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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Burman (Jose)

1.) GREAT SHIPWRECKS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (1967) & 2.) STRANGE SHIPWRECKS OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS (1968)

Published: C. Struik, Cape Town, 1967 & 1968

Edition: First Editions

Reserve: $60

Approximately:

Estimate: $90

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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1.) GREAT SHIPWRECKS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

First edition, C. Struik, Cape Town, 1967.

Publisher's navy blue cloth binding with titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket illustrating the wreck of the Birkenhead.

vii + 155pp. Illustrated.

Great Shipwrecks off the Coast of Southern Africa is a historical maritime book detailing notable shipwrecks, dramatic survival stories, and heroic rescue efforts along the South African coastline between 1554 and 1966. 

Binding sound. Contents clean apart from light foxing on the prelims. Dust jacket very good.

2.) STRANGE SHIPWRECKS OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS 

First edition, C. Struik, Cape Town, 1968.

Publisher's light blue cloth binding with titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket illustrating the loss of Transport Abercombie Robinson.

186pp. Illustrated.

Strange Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas details 30 unique maritime mysteries, riddles, and disasters along the southern coast of Africa spanning an immense timeframe - from a mysterious Phoenician galley in 601 B.C. to the disappearance of the Faidherbe near Mossel Bay in the 1950s.
 
Binding sound. Contents clean apart from former owner's name stamp on title page. Dust jacket very good.
  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good


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