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Agfa's textured lives : An exhibition of photographs by Val Adamson

By: N/A

Price: $24.70

Publisher: Agfa South Africa: 1994

Seller ID: 71jw

ISBN: 0620186941

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete. A sure, tranquil book. The covers are placid. They have some shelving and handling wear to the edges, corners and seams. They are scuffed, a little marked by handling. However, they are also certain and contented. The contents are most pleasing. The photographs are expressive, the contents are clean and clear, generous and fresh-faced. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Picturesque South Africa, An Album of Two Hundred and Fifty Choice Photographic Engravings, Consisting of Beautiful Views of Colonial Scenery, Interesting Phases of Colonial Life, and Characteristic Pictures of the Chief Cities and Towns in South Africa

By: N/A

Price: $190.00

Publisher: Dennis Edwards & Co., Cape Town: 1899

Seller ID: 15ld

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

228 pages (complete). A comfortably aged copy. A collection of the most fascinating photographs that sweep from an Indaba in Bulaway, the wide serene streets of Grahamstown, a flag festooned Alfred Dock in Cape Town, to the bustle of central Johannesburg, to the austere life of a Trappist monk at Marianhill. A very confident and proud picture of pre-bellum Colonial South Africa. The green boards are sturdy. Stamped gilt titling. The boards have wear, scuffing, marks about all edges, corners, seams. They are steady and sure. The contents have ample evidence of avid use throughout. Ther...
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Victoria Falls

By: N/A

Price: $190.00

Publisher: L. Pedrotti, Bulawayo: 1900?

Seller ID: 11nv

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

12 photogravures (complete). Rebound (at some stage) in half-leather. Marbled boards. Landscape format. The leathered edges and spine are neat, placid, pleasing. The boards have scuffing, mild marks. They are steady and sure. Newer end papers. The plates are in excellent condition. The pages are thick, very healthy, unblemished. The images are sharp, immediate, clean, clear. A dramatic and most pleasing book of early photographs of the Falls. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Union of South Africa Souvenir Views

By: N/A

Price: $57.00

Publisher: Beanes Photo Service, Johannesburg: 1930?

Seller ID: 97ph

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Complete. 16 pages of b/w photographs of Southern Africa (mostly Johannesburg). A fascinating glimpse of South Africa during the early 1930s. A very rare copy. The photographs are in excellent condition. The manila covers are worn about the edges, they have scuffing, handling marks. They are secure and sure. The pages are thick, pleasing, generous, clean and clear. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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A Victorian Photographer in South Africa 1894 - J Benjamin Stone Photographs 1984

By: N/A

Price: $14.25

Publisher: J Benjamin Stone Photographs of South Africa, London / Anglo American De Beers Chairman's Fund: 1985

Seller ID: 60pr

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

16 pages (complete). Published to accompany a travelling exhibition in South Africa during 1985. The covers are tidy with light user wear about the edges. The contents have very sparse smudges of foxing. Otherwise, the pages are fresh, bright, clean, clear, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Silver Images : History of Photography in Africa

By: Bensusan, Dr A D

Price: $39.90

Publisher: Howard Timmins, Cape Town: 1966

Seller ID: cgpz

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

146 pages (complete). An aging, robust copy. The dustjacket is much worn all about. It is included. The boards are steady and sound. They have some scuffing and storage marks. They are otherwise healthy. The contents have flushes of foxing here and there. The early pages in particular have rashes of foxing. The page-trims are foxed. The contents are, in general, clear, clean, comfortable, amiable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Silver Images: History of Photography in Africa

By: Bensusan, Dr A D

Price: $80.75

Publisher: Howard Timmins, Cape Town: 1966

Seller ID: 2ot

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

146 pages (complete). A benign copy. Full leather. The dustjacket is much worn, torn all about. It is still functional and resolute. The black leather boards are very smart. The silvered titling on the spine is bright and youthful. Within, the contents are mild-mannered.Previous ownership inscription. In general, and by far, the contents are clean, clear, smart, lively, assured, confident, generous, keen, companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Africa: A Continent of Contrasts

By: Briggs, Philip

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Struik Publishers: 2007

Seller ID: cfih

ISBN: 1770070877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

296 pages (complete). A vivacious, generous copy. The dustjacket has a clear cellophane cover. The dustjacket is smart, handsome. The boards are healthy, as new. The opp-first free page has a gift inscription (not from the author or photographers). The contents are most gratifying. They are very clean, very clear - as if new throughout! Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book need be posted outside of South Africa, additional postage charges may be made. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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In Camera : Portraits by Paul Alberts

By: Brink, Andrea P (introduction)

Price: $71.25

Publisher: HAUM, Pretoria and Cape Town: 1979

Seller ID: ccsj

ISBN: 0798603585

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete. A comfortable copy. The silver dustjacket has wear, scuffing, rubbing, marks and bit torn at the front. It is sure, secure. The black boards are handsome. There is light wear to the head and foot of the spine and to the corners. The contents have evidence of amiable, careful ownership. The contents are yet, clean, clear, contented, certain, at times powerful, at other times striking. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Secure the Shadow: The Story of Cape Photography from its beginnings to the end of 1870

By: Bull, Marjorie; Denfield, Joseph

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Terence McNally, Cape Town: 1970

Seller ID: 50qq

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

291 pages (complete). Included is a handwritten and signed letter from Marjorie Bull, addressed to Frank Bradlow (the Africana specialist and collector). Also included are appropriate press cuttings and tear-sheets. The dustjacket has wear about the edges and seams, some scuffing, marks, light sunning to the spine. The dj is comfortable and sure. The boards are mild-mannered. There is light storage wear about the edges. The boards are otherwise healthy, steady, sound. The papertrims are flecked with foxing. The contents have smears, smudges, spots of foxing throughout. In general and...
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Vision of the Past: South Africa in Photographs 1843-1910

By: de Beer, Mona; Barker, Brian Johnson

Price: $55.10

Publisher: Struik Publishers: 1992

Seller ID: 10hq

ISBN: 1868252795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

303 pages (complete). A most pleasurable copy. The dustjacket is neat, tidy. There is some wear about the edges from shelving, some scuffing, some rubbing. It is otherwise healthy and elegant. The boards are sure, sound. The contents are gratifyingly assured. The first free page has a gift inscription (not from either of the compilers). The contents are very clean and clear, generous, engaging, excellent. Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book be posted outside of South Africa, extra postage charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked cou...
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Old Cape Colony: Exhibition of Pictures, Reception Hall, City Hall, Cape Town, February 1926

By: Elliott, Arthur (preface)

Price: $142.50

Publisher: Old Cape Colony Committee: 1926

Seller ID: 13re

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

85 pages plus advertising pages (complete). Signed by Arthur Elliott at the end of his preface. Elliott was one of the most extraordinary photographers in South Africa's history. He started recording quotidian and architectural Cape Town and beyond in 1900 and eventually amassed a collection of over 10,000 photographs. This exhibition was one of several travelling the country over time. The covers are much worn, marked from use, shelving all about. They are quietly secure and sure. The early and later pages are much foxed. The contents have evidence of careful use, particularly about t...
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Children of the Flats

By: Gibbs, George (text)

Price: $66.50

Publisher: Reijger Publishers, Cape Town: 1980

Seller ID: 55kf

ISBN: 0620047224

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

80 plates plus text (complete). Signed by Alberts on the title page. A pleasingly assured copy. Softcover with flaps. The dustjacket is healthy, a little scuffed, worn from shelving and handling. It is comfortable, certain. The covers are certain. They have shelving wear about the edges. Otherwise, they are healthy. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh, clean, clear, entrancing, engaging, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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In Boksburg (The South African Photographic Gallery)

By: Goldblatt, David

Price: $209.00

Publisher: Gallery Press, Cape Town: 1982

Seller ID: 79js

ISBN: 0620059338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete. A comfortable copy of this collection of extraordinary, effective, affecting photographs of the working class Afrikaans town of Boksburg, near Johannesburg. At the end is a reproduction of: "Declaration of Group Areas at Boksburg, District of Boksburg, Province of the Transvaal" from 20/1/1982 - a bewilderingly detailed legal separation of and allocation of areas for different races. The book has evidence of avid use throughout. The boards have some mild-mannered wear about the edges, corners. There is light scuffing. They are steady and sure. The contents have occasional wear...
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South Africa: The Structure of Things Then

By: Goldblatt, David

Price: $285.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Cape Town: 1998

Seller ID: 20rp

ISBN: 0195716310

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

260 pages (complete). Signed by Goldblatt on the title page (dated: 10/6/06). The dustjacket has wear about the edges from shelving and stacking. It has very light scuffing. The black cloth covered boards are handsome and neat. The front pages have handling creases. Otherwise, the contents are most pleasing and gratifying. They are bright, smart, healthy, very clean and clear, carefully curated, carefully owned, generous - as if almost new throughout! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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In Boksburg (The South African Photographic Gallery 1)

By: Goldblatt, David

Price: $275.50

Publisher: The Gallery Press, Cape Town: 1982

Seller ID: 68lu

ISBN: 0620059338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete. An agreeable copy. The dustjacket has scuffing, wear about the edges from use, shelving. The dj is comfortable, sure. The boards have very light wear about the edges from shelving, handling. The spine has light shelving wear to the head and foot. They are steady and sound. The papertrims are very, very faintly sunned. The contents are most pleasing. They are evocative, clear-eyed, acute. The pages have very, very light strips of sunning along the top trims and binding corners. Otherwise, the pages are fresh-faced, clean, clear, neat, generous, bountiful in spirit, convivia...
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Faces and Places : A Photographic Journey

By: Halfon, Jack

Price: $57.00

Publisher: The Author: 2011

Seller ID: ccss

ISBN: 0620494492

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

240 pages (complete). A handsome, healthy copy. The laminated, illustrated boards are tidy, smart. There is some mild scuffing. The contents are most agreeable. They are clean, clear, vivid, poignant, evocative, certain, generous.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RF80] fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Moving In Time: Images of Life in a Democratic South Africa

By: Hallett, George [Editor]; Langa, Mandla [Introduction];

Price: $61.75

Publisher: KMM Review Publishing Company (Pty) Ltd., Sandton: 2004

Seller ID: ceaa

ISBN: 0620320273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

280 pages (complete). A comfortable, genially owned copy. The matte boards are worn, scuffed and marked about. The binding is a little wobbly - it is however, secure and sure. The contents are most agreeable. They are lively, joyful, energetic, clean, clear, bright, most companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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African Queen - Indlovukazi yaseAfrika

By: Herman, Jenny

Price: $57.00

Publisher: Jenbook: 2005

Seller ID: 52iy

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete. A placid copy of this soft-focussed book of poetry and photographs of naked African women. The illustrated matte covers are much worn, knocked about the edges and seams. The covers are scuffed, marked from handling and storage, rubbed. They are nonetheless secure, sure, sound. The contents are in much better condition. They are serene. They are clean, clear, romantic, certain, generous, wistful, healthy, bright. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Amen: Grassroots Football

By: Hilltout, Jessica [Photographer]

Price: $33.25

Publisher: Jessica Hilltout: 2010

Seller ID: 95ja

ISBN: 0620466677

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

208 pages (complete). A contented copy. The covers have wear to the corners from use; they have scuffing and light marks. They are otherwise sure and healthy. The contents have evidence of happy use throughout. Whilst the page edges may have some handling wear, the pages are bright, energetic, joyful, clean, clear, generous.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.fk[RF38]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Category: Africana - Photography