Auction #120 - Africana

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Lot 10

Theal (George McCall)

HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA - a complete set of the STAR edition, with 5 copies in original dust jackets

Lot 12

Godlonton (Robert) & Irving (Edward)

A NARRATIVE OF THE KAFFIR WAR of 1850-51 - (issue no. 5 of the original 12 numbered monthly parts)

Scarce Grahamstown publication

Lot 20

[Cole (Alfred) & Noble (Roderick) Editors:]

THE CAPE MONTHLY MAGAZINE (1857-1861) - 6 VOLUMES OF EARLY ISSUES IN ORIGINAL CAPE BINDINGS

Lot 21

Sheffield (Thomas)

THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT. GRAHAMSTOWN AS IT WAS, AND GRAHAMSTOWN AS IT IS. (1882)

Very scarce early Grahamstown printing by the founders of the famous "Star" newspaper of Johannesburg.

Lot 22

[Godlonton & White (Editors)]

THE EASTERN PROVINCE MONTHLY MAGAZINE (Vol.I No.10, June, 1857)

A single issue of this very scarce early Grahamstown printing

Lot 27

Hattersley (Alan F.)

PIETERMARITZBURG PANORAMA

A Survey of One Hundred Years of an African City

Lot 32

[Jameson Raid]

FROM MANIFESTO TO TRIAL

A full history of the Jameson Raid and the Trial of the Members of the Reform Committee and of Dr. Jameson and his staff

Lot 34

(B.M.R.)

UNDER THE YELLOWWOODS - POEMS OF BELRON, NEAR GRAHAMSTOWN

Lot 37

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA Co. Papers relating to the British South Africa Company (1899)

Suplementary Charter of the British South Africa Company and Proclamations on Native regulations & Electoral system & the Military Police Forces.

Lot 47

Bawcombe (Philip)

POTCHEFSTROOM 1838-1988

Lot 53

Sampson (Victor) & Hamilton (Ian)

ANTI-COMMANDO

Lot 55

Allen (Vida), Mngqolo (Sephai) & Swanepoel (Sunet)

THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION AND FREEDOM IN THE NORTHERN CAPE 1850 - 1994

Lot 56

De Villiers (C.C.) & Pama (C.)

GENEALOGIES OF OLD SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILIES / GESLAGSREGISTER VAN DIE OU KAAPSE FAMILIES (2 Volumes)

Lot 57

Donaldson (Ken)

SOUTH AFRICAN WHO'S WHO 1941

An Illustrated Biographical Sketch Book of South Africans

Lot 61

Burman, (Jose)

SO HIGH THE ROAD:

mountain passes of the western Cape

Lot 62

Stassen, (Nicol)

THE THIRSTLAND TREK, 1874-1881;

[translated by Bridget Theron]

Lot 63

Sparks, (Allister) [Signed]

THE SWORD AND THE PEN:

six decades on the political frontier

Lot 64

Mitford-Barberton, (Ivan) & (Raymond)

THE BOWKERS OF THARFIELD

Lot 65

Peires, (J.B.)

THE DEAD WILL ARISE:

Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle- Killing Movement of 1856-7

Lot 66

Von Wielligh, (Nic) & Van Wielligh-Steyn, (Lydia)

THE BOMB:

South Africa's nuclear weapons programme

Lot 67

Le Roux (J.H.), Coetzer (P.W.) & Marais (A.H.)

GENERAAL J.B.M. HERTZOG:

sy strewe en stryd; with J.P.C. Mostert & K.J. de Beer

Lot 69

[An English Officer]

GLEANINGS IN AFRICA

Exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, and surrounding country

Lot 71

Dennison (Maj.C. G.)

HISTORY OF STELLALAND

Now the District of Vryburg, Bechuanaland

Lot 91

Patterson (Lieut.-Col. J.H.)

IN THE GRIP OF NYIKA

Further Adventures in British East Africa. With illustrations

Lot 123

Wolvaardt, (Pieter), Wheeler, (Tom) & Scholtz, (Werner)

FROM VERWOERD TO MANDELA:

South African diplomats remember

Lot 126

Heller (David) [Signed]

A HISTORY OF CAPE SILVER, 1700-1870 and FURTHER RESEARCHES IN CAPE SILVER

Lot 129

Parkes (Margaret) & Williams (V.M.) [Signed]

KNYSNA, THE FORGOTTEN PORT:

the maritime story

Lot 132

Dallas (David) [Signed]

FROM PORTSMOUTH TO PINETOWN:

the story of John and Mary Anderson and their descendants

Lot 133

Wilmot (A.) & Chase (John Centlivres)

HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE:

from its discovery to the year 1819 by A. Wilmot; From 1820 to 1868 by the Hon. John Centlivres Chase

Lot 134

Balie (Isaac H.T.)

GENADENDAL, THE VALLEY OF GRACE:

a long walk through the history of the first mission station in South Africa

Lot 138

South African Library

EARLY CAPE PRINTING / VROEE KAAPSE DRUKWERK 1796 - 1802

Lot 146

Nienaber, (G.S.)

KHOEKHOENSE STAMNAME:

'n voorlopige verkenning

Lot 151

Mutwa (Credo Vusamazulu)

INDABA, MY CHILDREN (Collector's edition)

Lot 156

Lantern Magazine:

16 LANTERN MAGAZINES

Journal of Knowledge and Culture

Lot 180

[Bernard (Francois)]

NEDERLANDSCH AFRIKA

of, Historisch en staatkundig tafereel van den oorsprongelyken staat der volkplantinge aan de Kaap de Goede Hoop, vergeleeken met den tegenwordigen Staat, die…

Lot 190

Smith (A.H.)

CAPE VIEWS AND COSTUMES

Water-colours by H.G. de Meillon

Lot 204

Fitzpatrick (Percy)

JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD

Lot 210

Juritz (Charles)

THE CHEMICAL CONSITUTION OF SOME COLONIAL FODDER PLANTS & WOODS

Lot 211

[Mostert (D.) Editor:]

GEDENKBOEK

Van die Ossewaens op die pad van Suid-Afrika Eeurees: 1938-1939

Lot 215

Ledochowski (Chris)

CAPE FLATS DETAILS

Life and Culture in the Townships of Cape Town Foreword by David Goldblatt

Lot 218

Botha/Beyers/Franken/Thom

Archives Year Book for South African History - Argief-jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis - 2 Volumes

Published by Authority of the Minister of the Interior - Uitgegee op las van die Minister van Binnelandse Sake

Lot 230

Livingstone (David & Charles)

EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID & CHARLES LIVINGSTONE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE ZAMBEZI BASIN SINCE 1840 UNTIL 1864 (1869)

Lot 232

Van Huyssteen (T.) & Meiring (H.)

HUGENOTELAND AND TWO OTHERS - all three titles signed by Hannes Meiring

Hugenoteland, Hart Van Die Boland & Pretoria 125

Lot 233

Smith (Anna H.)

JOHANNESBURG STREET NAMES

A Dictionary of Street, Suburb and other Place-Names, Compiled to the End of 1968

Lot 240

Kennedy (R. F.)

CATALOGUE OF PRINTS IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM (2 volumes)

... and in books in the Strange Collection of Africana in the Johannesburg Public Library up to 1870

Lot 277

[Cronise (Florence M.) & Ward (Henry W.) Editors:]

CUNNIE RABBIT, MR. SPIDER AND THE OTHER BEEF : WEST AFRICAN FOLK TALES (1903)

Lot 278

Brenthurst Press

THE BRENTHURST PRESS THIRD SERIES DE LUXE EDITION - an exceptionally fine & complete set of 5 volumes with matching numbers

Lot 285

Reader's Digest

SOUTH AFRICA'S YESTERDAYS

Lot 287

Carruthers (Jane)

WILDLIFE AND WARFARE - THE LIFE OF JAMES STEVENSON-HAMILTON

Lot 296

Smuts (General J.C.)

SEVEN UNCOMMON SMUTS PAMPHLETS

Lot 319

Herbstein (Denis)

WHITE LIES

Cannon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid (Inscribed by Author)

Lot 336

Marryat (Captain Frederick)

THE MISSION: or, Scenes in Africa. Written for Young People - First Edition (1845) & Second Edition (1864)

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