5. Examples of old books purchased from Clarke’s

4 documents (1926-1967).

Identifier: https://doi.org/10.34847/nkl.2bbarium 

Clarke’s bookstore sells new books, but it is mostly renowned for specialising in old books; it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Cape Town and South Africa. Below are some examples of books that I found there.

Documents

1. PW Laidler, FSA (Scot), The Annals of the Cape Stage, Edinburgh, William Bryce, 1926.

2. William Papas & Aubrey Sussens, Under the Table Cloth*, Papas Looks at the Peninsula, Cape Town, Maskew Miller, 1952.

* ‘Table cloth’, the name given to the cloud cover which regularly forms at the top of Table Mountain and which rolls down its slopes towards the city

3. Lawrence G. Green, Grow Lovely, Growing Old, The Story of Cape Town’s Three Centuries - The Streets, The Houses, The Characters, The Legends, Traditions and Folk-lore, The Laughter and the Tears, Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1957.

4. Bruce Franck, Denis Hatfield & George Manuel, District Six, Cape Town, Longmans, 1967.