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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
202 Churchill (Winston S.)

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES

New York 1990 USD 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
203 Wolhuter, (Harry)

MEMORIES OF A GAME-RANGER

Johannesburg 1967 USD 65.00 - 65.00 USD 79.35
204 Le Roux (Willemien) & White (Alison)

VOICES OF THE SAN LIVING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA TODAY

Cape Town 2004 USD 75.00 - 75.00 USD 57.50
205 Gordon-Brown, (Alfred) [Signed]

PICTORIAL AFRICANA:

Cape Town 1975 USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
206 Schoeman, (Karel)

PORTRAIT OF BLOEMFONTEIN / BEELD VAN BLOEMFONTEIN 1860 - 1910

Kaapstad, Pretoria 1987 USD 65.00 - 65.00 USD 46.00
207 Swan, (Gerhard) ,Botes (Dirk) & Smit (Pieter)

HUNTING AFRICA - A Practicle Guide

Pretoria 2000 USD 55.00 - 55.00 USD 46.00
208 McGill, (D.C.)

A HISTORY OF KOFFIEFONTEIN MINE AND TOWN 1870 - 1902 and 1902 - 1980

Kimberley 1991 USD 325.00 - 325.00 USD 345.00
209 Hallett, (Edward)

NUTRIA-BROWN: SADF Uniforms and Equipment 1970 - 1994

Bradford 2024 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
210 Hadley, Peter (Editor) + Taylor, Dr. Henry

DOCTOR TO BASUTO, BOER & BRITON 1877-1906 - Limited Edition TO 50 COPIES

Cape Town 1972 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
211 Bax, (D)

KNYSNA FOREST SCENERY

Cape Town & Amsterdam 1957 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
212 Harmsen, (Frieda)

ART AND ARTICLES IN HONOUR OF HEATHER MARTIENSSEN

Cape Town 1973 USD 55.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
213 Baldinelli, (Armando)

ARMANDO BALDINELLI x 2 Volumes

London and Johannesburg. 1974 USD 65.00 - 65.00 Not Sold
214 Paley, (William D.D.)

EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY / MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (A Two Volume Set)

Edinburgh 1822 & 1823 USD 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
215 South African Archaeological Society

16 x SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETINS

Cape Town 1950-76 USD 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
216 Stevenson (D. Alan)

THE TRIANGULAR STAMPS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1950)

London [1950] USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 57.50
217 Sotheby's Auction Catalogue

POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - The Collection formed by Sir Maxwell Joseph (1982)

London 1982 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
218 Goldblatt (Robert)

POSTMARKS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1984)

Cape Town 1984 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
219 Jurgens (A. A.)

THE HANDSTRUCK LETTER STAMPS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE FROM 1792 TO 1853 AND THE POSTMARKS FROM 1853 TO 1910 (1943)

Cape Town 1943 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 48.30
220 Holmes (H. R.)

THE POSTAGE STAMPS, POSTAL STATIONERY, AND POSTMARKS OF THE BECHUANALANDS (1971)

London 1971 USD 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
221 Peverelle (Monica)

IMAGES OF MALAWI (1991)

Blantyre, Malawi 1991 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 138.00
222 Grogan (Tony)

BETWEEN THE CAPE AND CAIRO (1995) - Tony Grogan paints Malawi

Blantyre, Malawi 1995 USD 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
223 Garland (Vera)

RYALLS - A WOMAN AND HER HOTEL (1996) - limited to 1000 copies & inscribed

Blantyre, Malawi 1996 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
224 Lamport-Stokes (Barbara)

BLANTYRE : Glimpses of the Early Days (1989)

Blantyre, Malawi 1989 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
225 Samuel (Marcus)

SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE CROWN COLONIES 1857-1948

London 1976 USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
226 Letty, (Cythna)

TREES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town USD 55.00 - 55.00 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.