Auction Explorer Books: Auction Explorer Books : 69, 69,

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Auction Date: January 01, 2009 - January 01, 2009

Page Size: 437 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2	Greene (W.T.)	PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY	London	1884 - 1887	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	500.00
3	Biedermann, Hans.	Medicina Magica, Metaphysical Healing Methods in Late-Antique and Medieval Manuscripts		1986	USD 40.00 - 50.00	53.00
4	Abraham Cresques	Atlas Catalan 1375 (Facsimile)		2005	USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
5	Tolkien, J.R.R.	In de Ban van de Ring (Dutch edition - Lord of the Rings)			USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
6	Craib, Charles (Text) + Condy, Gillian	Grass Aloes in the South African Veld (Signed Limited Edition)	Hatfield (Pretoria)	2005	USD 120.00 - 120.00	95.00
7	Craib, Charles (Text) + Condy, Gillian	Geophytic Pelargoniums (Signed Limited Edition)	Hatfield (Pretoria)	2001	USD 350.00 - 350.00	451.00
8	Nicholls, W.H. (Edited by Jones, D.L. + Muir, T.B.	Orchids of Australia			USD 60.00 - 60.00	78.00
9	Rourke, John P.	The Proteas of Southern Africa (Ex-Library)	Cape Town	1980	USD 25.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
10	Rourke, John P.	The Proteas of Southern Africa	Cape Town	1980	USD 50.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
11	Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott	The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar (Ex-Library)	Mbabane, Swaziland	1966	USD 60.00 - 60.00	20.00
12	Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott	The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar	Mbabane, Swaziland	1966	USD 150.00 - 150.00	50.00
13	Ball, John S.	Southern African Epiphytic Orchids (Ex-Library)	Johannesburg	1978	USD 45.00 - 45.00	25.00
14	Jacobsen, W.B.G.	The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa (Ex-Library)	Durban	1989	USD 100.00 - 100.00	37.00
15	Rauh, Werner (Edited by Peter Temple)	The Bromeliad Lexicon	Durban	1990	USD 35.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
16	Schumann, Dolf, Kirsten, Gerhard (+E.G.H. Oliver)	Ericas of South Africa	Vlaeberg (Cape Town)	1992	USD 80.00 - 80.00	98.00
17	Goldblatt, Peter	The Genus Watsonia - A Systematic Monograph	Not Stated - Cape Town	1989	USD 50.00 - 50.00	48.00
18	Hardy, David (Text) + Fabian, Anita (Paintings)	Succulents of the Transvaal	Halfway House	1992	USD 30.00 - 30.00	21.00
19	Meredith, D. , Chippindall, Lucy K.A. et al	The Grasses and Pastures of South Africa	Union of SA - Parow (Printed)	1955	USD 60.00 - 60.00	25.00
20	Palmer, Eve + Pitman, Norah	Trees of South Africa	Amsterdam / Cape Town	1961	USD 40.00 - 40.00	37.00
21	Batten, Auriol + Bokelmann, Hertha	Wild Flowers of the Eastern Cape Province	Cape Town	1966	USD 30.00 - 30.00	20.00
22	Bohnen, Pauline	Flowering Plants of the Southern Cape	Still Bay	1986	USD 40.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
23	Van Jaarsveld, Ernst EJ. + Ward-Hilhorst, Ellaphie	Gasterias of South Africa - A new revision of a major succulent group	Vlaeberg (Cape Town)	1994	USD 95.00 - 95.00	80.00
24	Beard, J.S. + Ripley, Lura (Artist)	The Proteas of Tropical Africa	Sydney	1992	USD 25.00 - 25.00	24.00
25	Matthews, Lewis + Carter, Zoe (Paintings)	Proteas of the World	Durban North	1993	USD 50.00 - 50.00	25.00
26	Hulme, Mairn	Wild Flowers of Natal	Pietermaritzburg	Circa 1954	USD 40.00 - 40.00	21.00
27	Hammer, Steven	The Genus Conophytum - A Conograph (Limited Edition)	Pretoria	1993	USD 80.00 - 80.00	49.00
28	Mandela, Nelson	Long Walk to Freedom (Signed Copy)	Randburg	1994	USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
29	Mandela, Nelson	Long Walk to Freedom (Signed + Inscribed Copy)	Randburg	1995	USD 2,200.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
30	Smith, Ian	The Great Betrayal (Inscrbed and Signed)	London	1997	USD 100.00 - 100.00	30.00
31	Berman, Esme	The Story of South African Painting	Cape Town	1975	USD 120.00 - 120.00	35.00
32	Gill, Fraser	Ovenstones - A Story of the Sea	Cape Town	1958	USD 40.00 - 40.00	20.00
33	Scott, Charles L.	The Genus Haworthia (Liliaceae) a taxonomic revision	Johannesburg	1985	USD 60.00 - 60.00	49.00
34	Adamson, R.S. + Salter, T.M. (Editors)	Flora of the Cape Peninsula	Cape Town	1950	USD 80.00 - 80.00	20.00
35	Colvin,Ian D	The Fighting Third	Cape Town	1947	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Not Sold
36	Verdin,Lt-Col Sir Richard	The Cheshire(Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry 1898-1967	Birkenhead	1971	USD 65.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
37	Wheeler,Harold F B	The Story of Lord Kitchener	London	1916	USD 30.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
38	Bowie,John	The Empire at War	London	1989	USD 35.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
39	WOOD,Sir Evelyn	Our Fighting Forces.And How They Made the Empire	London	1916	USD 75.00 - 85.00	Not Sold
40	Various	Cassell's History of the BOER WAR 2 Volumes	London	1903	USD 275.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	Putkowski,Julian & Sykes,Julian	SHOT AT DAWN.Executions in World War One	South Yorkshire	1989	USD 35.00 - 40.00	25.00
42	Pakenham,Elizabeth	Jameson's Raid	London	1960	USD 30.00 - 35.00	29.00
43	Perrett,Bryan	LAST STAND!	London	1991	USD 35.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
44	Sanderson,Edgar	The British Empire at Home and Abroad Volumes IV & V	London	1901	USD 75.00 - 85.00	Not Sold
45	Ricketts,Harry	The Unforgiving Minute:A Life of Rudyard Kipling	London	1999	USD 35.00 - 40.00	25.00
46	Lucas,Laddie(Edited)	Out Of The Blue.The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966	London	1985	USD 35.00 - 40.00	25.00
47	Milligan,Spike	Adolf Hitler.My Part in His Downfall	London	1981	USD 65.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
48	Irving,David(Edited by)	ADOLF HITLER:The Medical Diaries.The Private Diaries of Dr Theo Morell	London	1983	USD 35.00 - 40.00	25.00
49	Eugene Marais	The Soul of the Ape	London	1969	USD 50.00 - 60.00	30.00
50	Eugene Marais	My Friends The Baboons	Cape Town	1971	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
51	J.M.Coetzee	Elizabeth Costello	London	2003	USD 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
52	Roy Campbell (Uys Krige intro.)	Poems of Roy Campbell	Cape Town	1960	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
53	Arthur Keppel-Jones	When Smuts Goes	London	1947	USD 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
54	Oliver Walker	The Hippo Poacher	London	1967	USD 60.00 - 80.00	30.00
55	J.Stuart	History of the Zulu Rebellion	London	1913	USD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
56	Ernest Hemingway	Across The River And Into The Trees	London	1950	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
57	Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)	The Devil's Novice	New York	1984	USD 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
58	Ian Fleming	You Only Live Twice	London	1964	USD 140.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
59	Ian Fleming	The Man With The Golden Gun	London	1965	USD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
60	Ian Fleming	Thunderball	London	1961	USD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
61	Ian Fleming	The Spy Who Loved Me	London	1965 (1962)	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
62	Ian Fleming	From Russia With Love	London	1963 (1957)	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
63	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	London	1963	USD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
64	Cormac McCarthy	All The Pretty Horses	New York	1993	USD 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
65	Cormac McCarthy	The Crossing	London	1994	USD 40.00 - 50.00	20.00
66	Cormac McCarthy	Cities Of The Plain	London	1998	USD 40.00 - 50.00	20.00
67	Aristotle	Aristotle's Masterpiece	London	no date (c.1920)	USD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
68	A Sea Captain	Lives Of Celebrated Pirates	London	1850	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
69	Karl Baedeker	Baedeker's Paris and its Environs	Leipzig	1913	USD 90.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
70	Batten, Auriol	Flowers of Southern Africa	Johannesburg	1988	USD 100.00 - 100.00	42.00
71	Wingfield, Lewis	Wanderings of a Globe-Trotter in the Far East (Vol 2 only)	London	1889	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
72	Maxwell, Marius	Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa (Ex-Library)	London	1924	USD 60.00 - 60.00	40.00
73	Peres, Damiao	Historia de Portugal Edicao Monumental (9 Volume set)	Barcelos	Dated 1928 to 1954	USD 95.00 - 95.00	100.00
74	Hes, Lex	The Leopards of Londolozi (Signed Presentation Copy)	Cape Town	1991	USD 100.00 - 100.00	40.00
75	Original War Photographs	Album of Original World War Two Photographs	New York	1945	USD 300.00 - 400.00	291.00
76	(Truman, Harry)	Original World War Two Photos		1945	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
77	Bolsche, Wilhelm	Entwickelungsgeschichte der Natur (zwei Banden)	Berlin	1894 + 1896	USD 30.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
78	Bommeli, R.	Die Thierwelt (1898) + Die Pflanzenwelt (1894)	Stuttgart	1894 + 1898	USD 60.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
79	Original War Photographs	Original World War Two Photos		1945	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
80	(American Missionaries)	Siam and the Siamese as Seen by American Missionaries	London	1886	USD 50.00 - 50.00	53.00
81	Player, Gary	To be the Best (Inscribed + Signed by Gary Player)	London	1991	USD 25.00 - 25.00	20.00
82	Player, Gary	Play Golf with Player (Early Signed Inscription)	London	1962	USD 50.00 - 50.00	25.00
83	Banham, Reyner	The New Brutalism - Ethic or Aesthetic?	London	1966	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
84	Casteels, Maurice (Introduction)	The New Style - Architecture and Decorative Design	London	1931	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
85	(Various authors)	Rex Distin Martienssen - In Memoriam (SA Architectural Record)	Johannesburg	1942 + back issues	USD 50.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
86	Obholzer,A.M. Baraitser, M. + Malherbe, W.D.	The Cape Dutch House and its Interior - (Limited Edition - Ex-Library)	Stellenbosch	1985	USD 200.00 - 200.00	68.00
87	Lucas,James & Cooper,Matthew	Panzer Grenadiers	London	1977	USD 30.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
88	Matter,Verena	George Paton 1830-1914	Kimberley	1971	USD 35.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
89	Hattersley,Alan F	Oliver The Spy and Others.A Little Gallery of South African Portraits	Cape Town	1959	USD 30.00 - 33.00	Not Sold
90	Holliday,J D	Dottings On Natal as Published in 1865 and Sundry Tit-Bits of Colonial Experienc	Pietermaritzburg	1988	USD 45.00 - 48.00	30.00
91	Frere,Sir Bartle	Afghanistan and South Africa.Letters to the Right Hon W E Gladstone.	Pretoria	1969	USD 40.00 - 45.00	Not Sold
92	Bradlow,Frank R	Africana Books & Pictures.A Selection of Published Papers	Cape Town	1975	USD 35.00 - 38.00	Not Sold
93	Roberts,Brian	History of the Kimberley Club	Kimbeley	1978	USD 30.00 - 33.00	20.00
94	Findlay Henderson,Olive	I Speak My Speaks	Durban	Circa 1980	USD 45.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
95	Robinson,Gregory	Ships That Have Made History	London	1936	USD 35.00 - 40.00	20.00
96	Harclerode,Peter & Reynolds,David	Gurkha.The Illustrated History	Stroud	2003	USD 45.00 - 55.00	Not Sold
97	Colvin,Ian D	Introduction to Africana	Cape Town	1979	USD 35.00 - 40.00	20.00
98	Reliable Sources	THE LIFE & EXPLORATION OF Dr.LIVINGSTONE	London-Newcastle	Circa 1875	USD 300.00 - 375.00	Not Sold
99	Various	Eight Volumes-Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library	Cape Town	As Stated	USD 150.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
100	Various	FIFTH REPORT of the Committee of Inquiry into the Report of the War Casualties a	Pretoria	1911	USD 40.00 - 50.00	30.00
101	Various	TWO FANAKALO BOOKLETS	Unstated	Undated	USD 30.00 - 33.00	20.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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