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Sale Name
Rare Books, Maps and Prints - bistart 3/4
Auction Date
03/11/2021 - 03/11/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#89
Total Lots
492
Sold Lots
177
Lots Sold
36.0%
Unsold Lots
315
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
44,991.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
43,180.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
51,227.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
92,685.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
108,512.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
41.46%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
41,932.10

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
12 Andrew Smith ANDREW SMITH'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA - VOL. 2 AVES - FIRST EDITION

1849

 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 5,250.00
13 Kolbe (Peter) NAAUKEURIGE EN UITVOERIGE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP

1727

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 5,153.00
1 Irma Stern ZANZIBAR - LIMITED DE-LUXE SIGNED EDITION - Plus Ephemera

1948

 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 3,675.00
2 Irma Stern CONGO - ONE OF 300 SIGNED COPIES WITH A SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION

1943

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 2,400.00
16 Witton (Lieut. George R) SCAPEGOATS OF THE EMPIRE

1907

 USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 1,260.00
7 Esme Berman and Karel Nel ALEXIS PRELLER - DE-LUXE EDITION ONE OF 26 COPIES ONLY

2009

 USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 1,000.00
437 David Livingstone MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA . (1857 'true 1st edition' - Scarce 'Bradlow Variant No. 1.'). Including a sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coas

1857

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 945.00
77 HET NEDERDUITSCH ZUID-AFRIKAANSCH TYDSCHRIFT

1824 -1843

 USD 40.00 - 50.00 900.00
53 Francis Masey The Late Right Hon. Cecil John Rhodes - A Chronicle of the Funeral Ceremonies from Muizenberg to the Matoppos, March - April 1902. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION (1905)

1905

 USD 350.00 - 350.00 750.00
79 THE CAPE TOWN GAZETTE AND AFRICAN ADVERTISER

1897 -1826

 USD 350.00 - 400.00 735.00
29 AA VV MINING DIAMOND KIMBERLEY - ALBUM OF DE BEERS COMPOUND MINE IN KIMBERLEY 1880. Album of 26 albumen photos of De Beers mine in Kimberley

USD 700.00 - 800.00 630.00
69 De Lima (Joseph Suasso) GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP

1825

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 578.00
352 Thomas Baines (Artist) THOMAS BAINES - CENTRAL AFRICAN ARCHIVES PORTFOLIO

1956

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 473.00
147 Sechaba 1967 Volume One, Nos. 1-12. Complete run of the the monthly magazine for the First year 1967

1967

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 471.00
9 THE MALAY QUARTER.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 450.00
398 Rev. J.W. Colenso FIRST STEPS OF THE ZULU MISSION (OCT.1859) - DIOCESE OF NATAL

1860

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 441.00
160 Anson Voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.

1748

 USD 900.00 - 900.00 420.00
67 Cloete (Henry) FIVE LECTURES ON THE EMIGRATION OF THE DUTCH FARMERS FROM THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1856

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 375.00
3 Livingstone (David) THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE IN CENTRAL AFRICA

1874

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 368.00
118 John Guille Millais LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTNEY SELOUS (1918) - Inscribed by Author with Letter

1918

 USD 350.00 - 350.00 368.00
100 Raper (Peter E.) and Boucher (Maurice) eds. ROBERT JACOB GORDON (De luxe edition)

1988

 USD 350.00 - 400.00 360.00
231 [Carruthers (Jane) Editor] THE JAMESON RAID (Special Limited Edition)

1996

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 350.00
458 Lucas, T. J. Camp Life and Sport in South Africa. Experiences of Kaffir Warfare with the Cape Mounted Rifles

1878

 USD 200.00 - 200.00 348.00
250 Kirby (F. Vaughan) IN HAUNTS OF WILD GAME

1896

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 331.00
351 Jim Corbett Five Tiger Titles [See Listing]

1964/1967

 USD 322.00 - 340.00 315.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.