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Lot 1
Leo Africanus (Johannes)
A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE OF AFRICA
Translated and collected by Iohn Pory, lately of Goneuill and Caius College in Cambridge
Lot 3
Crawford, A.B. (editor and publisher)
THE TRISTAN TIMES
Lot 5
[Colenso (Bishop John William ) Translator:]
IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI ABANGCWELE [1858] - an original printing from Ekukhanyeni Mission Station, Natal
Ekukhanyeni "Place of Enlightenment" Mission Station was established by John William Colenso where the young Magema Fuze was his printing apprentice
Lot 7
[BRINK, Carl Frederick]
NIEUWSTE EN BEKNOPTE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DER GOEDE-HOPE;
Lot 13
Sparrman (Anders)
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
With Captain James Cook in the H.M.S. Resolution. Introduction & notes by Owen Rutter. Wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. The Golden Cockerel Press
Lot 15
Prior (James)
VOYAGE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA, TO MOSAMBIQUE, JOHANNA, AND QUILOA; TO ST. HELENA
To Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco in Brazil, In the Nisus Frigate
Lot 16
Paterson (Lieutenant William)
A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIA
In the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, eight and nine. Illustrated with a map and seventeen copper-plates.
Lot 17
Leyland (J.)
ADVENTURES IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA
including a Journey to Lake Ngami and Rambles in Honduras, to which is appended a short treatise on the best mode of skinning and preserving birds, animals, etc.,…
Lot 20
Paton (Alan)
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1948) - SIGNED
A very scarce PERIOD-SIGNED first edition of the author's classic novel.
Lot 22
de Drée (Stéphane)
VOYAGE AUX MINES DE DIAMANTS DANS LE SUD DE L'AFRIQUE 1872-1877 [1878]
"Journey to the Diamond Mines of Southern Africa 1872-1877"
Lot 23
Chilvers (Hedley A.)
THE STORY OF DE BEERS (1939)
Lot 24
Taylor (The Rev. Isaac)
SCENES IN AFRICA, FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF LITTLE TARRY-AT-HOME TRAVELLERS (1820)
Contains 84 hand-coloured copperplate engravings
Lot 26
Christie (Agatha)
1.) A POCKET FULL OF RYE (1953) & 2.) 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON (1957)
Two vintage Miss Marple detective novels in first edition
Lot 28
His Majesty's Stationery Office
A MANUAL OF PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA (1920)
A scarce book with a lot about Mozambique Company, Zambezia Company, Nyassa Company, and mining in Portuguese East Africa.
Lot 30
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.