Brown, Leslie. & Amadon, Dean.

Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Volumes 1 & 2.

Country Life Books 1968 1st edition. 2 volumes gilt dec brown cloth boards. 945pp total. illustrated. in matching slipcase. 305mm x 235mm x 958mm overall. 5.7kg. Edges & eps spotted else contents unmarked. edges spotted, light wear only. minor signs of wear at bottom of spines else VG+ condition. Worn slipcase. Gift inscription "To Cecily & Jack (Niven) ... ". Cecily Niven was the daughter of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (author of 'Jock Of The Bushveld') and in her own right the founder of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at UCT Cape Town.

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Book number: 23201

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Brown, James Ambrose.

A Gathering of Eagles. South African Forces: World War 11. Vol. 2. The Campaigns of the South African Airforce in Italian East Africa June 1940 - November 1941. With an Introduction 1912-1939.

Purnell. Johannesburg 1970 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. xviii + 342pp. Illustrated photos. maps. large 8vo. 0.9kg. Four square corners, eps, prelims. a little foxed else VG+ in matching dustwrapper (slightly tanned but no chips, tears, or loss). Inscribed by Author ffep thus: "To Brigadier John & Seti Daniel. J.A. Brown". Covers the early history of the SAAF as well as the campaigns in Italian East Africa during World War 2.An excellent copy.

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Book number: 9679

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Brown, William H. (Ed).

History of Warren County, New York.

Board of Supervisors of Warren County. NY 1963. Gilt title on green cloth boards. 302pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. VG in dustwrapper. excellent map in rear pocket.

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Book number: 11576

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Brown, James Ambrose.

Retreat to Victory. A Springbok's Diary in North Africa: Gazala to El Alamein 1942.

South Africans At War series. Ashanti. Rivonia 1991 stated 1st edition. Cream cloth boards. 301pp illustrated b/w photos, maps. 8vo. 0.7kg. Neat ownership signature to half-title page. VG+ condition in VG dustwrapper (chip at top front corner, else excellent). ISBN: 9781874800248 Author's diary chronicles the Allied retreat from the Gazala line; Rommel's thrust for Tobruk and its fall with the capture of nearly 40000 men; the retreat into Egypt and the South African stand at El Alamein. A worm's-eye view of the battle with an hour to hour depiction of the battle that sent the enemy back across North Africa.

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Book number: 27152

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Brown, James Ambrose.

The War of a Hundred Days. Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41.

Volume 1 in the South Africans At War series. Ashanti. Rivonia 1990 stated 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. 301pp illustrated b/w photos, maps. 8vo. 0.7kg. No inscription. minor shelf wear & spine lean. VG+ in VG dustwrapper (tanned inside, slight wear at head of spine, no chips, loss or tears). a bright attractive clean copy. ISBN: 9781874800101 Well-known military author had covered this war for SAPA from the first skirmishes to the last battle at Amba Alagi taking 100 days to advance 1700 miles.

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Book number: 27148

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Bruce, Dorita Fairlie. (Illus. Henry Coller).

Captain of Springdale.

Oxford University Press 1942. Printed tan cloth boards. 288pp 8vo. 0.5kg. No inscription. piece 38mm wide x 8mm high cut from top edge of ffep. top edge dusty. pages starting to tan, 4 square corners, '3' inked to spine else externally very clean and attractive, overall VG but no dustwrapper.

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Book number: 25579

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Bruno Gmunder.

Beautiful Vision. The Men of Beautifulmag. Eu

Bruno Gmunder. Berlin 2009 1st edition. Printed boards. approx 250pp illustrated colour and b/w images. 225mm x 175mm. 1.0k. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. a bit of spine lean else an unmarked copy, overall VG-Fine. ISBN: 9783867870436 A selection of the best images from BeautifulMag.eu

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Book number: 27964

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Bruno Gmunder.

Jewels. Adoration of the Penis.

Bruno Gmunder. Berlin 2010 1st edition. Printed boards. illustrated over 100 colour and b/w images. 225mm x 170mm. 1.1kg. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, a Very Fine copy. ISBN: 9783867871518 A collection of images by today's finest photographers and artists, in tribute to the life force and joy giving potential of the greatest gift ever bestowed on man, his priceless ... jewels,

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Book number: 27963

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Bruton, Mike.

Curator and Crusader. The Life and Works of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.

Footprint Press 2019. Printed wraps. 292pp illustrated 8vo. A Mint unread copy. ISBN: 9780639932699 A biography of a remarkable woman who is known chiefly for her realising that a fish brought to her by a friendly fisherman was something special - and that was later identified as a coelacanth, long believed extinct.

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Book number: 27597

Keywords: icthyology south southern africa african

Bryant, Arthur.

The Lion and the Unicorn. A Historian's Testament.

Collins. London 1969 2nd imp. Blue cloth boards. portrait frontis. 349pp. No inscriptions. eps and edges slightly foxed o/w VG in G+ d/w (worn along top edges but no major loss or tears). ISBN: 0002114712

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Book number: 8335

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Bryce, James.

Impressions of South Africa.

Macmillan. London 1897. 1st edition. Red cloth boards. 604pp illustrated with 3 fold-out maps at rear. 8vo. 1.0kg. Owners signature to half-title page. several ownership stamps. various bumps & marks, all three maps excellent with no tears. overall G-VG condition. In 1885 the author travelled across South Africa from Cape Town to Fort Salisbury in Mashonaland passing through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland and by steamer from Beira to Delagoa Bay. Thence through Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Basutoland, and the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony. He records impressions social, economic, & political.

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Book number: 24975

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Buck, Peter H.

Vikings of the Pacific. (Vikings of the Sunrise).

University of Chicago Press 1959. 339pp illustrated softcover. Wraps heavily tanned. Good clean copy.

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Book number: 25570

Keywords: anthropology

Buckley, William F. Jr.

Racing Through Paradise. A Pacific Passage.

Random House 1987. Blue cloth boards. 344pp illustrated 8vo. No inscription. VG condition in G-VG dustwrapper (a little creased, no loss or tears). ISBN: 9780394557816

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Book number: 24485

Keywords: sailing travel

Buckmaster, Henrietta.

The Walking Trip.

Victor Gollancz. London 1972. 1st edition. Red cloth boards. 208pp 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. Eps and edges foxed else contents excellent. Overall a VG+ copy in VG Gollancz yellow dustwrapper (vertical rub on spine but no chips, tears, or loss). ISBN: 0575014520

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Book number: 28704

Keywords: crime fiction modern first editions

Buckton, A.M. (Alice Mary).

The Burden of Engela. A Ballad-Epic.

Methuen. London 1904 2nd edition. Gilt pictorial navy blue cloth boards. 144pp + 31pp publisher's advertisements. 0.3kg. VG condition. Nice inscription by Author to ffep dd 1921. A collection of verse telling the story of a woman fighter in the Boer War. (Alice Mary Buckton had never been to South Africa). The 1st edition is scarce because a fire at the publishers destroyed a large amount of the edition. This 2nd edition has the same design of boards. Buckton (1867-1944) was an English educator, poet, community playwright, feminist and mystic. Buckton owned the Chalice Well and with others developed the gardens and waters for inspiration and healing. Her Chalice Well Trust ran this subsequent to her death. The entwined trees on the cover of the book recalls the design of the well cover with a similar design surrounding the vesica piscis central form. This was her second book of poetry.

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Book number: 28515

Keywords: verse poetry boer war