AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 127, Constantia

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Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 301 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Christie (Agatha)

1.) A POCKET FULL OF RYE (1953) & 2.) 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON (1957)

London 1953 & 1957 USD 90.00 - 90.00 USD 120.75
27 Worsfold (W. Basil)

PORTUGUESE NYASSALAND (1899)

London 1899 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
28 His Majesty's Stationery Office

A MANUAL OF PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA (1920)

London 1920 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 575.00
29 Krenkel (Erich)

GEOLOGY OF AFRICA [3 volumes] (1925-1938)

Berlin 1925-1928-1938 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
30 Schatz (Ilse)

TSUMEB IN OTAVI MINING & RAILWAY COMPANY'S TIME (1997)

Namibia 1997 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 402.50
31 Stokes (Ralph S. G.)

MINES AND MINERALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1908)

London 1908 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
32 Curle (James Herbert)

THE GOLD MINES OF THE WORLD (1899)

London 1899 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
33 Hatch (Frederick H.) and Chalmers (J.A.)

THE GOLD MINES OF THE RAND (1895)

London & New York 1895 USD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
34 Theal (George McCall)

THE PORTUGUESE IN SOUTH AFRICA (1896)

London 1896 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
35 Wolfs (Dries) & Van Mechelen (Jos)

THE PROCESSING OF THE DIAMOND (1956)

Antwerpen 1956 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
36 Cawston (George); Keane (A.H.)

THE EARLY CHARTERED COMPANIES (A.D. 1296-1858)

London & New York 1896 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
37 Denny (G.A.)

DEEP-LEVEL MINES OF THE RAND (1902)

London 1902 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
38 His Majesty's Stationery Office

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE GOLD STANDARD (1932)

Cape Town 1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 402.50
39 Hatch (Frederick Henry)

REPORT ON THE MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NATAL (OTHER THAN COAL). (1910)

USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
40 Reichskolonialamt:

THE TREATMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THE COLONIAL POSSESIONS OF GERMANY AND ENGLAND (1919)

Berlin 1919 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 402.50
41 Santos (Thomas dos) (Nuno Beja Valdez)

THE UNKNOWN NIASSA (1964)

Lisboa 1964 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 272.55
42 [Antrobus, E.S.A. (Editor)]

WITWATERSRAND GOLD - 100 YEARS (1986)

Johannesburg 1986 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
43 Bell, (R.L.P.)

DIARY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNEY (1930) (Signed copy)

Coatbridge 1930 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 258.75
44 Religion (Bible)

BIJBEL, DAT IS: DE GANSCHE HEILIGE SCHRIFT, BEVATTENDE AL DE KANONIJKE BOEKEN VAN HET OUDE EN NIEUWE TESTAMENT (1853)

Amsterdam / Haarlem / Groningen 1853 & 1855 USD 450.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
45 Busschau (W. J.)

THE THEORY OF GOLD SUPPLY. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1939)

London 1936 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 258.75
46 Waugh (Evelyn)

BLACK MISCHIEF (1932) - in original dust jacket

London 1932 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 80.50
47 Evans (W. Sanford)

THE CANADIAN CONTINGENTS AND CANADIAN IMPERIALISM (1901)

Toronto 1901 USD 140.00 - 140.00 USD 115.00
48 Ballard, Charles

THE HOUSE OF SHAKA (1988) - inscribed

Marine Parade, Durban 1988 USD 120.00 - 120.00 USD 92.00
49 Phillips (Mary)

VALLEY OF THE VIRGIN WARRIOR (1979) - Special Edition

Durban 1979 USD 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
50 Town History: South West Africa

1.) OTJIWARONGO 1906-1981 & 2.) SOUTH WEST AFRICA: THE DISPUTED LAND (1966) - inscribed by the author

Otjiwarongo, South West Africa 1981 USD 70.00 - 70.00 USD 57.50
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