AntiquarianAuctions.com: Books and Photographs, 128, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris (William Cornwallis) | PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
London | 1840 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 2 | Verhoeff (Pieter Willemszoon) | INDIAE ORIENTALIS PARS IX. HISTORICAM DESCRIPTIONEM |
Frankfurt | 1612 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,300.00 |
| 3 | One Who Has Visited The Fields | THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA; with Notes of Journey there and Homeward, & some things about Diamonds and other Jewels (1872) |
New York | 1872 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Dickens (Charles) | THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD |
London | 1850 | USD 650.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Walker (Mary Adelaide) | THROUGH MACEDONIA TO THE ALBANIAN LAKES |
London | 1864 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 529.00 |
| 6 | Muller (Hendrik P.N.) & Snelleman (Joh. F.) | INDUSTRIE DES CAFRES DU SUD-EST DE L'AFRIQUE; |
Leyden | No date (circa 1893) | USD 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | Obermaier (Hugo) & Kuhn (Herbert) | BUSHMAN ART |
London | 1930 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | [de Lima (J. Suasso] | GEDICHTEN DOOR J. SUASSO DE LIMA J.D. |
Amsterdam | 1821 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 302.45 |
| 9 | De Neuville (Alphonse) Artist: | TWO FINE OLEOGRAPHS DEPICTING FAMOUS ZULU WAR SCENES (1881) |
London | 1882 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Kruger (Paul) | THE MEMOIRS OF PAUL KRUGER (Limited Edition) |
London | 1902 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 724.50 |
| 11 | Tagore (Rabindranath) | STRAY BIRDS (1917) - FORMER COPY OF J. H. PIERNEEF |
London | 1917 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,630.70 |
| 12 | Drayson (Captain Alfred W.) | SPORTING SCENES AMONGST THE K.....S OF SOUTH AFRICA |
London | 1858 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 13 | Kolbe (Peter) | NAAUKEURIGE EN UITVOERIGE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP |
Amsterdam | 1727 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Paterson (Lieutenant William) | A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIA |
London | 1789 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,141.95 |
| 15 | Soderstrom (J.) | A. SPARRMAN'S ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM JAMES COOK'S 2ND EXPEDITION (1772-1775) |
Stockholm | 1939 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Smith (George) | DEFENCE OF RORKE'S DRIFT. January 22, 1879. (1879) |
Durban | 1879 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 4,226.25 |
| 17 | Arbousset (T.) & Daumas (T.) | RELATION D'UN VOYAGE D'EXPLORATION |
Paris | 1842 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 272.55 |
| 18 | Reitz (Deneys) | COMMANDO (1929) - INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION |
London | 1929 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,250.00 | USD 1,328.25 |
| 19 | Worsfold (W. Basil) | THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1913) |
Boston | 1913 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Reunert (Theodore) | DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893) |
London, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg | 1893 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Von Herausgegeben (Uli); Bahmann (Anka) | NAMIBIA - A MAGICAL WORLD OF PRECIOUS STONES AND CRYSTALS (2001) |
Haltern | 2001 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 22 | [Edited by Dennis Edwards & Co.] | THE GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA (1890) |
1890 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Muller (Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas) | DE OOST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE IN CAMBODJA EN LAOS; VERZAMELING VAN BESCHEIDEN VAN 1636 TOT 1670 |
's-Gravenhage (The Hague) | 1917 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Dunn (E. J.) | GEOLOGY OF GOLD (SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) (1929) |
London | 1929 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Treue (Wilhelm) | THE HISTORY OF THE OTAVI MINING LTD. (1900--2000) |
Eschborn | 2000 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
![<b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ca2d66a9-721d-4878-a2eb-51a7bb9a3889.jpg "<b>Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:</b> DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f70b3790-9b4a-4990-b402-f0322021c0de.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i>
[1794]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ad2cf7b4-4d93-4231-a956-b440583b39b3.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i>
[1794]. £2,000-3,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5651043b-3c0d-4e2c-931f-72133bda9b36.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000")
![<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8c8244b7-4573-44d3-9c70-e0d3a3ed3cc4.jpg "<b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
