Auction #124 Results

Lot 2

Baines (Thomas)

THE VICTORIA FALLS ZAMBESI RIVER

Sketched on the Spot by Thomas Baines, F.R.G.S., (During the Journey of J. Chapman & T. Baines), 11 Views of the Victoria Falls, the Zambesi River and the Gorges,…

Lot 4

Haldeman (Dr. J. N.)

THE INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY TO ESTABLISH A WORLD DICTATORSHIP AND THE MENACE TO SOUTH AFRICA (1960)

ELON MUSK'S GRANDFATHER'S SELF-PUBLISHED WORK

Lot 5

Goldie (Fay) & Haldeman (Dr. J. N.)

LOST CITY OF THE KALAHARI - INCLUDES ELON MUSK'S GRANDFATHER'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS SEARCH FOR THE LOST CITY

Lot 10

Praagh (L. V.)

THE TRANSVAAL AND ITS MINES (1906)

The Encyclopedic History of the Transvaal.

Lot 12

Jansen (E.)

CONCEPTS ABOUT DIAMOND SCIENCE AND DIAMOND PROCESSING (1923)

One of the only 25 copies of this work printed on hand-made paper, numbered and provided with the author's signature (this copy is numbered as "4").

Lot 14

Chilvers (Hedley A.)

THE STORY OF DE BEERS

With Some Notes on the Company's Financial, Farming, Railway and Industrial Activities in Africa. And some Introductory Chapters on the River Diggings and Early…

Lot 18

Bógaert (Abraham)

A. BÓGAERT'S HISTORISCHE REIZEN DOOR D'OOSTERSCHE DEELEN VAN ASIA:

Lot 20

Alexander (Sir J.E.)

AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA

Through the hitherto undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, performed Under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government, and the…

Lot 28

Schatz (Ilse)

TSUMEB IN OTAVI MINING & RAILWAY COMPANY'S TIME (1997)

The foresight of the founder of the Tsumeb Museum on the Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine) in Namibia.

Lot 31

Stokes (Ralph)

MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1908)

Lot 36

Rosenthal (Eric)

GENERAL DE WET - A BIOGRAPHY (1946)

The scarce first edition in original dust jacket of Eric Rosenthal's classic biography of the famous Boer War fighting general

Lot 37

Potgieter (Dr. Carel) & Theunissen (N. H.)

HENDRIK POTGIETER (1938) - inscribed & dated by the author

The biography of the Voortrekker leader Hendrik Potgieter (1792-1852) written by his great-grandson

Lot 42

The Bible

DIE BYBEL (1933)

Very scarce first edition of the FIRST AFRIKAANS BIBLE

Lot 44

Summers (Roger)

ANCIENT MINING IN RHODESIA and adjacent areas (1969)

Lot 47

Walker (Eric A.)

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF SOUTH AFRICA (1922)

Professor Eric A. Walker's first book