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Auction #131 begins on 21 May 2026

Auction #131 - Africana

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Lot 40

Selborne (William Waldegrave Palmer); [Williams (Basil), introduction by]

THE SELBORNE MEMORANDUM (1925)

A review of the mutual relations of the British South African colonies in 1907.

Lot 41

[Macfadyen (W.A.), translator]

THE POLITICAL LAWS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1896)

Lot 42

Theal (George McCall)

THE PORTUGUESE IN SOUTH AFRICA (1896)

With a description of the native races between the River Zambesi and the Cape of Good Hope during the ninteenth century. WITH MAPS.

Lot 48

Muller (Hendrik)

HAS THE CAPE COLONY BEEN SOLD? / HET DIE HOLLANDERS DIE KAAP VERKOOP? (1932)

A bilingual edition in English and Afrikaans of this pamphlet, with 2 multiple folding plates with panoramic views, 2 illustrated plates and one plate with a…

Lot 50

Viljoen (P. J.)

AGRED'S GAMEBIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Collectors' Edition limited to 200 numbered copies and signed by the author and the illustrator

Lot 59

Delegorgue (Adulphe)

TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (1990) - both volumes signed by all three contributors

The first English edition of Delegorgue's expedition originally published in French in 1847

Lot 64

Photograph Album:

PHOTO ALBUM of Cape Town, Simon's Town harbour etc.

Circa 1900 33 sepia toned photographs in all

Lot 66

Burton (A.R.E.)

CAPE COLONY FOR THE ENGLISH SETTLER

Its urban and rural industries, their development and extension

Lot 67

Angove (John)

IN THE EARLY DAYS

The reminscences of Pioneer Life on the South African Diamond Fields

Lot 68

Galton (Francis)

TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa Vacation Tours (1860 & 1861)

Lot 71

Beet (George) & Terpend (Thomas Laurent)

ROMANCE AND REALITY

...of the Vaal diamond diggings

Lot 72

Mathews (Ian B)

TRANSVAAL PHILATELY

The stamps, forgeries, postal history and miscellanea of the Transvaal territories from inception to Union

Lot 73

Keath (Michael)

HERBERT BAKER - ARCHITECTURE AND IDEALISM 1892-1913 THE SOUTH AFRICAN YEARS

Lot 101

White (A.), Dyer (R.A.) & Sloane (B.L.)

THE SUCCULENT EUPHORBIEAE (Southern Africa)

Lot 106

Irons (William)

A SETTLER’S GUIDE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND COLONY OF NATAL

Compiled from original and authentic material. With some additional notices of those colonies, and remarks on the advantage they offer to emigrants

Lot 107

Cape of Good Hope

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

January 2 – December 25, 1829

Lot 118

Viney (G.) & Simons (P.G.)

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806 to 1872

Aspects of the life and times of British society in and around Cape Town

Lot 119

[Boucher (Maurice) and Penn (Nigel) Editors]

BRITAIN AT THE CAPE 1795-1803

Lot 120

Daniell (Samuel)

AFRICAN SCENERY AND ANIMALS

Lot 121

Angas (G.F.)

THE K***RS ILLUSTRATED

A facsimile reprint of the original 1849 edition of hand-coloured lithographs.

Lot 122

Baines (Thomas)

SCENERY AND EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Lot 127

Harvey, (Ebrahim) [Signed]

KGALEMA MOTLANTHE:

a political biography

Lot 128

Owens, (Mark) & (Delia) [Signed]

CRY OF THE KALAHARI

Lot 130

Pickford, (Peter) [Signed]

TO THE EDGES OF THE EARTH:

a journey into wild land

Lot 131

Callinicos, (Luli) [Signed]

OLIVER TAMBO:

beyond the Engeli Mountains; foreword by Thabo Mbeki

Lot 132

Pauw, (Jacques) [Signed]

THE PRESIDENT'S KEEPERS:

those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison

Lot 133

Smith, (Anna. H)

CAPE VIEWS AND COSTUMES

Water-colours by H.C. de Meillon (Includes De Meillon's People of Colour by Robert C.H Shell)

Lot 134

Kasrils, (Ronnie) [Signed]

A SIMPLE MAN:

Kasrils and the Zuma enigma

Lot 135

Sparks, (Allister) [Signed]

THE SWORD AND THE PEN:

six decades on the political frontier

Lot 136

McBride, (Chris) [Signed]

THE WHITE LIONS OF TIMBAVATI

Lot 137

Van der Post, (Laurens) [Signed]

YET BEING SOMEONE OTHER

Lot 138

Van Onselen, (Charles) [Signed]

THE FOX AND THE FLIES:

the world of Joseph Silver, racketeer and psychopath

Lot 139

Pearse, (Malcolm) [Signed]

A CAMERA IN QUATHLAMBA:

photographing the Drakensberg

Lot 140

Barnard, (Christiaan) & Pepper, (Curtis Bill) [Signed]

CHRISTIAAN BARNARD: one life

Lot 141

Paton, (Alan) [Signed]

TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE

Lot 142

Walker, (Michael) & Stuart-Findlay, (Derek) [Signed]

ST JAMES:

a place of dreams: bicentenary edition, 1810-2010

Lot 144

Henning, (C.G.) [Signed]

GRAAFF-REINET:

a cultural history, 1786-1886

Lot 145

Biggs, (David) [Signed]

KAROO RAMBLINGS:

short stories and tall tales; illustrations by Tony Grogan

Lot 146

Daniels, (Eddie) [Signed]

THERE AND BACK:

Robben Island 1964-1979

Lot 147

Godwin, (Peter) [Signed]

WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN:

a memoir

Lot 148

Zille, (Helen) [Signed]

NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT:

the autobiography

Lot 149

Cartwright, (A.P.) [Signed]

GOLDEN AGE:

the story of the industrialization of South Africa and the part played in it by the Corner House group of companies, 1910-1967; illustrated by Bernard Sargent

Lot 150

Walton, (James) [Signed]

HOMESTEADS AND VILLAGES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Lot 151

Simons, (Phillida Brooke) [Signed]

CAPE DUTCH HOUSES:

and other old favourites; photography by Alain Proust.

Lot 152

Watson, (Lyall) [Signed]

ELEPHANTOMS:

tracking the elephant

Lot 153

Levinson, (Olga) [Signed]

DIAMONDS IN THE DESERT:

the story of August Stauch and his times

Lot 154

Collier, (Joy) [Signed]

WINE FARMS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Lot 155

Small, (Adam) & Jansen, (Chris) [Signed]

DISTRIK SES:

oos wes tuis bes; poesie Adam Small; fotografie Chris Jansen

Lot 156

Bradlow, (Frank R.) [Signed]

THOMAS BOWLER IN MAURITIUS:

a detail in the history of contacts between the Cape of Good Hope & Mauritius, 1866-1868

Lot 157

Welz, (Stephan) [Signed]

CAPE SILVER AND SILVERSMITHS:

the work of silversmiths at the Cape of Good Hope from late 17th to mid 19th century: early problems, training, output, marking, quality.

Lot 161

Malcolm (Dougal O.)

THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1889-1939

Lot 169

Pama, (C.) [Signed]

REGENCY CAPE TOWN:

daily life in the early eighteen-thirties; illustrated with the hitherto unpublished Johannesburg album of sketches by Sir …

Lot 170

Pama, (C.) [Signed]

BOWLER'S CAPE TOWN:

life at the Cape in early Victorian times, 1834-1868

Lot 171

Townley Johnson, (R.) & Maggs, (Tim) [editor] [Signed]

MAJOR ROCK PAINTINGS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA:

facsimile reproductions; edited by Tim Maggs

Lot 172

schreiner (olive)

DREAM LIFE AND REAL LIFE - FIRST EDITION

A Little African Story

Lot 173

Schreiner (olive)

DREAMS - FINE FIRST EDITION

Lot 180

Schoeman (Chris)

THE HISTORICAL KAROO

Traces of the Past in South Africa’s Arid Interior

Lot 192

Storrar (Patricia)

PLETTENBERG BAY AND THE PARADISE COAST

Lot 193

Storrar (Patricia) and Sewell (John F.)

1. PORTRAIT OF PLETTENBERG BAY and 2. THE PRIVATE DIARY OF THE VILLAGE HARBOUR-MASTER 1875 - 1897

Lot 197

Theal (George McCall)

HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA SINCE SEPTEMBER 1795

With fifteen Maps and Charts in five volumes

Lot 198

Morse Jones (E.)

ROLL OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

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