Auction Explorer Books: Auction Explorer Books : 52, 52,

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Auction Date
January 01, 2007 - January 01, 2007
Page Size: 481 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103 Souza,Deodato All the Birds of Brazil:An Identification Guide Brazil

2002

USD 30.00 - 35.00 20.00
104 Beehler,Bruce M et al Birds of New Guinea New Jersey

1986

USD 40.00 - 45.00 27.00
105 Fothergill,Rowland,J The Monuments of Southern Rhodesia London/Salisbury

1953

USD 30.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
106 Gutsche,Thelma A Very Smart Medal Cape Town

1970

USD 30.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
107 De Villiers,S Robben Island;Out of Reach out of Mind... Cape Town

1971

USD 30.00 - 35.00 20.00
108 McNish,J T The Glittering Road-Kimberley 1874-1876 Cape Town

1970

USD 30.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
109 Brownlie,Ian African Boundaries:A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia London

1979

USD 65.00 - 70.00 35.00
110 Wilson,Vivian J Orphans of the Wild Bulawayo

1977

USD 35.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
111 Shaw,Barnabas Memorials of South Africa Cape Town

1970

USD 30.00 - 35.00 20.00
112 Cartwright,A P The First South African Cape Town

1972

USD 30.00 - 35.00 25.00
113 Faye,Carl Zulu References Pietermaritzburg

1923

USD 30.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
114 Mendell.Edward Tribal Odyssey London

2000

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
115 Rapin de Thoyras + Tindal, N. History of England - Best Tindal Edition -5 Vols. London

1732 - 1733 + 1744-7

USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
116 (National Museum of History) CHINESE PAINTINGS BY PROFESSOR HO-NIEN AU. Taipei

1979

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
117 Burnet, Thomas Theory of the Earth London

1697

USD 180.00 - 180.00 263.00
118 Ingoldsby, Thomas The Ingoldsby Legends (Rackham Illustrations) London

1907

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
119 Dennis, N. + Tarboton, W. Waterbirds - Birds of Southern Africa's Wetlands Cape Town

1993

USD 40.00 - 40.00 44.00
120 Steyn, Peter + Arnott, Graeme Hunters of the African Sky Cape Town

1990

USD 40.00 - 40.00 30.00
121 Maclean, G. L. + Darroll, Gail Ducks of Sub-Saharan Africa (Signed) Randburg

1986

USD 150.00 - 150.00 142.00
122 Giddy, Cynthia Cycads of South Africa

1986

USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
123 Giddy, Cynthia Cycads of South Africa

1986

USD 80.00 - 80.00 47.00
124 Herre, H. The Genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae Cape Town

1971

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
125 Harris, Tony + Arnott, Graeme Shrikes of Southern Africa Cape Town

1988

USD 60.00 - 60.00 30.00
126 O'Hara, John Sermons and Soda Water - Signed Limited Ed. London

1961

USD 40.00 - 40.00 28.00
127 Vos, Dr G. J. Gedenkboek - Amstels Kerkelijk leven van de.... Amsterdam

1903

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
128 Addison, Joseph Dialogues upon the usefulness of Ancient Medals Not stated

1726

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
129 [Renkewitz (Theophiilus Gotthelf)] BEKNOPTE SPRAAKKUNST DER NEDERLANDSCHE TAAL Genadendal

1886

USD 30.00 - 40.00 63.00
130 Genadendal Printing BEGNIGNA VAN GROENKLOOF OF MAMRE Genadendal

1873

USD 75.00 - 100.00 132.00
131 Döhne (Rev. J.L.) A ZULU-KAFIR DICTIONARY Cape Town

1857

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
132 [Noble (J.) Compiler (?)] KLAASGEZWINT EN ZIJN PAERT Cape Town

1884

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
133 Olpp (J.) NAMA - DEUTSCHES WÖRTERBUCH Elberfeld

Preface dated 1888

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
134 Prinz (Johannes) DAS WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE KAPREGIMENT 1786 - 1808 Stuttgart

1932

USD 30.00 - 40.00 53.00
135 [Wagener (G.W.)] DEUTSCHER VOLKSKALENDER FÜR SÜDAFRIKA AUS DAS JAHR 1887 Kapstadt

1887

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
136 [Wagener (G.W.)] DEUTSCHER VOLKSKALENDER FÜR SÜDAFRIKA AUS DAS JAHR 1888 Kapstadt

1888

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
137 [Wagener (G.W.)] DEUTSCHER VOLKSKALENDER FÜR SÜDAFRIKA AUS DAS JAHR 1889 Kapstadt

1889

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
138 War Cabinet MEMORANDUM RESPECTING GERMAN COLONIES London

1918

USD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 Not Sold
139 Berman (E.) ART & ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town

1970

USD 60.00 - 70.00 40.00
140 Bradlow (F.) THOMAS BOWLER Cape Town

1967

USD 70.00 - 90.00 289.00
141 Cullinan (P.) ROBERT JACOB GORDON 1743-1795 Cape Town

1992

USD 40.00 - 50.00 40.00
142 De Kock, Krüger, Beyers & Basson DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIOGRAPHY Pretoria

1968 - 1987

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
143 Finch-Davies (C.G.) & Kemp (A.) THE BIRDS OF PREY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Johannesburg

1980

USD 250.00 - 300.00 263.00
144 Forbes (V.S.) PIONEER TRAVELLERS OF SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town

1965

USD 70.00 - 80.00 147.00
145 Greig (D.E.) HERBERT BAKER IN SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town

1970

USD 60.00 - 70.00 210.00
146 Gordon-Brown (A.) CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH Cape Town

1965

USD 60.00 - 70.00 40.00
147 Lewcock (R.) EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town

1963

USD 125.00 - 150.00 352.00
148 [Bird (A.V.) Editor] THE PAINTINGS OF NORMAN LIGHTON Cape Town

No date (circa 1976)

USD 60.00 - 70.00 45.00
149 Pearse (G.E.) EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA London

1957

USD 150.00 - 175.00 300.00
150 Pearse (G.E.) EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE IN SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria

1960

USD 150.00 - 175.00 300.00
151 Picard (Hymen W.J.) GENTLEMAN`S WALK Cape Town

1968

USD 75.00 - 100.00 50.00
152 Murray (Marishcal) UNDER LION`S HEAD Cape Town

1964

USD 50.00 - 60.00 315.00
153 Redgrave (J.J.) & Bradlow (Edna) FREDERICK I'ONS ARTIST Cape Town

1958

USD 60.00 - 70.00 116.00
154 Rennie (John V.L.) THE SCOTTISH SETTLER PARTY OF 1820 Grahamstown

1991

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
155 [Savory (Phyllis)] GERARD BHENGU, ZULU ARTIST Cape Town

1965

USD 70.00 - 90.00 53.00
156 Tabulae Geographicae TABULAE GEOGRAPHICAE Kaapstad-Amsterdam-Pretoria

1952

USD 75.00 - 100.00 79.00
157 Van Lingen (G.) BATTLEFIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg

1991

USD 60.00 - 70.00 53.00
158 Warren (Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles) ON THE VELDT IN THE SEVENTIES London

1902

USD 60.00 - 70.00 58.00
159 Van Riebeeck Society COMPLETE SET OF THE SECOND SERIES, VOLUMES 1 - 34 Cape Town

1970 - 2003

USD 300.00 - 400.00 1,159.00
160 Cape Directory (1868) THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY Cape Town

1868

USD 75.00 - 100.00 79.00
161 Cape Directory (1877) THE GENERAL DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK Cape Town

1877

USD 75.00 - 100.00 79.00
162 Storrar (Patricia) A VISTA AND A VISION. THE STORY OF BELVIDERE, KNYSNA Knysna

1993

USD 50.00 - 70.00 40.00
163 Richter, Gisela M.A. Engraved Gems of the Greeks Etruscans and Romans - Part 1: Engraved Gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans, A History of Greek Art in Miniature London

1968

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
164 Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo Indaba My Children London

1979

USD 40.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
165 Union Office of Census and Statistics Official Year Book of the Union and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland. No. 4 - 1921 Containing Statistics Mainly for the Period 1910-1920 Pretoria

1921

USD 75.00 - 75.00 30.00
166 Brown, G. Gordon (Editor) The South and East African Year Book and Guide for 1937 with Atlas and Diagrams - Forty Third Annual Edition London

1937

USD 35.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
167 Monick, S. and Heming, D.R.A. (Compilers) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Swords on the occasion of the Johannesburg Centenary 1986 Saxonwold

1986

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
168 Kapwepwe, Edward Regional Cooperation and Development - The case of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference in the 1980's Adelaide

1991

USD 25.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
169 Rudnai, Judith A. The Social Life of the Lion - A study of the behaviour of wild lions (Panthera leo massaica [Newmann]) in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya St. Leonardgate, UK

1973

USD 45.00 - 45.00 Not Sold
170 Berruti, A. and Sinclair, J.C. Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africa Cape Town

1983

USD 20.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
171 Pienaar, Kristo (Chief Consultant) The Ultimate Southern African Gardening Book (and also included in lot is a copy of The Gardnener's Guide to South African Plants by Pitta Joffe.) Halfway House

1994

USD 85.00 - 85.00 Not Sold
172 Atmore, M.G. Cape Furniture Cape Town

1976

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
173 Clark, Robert (Chairman of Committee) The British Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft - Rules for the Construction and Classification of Steel Ships - 1928 Glasgow

1928

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
174 O'Brian, Patrick The Reverse of the Medal London

1986

USD 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
175 Merton, Thomas The Journals of Thomas Merton (7 volume set) San Francisco

1995-1998

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
176 Bone, Philip J. The Guitar and Mandolin - Biographies of Celebrated Players and Composers London

1972

USD 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
177 Blight, Gordon Brigadier The History of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte Of Wales's) 1920-1947. London

1953

USD 110.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
179 Lewis, C.S. The Magician's Nephew London

1955

USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
180 Lewis, C.S. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe A Story for Children London

1956

USD 650.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
181 Parkes, Oscar British Battleships - London

1956

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
182 Leyden, Jack M. The Jewish Circle & A Member

1927

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
183 Leyden, Jack M. Windy Tim

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
184 Leyden, Jack M. That American Cousin

1927

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
185 Leyden, Jack M. Evil Spirits

1927

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
186 Captain Sir Richard F.Burton Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Mecca London

1893

USD 500.00 - 500.00 505.00
187 P.G.Wodehouse Cocktail Time London

1958

USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
188 P.G. Wodehouse Ring for Jeeves London

1953

USD 100.00 - 100.00 80.00
189 C.G. Henning (Signed) Graaff-Reinet - A Cultural History 1786-1886 Cape Town

1975

USD 80.00 - 80.00 50.00
190 Tony Grogan Between the Cape and Cairo: Tony Grogan paints Malawi Blantyre

1995

USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
191 Mrs. Wilkinson A Lady's Life and Travels in Zululand and Transvaal during Cetewayo's reign London

1882

USD 200.00 - 250.00 100.00
192 Louis Cohen Reminiscences of Kimberley London

1911

USD 450.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
193 William Macnae & Margaret Kalk (eds) A Natural History of Inhaca Island Mozambique Johannesburg

1969

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
194 Athol Fugard Tsotsi Johannesburg

1980

USD 40.00 - 50.00 34.00
195 Terence Ranger Peasant Consciousness and Guerrilla War in Zimbabwe London

1985

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
196 Bentley W Holman Dictionary and Grammar of the Kikongo Language, PLUS Appendi London

1887 & 1894

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
197 HOOKER J D & BALL J Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas London

1878

USD 300.00 - 500.00 263.00
198 LAMONT E H Wild Life Among the Pacific Islanders London

1867

USD 300.00 - 500.00 499.00
199 TRISTRAM H B The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains London

1860

USD 200.00 - 300.00 342.00
200 ANDERSSON CHARLES JOHN Lake Ngami New York

1857

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
201 DRY G C & HAWLEY T C The Rhodesian Ridgeback n/a

no date

USD 30.00 - 60.00 65.00
202 LERUMO A Fifty Fighting Years London

1971

USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
203 STRASHEIM REV P A In the Land of Cecil Rhodes Cape Town

1896

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
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