first published… Read more about this item Item Price
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The First Hundred Years of the Underberg-Himeville District 1887-1987
by Nagy, Diana de F. (editor)
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(Himeville: Himeville Museum, 2007, revised 2nd edition). 295 x 211 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 160, incl. index; liberally illustrated with photographs and artwork. Small scuff to tail of spine; earlier owner's name signed on first page. Near-fine condition. Well-researched local history, originally published to coincide with the centenary of the southern Drakensberg district surrounding Underberg and Himeville.… Read more about this item Item Price
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On the high flats of Natal. Earliest Pioneers in the Highflats/Ixopo area of Southern Natal
by Woodley, Valerie
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- 9780620076623
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(Highflats: Maxann Books, 1984) 0620076623. Signed by the author on the title page. Squarish 8vo; original brown rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 98, incl. index; line drawings and photographs in text; colour plates; map. Lightest wear to dustwrapper. Very good condition. "The reasons for writing this book: it covers a part of Natal which… Read more about this item Item Price
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