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Non-Fiction is the heart of the Midlands Books collection and by far our largest and deepest section, with thousands of titles covering the real world in all its detail. If you read to learn, to research or to collect, this is where you will spend your time. Our particular strength is South African and Africana material, but the range runs far wider, from natural history and military history to biography, religion and transport.
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Many of these titles are scarce, out of print or collectible, and some are genuinely rare. Every book is a real book from our shelves in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, with its actual condition described honestly, so you know exactly what you are getting. We pack properly and ship across South Africa and worldwide.
We are always buying good non-fiction, Africana and specialist libraries, so if you have a collection to sell or value, send co-owner Rob a few photos on WhatsApp, or browse the shelves below and see what you find.
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Parts Unknown - A Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places – The 2001 first edition, first printing, of Tim Gallagher's collection of travels in search of birds in remote…
Ouma's Cookery Book – The classic South African cookery book compiled by Mrs. Roy Hendrie of Natal, in the December 1976 Cape Town reprint of the seventh edition by Juta & Co.…
Roots of a Game Ranger – The true-life story of game ranger Graham Root, known as ‘Mkhonto’, privately published in paperback by The Roots of Vryheid and printed in Pietermaritzburg. This copy…
The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary – Matthew Henry's classic Bible commentary in one volume, revised to accompany the New International Version and published by Zondervan in 1992. A first printing in pictorial…
In Praise of the Needlewoman – A handsome 2006 Merrell hardcover by Gail Carolyn Sirna, with a foreword by Shay Pendray, celebrating embroiderers, knitters, lacemakers and weavers as they appear in paintings…
Cold-Blooded Killings – Charlotte Greig's illustrated account of the assassinations, hits and failed attempts that changed the course of history, from the killers and their motives to the aftermath. A 2006 Arcturus…
In Search of History – Theodore H. White’s celebrated memoir, published by Jonathan Cape in London in 1979 as the first British edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the…
Centuries of Childhood – Philippe Ariès's study of children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century, translated from the French by Robert…
Die Grondbeginsels van Rugby – Danie Craven's classic Afrikaans guide to the fundamentals of rugby, published by Nasionale Pers Bpk. in light blue cloth with a sand-coloured spine.
Saint Petersburg – Sinclair McKay’s acclaimed history of the city Hitler tried and failed to destroy, centred on the 900-day Siege of Leningrad and tracing the city from Peter the Great to…
The Homeric Gods – Walter F. Otto's classic study of Greek religion, translated by Moses Hadas, in the 1983 Octagon Books hardcover printing. A remarkable association copy from the library of Ian…
Pretoria Will Provide and Other Myths – Clem Sunter's sharp and often humorous essays challenging the everyday beliefs of South Africans, illustrated by Margaret Sunter. First edition, first impression paperback, published jointly…
The International Bible Commentary – A substantial one-volume commentary on the whole Bible based on the New International Version, edited by F. F. Bruce and published by Marshall Morgan & Scott and…
Stars of the North – The 2015 Wits Art Museum exhibition catalogue revisiting the wood sculpture of Limpopo, with an essay by Anitra Nettleton and Same Mdluli and illustrated biographies of nine…
ART AFRICA Magazine – Issue 06, December 2016 – The "What Really Matters?" issue of South Africa's leading contemporary art magazine, published by Bell-Roberts Publishing in Cape Town. Features on Africans in…
Art South Africa Magazine – Vol. 07 Issue 01, Spring 2008 – The "Weighing the Africa in South Africa" issue of the Cape Town contemporary art magazine published by Bell-Roberts, the forerunner…
Pietermaritzburg Central Area Survey – Volume 2 of the Natal Town & Regional Planning Reports, a detailed 1961 study of buildings, land use, workers and parking in central Pietermaritzburg, with 20 fold-out…
The End of the Story – A privately published 2010 company history by Angela Carr Lambson, recording the final years of the old Cape Town family firm Daniel Mills & Sons from…
Beyond the Readymade – The 28-page illustrated essay booklet accompanying the 2018 Wits Art Museum exhibition curated by Alison Kearney, exploring how South African artists work with found objects beyond Duchamp's idea…
Principles of Marketing – The 2nd edition of the Southern African adaptation of Kotler and Armstrong's leading marketing textbook, published by Pearson Holdings Southern Africa in 2016. Based on the 14th US…
The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary – In One Volume by Matthew Henry
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