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
266 Gerald Sayers

THE HANDBOOK OF TANGANYIKA (FIRST EDITION)

London 1930 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
267 W.W. Collins

FREE STATIA (FIRST EDITION)

Cape Town 1965 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
268 R. F. Burton

THE LANDS OF CAZEMBE: LACERDA'S JOURNEY TO CAZEMBE IN 1798

London 1873 ZAR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
269 J. Stuart

A HISTORY OF THE ZULU REBELLION 1906 AND OF DINUZULU'S ARREST, TRIAL AND EXPATRIATION

London 1913 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,968.00
270 Richard Hall

A GROUP LOT ON ZIMBABWE 1.) Pre-Historic Rhodesia (First edition)

London 1909 ZAR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
271 R. N. Hall

TWO TITLES ON MASHONALAND 1.) Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia"

London 2905 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
272 Dorothy Amaury Talbot

WOMAN'S MYSTERIES OF A PRIMITIVE PEOPLE: THE IBIBIOS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA

London 1915 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
273

THE BANTU TRIBES OF SOUTH AFRICA, REPRODUCTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES VOL II & III

Kimberley 1929 ZAR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 2,460.00
274 Leo Fouche and G.A. Gardner

MAPUNGUBWE by Leo Fouche (Vol. I) and G.A. Gardner (Vol. II)

Cambridge/Pretoria 1937 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 6,150.00
275

NEDERLANDSCH INDIA, IN HAAREN TEGENWOORDIGEN TOESTAND BESCHOUWD (FIRST EDITION 1780; A CRITICAL SURVEY OF DUTCH MERCANTILE ACTIVITIES IN INDONESIA, INDIA AND SRI LANKA)

Amsterdam 1780 ZAR 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
276

MOEURS ET COUTUMES DES BANTOUS LA VIE DUNE SUD-AFRICAINE (TOME I & II)

France 1936 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
277 R. Godlonton and E. Irving

NARRATIVE OF THE KA**** WAR 1850-1851 - 1852

Cape Town 1962 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,230.00
278 S.S. Dorna

PYGMIES & BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI (FIRST EDITION)

London 1925 ZAR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
279 Anna Smith

AFRICANA CURIOSITIES (SIGNED)

Johannesburg and London 1973 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
280 Ron Bester

BOER RIFLES AND CARBINES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR

Bloemfontein 1994 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
281

A COLLECTION OF HANDWRITTEN COPIES OF JOSEPF JOHANNES "JOPIE" FOURIE'S LETTERS

ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
282

VAN RIEBEECK SOCIETY: FIRST SERIES (50 VOLS; VOL 1 & 2 REPRINTS; 2 VOLUMES OF 23)

ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 13,530.00
283

VAN RIEBEECK SOCIETY: SECOND SERIES (47 VOLS)

(1884-1902) ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 6,765.00
284

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVE VIEWS OF ITS CITIES

Cape Town 1894 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,198.00
285 Andre Odendaal

THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN GAME (SIGNED)

Cape Town 2003 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
286 Thomas A Nevin

THE QUIVERING SPEAR (LIMITED EDITION)

Johannesburg ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
287

THE OSTEODONTOKERATIC CULTURE OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS PROMETHEUS

Johannesburg 1957 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
288 Ramsay Mackay

LAST LETTERS FROM THE WILDERNESS (SIGNED BY THE ARTIST)

Johannesburg 1798 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
289

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA (3 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1977 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
290 J. D. Skinner

A GROUP LOT ON MAMMALS 1.) Mammals of Southern African Subregion

London 2005 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
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    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.