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ROSS, George (Ed.). The African Court Calendar and Directory for 1817. Cape Town: Printed by Geo. Ross at the Government Printing Office, 1817. 12° (157 x 105mm). Original cloth-backed boards, (new endpapers, edges chipped). THE FIRST CAPE ALMANAC PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND DUTCH. Mendelssohn I, 24. Laidler, Pre-Victorian Products of the Cape Press, 1935, No. 111. A. RICHERT. The African Court Calendar and Directory for 1821. Cape Town: Printed by A. Richert at the Government Printing Office, 1821. 12° (168 x 103mm). Contemporary half roan. Laidler 146. The South African Almanack and Directory for 1827. Cape Town: Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1827. 16° (188 x 124mm). Contemporary black calf gilt, gilt-stamped Royal Arms on cover, all edges gilt, (spine rubbed). Provenance: Judge Geo. Granville Kekewich, inscribed to him on title-page. With the folding "Table of Rates of Postage." Mendelssohn I, 26. George GREIG. The South African Almanack & Directory for the year 1830... Cape Town: Printed by Geo. Greig, 1830. 8° (187 x 130mm). Folding plan of Cape Town. (Split at fold). Modern cloth, (library withdrawal stamp). Mendelssohn I, 26. J. Suasso de LIMA. Cape of Good Hope Almanac and Directory for 1837. Cape Town: Printed by S.J. Mollett for the Publisher, [1837]. 12° (188 x 115mm). Modern quarter calf, with the publisher's binder's ticket on front paste-down, ads on coloured paper, (original spine and endpapers re-laid). Laidler 740. B.J. VAN DE SANDT. The Cape Calendar and Annual Register, for 1840...for 1844. Cape Town: Printed by B.J. Van de Sandt, [1839] and [1843]. 2 vols. 8° (202 x 133mm). Original cloth, (spine renewed, original calf label). J. Suasso de LIMA. Cape of Good Hope Almanac, 1841. Cape Town: Printed by J. Suasso de Lima, 1840. 12° (184 x 110mm). 5 folding woodcut plates of Cape Town buildings, one further plate. Original half calf. PRESENTATION COPY to The Hon. Sir John Wylde, Lord Chief Justice, from the Compiler & Editor, inscribed on endpaper. (8)