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Auction Date
January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026
Page Size: 267 items in 11 pages
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
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: 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
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000