Boucher, Maurice.

Spes in Arduis. A History of the University of South Africa.

UNISA. Pretoria 1973. Tan cloth boards. 407pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. bookplate title page else VG+ condition in protected dustwrapper (unmarked, very clean, no loss, or tears). a most attractive copy. ISBN: 9780869810019

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Book number: 16896

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Boutell, H.S.

First Editions of Today and How to Tell Them.

Lippincott 1929. Green cloth boards. 62pp. No inscription. boards dusty, spine faded, a sound clean copy. Reduced international postage on request.

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Book number: 20742

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Bouwer, J.S. & Louw, M.N.

The Saaf at War 1940-1984. A Pictorial Appraisal.

Chris van Rensburg. Johannesburg 1989. Blue cloth boards. 220pp illustrated colour & b/w 4to 1.6kg. Bookplate on half-title page, four square corners. a Fine unread copy in matching protected dustwrapper. ISBN: 9780868460567 More than 750 photographs detail the SAAF involvement in war from the second world war, through the Korean war, and during the border wars., Includes three additional items:, 'Aircraft At War 100', exhibition catalogue December 2003., Sunday Time 30-10-2005 cutting. Roger Makings examines the furore over unprepared pupil pilots in the cockpits of SA's fighter planes., 'Preserve Our Aviation Heritage' folded bilingual fund-raiser poster for SAAF museum with message from R.F. Botha.

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Book number: 19385

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Bouwer, J.S. & Louw, M.N.

The Saaf at War 1940-1984. A Pictorial Appraisal.

Chris van Rensburg. Johannesburg 1989. 1st editon. Blue cloth boards. 220pp illustrated colour & b/w 4to 1.6kg. Pages damp-crinkled. G-VG in matching dustwrapper (shows damp marking internally only, no chips, loss, or tears). Still an attractive looking copy. ISBN: 9780868460567 More than 750 photographs detail the SAAF involvement in war from the second world war, through the Korean war, and during the border wars..

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Book number: 28370

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Bowen, Cole.

15 Essays in Half-Tone.

J.L. Van Schaik. Pretoria 1957. Light buckram boards. unnumbered oblong 4to. VG-F copy. no dustwrapper, front boards marked. Photographic essays of people and places throughout South Africa. More places than people however, but views of places from 50 years ago. Inscribed ffep thus: "Bruynie. Clarence and I wish to thank you warmly for the many important and helpful ways in which you contributed to our April 22 victory in Bezuidenhout. Thank you ever so much. Yours Sincerely, Japie Basson M.P." Basson was an MP for the old United Party.

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Book number: 14865

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Bower, F.O.

The Origin of a Land Flora. A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation.

Macmillan. London 1908 1st edition. Green cloth boards. 727pp illustrated 8vo. Neat ownership inscription. front board shaken, split at head & tail of spine else a sound clean copy. ISBN: 9781154904635

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Book number: 20706

Keywords: botany

Bradburne, John. (Ed. David Crystal).

Songs of the Vagabond. Poetry By John Bradburne.

Holy Island Press 1996. 84pp softcover. A VG+ copy. ISBN: 9780951306345 Inscribed by editor inside front wrap. Bradburne was shot by guerillas in Zimbabwe in the last year of the bush war, 1979. He was warden of Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement near Mutoko until his death. He is a candidate for canonisation by the Roman Catholic Church. A service is held in Bradburne's memory at Mutemwa every year, drawing as many as 25,000 people each time. In 2009 a Mass commemorating the 30th anniversary of his death was held at Westminster Cathedral. As a poet he left behind some 6,000 poems.

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Book number: 25757

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Bradlow, Frank.

Printing for Africa. The Story of Robert Moffat and the Kuruman Press.

Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust. Kuruman 1987. Printed blue wraps. 36pp illustrated with tipped-in coloured frontis, b/w line drawings. 8vo. A very clean copy, but significant red underlinings throughout else a clean attractive VG copy. ISBN: 0620114894 Moffat's heroic efforts in learning the Tswana language, translating the gospel, and printing this and other works, are legendary. This includes a list of the publications produced at Kuruman 1831-1870. Also covered is a history of the printing press itself.

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Book number: 18837

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Bradlow, Frank R.

The Van Riebeeck Society 1918-1978. A Lecture Delivered at the 3rd Conference of Bibliophiles, Johannesburg 1978.

Van Riebeeck Society 1978. Orange card wraps. 18pp 8vo. Ownership inscription front wrap which is faded to around past the spine, there is considerable ink underlining on some pages. a sound reference copy. Deals with the formation & history of the society, interestingly discussing actual quantities published of VRS editions.

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Book number: 19121

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Bradlow, Edna & Frank.

Thomas Bowler of the Cape of Good Hope. His Life and Works with a Catalogue of Extant Paintings. With a Commentary on the Bowler Prints By A. Gordon-Brown.

Balkema. Cape Town 1955. Gilt on blue cloth boards. 248pp illustrated colour & b/w plates. 4to. No inscription. boards spotted, fading at top of spine, Good external appearance. eps tanned, contents clean. frontis has offset to title page. No dustwrapper. Copy No.452. Includes folded sales leaflet with tipped-on colour print.

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Book number: 21780

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Bradnum, Frederick.

The Long Walks. Journeys to the Source of the White Nile.

RU. London 1970. Brown cloth boards 271pp illustrated b/w plates, maps on eps. 8vo. Ownership signature to ffep. G-VG in Good only dustwrapper (frayed at head of spine, rear fold-in cut back? no major loss or tears). Covers the three major expeditions to find the source of the Nile. Richard Burton & John Speke (1857-1859), John Speke & James Grant 1860-1863), Samuel & Florence Baker (1863-1865). The story is told using their own words with connecting text by the author.

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Book number: 14054

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Bradshaw, Percy V.

Art in Advertising. A Study of British and American Pictorial Publicity.

The Press Art School (1925) 496pp. illustrated folio. 3.4kg. no inscriptions. spine handled, a Good Sound copy, excellent unmarked contents.

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Book number: 28598

Branch, Bill

Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa.

Struik. 1998 3rd edition. 399pp illustrated softcover. 0.8kg. Spine carefully reinforced with sellotape. Strong, clean, excellent contents. ISBN: 9781868720408 Covers tortoises, snakes, lizards, geckos, chameleon, and crocodiles. Over 600 excellent illustrations. Much updated with 83 new species over earlier editions and showing vastly more than the miserly 56pp in the current Sasol guide.

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Book number: 28345

Keywords: south african snakes herpetology lizards geckos crocodiles

Brand, R.H. (Hon).

The Union of South Africa.

Clarendon Press. Oxford 1909 1st edition. Gilt on red cloth boards. 192pp 8vo 0.4kg. Insect depredations especially to spine. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. A Good sound copy with excellent contents. Author was Secretary to the Transvaal delegates at the South African National Convention. Includes the 1909 South African Act which formed the Union of South Africa and was South Africa's constitution between 1910 and 1961. This came into being on 31st May 2010 and was only superseded when the Union changed to a Republic in 1961.

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Book number: 28746

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Branford, Jean.

A Dictionary of South African English.

Oxford University Press. Cape Town 1978 1st edition. Silver title on maroon skivertex boards. xxvii + 308pp. 8vo. No inscriptions. VG-F condition in VG dustwrapper (spine fading, lightly rubbed, no clipping, chips, loss, or tears, but some errant ballpoint not so easily visible against the dark blue background). ISBN: 0195700996 This lists the South African useage of over 3000 words with illustrative quotations. Also contains a list of earliest recorded dates of 300 selected words, and list of word sources quoted.

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Book number: 19381

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