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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Welz, Stephan, and others (editors)

Printed Books, Maps, Prints and Autograph Letters (1998)

Catalogue of Sale 9804, Thursday, 2 April 1998, including property from the libraries of the late M G "Bill" Hibbard and other owners

Published: Stephan Welz & Co (in association with Sotheby's), Johannesburg, 1998

Edition: First thus

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Of interest is that the 1998 estimated prices in South African rands align closely to today's values in US dollars twenty years later.

Of the lots in the main sale, 1-193 were from the Hibbard library, followed by, from various owners:

  • Africana, Lots 194-560
  • General Literature, 561-654
  • Racing, 655-659
  • Decorative and Fine Arts, 660-742
  • Prints, 743-775
  • Maps, 776-793
  • Photographs and Autograph Letters, 794-896
  • "Residual books made up into large and small lots"

The book comprises 44 pp of b/ text saddle-stitched into mottled cornfield limp covers printed on the first three faces.

CONDITION. Save for a small, light, almost invisible, damp stain at the lower front corner of the book, the copy is complete, unmarked and undiscoloured.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 270 x 210
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
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