Stephan Welz & Co.: October Promenade Auction - Day 2, 102025, Constantia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025
Page Size: 154 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
797 by E C. Tabler

PIONEERS OF RHODESIA

Cape Town 1966 ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 ZAR 250.60
798 by Victor De Kock

ONS DRIE EEUE: OUR THREE CENTURIES

Cape Town 1952 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 375.90
799

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON IN SOUTH AFRICA (1912)

London 1912 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 751.80
800 by Guy Butler (ed)

THE 1820 SETTLERS: AN ILLUSTRATED COMMENTARY

Cape Town 1974 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 ZAR 501.20
801 by Gerald Cubitt and Johann Richter

SOUTH WEST

Cape Town 1976 ZAR 400.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
802 by H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Keeper of the Archives (compiler)

THE REBELLION OF 1815, GENERALLY KNOWN AS SLACHTERS NEK

Cape Town 1902 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 939.75
803 by Sir Lewis Michell

THE LIFE OF THE RT HON. CECIL JOHN RHODES (2 VOLS; SECOND IMPRESSION)

London 1910 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
804 by E.F. Sandeman

EIGHT MONTHS IN AN OX-WAGON (LIMITED EDITION, VOLUME 1)

Johannesburg 1975 ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 ZAR 2,130.10
805 by A J Smithers

THE K*** WARS 1779 - 1877

London 1973 ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
806 by James McKay

REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST K*** WAR, (LIMITED EDITION)

Cape Town 1970 ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 ZAR 626.50
807 by Frank Perridge

HISTORY OF THE PRINCE ALFREDS GUARD

Port Elizabeth 1939 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
808 by Dr. H. H. Curson, 1963. Foreword by Major General W. H. E. Poole.

THE HISTORY OF THE KIMBERLY REGIMENT,

Kimberley 1963 ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 ZAR 626.50
809 by Neil Orpen

PRINCE ALFRED'S GUARD, 1856 - 1966 (LIMITED EDITION)

Cape Town 1967 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
810 by Alexander Wilmont

HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE : FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE YEAR 1819

Cape Town 1869 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,002.40
811 by John Centilivres Chase

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF ALGOA BAY (LIMITED EDITION)

CAPE TOWN 1967 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
812 by Joy Collier

JOY COLLIER'S CAPE

Cape Town 1976 ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
813 by W.B. Lord and Thomas Baines

SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION (VOLUME 3)

Johannesburg 1975 ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 ZAR 814.45
814

A GROUP LOT OF 10 T. V BULPIN TITLES (ONE SIGNED COPY)

ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,385.50
815 by Frank Debenham

THE WAY TO ILALA - DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S PILGRIMAGE

Great Britain 1955 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,002.40
816 SANCTUARY / C. S. STOKES (Signed)

First Edition 1941

ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
817 by Sarah G. Millin

GOD'S STEPCHILDREN (SIGNED)

London 1924 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
818 by T. Fisher Unwin

THE WORLDS BEST FAIRY STORIES

London 1913 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
819

The Jungle Book and Winston Churchill as I knew him

ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
820

TWO POETICAL WORKS

ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
821 by Norman Douglas

AN ALMANAC

London 1945 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.