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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Auction #127 - Africana

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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 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 25

Ivanoff (Victor)

DIE TWEEDE WÊRELD-OORLOG IN SPOTPRENTE "The Second World War in Cartoons" (1946)

Lot 34

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 40

Reichskolonialamt:

THE TREATMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THE COLONIAL POSSESIONS OF GERMANY AND ENGLAND (1919)

A Reply to the English Blue Book of August 1918: Report on the natives of South-West Africa and their treatment by Germany.

Lot 54

Jeffares & Green Engineers

CHRONICLES FROM THE BUSHVELD - Adventures of pioneering engineers in Southern Africa

Lot 59

Town History

PIETERSBURG 1886-1986 - Signed by the Mayor & City Clerk of Pietersburg

Contains numerous vintage portrait photographs

Lot 72

Rosenthal, (Eric)

HERE ARE DIAMONDS

Lot 73

Van Vuuren, (Lani)

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS:

exploring the history of South Africa's large dams

Lot 75

Crocker, (Chester A.)

HIGH NOON IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:

making peace in a rough neighborhood [sic.]

Lot 84

Rasmussen, (R. Kent)

MIGRANT KINGDOM:

Mzilikazi's Ndebele in South Africa

Lot 89

Bulpin, (T.V.)

LOST TRAILS OF THE TRANSVAAL;

illustrations by A.A.Telford

Lot 92

Burger, (Marlene) & Gould, (Chandre)

SECRETS AND LIES:

Wouter Basson and South Africa's chemical and biological warfare programme

Lot 94

Barnard, (Lady Anne) & Lewin Robinson, (A.M.) [editor]

THE LETTERS OF LADY ANNE BARNARD TO HENRY DUNDAS:

from the Cape and elsewhere, 1793-1803, together with her journal of a tour into the interior and certain other letters; newly edited with an introduction and notes…

Lot 97

Wolseley, (Sir Garnet) & Preston, (Adrian)

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIARIES [NATAL] OF SIR GARNET WOLSELEY / THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL [ZULULAND / TRANSVAAL] OF SIR GARNET WOLSELEY

1875 & 1879-1880; edited with an introduction by Adrian Preston

Lot 101

[Schapera (I) Editor]

APPRENTICESHIP AT KURUMAN

Lot 102

Heckford (Mrs)

A LADY TRADER IN THE TRANSVAAL (1882)

Lot 111

Valentine & Sons Publishing Company

SOUVENIR OF CAPE TOWN

Lot 112

Cape Times

CAPE TOWN & THE CAPE PENINSULA:

the southern Riviera

Lot 113

Perry & Co, [publishers]

THE CAPE BEAUTIFUL:

"The Riviera of the South", reproduced in colour from original paintings

Lot 114

T. Maskew Miller, [publishers]

CAPETOWN PICTURES:

a collection of fifteen photographic views specially taken for this work

Lot 115

[Ravenscroft, (T.D.)]

VIEWS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Lot 116

Grocott & Sherry

ALBUM OF GRAHAMSTOWN;

with a preface by A. Wilmot

Lot 117

Collier, (Joy)

WINE FARMS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Numbered & Signed of a limited edition

Lot 131

Stanley (Henry M.)

HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE

Travels, adventures and discoveries in Central Africa, including four months' residence with Dr Livingstone, with illustrations, map, and a memoir of Dr Livingstone

Lot 134

Bowler (Thomas W.)

PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN

With Views of Simon's Town, Port Elizabeth, and Graham's Town

Lot 135

Bowler (Thomas William)

THE K***R WARS AND THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA (With hand coloured plates on India paper)

A Series of Picturesque Views from Original Sketches by T.W. Bowler with descriptive letterpress by W.R. Thomson

Lot 140

Degrandpre (Louis Marie Joseph)

VOYAGE A LA CÔTE OCCIDENTALE D'AFRIQUE

Fait dans les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des mœurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des États du Congo, fréquentés par les Européens,…

Lot 141

[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 161

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 169

Cape of Good Hope.

APPEAL TO THE KING IN COUNCIL

From the Cape of Good Hope in 1797 against the conviction in Cape Town the previous year of the appellants William Brown, Master and Andrew Spooner, Super cargo of…

Lot 199

Nienaber (G. S.)

HOTTENTOTS (1963) - Signed by Author

Lot 206

Schoeman, (Karel)

PORTRAIT OF BLOEMFONTEIN / BEELD VAN BLOEMFONTEIN 1860 - 1910

Copy number 45

Lot 210

Hadley, Peter (Editor) + Taylor, Dr. Henry

DOCTOR TO BASUTO, BOER & BRITON 1877-1906 - Limited Edition TO 50 COPIES

Memoirs of Dr. Henry Taylor

Lot 211

Bax, (D)

KNYSNA FOREST SCENERY

Sketsches by W.D. De Vignon van Alphen

Lot 227

Evans, (Maurice S.)

BLACK AND WHITE IN SOUTH EAST AFRICA

Lot 229

Schoeman, (Chris)

THE HISTORICAL KAROO

Traces of the Past in South Africa's Arid Interior

Lot 230

Franklin, (Margaret)

THE STORY OF GREAT BRAK RIVER

SIGNED

Lot 238

Leyds, (W. J.)

HET INSLUITEN VAN DE BOEREN-REPUBLIEKEN

Een vervolg op De Eerste Annexatie van de Transvaal. In Twee Deelen

Lot 242

Papas, (William) & Sussens, (Aubrey)

UNDER THE TABLECLOTH - Papas looks at the Peninsula

Signed by both Papas & Sussens

Lot 243

Coetzee (Prof C,G,)

THE UNFORTIFIED MILITARY VILLAGES OF SIR HARRY SMITH 1848 - 1850

Lot 244

Mandela (Nelson R.)

I AM PREPARED TO DIE; and, THE HISTORIC SPEECH OF NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA AT THE RIVONIA TRIAL

Lot 246

The Port Elizabeth Municipality

THE MAYOR'S MINUTE FOR 1878 (1879) - twice signed by SAMUEL BAIN, the 6th Mayor of Port Elizabeth from 1878 - 1879

Lot 251

Young (John)

OBSERVATORY - A TOWN IN THE SUBURBS

A history of Observatory 1881-1913

Lot 261

Dugmore (Rev. H. H.)

THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ALBANY SETTLER: A LECTURE DELIVERED IN GRAHAMSTOWN (Scarce 1st Edition)

Lot 263

Dunston (Lola)

YOUNG PRETORIA, 1889-1913

Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed by Author

Lot 270

Walker (Michael)

COASTAL MEMORIES

Muizenberg, St. James, Kalk Bay 1870 to 1920

Lot 276

Andrew Smith of St. Cyrus. M.A.

A CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA CHIEFLY FROM PLANTS IN USE AMONG THE NATIVES

Lot 277

Williamson, (Graham)

RICHTERSVELD: THE ENCHANTED WILDERNESS

Lot 287

The Rev. Colin Rae

MALABOCH The Boer campaign of 1894 against the Chief Malaboch and the Johannesburg Crisis of 1896

Against the Chief Malaboch of Blaauwberg, district Zoutpansberg, South African Republic.

Lot 304

Viney (Graham) & Simons (Phillida Brooke)

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1806 TO 1872 - De Luxe Edition

Aspects of the Life and Times of British Society in and around Cape Town

Lot 305

Spies (S. B.) Editor

A SOLDIER IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899 TO 1902 - De Luxe Edition

The Experiences of Eustace Abadie

Lot 306

Carruthers (Jane)

MELTON PRIOR - WAR ARTIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 1895 TO 1900 - De Luxe Edition

Lot 310

Grundlingh (Albert Mauritz)

DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE GEKLEURDES EN DIE EERSTE WÊRELDOORLOG (1981)

"The Coloured South Africans and the First World War" - the author's original thesis for his doctorate in History

Lot 313

Keegan, (Tim)

DR PHILIP'S EMPIRE

One Man's Struggle for Justice in Nineteenth-Century South Africa

Lot 315

Jopie Fourie

JOZEF JOHANNES FOURIE - Terechtstelling en Dood / Zijn Brieven

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