Fontein Books Richard Proctor-Sims
P O Box 193 Philippolis 9970
South Africa
051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
The 13 lots on the current auction comprise 58 volumes
Some reserves are more than realistic (e g the Platter wine annuals work out at $3 each); one, Lot 465 Common Names of South African Plants, signed), is at the auction minimum of $40, five are between $45 and $60, five are between $65 and $75 and two (Lot 358 Creswicke 7 volumes and Lot 345 Rosenthal collection of 12 volumes) are between $100 and $200
Lot 360 (The Native Tribes of South West Africa) includes an an additional free related book - Lawrence Green's Lords of the Last Frontier
Lots in Current Auction
Lot 345
Rosenthal, Eric
Collection of 12 vols, including his first 2 books, From Drury Lane to Mecca and (foreword: J C Smuts) Stars and Stripes in Africa
Lot 346
Platter, John
South African Wine Guides (1983-2010; 25 annual issues)
Lot 347
Theal, George McCall
Willem Adriaan van der Stel. And [three] other historical sketches
Lot 348
Theal, George McCall (of the Cape Colonial Civil Service)
Story of the Nations, South Africa
Lot 357
Lotsy, Dr J P (author and editor); W A Goddijn (author); Dr H N Kooiman (editor)
Genetica. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Erfelijksheids- en Afstammingsleer (vol 10)
Lot 358
Creswicke, Louis
South Africa and the Transvaal War (7 vols)
Lot 359
Stanley, Henry M
In Darkest Africa (2 vols)
Lot 360
Hahn, C H L, M Vedder, L Fourie; H P Smit (foreword)
The Native Tribes of South West Africa (1928); and one other
Lot 460
Embury, David A
The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks
Lot 461
Mansvelt, Dr N; G Kalff (foreword)
De Betrekkingen Tusschen Nederland en Zuid-Afrika Sedert die Verovering van de Kaapkolonie door die Engelschen (1902)
Lot 463
Tolkien, J R R; Alan Lee (illustrator)
The Lord of the Rings (first one-volume illustrated edition, 1991)
Lot 465
Smith, Christo Albertyn; E P Phillips, E van Hoepen (editors); P K le Roux (foreword)
Common Names of South African Plants
Lot 493
Preller, Gustav S
Lobengula. The Tragedy of a Matabele King