Non-Fiction

Dictionary of South African Biography – Volumes I to V of the standard South African biographical reference, produced for the Human Sciences Research Council and published between 1968 and 1987. A matching…

The Original of Mr. N.C. Havenga’s Budget Speech – The original 58-page Afrikaans typescript of Finance Minister N.C. Havenga’s budget speech, delivered in the House of Assembly on 22 July 1953, with…

Standing Orders 1965: The Senate – The 1965 Standing Orders Relating to Public Business of the Senate of the Republic of South Africa, a thumb-indexed working copy kept up to date with…

Standing Orders 1965: The Senate – The 1965 Standing Orders Relating to Public Business of the Senate of the Republic of South Africa, thumb-indexed and kept up to date with the printed…

Steam on the Veld – The 1972 Ian Allan first edition of this classic photographic record of South African steam in the 1960s by A.E. Durrant, A.A. Jorgensen and C.P. Lewis, covering…

The Downing Street Years – Margaret Thatcher’s landmark memoir of her eleven years as Prime Minister, 1979 to 1990, in the 1993 HarperCollins, London first edition, first impression. A substantial blue cloth…

Zulu Warrior – Ronald Welch’s scarce last novel, a story of the 1879 Zulu War following a young staff officer in Durnford’s column through Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, in the 1974 David…

Great River: The Story of the Orange River – A 1986 first edition hardcover by A.R. Willcox, published by Drakensberg Publications of Winterton, Natal, and signed by the author on the title…

Debates of the House of Assembly (Hansard) – The official 1984 Government Printer record of the first session of the Eighth Parliament, the opening of the new Tricameral Parliament. Includes the State…

Debates and Proceedings of the Provincial Council of Natal 1983 – The bilingual official record of the Sixth Council, Third Session, Volume 2, covering the sittings of 16 to 19 May 1983.…

Durban: A Sunlit City by the Sea – A 1937 tourist brochure produced by the Durban Publicity Association and the South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel Department, in its art…

The Tattoo Chronicles – The 2010 first printing hardcover of Kat Von D’s illustrated diary, written with Sandra Bark and published by Collins Design. An intimate look at a year in the…

Casualty Roll for the Zulu and Basuto Wars – The 1985 J.B. Hayward first edition hardcover of I.T. Tavender’s casualty roll for the Imperial and Colonial forces in South Africa, 1877–79, from…

Essential Militaria – A 2003 Atlantic Books hardcover by Nicholas Hobbes, packed with military facts, legends and curiosities from across the ages. Covers the complete Wars of the Roses, the greatest generals…

The Air V.C.’s – Captain W. E. Johns’ 1935 account of the airmen awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War, by the creator of Biggles. A 1935 John Hamilton first…

The American Practical Navigator – The 2002 Bicentennial Edition of Bowditch, Pub. No. 9, prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and produced by Celestaire and Paradise Cay Publications.…

Town Design – The fifth edition, revised and enlarged, of Frederick Gibberd's large-format work on the design of towns, published in hardcover by The Architectural Press, London, in 1967. A substantial reference…

Ballooning Handbook – The 1980 first edition hardcover of Don Cameron’s practical guide to piloting hot air balloons, published in London by Pelham Books. Covering take-off, inflation, control in flight, fuel management,…

Agatha Christie and Archaeology – The 2001 British Museum Press paperback, edited by Charlotte Trümpler and translated from the German by Anthea Bell. A substantial illustrated study of Agatha Christie’s years on…

The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race – Christopher Dodd’s history of the famous university rowing race, first published by Stanley Paul, London, in 1983. Illustrated with photographs from sources including the BBC,…