AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 127, Constantia

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Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 301 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
227 Evans, (Maurice S.)

BLACK AND WHITE IN SOUTH EAST AFRICA

London 1916 USD 55.00 - 55.00 USD 46.00
228 Frankel, (S. Herbert)

CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN AFRICA

London, Nu-York, Toronto 1938 USD 65.00 - 65.00 USD 151.80
229 Schoeman, (Chris)

THE HISTORICAL KAROO

Cape Town 2013 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
230 Franklin, (Margaret)

THE STORY OF GREAT BRAK RIVER

Cape Town 1975 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
231 Post Cards

13 x SOUTH AFRICAN MINING POSTCARDS

Durban USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 217.35
232 [Koeman (C.)]

TABVLAE GEOGRAPHICAE QVIBVS COLONIAE BONAE SPAI ANTIQVA DEPINGITVR (EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CARTOGRAPHY OF CAPE COLONY)

1952 USD 270.00 - 270.00 Not Sold
233 Burchell (William J.)

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Two Volume Set)

Cape Town 1967 USD 270.00 - 270.00 USD 207.00
234 Brown (Robert)

THE STORY OF AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORERS

Undated USD 240.00 - 240.00 USD 189.75
235 Sproul (Grootwildjagter J.)

MY VIER-EN-TAGTIGSTE LEEU EN ANDER WARE JAGVERHALE

Johannesburg 1950 USD 65.00 - 65.00 USD 60.95
236 Dryden (Mr.)

FABLES, ANCIENT & MODERN

London 1713 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
237 Ogilvie-Grant, (W.R.)

A HAND-BOOK TO THE GAME-BIRDS

London 1896 & 1897 USD 185.00 - 185.00 Not Sold
238 Leyds, (W. J.)

HET INSLUITEN VAN DE BOEREN-REPUBLIEKEN

Amsterdam 1919 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
239 His Majesty's Stationery Office

SOUTHERN RHODESIA - LOT OF 2 ITEMS FROM 1914 & 1941

London 1914 & 1941 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
240 Holub (Emil)

SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg 1975 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
241 Lowveld Regional Development Association

THE SOUTH-EASTERN TRANSVAAL LOWVELD - Signed

Parow 1954 USD 60.00 - 60.00 USD 58.65
242 Papas, (William) & Sussens, (Aubrey)

UNDER THE TABLECLOTH - Papas looks at the Peninsula

Cape Town 1952 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
243 Coetzee (Prof C,G,)

THE UNFORTIFIED MILITARY VILLAGES OF SIR HARRY SMITH 1848 - 1850

South Africa Not mentioned USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
244 Mandela (Nelson R.)

I AM PREPARED TO DIE; and, THE HISTORIC SPEECH OF NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA AT THE RIVONIA TRIAL

London 1984 USD 125.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
245 Welburn (Andrew)

THE BOOK WITH FOURTEEN SEALS

1991 USD 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
246 The Port Elizabeth Municipality

THE MAYOR'S MINUTE FOR 1878 (1879) - twice signed by SAMUEL BAIN, the 6th Mayor of Port Elizabeth from 1878 - 1879

Port Elizabeth 1879 USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
247 Cramp (Stanley) and Simmons (K.E.L.)

HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Oxford, UK 1977 - 1994 USD 220.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
248 Holland (D. F.)

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS . 2 Volumes.

1971 & 1972 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
249 Pepys (Samuel). Edited by Mathews (William) and Latham (Robert)

THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS

London, UK 1971-1983 USD 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
250 Skead (Cuthbert John)

LIFE HISTORY NOTES ON EAST CAPE BIRD SPECIES 1940 -1990

Port Elizabeth 1995 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 172.50
251 Young (John)

OBSERVATORY - A TOWN IN THE SUBURBS

Cape Town 1998 USD 100.00 - 100.00 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.