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
277 Williamson, (Graham)

RICHTERSVELD: THE ENCHANTED WILDERNESS

Hatfield 2000 USD 155.00 - 155.00 USD 138.00
278 Friedemann (Albert)

THE POSTAGE STAMPS AND CANCELLATIONS OF THE POST OFFICES IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (1980)

Bergvliet 1980 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
279 Becker (Natie)

THE OVERPRINTED STAMPS OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA TO 1930 (1990)

1990 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 90.85
280 Putzel (Ralph F.)

THE COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK OF THE POSTMARKS OF GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA / SOUTH WEST AFRICA / NAMIBIA (1991)

Tokai, South Africa 1991 USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
281 Proud (Edward B.)

THE POSTAL HISTORY OF SWAZILAND & ZULULAND (1996)

Heathfield 1996 USD 60.00 - 60.00 USD 46.00
282 Scott (A. H.)

THE CANCELLATIONS & POSTAL MARKINGS OF BASUTOLAND / LESOTHO POST OFFICES & THEIR HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1980)

Bergvliet 1980 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
283 Hart (W. R.), Kantey (B. A.), Leon (A. Leslie)

THE POSTAL MARKINGS OF NATAL (1977)

1977 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
284 Fine (J.)

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA FIRST DEFINITIVES

USD 60.00 - 60.00 USD 90.85
285 Birkhead (Harry), Groenewald (Joh)

THE PSEUDO-SIEGE OF SCHWEIZER-RENEKE

Johannesburg 2005 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
286 Hibbert (Edward)

ST. HELENA POSTAL HISTORY AND STAMPS (1979)

London 1979 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
287 The Rev. Colin Rae

MALABOCH The Boer campaign of 1894 against the Chief Malaboch and the Johannesburg Crisis of 1896

Cape Town, PE, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch 1898 USD 135.00 - 135.00 USD 115.00
288 Dawson, (G.A.R.)

NILGIRI SPORTING REMINISCENCES

Madras 1880 USD 435.00 - 435.00 Not Sold
289 Viljoen (General Ben)

MY REMINISCENCES OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR

London 1902 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 57.50
290 Osborn (Max)

IRMA STERN

Leipzig 1927 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
291 Seely, (M.K.)

NAMIB ECOLOGY - 25 Years of Namib Research

Pretoria 1990 USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 57.50
292 Atkins (John Black)

THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH

London 1900 USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
293 Stanley (Henry Morton)

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY

London 1909 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 92.00
294 Weinthal (Leo) Compiler and Cowen (Charles) Memoir

THE SCHROEDER ART MEMENTO

Pretoria 1894 USD 100.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
295 Cunliffe (Marcus)

THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS 1793-1968

Oxford 1970 USD 120.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
296 Davitt (Michael)

THE BOER FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

New York 1902 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 80.50
297 Kimberley, (Michael J.) Editor

HERITAGE OF ZIMBABWE

Harare 2002-2010 USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
298 Stevenson-Hamilton (Major James)

ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA

London 1917 USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 92.00
299 Aschenborn, (Hans Anton)

THE LIFE STORY OF A GEMSBUCK & DIE ADELAAR

1925 USD 125.00 - 125.00 USD 115.00
300 Walpole (Horace)

THE OPPOSITION

near Exeter-Change in the Strand, London M DCC LXIII [1763] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
301 Spring (Ivan) and Creed (Roscoe)

FLYING BOAT and PBY: THE CATALINA FLYING BOAT

Johannesburg & Shrewsbury 1995 & 1986 USD 80.00 - 80.00 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.