Great Books
Gateway Shopping Centre
Umhlanga, Durban, KZN 4320, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-31-566-2762
Two shops, one in The Quarry, Hilton outside Pietermaritzburg, the other in Gateway Shopping Centre, Umhlanga, near Durban. Specialising in books on Africa, current and old
Specialities: African history, military, biography, nature, botany, ornithology, reference, hunting
Terms of Sale: Cash, credit cards, bank transfer
P.O. Box 12038, Mill Street Post Office, Cape Town 8010, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-461-2382 Fax: +27 086 528 2664
We specialize in books about Africa, with emphasis on Southern Africa. Our stock comprises books published between the 17th & 20th centuries, mainly in English and Afrikaans, with smaller numbers of Dutch, German and French titles.
For our local customers we issue three catalogues yearly; E-mail catalogues can be issued on request and 'Wants Lists' are most welcome. All our stock is accessible on the Web ( see address above ) and keywords associated with your favourite subjects can be used when searching for books. If you would like to view our collection when in Cape Town, please phone to make an appointment. Africana Books is situated only a few minutes from the city centre and parking is no problem. We look forward to meeting you.
Specialities: Agriculture/Horticulture Anthropology/Ethnology
Archaeology Biography
Boer War Botany
Conservation Fiction & Literature
Fine Arts Geology
Historical
Hunting & Fishing Military History
Miscellaneous Politics & Current Affairs
Railroads
Travel & Explroation Zoology
Zulu War
Terms of Sale: Our stock is priced in US$, which are debited to credit cards at the rate of exchange ruling on the day, in South African Rands. Postage is charged at estimated cost as an extra.
P.O. Box 186, Constantia, 7806, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-726-1652
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash
275 Florida Road, Morningside., Durban, KZN-Natal 4001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-31-312-3555
Book Base is a reputable and popular book store located in Durban and has been around for 8 years. We currently have a large range of general reading material, Africana out-of-print and Collectable book range. We stock about 30,000 books at any time but this grows daily.
All books are described in precise detail as to the condition plus we photograph each book for you to see. Should you require closer scrutiny we will scan certain parts of the book and email this to you for your inspection. All postage and packaging is for the buyer's account as is the choice of surface/airmail, insurance etc. We will gladly give a full refund to the buyer on any misrepresented book if the said book is received back in the same condition as when we posted it.
We actively sell books on www.auctionexplorerbooks.com which is a monthly book auction for rare and out of print books and encourage collectors to look at this site.
We are always looking for rare or out of print books to buy. Should you have any of the above that you wish to sell directly to us or through the auction on your behalf contact us.
Specialities: Rare and Collectable , Africana , Modern First Editions , Militaria.
Terms of Sale: Cash, EFT,
Credit card.
P.O.Box 130717, Bryanston, Gauteng 2021, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-706-8774 Fax: +27-11-706-8774
Email:
We currently operate from 6 shops in Johannesburg. These are in Bedfordview, Benmore, Bryanston, Melville, Rivonia and Rosebank. Each shop has its own speciality as well as carrying a huge selection of publishers' overstocks and a large and interesting selection of out-of-print books.
Specialities: Africana, Judaica, Military History, History, Esoteric, Natural History, Botany, Children, Music, Fiction, Art, Architecture, Photography, Travel, Motoring
Terms of Sale: Cash or credit card
Located inside Lourens Nursery,
Harry Galaun St
, Vorna Valley, Midrand 1684, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-315-1094
Email:
Booked Up Bookshop & Café has been in business for over 5 years and operates out of a converted house inside Lourens Nursery on Harry Galaun St, Vorna Valley. Our hours of business are Tuesdays to Saturdays and public holidays 9h00 - 17h00 and Sundays 9h30 to 17h00. The shop is closed on Mondays (open if a public holiday), 25th and 26th December and 1st and 2nd January.
We are a general bookdealer and stock competitively priced good, used, recently published books, i.e. fiction, sci fi & fantasy, romance, non-fiction on a variety of subjects and children's books. Come and settle down in one of our armchairs with a cuppa and a slice of fresh cake! We do not have a website yet, but it is under construction, as is our catalogue of collectibles. Please call or send an email if you are looking for a particular book or author - even if it is a paperback reading copy!
Specialities: Services: We are always looking to buy 2nd hand books in good condition, no matter the age. Return books bought at Booked Up and receive a third of the purchase price back in cash or credit. We run a 'Wants' book for our customers - please let us know what you are looking for and we will make every effort to find it! We assess collections of books or books as part of deceased estates. A discount is offered to fellow bookdealers.
Terms of Sale: Cash or credit cards - Mastercard, Visa or debit cards accepted.
P.O.Box 631,
Kidney Crescent,, Blantyre, ., MALAWI
Phone: +265-1-876110 Fax: +265-1-876102
Central Africana specialises in books on the exploration and development of Nyasaland/Malawi and Central Africa. The company, established in 1988, operates two bookshops in Blantyre (Kidney crescent)and Lilongwe (Old Town Mall), in Malawi and has a medium-sized, broad-based stock on Central African subjects, ranging from travel and exploration to economics, anthropology and natural history. Nineteenth and early twentieth century titles form the backbone of our stock.
Specialities: (Central) African exploration. David Livingstone.
Terms of Sale: Cash
17 Ivy Road, Norwood, Johannesburg 2192, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-483-1899
Email:
Specialities: Rhodesiana and other books on Africa, collectables and out of print books.
Terms of Sale: Payment in full prior to despatch.
P.O.Box 1591, LINKHILLS, Kwa-Zulu Natal 3652, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 0317622462 Fax: 0317622462
Trading from two outlets in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa at Waterfall and Underberg. The majority of our collectible and out-of-print stock is held mainly at our Underberg location.
Specialities: Collectibles and out of print titles. Africana; Rhodesiana; Nataliana. No charge - no obligation search facility.
Terms of Sale: Cash, eft, credit card (on site facility only at Underberg shop)
P O Box 24093 Sherwood, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6034, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-41-3714844 Fax: +27-41-3714844
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history . The store is currently managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Specialities: South East Africa; Travel; Natural History; Military Campaigns; African Languages
Terms of Sale: All books offered subject to availability. Credit card (Mastercard, Visa or American Express)preferred; other payment methods may be possible - please enquire. Terms are in all cases: payment with order. Trade discount negotiable. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods. Please request further details.
P.O. Box 186
Constantia, Cape Town, 7848, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 21 794 0600 Fax: +27 21 794 0601
Founded in 1958, Clarke’s specialises in Africana books, prints, maps and ephemera concentrating mainly on Africa south of the Sahara.
On-line rare book auctions: www.antiquarianauctions.com -
Specialist on-line auctions for rare books, maps & prints,
documents, letters, ephemera and vintage photography.
Specialities: Africana books, prints, maps and ephemera concentrating mainly on Africa south of the Sahara.
Africana Catalogues are issued four times a year. All subjects are covered including, African exploration and travel, missionary endeavour, ethnography, Bushmen and rock art, big-game hunting, military history – the Anglo Boer War, Boer War ephemera, Zulu War and the First World War in East Africa and South West Africa, natural history (botany, ornithology, etc.), Mining (particularly diamonds and gold), Natal & Zululand, Namibia, art & architecture, literature & politics. Also Maps, prints and ephemera.
Terms of Sale: All books are first editions in good (v.g./fine) condition, published in London, in the original cloth and are 8vo in size, unless otherwise stated.
Any items found to be unsatisfactory may be returned with prior notice.
Postage is extra - quotes for both surface and airmail will be given.
Payment by credit card is preferred: Visa or Mastercard - please quote card number and expiry date. Overseas customers paying by bank draft or cheque will have $12 (£6) added to each invoice to cover bank charges.
211 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-423-5739 Fax: +27-21-423-6441
We are open from 9 to 5 Monday to Fridays, 9 to 1 on Saturdays, or by appointment. We issue two catalogues a year listing old and new books.
Specialities: New and secondhand books on Southern Africa, maps and prints, general secondhand books.We have a large selection of books on Southern African art.
Terms of Sale: Cash, cheque, credit card (Amex, VISA, Mastercard and Diners)
Shop 5,
9th Avenue Shopping Centre,
Main Road,
Walmer,, Port Elizabeth, 6070, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 041-581-4416
Email:
21 000+ stock of general books.
Mon-Fri 9.00am to 4.30pm
Sat 9.00am to 1.00pm
Specialities: Military, and children's books, memorabilia.
Terms of Sale: Cash, cheque, or credit card.
244 Commissioner Street
City & Suburban, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-334-6556 Fax: +27-334-5344
Email:
Specialities: Africana, rare and elusive
Terms of Sale: Cash or credit card
119 High Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape 6139, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-46-636-1525 Fax: +27-46-636-1525
We are a general out-of-print bookshop serving the academic community of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Africana and other stock sought from anywhere in the Eastern Cape.
We issue catalogues of new africana acquisitions. Visit http://lists.imaginet.co.za/mailman/listinfo/fables-list to subscribe
Specialities: Africana especially that relating to the Eastern Cape, 20thC politics, and literature.
Terms of Sale: Credit card preferred. Institutions may be invoiced by prior arrangement only. Cheques by arrangement only and subject to applicable forex costs. Returns by prior arrangement if item not as described.
42 Harrison Street, Johannesburg, 2001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-838-5903
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash
P.O. Box 31326
Braamfontein
, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2017, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 27 11 339 3482 Fax: 27 11 339 3482
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash, debit & credit card
48a Florida Road, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-31-303-9214
Email:
Ike's is an antiquarian and out-of-print bookshop, dealing in Africana, African politics, literature and history, art, modern first editions, sport, and travel.
Terms of Sale: Cash, cheques, VISA, Mastercard and Diner's Club credit cards.
5 Arlington
Milnerton Ridge, Cape Town, WP 7441, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 021-551-4248
Natural History Specialist
Online at http://www.netbooks.co.za
Specialities: Natural History
Birds & Botany
Fly Fishing
Terms of Sale: Credit card, Paypal, Transfer (ZA only)
100% refund for books not as described.
Peak Road, Pringle Bay, Western Cape 7196, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-82-899-7195 Fax: +27-866-347-881
Email:
Attic bookshop in a beautiful seaside village. Situated above the Pringle Bay Country Shop.
Specialities: Wide range of rare and collectible books. Large stock of Africana, esp flora and fauna. Over 30 general categories including sport, shipping, military history, art, travel, poetry, cinema.
Terms of Sale: Cash, cheque, bank transfer
127 Long Street, Cape Town, 8000, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-423-3810
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash
P.O. Box 35510, Menlo Park, 0102, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-12-362-5685
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash
P.O.Box 59
Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 7990, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-788-2752 Fax: +27-21-7883581
Cape Town ,with more than 300 years of colonial history and a haven for traders travelling the East -Indian route from Europe has always been a source of treasures . Quagga in nearby Kalk Bay is still permeated with the sense of the rare and unusual . Large leatherbound tomes, 17 century sea charts , glass cabinets stuffed with books ,seashells the odd baboon skull or whalebone .A mounted Zebra stares down at you with its glassy eyes .It all has the feel of a successful 17th century merchants Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities .Paintings , books, maps and the oddest of objects.
Specialities: Africana, Out-of-print and rare books on a variety of subjects, from antiquarian leather bound volumes to books on South African Art. First editions, maps, prints, photographs and ephemera.
Terms of Sale: Cash, bank-guaranteed cheques or bank transfers (by prior arrangement), credit card
1 Andringa Street
, Stellenbosch, 7600, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: 27 021 8870113 Fax: 27 021 8870113
Situated in the center of historic Stellenbosch our shop is crammed full of interesting items. Books, prints, maps, watercolours,oil paintings and odd specimens. Our stock usually has a strong african flavour because of what is available, but we do also carry many items of international interest.
Specialities: Quagga Books is a dealer in out-of-print and rare books on a variety of subjects. From antiquarian leather bound volumes to books on South African Art. First editions, maps, prints, photographs and ephemera are also sold.
Terms of Sale: Cash and credit card
Shop 24(P.O.Box 79)
Underberg Village Mall, Underberg, KwaZulu Natal 3257, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: -27-33-701-1074 Fax: -27-33-7011074
Email:
Retail shop with Africana,Christian and Collectable Material
Specialities: Customer Orders-Anglo Zulu War/Anthropology/Rhodesiana/Natal-Botany-Ornithology
Terms of Sale: Cash-Credir Cards-Visa/Mastercard Accepted
19 Sixth Avenue
Houghton, Johannesburg, 2198, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-7282044 Fax: +27-11-6438437
Email:
Private premises. Viewing by appointment only. Listed online a small selection of our most choice stock. Many lesser priced items available. Please enquire. We are always interested in purchasing good or unusual South African literary material or anything unusual or signed by the South African Nobel prize winners.
Specialities: Modern literature, South African Literature, Detective Fiction, Science Fiction, Detective Fiction, Illustrated and Private Press and some Africana.
Terms of Sale: Cash, Credit Card or Bank Transfer. Regret PayPal does not accept South African sellers! Items can be returned for any reason for a full refund at the purchaser's expense or at our expense if description found to be materially incorrect.
13 Polela Road, Hillcrest, Kwazulu Natal 3610, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-31-765-1510 Fax: +27-31-765-1572
Email:
Attached to private premises. Appointment necessary. 100 sq.m house stock of approx 8000 items.
Specialities: Modern First Editions, Childrens and Illustrated, Miscellaneous non fiction.
Terms of Sale: Payment required before dispatch. All major credit cards accepted. Can make arrangements for UK or USA cheques. Cash is also good.
232 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-(0)21-424-6955 Fax: +27-(0)21-4240866
We buy & sell new and out of print books relating to southern Africa.
Specialities: Sports books (especially rugby books), Namibiana, Rhodesiana, hunting, art, politics, biographies, travel accounts, regional studies.....
Terms of Sale: Cash & credit card.
18 Silverhill Crescent
, Kenilworth, 7708, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 21-762-4245 Fax: +2721-797-6609
Specialities: Southern African botanical books, both old and new.
Terms of Sale: Cash
Shop 12, Irene Village Mall.
Cnr. Nelmapius and Pierre van Reyneveldt., Irene., Gauteng. 0157, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-(0)12-662-2829
There is no substitute for knowledge.
TALL STORIES is a unique bookshop with an incredible ambience which offers fine books for discerning readers. We sell only the best books: collectables, africana, publisher's overstocks and quality pre-loved books. We also buy good books, every day of the week. Come to us for that elusive africana you have been searching for - be it botany, travel, hunting, zoology or other. Impress your friends with your collection of Dostoevsky and Murakami.
Specialities: We carry a good range of general stock, with a specific focus on the following areas : Africana, Botanical, Military History, Childrens Books and good Literature.
Terms of Sale: We accept Visa, MasterCard & American Express. Payment in full is required before articles are despatched. Returns are only acceptable by prior arrangement. Postage charges are additional to the cost of the books.
Grosvenor Crossing, Bryanston, 2021, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-706-8555
Email:
Terms of Sale: Cash
PO Box 2759, North Riding , Johannesburg, Gauteng 2162, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-11-7045567 Fax: 0866907
Email:
The Book Place has 5 branches situated in the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg. Our primary line is fiction both new and used as well as most other popular catagories.
Specialities: Specialising in a wide variety of popular fiction by best selling authors as well as a broad selection of non-fiction.
Terms of Sale: Cash
P.O.Box 15030, Panorama, Western Cape 7506, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-939-7923 Fax: +27-21-939-7923
The Military Bookshop is a mail order facility (operating from a private residence. Customers are welcome to view available stock by appointment)
Specialities: Specialising in Southern African, history and military history and European military history - the main focus on WW1 and WW2
Terms of Sale: Cash, bank-guaranteed cheques or bank transfers (by prior arrangement)
P O Box 361, Franschhoek, 7690, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27-21-876-2167 Fax: +27-21-876-3529
Email:
Large bright shop just off main road in wine and culinary capital of the Cape where we sell new, used, rare and collectable books, vinyl LPs and artworks
Terms of Sale: Cash or credit card
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