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August 29, 2024 - August 29, 2024
Page Size: 304 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Joseph Rosenthal

RAISING THE FLAG ON IWO JIMA - ORIGINAL 1945 PRESS PHOTOGRAPH

USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
27 A. P. Cartwright

DIAMONDS AND CLAY (1977) - full leather de luxe edition signed by members of the Board of Cullinan Holdings Limited

Cape Town 1977 USD 140.00 - 140.00 USD 115.00
28 Marian Robertson

DIAMOND FEVER : South African Diamond History 1866-1869 - inscribed by the author

Cape Town 1974 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
29 S. A. MANGANESE AMCOR LTD.

KALAHARI WEALTH : THE STORY OF MANGANESE (1977) - De Luxe Edition Signed by Chairman & Board of Directors

Cape Town 1977 USD 140.00 - 140.00 USD 289.80
30 Robert B. Young

THE BANKET : A Study of the Auriferous Conglomerates of the Witwatersrand and Associated Rocks (1917)

London 1917 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
31 A. S. Kerkham (compiler)

SOUTHERN AFRICAN BOTANICAL LITERATURE 1600-1988 - A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cape Town 1988 USD 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
32 Thomas Pakenham

THE REMARKABLE BAOBAB (2004)

Jeppestown, Johannesburg 2004 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 152.95
33 Neville Jones, A. J. Bruwer

1.) RHODESIAN GENESIS (1953) by Neville Jones 2.) ZIMBABWE Rhodesia's Ancient Greatness (1965) by A. J. Bruwer

Bulawayo & Johannesburg 1953 & 1965 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 48.30
34 Sir Robert Tredgold (editor)

THE MATOPOS Rhodesia (1956) - inscribed by Sir Robert Tredgold, Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia

Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia 1956 USD 140.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
35 Ronald J. Clarke, Timothy C. Partridge, Kathleen Kuman

CAVES OF THE APE-MEN : South Africa's Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site

Pretoria 2010 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 172.50
36 Brett Hilton-Barber & Dr. Lee R. Berger

OFFICIAL FIELD GUIDE TO THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND - inscribed by co-author Dr. Lee R. Berger

Cape Town 2002 USD 70.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
37 Battiss, Walter; et al

WALTER BATTISS COLLECTION

USD 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
38 Geo Hunt

FOOT BALL (1827)

London 1827 USD 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
39 Cousins, C.W.

OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1910-1922)

Pretoria 1924 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 163.30
40 Various

SOUTHERN RHODESIA. HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF PROSPECTIVE SETTLERS ON THE LAND 1935

Salisbury 1935 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 60.95
41 Theal; George, McCall

CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

Cape Town 1912 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
42 Duggan-Cronin, A.M.

THE BUSHMAN TRIBES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Kimberley 1942 USD 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
43 Basil le Cordeur and Christopher Saunders (eds)

THE KITCHINGMAN PAPERS (De Luxe Edition)

Johannesburg 1976 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 69.00
44 Cornell, Fred C

THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING

London 1920 USD 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
45 Various

OPTIMA 1951-1965 (38 Editions)

Johannesburg 1951-1965 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
46 Tucker; Alfred R

EIGHTEEN YEARS IN UGANDA AND EAST AFRICA (2 Volumes)

London 1908 USD 90.00 - 90.00 USD 103.50
47 Casalis, Eugene

MY LIFE IN BASUTOLAND (1889)

London 1889 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 69.00
48 Riley, James

An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce: Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in 1815

New York 1817 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
49 Various

DIE KWARTEEU-SERIE 1915-1940 (9 Volumes)

Kaapstad 1941-1943 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 103.50
50 Schoeman, Karel

ARMOSYN VAN DIE KAAP: VOORSPEL TOT VESTIGING 1415-1651 (SIGNED by Author)

Kaapstad 2001 USD 180.00 - 180.00 USD 120.75
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