Title: The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming 1957

Published by Jonathan Cape, London

Shelf Number: SBV3 823.914 FLEM

The Diamond Smugglers is non-fiction work that was first published between 1957 and 1958. It is about the interview that the author undertook with John Collard who was a member of the International Diamond Security Organization (IDSO), which was headed by Sir Percy Sillitoe. Collard narrates how he was recruited into the organization. The book goes on to discuss all activities of the IDSO from 1954 until the operation was closed in 1957. Collard explained that the IDSO was created after an Interpol report had stated that £10 million of diamonds were being smuggled out of as well as additional amounts from Sierra Leone, Portuguese West Africa, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. When the drafts of the book were shown to De Beers they objected to several chapters and threatened a sanction against Fleming and The Sunday Times, which resulted in most material being removed.

1 Title: Bushman Paintings by Helen Tongue 1909

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press

Shelf Number: SBV3 759.968 TONG

In many parts of the Cape Colony, where there are caves and rocks, the bushmen have left paintings displaying their artistic skills. These paintings represent leopards; antelopes; lions and other animals that roamed over South Africa. The Bushmen Paintings was written by Helen Tongue and is about the lives of the Bushmen. The book is divided into two parts, the first part being descriptions of all the paintings that are included in the manuscript, the second part encompasses a brief history about the origin of Bushmen as well as where how they lived their lives.

2 Title: Cape Photographs F C B 1872

Publisher Unknown

Shelf Number: SBV3 968.7 CAPE

The book Cape Photographs was published in 1872 and is a volume of unmediated photographs of the Cape Colony during the olden days. It includes images such as:

- The Devil’s Peak, which is the eastern extension of Table Mountain

- The Cathedral St George’s church

- The Commercial Exchange and Railway Station

- Paarl Mountain and Villa

3 Title: : I invented myself, the Jack M Ginsberg Collection curated by Warren Siebrits

Published by: The Ampersand Foundation 2016

Shelf Number: SBV3 759.968 BATT

This signed edition features the works of Walter Battiss who was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He was a South African artist, who was regarded as the principal abstract painter and known as the creator of the "Fook Island" concept. Fook Island was a materialization of Battiss' philosophy for which he created a map, imaginary people, plants and animals. This ideal 'island' was a composite of the

4 many islands he had visited such as Zanzibar, the , , and . Walter Battiss passed away in Port Shepstone, Natal in 1982.

I invented myself is divided into five separate periods which are:

- Early years as student, teacher and artist

- Rock art and meeting Picasso

- The fifties, early success and financial difficulties

- The sixties, exploring , Africa and Southern Arabia

- Eroticism, anti-censorship debate and Fook island

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