AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 127, Constantia

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Auction Report
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
101 [Schapera (I) Editor]

APPRENTICESHIP AT KURUMAN

London 1951 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 80.50
102 Heckford (Mrs)

A LADY TRADER IN THE TRANSVAAL (1882)

London 1882 USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
103 [Carruthers (Jane), Stiebel (Lindy) Editors]

THOMAS BAINES: EXPLORING TROPICAL AUSTRALIA 1855-1857

Canberra 2012 USD 90.00 - 90.00 USD 57.50
104 Oberholzer (Obie)

KAROO

Sunnyside 2013 USD 130.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
105 Oberholzer (Obie)

DEAD CENTIPEDE. NAMIB DESERT (Signed and Numbered handprint)

c.2013 USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
106 [Bureau of Sensus and Statistics]

OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 1954-55 and 1956-57

Pretoria 1956, 1957 USD 110.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
107 [The Argus Printing and Publishing]

WHO'S WHO OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 1980

Johannesburg 1979 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
108 [Feldberg (Leon) Editor]

SOUTH AFRICAN JEWRY 1976-77

Johannesburg 1976 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
109 [Saul Solomon & Co]

THE GENERAL DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES (1869)

Cape Town 1869 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 92.00
110 Gordon-Brown (A.)

PICTORIAL ART IN SOUTH AFRICA during three centuries

London 1952 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
111 Valentine & Sons Publishing Company

SOUVENIR OF CAPE TOWN

Cape Town [1914] USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 46.00
112 Cape Times

CAPE TOWN & THE CAPE PENINSULA:

Cape Town [1924] USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 46.00
113 Perry & Co, [publishers]

THE CAPE BEAUTIFUL:

Cape Town [1914] USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 86.25
114 T. Maskew Miller, [publishers]

CAPETOWN PICTURES:

Cape Town [1901/2] USD 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
115 [Ravenscroft, (T.D.)]

VIEWS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town [1906] USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 57.50
116 Grocott & Sherry

ALBUM OF GRAHAMSTOWN;

Grahamstown 1898 USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 46.00
117 Collier, (Joy)

WINE FARMS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

UK, Southern & East Africa 1981 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
118 Van Jaarsveld, (E.J.) & Ward-Hilhorst, (Ellaphie)

GASTERIAS OF SOUTH AFRICA:

Cape Town 1994 USD 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
119 Bornman, (Hans) & Hardy, (David)

ALOES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN VELD

Johannesburg 1971 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
120 Holub (Emil)

SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1881 USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
121 Leyland (J.)

ADVENTURES IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA

1866 USD 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
122 Sue Hart (text), Zakkie Eloff (illustrations)

DRAWN FROM LIFE

1982 USD 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
123 Puren, (Jerry) & Pottinger, (Brian)

MERCENARY COMMANDER

Alberton 1986 USD 60.00 - 60.00 USD 46.00
124 Findlay (Frederick Roderick Noble)

BIG GAME SHOOTING AND TRAVEL IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA

London 1903 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 230.00
125 Gordon (Lady Duff)

LETTERS FROM EGYPT 1863-65

London 1865 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 254.15
  • 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.