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Auction #122 begins on 03 Apr 2025

Auction #122 - Africana

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Lot 2

King (Stephen)

CARRIE (First UK Edition)

Lot 13

Leibbrandt (H.C.V.)

PRECIS OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Lot 17

Wallace (Edgar)

THE MISSION THAT FAILED (1898) - King Kong author's first book

Lot 29

Hannay (David)

THE GREAT CHARTERED COMPANIES (1926)

Lot 30

His Majesty's Stationery Office

DELIMINATION OF THE SOUTHERN RHODESIA - PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA FRONTIER (1941)

Lot 42

Bawcombe (Philip) Illustrations & Scannell (Ted) Text

PHILIP BAWCOMBE'S JOHANNESBURG (1973) - Limited De Luxe Edition

Lot 44

Appleyard (The Rev. John W.)

THE KAFIR LANGUAGE: Comprising a Sketch of its History (1850) - former copy of Jameson Raid conspirator Edward Philip Solomon

A very scarce King William's Town publication. Published on the frontier in the period between the Seventh and Eighth Frontier Wars.

Lot 45

Hudson (Martin Bekker)

A FEATURE IN SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER LIFE (1852) - the earliest literary publication from Port Elizabeth!

Lot 47

Walker (Clive)

THE RING FENCE : An Anthology of the Southern Elephants (1978)

Subscriber's Edition limited to 300 SIGNED & NUMBERED Copies. Subscribers included Wilbur Smith, Harry Oppenheimer, Dr Frank R. Bradlow

Lot 49

Green (Lawrence G.)

THE DRUMS OF TIME (1956)

Being the Life and Memories, Travels and Encounters of a South African Writer

Lot 61

Brenthurst Press

BRENTHURST ARCHIVES (4 Volumes)

Lot 62

Callaway (Godfrey)

PIONEERS IN PONDOLAND

Lot 63

Baines (Thomas)

THOMAS BAINES - CENTRAL AFRICAN ARCHIVES PORTFOLIO

with Souvenir Catalogue of the Thomas Baines Exhibition

Lot 64

Du Plessis (J.)

THRICE THROUGH THE CONTINENT (1917)

A Record of Journeyings across Africa during the years 1913-16

Lot 71

Union Office of Census and Statistics

OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1919)

and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland

Lot 75

Theal (George McCall)

HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Lot 76

Lawrence (T.E.)

SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM

Lot 81

Denker (Kai-Uwe)

ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS

On the Trail of Old Bull Elephants

Lot 94

Van der Walt (Pierre)

AFRICAN DANGEROUS GAME CARTRIDGES

Lot 106

[Keppel-Jones (Arthur) Editor:]

PHILLIPS, 1820 SETTLER

And The Descendants of Thomas Philipps - 1820 Settler

Lot 111

Klein (Harry), Bryant (Margot)

1.) THE STORY OF THE JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE (1948) & 2.) TAKING STOCK : JOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGE THE FIRST 100 YEARS

Two books commemorating the Diamond Jubilee and the Centenary of The Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Lot 112

Gibbs (Peter)

THE HISTORY OF THE BSAP - 2 Volumes

Lot 113

Wilson (David Mackay)

BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE TRANSVAAL

Lot 131

[McKinsey & Company (Editors)]

REIMAGINING SOUTH AFRICA

20 Reflections By Leaders From South Africa And Beyond

Lot 132

Goodall (Jane), McAvoy (Gary), & Hudson (Gail)

HARVEST FOR HOPE

A Guide To Meaningful Eating

Lot 139

Brownlee, (W.T.)

REMINISCENCES OF A TRANSKEIAN

Lot 140

Ellmann, (Stephen)

ARTHUR CHASKALSON:

a life dedicated to justice for all

Lot 149

Brown, (A. Samler) & Brown, (G. Gordon) [editors]

THE GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA:

for the use of sportsmen, invalids and settlers

Lot 150

Botha, (Colin Graham)

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE CAPE COLONY in the 18th Century

Lot 158

Mackenzie, (W. Douglas)

SOUTH AFRICA:

its history, heroes and wars; assisted by Alfred Stead.

Lot 161

Warner, (Brian)

CAPE LANDSCAPES:

Sir John Herschel's sketches, 1834-1838

Lot 164

Tutu, (Desmond)

THE RAINBOW PEOPLE OF GOD:

the making of a peaceful revolution; edited by John Allen

Lot 165

Green, (Lawrence G.) [Signed]

FULL MANY A GLORIOUS MORNING and HARBOURS OF MEMORY

Lot 167

Heydenrych, (Heinie) & Martin, (Bruno)

THE NATAL MAINLINE STORY

Lot 183

Mendelssohn (Sydney)

SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY

Being the Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Mendelssohn Library of Works relating to South Africa, including Full Titles of the Books, with Synoptical, Biographical,…

Lot 197

Brooke Simons (Phillida)Text & Proust (Alain) Photographs:

NEDERBURG - The First Two Hundred Years

Lot 204

Jameson (James S.)

STORY OF THE REAR COLUMN OF THE EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION

Lot 206

Naidoo (Riason)

THE INDIAN IN DRUM MAGAZINE IN THE 1950s

Lot 208

Norris-Newman (Charles L.)

IN ZULULAND WITH THE BRITISH

Through the War of 1879

Lot 209

Morton (Geoffrey J.)

JUST THE JOB

Some Experiences of a Colonial Policeman

Lot 210

Battell (Andrew)

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH, IN ANGOLA AND THE ADJOINING REGIONS

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