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(Cape Town, Timmins, 1964). Pictorial dustwrapper, little frayed, pp. 161. Owner's name on the front free endpaper, light foxing on the preliminary pages. Experiences of a South African social worker. .

(Cape Town: Dr. J.F. Midgley, 1982) 0620060107. 8vo; original grey boards; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xvi) + 120; several photographs. Dustwrapper rubbed, partially sunned, and very slightly worn at extremities of spine panel; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; occasional minor fox spot. Very good condition. "This is a book mainly about ships which will not be seen anymore - old tramps which wound up on the scrapheap, fast freighters which were victims of wartime casualty, and others which were lost through shipwreck. Many were declared redundant. Since the demise of so many regular callers has created a great yearning among ship-lovers for a record of some of the great events of the past, this volume about cargo carrying vessels is of particular interest. The book is a successor to Salt in my Blood, and Ships that Pass, published by the same author in the 1970's and sold out in months. The author who spent nearly half a century as a maritime correspondent at the… Read More

(New York, Harper & Brothers, 1913). 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. (x) + 463, incl. index; monochrome plates; maps and battle plans, incl. some folding. Cover very worn; hinges splitting, with old cloth tape repairs; ownership inscription on flyleaf; sporadic foxing. Fair condition only. .

(London: Papermac, 1996) 0333656571. 215 x 135 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xvii + (i) + 298, incl. index; plates. Wrappers very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "Kathleen Scott died in 1947, famous for being an explorer's wife rather than a formidably gifted sculptress. This fascinating, racy book should set the record straight, presenting her as a personality in her own right and an artist to boot." - Beryl Bainbridge, Spectator .

(Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman, for Rhodes University, 1989). Graham's Town Series, number 10. 8vo; original dark brown cloth, with gilt device to upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. x + 341, incl. index; some photographs and a facsimile. Fine condition. "The Reminiscences of Amelia de Henningsen relate the most important incidents in the life-story of a most remarkable woman, known far and wide in South Africa during the second half of the 19th century as 'Notre Mère'. She came to South Africa in 1849 as the leader of a band of pioneer Sisters, the first ever to establish convent schools in southern Africa. With persevering endurance she lived through the poverty, the struggles and the disappointments encountered in laying the foundations of schools which were intended to inculcate basic Christian principles and Gospel values. With indomitable courage and unfailing energy she endured the hardships and dangers of the frontier war… Read More