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Auction Date
July 16, 2026 - July 16, 2026
Page Size: 249 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 Backhouse James

A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa

London 1844 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
78 Barrow John

General Chart of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope

1801; 1804 USD 100.00 - 125.00 Unknown
79 Bisset J.J.

Sport and War

N/A USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
80 Irons William

A Settler’s Guide to the Cape of Good Hope and Colony of Natal

N/A USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
81 Noble J.

Descriptive Handbook of the Cape Colony: Its Condition and Resources

London 1874 USD 100.00 - 130.00 Unknown
82 Steedman Andrew

Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior of Southern Africa

London 1835 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
83 Gray Robert

Journals of Two Visitations in the Years 1848 and 1850

1848; 1850 USD 100.00 - 125.00 Unknown
84 Semple Robert

Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope

1805 USD 200.00 - 250.00 Unknown
85 Sim Thomas R.

The Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope

Aberdeen 1907 USD 300.00 - 350.00 Unknown
86 Burleigh Bennet

The Natal Campaign

1900 USD 70.00 - 80.00 Unknown
87 Burne George Henry Poyntz

The Leicestershire Militia in South Africa

London 1902 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
88 Campbell John

Travels in South Africa

N/A USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
89 Campbell John

Travels in South Africa

N/A USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
90 Cervantes; Dore Gustave

The History of Don Quixote

1864-1867 USD 100.00 - 125.00 Unknown
91 Colvin F.F.; Gordon E.R.

Diary of the 9th (Q.R.) Lancers During the South African Campaign 1899 to 1902

N/A USD 70.00 - 80.00 Unknown
92 Dewar Thomas Finlayson

With the Scottish Yeomanry

ND USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
93 Godlonton R

A Narrative of the Irruption of the Kaffir Hordes

Grahamstown 1836 USD 700.00 - 800.00 Unknown
94 Juta R; Westhofen W

The Cape Peninsula

Oxford ND USD 50.00 - 60.00 Unknown
95 Elliot J.A.G.

Campaigning in South Africa 1900-1901

Edinburgh ND USD 75.00 - 95.00 Unknown
96 Muller Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas

Autograph Letter

The Hague 1900 USD 100.00 - 125.00 Unknown
97 Murray Alasdair

Alasdair Murray 1900

1900 USD 70.00 - 80.00 Unknown
98 Raymond Harry

B.I. Barnato

ND USD 50.00 - 60.00 Unknown
99

Report of His Majesty's Commissioners; Report of the Select Committee of the Cape of Good Hope House of Assembly on the Jameson Raid

London ND USD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
100 Taylor David

Souvenir of the Siege of Mafeking

Sheffield 1900 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
101

The Friend of the Free State and Bloemfontein Gazette; The Friend

Bloemfontein 1900 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
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