HB#00459
Fairbridge, D. Historic Houses of South Africa.
London/Cape Town: Oxford University Press/Maskew Miller, 1922. First Edition. With a Preface by General J.C. Smuts. xvii+191pp. Illustrated with numerous plates including colour plates and line drawings in the text. Collated complete. Bottom corner of the rear board water-stained affecting the rear paste-down. . End-papers browned with faint tape marks. Spine-ends of the books scuffed. Large Quarto.. Very Good. Navy Cloth + Gilt. (#00459) € 145.00
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HB#00054
Gropius, Walter. Bauhausbucher 12. Walter Gropius Bauhausbauten Dessau.
Munchen: Albert Langen Verlag. 221 pp. + 1pp. Top edge red. Copyright 1930. Probably not the First Edition, as there is a list of 14 books in this series in the rear of the book. However, the ink name on the half title page is dated 1933. There is also an ink name on the verso of the contents page, dated 1933. Spine faded. Spine-ends frayed. Cloth grubby. Some light loss to the red lettering on boards. Small Quarto.. Very Good. Beige-Mustard Cloth. (#00054) € 450.00
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HB#00431
Macmillan, Allister (completed By Eric Rosenthal). Homes of the Golden City.
Cape Town, RSA, 1948. First Edition. Compiled by Allister Macmillan and brought to completion by Eric Rosenthal. Black and white photographs. Ink gift inscription to a previous owner on the front free end paper. Some slight staining to the top edge of the textblock, affecting the first 5 pages. Rear board water damaged, affecting 5 centimetres x 4 centimetres of the cloth. Same internal damage to the rear paste down. Some minor soiling to the cloth. Spine-ends scuffed. Many of the houses depicted no longer exist. Quarto. Good +. Brown Cloth.. (#00431) € 90.00
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HB#00140
Picton-Seymour, Desiree. Victorian Buildings in South Africa Including Edwardian & Transvaal Republican Styles 1850 -1910.
Cape Town / Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1977. First Edition. ISBN: 08696108310. A survey of houses, churches, schools, public and commercial buildings with notes on the materials used, the architects concerned, the use of prefabricated ironmongery and the influence of European styles. xii + 412 pp. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Includes Herbert Baker. Quarto. Near Fine. Maroon Cloth. (#00140) € 36.00
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HB#00750
Ploeger, J. Over-Vaal: The History of an Official Residence.
Pretoria: The Transvaal Provincial Administration., 1963. 194 pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white and colour. Usual library markings. Boards are slightly grubby and the gilt is faded. Corners bumped. Quarto. Ex-Library. Green Boards + Gilt. (#00750) € 23.00
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HB#00353
Trotter, A. F. Old Colonial Houses of the Cape of Good Hope Illustrated and Described.
Johannesburg: Art Link, 1996. Facsimile Edition. ISBN: 062020012X. With a Chapter on The Origin of Old Cape Architecture by Herbert Baker. viii + 16 + xxxiv plates. LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 1099 OF 1500 COPIES ONLY. Stunning drawings and photographs of old Cape Houses throughout. No visible defects Quarto. Near Fine. Pictorial Green Cloth. (#00353) € 30.00
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HB#00581
Van Der Meulen, J. Die europaische Grundlage der Kolonialarchitektur am Kap der Guten Hoffnung.
Marburg, 1962. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultat der Philipps-Universitat Marburg/Lahn. 3 volumes bound into 1 volume with original wraps bound in. The last volume is contains the black and white photographic references. Volume I : IX + 160 pp. Volume II : 206 pp. 878 plates (small black and white). This copy is from the library of Dr. Jan Ploeger, who co-authored "Pictorial Atlas Of The History Of the Union Of South Africa", with Anna Smith as well as "Conservation of Our Heritage. Part 1 - Preservation of Old Buildings and Historic Relics", which he authored together with Dr. F. C. L. Bosman, Dr. W. H. J. Punt, & A. Gordon Bagnall. Dr. Ploeger left his ex-libris ink stamp on many pages throughout the book. Octavo. Very Good. Skivertex. (#00581) € 65.00
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HB#00457
Walton, J. Vroe‘ Plase En Nedersettings in Die Oranje Vrystaat.
Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1955. First Edition. 36 pp. 16 black and white plates at the rear. Ex-library with all the ususal markings. Abrasions to the front paste-down. Some water-damage to the base of the plates which does not affect the text. Boards slightly soiled. Royal Octavo. Good +. Navy Boards. (#00457) € 60.00
