Antiquarian Auctions: Rare Books, 22 ,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 18, 2012 - October 18, 2012
Page Size: 392 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
102 Janneman, K.C.K. Klaas Janneman's Long Walk (copy 89 of 101) not stated (Durban?)

1963

USD 30.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
103 Hunt, Sir John The Ascent of Everest - (signed by Sir Edmund Hillary) PLUS Our Everest Adventure London

1953

USD 120.00 - 120.00 231.00
104 Ds. R D McDonald In die Skaduwee van die Dood Kaapstad, Bloemfontein en PE

1939

USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
105 Andries Alberts Swart Weerlig (Signed) Groblersdal

1997

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
106 A Egmond Hake The Journals of Major-Gen C G Gordon, C B at Kartoum London

1885

USD 100.00 - 100.00 90.00
107 Percy Fitzpatrick Jock van die Bosveld Londen

1928

USD 90.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
108 Roy Macnab GOLD THEIR TOUCHSTONE- Goldfields of South Africa 1887-1987. A Centenary Story Bergvlei

1987

USD 45.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
109 F. Pretorius The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902- Heritage Series:19th Century Cape Town

1985

USD 35.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
110 J.S.Bergh & A.P.Bergh Tribes & Kingdoms- Heritage Series; 19th Century Cape Town

1984

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
111 Lawrence G. Green Karoo (Signed). 248p. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Inscribed and signed on half-title page to previous owner. Maps as endpapers. Small tear to upper edge of final pages. Spotting to edges. Cape Town

1955

USD 60.00 - 70.00 51.00
112 Gerald L'ange Urgent Imperial Service - South African Forces in German South West Africa 1914-1915 (Commemorative edition, signed). "352p. Ills. Special commemorative edition Johannesburg

1991

USD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
113 Lennox van Onselen Cape Antique Furniture (Limited/numbered ed). "83p. B/w photographs. Limited to 1000 copies Cape Town

1959

USD 30.00 - 40.00 20.00
114 Marielise Botha Herkoms van die Kaapse Stoel. 88p. Illustrated with sketches and b/w photographs. Very slight wear to edges of dust jacket. History of the Cape chair in Afrikaans. Cape Town

1977

USD 70.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
115 Obholzer, A.M. Baraitser, M. and Malherbe, W.D. The Cape House and its Interior (Limited/numbered ed). "Limited/numbered edition 1600 copies Stellenbosch

1985

USD 300.00 - 300.00 287.00
116 Gordon Richings The Life and Work of Charles Michell. "224p. Profusely illustrated with Michell's watercolours Simon's Town

2006

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
118 Glover, Lady (Compiled by) + Hewerdine, M.B. (Illustrated by) Lest We Forget Them (1899-1900 - Boer War) London

1900

USD 180.00 - 180.00 60.00
119 Kepper, G.L. De Zuid-Afrikaansche Oorlog. Historisch Gedenkboek Leiden

1900

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
120 Various with a new Foreword by M.G. Hibbard List of Casualties in South African Field Force, From 11th October, 1899, to 20th March, 1900 Facsimile of S.A.F.F. original - Oaklands

1972

USD 100.00 - 100.00 40.00
121 Van Zyl, P.H.S. Die Helde-Album Verhaal en Foto's van Aanvoerders en Helde Uit Ons Vryheidstryd Johannesburg

1944

USD 60.00 - 60.00 37.00
122 Priem, G.H. (Part 2 main article ) De Oorlog in Zuid-Afrika - Geillustreerd Naar Foto's (The second part only) Amsterdam

1900

USD 50.00 - 50.00 20.00
123 Issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills, Ltd. British Commanders in the Transvaal War 1899-1900 Bristol + London

1900

USD 40.00 - 40.00 25.00
124 Johnson, Henry With Our Soldiers at the Front - Or Conflict and Victory in South Africa London

1900

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
125 Rawnsley, H.D. Ballads of the War London

USD 100.00 - 100.00 40.00
126 Robinson, Commander Chas. N. A Pictorial History of South Africa and the Transvaal London

1899

USD 50.00 - 50.00 95.00
127 Kolstee, H.J. Transvaal Album Bevattende Een Overzicht der Geschiedenis van Zuid-Afrika tot den Tegenwoordigen Tijd Amsterdam

USD 30.00 - 30.00 53.00
128 Snell, The Reverend Bernard Sermons on the Boer War (1899-1901) London

1902

USD 30.00 - 30.00 87.00
129 Milne, James The Epistles of Atkins London

1902

USD 90.00 - 90.00 40.00
130 Allison, Thomas J. Della Dorn or Struggles of the Boers Gladewater, Texas, U.S.A.

1908

USD 30.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
131 Yaldwyn, W.B. British & Boer. Satirical and Patriotic Verses and Dialogues Port Elizabeth

1900

USD 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
132 Dickens, Charles (Prize binding in Tree Calf) The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger London

1912

USD 40.00 - 40.00 49.00
133 Anderson, Andrew A. Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon. Sport and Travel in South Africa Cape Town

1974

USD 30.00 - 30.00 35.00
134 Harris, Captain W. Cornwallis Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa Cape Town

1986

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
135 Labuschagne, Fred & others + Official Programme All Blacks vs. N. Transvaal and Die All Blacks is Hier! (Two items in this Lot) Pretoria

1960

USD 40.00 - 40.00 31.00
136 Frederick Courteney Selous Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa. "Being the narrative of the last eleven years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries; with an account of the colonisation of Mashunaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country. xvi London

1893

USD 150.00 - 200.00 120.00
137 John Taylor (Pondoro) African Rifles and Cartridges. "The experiences and opinions of a professional ivory hunter. ix South Carolina

1948

USD 100.00 - 120.00 80.00
139 N Chabani Manganyi Gerard Sekoto - I am an African. "Gerard Sekoto is without doubt one of South Africa’s major painters of the twentieth century. Manganyi’s biography is informed by the discovery Johannesburg

2004

USD 70.00 - 70.00 50.00
140 Melanie Hillebrand The Women of Olifantsfontein - South African Studio Ceramics - Ceramic Studio, Linnware & Globe. "The women of Olifantsfontein - South African studio ceramics. Cape Town Cape Town

1991

USD 50.00 - 50.00 42.00
141 South African Historical Mint Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners Medallion (38 grams of gold). . .

USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 1,200.00
142 South African Historical Mint Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners Medallion ( 40 grams of gold plated sterling silver). . .

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
143 South African Historical Mint Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners Medallion ( 40 grams of gold plated sterling silver limited to 5,000). . .

USD 80.00 - 80.00 40.00
144 Eugene N. Marais Three Eugene Marais Titles-The Soul of the Ape/The Soul of the White Ant & The Road to Water-berg and Other Essays. Cape Town

1974

USD 50.00 - 60.00 69.00
145 Alan F. Hattersley Later Annals of Natal London

1938

USD 75.00 - 85.00 Not Sold
146 Francis Carey Slater Settlers' Heritage Lovedale

1954

USD 45.00 - 55.00 20.00
147 Various Four White Star Diving Guides-Diving Sardinia/Snorkelling in the Red Sea/Diving Wrecks of the Mediterranean/Diving Wrecks of the Red Sea Vercelli-Italy

2003

USD 60.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
148 De Villiers & Pama Geslagsregisters van ou Kaapse Families / Genealogies of old S.A. Families Cape Town / Amsterdam

1966

USD 650.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
149 Stevenson, Melville & Twain Treasure island, Moby Dick & Huckleberry Finn. "MOBY DICK: THIS COLLECTOR'S EDITION WAS PUBLISHED BY ADVANCE RESERVATION EXCLUSIVELY FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO THE EASTON PRESS COLLECTION OF THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN; INTRODUCTION BY CLIFTON FADIMAN A Connecticut

1977

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
150 Joy Collier Portrait of Cape Town (Limited to 200 & Signed) Amsterdam

1961

USD 60.00 - 60.00 60.00
151 Various 1933 Eerste Afrikaanse Bybel Groot Brittanje

1933

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
152 Nuttall (Neville) TROUT STREAMS OF NATAL Pietermaritzburg

1947

USD 200.00 - 200.00 150.00
153 Joy Heyneke Marie Vermeulen Breedt - A celebration of paint, light and colour. "This 80 page

1998

USD 70.00 - 70.00 40.00
154 Van Riet Lowe, C., Malan, B.D. The Monuments Of South Africa Johannesburg

1949

USD 30.00 - 30.00 20.00
155 Hammerton, J.A. (ed.) Countries Of The World (set) London

USD 150.00 - 150.00 40.00
156 Magazine The National Geographic Magazine - 1935 to 1938 (8 volumes) Washington, D.C.

1935

USD 200.00 - 200.00 20.00
157 Newnes, George (editor) The Strand Magazine 1902-1906 (seven volumes, including original Sherlock Holmes stories) London

1902

USD 200.00 - 200.00 105.00
158 T O Honiball Adoons-hulle boer vorentoe Cape Town

1977

USD 90.00 - 90.00 105.00
159 De la Rey (Jacoba Elizabeth) HERINNERINGEN VAN MEVROUW DE LA REY Amsterdam & Pretoria

1903

USD 50.00 - 60.00 107.00
160 De Villiers (J.L.) HOE IK ONTSNAPTE. Verhaal van een Merkwaardige Ontsnapping van een Boer uit Engelsch-Indië Amsterdam & Pretoria

1903

USD 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
161 Kemp (Generaal J.C.G.) VIR VRYHEID EN VIR REG Cape Town

1946

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
162 Kestell (Ds. J.D.) & Van Velden (D.E.) DE VREDESONDERHANDELINGEN Pretoria & Amsterdam

1909

USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
163 Lion Cachet (F.) DE WORSTELSTRIJD DER TRANSVALERS AAN HET VOLK VAN NEDERLAND Amsterdam & Pretoria

1900

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
164 Penning (Lowrens) DE OORLOG IN ZUID-AFRIKA Rotterdam

1899

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
165 Ryno Greenwall Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo -Boer War Cape Town

1992

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
166 [Preller (G.S.) Editor] SCHEEPERS SE DAGBOEK Cape Town

1938

USD 75.00 - 100.00 71.00
167 Van Oordt (J.F.) PAUL KRUGER, En de Opkomst van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Amsterdam & Cape Town

1898

USD 40.00 - 60.00 33.00
168 Wormser (J.A.) VAN AMSTERDAM NAAR PRETORIA, Acht Maanden in Zuid-Afrika Amsterdam & Pretoria

1898

USD 5,060.00 - 60.00 30.00
169 Klein, Harry Springbok Record (Second World War) Johannesburg

1946

USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
170 Levinson, Bernard On My Psychiatric Couch - The Sex Lives of Famous People (signed copy) Johannesburg

1993

USD 40.00 - 40.00 20.00
171 C.L. Norris-Newman With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State 1880-1884. "xvii Johannesburg

1976

USD 40.00 - 40.00 20.00
172 RSA THE HATED 'DOMPAS' (2 x Apartheid Era Artifacts). "A Lot consisting of two Apartheid Era's most hated Items'

USD 100.00 - 150.00 650.00
174 Sam Haskins November Girl London

1967

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
175 Walter Peters Baukunst in Sudwestafrika 1884-1914 Windhoek

1981

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
176 J E Rabie Generaal C R De Wet se krygsleiding by Sannaspos en Groenkop Pretoria

1980

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
177 Bob Crass Trout In South Africa Johannesburg

1986

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
178 Jennifer Crwys-Williams South African Despatches-Two Centuries of the Best in South African Journalism Rivonia

1989

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
179 Ian Knight Zulu.Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift 22-23 January 1879 London

1994

USD 45.00 - 50.00 25.00
180 A E Read Simon's Town and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (Signed & Limited edition)

1998

USD 70.00 - 70.00 69.00
181 The Cape Times THE CAPE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION including The War Day By Day 1899-1901 Cape Town

1899

USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 2,258.00
182 Alan Paton APARTHEID AND THE ARCHBISHOP Cape Town

1973

USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
183 Joan Southey FOOTPRINTS IN THE KAROO A story of farming life Johannesburg

1990

USD 50.00 - 60.00 40.00
184 Thomas Pakenham THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA Parklands

1991

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
185 Peter Beard THE END OF THE GAME The last word from Paradise San Francisco

1988

USD 150.00 - 180.00 100.00
186 F. C. Selous A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS IN AFRICA

1970

USD 65.00 - 70.00 45.00
187 James Chapman Edited by Edward C Tabler TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA 1849-1863 Part 1 & Part 2 Cape Town

1971

USD 150.00 - 170.00 160.00
188 William J Burchell TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Vol. 1 and 2 London

1953

USD 300.00 - 325.00 473.00
189 J Kench Photographs by Goldblatt and Courtney-Clarke Inscribed and signed by Kench CAPE DUTCH HOMESTEADS Cape Town

1981

USD 55.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
190 Ray Nestor AN AFRICAN SKETCHBOOK Drawings and watercolours of Kenya

1988

USD 25.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
191 Adele Naude HUGO NAUDE Cape Town

1974

USD 65.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
192 Rene Patris, Editor LA GUIRLANDE DE L'IRAN Paris

1948

USD 60.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
193 R.B.Russell Guide to First Edition Prices(Eighth Edition) North Yorkshire

2012

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
194 Wilson, David Mackay Behind The Scenes In The Transvaal (early mining history of the Transvaal) London

1901

USD 60.00 - 60.00 47.00
195 Paton, Alan Cry The Beloved Country London

1948

USD 50.00 - 50.00 21.00
196 Hedin, Sven Trans-Himalaya (Volume 2) London

1909

USD 70.00 - 70.00 27.00
197 Smith, J.L.B. Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth - (signed association copy) London

1957

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
198 Poland, Marguerite The Small Clay Bull, The Wood-Ash Stars, and Shadow of the Wild Hare (all author-signed) Cape Town

1986

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
199 Briggs, Nigel & David Down The Dusi - In The Great Canoe Race - Then and Now (brand new, double-signed) Kloof

2011

USD 30.00 - 30.00 20.00
200 Armour, Margaret (translator) The Ring Of The Niblung (Rackham illustrations) London

1939

USD 160.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
201 Battiss The Little Jacaranda Tree Durban

1942

USD 250.00 - 250.00 284.00
202 Pearce, Joseph Bloomsbury And Beyond - The Friends and Enemies of Roy Campbell London

2001

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
203 Various Two Volumes-Joint Sitting of Both Houses of Parliament./Official Languages of the Union Bill 6th May to 8th May, 1925 & Mines and Works Act. 1911. Amendment Bill. 7th May to 12th May, 1926. Cape Town

1925

USD 35.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
204 Various Two Volumes-Financial Relations Commission/ 2nd & 3rd Report of the Commission/Financial Relations of the Government to the Local Authorities 1906. Pretoria

1906

USD 45.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
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