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    1. Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library
    2. Keith Meintjes via
    3. Adrian, Yes, I have heard for years that one or two more volumes might be published. If they are, I will buy them for the ACPL collection. I am not holding my breath. Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: 12:02 AM EDT, 07/01/2015 From: "Milly & Adrian Rowe" <roweam@telkomsa.net> To: "'Keith Meintjes'" <umfundi@usa.net>, <south-africa@rootsweb.com>, "'Em Lo'" <mlouw1@bigpond.net.au> Subject: RE: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library Good morning Keith I would draw your attention to a recent announcement on shelaghspencer.com: "Volume 8 – ‘Haigh to Hogshaw’ is with the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. We do not know when it will be published, please refer all queries about the publication date to the Press." Adrian -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Keith Meintjes via Sent: 01 July 2015 02:48 AM To: Em Lo; south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library A "complete" set of Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer: British Settlers in Natal 1824 - 1857. All that have been published, Volumes 1-7, Abbott - Guy. It is unlikely that any more will be published, and the series will certainly never be completed. UKZN will hardly admit to being the publisher. Curiously, there is still a distributor in the USA that has copies. AS very rare set. JWL Rennie: The Scottish Settler Party of 1820. A monumental history of the Scottish party led by Thomas Pringle that settled along the Baviaans near Cradock on land confiscated from the Slagtersnek rebels. A very rare set of 2049 pages in four volumes. Curiously, the author's heirs have very recently refused permission to publish this work in electronic format. In trying to establish a value for the collection, I find that many of the books are simply not available. For example, the works above and AJ Boeseken: Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape. At a conservative value of USD $100 per volume, these 250 books total to a serious amount of cash! I am delighted the collection will be preserved. Keith

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