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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

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

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