Auction #124 - Africana
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Lot 2
Baines (Thomas)
THE VICTORIA FALLS ZAMBESI RIVER
Sketched on the Spot by Thomas Baines, F.R.G.S., (During the Journey of J. Chapman & T. Baines), 11 Views of the Victoria Falls, the Zambesi River and the Gorges,…
Lot 15
Bowler (Thomas W.)
PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN
With Views of Simon's Town, Port Elizabeth, and Graham's Town
Lot 16
Bowler (Thomas William)
THE KAFIR 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 46
Cory (Sir George Edward)
THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA - complete set of 5 volumes of the very scarce first South African edition
A History of the Origin of South African Colonisation and of its Development towards the East from the Earliest Times to 1857
Lot 49
Stuart (J)
HISTORY OF THE ZULU REBELLION 1906
And of Dinuzulu's Arrest, Trial and Expatriation
Lot 50
McKay (James)
REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST KAFIR WAR
Lot 52
Van der Westhuizen (Vincent), Ed
BANTU (27 Editions)
Lot 53
Gordon-Brown (A.)
PICTORIAL AFRICANA
A survey of old South African paintings, drawings and prints to the end of the nineteenth century, with a biographical dictionary of 1000 artists.
Lot 62
Smith, (Andrew B.)
THE KHOIKHOI AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Lot 64
Mossop, (E.E.)
OLD CAPE HIGHWAYS
Lot 65
Ross, (Graham)
THE ROMANCE OF CAPE MOUNTAIN PASSES
Lot 66
Reid-Daly, (Ron)
STAYING ALIVE:
a Southern African survival handbook
Lot 67
McKay, (James)
THE ORIGIN OF THE XOSAS AND OTHERS
Lot 69
Breytenbach, (Jan)
EDEN'S EXILES:
one soldier's fight for paradise
Lot 71
Rasmussen, (R. Kent)
MIGRANT KINGDOM:
Mzilikazi's Ndebele in South Africa
Lot 73
Bowker (John Mitford)
SPEECHES, LETTERS, AND SELECTIONS FROM IMPORTANT PAPERS, OF THE LATE JOHN MITFORD BOWKER (1864)
Very scarce early Grahamstown printing and a valuable document of life on the Eastern Frontier
Lot 74
Peires, (J.B.)
THE DEAD WILL ARISE:
Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-7
Lot 76
Tredgold, (Arderne)
THE ARDERNES AND THEIR GARDEN:
a family chronicle
Lot 77
De Kock, (Eugene)
A LONG NIGHT'S DAMAGE:
working for the apartheid state; as told to Jeremy Gordin
Lot 80
Baikoff, (Jill), Pace, (John), Proust, (Alain) & White, (Barry)
RUSTENBERG 300
Lot 81
Buchanan (John)
CASES DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1869)
with Table of Cases and Alphabetical Index
Lot 85
Fagan, (Gabriel)
BRAKDAK - FLATROOFS IN THE KAROO
Lot 87
Smail, (J.L.)
WITH SHIELD AND ASSEGAI & THOSE RESTELESS YEARS
Lot 88
N/A
PHOTO ALBUM of Cape Town, Simon's Town harbour etc.
Anglo/Boer War interest Circa 1900s
Lot 91
N/A
Obsequies MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr
Booklet of the memorial services held in Atlanta Georgia at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Campus of Morehouse College respectively
Lot 95
Rhind, (D.M.)
THE STORY OF THE SEA POINT RAILWAY AT CAPE TOWN
Lot 99
Fransen, (Hans) [compiler]
DIE KAAPSE STOEL = THE CAPE CHAIR:
the illustrated edition of the catalogue of an exhibition held in the Stellenbosch Museum in April 1969
Lot 101
Parkes, (Margaret) & Williams, (V.M.)
KNYSNA, THE FORGOTTEN PORT:
the maritime story
Lot 103
Moir, (Sydney M.)
TWENTY-FOUR INCHES APART:
the two-foot gauge railways of the Cape of Good Hope.
Lot 108
Smail, (J.L.)
MONUMENTS AND TRAILS OF THE VOORTREKKERS & MONUMENTS AND BATTLEFIELDS OF TH TRANSVAAL WAR 1881
And the South African War 1899 to 1902
Lot 110
Eerwaarde H. Kling
ONDER DIE KINDERE VAN CHAM
'n Versameling Artiekels oor Volkekunde en Sendingbaanbrekers uit Suidwes-Afrika en elders, vermeerder met sketse en verhale
Lot 117
[Barrington (George)]
A VOYAGE TO BOTANY BAY
With a description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion, Etc. of the Natives by the Celebrated George Barrington. To which is added His Life and Trial
Lot 118
Bleek (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel)
REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA
or, Hottentot Fables and Tales, Chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
Lot 121
[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 122
[Gray (Bishop Robert)]
A JOURNAL OF THE BISHOP'S VISITATION TOUR THROUGH THE CAPE COLONY, IN 1848
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE VISIT TO THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA, IN 1849
Lot 123
Hamilton (Alexander)
A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES
A New Account of the East Indies. Giving an exact and copious description of the Situation, Product, Manufactures, Laws, Customs, Religion, Trade, &c. of all the…
Lot 124
Hamilton (Charles)
SKETCHES OF LIFE AND SPORT IN SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA
Edited by F.G.H. Price Illustrated by Pierre Méjanel
Lot 125
Harris (W. Cornwallis)
THE HIGHLANDS OF ÆTHIOPIA
Lot 132
Cole (Desmond)
ARTICLES ON LITHOPS, ETC.
Including: …
Lot 141
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 142
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 167
Dicke, (B.H.)
THE BUSH SPEAKS: Border life in the old Transvaal - SIGNED
Lot 168
Ridley, (Major E. G.)
TALES OF THE VELD FOLK FOR THE KIDDIES
Lot 173
Schauder, (Colin D.)
THE HISTORIC VILLAGE OF BETHELSDORP
Limited & Numbered
Lot 174
Campbell (Ethel)
THE LIFE OF SAM CAMPBELL TOLD IN VERSE AND LETTERED - Signed & Inscribed
A STORY OF NATAL
Lot 175
Slater, (Francis Carey)
TREK
A Poem
Lot 176
Bourke, (Myles)
THE KOPPIE ON A PLAIN
Numbered, Limited & Signed
Lot 177
Stokes, (C.S.)
FROM THE YEARS THAT THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN
Lot 178
Beresford, (Richard)
GLIST'RING PHAETON - Copy 26 of only 50 signed & numbered
Limited, Numbered & Signed
Lot 212
de la Ferte (Bingham & Joubert)
EUTERPE'S PIPES - A Sonnet Sequence and other Poems
Lot 214
Kalahari Mac / Freddie Macdonald
FIVE TITLES - COMPLETE COLLECTION
Lot 215
Davis, (Hassoldt)
THE JUNGLE AND THE DAMNED
Lot 217
Genadendal:
GESCHIED-VERHAAL VAN GENADENDAL
Lot 222
Galbraith (John S.)
CROWN AND CHARTER: THE EARLY YEARS OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY
Important work about the colonisation of Southern Africa and the BSAC.
Lot 236
Froude (James Anthony)
1.) TWO LECTURES ON SOUTH AFRICA (1880) & 2.) OCEANA or England and her colonies (1886)
Two works by James Anthony Froude concerning South Africa
Lot 246
Chilvers, (Hedley A.)
THE YELLOW MAN LOOKS ON
Lot 257
[Phillipps (T.)]
SCENES AND OCCURRENCES IN ALBANY AND CAFFER-LAND, SOUTH AFRICA
Lot 259
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 263
Dennison (Maj.C. G.)
HISTORY OF STELLALAND
Now the District of Vryburg, Bechuanaland
Lot 274
Professor Roderick Noble (editor)
THE CAPE MONTHLY MAGAZINE - Eight Early Issues from the Years 1857, '58, '59, '71 & '73
Lot 287
Pringle (Thomas)
SCHETSEN EN TAFEREENLEN UIT ZUID-AFRIKA
Door Thomas Pringle, wijlen Secretaris van het Genootschap ter afschaffing van den slavenhandel. Uit het Engelsch
Lot 288
[Van der Stel]
SIMON VAN DER STEL’S JOURNEY TO NAMAQUALAND 1685
With a revised introduction by Gilbert Waterhouse. Transcription of the original text by G.C. de Wet. English translation by R.H. Pheiffer
Lot 289
Brooks (Henry)
NATAL: A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY:
Including its Natural Features, Productions, Industrial Condition and Prospects. Edited by Dr. R.J. Mann, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., late superintendent of education in…
Lot 295
McWilliams, (James)
ARMSCOR - South Africa's Arms Merchant
Lot 301
Fitzpatrick (J.P.)
THE TRANSVAAL FROM WITHIN
A Private Record of Public Affairs
Lot 306
Mutwa (Vusamaulu C.)
AFRICA IS MY WITNESS
Lot 321
[Skead (C.J.) Compiler:]
THE ALGOA GAZETTEER
Rural Placenames in the Nine East Cape Districts of Albany, Alexandria, Bathurst, …
Lot 322
Noble, John (Clerk of the House of Assembly)
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 1886
Lot 323
Gordon-Brown (A.)
YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE TO EAST AFRICA X 4 plus THE SOUTH AND EAST AFRICAN YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE
Lot 325
Ruyter, (Maya)
WITHIN THE HEART OF PILANESBERG
Lot 327
Vijn, Cornelius (Editor Rev J W Colenso)
CETSHWAYO'S DUTCHMAN
Being the journal of a white trader in Zululand During the British Invasion.
Lot 332
Harris (W. Cornwallis)
PORTRAITS OF THE GAME & WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (de Luxe limited edition)
Reproduced complete from the original edition of 1840/41 . Introductory essay by Edward C Tabler Zoological note by Richard Liversidge with additional…
Lot 333
Green ( Lawrence G.)
AUTHOR'S POST-WAR GUIDE
Lot 334
Green ( Lawrence G.)
THE COAST OF TREASURE
Lot 335
Green ( Lawrence G.)
GREAT AFRICAN MYSTERIES
Lot 336
Freislich (Richard) with an Introduction by William Plomer
THE LAST TRIBAL WAR - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILLIAM PLOMER WHO WROTE THE INTRODUCTION AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
History of The Bondelswart Uprising in South West Africa 1922
Lot 338
Burton (A.R.E.)
CAPE COLONY FOR THE SETTLER
It's urban and rural industries, their development and extension.
Lot 339
Robinson (Helen)
THE VILLAGES OF THE LIESBEECK
From the Sea to the Source
Lot 345
Carruthers, (Vincent)
THE MAGALIESBERG
SIGNED
Lot 347
Green, Lawrence G
LORDS OF THE LAST FRONTIER
The Story of South west Africa and its People of all races.
Lot 348
Du Plessis, (C.N.J.)
UIT DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK EN VAN DE AFRIKAANDERS
Lot 360
Guide Book
TRAVEL GUIDE TO TANGANYIKA AND CENTRAL AFRICA (1936)
Lot 361
Kloppers (J. J.) & Bornman (Hans)
A DICTIONARY OF KRUGER NATIONAL PARK PLACE NAMES
Lot 362
Green(Lawrence G.)
STRANGE AFRICA
Lot 366
Clark, (Victor)
SOUVENIR OF THE VICTORIA FALLS
Lot 368
Smuts (General J.C.)
SEVEN UNCOMMON SMUTS PAMPHLETS
Lot 373
Gutsche (Thelma)
THE MICROCOSM (1968)
Lot 375
Driberg (J. H.)
INITIATION - Translations from Poems of the Didinga & Lango Tribes
Lot 377
Bekker (A. E.)
THE HISTORY OF FALSE BAY UP TO 1795 - Signed
Lot 380
Marryat (Captain Frederick)
THE MISSION: or, Scenes in Africa. Written for Young People - First Edition (1845) & Second Edition (1864)
Lot 381
Ward (Harriet)
FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLAND (1848)
An account of the "war of the axe " written by the wife of an officer in the 91st regiment, who resided on the frontier during the period of the hostilities
Lot 382
Engelenburg (Dr F. V.)
GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA
Lot 383
Clothier (Norman)
LIBYAN WINTER - POEMS OF A SPRINGBOK
Lot 384
Lomax (John)
SONGS OF SOUL AND SENSE - Inscribed by the author
Lot 385
Kropf (Rev. Albert)
Das Volk der Xosa-Kaffern im Ostlichen Südafrika nach seiner Geschichte, Eigenart, Verfassung, und Religion (1889)
The Xhosa People of Eastern South Africa; their History, Character, Condition, and Religion. A Contribution to African Ethnography.
Lot 386
Endemann (Karl)
Versuch einer Grammatik des Sotho (1876) - "An Essay in Sotho Grammar"
Lot 388
Native Affairs Commission
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMISSION 1903-5. (SIGNED by ALL the members of the Commission and personal copy of Capt. Dickson)
Includes signatures of Matebili Thompson, Sir Godfrey Lagden, Johannes Christoffel Krogh, Marshall Campbell
Lot 395
Kay (Stephen)
TRAVEL AND RESEARCHES IN CAFFRARIA: DESCRIBING THE CHARACTER, CUSTOMS, AND MORAL CONDITION OF THE TRIBES INHABITING...
Lot 397
du Plessis (I. D.)
THE CAPE MALAYS (With Handwritten Letter from Author)
Lot 399
Various Authors:
LOT OF 4 BOOKS ON SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS AND POLITICIANS (Signed and Inscribed Copies)
Lot 402
Mutwa (Credo)
INDABA MY CHILDREN (Limited Collectors’ Edition, Inscribed by Author)
Lot 403
Mutwa (Credo)
AFRICA IS MY WITNESS (Limited Collectors’ Edition, Inscribed by Author)
Lot 409
Bernard (François)
NEDERLANDSCH AFRIKA, OF HISTORISCH EN STAATKUNDIG TAFEREEL VAN DEN OORSRONGELYKEN STAAT DER VOLKPLANTINGE (Published 1783)
Lot 410
Beijer (Johannes)
JOURNAAL, GEHOUDEN VAN NEDERLAND NAAR ZUID-AFRIKA IN HET JAAR 1861 (Signed by Author)
Lot 411
Various Authors:
WAARHEID EN ONPARTYDIGHEID, OF DE MEDIATOR IN HET KLEIN, VOL. 1 (Published 1838)
Lot 413
Holden (Rev. W.C.)
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE KAFFIR RACES
Lot 418
Diedrich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794-1866)
ADUMBRATIONES PLANTARUM Fasciculus I-V (1825-1832) "Sketches of Plants, files 1-5"
Lot 423
Sutton (Thomas)
THE DANIELLS Artists and Travellers (1954)