Auction #132 - Africana

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Lot 13

Bain, (Andrew Geddes)

ON THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Lot 30

Calvert (Albert Frederick)

GERMAN EAST AFRICA (1917)

Lot 31

Worsfold (W. Basil)

THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1913)

With chapters on Rhodesia and the Native Territories of the High Comission.

Lot 32

Bell (Frederick William)

THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSPIRACY; OR, THE AIMS OF AFRIKANERDOM (1900) (Presentation copy)

Lot 40

Enes (Antonio)

MOZAMBIQUE (1946)

Report presented to the government by Antonio Enes (first published in 1893).

Lot 56

Bird (John)

HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY JOHN BIRD TO CHARLES AKEN FAIRBRIDGE REGARDING THE DELAY IN PRINTING HIS "ANNALS OF NATAL" (1889)

Lot 57

Bryant (Alfred Thomas)

HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY THE AUTHOR OF "OLDEN TIMES IN ZULULAND AND NATAL" REGARDING THE SCARCITY OF ONE OF HIS PAMPHLETS

Lot 61

Vijn (Cornelius)

CETSCHWAYO'S DUTCHMAN

The Private Journal of a White Trader in Zululand during the British invasion

Lot 73

Priest (Capt. Cecil D.)

THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA

Lot 80

Irons (William)

A SETTLER’S GUIDE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND COLONY OF NATAL

Compiled from original and authentic material. With some additional notices of those colonies, and remarks on the advantage they offer to emigrants

Lot 81

Noble (J.)

DESCRIPTIVE HANDBOOK OF THE CAPE COLONY: ITS CONDITION AND RESOURCES (with the fine tinted lithographic panorama)

By John Noble, Clerk of the House of Assembly, Cape of Good Hope. With map and illustrations

Lot 104

Brown (Harold)

WAR WITH THE BOERS

An account of the past and present troubles with the South African Republics. "specially bound in khaki, as worn by the British Troops on active service.”

Lot 113

Fitzpatrick (Percy)

JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD (Collectors’ Edition)

Illustrated by Edmund Caldwell. Facsimile reproduction of the first edition published in London during September 1907 with a new frontispiece, Introduction and List…

Lot 115

Ingram (Joseph Forsyth)

THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN CITY

Lot 124

The Director's Collection:

THE KILL: WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS

Lot 129

Chilvers (Hedley A.)

OUT OF THE CRUCIBLE - DENNIS WHEATLEY'S COPY INSCRIBED TO HIM BY THE AUTHOR

Being the Romantic Story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and the Great City which arose in their midst

Lot 132

Campbell (Roy) & Others - Editors

VOORSLAG MAGAZINE - FOUR ORIGINAL ISSUES WITH TWO LETTERS & ORIGINAL PRESS CUTTINGS

Lot 135

Fitzpatrick (Sir James Percy)

THE OUTSPAN

Lot 139

Bradlow (Frank R.)

AFRICANA BOOKS AND PICTURES:

A SELECTION OF PUBLISHED PAPERS

Lot 140

[Rosenthal (Eric) Compiler:]

MEET ME AT THE CARLTON

THE STORY OF JOHANNESBURG'S OLD CARLTON HOTEL

Lot 141

[Hallema (A.) Editor:]

DIE KAAP IN 1776-1777

Akwarelle van Johannes Schumacher uit die Swellengrebel-Argief te Breda

Lot 142

Daniell (Samuel)

AFRICAN SCENERY AND ANIMALS

Lot 143

Bowler (Thomas William)

PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN WITH VIEWS OF SIMON'S TOWN, PORT ELIZABETH AND GRAHAM'S TOWN

Lot 145

Simons (Phillida Brooke) &Richings (Gordon)

CAPE ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS SET (2 Books) - THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES BELL AND THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES MICHELL

Lot 168

HARRIS (Captain W. Cornwallis)

PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2 BOOKS)

Lot 176

The South African Bookman:

THE SOUTH AFRICAN BOOKMAN - RARE COMPLETE SET OF 13 ISSUES

The Quarterly Journal of the South African Home Reading Union

Lot 183

Gray (Sir John)

HISTORY OF ZANZIBAR FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO 1856

Lot 184

Muller (Hendrik P.N.)

THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE BETWEEN THE ZAMBESI AND THE LIMPOPO (1894)

An account of Zambesia, Rhodesia, and Portuguese East Africa at the close of the nineteenth century. With color folding map.

Lot 185

De Kiewiet (C. W.)

THE IMPERIAL FACTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA (1937)

A Study in Politics and Economics.

Lot 203

Green (Lawrence G.)

KAROO

(Two-Volume Collector's Lot: 1955 First Edition & 1975 Reprint)

Lot 211

The Press Weekly

THE PRESS WEEKLY - 5 September 1896

Pretoria, South African Republic, Saturday, September 5, 1896

Lot 213

Smit (J.P.) and Bam (G.)

GIMNASIUM 1858-1983

Hierdie 125 jarige feesblad word opgedra aan alle oud- en huidige Gimmies

Lot 214

Engelenburg (Dr F.V.)

GENERAL LOUIS BOTHA + LETTER FROM GENERAL BOTHA'S SECRETARY

With an Introduction by the Right Hon. General J.C. Smuts

Lot 217

De Jongh (Michael)

A FORGOTTEN FIRST PEOPLE (Signed)

The Southern Cape Hessequa

Lot 218

1. Rafapa (Lesibana Jacobus) 2. Mphahlele (Ezekiel) & Stainbank (Mike)

1. THE REPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN HUMANISM IN THE NARRATIVE WRITINGS OF ES'KIA MPHAHLELE & 2. ES'KIA

Education, African Humanism & Culture, Social Consciousness, Literary Appreciaion

Lot 224

Cook (Rev. Thomas)

MY MISSION TOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA

A Record of interesting Travel and Pentecostal Blessing

Lot 233

Baines (Thomas)

SCENERY AND EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA (1977) - facsimile reprint of the 1852 edition of hand-coloured lithographs

This is a very large portfolio of 6 lithographs

Lot 235

Forbes (Vernon S.)

PIONEER TRAVELLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA (1965) - De Luxe Edition Limited to 100 Numbered Copies

Contains 20 full page maps and one large fold-out map at rear.

Lot 237

Temple (C. L.)

NATIVE RACES AND THEIR RULERS (1918) - inscribed to William Charles Scully

Lot 243

Sutherland (Lieut.- Col. John)

MEMOIR RESPECTING THE KAFFERS, HOTTENTOTS, AND BOSJEMANS, OF SOUTH AFRICA (1846) - Volume II only

A scarce copy of this important mid-19th century Cape Town printing

Lot 244

Meredith (D.) et al.

THE GRASSES AND PASTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA (1959)

Foreword by General Jan Smuts who was an internationally recognised authority on veld grasses

Lot 245

Bird (Christopher)

HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY CHRISTOPHER BIRD (SON OF JOHN BIRD) TO ROMER ROBINSON , MANAGER OF THE NATAL MERCURY

Lot 246

Walton (James), Cairns (Margaret), Immelman (R.F.M.), Ryan (Michael G.)

THE JOSEPHINE MILL AND ITS OWNERS - The Story of Milling and Brewing at the Cape of Good Hope (1978)

DE LUXE EDITION

Lot 248

Willcox, A.R. [Signed]

ROCK PAINTINGS OF THE DRAKENSBERG:

Natal and Griqualand East

Lot 249

Young, (John)

OBSERVATORY, A TOWN IN THE SUBURBS:

a history of Observatory, 1881-1913

Lot 251

Bosch, (Andree) & De Waal, (Johann) [Signed]

ESIAS BOSCH;

text by Andree Bosch and Johann de Waal; photographs by Willie van Heerden; foreword by Hym Rabinowitz

Lot 252

Millais, (John Guille)

A BREATH FROM THE VELDT;

with illustrations by the author and frontispiece by Sir J.E. Millais

Lot 268

Appelgryn (M. S.)

JOHANNESBURG, 1886-1899: ORIGINS AND EARLY MANAGEMENT (Presentation Copy from Mayor C. E. Fabel to his Predecessor Eddy Magid)

Lot 274

Huskisson (Ian)

THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGES OF MEDICINE OF SOUTH AFRICA: THE FIRST 50 YEARS (Inscribed by Author)

Lot 277

Lukas (Judith) and Yorks (Nicholas)

PROFESSOR J. T. CLARK: TATTOOING TO PERFECTION

Lot 279

City of Johannesburg:

CONDITIONS OF TITLE OF TOWNSHIPS IN JOHANNESBURG

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