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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Philip (Peter), Pama (C.)

1.) BRITISH RESIDENTS AT THE CAPE 1795-1819 (Biographical Records of 4,800 Pioneers) & 2.) BRITISH FAMILIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Cape Town, 1981 & 1992

Edition: First Editions

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $70

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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1.) BRITISH RESIDENTS AT THE CAPE 1795-1819 - Biographical Records of 4,800 Pioneers by Peter Philip.

First edition published by David Philip, Cape Town, 1981.

Publisher's hardcover with illustrated jacket.

xxiii + 484pp.

'This reference book lists, in alphabetical order, over 4 800 pioneers of British stock who made the Cape their home - temporarily of permanently - during the first twenty-five years of British rule, and before the first large-scale British settlement of 1820. Biographical information is provided about each settler, special emphasis being given to the more obscure among them rather than those whose particulars may be found in encyclopaedias.

These biographies are supplemented by General Notes, and a Commentary: Streets and Squares That Have Changed Their Names; Some Misleading Surnames; British Regiments and Warships Which Served at the Cape 1795-1819; and a Bibliography.'

2.) BRITISH FAMILIES IN SOUTH AFRICA - Their Surnames and Origins by Cor Pama.

First edition, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 1992.

Publisher's hardcover binding.

192pp. In two parts (part 2, pages 159-187, is illustrated with coats of arms).

Very good condition.

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good


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