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(Johannesburg: S A Masterpiece in association with Business Day, 2003) 0620307846. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 150; full-colour illustrations. Endpapers foxed and somewhat scarred, suggestive of having once adhered due to past exposure to a moist environment. Good condition. "Forty of South Africa's most distinguished authorities in their respective fields, many of them members of the South African Antique Dealers' Association, have joined forces to create this handbook for collectors. Their articles are all richly illustrated in colour." Besides Fine Art, the fields covered include, among others, Silver, Jewellery, Timepieces, Books, Maps, Prints, Ceramics, Porcelain, Pottery and Glass. .

(Berlin, Richard Carl Schmidt & Co, 1918). 8vo; original grey paper over limp boards with embossed red seal decoration, slightly rubbed and shelf-worn; previous owner's bookplate attached to front pastedown; pp. 189 + adverts, including index; numerous black-and-white photographs in text; scattered very slight browning, especially to edges. Good condition. German text. .

(Cape Town: Struik, 1987) 086977302X. 4to; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224, incl. index; profusely illustrated, incl. a section in full-colour. A little foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. Landmark work on this subject. "While the text examines the background of styles and individual pieces such as the Cape armoire, rusbanke, bureaux, tables and chairs, and discusses the influences that various European styles had on Cape furniture designs, the emphasis of this book rests on the visual. Over 900 black and white photographs as well as 30 colour plates have been reproduced to give collectors and historians an outstanding record of the furniture of this period. Town Furniture of the Cape is the most comprehensive work on the subject to date and is without doubt a major contribution to South Africa's cultural heritage." .

(Cape Town, Purnell & Sons S.A., 1977). 4to; original brown boards; pictorial dustwrapper, creased and worn on edges; pictorial endpapers; pp. 80 including index, numerous black-and-white and colour photographs. Dustwrapper excepted, very good condition. "The Africana Museum was once aptly described as 'the City of Johannesburg's Treasure Chest'. Today it has become the cultural treasure of the people of South Africa. In its sadly limited space within the walls of the Johannesburg Library it houses some of the historic relics of the people of all races who have helped to build the Republic. ... The great problem of all such museums is space. The Africana Museum can display only a fraction of its treasures. The rest are stored and brought out and displayed only occasionally. This book by Anna Smith, who helped to make the museum what it is today, draws aside the curtain to reveal some of these treasures and to tell you how they were acquired." .

(The Hague: Van Goor Zonen, 1962). 4to; original rexine over boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 256; plates. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape repairs to reverse. Very good condition. "This catalogue is being published at 'the very last moment'. The possessors of the Netherlands' large trousseaus of twenty-five years ago are slowly dying out. Do their heirs know what they will find in the huge cupboards which for long years have been aired and cleaned? Probably not. ... Every object of historical value which has come down to us is worthy of preservation. That is why we have our musea and our private collections. Our advanced technique of electric lighting makes it possible to give a good impression of the beauty of this apparently unspectacular material. May this catalogue contribute to the preservation of our inheritance." .

(Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1963). Translated from the French by Eric McLean. Large quarto, Laminated pictorial dustwrapper, very slightly frayed, original cloth, pp. 404, numerous illustrations in the text, a few colour plates. 'All th information on the subject is here presented for the first time by an expert who has devoted more than thirty years to a study of French Canadian culture.' .

(Philadelphia and New York, J.B. Lippincott Company, 6th, revised edition, 2nd impression, 1945). Original cloth, slightly worn, endpaper maps, pp. xvii + 317, 112 plates, including several in colour. Edges slightly foxed. A valuable reference. .