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A private Library in Cape Town is being thinned out . Available are books in any categories eg Africana ,Art, Antiques and Collectables ,Children's (Victorian & Modern ),Exploration & Travel,History,Military , Literary First Editions (18th,19th & 20th centuries ) ,Judaica , Numismatics ,Philosophy & Religion, etc Please email your precise interests with your email address and I can send you a list back if I have what you want
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fish horns and hansom cabs - Life in Victorian Cape Town - Eric Rosenthal - Hardcover""pictura africana pictura africana""Good to very good condition and cleanDustcover as per attached Gumtree photographFirst edition 1977112 pages6 chaptersMany many rare africana black and white photographs with captions on most pages of this historic bookEmail through Gumtree
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The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark:A sweeping novel that
brings to life two love stories, ninety years apart, set against the
rich backdrop of war-torn India. In 1947, American historian and veteran
of WWII, Martin Mitchell, wins a Fulbright Fellowship to document the
end of British rule in India. His wife, Evie, convinces him to take her
and their young son along, hoping a shared adventure will mend their
marriage, which has been strained by war.But other places, other
wars. Martin and Evie find themselves stranded in a colonial bungalow
in the Himalayas due to violence surrounding the partition of India
between Hindus and Muslims. In that house, hidden behind a brick wall,
Evie discovers a packet of old letters, which tell a strange and
compelling story of love and war involving two young Englishwomen who
lived in the same house in 1857. Drawn to their story, Evie
embarks on a mission to piece together her Victorian mystery. Her search
leads her through the bazaars and temples of India as well as the dying
society of the British Raj. Along the way, Martin’s dark secret is
exposed, unleashing a new wedge between Evie and him. As India struggles
toward Independence, Evie struggles to save her marriage, pursuing her
Victorian ghosts for answers.Bursting with lavish detail and vivid imagery of Calcutta and beyond, The Sandalwood Tree is a powerful story about betrayal, forgiveness, fate, and love.
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THE SPICE ISLANDS VOYAGE
In Search of Wallace
TIM SEVERIN
Hardcover
First edition
Photographs by Joe Beynon and Paul Harris
Illustrations by Leonard Sheil
Published by Little, Brown & Co, London, 1997
The book is in excellent vintage condition.
Clean interior with no inscriptions.
There is a name and date written in it.
Tightly bound and feels unread.
Tim Severin's book about the East Indonesian Spice Islands is full of insights as it retraces a journey through places of fabulous natural and cultural diversity by the first person to articulate evolutionary theory, Alfred Russel Wallace. In restaging parts of Wallace's perilous explorations, recorded in his enthralling The Malay Archipelago (1869), Severin repeats the formula of previous books and duplicates the earlier traveller's difficult conditions. Wallace's book "reveals a truly extraordinary man" who inspired Severin to monitor later changes in the Spice Islands and efforts to preserve their unique habitats. He condenses Wallace's 60 or 70 journeys over eight years into one continuous route and a few months.
Any book about Wallace would be a fascinating one. He was "a learned maverick" willing to think the inconceivable, a man of ability and modesty, possessed with phenomenal curiosity. Severin deserves credit for bringing us to him in this moving biography which is itself a work of exploration and witness.
The story of Wallace's life is interspersed with accounts of Severin's visits, in a traditionally built boat, around the remote islands east of Borneo, such as Sulawesi and the tiny Banda and Kei islands. Although the intensive logging and rapid industrialisation which have wrecked other parts of Indonesia and caused its current environmental catastrophe have barely reached them, Severin finds plentiful evidence of man-made disaster.
The bad news is very bad, and fulfils Wallace's worst prophecies. He was unequivocally hostile to commercial greed and the way in which imperialism mostly enriched "large capitalists". When he returned to Victorian Britain, he concluded that its vast inequalities had produced "a state of social barbarism". Severin makes more hesitant criticisms on finding economic and political conditions comparable to those Wallace condemned.
But there is also good news: here Severin begins to match Wallace for inspiration and commitment, so that his project really comes alive. Among sketches of jungle life, Severin assumes Wallace's enthusiasms and approach. Funded by sales of rare specimens, Wallace returned home with two live birds of paradise. But he was less fortunate than Severin (funded by BP) in his pursuit of the rare Red Bird of Paradise. Severin's account of watching those birds in their "dancing trees" is intoxicating, as is his witness of the sea turtle's struggle to lay its hunted eggs and the crew's efforts to hide them.
Remoteness is the best protection. He discovers that the trade in nutmeg maintains the Bandas' independence, and that villages on the
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Shipwrecks Along The Great Ocean Road - Jack LoneyGood conditionTenth edition published 1993Shipwrecks on the Victorian West Coast from Point Lonsdale to Portland144 pages11 chapters + appendicesBlack and white photographs and illustrations and drawings with captions throughout book5 mapsIncludes a chapter on an ancient ""Mahogany Ship"" believed to lie in the sandhills between Warrnambool and Port FairyEmail through Gumtree
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WHO SAVED NATAL? by Colin Bender - HardcoverThe Story of the Victorian Harbour Engineers of Colonial Port NatalBy Colin Bender Pr. Eng., MICE, MSAICEGood condition and cleanDust cover as per attached Gumtree photographFirst edition 1988167 pages10 main chapters + 5 annexuresPull out Chart of Port Natal - Surveyed by Lt KingPull out Port Natal General Design for Construction of Proposed PiersPull out of A Plan of Port NatalPull out of Natal Harbour Department General PlanPull out of Port Natal Proposals for the Improvement of Durban Harbour dated December 1902Pull out of Natal Harbour WorksPull out of Harbour Works 1907Black and white photographs and illustrations and drawings and tables of statistics with captions throughout bookEmail through Gumtree
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Marching Over Africa - Frank Emery - HardcoverLetters from Victorian SoldiersVery good condition and cleanFirst edition 1986204 pages9 chaptersBlack and white photographs and maps and illustrations with captionsEmail through Gumtree
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A Victorian Pepys at PLETTENBERG BAY 1875 - 1897Captain John F SewellEdited by Clare D Storrar - signed by Ms StorrarThe Personal and Candid Diary of Harbour-Master Captain John F SewellVery good to excellent conditionFirst edition 1999232 pages23 chaptersColour paintingVintage Black and white photographs and maps and illustrations throughout bookEmail through Gumtree or sms or whatsapp 07 22 44 44 55
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The Parson's Daughter - Catherine Cookson.The Parsons Daughter - Catherine Cookson.The Victorian Sabbath was not without its difficulties for
some of those committed to its observance. Such a one was Nancy Ann Hazel, the
young and high-spirited daughter of a country parson.Second-hand book.Paperback.English.17 CM.512 Pages.[Paperback poor condition][Tea marks similar to these in the book][Small cut pages similar to these in book][Small tear page]072 501 3890.REF: 6920.Fiction.Catherine Cookson Book.Catherine Cookson Books.Historical Fiction.Historical.Romance.Womens Fiction.Historical Romance.Novel.Novels.Drama.This book will be removed when sold.
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A History Of Graphic Design - Philip B Meggs - Third Edition.ISBN: 0-471-29198-6.Graphic design is a vital component of each culture and period in human history, and in this account an extraordinary panorama of people and events unfolds, including:* The invention of Writing and Alphabets.* Medieval Manuscript Books.* The Origins of Printing and Typography.* Renaissance Graphic Design.* The Arts and Crafts Movement,* Victorian and Art Nouveau Graphics.* Modern Art and Its Impact on Design.* Visual Identity and Conceptual Images.* Postmodern Design.* The Computer Graphics Revolution._________________________________________________Second-hand book.Hardback with dustcover.English.28 CM.510 Pages.[Mark on hardback][Dustcover cuts/tear][Small marks in book]072 501 3890.REF: 6826.Non Fiction.Philip B Meggs Book.Philip B Meggs Books.Design.Graphic Design.Graphic Arts.History.Art Design.Textbooks.College.School.Reading For Professionals.Students.This book will be removed when sold.
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The Gillyvors - Catherine Cookson.
A century or so ago there lived at Heap Hollow Cottage, situated near Fellburn in County Durham, a man and a women and their six children. By all appearances they were a close and loving family.
Second-hand book.
Paperback.
English.
17 CM.
426 Pages.
[Paperback damaged]
[Mark in book]
[Spine slumped over]
072 501 3890.
REF: 6250.
Fiction.
Catherine Cookson Books.
Catherine Cookson Book.
Historical Fiction.
Fiction.
Romance.
Historical.
Victorian.
Novels.
Novel.
Historical Novel.
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Kept - DJ Taylor.
A Victorian Mystery.
Second-hand book.
Hardback with dustcover.
English.
23 CM.
463 Pages.
{Mark on the top of the pages}
072 501 3890.
REF: 4447.
Fiction.
Crime.
Mystery.
Historical Mysteries.
Historical Fiction.
DJ Taylor Books.
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Haunted - Ghosts And Spirits Of Southern Africa - Sian Hall.
Here is a unique collection of experienes from an 'other' world. These are not invented stories, but actual encounters with the para-normal. People going about their daily lives have found themselves in touch with events they cannot explain, lights, sounds, and apparitions from a different dimension. Here are haunted Victorian mansions, ghosts of the veld and bush in langhuise and isolated farms, lonely roads with derelict eerie ruins, where disembodied footsteps are muffled by the banging of loosely-latched shutters in the whistling of the winter winds.
Here you will find poltergeists, headless apparitions, strange lights at night, ghostly phenomena, and the ability of animals to sense and see what we cannot. This is a collection of actual recorded and reported events that will put shivers down your spine, and reminds us of a parallel world of happenings beyond our understanding, turning the familiar into the fearful.
Second-hand book.
Paperback.
English.
22 CM.
174 Pages.
072 501 3890.
REF: 2238.
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Arctic Drift - Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt #20.
Arctic Drift sees Clive
Cussler's greatest hero, Dirk Pitt, fighting his enemies in the cruel Arctic. A
foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a
secret in its icy grave . . .
Second-hand book.Paperback.English.18 CM.578 Pages.[] Marks similar to these in the book []072 501 3890.REF: 5923.Fiction.Clive Cussler Book.A Dirk Pitt Novel.Adventure.Thriller.Action.Mystery.Suspense.Historical Fiction.This book will be removed when sold.
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Vanity Fair - William Thackeray.
A novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family.
Second-hand book.
Paperback.
English.
18 CM.
672 Pages.
072 501 3890.
REF: 1702.
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Fiction.William Thackeray Book.
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The Incorrigible Children Of Ashton Place - Maryrose Wood - The Mysterious Howling - Book 1.
The first book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place--the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood, perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Trenton Lee Stewart--has a brand-new look.
Discovered in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children. Luckily, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess. A recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, Penelope embraces the challenge of her new position. Though she is eager to instruct the children in Latin verbs and the proper use of globes, first she must eliminate their canine tendencies.
But mysteries abound at Ashton Place: Who are these three wild creatures? Why does Old Timothy, the coachman, lurk around every corner? Will Penelope be able to civilize the Incorrigibles in time for Lady Constance's holiday ball? And what on earth is a schottische?
Second-hand book.
Hardback with cover.
English,.
20 CM
267 Pages.
* Top op pages in book marked with black marker pen, * Stickers in book although the pages is clean, * tape marks in book where tape has been removed, *Good enough to read.
072 501 3890.
REF: 1699.
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After The Funeral - Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot #33.
The master of a Victorian
mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder….
Second-hand book.
Paperback.
English.
17 CM.
192 Pages.
[] Pieces of pages missing on some pages view photo's []
[] Marks similar to these in the book []
[] Small tear page []
072 501 3890.
REF: 5498.
Fiction.
Agatha Christie Book.
Crime Fiction.
Mystery.
Crime.
Detective.
Thriller.
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The Mice Of Nibbling Village - Verses By Margaret Greaves.
Come and visit Nibbling Village. It's a secret place inhabited by Victorian-attired mice who spend their time cooking, sewing, cleaning, and, of course, nibbling. With wonderfully atmospheric and old-fashioned illustrations bringing the village of Nibbling to life, these tales are perfect for fans of Beatrix Potter.
Second-hand book.
Hardback with cover.
English.
26 CM.
32 Pages.
072 501 3890.
REF: 1493.
This book will be removed when sold.
Fiction.Kids Books.Children.
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In these three books with intriguing stories, Sherlock Homes and his trusty friend Dr. Watson solve crimes amid the sinister and foggy streets of Victorian London. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring his creation. Doyle’s works are brilliant. The intrepid Sherlock Holmes is not more entertaining than in these short stories. “My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know”. Condition: good. Price R180 for all books. Can be couriered to any place in South Africa at an additional cost
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