Hello, We list below items that we have on auction starting this Thursday.
Full descriptions with images and reserve pricing are given on the auction site. http://www.antiquarianauctions.com The auction is on preview now, full details are available once the auction opens for bidding. The auction commences this Thursday 28th August and finishes next Thursday 5th August at 18.30 local time. You need to register to take part in the auction and either myself or antiquarianauctions.com will be pleased to assist you with the bidding process - which is actually simplicity in itself. If you can log in, you can bid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 49. Capt. Vivian Voss. THE STORY OF NO.1 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. (Sometimes Known As The Billy Boys). 1952. Warmly inscribed by author thus: "To my friends Lenie & Jimmy Myburgh, with affectionate regards. Vivian Voss. 19th February 1953". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 50. A. Wilmot. HISTORY OF THE ZULU WAR. 1880. Newly rebound. Gilt title on red labels, brown half leather with green bds. raised bands & reproduction marbled eps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 51. Lawrence G. Green. STRANGE AFRICA. The Stanley Paul 1938 1st edition. original condition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 52. Lawrence C. Green. THE COAST OF TREASURE. The 1933 Putnam 1st edition. Sympathetically rebound gilt on green cloth boards in original style with photocopy endpapers. thus looks new. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 53. Patrick Campbell MacDougall Watson. I REMEMBER IT WELL. Being The Memoirs Of The Late ... Self-published 1985. 15 numbered copies only. Author was schooled at St Ninians in Dumfriesshire, and then at Fette. He came to East Africa in 1914 after some time spent in Malaysia and then Kenya. He was later enlisted in the Kenya African Rifles. Retired to George in South Africa in 1947 until his death aged 98 in 1983. Interesting tales from the lighter side of an interesting life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 54. B.B. & B.G. Brock and H.C. Willis. HISTORICAL SIMON'S TOWN. Vignettes, Reminiscences And Illustrations Of The Harbour And Community From The Days Of The Dutch East India Co. And Of The Royal Navy At The Cape Of Its Administrators, Personalities And Buildings With Special Notes On Shipwrecks And Navigation. 1976. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 55. A.N. Wilson. MACKENZIE SAGA. Copy no.140 of a limited edition printed for private circulation. 1977. Signed by author on title page.The Story Of The Mackenzie Family Of Fochabers, Scotland, And Of Their Contribution To The Development Of Southern Africa Through The Professional Practice Of Chartered Accountancy As Also Through The Handling, Management And Investment Of Money In Mining, Industry, Banking And Commerce. 1700 - 1975. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 56. J.A. De Mist. THE MEMORANDUM OF COMMISSARY J.A. DE MIST. VRS First Series No.3. 1920. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 57. C. Graham Botha. COLLECTANEA. VRS First Series No.5. 1924. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 58. O.F. Mentzel. A COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS AND (ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) REMARKABLE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. VRS First Series No.4. 1921. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 59. David Robinson, Michael Richter, & Brian Bassett. THE BUILDINGS OF PIETERMARITZBURG. 1986. Well before Google street view the authors of this volume had catalogued and photographed every house and commercial building in the central area of the city, forming an illustrated valuation roll. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 60. Lola. & Dr. Tom Dunston. YOUNG PRETORIA. 1889-1913. 1975. Covers the city as it was at the turn of the century, street by street and with many photographs of succeeding periods. All the businesses, hotels, offices, are shown with their histories. Shows the changing of the town with the passing of the years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 61. MacGregor Laird, & R.A.K. Oldfield. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA BY THE RIVER NIGER In The Steam Vessels Quorra And Alburkah, In 1832, 1833, And 1834. Richard Bentley 1837. 2 volumes rebound black leather. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 62. Edmund H. Burrows. OVERBERG OUTSPAN. A Chronicle Of People And Places In The South Western Districts Of The Cape. 1988. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 63. Edmund H. Burrows. OVERBERG ORIGINS. The English-Speaking Swellendam Families. 1988. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 64. Gerard C. Bailey. SEVEN MONTHS UNDER BOER RULE. 1999. The Reverend Bailey was the Anglican vicar in the parish of St James in Dundee, Natal, during the boer occupation from 23 October 1899 to 6th May 1900. The diary covers from the declaration of war on 10th October 1899 to 15th May 1900 with a description of the battle and occupation of the town, and a day by day report thereafter. An interesting and well-written account. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 65. J.W. Matthews. INCWADI YAMI Or Twenty Years' Personal Experience In South Africa. Rogers & Sherwood 1887. Author travelled widely, particularly reporting on Natal, the gold and diamond fields, and many other matters and places of contemporary interest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 66. Osbert Wyndham Hewett. (Ed). '... AND MR. FORTESCUE'. A Selection from the Diaries from 1851 to 1862 of Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, K.P. This copy comes with a TLS from Osbert Wyndham Hewett. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 67. A. Myra Keen, & James H. McLean. SEA SHELLS OF TROPICAL WEST AMERICA. Marine Mollusks From Baja California To Peru. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 68. Vera Fretter & Alastair Graham. BRITISH PROSOBRANCH MOLLUSCS. Their Functional Anatomy And Ecology. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 69. E.C. Rios. COASTAL BRAZILIAN SEASHELLS. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 70. Germaine L. Warmke & R. Tucker Abbott. CARIBBEAN SEASHELLS. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 71. A. Gordon Melvin. (Ed. Vinson Brown). GEMS OF WORLD OCEANS. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 72. A.W.B. Powell. SHELLS OF NEW ZEALAND. An Illustrated Handbook. This copy has the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 73. Agnes Rissik. LETTERS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN. 1969. Covers such diverse historical episodes as the exhumation of Napoleon's body & the siege of Kimberley, while imparting family information for the Duncan, Alexander, Rissik, Altmann, & Leibbrandt families. The Rissik connection was Johann Rissik who was appointed by Louis Botha as the first Administrator of the Transvaal following Union in 1910. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 74. Library of Parliament. FRANCOIS LE VAILLANT. Copy No.1366 of 2500. 1973. 2volumes. Top-class reproductions of the original paintings, which were bought by the South African government and are in the library of the Houses of Parliament. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lot 75. Jennifer Verbeek, Mary Nathanson, & Elaine Peel. WEBB'S GUIDE TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF NATAL. An Expanded And Revised Edition With Indexes. 1984. This revised edition now lists the Natal colonial holdings of the South African Archives and other important South African libraries, this in addition to that held in five major Natal collections. A generally unobtainable reference work being a continuation of "A Guide To The Official Records Of Natal" originally compiled by C. de B. Webb in 1965 & 1968. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 76. Brian Kearney. ARCHITECTURE IN NATAL. From 1824 To 1893. 1973. The definitive reference to early Natal architecture. With over 500 illustrations and plans. Covers domestic and public buildings of the early colonial period, town planning, the influence of building techniques and materials, professional status and problems of architects, surveyors, and engineers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 77. Bouwer, J.S. & Louw, M.N. THE SAAF AT WAR 1940-1984. 1989. More than 750 photographs detail the SAAF involvement in war from the second world war, through the Korean war, and during the border wars., Includes three additional items. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 79. Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of South Africa. TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA REPORT. 5 volumes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 80. J.R.R. Tolkien. THE LORD OF THE RINGS. 3-volume set, in black slipcase. Houghton Mifflin. Boston 1967 2nd edition, revised with a new forward by Author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 81. Prince Alfred's Guard. PRINCE ALFRED'S GUARD. Centenary of the Battle of Umzintzani. December 2, 1877. First Battle Honour of Prince Alfred's Guard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 82. Captain Rodney Mundy. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN BORNEO AND CELEBES, DOWN TO THE OCCUPATION OF LABUAN from the Journals of James Brooke, Esq. Rajah of Sarawak, and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the Operations of H.M. S. Iris. 2 volumes. John Murray 1848. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 83. F.G. Brownell. NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL SYMBOLS and Flora and Fauna Emblems of the Republic of South Africa. 1993. Covers historical emblems in all areas up to and including contemporary useage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 84. R. Gerard. FLAGS OVER SOUTH AFRICA. 1952. Excellent colour reproductions of flags & ensigns, b/w reproductions of seals, with relevant history outlines. Early Portuguese, Dutch, English flags & ensigns as well as all South African flags for the earlier disparate republics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 85. Murray, John. & Biggs, Fran. (The Truth And Reconciliation Commission). MOMENTS OF TRUTH. 1998. This illustrates the work of the Commission from its formation to the final report. Deals with the human rights violations committee, the investigative unit, the amnesty committee, and the reparations and rehabilitation committee. List of staff, volunteers, major donors, to Sep. 1998. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 124. George McCall Theal. RECORDS OF THE CAPE COLONY 1797-1831. Copied for the Cape Government, from the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office, London. 36 volumes. 1897-1905. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 275. Don Briscoe. UPDATE. News You Can Use. 1997-2002. A monthly publication serving the South African tourist guide industry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 276. Transvaal Museum Services. OVERVAAL MUSEANUUS. 1974-1993. A review of the staff, activities, and collections of the many museums falling under the TMS at that time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 278. South African Institute Of Race Relations. FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM. 1994-2001. A quarterly liberal publication sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and The Westminster Foundation For Democracy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot 279. Society Of Bibliophiles. PHILOBIBLON. Journal Of The Society Of Bibliophiles In Cape Town. A full run from 1999 to 2010. Well researched articles of Africana interest. Print and illustrations to a very high standard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, we repeat our offer to assist you should you need help as a first-time bidder on the auction. Regards Ian Balchin. -- Fables Bookshop (Proprietor: Ian Balchin) Est. 1990 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa. 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