AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 126, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dunn (E. J.) | GEOLOGY OF GOLD (SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) (1929) |
London | 1929 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | Rose (T. Kirke); edited by Roberts-Austin (W.C.) | THE METALLURGY OF GOLD (1894) |
London | 1894 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 28 | Gray (Ethel Lillian & James) | A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD FIELDS (1940). (Signed copy) |
Johannesburg | 1940 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 29 | Imperial institute. Mineral resources department. | MINING ROYALTIES AND RENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1936) |
London | 1936 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 30 | His Majesty's Stationery Office | A HANDBOOK OF PORTUGUESE NYASALAND (1920) |
London | 1920 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 31 | Jansen (E.) | CONCEPTS ABOUT DIAMOND SCIENCE AND DIAMOND PROCESSING (1923) |
Antwerpen | 1923 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | Galbraith (John S.) | CROWN AND CHARTER: THE EARLY YEARS OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY |
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London | 1974 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | Meade (Edward Sherwood) | THE STORY OF GOLD (1908) |
New York | 1908 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 258.75 |
| 34 | Schreiner (Olive) & Cronwright-Schreiner (Samuel Cron) | THE POLITICAL SITUATION (IN CAPE COLONY) (1896) |
London | 1896 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 35 | Williams (Harold Marwick) | THE MINING LAW OF NORTHERN RHODESIA |
Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia | 1963 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 36 | Reichenow (Anton), Matschie (Paul) | 1.) DIE VOGEL DEUTSCH-OST-AFRIKAS (1894) & 2.) DIE SAUGETHIERE DEUTSCH-OST-AFRIKAS (1895) |
Berlin | 1894 - 1895 | USD 650.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | South African Parliament | AN ALBUM OF 152 ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS DATING FROM CIRCA 1934 OF SOUTH AFRICAN MP'S & SENATORS |
USD 650.00 - 650.00 | USD 664.70 | ||
| 38 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) |
London | 1954 | USD 950.00 - 950.00 | USD 1,509.95 |
| 39 | Tolkien (J.R.R.) | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - Part II: The Two Towers (1955) |
London | 1955 | USD 600.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 40 | Hooper (Jim) | KOEVOET! |
Johannesburg | 1988 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | Nathan (Manfred) | THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH - CONSTITUTION, PROBLEMS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS (1919) |
Johannesburg | 1919 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | Martens (Otto) & Karstedt (Dr. O.) | THE AFRICAN HANDBOOK AND TRAVELLER'S GUIDE (1932) - first English edition |
1931 & 1932 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | Transvaal Republic | BUITENGEWONE STAATSCOURANT DER ZUID-AFRIKANSCHE REPUBLIEK (1902) |
Dordrecht | 1902 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | USD 181.70 |
| 44 | Biography | WHO'S WHO OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (1981) - including Mauritius, Zimbabwe, South West Africa |
Johannesburg | 1981 | USD 80.00 - 80.00 | USD 57.50 |
| 45 | Wright (Allan) | VALLEY OF THE IRONWOODS (1972) |
Cape Town | 1972 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | USD 46.00 |
| 46 | Pauw (Jacques) | In the Heart of the Whore - The Story of Apartheid's Death Squads (1991) |
Halfway House | 1991 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | Walker (Clive) | SIGNS OF THE WILD (1981) - signed |
Johannesburg | 1981 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | USD 90.85 |
| 48 | Baker (Imam M. A.) | DIE HEILIGE QUR'AN (1961) - first Afrikaans translation of the Quran |
Kaapstad | 1961 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | USD 57.50 |
| 49 | LEIBBRANDT (H.C.V.) | RAMBLES THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1887) |
Cape Town | 1887 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Green (Lawrence G.) | WHITE MAN'S GRAVE |
1954 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
