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(Amsterdam & Pretoria, Boekhandel voorheen Höveker & Wormser, no date, foreword dated 1904). Drie en vijftig leerredenen over verscheidene stoffen door eenige predikanten der Gereformeerde Kerk in Zuid-Afrika. Original cloth, little scuffed, light wear on the hinges, chipped at the head of the spine, pp. 589 + iv. Light foxing on the preliminary pages and text edges. One of the sermons likens Paul Kruger to Moses. .

(Cape Town, 1930). Small quarto, no dustwrapper, original blue cloth, pp. 788. Ownership inscription to front endpaper, some foxing. Good condition. A compilation of early documents relating to the history of the Dutch Reform Church in South Africa beyond the Orange River. .

(Cape Town, 1883). Quarto, recent brown half-leather, cloth boards, complex pagination, minutes of several sessions bound together; approximately 400 pages. Some wrappers preserved. A few minor faults. .

(Cape Town, De Zuid-Afrikaanse Bijbelvereniging, 1920). Wraps, pp. 20. .

(Amsterdam and Cape Town, Jacques Dusseau, no date, preface dated 1894). Original black cloth, scuffed, patterned endpapers, pp. 208. Ownership inscription on the title-page, light browning of the title-page and last page of text. Small note on the rear pastedown endpaper. .

(Potchefstroom: Die Kerkblad, 1959). 4to; original green rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 418; photographs, artwork and facsimiles. Afrikaans text. Trace of foxing to endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. This is a history of South Africa's Gereformeerde Kerk, established in 1859 after a prolonged theological dispute with the Dutch Reformed Church. .

(no place, prob. Cape Town, no date, foreword dated 1941). Original blue cloth, pp.86, illustrations. .

(Pretoria, Makro Boeke, 1979). Pictorial dustwrapper, pp. 345, illustrations. .

(Cape Town, Struik, 1964). Small quarto, original cloth, lightly fishmothed, pp. 84, illustrations. Biography of this Dutch Reformed Church minister who served in Johannesburg during the Anglo-Boer War; also Editor of Die Kerkbode; written by his son. .

(Cape Town, Van de Sandt de Villiers, 1923). Original brown cloth, little worn, pp. 154, portrait. Endpapers a little foxed. 'In de volgende bladzijden, wil de schrijver ons vooral een duidelijk overzicht geven van de gebeurtenissen, die aanleiding gegeven hebben tot het ontstaan der Vereenigde Kerk, en aantoonen hoe het gekomen is, datt ondanks die vereeniging er toch nog een Hervormde naast de Vereenigde Kerk bestaat.' .

(Die Unie van Oudstudenten, 1918). Large octavo, original purple cloth, gilt-blocked, unevenly faded, pp. 198, plates. Owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, hinges slightly tender. .

(Cape Town: [printed by] Nasionale Pers, 1942). 8vo; original dark green cloth, blocked in black on upper cover; pp. (viii) + 117; photographs in text. A little foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 333) "Die kerkraad het dit aan die skrywer opgedra om 'n gedenkboekie in verband met die honderdjarige bestaan van die gemeente op te stel, en die resultaat van sy arbeid moet dan ook as 'n gedenkboekie, puur en simpel, bejeën word. Die informasie en inhoud daarvan is hoofsaaklik 'n opsomming van die annale van die gemeente soos in die notule van die plaaslike kerkraadsvergaderings vervat word. Uit die Kerkargief in Kaapstad, Die Kerkbode, die koerante, soos die Zuid-Afrikaan en Standard and Mail, en Imperiale en Kaapse blouboeke is ander gegewens geput. Verder, as 'n seun wat in die gemeente opgegroei het, het die skrywer ook oor feite beskik en van manne en vroue en gebeurtenisse in die gemeente kennis… Read More

(Amsterdam & Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy, 1920). Royal octavo, original maroon cloth, a little rubbed, spine lettering faded, pp. 133 + clxxxiv, frontispiece portrait, plates. Text lightly browned. .

(Pretoria, N.G. Kerkboekhandel, 1979). Pictorial dustwrapper, little torn, with very slight loss, pp. 243, plates. Bosman served as minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria for fifty years. .

(Cape Town, the author, 2nd enlarged edition, no date, foreword dated 1909). 16mo, original cloth-backed printed paper over boards,edges a little rubbed, slight wear to corners of boards, pp. 216. Short tears and light foxing in the endpapers. Advice for Parents. Dutch text. .

(Bloemfontein: Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke, 1992). Octavo, pictorial paper over boards, pp. 389, plates. Small hand-stamp on the half-title- and title-page. Very good. The subject was an N.G. Church minister, Bible translator, writer and cultural leader. .

(no place, no date). en die behandeling daarvan deur die H. Eerw. Ring van Stellenbosch, in sy sitting te Caledon, op die 14e tot 16e Augustus 1928. Quarto, wraps, unevenly faded and a little frayed, pp. 49. A little creasing. .

(Cape Town, Townshend, Taylor and Snashall, printers, 1898). Demy octavo, original cloth, a little worn, particularly along the edges, and slightly water-stained, creased at the spine, pp. 245. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, some light foxing. Fair condition. .

(Paarl, no date, circa 1941). Pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed and spine slightly faded, pp. 399, illustrations. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper, light foxing on the endpapers and text edges. .

(Paarl: Kerkraad van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeente, [1941]). 8vo; original burgundy cloth; pictorial gilt upper cover; pp. xv + (i) + 399; monochrome illustrations. Spine somewhat fishmothed; endpapers foxed. Good condition. Afrikaans text. "U word hier aangebied die geskiedenis van die tweehonderd-en-vyftigjarige bestaan van een van die oudste gemeentes van die N.G. Kerk, en omdat die gemeente sy ontstaan dank aan die Hugenote, het u hier terselfdertyd die geskiedenis van hulle strewe, stryd en lyding." .