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
51 Putzel, (Ralph F.)

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICES AND POSTAL AGENCIES- 4 volume set

USD 220.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
52 Berger, (Lee R.) & Hilton-Barber, (Brett)

THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND

Cape Town 2002 USD 165.00 - 165.00 Not Sold
53 Anderson, (Andrew A.)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN A WAGGON

Cape Town 1974 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
54 Jeffares & Green Engineers

CHRONICLES FROM THE BUSHVELD - Adventures of pioneering engineers in Southern Africa

Johannesburg 2007 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
55 Edward, (M)

A DRAKENSBERG TALE

Cape Town Not Indicated USD 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
56 Savides, (Tony)

RATEL ALPHA AND OMEGA - A SOLDIER'S VIEW

Pretoria 2022 USD 55.00 - 55.00 USD 46.00
57 Putzel, (Ralph F.)

HANDBOOK OF POSTMARKS OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN ADMINISTRATION

Bergvliet 1977 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
58 Town History

DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN BETHLEHEM 1864-1964

Bethlehem, Orange Free State 1964 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
59 Town History

PIETERSBURG 1886-1986 - Signed by the Mayor & City Clerk of Pietersburg

Pretoria 1986 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
60 Fielding (W. L.)

WITH THE 6th DIV. - An Account of the Activities of the 6th South African Armoured Division in World War II (1946)

Pietermaritzburg, Natal 1946 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
61 Pollock (A. M.)

PIENAAR OF ALAMEIN - The Story of a Great South African Soldier (1944)

Cape Town 1944 USD 140.00 - 140.00 USD 115.00
62 Doe (Bob)

BOB DOE - FIGHTER PILOT (1991) - inscribed

Kent 1991 USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
63 van Wyk (Ben-Erik), van Heerden (Fanie), van Oudshoorn (Bosch)

POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria 2002 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
64 von Koenen (Eberhard)

MEDICINAL POISONOUS AND EDIBLE PLANTS IN NAMIBIA

Windhoek 2001 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 69.00
65 [Smith (Margaret), Heemstra (Phillip) Editors]

SMITHS' SEA FISHES

Johannesburg 1986 USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
66 Pearce (H.H.S.)

FOUR MONTHS BESIEGED

London 1900 USD 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
67 Schutte (Tian)

GUERILLASTRYD (Limited Edition)

2016 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
68 Le Petit Journal:

LE PETIT JOURNAL 1896 & 1899 (ANGLO-BOER WAR) lot of 4

1899- 1901 USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 51.75
69 Snijman (Deirdre)

THE GENUS HAEMANTHUS

1984 USD 55.00 - 55.00 USD 51.75
70 Pivnic (H. L.)

RAILWAY DINING CARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1985 USD 115.00 - 115.00 Not Sold
71 Tucker, (E.N.) & McGregor, (P.M.J.)

PER NOCTEM PER DIEM:

[Cape Town] 1962 USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 57.50
72 Rosenthal, (Eric)

HERE ARE DIAMONDS

London 1950 USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
73 Van Vuuren, (Lani)

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS:

Gezina 2012 USD 50.00 - 50.00 USD 46.00
74 Bassano, (Brian)

MCC IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1938-39

Epsom 1997 USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
75 Crocker, (Chester A.)

HIGH NOON IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:

Johannesburg 1993 USD 50.00 - 50.00 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.