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What makes a good coffee table book? These are the large-format, heavily illustrated volumes made to be displayed and browsed, and they remain among the most popular books we sell. This category spans photographic and art books, travel and landscape volumes, wildlife and nature titles, and lavish subject surveys, with a strong showing of South African and African subjects that make distinctive gifts and keepsakes.
Here you will find second-hand coffee table books held at Midlands Books in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands: photographic and fine-art volumes, travel and landscape books, wildlife and natural history titles, and illustrated histories, from affordable reading copies to as-new and collectable editions at a fraction of new-book prices. Many overlap with our photography and natural history sections. Condition matters more than usual with large illustrated books, since dust jackets and plates are easily damaged, so a clean copy is always worth seeking out.
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The Miles Kelly Book of Lists – Christopher Rigby's compendium of over 500 lists of facts, stats and trivia across ten subject areas, from people, science and history to TV and film,…
Blueprint Small – Michelle Kodis on creative ways to live with less, showing how clever design makes small homes, cottages and compact spaces feel generous and full of character. A square-format Gibbs…
A Colossus of Roads – Patricia Storrar's 1984 account of Thomas Bain, the Victorian engineer who built many of the great mountain passes of the Cape, with design and photography by Günther…
Fighters of World War II - Impressive oversized 1985 landscape paperback featuring 29 iconic World War II fighter aircraft, with spectacular full-colour illustrations by Keith Fretwell and Ichiro Hasegawa and text by…
Karoo Keepsakes – A 2009 first edition hardcover by Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit, signed by both authors and carrying the Karoo Keepsakes first edition stamp. A richly photographed traveller's companion…
The Story of an African Game - Black Cricketers and the Unmasking of One of Cricket's Greatest Myths, South Africa 1850–2003 by André Odendaal is a landmark work documenting the largely overlooked…
A matching pair of 1989 first editions compiled by Chris Greyvenstein, celebrating 100 years of South African cricket and Springbok rugby. Featuring reproductions of historical newspaper reports, photographs, memorable matches and sporting…
African Wildlife in Art - A beautifully illustrated 1991 hardcover coffee table book featuring the work of internationally acclaimed wildlife artists, including Robert Bateman, Raymond Ching, Simon Combes and Arthur Wardle. With…
Bird - The Definitive Visual Guide - A magnificent 512-page photographic celebration of the world's birds, published by Dorling Kindersley in association with BirdLife International. Featuring over 1,000 species, spectacular wildlife photography…
Robins of Africa - An exceptional 288-page African ornithological reference featuring text by Terry Oatley and exquisite illustrations by Graeme Arnott. Includes 22 full-colour plates, numerous black-and-white illustrations and distribution maps. A…
Chobe - Africa's Untamed Wilderness - A magnificent 1997 first-edition wildlife coffee table book by acclaimed photographers Daryl and Sharna Balfour. Featuring spectacular colour photography of Botswana's Chobe National Park, its diverse…
Bird Behaviour - A beautifully illustrated 224-page ornithological reference by Robert Burton, featuring nearly 600 colour photographs. Explores bird intelligence, communication, feeding, flight, courtship, breeding and migration. An informative 1985 first edition…
Kingfishers of Sub-Saharan Africa - An exceptional 1992 first-edition ornithological monograph by renowned African bird specialist Phillip A. Clancey. Featuring 212 pages, 23 magnificent full-page colour plates, detailed species accounts and distribution…
Flying with the Birds - Featuring spectacular colour photography, innovative scientific research and extraordinary accounts of bird migration and aviation safety. Near fine 2009 second-edition hardcover with dust jacket.
A scarce and provocative 2013 first edition photographic hardcover documenting the extraordinary collaboration between acclaimed photographer Roger Ballen and controversial South African music group Die Antwoord. Featuring striking black-and-white photography, behind-the-scenes images,…
Gem - The Definitive Visual Guide - A magnificent 440-page Smithsonian and DK visual reference to gemstones, minerals, precious metals and jewellery, richly illustrated with spectacular photography and detailed information on famous…
A beautifully photographed 1998 study of Zulu history, culture and traditional life by Roger and Pat de la Harpe, Sue Derwent and Barry Leitch. Covers history, homesteads, cattle, men, women, marriage and…
In Mountain Splendour, Pearse combines evocative descriptions with vivid detail, portraying the shifting light over rocky ridges, the seasonal changes, and the dramatic contrasts of climate and altitude. Landscapes come alive through…
Cigar Cool by Jonathan Futrell and Lisa Linder is the perfect addition to any smoking lounge or tobacco related book collection. This photographically dense work runs to 191 pages and offers readers and fans…
The Invisible Line - A scarce 1998 first edition documenting the life and extraordinary photojournalism of Ken Oosterbroek, with text by Mike Nicol. A powerful visual record of violence, humanity and political…
