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RESULTS CHECKED MANUALLY 16h25
SESSION ONE
BOOKS
1 Alexander, F. L. & Edited by Waher, R.
SOUTH AFRICAN GRAPHIC ART AND ITS TECHNIQUES first edition (7)
ESTIMATE : R900 - R1 100 SOLD R1 035
2 Angas, George French
THE KAFIRS ILLUSTRATED: A FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL 1849 EDITION OF HAND-COLOURED
LITHOGRAPHS WITH NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANK BRADLOW
R1 200 - R1 500 SOLD R1 495
3 Arnold, M.
IRMA STERN: A FEAST FOR THE EYE first edition (4)
R900 - R1 000 SOLD R3 220
4 Baden-Powell, Lord
BIRDS AND BEASTS IN AFRICA first edition (4)
R1 400 - R1 700 SOLD R3 220
5 Baines, Thomas
THE VICTORIA FALLS ZAMBESI RIVER, SKETCHED ON THE SPOT BY THOMAS BAINES F.R.G.S. 1862 (2)
R1 200 - R1 400 SOLD R3 680
6 Balfour, A. B.
TWELVE HUNDRED MILES IN A WAGON second edition
and three others (4)
R900 - R1 200 UNSOLD
7 Bekker, M.
THE ART OF ALEXANDER ROSE-INNES first edition
and three others (4)
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R2 875
8 Berman, Esmé
ART AND ARTISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
R1 000 - R1 100 SOLD R4 370
9 Büchner, Carl
VAN ESSCHE first edition
R1 200 - R1 500 SOLD R2 530
10 Buncher, Richard
TRETCHIKOFF
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R8 960
11 Burdo, Adolphe
LES BELGES DANS L’AFRIQUE CENTRALE: VOYAGES, ADVENTURES ET DECOUVERTES first edition
R3 000 - R4 000 UNSOLD
12 Cameron, V.L.
A TRAVERS L’AFRIQUE VOYAGE DE ZANZIBAR A BENGUELA
and three others (4)
R1 800 - R2 000 SOLD R1 840
13 Carruthers, J.
THOMAS BAINES first edition,
and two others(3)
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R1 840
14 Coleman, Francis L.
THE KAFFRARIAN RIFLES 1876-1986 first edition
and three others (4)
R900 - R1 000 SOLD R1 610
15 Colquhoun, Archibald R.
THE AFRICANDER LAND first edition
and two others (3)
R1 100 - R1 200 SOLD R1 150
16 Cullinan, C.
ROBERT JACOB GORDON 1743-1795 first edition signed by author
and five others (6)
R1 000 - R1 300 UNSOLD
17 Cumming, R. Gordon
A HUNTER’S LIFE IN THE FAR INTERIORS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2 VOLS second edition
and another (3)
R1 300 - R1 400 SOLD R3 680
18 Daly, Marcus
BIG GAME HUNTING AND ADVENTURE 1897-1936 first edition
and one other of similar interest. (2)
R1 900 - R2 000 SOLD R2 300
19 de Bary, Maxime
GRAND GIBIER ET TERRES INCONNUES AFRIQUE CENTRALE second edition
R1 400 - R1 600 SOLD R1 725
20 De Montesquieu, Baron
THE SPIRIT OF LAWS, 2 VOLS fifth edition
R1 200 - R1 500 UNSOLD
21 De Saint Pierre, J.H.B
A VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF FRANCE, THE ISLE OF BOURBON AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WITH OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS UPON NATURE AND MANKIND
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R3 450
22 Diemont, Marius & Joy
THE BRENTHURST BAINES
first series, No.1 standard edition, limited to 850 copies
R2 000 - R2 500 SOLD R3 220
23 Earl Grey
HUBERT HERVEY: STUDENT AND IMPERIALIST first edition
R1 100 - R1 400 SOLD R1 150
24 Fitzgerald, W.W.A.
TRAVELS IN THE COASTLANDS OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS OF ZANZIBAR AND PEMBA
first edition
R4 000 - R4 500 SOLD R7 840
25 Fotheringham, L. M.
ADVENTURES IN NYASSALAND: A TWO YEAR STRUGGLE WITH ARAB SLAVE-DEALERS IN CENTRAL AFRICA
first edition
With Another of Nyasaland interest
R1 200 - R1 300 SOLD R1 265
26 French-Sheldon, M.
SULTAN TO SULTAN: ADVENTURES AMONG THE MASAI AND OTHER TRIBES OF EAST AFRICA first edition
and four others of related interest. (5)
R2 200 - R2 600 SOLD R2 990
27 Galton, Francis
NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORER IN TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA: DAMARALAND IN 1851 AND ALSO VACATION TOURS
IN 1860-61 third edition
and four others of similar interest (5)
R1 500 - R1 700 SOLD R2 185
28 Gibson, A. G. S.
EIGHT YEARS IN KAFFRARIA 1882-1890 first edition
and four other books of Cape interest (5)
R1 000 - R1 100 UNSOLD
29 Gibson, G. F.
THE STORY OF THE IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 first edition
and three others of similar regimental interest (4)
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R1 035
30 Giraud, Victor
LES LACS DE L’AFRIQUE EQUITORIALE: VOYAGE D’EXPLORATION EXECUTE DE 1883-1885
first edition
R1 900 - R2 500 SOLD R2 300
31 Goldsmith, Oliver
A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE, 2 VOLS first edition
(2)
R1 000 - R1 100 SOLD R1 380
32 Graeme, Louisa G.
OR AND SABLE: A BOOK OF THE GRAEMES AND GRAHAMS
first edition limited to 295 copies and two others of Graham interest
And TWELVE MOSTLY MINIATURE PAINTINGS, PRINTS & SILHOUETTES (18)
R4 000 - R7 000 SOLD R12 320
Remarkably fast bidding in the room....
33 Greenwood, James
CURIOSITIES OF SAVAGE LIFE, 2 VOLS first edition
and another of similar interest. (3)
R1 400 - R1 500 SOLD R1 610
34 Grosskopf, J. F. W.
HENDRIK PIERNEEF: THE MAN AND HIS WORK first edition
and two others of similar interest (3)
R1 000 - R1 100 SOLD R3 680
35 Guiness, Mrs. H. G.
THE NEW WORLD OF CENTRAL AFRICA first edition
R1 200 - R1 400 UNSOLD
36 Harmsen, F.
LOOKING AT SOUTH AFRICAN ART second edition
and four others of similar S.A. Art interest and ten other art books of non S.A. interest (15)
R1 400 - R1 700 SOLD R3 680
37 Heanley, Rev. R. M.
A MEMOIR OF EDWARD STEERE, THIRD MISSIONARY BISHOP IN CENTRAL AFRICA first edition
and eleven others of related missionary interest (11)
R1 300 - R1 400 SOLD R1 495
38 Heller, David
A HISTORY OF CAPE SILVER 1700-1870
first edition, signed by author, limited to 500 copies
and HELLER, DAVID - Further Researches into Cape Silver, (2)
R1 100 - R1 400 SOLD R1 265
39 Hill, G. B. editor
COLONEL GORDON IN CENTRAL AFRICA 1874-1879 first edition
and one other of similar interest (2)
R1 300 - R1 400 SOLD R1 380
40 Horner, R. P.
VOYAGE A LA CÔTE ORIENTALE D’AFRIQUE first edition
and two others of similar interest (3)
R1 300 - R1 500 UNSOLD
41 Junker, Dr. Wilhelm
TRAVELS IN AFRICA 1882-1886 first edition
R3 500 - R3 800 SOLD R4 025
42 Juta, H. C.
THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH 1902-1932 first edition
and two others of similar interest (3)
R1 500 - R1 700 SOLD R1 150
43 Kibel, F. & Dubow, N.
WOLF KiBEL
first edition, No. 151 of 750 copies and two other books of S.A. Art interest (3)
R1 000 - R1 300 SOLD R3 450
44 Knight, E.F.
RHODESIA OF TODAY: A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT CONDITION AND THE PROSPECTS OF MATABELELAND AND MASHONALAND
first edition and two others of similar interest (3)
R1 700 - R1 800 SOLD R2 185
45 Kollmann, Paul
THE VICTORIA NYANZA: THE LAND, THE RACES AND THEIR CUSTOMS WITH SPECIMENS OF SOME OF THE DIALECTS
first edition
R2 000 - R3 000 UNSOLD
46 Le Roy, A.
AU KILIMA-NDJARO first edition
and four of African and period interest, (5)
R1 100 - R1 200 SOLD R1 265
47 Leonard, Major A. G.
HOW WE MADE RHODESIA first edition
and five others of related interest (6)
R1 400 - R1 500 UNSOLD
48 Lindley, Capt. A.
AFTER OPHIR: OR THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLDFIELDS second edition
and two others of similar interest (6)
R2 600 - R2 700 SOLD R3 450
49 Lindop, Barbara
GERARD SEKOTO first edition
and three other items of S.A. art interest. (4)
R2 500 - R4 000 SOLD R5 175
50 Livingstone, D.
MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA first edition
and another (2)
R1 100 - R1 300 UNSOLD
51 Livingstone, David
MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA first edition
R1 000 - R1 100 SOLD R1 265
52 Livingstone, David et Charles
EXPLORATIONS DU ZAMBESE ET DE SES AFFLUENTS first edition
and another in identical binding and same interest
R2 800 - R3 000 SOLD R3 450
53 Lloyd, A.B.
IN DWARF LAND AND CANNIBAL COUNTRY - A RECORD OF TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AFRICA
and another of similar interest (2)
R900 - R1 000 SOLD R1 150
54 Maugham, R. C. F.
NYASALAND IN THE NINETIES AND OTHER RECOLLECTIONS first edition
and two others of similar colonial interest (3)
R2 000 - R2 100 UNSOLD
55 Mohr, Edward
TO THE VICTORIA FALLS OF THE ZAMBESI first edition
R4 500 - R5 000 SOLD R10 080
56 Monick, S.
A BUGLE CALLS: THE STORY OF THE WITWATERSRAND RIFLES AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1899-1997
first edition
and three other S.A. regimental histories . (5)
R1 000 - R1 400 SOLD R1 035
57 Monk, Rev. W.
DR LIVINGSTONE’S CAMBRIDGE LECTURES second edition
and nine others of Livingstone interest (10)
R2 400 - R2 500 ` SOLD R4 600
58 Monteiro, Joachim John
ANGOLA AND THE RIVER CONGO, 2 VOLS first edition (2)
R4 200 - R4 500 SOLD R4 830
59 Mounteney-Jephson, A. J.
EMIN PASHA AND THE REBELLION AT THE EQUATOR first edition
and another of similar interest (2)
R1 400 - R1 500 UNSOLD
60 Nel, P. G. (Editor)
J. H. PIERNEEF: HIS LIFE AND HIS WORK first edition
R1 000 - R1 200 SOLD R3 680
61 Neumann, A. H.
ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST EQUATORIAL AFRICA first edition
R3 000 - R3 500 SOLD R4 600
62 New, C.
LIFE, WANDERINGS AND LABOURS IN EASTERN AFRICA second edition
R1 400 - R1 900 SOLD R1 610
63 Nilant, F. E. G.
DIE HOUT-EN LINOSNEË VAN J. H. PIERNEEF first edition
R2 200 - R2 500 SOLD R4 830
64 Orpen, Neil
CAPE TOWN RIFLES: DUKES first edition
and four other Cape regimental histories (5)
R900 - R1 000 &nbs |
