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

Auction Details

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
341		SOUTH AFRICAN BOOKPLATES: FROM THE PERCIVAL JG BISHOP COLLECTION	Cape Town	1955	ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
342		FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE STOPPING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER (LIMITED EDITION)	Cape Town	1963	ZAR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
343	A.A Milne	THOSE WERE THE DAYS (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)	London	1929	ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
344	D.H. Lawrence	THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY (LIMITED EDITION)	Florence	1930	ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
345	G. K. Chesterton	STORIES, ESSAYS & POEMS (FIRST EDITION)	London	1935	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
346	Sidney Colvin	JOHN KEATS: HIS LIFE AND POETRY HIS FRIENDS CRITICS AND AFTER-FAME (PRESENTATION COPY)	London	1917	ZAR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
347	G H Tanse	A SCANTLING OF TIME: FIRST EDITION (LIMITED DELUXE EDITION; SIGNED)	Salisbury	1965	ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
348	Ken Anderson	NINE FLAMES	Cape Town	1964	ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
349	Jane Carruthers and Marion Arnold	THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THOMAS BAINES	Cape Town	1995	ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00	ZAR 1,476.00
350	Louis Creswicke	THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN (4 VOLS)	London	1904	ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	ZAR 1,968.00
351	Humbert Wolfe	THE FOURTH OF AUGUST (FIRST EDITION; LIMITED EDITION)	London	1935	ZAR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
352	Nigel Helme	THOMAS MAJOR CULLINAN: A BIOGRAPHY (LIMITED DELUXE EDITION; SIGNED)	Johannesburg	1974	ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
353	John Ruskin	A SELECTION OF WORKS BY JOHN RUSKIN (10 VOLS)	Kent	1876	ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	ZAR 1,968.00
354	Thomas Carlyle	THE WORKS OF THOMAS CARLYLE IN THIRTY VOLUMES: SARTOR RESARTUS (VOLUME ONE, CENTENARY EDITION)	London	1896	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
355	Winston Churchill	THE CROSSING (FIRST EDITION)	London	1904	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	ZAR 615.00
356	H. W. Nevinson	MORE CHANGES MORE CHANCES (SECOND EDITION)	London	1925	ZAR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
357	Anne Emslie	THE OWL HOUSE (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)	London	1991	ZAR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
358	Dolores Fleischer	SANDRA MCGREGOR	Cape Town	2010	ZAR 500.00 - 700.00	ZAR 492.00
359	William Stearns Davis	THE FRIAR OF WITTENBERG (PRESENTATION COPY)	London	1912	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
360	Freya Stark	IONIA: A QUEST (FIRST EDITION)	London	1954	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
361	James Elder Cumming	HOLY MEN OF GOD: FROM ST AUGUSTINE TO YESTERDAY	London	1893	ZAR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
362	P. J Philander and A. A. Langdown	DIE BRUIN KOKON (LIMITED EDITION)	Stellenbosch	1965	ZAR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
641	Barry White (South African 20th Century)	SAFARI SUITS, CLUB TROPICANA, WYNBERG, 1978		2025	ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
644	Frank Marshall (South African 1985-)	MUSA ZWANE, BRAAMFONTEIN, 2023		2023	ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
645	Frank Marshall (South African 1982-)	THEMBA		2023	ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.