Auction #134 is scheduled to start on 1 October 2026 at 16:30 GMT.
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Lot 1
Livingstone (David)
MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA (Very early presentation copy, inscribed by Livingstone to Sir Edward Baines)
Including a sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the…
Lot 2
Effendi (Abu Bakr)
BAYAN UD-DIN
“That became the first published Afrikaans text”
Lot 3
Horapollo. (Horus Apollo / Ὧρος Ἀπολλώνιος):
ORI APOLLINIS NILIACI,
De sacris notis & sculpturis libri duo vbi ad fidem vetusti codicis manu scripti restituta sunt loca permulta, corrupta ante ac deplorata. Quibus accessit uersio…
Lot 4
[Fontenelle (Bernard le Bovier de) (1657-1757)]
A PLURALITY OF WORLDS ... TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY MR. GLANVILL
First Glanvill edition. Please note this book is in the USA.
Lot 5
Hendley (Thomas Holbein)
MEMORIALS OF THE JEYPORE EXHIBITION 1883
Lot 6
Douglas (George Mellis)
LANDS FORLORN (important association copy presented by J.B. Tyrrell)
A Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River
Lot 7
Van Essche (Maurice)
A COLLECTION OF 11 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS BY SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST MAURICE VAN ESSCHE
Addressed to his friend William "Bill" Hibbard who wrote the definitive book on the tribute medals of the Anglo-Boer War
Lot 8
Linnaeus (Carl) (1707-1778)
[A SELECTION FROM] A GENUINE AND UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF NATURAL HISTORY
4 volumes with 104 hand-colored plates. Please note this lot is in the USA.
Lot 9
[Anon.]
CABALA, MYSTERIES OF STATE, IN LETTERS OF THE GREAT MINISTERS OF K. JAMES AND K. CHARLES. ... COLLECTED BY A NOBLE HAND
a very nice copy with a charming spine label. This book is in the U.S.
Lot 10
Johnson (Samuel) (1709-1784)
JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IN MINIATURE
First American Edition. This book is in the U.S.
Lot 11
Lehmann (Johann Gottlob) (1719-1767)
KURTZE EINLEITUNG IN EINIGE THEILE DER BERGWERCKS-WISSENSCHAFT
a heavily annotated copy of a rare practical work on mining. This book is in the U.S.
Lot 12
Lane (Joscelyn ‘Jos’ Theodore Horsburgh) (1880-1954)
FLY-FISHER’S PIE
[with]: the original typescript/manuscript. This lot is in the U.S.
Lot 13
Sachs (Tom) (b. 1966, 'flight director' / creator)
[LIVRE D’ARTISTE, ‘S/N 2007. 134. 001’ ] SPACE PROGRAM / MISSION GUIDE AND EXPERIENCE REPORT ... APPROVED BY / TOM SACHS
with related material: Arthur Danto's copy. Please note this lot is in the USA.
Lot 14
Cawston (George); Keane (A.H.)
THE EARLY CHARTERED COMPANIES (A.D. 1296-1858)
Including an Appendix with the Charter of Incorporation of The British South African Company.
Lot 15
Calvert (Albert Frederick)
GERMAN EAST AFRICA (1917)
