Antiquarian Auctions: Rare Books, 24 ,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 31, 2013 - January 31, 2013
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Penny Miller | MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA | Cape Town | 1979 |
USD 50.00 - 55.00 | 40.00 |
| 205 | Jessie Noakes | ART, HISTORY AND LITERATURE ILLUSTRATIONS | London | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | J. M. Barrie with 24 drawings by Arthur Rackham | PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS | London | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 207 | John Milton Illustrated by Arthur Rackham | COMUS | London | USD 450.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 208 | Sijman, Diedre | A Revision of the Genus Haemanthus L. (Amaryllidaceae) | Kirstenbosch, Claremont (Cape Town) | 1984 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 82.00 |
| 209 | Sim, T.R. | Treeplanting in South Africa Including the Union of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa | Pietermaritzburg | 1927 |
USD 30.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 210 | Adamson, R.S. + Salter, T.M. (Editors) | Flora of the Cape Peninsula | Cape Town | 1950 |
USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | Civil Defense | 'Keep It Dark', Cloth | U.K. | 1940 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 212 | Lewis, Joyce + Obermeyer, A. Amelia | Gladiolus - A Revision of the South African Species (Special Limited Edition) | Cape Town | 1972 |
USD 50.00 - 50.00 | 37.00 |
| 213 | Ian Uys | Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War | Knysna | 2000 |
USD 75.00 - 75.00 | 35.00 |
| 214 | Stewart, J. (Text) + Hennessy, E.F. (Illustrations) | Orchids of Africa - A Select Review | Johannesburg | 1981 |
USD 30.00 - 30.00 | 20.00 |
| 215 | William Kentridge | Nose | Johannesburg | 2010 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 32.00 |
| 216 | Du Plessis, Neil & Duncan, Graham with watercolours by Elise Bodley | Bulbous Plants of Southern Africa - A Guide to their Cultivation and Propagation | Cape Town | 1989 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 |
| 217 | Schumann, Dolf; Kirsten, Gerhard in collaboration with E.G.H. Oliver | Ericas of South Africa | Vlaeberg - Cape Town | 1992 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | 30.00 |
| 218 | Philip Bateman | Generals of the Anglo-Boer War | Cape Town | 1977 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 25.00 |
| 219 | Blixen, Karen | The Illustrated Out Of Africa | London | 1989 |
USD 40.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 |
| 220 | Van Onselen, Lennox | Cape Antique Furniture (illustrated) | Cape Town | 2164 |
USD 40.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | Goode, Douglas | Cycads of Africa - First Edition with slip case | Cape Town | 1989 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | 65.00 |
| 222 | Harde, K.W. | Beetles (A Field Guide in Colour to) | London | 1984 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 223 | Snyman, Adriaan | Voice of a Prophet | Mossel Bay | 1999 |
USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 224 | Hennessy, Esme F. + Hedge, Tessa A. | The Sipper Orchids - Selenipedium - Phragmipedium - Criosanthes - Cypripedium - Paphiopedilum | Randburg | 1989 |
USD 50.00 - 50.00 | 30.00 |
| 225 | Pearse, R.O. (Copy No. 7 of !00) | Mountain Splendour - Wild Flowers of the Natal Drakensberg - Limited Edition | Cape Town | 1978 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | Pearse R.O. | Barrier of Spears - Drama of the Drakensberg (Limited to 100 Copies) | Cape Town | 1973 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | Horsbrugh, Boyd Robert - Colour plates by Claude Gibney Davies | The Gamebirds and Waterfowl of South Africa | Johannesburg | 1978 |
USD 120.00 - 120.00 | 50.00 |
| 229 | Penny Miller | Myths and Legends of Southern Africa | Cape Town | 1979 |
USD 65.00 - 75.00 | Not Sold |
| 230 | Alf Wannenburgh | The Bushmen | Cape Town | 1979 |
USD 55.00 - 65.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | Ian Knight | Great Zulu Commanders | London | 1999 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 |
| 232 | Ian Knight | Great Zulu Battles 1838-1906 | London | 1998 |
USD 45.00 - 55.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | Ian Knight(ed) | 'By The Orders of the Great White Queen' | London | 1992 |
USD 35.00 - 45.00 | 20.00 |
| 234 | Kris.A.Wheatley | Legacy of the Rorke's Drift Heroes-Volumes 5-7(SIGNED) | Chesterfield | 2010 |
USD 65.00 - 80.00 | 40.00 |
| 235 | David Alderton | The Atlas of Quails | Neptune City-USA | 1992 |
USD 45.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | James Hancock & Hugh Elliot | The Herons of The World | London | 1978 |
USD 85.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 237 | A.Gordon-Brown | Christopher Webb Smith-An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839 | Cape Town | 1965 |
USD 45.00 - 55.00 | Not Sold |
| 238 | Finch-Davies, Claude Gibney | A Celebration of Birds - C.G. Finch-Davies's final album of southern African birds | Johannesburg | 1990 |
USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 239 | Raven-Hart, Major R. (Translator + Editor) | Scenes of the Cape of Good Hope in 1741 as Drawn by Johann Wolffgang Heydt | Cape Town | 1967 |
USD 30.00 - 30.00 | 65.00 |
| 240 | Obholzer, A.M; Baraitser, M. + Malherbe, W.D. | The Cape House and its Interior - An inquiry into the sources of Cape architecture & a survey of built-in early Cape domestic woodwork | Stellenbosch | 1985 |
USD 250.00 - 250.00 | 263.00 |
| 241 | Paton Alan | Cry The Beloved Country - Signed World Premiere Film Programme | Johannesburg | 1951 |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Clarke, Peter E. | Plain Furniture - Peter Clarke Illustrations | Cape Town | 1991 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 120.00 |
| 243 | Olga Levinson | Adolph Jentsch | Cape Town | 1982 |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | 69.00 |
| 244 | Martin Bekker | The Art of Alexander Rose-Innes | Cape Town | 1991 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | 80.00 |
| 245 | Welz & Co | Highly Important South African Paintings - The collection of the late Jack and Helene Kahn. | Cape Town | 2007 |
USD 70.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 246 | Williams, Henry Smith (ed) | The Historians' History of the World . . . (complete in 25 vols) | London | 1908 |
USD 950.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold |
| 247 | Bird, John | Annals of Natal. 1495 to 1845 (2 vols; first ed, 1888) | Pietermaritzburg | 1888 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 158.00 |
| 248 | Hoytema, Van (Sekretaris van den Volksraad) | Notulen der Verrigtingen van den HoogEdelen Volksraad van den Oranjevrijstaat. 5 Mei - 2 Desember 1897 (includes the Constitution and the Ordinance on the diamond trade) | Bloemfontein | 1880 |
USD 125.00 - 175.00 | 100.00 |
| 249 | Pelzer, A N, FJ du T Spies and others (eds) | Historia. Amptelike Orgaan van die Historiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika. (Incomplete run of 18 numbers between 1959 and 1971) | Pretoria | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | Hofmeyr, N | Zes Maanden bij de Commando's (inscribed by G A Kestell) | 's-Gravenhage | 1903 |
USD 135.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 251 | Reitz, Hjalmar | De Dochter van den Hansopper. Afrikaansch-Hollandsch roman | Amsterdam | 1903 |
USD 75.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 252 | Pickering, Lt A McR | World War I Diary. Book 1. 1 January to 29 March 1918 | 1918 |
USD 50.00 - 65.00 | 35.00 | |
| 253 | Jamieson, Kath | World War II. Cousins Remember | Knysna | 1998 |
USD 25.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | Rood, D M | Daddy, You Weren't Killed in the War, Were You? (inscribed by author) | Johannesburg | 1998 |
USD 60.00 - 75.00 | Not Sold |
| 255 | Macdonald, Tom | Jan Hofmeyr. Heir to Smuts (may have been Prime Minister D F Malan's copy) | London | 1948 |
USD 100.00 - 125.00 | 75.00 |
| 256 | Smuts, General the Right Hon J C | Freedom. Rectoral address delivered a St Andrews University, 17 October 1934 | London | 1934 |
USD 60.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 257 | Lorimer, Eleanor K | Grandmother Goes Greyhound (dedicated by author) | Port Elizabeth | 1966 |
USD 75.00 - 85.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | Hanff, Helene | 84,Charing Cross Road (De Luxe Gift Edition; signed by author) | New York | 1975 |
USD 200.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 259 | Bottomley, A M and P H B Talbot | Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms in South Africa | Pretoria | 1954 |
USD 40.00 - 50.00 | 30.00 |
| 260 | Smith, Alun Huw | The Brenthurst Gardens (inscribed by Bridget and Harry Oppenheimer) | Johannesburg | 1988 |
USD 80.00 - 100.00 | 65.00 |
| 261 | Breitenbach, Fried and Jutta von | Tree Atlas of Southern Africa. Section 1 (English and Afrikaans) | Pretoria | 1992 |
USD 124.00 - 150.00 | 75.00 |
| 262 | Manners, Harry | Kambaku! | Johannesburg | 1980 |
USD 75.00 - 125.00 | 105.00 |
| 263 | Smithers, Reay H N | The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion (subscribers' edition) | Pretoria | 1983 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 264 | Fossey, Dian | Gorillas in the Mist (signed by the author) | London | 1983 |
USD 65.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | White, Alain + Sloane, Boyd L. | The Stapelieae - 3 Volume Set | Pasadena, California | 1937 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 266 | Lovegrove, Barry | The Living Deserts of Southern Africa | Cape Town | 1999 |
USD 75.00 - 110.00 | Not Sold |
| 267 | Poland, Marguerite and David Hammond-Tooke | The Abundant Herds. A celebration of the cattle of the Zulu people | Cape Town | 2003 |
USD 75.00 - 85.00 | 60.00 |
| 268 | Graaff, G de | The Rodents of Southern Africa. Notes on their identification, distribution, ecology and taxonomy | Durban | 1981 |
USD 70.00 - 95.00 | Not Sold |
| 269 | Augustinus, Paul | Desert Adventure. In search of wilderness in Namibia and Botswana | Johannesburg | 1997 |
USD 135.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 270 | Bosman, Paul and Anthony Hall-Martin | Elephants of Africa | Cape Town | 1986 |
USD 135.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | Stirling, Captain John | Our Regiments 1899-1902. Their record, based on the despatches | Edinbugh | 1903 |
USD 150.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 272 | Stirling, Captain John | The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902. Their record, based on the despatches | Edinburgh | 1908 |
USD 150.00 - 175.00 | 125.00 |
| 273 | White, Alain; Dyer, R. Allen + Sloane, Boyd L. | The Succulent Euphorbieae (Southern Africa) - 2 Volume Set | Pasadena, California | 1941 |
USD 280.00 - 280.00 | 326.00 |
| 274 | Jacobsen, W.B.G. | The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa | Durban | 1983 |
USD 200.00 - 200.00 | 80.00 |
| 275 | Burrows, J.E. | Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies | Sandton | 1990 |
USD 400.00 - 400.00 | 200.00 |
| 276 | Watt, John Mitchell + Breyer-Brandwijk, Maria Gerdina | The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa - Being an Account of their Medicinal and Other Uses, Chemical Composition, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicology in Man and Animal | Edinburgh | 1962 |
USD 500.00 - 500.00 | 450.00 |
| 277 | Jeppe, Barbara | South African Aloes | Cape Town | 1969 |
USD 40.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 278 | Jeppe, Barbara | South African Aloes - Signed Limited Collector's Edition | Cape Town | 1969 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | 40.00 |
| 279 | Van Wyk, Ben-Erik + Smith, Gideon | Guide to the Aloes of South Africa | Pretoria | 1996 |
USD 25.00 - 25.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | Patricia Weckesser and John Contat | Gabriel de Jongh (Limited ed & signed) | Johannesburg | USD 60.00 - 70.00 | 86.00 | |
| 281 | Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott | The Aloes of South Africa (A unique extra illustrated copy) | Cape Town | 1969 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 282 | Frederick Courteney Selous | African Nature Notes and Reminiscences | Alberton | 1986 |
USD 40.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 283 | Frederick Courteney Selous | A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa | Alberton | 1985 |
USD 40.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 284 | Olive Schreiner | Thoughts on South Africa | Johannesburg | 1976 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 285 | A.W.G. Raath & R.M. Louw | Die Konsentrasiekamp-Gedenkreeks (5 vols) | Bloemfontein | 1991 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 150.00 |
| 286 | Bornman, Hans + Hardy, David | Aloes of the South African Veld | Johannesburg | 1971 |
USD 80.00 - 80.00 | 42.00 |
| 287 | Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott | The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar | Mbabane (Swaziland) | 1966 |
USD 90.00 - 90.00 | 40.00 |
| 288 | Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott | The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar | Mbabane | 1966 |
USD 95.00 - 95.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | Nel, C.G. (English and Afrikaans text) | Lithops - Plantae succulentae, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae, e familia Aizoaceae ex Africa australi | Stellenbosch | 1946 |
USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | Cole, Desmond T. | Lithops - Flowering Stones - Numbered Limited Edition | Randburg | 1988 |
USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 291 | Van der Walt, J.J.A. + Vorster, P.J. (Text) - Illustrated by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst | Pelargoniums of Southern Africa - Complete 3 Volume Set, of which Vol.1 is Limited to 100 Copies | Cape Town | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 292 | Fox, Francis William + Young, Marion Emma Norwood | Food from the Veld - Edible wild plants of southern Africa botanically identified and described | Johannesburg | 1982 |
USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Batten (A.) | FLOWERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA | Johannesburg | 1988 |
USD 125.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | Carruthers (Jane) & Arnold (Marion) | THE LIFE AND WORK OF THOMAS BAINES | Cape Town | 1995 |
USD 60.00 - 70.00 | 69.00 |
| 295 | Carruthers (Jane) | THOMAS BAINES EASTERN CAPE SKETCHES 1848 to 1852 | Johannesburg | 1990 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 137.00 |
| 296 | Carruthers (Jane) | MELTON PRIOR | Johannesburg | 1987 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 297 | Fagan (Gwen) | ROSES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | Cape Town | 1988 |
USD 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | Lindop (Barbara) | GERARD SEKOTO | Johannesburg | 1988 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 299 | Mervis (Joel) | THE FOURTH ESTATE, A Newspaper Story | Johannesburg | 1989 |
USD 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 |
| 300 | Ogilvie (Grania) | THE DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS | Johannesburg | 1988 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 301 | Raymond (Harry) | B.I. BARNATO. A MEMOIR | London | 1897 |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | 258.00 |
| 302 | Van der Waal (G.-M.) | FROM MINING CAMP TO METROPOLIS, The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940 | Pretoria | 1986 |
USD 75.00 - 100.00 | 58.00 |
| 303 | J.M. Coetzee | Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life (Signed) | London | 1997 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 100.00 |
| 304 | Marius le Roux | The Cape Copper-smith | Stellenbosch | 1982 |
USD 30.00 - 30.00 | 20.00 |
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<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>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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
