Antiquarian Auctions: Rare Books, 22 ,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 18, 2012 - October 18, 2012
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casati (Major Gaetano) | TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA & THE RETURN WITH EMIN PASHA (2 Vols) | London and New York | 1891 |
USD 250.00 - 250.00 | 150.00 |
| 2 | Brown (William Harvey) | ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER - THE ADVENTURES AND OBSERVATIONS OF AN AMERICAN IN MASHONALAND AND MATABELELAND | London | 1899 |
USD 350.00 - 400.00 | 378.00 |
| 3 | ROOSEVELT, Theodore | African Game Trails. "Game Trails - An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist By Theodore Roosevelt. With Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition and from Drawings by Philip R. Go | New York | 1910 |
USD 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | SEITZ, A | The African Rhopalocera | Stuttgart | 1925 |
USD 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | South African National Gallery | S.A. Women Artists: An Exhibition Organised to coincide with the 1965 Congress | Cape Town | 1965 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 |
| 6 | STERN, Irma | Zanzibar. "Limited to 500 copies | Pretoria | 1948 |
USD 750.00 - 750.00 | 1,362.00 |
| 7 | Vallentin (Dr. Wilhelm) | DER BURENKRIEG, Mit Benutzung des a Amtlichen Materials der Burenregierung. Band I & Band II. | Solingen und Leipzig | 1902 |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Hellemans (Zuster L.M.) | MET HET ROODE KRUIS IN DEN BOEREN VRIJHEIDSOORLOG | Amsterdam | 1901 |
USD 120.00 - 150.00 | 81.00 |
| 9 | Penning (Lowrens) | VERDEDIGERS EN VERDRUKKERS DE AFRIKAANSCHE VRIJHEIG | s-Gravenhage | 1902 |
USD 75.00 - 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 10 | Rompel (Frederik) | SIEGEN ODER STERBEN, die Helden des Burenkriegs. Bilder und Skizzen nach Eigene Erlebnissen | s-Gravenhage, Pretoria; Stuttgart | 1901 |
USD 125.00 - 150.00 | 75.00 |
| 11 | Stamperius (J.) | MET GENERAAL DE WET IN’T VELD. | Amsterdam | 1903 |
USD 75.00 - 100.00 | 107.00 |
| 12 | Martin Bekker | The Art of Alexander Rose-Innes . "Hardcover with dustjacket. Previous owner's name present. Some shelf wear along the bottom edges and signs of use | Cape Town | 1991 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | John Meyer | John Meyer - Karoo Revisited. "Stunning catalogue from Meyer's 2009 exhibition | Johannesburg | 2009 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 168.00 |
| 14 | Hester Borman | Gregoire (Boonzaier) - Self Portrait Studies / Selfportretstudies. "Book has 39 pages of which about 30 are full colour | Stellenbosch | 1997 |
USD 60.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 |
| 15 | Barbara Tyrrell | Three Barbara Tyrrell Metal Plates. "Three thin metal plates with printed illustrations by Barbara Tyrrell. 26cm in diameter | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 58.00 | ||
| 16 | Norman Catherine, Hazel Friedman | Norman Catherine . "Foreword by David Bowie | Johannesburg | 2000 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Various | Large Lot of SA Art Books and Catalogues - All MINT. "Large lot of 13 South African art books and catalogues | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 58.00 | ||
| 18 | Oberholzer (J.J.), van Schoor (M.C.E.), Maree (A.J.H.) | GEDENKALBUM VAN DIE ORANJE VRYSTAAT / SOUVENIR ALBUM OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE | Bloemfontein | 1954 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | 75.00 |
| 19 | van den Heever (Prof. Dr. C.M.), Pienaar (Prof. Dr. P. de V.) | KULTUURGESKIEDENIS VAN DIE AFRIKANER (3 Volumes) | Kaapstad | 1945 |
USD 300.00 - 300.00 | 185.00 |
| 20 | Boer War | BATTLE OF SLINGERSFONTEIN - 2ND WORCESTER REGIMENT (Lot of 3 original Boer War Relics). " This lot consists of an extremely scarce Worcester V.R. Service Belt (recently acquired from a local in the vicinity of Slingersfontein | where they sustained heavy casualties. 12th February 1900 The action of Slingersfontein | 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 216.00 |
| 21 | GOLDBLATT, DAVID | Some Afrikaners Photographed (Signed by author) | Cape Town | 1975 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 300.00 |
| 22 | MARTIN A | Home Life on an Ostrich Farm | Liverpool | 1890 |
USD 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | MOORE, R J, MUNNION C & KLEMM H | Elephants for Africa (Inscribed by author) | Johannesburg | 2000 |
USD 80.00 - 150.00 | 82.00 |
| 24 | BELTON G | A Sailor's Scrapbook | Cape Town | 1997 |
USD 50.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 |
| 25 | WILLRICH, WOLFGANG | Dafür Kämpfte der Deutsche Soldat | Buenos Aires | 1949 |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 26 | SCHOWALTER A ed | Der Burenfreund | Berlin | 1901 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 252.00 |
| 27 | GREENWOOD T J | Fighting the Boers (Inscribed by author) | Bloemfontein | 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 504.00 |
| 28 | ROWAND WARD | Sportsman's Handbooks XII Edition | San Antonio | 1988 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 |
| 29 | OWEN, CAPTAIN W F W | Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, 2 Vols | London | 1833 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 30 | WARD R, BEST A A & RAW W G | Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, 15th Ed | London | 1973 |
USD 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | FITZSIMONS F W | Monkey Folk of South Africa | London | 1911 |
USD 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | TURNBULL-KEMP, P | The Leopard | Cape Town | 1967 |
USD 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | CLAMMER D | The Last Zulu Warrior (Signed by author) | Cape Town | 1977 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 158.00 |
| 34 | COLE B | The Elite - (Special de luxe ed, signed by author) | Amanzimtoti | 1984 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 499.00 |
| 35 | CROWE J H V | General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa | London | 1918 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 36 | DE GRUNNE X, HAUMAN L, BURGEON L & MICHOT P | Le Ruwenzori - Vers les Glaciers de L'Equateur | Bruxelles | 1937 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | DE VILLIERS C C | Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien, 3 Vols. | Cape Town | 1893 |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | 315.00 |
| 38 | FAULL C | Form Stallion Register - South Africa Vol 2 | Cape Town | 1982 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | HARMS L | Hermansburger Missionsblatt 1858-1860 | Dresden & Leipzig | 1858 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 40 | KAPLAN L Z ( LEE ) | American Saddle Horses in South Africa | Johannesburg | 1974 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | LEWCOCK R | Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa, (De Luxe edition, signed) | Cape Town | 1963 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 315.00 |
| 42 | Philip Gon | THE ROAD TO ISANDLWANA. The Years of an Imperial Battalion. | Hyde Park | 1979 |
USD 90.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | J.L.Smail | WITH SHIELD AND ASSEGAI | Cape Town | 1969 |
USD 75.00 - 85.00 | 50.00 |
| 44 | Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell | THE MATABELE CAMPAIGN, 1896 | London | 1897 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | 750.00 |
| 45 | Various | NARRATIVE OF THE FIELD OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE ZULU WAR OF 1879 | London | 1907 |
USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | Olive Schreiner(Ralph Iron) | The Story of an African Farm | London | 1890 |
USD 100.00 - 125.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | Various- Generals Reports | SOUTH AFRICAN DESPATCHES Volumes I & II plus Supplementary - Casebound into Single Volume. South African Imperial Blue Books | London | 1901 |
USD 650.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 48 | Editor | Three Saturday Issues of THE DIAMOND NEWS AND VAAL ADVERTISER July 1st/ 8th/15th.1871 | South African Diamond Fields | 1871 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 150.00 |
| 49 | Elizabeth Longford | JAMESON'S RAID. The Prelude to the Boer War | London | 1982 |
USD 35.00 - 45.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Oliver Ransford | THE RULERS OF RHODESIA- From Earliest Times to the Referendum.(SIGNED & INSCRIBED) | London | 1968 |
USD 55.00 - 75.00 | 40.00 |
| 51 | Gibbon, Edward | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in Eight Volumes | London | 1825 |
USD 800.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | Barrow, John | An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798 | New York | 1802 |
USD 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson & Hugh Murray | Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and Zoology (1830) | Edinburgh | 1830 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 120.00 |
| 54 | Van der Walt, Johannes. W | Johannes Strydsman, Legendariese Boere Verkenner en Kaapse Rebel, Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899-1902 | Durban | 2012 |
USD 50.00 - 50.00 | 37.00 |
| 55 | Plaatje, Sol | Native Life in South Africa, before and since the European War and the Boer Rebellion | London | 1916 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 |
| 56 | Willoughby, W.C. | Native Life on the Transvaal Border | London | 1900 |
USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 57 | Preller, Gustav | Voortrekkers van Suidwes | Kaapstad | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Schoeman, Karel | Bloemfontein, die ontstaan van 'n stad 1846-1946 | Kaapstad | 2010 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Transvaal Parliament | De Transvaal, Debatten van Beide Parlementshuizen (1909) | Pretoria | 1909 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | Transvaal Parliament | De Transvaal, Debatten van Beide Parlementshuizen (1910) | Pretoria | 1910 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | Transvaal Parliament | Transvaal Ordinances 1903 | Pretoria | 1903 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | Roosevelt, Theodore | African Game Trails (Two Volumes) | New York | 1920 |
USD 700.00 - 700.00 | 441.00 |
| 63 | Kingston, W.H.G. | Hendricks the Hunter | New York | 1881 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | 105.00 |
| 64 | Faulkner, Henry | Elephant Haunts (Limited Edition) | Blantyre | 1984 |
USD 160.00 - 160.00 | 90.00 |
| 65 | Irwin, Terry | Memoirs of An African Hunter | Long Beach | 1998 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | SzÈchenyi, Count Zsigmond | Land of Elephants; Big Game Hunting in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda | London | 1956 |
USD 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 67 | Wynne-Jones, Aubrey | The Sport of Shooting in Southern Africa (Inscribed) | Houghton | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | Schoeman, P.J. | Op die Groot Spore | Kaapstad | 1942 |
USD 90.00 - 90.00 | 50.00 |
| 69 | Changuion, Louis; Jacobs, Frik; Alberts, Paul | Suffering of War - A Photographic portayal of the suffering in the Anglo Boer War | Bloemfontein | 2003 |
USD 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Carter, A.C.R. | The Work of War Artists in South Africa (LIMITED EDITION). "Reprint of The Work of War Artists in South Africa | Kimberley | 1999 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Oberholzer, Obie | Old Locomotive, Voorbaai (signed handprint) | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 120.00 | ||
| 72 | Oberholzer, Obie | Old District Six Area (signed handprint 1/1) | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 137.00 | ||
| 73 | Oberholzer, Obie | Hotazel Bottle Store (signed handprint 1/1). "Hotazel Bottle Store | 2002 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 74 | Mutloatse, Mothobi; Masiza, Jacqui (eds) | Towsa, Bob Gosani's People | Cape Town | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Pottinger, Brian | The Foreign Volunteers | Melville | 1986 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | 100.00 |
| 76 | Hofmeyr, J.H. with F.W. Reitz | Het Leven van Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer (Onze Jan) - General Louis Botha's copy, presented to him by Sir Abe Baily | Cape Town | 1913 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | 483.00 |
| 77 | De Saint Pierre, J.H.B. | A Voyage to the Isle of France, the Isle of Bourbon, and the Cape of Good Hope; With Observations and Reflections Upon Nature and Mankind | London | 1800 |
USD 400.00 - 400.00 | 252.00 |
| 78 | Shelley, G.E. | A Handbook of the Birds of Egypt - (14 Hand-Coloured Plates by John Gerrard Keulemans ) | London | 1872 |
USD 800.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | Amery, L.S. (Editor) | The Times History of The War in South Africa, 1899 - 1902 ( 7 volumes - complete set) Vol. 3 has the rare suppressed plate + the replacement | London | 1900 |
USD 650.00 - 650.00 | 998.00 |
| 80 | Everett, Frederick | Heat, Thirst, & Ivory - Elephant and Other Hunting Adventures in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Angola. (Signed Limited First Edition) | Long Beach, California, USA | 2002 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 209.00 |
| 81 | Baldwin, William Charles | African Hunting and Adventure From Natal to the Zambesi Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, & From 1852 to 1860 | London | 1863 |
USD 250.00 - 250.00 | 630.00 |
| 82 | Marsh, Anthony S. | Fourteen Years in the African Bush (Signed Limited First Edition) | Long Beach, California, USA | 1998 |
USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | Marsh, Brian | A Pioneering Hunter ( Signed Limited First Edition) | Long Beach, California, USA | 2006 |
USD 70.00 - 70.00 | 53.00 |
| 85 | Bigelow, Poultney | White Man's Africa - Inscribed by the author plus loose note initialled by the author | London | 1898 |
USD 250.00 - 250.00 | 80.00 |
| 86 | Mitchinson, Alex., Will. | The Expiring Continent: A Narrative of Travel in Senegambia, with Observations on Native Character, the Present Condition and Future Prospects of Africa and Colonisation | London | 1881 |
USD 400.00 - 400.00 | 200.00 |
| 87 | Paul Alberts | Children of the Flats | Cape Town | 1980 |
USD 75.00 - 75.00 | 30.00 |
| 88 | Jurgen Schaderberg | Voices from Robben Island | South Africa | 2000 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 89 | Adrian Greaves and Ian Knight | Who's Who in the Zulu War 1879-2 Volumes.(set) The British and Colonials and Zulus | Barnsley | 2006 |
USD 65.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 90 | Daphne Child | CHARLES SMYTHE. Pioneer, Premier and Administrator of Natal (SIGNED) | Cape Town | 1973 |
USD 45.00 - 55.00 | Not Sold |
| 91 | W.R.Trauseld | Wild Flowers of the Natal Drakensberg-De Luxe Limited Edition(Signed & Numbered) | Cape Town | 1969 |
USD 90.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 92 | R.O.Pearse | BARRIER OF SPEARS-Drama of the Drakensberg(Collector's Edition) | Cape Town | 1973 |
USD 65.00 - 80.00 | 50.00 |
| 93 | M.L.Pearse | A CAMERA IN QUATHLAMBA-Photographing The Drakensberg | Cape Town | 1980 |
USD 65.00 - 75.00 | 40.00 |
| 94 | R.P.Pearse & James Byrom | Dragon's Wrath-Drakensberg Climbs,Accidents and Rescues. | Johannesburg | 1986 |
USD 75.00 - 85.00 | Not Sold |
| 95 | Wilfred Thesiger | My Kenya Days | London | 1994 |
USD 40.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 96 | R.O.Pearse | Joseph Baynes Pioneer | Pietermaritzburg | 1981 |
USD 35.00 - 45.00 | Not Sold |
| 97 | Dr John Clark | NATAL SETTLER-AGENT. The Career of John Moreland. Agent for the Byrne Emigration Scheme of 1849-51 | Cape Town | 1972 |
USD 75.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | Oswald Doughty | EARLY DIAMOND DAYS. The Opening of the Diamond Fields of South Africa | London | 1963 |
USD 35.00 - 45.00 | 20.00 |
| 99 | Peter Stiff | The Road To Armageddon(Signed and Inscribed) | Alberton | 1980 |
USD 50.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 100 | Simon Haw | BEARING WITNESS. The Natal Witness 1846-1996 | Pietermaritzburg | 1996 |
USD 45.00 - 55.00 | 25.00 |
| 101 | P Schouten | De Waare Godsdienst | Amsterdam | 1794 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
