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
205 Walter Meyer WALTER MEYER, An Outsider's View. "Catalogue of the exhibition of landscape paintings Johannesburg

USD 60.00 - 60.00 140.00
206 Van der Walt (J.J.A.) & Vorster (P.J.) PELARGONIUMS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Volume 1 - De Luxe Edition) Cape Town

1977

USD 150.00 - 200.00 158.00
207 Eliovson (Sima) THE COMPLETE GARDENING BOOK Cape Town

USD 75.00 - 100.00 50.00
208 Gibson (J.M.) WILD FLOWERS OF NATAL (COASTAL REGION) Durban

1975

USD 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
209 Giddy (Cynthia) CYCADS OF SOUTH AFRICA (De Luxe Edition) Cape Town

1974

USD 150.00 - 200.00 231.00
210 Lewis (G.J.) & Obermeyer (A.A.) GLADIOLUS (De Luxe Edition) Cape Town

1972

USD 75.00 - 100.00 50.00
211 Allen (Vivien) KRUGER'S PRETORIA (De Luxe Edition) Cape Town

1971

USD 125.00 - 175.00 75.00
212 Hillegas (Howard C.) WITH BOER FORCES Johannesburg

1987

USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
213 Sinclair (John) THE HUNTED ONES. Story and Camera (De Luxe Edition) Johannesburg

1965

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
214 Démidoff (Anatole de) VOYAGE DANS LA RUSSIE MÉRIDONALE Paris

1854

USD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
215 Rudner (J.) & (I.) THE HUNTER AND HIS ART Cape Town

1970

USD 60.00 - 90.00 40.00
216 Tanser (G.H.) A SEQUENCE OF TIME Salisbury, Rhodesia

1974

USD 50.00 - 60.00 116.00
217 Branch (Margo & George) THE LIVING SHORES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Cape Town

1981

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
218 Austen (H.C.M.) SEA FIGHTS AND CORSAIRS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN Port Louis, Mauritius

1935

USD 200.00 - 250.00 158.00
219 Slocum (Captain Joshua) SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD New York

1900

USD 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
220 Berman (Esmé) ART & ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Presentation copy) Cape Town

1970

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
221 Patricia Storrar A Colossus of Roads - Thomas Bain (Signed). "Inscribed to previous owner by Storrar on half-title page. 108p. Ills. Corners slightly bumped Cape Town

1987

USD 60.00 - 60.00 40.00
222 Alf Kumalo Alexandra, I Love You Braamfontein

1983

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
223 Phillip A Clancey Kingfishers of Sub-Saharan Africa. "Twenty kingfisher species qualify for inclusion in this book. Exquistely detailed colour plates. The text includes a comprehensive account of each bird's distribution Johannesburg

1992

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
224 Thomas Herbert A Relation of Some Years Travaile begunne anno 1626 into Afrique and the Greater Asia (1634 ed). "Especially the territories of the Persian monarcy and some parts of the Oriental Indies and Iles adjacent. First edition of Herbert's fascinating 17th-c London

1634

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 2,000.00
225 Lieut-Col. A,W, Drayson Among the Zulus - or the Adventures of Hans Sterk (South African hunter and pioneer). "New edition. With ills by J.B.Zwecker. xii London

1879

USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
226 Ernest Hill Report on the Plague in Natal 1902-3. "192p. Pocket at rear with fold-out plan of Durban showing place of work or residence of cases infeceted. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Slight insect damage to covers. Contains chapters o London

1904

USD 150.00 - 200.00 130.00
227 Collier (Joy) JOY COLLIER'S CAPE Cape Town

1976

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
228 Du Plessis (Neil) & Duncan (Graham) BULBOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Cape Town

1989

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
229 Hilliard (O.M.) and Burtt (B.L.) DIERAMA, THE HAIRBELLS OF AFRICA Johannesburg

1993

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
230 Pager (Harald) THE ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE UPPER BRANDBERG. PART I, AMIS GORGE Köln

1989

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
231 How (M.) THE MOUNTAIN BUSHMEN OF BASUTOLAND Pretoria

1962

USD 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
232 Wilman (M.) THE ROCK-ENGRAVINGS OF GRIQUALAND WEST & BECHUANALAND Cape Town

1968

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
233 Lewis-Williams (D.) & Dowson (T.) IMAGES OF POWER. Understanding Bushman rock art Johannesburg

1989

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
234 Lewis-Williams (J.D.) THE ROCK ART OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Cambridge

1983

USD 125.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
235 Woodhouse (B.) THE BUSHMAN ART OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Cape Town

1979

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
236 Willcox (A.R.) THE ROCK ART OF AFRICA Johannesburg

1984

USD 100.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
237 Lee (D.N.) & Woodhouse (H.C.) ART ON THE ROCKS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Cape Town

1970

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
238 Vinnicombe (P.) PEOPLE OF THE ELAND Pietermaritzburg

1976

USD 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
239 Trauseld (W.R.) WILD FLOWERS OF THE NATAL DRAKENSBERG (Collector's Edition) Cape Town

1969

USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
240 J Meintjes & G Pettitt Standard Bank National Drawing Competition - 1987 - Norman Catherine, Skotnes, Kentridge etc. "A joint project with the Grahamstown Arts Festival in 1987. Features all 50 finalists from the competition including Skotnes Johannesburg

1987

USD 50.00 - 50.00 20.00
241 Stephan Welz, Pippa Skotnes et al The Epic of Everlasting. KWV Cecil Skotnes Collection . "Soft cover. Size 210 X 210 mm. Mint condition. Stunning catalogue featuring the Skotnes collection of KWV. Numerous high quality Paarl

2011

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
242 Murray Schoonraad Walter Battiss. "64p. Previous owner's book stamp on ffep. Dust jacket is torn along edges and spine and is marked. Text and plates are clean. Traces the work and development of Batttiss Cape Town

1976

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
243 Johanna de Villiers Jean Welz. "Introduction by Johanna de Villiers. Confrontation with an Artist (for Jean Welz)

1977

USD 100.00 - 100.00 50.00
244 Charles Ballard John Dunn - The White Chief of Zululand. "288p Craighall

1985

USD 100.00 - 120.00 80.00
245 Emil Holub Seven Years in South Africa. "Travels Johannesburg

1975

USD 60.00 - 60.00 40.00
246 Denis D. Lyell (ed) African Adventure - Letters from Famous Big Game Hunters. "xv London

1935

USD 100.00 - 150.00 279.00
247 H.F. Varian Some African Milestones (Signed). "Inscribed and signed to previous owner Oxford

1953

USD 50.00 - 50.00 37.00
248 Maugham (W. Somerset) CAKES AND ALE London

1953

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
249 Maclear (Thomas) GEOGRAPHY OF THE CAPE Cape Town

1850

USD 100.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
250 Olivier (J.) EERSTE HANDLEIDING TOT DE AARDRIJKSKUNDE VAN NEDERLANDSCH INDIË Amsterdam

1830

USD 125.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
251 Langenhoven (C.J.) GESANGE IN AFRIKAANS (Presentation copy) Cape Town

1922

USD 75.00 - 100.00 50.00
252 Hughes (David) & Humphries (Peter) IN SOUTH AFRICAN WATERS. Passenger Liners Since 1930 Cape Town

1977

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
253 Murray (Marischal) SHIPS AND SOUTH AFRICA London

1933

USD 1,100.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
254 Murray (Marischal) UNION-CASTLE CHRONICLE 1853-1953 London

1953

USD 100.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
255 G C De Wet Die Vryliede en Vryswartes in die Kaapse Nedersetting 1657-1707 Wynberg, Kaap

1981

USD 40.00 - 40.00 20.00
256 Helmoed-Romer Heitman War in Angola: The Final South African Phase Gibraltar

1990

USD 150.00 - 150.00 100.00
257 Helmoed-Romer Heitman South African Armed Forces Cape Town

1990

USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
258 Paul Els Ongulumbashe - Die begin van die bosoorlog Valhalla

2004

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
259 [Nel (P.G.) Editor] J. H. PIERNEEF Cape Town

1990

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
260 Boonzaier (G.) & Lipshitz (I.L.) WENNING Cape Town

1949

USD 50.00 - 60.00 40.00
261 Trotter (A.F.) OLD COLONIAL HOUSES OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE London

1900

USD 200.00 - 300.00 100.00
262 [Walton (James) Editor] THE JOSEPHINE MILL AND ITS OWNERS (De Luxe Edition) Cape Town

1975

USD 60.00 - 70.00 58.00
263 Press (C.) THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL Paarl

1993

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
264 Henning (C.G.) GRAAFF-REINET Cape Town

1975

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
265 Jonveaux (Emile) TWO YEARS IN EAST AFRICA, WITH A JOURNEY TO THE SOURCES OF THE NILE London

1875

USD 150.00 - 150.00 194.00
266 Nicklaus (Jack) JACK NICKLAUS’ PLAYING LESSONS (Signed) London

1988

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
267 Andersson (Charles John) LAKE NGAMI London

1856

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
268 Latrobe (Rev. C.I.) JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, IN 1815 and 1816 London

1818

USD 850.00 - 1,000.00 700.00
269 Strahle (Graham) AN EARLY MUSIC DICTIONARY

1995

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
270 Wilman (M.) THE ROCK-ENGRAVINGS OF GRIQUALAND WEST & BECHUANALAND

1933

USD 50.00 - 60.00 35.00
271 PITMAN C R S A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda Codicote

1974

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
272 GANZL K The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, 2 Vols Oxford

1994

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
273 BYNUM W F & PORTER R Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine, 2 Vols London & New York

1994

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
274 J.Stevenson-Hamilton Animal Life In Africa, 3 volumes London

1917

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
275 Basil Williams Record of the Cape Mounted Riflemen London

1909

USD 250.00 - 250.00 126.00
276 Frederick Courteney Selous A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa London

1890

USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 1,103.00
277 Major F.D.Baillie Mafeking Westminister

1900

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
278 Professor W Douglas Mackenzie South Africa, four books in one volume Chicago

1899

USD 100.00 - 100.00 158.00
279 Johannes Meintjes Bank Cheque. "Bank Cheque

1949

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
280 Royal Naval Rating Suez Crisis Photographs, 1956

1956

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
281 John Keene (editor) South Africa in World War 11 South Africa

1995

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
282 Battiss, Walter Whall Balloon Mail Envelope with Fookian Writing and Stamp Fook Island

USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
283 Battiss, Walter Whall Balloon Mail Envelope with Image of Bay and Mountains Fook Island

USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
284 Emeritus Prof A. Bayer Flower Paintings of Katharine Saunders (Collectors ed). "Collectors edition Natal

1979

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
285 Murray Schoonraad New Group - Battiss, Laubser, Welz etc. "Nuwe Groep / New Group 1938 - 1954 by Murray Schoonraad. Condition: Excellent - a bit of minor shelf wear but overall clean and crisp. Publication was part of an exhibition to commemorate the fiftieth anniver Cape Town

1988

USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
286 A J Werth J H Pierneef. Pretorianer, Transvaler, South African. "J.H. Pierneef Pretoria

1986

USD 80.00 - 80.00 50.00
287 Gerard De Kamper and Chris de Klerk Sculptured, The complete works of Fanie Eloff - Ltd Ed. "Softcover Pretoria

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
288 David Goldblatt Cape Dutch Homesteads Cape Town

1981

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
289 Irma Stern Journeys to the Interior, exhibition catalogue Cape Town

2006

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
290 Stanley (H.M.) MY KALULU London

1890

USD 150.00 - 150.00 75.00
291 Mayo (W.S.) KALOOLAH NY and London

1887

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
292 Bullock (Charles) THE MASHONA (The Indigenous Natives of S. Rhodesia) Cape Town & Johannesburg

1927

USD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
293 Kimberley (Michael J. Editor) EXCELSA (De Luxe Editions, Numbers 1 – 5) Salisbury

1971

USD 250.00 - 350.00 200.00
294 Fort (G.Seymour) ALFRED BEIT, A Study of the Man and His Work London

1932

USD 40.00 - 50.00 25.00
295 Harding (Lt. Col. Colin) FRONTIER PATROLS London

1937

USD 60.00 - 70.00 84.00
296 Kemp (Sam) BLACK FRONTIERS London

1932

USD 40.00 - 50.00 74.00
297 MacDonald (J.F.) THE WAR HISTORY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1939-1945 Salisbury

1947

USD 75.00 - 100.00 50.00
298 Oppenheimer Series: GOVERNMMENT ARCHIVES OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, OPPENHEIMER SERIES. London

1945

USD 500.00 - 600.00 400.00
299 Priest (Capt. Cecil D.) THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. "4 volumes London

1929

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
300 Lena Widerkehr and Sylvie Ramond The Human Figure Johannesburg

2012

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
301 Caravan Club of South Africa Tour of Rhodesia, 1967

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
302 Eugene Marais The Road to Waterberg & My friends the baboons Cape Town

1971

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
303 Various The Graham's Town Series volume 1-8 Cape Town

USD 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
304 Moorcraft, Paul L. Africa's Superpower Johannesburg

1981

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
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