Local History from Quagga Books

The Loreto Convent at Sea Point was a particularly good example of Italian Renaissance style in architecture, in the Florentine tradition. Gained the Cape Provincial Institute's Bronze Award for Building of the Year in 1934. Demolished in the 1980s. 6 x 23x15.5cm black and white photographs. Marbled end papers with menders tape reinforcing the gutter at the front and… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press. Illustrated by a series of sketches made by Lady Anne Barnard. Frontispiece of Lady Anne Lindsay about 1782 59 illustrations. Some foxing and toning to all edges. Foxing to front and rear end papers. 343 Pages. Contents clean. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with dull gilt. Sunning to spine. Edge-wear to… Read more about this item

Human & Rousseau, 1974. No.10 of Limited edition of 200 copies signed by Guy Butler (see colophon at rear of book). The origins of English-speaking South Africa, in particular the large group of settlers who arrived in the Eastern Cape in 1820. Some foxing to prelims and all edges. Light thumbing. 366 pages. Limited de Luxe… Read more about this item

J F Midgley. An overview of the beginnings of Kommetjie. 15 b&w photographs. 19 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Staplebound. Toning to cardwraps. 2cm split at footer.

C. Struik. No. 645 of a limited, numbered edition of 750 copies. Reproductions of five of the plates produced in Heydt's 1744 German publication Allerneuster Geographische und Topographischer Schauplatz von Afrika und Oost-Indien. Included in facsimile are the title page and frontis of the original publication. Each plate is accompanied by explanatory text. Toning marks to the front and… Read more about this item

Howard Timmins. The life story of Frank Armstrong Wightman - cable operator, sailor, naturalist, author, archaeologist and hermit. Regarded as the author's finest work, representing an epic of human endurance and triumph of spirit. Map of Langebaan lagoon as end papers. Some toning and foxing to end papers. 220 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition:… Read more about this item

Scarima Publications. Sequel to Memories of Malawi. More expatriate recollections from many fellow expatriates during 1920s to 1990s. Fascinating and amusing detail about life in a beautiful African country. 173 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Some mild edge-wear with some sunning to spine.

Human & Rousseau. The author bases this book on the celebrated trip by Lady Anne Barnard into the interior of the Cape Colony. Travelling over the Hottentots Holland Mountains, to Hermanus, Stanford, De Kelders, Caledon, Genadendal, Swellendam, Worcester, Tulbagh, Saldanha Bay and back to Cape Town. Numerous illustrations with colour and b&w photographs of buildings. Some toning to end… Read more about this item

Howard Timmins. The rough and ready birth of South African's gold mining industry and the first payable gold found in the country. 187 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. New and Revised. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good-. Edge-wear to extremities. Closed tear to front fold. Some creasing. Sunning to spine. Discolouration marks from old cellotape on the… Read more about this item

Books of Africa. The story of the frontiersmen and settlers of Southern Africa and especially of the Eastern Cape. Colourful personalities and amazing incidents in the story of the flaming frontier. Illlustrated map of the area as end papers. Some light foxing to Page 130 - Page 135. 286 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition:… Read more about this item

Books of Africa, 1966. A history of Natal and Zululand with line Drawings by Penny Miller. No dust jacket. 456 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 2nd Edition. Condition: Good+. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear to all extremities. Miller, Penny

JJ P van der Walt. Text: Afrikaans. A blend of fact and fiction. Real characters and their stories. History of the area. Toning to all pages. 144 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Edge-wear with some light creasing, small nicks to the edges. Binding: Hardcover. Some mild edge-wear. 2… Read more about this item

J P van der Walt. Text:Afrikaans. Introducing the characters and places of Kannaland, an area situated in the western part of the Little Karoo and includes the towns of Ladismith, Calitzdorp and Zoar. 240 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Mild edge-wear.

Human & Rousseau. The rivers of the Cape Peninsula. Includes a map and over 30 illustrations making it easy to follow the course of each river. The author has followed each river the hard way - by following them. Some toning and light foxing to feps. The fold-out map in the rear pocket has some light age-toning to the… Read more about this item

J F Midgley. Inscribed by the author. Numerous b&w photographs of area, houses, residents, illustrations and maps. There is a photograph of the old Noordhoek School, situated on the Van Imhoff grant 1743, which was demolished during World War II. 90 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Enlarged and revised edition. Condition: Good+. Dust jacket: Good. Some edge-wear… Read more about this item

Human & Rousseau. A tribute to the 1820 Settlers and the important role they came to play in their new country. Recounting the sometimes dramatic history of this large group of settlers. Text enhanced by nearly 350 illustrations. Captions by Eily Gledhill. Pictures by Rex & Barbara Reynolds. Contents clean and binding sound. 366 Pages. This is a… Read more about this item

Human & Rouseau. The story of the development of Table Bay. A tale of perils and conflict for both man and the elements in a bay with unprotected anchorage from the savage north-wester gales as well as the hostile local inhabitants of the time. Numerous illustrations and photographs. Foxing to prelims. 151 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight.… Read more about this item

A J Pope, 1979. Concentrating mainly on the conflicts that transpired, the struggles for survival and the efforts to bring peace to a troubled land. It is in the form of a guide to many places of interest with the use of maps, photographs and illustrations. Includes fixed Errata page. Some light toning to feps. 185 Pages. Contents clean… Read more about this item

Elm Tree Books. The story of Anglo-Boer wars as seen through the eyes of a soldier at the front, writing in his diary at night accompanied by photographs, maps, cartoons, poetry and ephemera. 192 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear with sunning to spine. Binding: … Read more about this item

A A Balkema for the Friends of the South African Library, 1972. Illustrated by 21 of his sketches, further illustrations and a map with notes and clues to the identity of the artist. 69 Pages. Small label with previous owner's details on front fep. Contents clean and tightly bound. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Mild edge-wear. Light… Read more about this item