Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium November Auction, 111725, Constantia

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 17, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 273 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
241 Frederick J. Hatch and J.A. Chalmers

THE GOLD MINES OF THE RAND

London 1895 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 861.00
242 C. Biccard Jeppe

GOLD MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND (2 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1946 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,476.00
243 Owen Letcher

THE GOLD MINES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

Johannesburg and London 1936 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,476.00
244 Walter Hutchinson

CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF MANNERS RITES AND CEREMONIES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN ALL COUNTRIES by Walter Hutchinson (2 VOLS)

London 1912-1914 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
245

ILLUSTRATED TRAVELS: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY, GEOGRAPHY AND ADVENTURE Illustrated H. W. Bates (6 VOLS)

London c1868 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 7,995.00
246 Adolf Erman

LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT (FIRST EDITION)

United States of America 1894 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
247 by Arthur Silvia White

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

London 1890 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
248 William Henry Parr Greswell

GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA SOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI by William Henry Parr Greswell

Oxford 1892 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
249 George McCall Theal

RECORDS OF SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA

Cape Town 1964 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,936.00
250 W.J. Burchell Cape

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2 VOLS)

Town 1967 ZAR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 3,936.00
251 Henry M.

THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA: ITS TOPOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS

London 1875 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,337.00
252

A GROUP LOT ON DR. LIVINGSTONE

London 1880 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
253

WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

London 1839 ZAR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 5,166.00
254 Charles Bunbury

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE AT A CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: WITH EXCURSIONS INTO THE INTERIOR AND NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND THE NATIVE TRIBES

London 1848 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,198.00
255

SCRIPTA AFRICA SERIES (3 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1987, 1989, 1985 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,952.00
256 Gerald S. Cubitt, Arnold Helfet Cape

SOUTH AFRICA (SIGNED)

Town 1975 ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
257 John R Shorten

THE JOHANNESBURG SAGA (LIMITED EDITION PRESENTATION COPY; SIGNED)

Johannesburg 1970 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,706.00
258 Joyce Newton Thompson

A GROUP LOT OF BOOKS ON THE CAPE 1.) A Story of a House

Cape Town 1968 ZAR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 2,706.00
259

A GROUP LOT ON HISTORICAL SOUTH AFRICA 1.) A Very Smart Medal by Thelma Gutsche (Limited Edition, Signed by Author)

Cape Town 1970 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,460.00
260 Boet Dommisse and Tony Westby

SIMONS TOWN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS)

ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 861.00
261 Shan Varty and Molly Buchanan

I SPEAK OF AFRICA (COLLECTORS LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED)

Rivonia 1997 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,107.00
262 Abel Chapman

SAVAGE SUDAN: ITS WILD TRIBES, BIG-GAME AND BIRDLIFE

New York 1922 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,952.00
263 Donald Mackenzie

THE FLOODING OF THE SAHARA: AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROPOSED PLAN by Donald Mackenzie For opening Central Africa to commerce and civilisation from the North-West Coast with a description of Soudan and Western Sahara and notes of ancient manuscripts

London 1877 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 984.00
264

A VOYAGE TO THE RIVER SIERRA-LEONE: ON THE COAST OF AFRICA

London 1966 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
265 Dr. Jameson by P.E Aston

THE RAID ON THE TRANSVAAL (FIRST EDITION)

London 1897 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 ZAR 2,091.00
  • 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
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    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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    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.
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    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.