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Book List This is a list of books about, or by practitioners involved with, the Southern African Built Environment See also the Bibliography in the Lexicon Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ Select the first initial of the Author's surname. Don’t be confused if the list of authors does not start with the letter you chose one of the authors of the book will have that letter starting their surname. Baker, Dora 1956 A history of St. Peter's Church, Camps Bay Camps Bay St. Peters Church Baker, H 1934 Cecil Rhodes by his architect London Oxford University Press Baker, Herbert 1944 Architecture & personalities London Country Life Baker, Jos 2009 Preserving a house Cape Town Baker Bakker, Karel A; Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C 2014 Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa Pretoria Visual Books Balie, Isaac 1988 Die Geskiedenis van Genadendal, 1738-1988 Kaapstad Perskor Barker, Brian Johnson 2003 The Castle of Good Hope from 1666 Cape Town Castle Military Museum Barnes, Pamela 1979 Charles Jasper Selwyn 'Where duty leads' The Life of Colonel Jasper Selwyn, R.E. [South Africa] P Barnes Barron, Chris 2005 Collected South African obituaries Johannesburg Penguin Barry, Margaret & Law, Nimmo 1985 Magnates and Mansions - Johannesburg 1886-1914 Johannesburg Lowry Publishers Bassett, Brian (Editor) 1986 The buildings of Pietermaritzburg (Volume 1) Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg City Council Bassett, BW; Rudner, J & National Monuments Council. Division of Professional and Technical Services 1986 An annotated survey of buildings and sites of architectural, historical and contextual importance, and recommendations concerning a conservation policy for Robben Island Unknown National Monuments Council Bateman, Philip 1978 Pioneers of South Africa Cape Town South African Historical Mint Battiss W.W. 1948 THE ARTISTS OF THE ROCKS Pretoria The Red Fawn Press Battiss W.W. c1942 SOUTH AFRICAN PAINT POT Pretoria Wallachs' P+P Co. Ltd Bawcombe, Philip & Scannell, Ted 1973 Philip Bawcombe's Johannesburg Johannesburg Village Publishing Bawcombe, Philip & Scannell, Ted 1976 Philip Bawcombe's Kimberley Johannesburg Village Publishing Beck, Haig (Editor) 1985 UIA International Architect : Southern Africa (Issue 8) London International Architect Beirne, Lawrence Joseph (ed.) 1911 Johannesburg Royal Presentation: art endeavours, associations, clubs, communities, institutions, public bodies, regiments and societies Johannesburg Beirne & Nissen. Bell, B 1988 Clement Seneque: life and work, including catalogue raisonne Pietermaritzburg MA thesis, University of Natal Belling, Veronica 2014 From Cape Jewish Orphanage to Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre : a hundred years of caring for our children 1911-2011 Cape Town Oranjia Jewish Child and Youth Centre Ben Yosef, Ute 1989 The Graven Image : The Life and Work of Moses Kottler Cape Town Perskor Benci, Jacopo (Editor) [2002] Fine Arts 2001-2002 (The British School at Rome, Catalogue) London & New York The British School at Rome Benjamin, Arnold; Aron, Helen; Zar, Shirley & Chipkin, Clive M 1972 Parktown, 1892-1972 : a social and pictorial history Johannesburg Studio Thirty-Five Benjamin, Arnold 1979 Lost Johannesburg Johannesburg Macmillan South Africa (Publishers) (Pty) Ltd Bentley, Kin 2021 200 Years : A Celebration of Port Elizabeth 1820-2020 Port Elizabeth Gutsche Family Investments Berman, Esmé 1970 First edition Art and artists in South Africa : an illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters and graphic artists since 1875 Cape Town AA Balkema Berman, Esmé 1983 2nd, enlarged edition Art and artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875 Cape Town Balkema Bernard Lewis 1940 Child heroes of South Africa Cape Town Unie-Volkspers beperk Biermann, Barrie 1971 Red wine in South Africa Cape Town Buren Biermann, BE 1955 Boukuns in Suid-Afrika; 'n beknopte oorsig van ons boustyle en bouwyse geskryf en afgebeeld Cape Town A.A. Balkema Biermann, BE 1966 Ons monumente Johannesburg S.A.U.K. Bingle, Pieter 2007 Kerk teen Tafelberg : Gereformeerde Kerk Kaapstad 1973 Cape Town Gereformeerde Kerk, Kaapstad Biographies Editors 1938 South African Woman's Who's Who 1938 Johannesburg Biographies Birch, KS 1981 Great gold mines of the Witwatersrand: a portfolio of fourteen watercolour paintings with historical comments on the Witwatersrand and some of its mines Johannesburg Birch Birch, KS 1995 The Birch Family: An Introduction to the White Antecedents of the Late Bessie Amelia Head Grahamstown Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University Bisset, W.M. 1981 'Lower North Battery - Defended Port of Simon's Town' in Militaria Vol 11 No 4 Bland, Hugh 2019 The Trappist missions : KwaZulu-Natal’s forgotten treasure Pietermaritzburg Otterley Press Bodei, Silvia 2020 Hans Hallen : Selected 1960s projects in Durban Melfi, Italy Casa editrice Libra Bokhorst, Matthys & Martienssen, Heather 1966 Suid-Afrikaanse kuns van die twintigste eeu. Twentieth century South African art. Kaapstad Human & Rousseau Bolsmann, Eric H 1979 THE MOUNT NELSON Pretoria, Cape Town HAUM Boltt, Julia & Standard Bank Limited 2002 Exchange Square : a landmark development Randburg Primedia Pub. Boonzaaier, Emile; Malherbe, Candy; Smith, Andy & Berens, Penny 2000 The Cape herders : A history of the Khoikhoi in South Africa Cape Town David Philip Bornman, Hans 2006 Pioneers of the Lowveld Barberton SA Country Life Borough Council of King Williams Town c1971 First edition King Williams Town King Williams Town Kohler (Bdr) Bosman, AEP 1965 Aan God alleen die eer : 'n geskiedenis van die Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Gemeente, Heidelberg, Transvaal, 1865-1965 Pretoria Craft Pers Botha, Andries: et al 1988 Mary Stainbank Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue Durban Durban Arts Botha, CG 1933 Groot Constantia Pretoria Departement Publieke Werke Botha, Christo S & Fransen, Hans 1979 Discover historical Stellenbosch Cape Town HAUM Botha, Christo S & Fransen, Hans 1979 Ontdek historiese Stellenbosch Pretoria HAUM Botha, Colin Graham 1939 The Civil Service Club, 1858-1938 Cape Town Privately published Botha, Graham (Compiler) sa [c. 1970s] A Ford book of landmarks of the past in Southern Africa Parow Ford Motor Company of South Africa Bouman, AC 1935 Kuns in Suid-Afrika Kaapstad HAUM Bouman, AC 1942 Kuns en kunswaardering Pretoria J.L. van Schaik Boustred, W R c.1940 W. R. Boustred Pbk/Ltd : Trade Catalogue Johannesburg W. R. Boustred Ltd Bouten, PH 1941 De aanleg van 't Oosterspoor Pretoria Bond van Oud NZASM Pioniers Bozzoli, GR 1997 Forging ahead : South Africa's pioneering engineers Johannesburg Witwatersrand University Press Bradlow, Frank Rosslyn 1975 Africana books & pictures : a selection of published papers Cape Town AA Balkema Brain, JS (ed.) 1988 The Cape diary of bishop Patrick Raymond Griffith for the years 1837-1839 Cape Town Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference Breedt, JMN 1947 Gedenkboek by die Jubileumfees van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Nieuwoudtville 1897-1947 Nieuwoudtville Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerkraad Bremner, Lindsay & Subirós, Pep 2007 Johannesburg : emerging / diverging metropolis Mendrisio, Switzerland Mendrisio Academy Press Breytenbach, Cloete & Barrow, Brian 1997 The Spirit of District Six Cape Town Human & Rousseau Brink, Yvonne 2008 They came to stay : Discovering meaning in the 18th century Cape country dwelling Stellenbosch Sunmedia Brock, BB & Brock, BG (Editors) with Willis, HC (Collaborator) 1975 Historical Simon's Town : Vignettes, reminiscences and illustrations of the harbour and community from the days of the VOC and the Royal Navy with notes on administrators, personalities, old buildings, navigation and shipwrecks Cape Town AA Balkema for the Simon's Town Historical Society Brodie, Antonia (Editor) 1993 Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 1 (A-K) London Mansell Brodie, Antonia (Editor) 1993 Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) London Mansell Brodie, Nechama (Editor) 2008 The Joburg Book Johannesburg Pan Macmillan South Africa Broekhuysen, GJ 1965 The birds around us: the commoner birds of Southern Africa Cape Town H. Timmins Brown, AS & Brown GG (eds.) 1916 The Guide to South and East Africa For The Use of Tourists, Sportsmen, Invalids & Settlers. 22nd Edition. Cape Town Sampson Low, Marston & Co. (For the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co) Brown, SM 1969 Architects and others: an annotated list of people of South African interest appearing in the RIBA Journal 1880-1925 Johannesburg Unpublished dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand Brugmans, Hajo & Japikse, N 1938 Persoonlijkheden in het koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld. Nederlanders en hun werk Amsterdam van Holkema & Warendorf Bruwer, Dr Johann J & Martinson, William A 2008 Final Report edition Heritage Impact Assessment of the proposed Soweto Power Station Development known as Isango @ Orlando Ekhaya East London / Meyerton Osmond Lange Architects & Planners / Heritage Resources Management Bruyns, Gerhard & Graafland, Arie (Eds) 2012 African Perspectives - [South] Africa. City, Society, Space, Literature and Architecture Rotterdam 010 Publishers Bryer, Lynne & Theron, Francois 1987 The Huguenot heritage : The story of the Huguenots at the Cape Diep River Chameleon Press Bryer, M 1977 The Faculty of Architecture of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and its role in the community Johannesburg Faculty of Architecture. University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg Buirski, AP; Langenhoven, AH (Editor) 2017 The Barrys, the Overberg, and the harbour of Port Beaufort Witsand Privately published by the Editor Bull, Marjorie & Denfield, Joseph 1970 Secure the shadow: the story of Cape photography from its beginnings to the end of 1870 Cape Town T McNally Bull, Marjorie 1981 Abraham de Smidt, 1829-1908, Artist and Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony Cape Town Bull/Printpak Bulpin, TV 1951 Lost trails on the Lowveld Cape Town Howard Timmins for Hodder & Stoughton Bulpin, TV 1953 The Golden Republic : the story of the South African Republic from its foundation until 1883 Cape Town Timmins Bulpin, TV 1956 1st edition Lost trails of the Transvaal Cape Town H Timmins Bulpin, TV 1959 Trail of the copper king Cape Town Timmins Bulpin, TV 1968 2nd Edition edition To the banks of the Zambezi Cape Town Books of Africa Bulpin, TV 1969 2nd Edition edition Islands in a forgotten sea Cape Town Books of Africa Bulpin, TV 1969 2nd edition Lost trails of the Transvaal Cape Town Books of Africa Bulpin, TV 1970 Discovering Southern Africa Cape Town The Author Bulpin, TV 1999 3rd edition Stellenbosch : its wine, fruit and flower lands Muizenberg Discovering Southern Africa Burden, Matilda 2015 First edition Old Cape furniture : studies in styles Stellenbosch SUN Burman, Jose 1989 Hermanus: A Guide to the “Riviera of the South” Cape Town Human & Rousseau Burrows, Edmund H. 1988 First edition Overberg origins : The English-speaking Swellendam families Swellendam Private (Swellendam Trust) Burrows, Edmund Hartford 1952 1st edition Overberg Outspan : A chronicle of people and places in the south western districts of the Cape Cape Town Maskew Miller Burrows, Edmund Hartford 1988 2nd edition Overberg Outspan : A chronicle of people and places in the south western districts of the Cape Swellendam Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust Burrows, Edmund Hartford 1994 Overberg Odyssey : people, roads and early days Swellendam Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust Burrows, HR 1961 A short pictorial history of the University College of Fort Hare, 1916-1959 Lovedale Lovedale Press Burton, A R E 1907 Cape Colony TO-DAY Cape Town Cape Government Railway Department Burton, Alfred William 1950 Sparks from the Border Anvil King William's Town Provincial Pub. Co. Burton, Alfred William 1969 The Highlands of Kaffraria Cape Town Struik (Pty) Ltd Butterfield, Paul H 1978 Centenary : The first 100 years of English Freemasonry in the Transvaal 1878-1978 Johannesburg Ernest Stanton Publishers Böeseken, AJ 1961 Resolusies van die Politieke Raad III 1681-1707 Kaapstad Argiefkomitee Breytenbach, Cloete & Barrow, Brian 1997 The Spirit of District Six Cape Town Human & Rousseau Brown, AS & Brown GG (eds.) 1916 The Guide to South and East Africa For The Use of Tourists, Sportsmen, Invalids & Settlers. 22nd Edition. Cape Town Sampson Low, Marston & Co. (For the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co) De Kock,WJ & Behrens, Louise (translator) 1963 Second edition Kruger House : Pretoria, The Pretoria Board of Trustees, Transvaal Museum de Mist, Julie Philippe Augusta Uitenhage & Burrows, Edmund Hartford 1954 Diary of a journey to the Cape of Good Hope and the interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803 Cape Town A.A. Balkema Fisher, RC & Botes, N 2000 Conservation Policy for Mhlamba Ndlophu Pretoria Unpublished report for DPW & SAHRA Gray, Alexander Stuart; Breach, Nicholas & Breach, Jean 1985 Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary London Duckworth Hawthorn, Peter & Bristow, Barry 1993 Historic Schools of South Africa : an ethos of excellence Cape Town Pachyderm Press Jack, Alex D & Bolze, Louis W 1979 Bulawayo's changing skyline, 1893-1980 Bulawayo Books of Zimbabwe Konya, Alan & Burger, Alewyn 1973 The International Handbook of Finnish Sauna London The Architectural Press Le Roux, SW & Botes, N 1993 Plekke en geboue van Pretoria Volume 3 Pretoria Stadsraad van Pretoria Le Roux, SW & Botes, N (Eds.) 2000 Geloof in Suid-Afrika – ‘n Kultuurhistoriese beskouing. Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Kultuurgeskiedenis 18de Jaarlikse Kongres Pretoria Marincowitz, Helena; Barrella, Lydia & Fransie Pienaar Museum 2000 The old gables of Prince Albert and in the district Prince Albert Fransie Pienaar Museum Nel, Karel (ed); Burroughs, Elizabeth; Von Maltitz, Amalie & Villa, Edoardo 2005 Villa at 90 : his life, work, and influence Johannesburg Jonathan Ball Obholzer, Anton; Baraitser, Michael & Malherbe, WD 1985 The Cape house and its interior : an inquiry into the sources of Cape architecture & a survey of built-in early Cape domestic woodwork Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Museum Pistorius, Penny (Ed.); Bezzoli, Marco; Marks, Rafael & Kruger, Martin 2002 Texture and memory : The Urbanism of District Six Cape Town Cape Technikon Ploeger, Jan; Bosman, FCL; Punt, WHJ & Bagnall, A Gordon (Editorial Board) 1966 Conservation of our Heritage: Part 1 - Preservation of old buildings and historic relics Cape Town Caltex Reinecke, DO; Byrne, A; Stark, UG & Meyer, T (Eds) 1981 Staatsteater Pretoria '81 Johannesburg The Penrose Press Sarid, Isa & Bartolf, Christian 1997 First edition Hermann Kallenbach : Mahatma Gandhi's friend in South Africa : a concise biography [Berlin] Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum Van Bebber, Bob; Boogertman, Henk; Boogertman + Partners & Artist Proof Studio et al 2008 Past : Current : Future Johannesburg Boogertman + Partners Watson, Franchesca; Brown, Laurian & Proust, Alain (photography) 2013 Stellenberg, the story of a garden Cape Town Quivertree Publications Gray, Alexander Stuart; Breach, Nicholas & Breach, Jean 1985 Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary London Duckworth Holleman, Helen; Paterson, Lynette & Black Sash (Society) 2002 Graham's Town : the untold story: a social history and self-guided tour Grahamstown Black Sash Le Roux, SW; Fisher, RC & Botes, N 2001 Conservation policy Botshabelo Johannesburg SAHRA Nienaber, PJ ; Smit, JD & Botes, SM 1987 Vrystaatse Argitektuur - Historiese-argitektoniese ontwikkeling van die Vrystaatse boukuns Pretoria Stigting NALN Van Bebber, Bob; Boogertman, Henk; Boogertman + Partners & Artist Proof Studio et al 2008 Past : Current : Future Johannesburg Boogertman + Partners Worden, Nigel; Van Heyningen, Elizabeth & Bickford-Smith, Vivian 1998 Cape Town : the making of a city : an illustrated social history Claremont David Philip Boonzaaier, Emile; Malherbe, Candy; Smith, Andy & Berens, Penny 2000 The Cape herders : A history of the Khoikhoi in South Africa Cape Town David Philip Ploeger, Jan; Bosman, FCL; Punt, WHJ & Bagnall, A Gordon (Editorial Board) 1966 Conservation of our Heritage: Part 1 - Preservation of old buildings and historic relics Cape Town Caltex