Auction #119 - Africana
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Lot 16
Stanley (Henry Morton)
Through the Dark Continent (1878 FIRST EDITION)
Lot 21
Cobern (Malcolm) & Rosenthal (Eric)
STORY OF FISH HOEK VALLEY and A HISTORY OF FISH HOEK
From the beginning of time.
Lot 29
Campbell (Rev. Dr.)
RAMBLES IN SOUTH AFRICA - THE CAPE, NATAL & TRANSVAAL
Lot 30
Ritchie (J. Ewing)
BRIGHTER SOUTH AFRICA or LIFE AT THE CAPE AND NATAL
Lot 34
Various
TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS OF NATAL
Its People, Commerce, Industries and Resources
Lot 35
Various
KAROO VERMIN (JACKAL) EXTERMINATION CLUBS 1918-1921
Ongedierte (Jakkals) Klubs van die Karoo
Lot 36
Laurence (Percival M.)
ON CIRCUIT IN KAFIRLAND
And Other Sketches and Studies
Lot 37
Van Oordt (J.F.)
PAUL KRUGER EN DE OPKOMST DER ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK
Lot 38
Engelbrecht (S.P.)
THOMAS FRANCOIS BURGERS
‘n Lewenskets
Lot 41
[Noble (John) Editor]
ILLUSTRATED OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE CAPE AND SOUTH AFRICA 1893
A Resume of The History, Conditions, Populations, Productions and Resources of the several Colonies, States and Territories
Lot 42
Mutwa (Credo Vusamazulu)
INDABA MY CHILDREN (Limited Edition)
Lot 44
Various
SCOPE MAGAZINE (10 Issues)
Lot 54
Early Johannesburg
"WITH THE SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM JOHANNESBURG - THE GOLDEN CENTRE OF SOUTH AFRICA" - 12 PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS [1892-1894]
Lot 61
Jeppe (Carl)
THE KALEIDOSCOPIC TRANSVAAL (1906) - inscribed by the author
Lot 62
Jeppe (Carl)
ARTICLE 137 (1916) - inscribed by the author to Jan Eloff, Mining Commissioner and Grandson of President Paul Kruger
Lot 68
Voltelen (Floris Jacobus ) (1753-1795)
Oratio Aditialis de Chemiae Hodiernae "An Address on Modern Chemistry" (1784)
The author was a Cape-born Dutch physician and relative of Rudolph Siegfried Allemann, the subject of O. F. Mentzel's famous biography
Lot 70
Summers (R. F. H.)
A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 1825-1975
Lot 71
South African Museum
10 x UNUSED & UNCUT SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SUBSCRIBER'S TICKETS DATING FROM THE PERIOD OF E. L. LAYARD'S CURATORSHIP (1855-1870)
Lot 74
Staples (Chester O.)
MILLS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Lot 76
Reitz (Deneys)
TREKKING ON
with a preface by J.C. Smuts
Lot 77
Theal (George McCall)
WILLEM ADRIAAN VAN DER STEL
And other histotical sketches
Lot 78
Scully, (W.C.)
BETWEEN SUN AND SAND
A Tale of an African Desert
Lot 80
Storrar (Patricia)
PLETTENBERG BAY AND THE PARADISE COAST
Lot 83
Gatti (Attilio)
SANGOMA
Lot 85
Leibbrandt (H. C. V. ) (Keeper of the Archives)
PRECIS OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Lot 88
White (A.C.)
CALL OF THE BUSHVELD
Lot 91
Thomas (Kevin)
SHADOWS IN AN AFRICAN TWILIGHT
SIGNED
Lot 92
MacRae (Colin)
LIFE ETCHED IN STONE, Fossils of South Africa
Lot 93
Oberholser (A.G.)
PAARL VALLEY 1687 - 1987
Lot 96
De Klerk, Brink, Calpin & Van Zyl
WINE BOOKS - SHERRY, BRANDEWYN, DESSERTWYN & WHITE WINES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 98
Philipps (Thomas) & Keppel-Jones (Arthur) [editors]
PHILIPPS, 1820 SETTLER:
his letters; edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones in consultation with Philipps' great grand-daughter, E.K. Heathcote
Lot 99
Deal (Jonathan) [Signed]
TIMELESS KAROO
Lot 100
Worden (Nigel), Van Heyningen (Elizabeth), Bickford-Smith (Vivian) [et al.]
CAPE TOWN, THE MAKING OF A CITY [and] CAPE TOWN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:
an illustrated social history
Lot 102
Marais (Johan) & Hadaway (David)
GREAT TUSKERS OF AFRICA:
a celebration of Africa's large ivory carriers
Lot 107
Zapiro [pseudonym of Jonathan Shapiro] [Signed]
THE MADIBA YEARS:
cartoons from SOWETAN and the MAIL & GUARDIAN
Lot 108
Shaw (Gerald) [Signed]
THE CAPE TIMES:
an informal history
Lot 109
Ballen (Roger)
SHADOW CHAMBER
Lot 110
Goldblatt (Robert)
POSTMARKS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE:
the postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West, 1792-1910; with a foreword by F.W. Collins
Lot 112
Walker (Michael)
THE FAMILIES AND FARMS OF THE SOUTH PENINSULA AND CAPE POINT:
the history of a bygone era
Lot 114
Westby-Nunn (Tony) [Signed]
HOUT BAY:
an illustrated historical profile
Lot 116
Baines (Thomas)
THE GOLD REGIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA
Lot 117
Bloem (Trudie)
KROTOA-EVA:
the woman from Robben Island
Lot 118
Eliens (Titus M.) [editor]
DOMESTIC INTERIORS AT THE CAPE AND IN BATAVIA, 1602-1795;
[contributors] Monique van de Geijn-Verhoeven, Antonia Malan, Karel Schoeman, Jan Veenendaal, Deon Viljoen [and] Nigel Worden
Lot 119
Le Roux (Willemien) & White (Alison) [compilers & editors]
VOICES OF THE SAN:
living in southern Africa today
Lot 126
Stanley (Henry Morton)
My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
Lot 128
Mossop (E.E.)
OLD CAPE HIGHWAYS
Lot 130
Souvenir of the Union of South Africa
SOUVENIR OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 131
Feldman (Leibl)
OUDTSHOORN, JERUSALEM OF AFRICA;
edited with an introductory essay by Joseph Sherman; translated by Lilian Dubb and Shelia Barkusky; historical notes and commentary by John Simon
Lot 132
AFRICAN COURT CALENDAR / CAPE ALMANACS [17 volumes]
[Cape directories, 1801-2, 1804-1812, 1814, 1816-1820]
Lot 134
Murray (Marischal)
UNDER LION'S HEAD:
earlier days at Green Point and Sea Point
Lot 137
Harris (W. Cornwallis, Captain)
PORTRAITS OF THE GAME & WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Lot 148
Shubin, (Vladimir)
ANC:
a view from Moscow
Lot 149
Krog, (Antjie); Mpolweni, (Nosisi) & Ratele, (Kopano) [Signed]
THERE WAS THIS GOAT:
investigating the Truth Commission testimony of Notrose Nobomvu Konile
Lot 152
Obholzer (A.M.), Baraitser (M.) & Malherbe (W.D.)
THE CAPE HOUSE AND ITS INTERIOR
Lot 158
Serfontein (Dot)
KEURSKRIF VIR KROONSTAD
Contents include a large chapter on the Anglo-Boer War
Lot 161
Johnston, R.H
EARLY MOTORING IN SOUTH AFRICA - A Pictorial History
SIGNED
Lot 164
Oberholzer (J.J.), van Schoor (M.C.E.), Maree (A.J.H.)
SOUVENIR ALBUM OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE
GEDENKALBUM VAN DIE ORANJE VRYSTAAT
Lot 170
Lauts, G.
GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP, NEDERLANDSCHE VOLKSPLANTING 1652 - 1806
Lot 172
South African Law Journal
SIR JOHN ANDRIES TRUTER, 1763 - 1845
Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope
Lot 173
Barttelot (Walter George)
THE LIFE OF EDMUND MUSGRAVE BARTTELOT
Captain and Brevet-Major Royal Fusiliers Commander of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
Lot 194
Dixie (Lady Florence)
IN THE LAND OF MISFORTUNE
With Illustrations from sketches by Major Fraser and Capt. C.F.C. Beresford, engraved by Whymper and Pearson
Lot 195
Dower (Rev. W.)
THE EARLY ANNALS OF KOKSTAD AND GRIQUALAND EAST
Lot 198
[Phillipps (T.)]
SCENES AND OCCURRENCES IN ALBANY AND CAFFER-LAND, SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 207
Chapman (Captain Charles)
A VOYAGE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CAPE TOWN
In the Union Company's Mail Steamer "Syria," the quickest passage out on record;
Lot 213
Distant (W.L.)
A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL
With coloured plates and original illustrations
Lot 239
McBride (Chris)
LIONTIDE & WHITE LIONS OF TIMBAVATI & OPERATION WHITE LION
Lot 241
Barrow (John) (Junior)
Collection of Letters to and from Petrus Johannes Truter of Swellendam etc.
Lot 242
Lorimer (Eleanor K.)
PANORAMA OF PORT ELIZABETH - (Limited edition signed by the author)
Lot 249
Chase (John Centlivres)
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF ALGOA BAY
With Statistics of the Colony. Edited by Mr Joseph S. Christopher
Lot 250
Gray (Robert)
THREE MONTHS VISITATION BY THE BISHOP OF CAPETOWN, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1855:
With an account of his voyage to the island of Tristan d'Acunha in March 1856; with original sketches by Mrs Gray
Lot 256
Gluckstein (S.M.)
QUEEN OR PRESIDENT - AN INDICTMENT OF PAUL KRUGER
Lot 261
Rosenthal (Eric)
GIRDERS ON THE VELD
Structural Steel and its story in South Africa
Lot 265
Kruger, Bernard & Schaberg, P.W.
THE HISTORY OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 266
Schoeman, Karel
FREE STATE HERITAGE / BOUKUNSSKATTE VAN DIE VRYSTAAT
Lot 274
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
A DISSERTATION ON THE COURSE AND PROBABLE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER (1829)
Sir Rufane Donkin was a very successful acting Governor of the Cape Colony between 1820-1821. He named Port Elizabeth in honour of his wife. The despotic Lord…
Lot 287
Schoeman (Karel)
KOLONIE AAN DIE KAAP (8 volumes volledig)
Lot 288
Schoeman (Karel)
IMPERIALE SOMER REEKS - (6 volumes volledig)
Lot 291
Wolhuter (Harry)
MEMORIES OF A GAME-RANGER
Lot 293
Duminy (Kokkie) & Sabatini (Dr R.J.L.)
50 YEARS ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS 1870 - 1920 / Volumes 1 & 2
Lot 294
Bird (John)
THE ANNALS OF NATAL 1495-1845 (1888) - an exceedingly scarce set of the original separately published parts
Lot 297
Unknown
PORTRAIT OF PAUL KRUGER
Signed and Inscribed Metal Bass Relief
Lot 301
Collier (Joy)
PORTRAIT OF CAPE TOWN (1961) - De Luxe Edition + Standard Edition
Lot 302
Gordon (Dr. Ruth) (text), Louwrens (Mat) (paintings)
VICTORIAN PIETERMARITZBURG (1985) - full-leather collector's edition
Lot 303
Laband (John) & Haswell (Robert)
PIETERMARITZBURG 1838-1988 - De Luxe Presentation Copy, Limited to 25 Copies
Lot 304
Gordon (Dr Ruth)
THE PLACE OF THE ELEPHANT - A History of Pietermaritzburg (1981) - limited de luxe edition in slipcase