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![Loreto Convent, Sea Point](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/214/882/1609882214.0.m.jpg)
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Loreto Convent, Sea Point
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 44.82
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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 Item Price
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![Scorched Earth](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/705/1600705538.0.m.jpg)
Scorched Earth
by Pretorius, Fransjohan (Ed)
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 67.23
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Human & Rousseau. Illustrations and photographs offers a fresh account of the most controversial aspects of the war. Providing a gripping picture of life in the camps and those affected by the contentious policy of 'scorched earth' - one of the most abhorrent practices of the Anglo Boer War which changed the course of South African history. Foxing to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 67.23
![Old Towns and Villages of the Cape](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/813/427/1600427813.0.m.jpg)
Old Towns and Villages of the Cape
by Fransen, Hans
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SGD 80.68
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Jonathan Ball. From the flyleaf: "First serious study of the physical history of the older towns of an area of the former 'Cape Colony' reaching north as far as Calvinia and east to Grahamstown and Colesberg. Over 700 illustrations of early watercolours and pioneer photographs record their appearance up to the beginning of the 20th century. An invaluable reference… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 80.68
![Lines of Sights. Perspectives on South African Photography](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/778/040/1593040778.0.m.jpg)
Lines of Sights. Perspectives on South African Photography
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 49.30
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South African National Gallery. Catalogue published for the photographic exhibition "Lines of Sights" held at the South African National Gallery July - October 1999. Cover photograph by Peter Magubane. 110 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Light edge-wear to extremities. Bumping to header. Item Price
SGD 49.30
![Illustrated Souvenir of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Cape Town. 1901](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/065/824/1590824065.0.m.jpg)
Illustrated Souvenir of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Cape Town. 1901
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 58.27
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Dennis Edwards & Co.. This grand visit of 17 to 23 August 1901 was celebrated with much fanfare and excitement. b&w photographs with advertising on the verso of each photograph except the last two. Unpaginated. Contents clean. Binding firm. 1st Edition. Condition: Fair to good. Binding: Softcover. Ruched, faded crimson paper wraps with gilt. Edge-wear. Staple-bound. Rusty staples.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 58.27
![Die Wereld van Jansje Wissema](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/440/376/1585376440.0.m.jpg)
Die Wereld van Jansje Wissema
by Van Reenen, Rykie (Ed)
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 125.50
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Tafelberg. Limited edition, No. 141 of 1000 copies. 27 b&w photographs. 55 pages of text. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Toning to covers and verso. Some edge-wear. 2 x 2cm closed tears. Sunning Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with blue lettering. Some mild edge-wear. Cloth appears slightly grubby. Item Price
SGD 125.50
![On the Mines](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/795/585/1579585795.0.m.jpg)
On the Mines
by David Goldblatt and Nadine Gordimer
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- 1973
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 170.32
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C.Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1973. This book is divided into three parts. The Witwatersrand: a time and tailings, Shaftsinking and Mining Men. The first part is a collection of Goldblatt's photographs accompanied by an essay by Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer. The second, photographs by Goldblatt with his description of the process of Shaftsinking. The third part is Goldblatt's images of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 170.32
![Old Towns and Villages of the Cape](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/686/334/1579334686.0.m.jpg)
Old Towns and Villages of the Cape
by Fransen, Hans
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 71.71
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Jonathan Ball. From the flyleaf: "First serious study of the physical history of the older towns of an area of the former 'Cape Colony' reaching norther as far as Calvinia and east to Grahamstown and Colesberg. Over 700 illustrations of early watercolours and pioneer photographs record their appearance up to the beginning of the 20th century. An invaluable reference… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 71.71
![Russia 1904 - 1924. The Revolutionary Years](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/334/1579334681.0.m.jpg)
Russia 1904 - 1924. The Revolutionary Years
by Baschet, Eric
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 25.10
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Swan. A history in documentary photographs. 280 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.10
![South Africa. The Structure of Things Then](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/678/334/1579334678.0.m.jpg)
South Africa. The Structure of Things Then
by Goldblatt, David
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 107.57
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Oxford University Press. Culmination of 15 years of photography, research and writing by the author. 136 evocative b&w photographs from 1652 to 1990. Essay by Neville Dubow. 260 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering. Some mild edge-wear. Item Price
SGD 107.57
![A Gun For Hire](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/376/831/1577831376.0.m.jpg)
A Gun For Hire
by Newton, Helmut
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 62.75
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Taschen. Text: English / French. A selection of photographs taken from Helmut's commercial work for fashion catalogues and magazines. 215 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Some light edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. 2cm closed tear to top edge. Black boards in very good condition. Item Price
SGD 62.75
![Pierre et Gilles. The Complete Works. L'Ceuvre Complet. Samtliche Werke. 1976-1996](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/928/1564928086.0.m.jpg)
Pierre et Gilles. The Complete Works. L'Ceuvre Complet. Samtliche Werke. 1976-1996
by Marcade, Bernard & Cameron, Danb
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 67.23
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Taschen. Text: English, French and German. "We met at a party in Paris. Pierre was a photographer, Gilles was a painter... ". Bright gilt to all edges. 50 Pages of text. 354 Pages in total. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Boards in very good condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 67.23
![Reverie and Reality. Nineteenth-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/924/513/1561513924.0.m.jpg)
Reverie and Reality. Nineteenth-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection
by Johnson, Robert Flynn
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 31.37
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Fine Arts Museum. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name. 112 vintage photographs from famous architectural monuments and natural landscapes, daily life in villages, foreign royalty visits and hunting. Includes essays by Robert Flynn Johnson, John Falconer, Sophie Gordon and Omar Khan. 188 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 31.37
![Richard Avedon. Evidence 1944 - 1994](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/691/736/1557736691.0.m.jpg)
Richard Avedon. Evidence 1944 - 1994
by Livingston, Jane & Gopnik, Adam
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 134.46
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Jonathan Cape Random House. Published to accompany a major Avedon retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. From early image of theatre people to the fall of the Berlin Wall. More than 600 photographs. 183 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good. Some light edge-wear, scuffing and mild marks. Binding:… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 134.46
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Cowboy Kate & Other Stories
by Haskins, Sam
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 152.39
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The Bodley Head. Full page b&w photographs. Some light foxing to front and rear feps with mild soiling to some of the pages. 3rd Impression. Condition: Good-. Dust jacket: Fair. 2 x 5cm closed tears; 1 x 4cm closed tear; 1 x 3cm closed tear and 2 x 2cm closed tears. 2cm open tear. Discolouration mark to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 152.39
![Some Afrikaners Revisited](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/229/783/1554783229.0.m.jpg)
Some Afrikaners Revisited
by Goldblatt, David
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 76.19
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Umuzi. A new edition of Goldblatt's iconic photobook Some Afrikaners Photographed. This edition with some additional photographs and essays by Antjie Krog and Ivor Powell. Small abrasion to the spine and some marks to the page edges. Reprint. Condition: Very good. Bnding: Softcover. Item Price
SGD 76.19
![Buite die Hekke van Eden](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/184/783/1554783184.0.m.jpg)
Buite die Hekke van Eden
by Alberts, Paul
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 85.16
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Protea Boekhuis. Text: Afrikaans. Quatrains written specially for the photographs are by Hennie Aucamp. B&W photographs capturing the suffering, hardship as well as the strength of the human spirit. Mild cockling to the lower edges. 304 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Mild edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Item Price
SGD 85.16
![Surviving the Lens.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/032/1548032235.0.m.jpg)
Surviving the Lens.
by Stevenson, Michael & Graham-Stewart, Michael
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Cape Town, ZAF
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SGD 53.78
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Ferwood Press. The authors have focussed the images in this book from south and east Africa. 50 compelling photographic portraits taken between 1870 and 1920 which was the period of high European imperialism in the region. Includes a comprehensive introductory essay about the changing approaches to historical photographs and the factors that influence their making. Some mild foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 53.78
![Two Original 19th Century Albumin Prints of Wynberg](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/215/032/1548032215.0.m.jpg)
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Two Original 19th Century Albumin Prints of Wynberg
by Barnard, Samuel Bayliss
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- Circa 1880
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Circa 1880. Two original prints back to back on card captioned: "Wynberg" with St John's church in the distant and "Wynberg Camp" on the verso. Some oxidation to one image and cockling and chipping to the album card. Samuel Bayliss Barnard arrived in Cape Town from England in 1864. He set up as a professional artist but soon found… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Two Original 19th Century Albumin Prints of Cape Town](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/210/032/1548032210.0.m.jpg)
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Two Original 19th Century Albumin Prints of Cape Town
by Barnard, Samuel Bayliss
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- Circa 1880
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SGD 76.19
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Circa 1880. Two original prints back to back on card captioned: "The Exchange, Cape Town and Railway Station, Cape Town". Some cockling and chipping to the album card. Samuel Bayliss Barnard arrived in Cape Town from England in 1864. He set up as a professional artist but soon found it difficult to earn an income. He turned to photography… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 76.19