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51
Some Frontier Families
Some Frontier Families
Caption Note: Author : Ivan Mitford Barberton and Violet White
Publisher : Human and Rousseau, Cape Town
First Published : 1968
Size : 225 x 160 Hard Cover 304 pages
ISBN :

Biographical sketch of 100 Eastern Cape families before 1840, mainly of 1820 settler descent.
Known to have some inaccuracies in the data.

Expect to pay GBP £95 Abebooks.com November 2015

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52
South African Place Names
South African Place Names
Caption Note: Author : Peter E Raper
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
First Published : First edition published by Lowry Publishers in 1987.
Second edition published by Jonathan Ball in 1989. revised 2004

Hard Cover 421 pages
ISBN : 1 86842 190 2

Summary: A New Dictionary of South African Place Names.

Expect to pay GBP £40 Abebooks.com December 2015

Keywords: Reference Book
 
53
Southwell Settlers
Southwell Settlers
Caption Note: Author : Doris Stirk
Publisher : Privately published
First Published : 1971
Size : 255 x 160 Soft Cover 122 pages
ISBN :

A complation and biographical sketchs the farms and familes of the Southwell region, with family trees of the prominent famlies.

Expect to pay GBP £15 Abebooks.com November 2015

This book has been reprinted and issued during September 2015
Paperback: 137 pages
Publisher: Southwell & District Local History Society (26 Sept. 2015)
ISBN-10: 0993244211
ISBN-13: 978-0993244216

Keywords: Reference Book
 
54
Sparks from the Border Anvil
Sparks from the Border Anvil
Caption Note: Author : A W Burtonc.
Publisher : Provincial Publishing Company, King William's Town
First Published : 1950
Size : 215 x 145 Hard Cover 295 pages
ISBN :

Summary: the strivings & achievements of those many people who laid the foundations of peace & prosperity in the Border Districts of the Cape Eastern Frontier, including overcoming "the evils of witchcraft", rise of East London, Xhosa history,et

Expect to pay GBP £15 to £50 Abebooks.com December 2015

Keywords: Reference Book
 
55
Speeches Letters and Selections from Important papers
Speeches Letters and Selections from Important papers
Caption Note: Author : John Mitford Bowker
Publisher : Godlonton and Richards, Grahamstown
First Published : 1864
Size : 220 x 150 Hard Cover 280 pages
ISBN :

A compilation of the speeches and letters written by John Mitford Bowker.
The original book had 500 copies printed, approx 250 lost in a fire, and probably not more than 100 survive in private collections and libraries - very rare.
Expect to pay GBP £120 Abebooks.com November 2015

A facsimile reprint was done by C Struik in 1962


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56
Sword and Assegai
Sword and Assegai
Caption Note: Author : Anna Howarthn a Karoo farm and nursed Selina Kirkman with whom she afterwards lived. The South African colonial settings of her 4 novels gave them topical interest in England during and just after the Boer War.
Publisher : Smith, Elder and Co., London
First Published : 1899
Size : 190 x 130 Hard Cover 344 pages
ISBN :

Summary: The novelist and poet Anna Howarth was the daughter of a Church of England clergyman. She was born in London and sent to South Africa on her father's death, where she trained as a nurse at Grahamstown Hospital and lived for some time o
Although this book was written in quasi-fictional style, it is known to be an accurate chronicle of the experiences of the Kirkman Settler family through the period of the frontier wars.

Scarce

Expect to pay GBP £65 Abebooks.com December 2015

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57
Tharfield - An Eastern Cape Farm
Tharfield - An Eastern Cape Farm
Caption Note: Author : C Thorpeh on the current ecology, natural history, conservation
Publisher : Privately publshed
First Published : 1977
Size : 245 x 160 Soft Cover 197 pages
ISBN :

The story of the Eastern Cape Farm, which has been occupied by two families since the 1820s - Bowkers and Webbs. Lists of birds, plants, seaweeds & botanical species, maps, drawings, photographs : the history of 150+ years on the farm with muc

Expect to pay GBP £35 Abebooks.com November 2015

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58
The 1820 Settlers
The 1820 Settlers
Caption Note: Author : Lynne Bryer and Keith S Huntd of South Africa as a whole. Lynne Bryer is a descendant of John Ayliffe and has written other books on the 1820 Settlers.
Publisher : Don Nelson, Cape Town
First Published : 1984
Size : 285 x 220 Hard Cover 80 pages
ISBN : 0 909238 87 1

Summary: Heritage series 19th century. This extensively illustrated social history of the 1820 Settlers gives a general but reasonably detailed overview of the them. The 4000 immigrants to the Eastern Cape changed the character of the area an


Expect to pay GBP £15 Abebooks.com December 2015

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59
The 1820 Settlers - Illustrated Commentary - Guy Butler
The 1820 Settlers - Illustrated Commentary - Guy Butler
Caption Note: Author : Guy Butler
Publisher : Human and Rosseau
First Published : 1974
Size : 315 x 205 Hard Cover 304 pages
ISBN : 0-7981-0427-9

Story of the 1820 Settlers

Expect to pay GBP £55 Abebooks.com November 2015

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60
The Barbers of the Peak
The Barbers of the Peak
Caption Note: Author : Ivan Mitford Barberton
Publisher : The University Press, Oxford
First Published : 1934
Size : 230 x 155 Blue Hard Cover 258 pages
ISBN :
picture is of the frontis page.

The reference story of the Barber, Atherstone settlers leading to the Bowker connections and eventually the Mitford-Barberton families

Expect to pay GBP £75 Abebooks.com November 2010

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61
The Bowkers of Tharfield
The Bowkers of Tharfield
Caption Note: Author : Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton
Publisher : University Press, Oxford
First Published : 1952
Size : 225 x 155 Blue Hard Cover 386 pages
ISBN :
Picture is of the frontis page.

The history of Miles and Anna Maria Bowker, leader of the Bowker party, and their families.

Extremely rare and family members who have a copy will not part with them!
Expect to pay about GBP £300 Abebooks.com 2010

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62
The British Settlers of 1820
The British Settlers of 1820
Caption Note: Author : Lynne Bryer
Publisher : Chameleon Press
First Published : 1986
Size : soft Cover 32 pages
ISBN :

Small quarto pictorial card wraps, pp. 32, numerous illustrations. Excellent introduction intended for children

Expect to pay GBP £3 Abebooks.com November 2015

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63
The Cape of Good Hope John Centlivres Chase
The Cape of Good Hope John Centlivres Chase
Caption Note: Author : John Centlivres Chase
Publisher : Pelham Richardson, London
First Published : 1843
Size : 200 x 120 Hard Cover 358 pages
ISBN :

A historical and statistical reference to the Cape of Good Hope in 1843.

Reprinted by C Struik as a facsimile copy in 1967

Expect to pay GBP £20 for the reprint Abebooks.com November 2015

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64
The Dead Will Arise
The Dead Will Arise
Caption Note: Author : Jeff Pieres
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
First Published : 2003 . (Originally published in 1989 in Great Britain by James Curry Ltd. and in the USA by Indiana Press. First South African edition published in 1989 by Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd.)
Size : 223 x 152 Soft Cover 463 pages
ISBN : 1 86842 158 9

Summary: Nongquawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing of 1856-7

Expect to pay GBP £4 - £5 Abebooks.com December 2015

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65
The Descendants of Samuel Richard Painter
The Descendants of Samuel Richard Painter
Caption Note: Author : Margie Müller
Publisher : privately published, P O Box 140 Robertson 6705
First Published : 2003
Size : 300 x 215 Hard Cover 292 pages
ISBN :

Summary: descendnants of the Painter family, 1820 settler

Expect to pay GBP £ ?

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66
The Diary of Iris Vaughan
The Diary of Iris Vaughan
Caption Note: Author : Iris Vaughan
Publisher : first published in installments in Otspan magazine, then 1958 by CNA in book form

Size : 215 x 145 Soft Cover 132 pages
ISBN : 978-0-620-29250-4

Her diary in her own words. This little book is available in various prints and formats

Expect to pay £10 from Amazon.co.uk

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67
The Erythrina Tree and other Verses
The Erythrina Tree and other Verses
Caption Note: Author : Mary Elizabeth Barber, nee Bowker
Publisher : Private publication by her son F H Barber
First Published : 1898
Size : 215 x 170 Hard Cover 126 pages
ISBN :

Poems and verses written by Mary Elizabeth Barber nee Bowker
Extremely rare
Expect to pay GBP £200+

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68
The Highlands of Kaffraria
The Highlands of Kaffraria
Caption Note: Author : A W Burton, photographs, contemporary illustrations : ' this documental handbook embraces some of the chequered history of the ever-restless eastern frontier of the Cape Colony' originally published in 1942;
Publisher : Struik (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town (second edition 1969)
First Published : 1942
Size : 220 x 160 Hard Cover 67 pages
ISBN :

Summary: A Review Of Outstanding Incidents In Kafirland And British Kaffraria Leading Up To The Rise Of King William's Town, Keiskama Hoek And East London, With Special Reference To The History And Situation Of Fort Stokes. 67 pages, ep maps

Expect to pay up to GBP £32 for a vg condition Abebooks.com December 2015

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69
The Journal of Harry Hastings
The Journal of Harry Hastings
Caption Note: Author : Rev John Ayliff
Publisher : Grocott and Sherry, Grahamstown
First Published :1963
Size : 220 x 140 Hard Cover pages
ISBN :

Summary: The Journal of "Harry Hastings", by Rev John Ayliff. Edited by re. Dr. L.A.Hewson, Professor of New Testament Studies, Rhodes University, and Dr. F.G.van der Riet, Librarian of Rhodes University.

Expect to pay GBP £15 - £20 Abebooks, Fables, December 2015

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70
The Land they Left
The Land they Left
Caption Note: Author : M Whiting Spilhaus
Publisher : Juta and Company, Wynberg
First Published :
Size : 215 x 145 Hard Cover 120 pages
ISBN :

Summary:

Expect to pay GBP £ ?

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71
The Lower Albany Chronicles - set of 6
The Lower Albany Chronicles - set of 6
Caption Note: Author : E Morse Jones
Publisher : The Lower Albany Historical Society
First Published : 2002
Size : 215 x 145 Soft Cover average 140 pages per volume
ISBN : various

A summary of the day by day newspaper artciles pertaining to the 1820 Settlers from 1806 to 1900, plus an index book

Expect to pay GBP £100 on Abebooks.com November 2015

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72
The Settler Handbook by M D Nash
The Settler Handbook by M D Nash
Caption Note: Author : M D Nash
Publisher : Chameleon Press CC
First Published : 1987
Size : 255 x 180 Hard Cover 152 pages
ISBN : 0 620 10940 8

The latest definitive guide to the 1820 Settlers and their parties.

Expect to pay GBP £75 Abebooks.com November 2015

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73
The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa
The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa
Caption Note: Author : Harol Edward Hocklyettlers, Roll of Honour, extensive bibliography.
Publisher : Juta & Co
First Published : 1948
Size : 220 x 145 Hard Cover 284 pages
ISBN :

Chronicles the arrival of the Settlers of 1820 on the shores of Southern Africa & their location on the Eastern Frontier of the old Cape Colony as a buffer against the increasing migration of the Xhosa westwards in the Colony. Includes list of s

Expect to pay GBP £20.00 Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown.

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74
The Story of the Settlement
The Story of the Settlement
Caption Note: Author : T Sheffield
Publisher : Grocott and Sherry
First Published : 1912
Size : 180 x 130 Hard Cover 327 pages
ISBN :

Summary: Third edition. With a sketch of Grahamstown as it was and Grahamstown as it is. Compiled from the most authentic authorities. Enlarged and illustrated with 29 half-tone and line engravings. With a Centenary Chapter by A.W.Wright.

Expect to pay GBP £40 to £80 Abebooks.com December 2015 for an original Facsimile reprints are available, but ....

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75
The Tarrs of Rokewood
The Tarrs of Rokewood
Caption Note: Author : Dennis Adams and Moira Tarr
Publisher : Denwood Investments (Pty) Ltd
First Published : 1990
Size : 325 x 215 Hard Cover 194 pages
ISBN : 0-620-15721-6

A story of Thomas and Ann Tarr from Nottingham, England, and their descendants

Expect to pay GBP £280 Abebooks.com November 2015

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76
The Valiant but Once
The Valiant but Once
Caption Note: Author : F C Metrowich
Publisher : Howard Timmins (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town
First Published : 1956
Size : 210 x 135 Hard Cover 230 pages
ISBN :

Summary: .In these pages you will be able to read thrilling accounts of border warfare,of the cruel fate which befell the lovely Tyumie villages.

Expect to pay GBP £6 Abebooks.com December 2015

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77
They came from a far Land
They came from a far Land
Caption Note: Author : May Bell; Josie E Wood
Publisher : Maskew Millar Ltd, Cape Town
First Published : 1963
Size : 210 x 145 Hard Cover 180 pages
ISBN :

Summary: A rare book that tells the story of the Woods and the Hooles, 1820 settler families who arrived in Algoa Bay in, respectively, the "Aurora" and the "Chapman".

Expect to pay GBP £60 Abebooks.com December 2015

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78
Thomas Pringle His life and Times
Thomas Pringle His life and Times
Caption Note: Author : Jane Meiring
Publisher : A A Balkema, Cape Towm / Amsterdam
First Published : 1968
Size : 225 x 140 Hard Cover 186 pages
ISBN :

Summary: A Biography of an 1820s Cape Settler who was also a prominent anti-slavery campaigner.

Expect to pay GBP £24 Abebooks.com December 2015

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79
Through the Chequered Path
Through the Chequered Path
Caption Note: Author : Pamela M Barnes
Publisher : Human Sciences research Council
First Published : 1983
Size : 215 x 160 Hard Cover 184 pages
ISBN : 0 7969 2593 2

Summary: The story of William Howard's party of 1820 Settlers, editied by R T J Lombard
vary rare.

Expect to pay GBP £80 - £120 Abebooks.com December 2015

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80
Thus Came The English D E Rivet-Carnac
Thus Came The English D E Rivet-Carnac
Caption Note: Author : Dorothy E Rivett-Carnacnce was to be fundamental. . This book is an attempt to give a glimpse of an historic event as a whole for the benefit of those who have no access to source material.
Publisher : Howard Timmins, Cape Town
First Published : 1961
Size : 245 x 190 Hard Cover 3148 pages
ISBN : 0 86978 078 6

The course of history was changed in 1820 with the arrival of 4,000 men, women and children from the British Isles who came to be called "the 1820 Settlers" and who then constituted one-ninth of the white population of the Colony. . Their influe

Expect to pay GBP £25 Abebooks.com November 2015

Keywords: Reference Book
 
81
Twin Trails
Twin Trails
Caption Note: Author : Marjory Davies
Publisher : privately publishe by K B Davies
First Published : 1974
Size : 210 x 150 Hard Cover 374 pages
ISBN :

Following the lives and adventures of the Fynn and Southey families and genealogies of both families.

Expect to pay about GBP £? Difficult to find copies

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82
When Boys were Men
When Boys were Men
Caption Note: Author : Guy Butler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
First Published : 1969
Size : 220 x 150 Hard Cover 274 pages
ISBN :

A collection of stories told by various narrators before 1874, when the authors were under 21. They are taken from Diaries, letters, journals and memoirs.

Expect to pay about GBP £10 Abebooks.com November 2015
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