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Details of the auction are to be found at: www.antiquarianauctions.com Visit this site for fuller descriptions and images. You need to register to take part in the auction and 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. This is their auction #60 which runs from 6th August at 16.30 GMT until 13th August at 16.30 GMT. The Preview is now open. We have the following items on offer: Lot 171. #17929 Vera Fretter & Alastair Graham. BRITISH PROSOBRANCH MOLLUSCS. Their Functional Anatomy And Ecology. The Ray Society, London, 1962. With the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith to front pastedown (over that of Robin Stobbs who was also at the then J.L.B. Smith Institute, now the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)). Lot 188 #20568 Germaine L. Warmke & R. Tucker Abbott.CARIBBEAN SEASHELLS. A Guide To The Marine Mollusks Of Puerto Rico And Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda And The Lower Florida Keys. Livingstone Publishing Co, Wynnewood, Pensylvania, post 1970? With the bookplate of J.L.B. & M.M. Smith to front pastedown (over that of Robin Stobbs who was also at the then J.L.B. Smith Institute, now the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)). Lot 190 #24768 Captain Chas. L. Norris Newman. MATABELELAND AND HOW WE GOT IT. With Notes On The Occupation Of Mashunaland, And An Account Of The 1893 Campaign By The British South Africa Company, The Adjoining British Territories And Protectorates. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1895. Author's most elusive book needs no specific description apart from saying that this is required reading for all interested in the history of Rhodesia at that time. Lot 191 #24900 Charles L. Norris-Newman WITH THE BOERS IN THE TRANSVAAL AND ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1880-1. Wm. H. Allen, London, 1882. Provides a review of the history of South Africa to date as explanatory to the events comprising the First Boer War. A detailed and critical review by a non-combatant who spent time with the Boer forces. Contains a significant number of relevant appendices. Lot 193 #25209 Charles Sydney Goldmann. THE FINANCIAL STATISTICAL AND GENERAL HISTORY Of The Gold And Other Companies Of Witwatersrand, South Africa Effingham Wilson & Co / Argus Printing & Publishing, London, 1892. Provides General Information (embracing names of companies, capital, offices, officials), General History (financial and mining), Dividend Tables, Statistical Tables (showing gold returns, average yield of ore &c), and appendix with some updated information. Lot 201 #24600 General Sir Arthur Thurlow Cunynghame. MY COMMAND IN SOUTH AFRICA 1874-1878. Comprising Experiences Of Travel In The Colonies Of South Africa And The Independent States. Preferred 2nd edition with the extended Preface. Part 1 is an account of a journey from Cape Town to the Eastern Frontier, the Free State, & Basutoland. Part 2. describes a visit to Pondoland and to Natal. Part 3 describes the threatened rebellion in the Diamond Fields and the expedition sent to check it. Part 4 deals with the annexation of the Transvaal and Part 5 with the 6th Frontier Wars on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. Author was the Lieutenant Governor & Commander Of The Forces in South Africa. Lot 202 #24533 L. March Phillips. WITH RIMINGTON. Edward Arnold, London, 1901. Commencing from their Orange River camp, November 18th 1899, this covers the actions of Rimington's Guides (aka Rimington's Tigers, later Damant's Horse) at Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, Magersfontein, the Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Bloemfontein, the march to and from Pretoria. Also chapters on Prinsloo's surrender, and also farm burning. Very critical of the grievances of the Uitlanders as official reasons for the war, considering them as trumped-up to provoke the situation. Notably the book is dedicated to Lieutenant Gustavus Coulson of the King's Own Scottish Borderers who fell at Lambrechtfontein on May 19th 1901 bringing off a wounded man from under enemy fire for which he received the Victoria Cross. Lot 211 #24625 Henry H.S. Pearse. THE HISTORY OF LUMSDEN'S HORSE. A Complete Record Of The Corps From Its Formation To The Disbandment. Longmans Green, London, 1903. Formed in Calcutta in 1899 by Lt Colonel Dugald Mactavish Lumsden of the Assam Valley Light Horse, the Corps was raised from volunteers from various existing Indian regiments. The 250-strong Corps took part in the march to Bloemfontein, the occupation of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the pursuit of de Wet, and the Barberton & De Kaap Campaigns. Lot 212 #24555 & #24556 J.P. Mackinnon & Sydney Shadbolt. THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1879 plus THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1878-1880. Afghan Campaigns: Compiled From Official And Private Sources. Part 1. Historical Division. Part 2 Biographical Division. J.B. Hayward & Sons., London, 1973 / 1972. Two distinct volumes, sold together as a set. The South African Campaign of 1879: This volume contains: Cabinet photographs and biographical notices of 62 officers of the British Army & Navy who lost their lives during the campaign, including that of Lieutenant Thirkill of the 88th Regiment, which did not appear in the original edition of 1880. Summaries of all the British Regiments and Naval Brigades in the field. Separate records of almost every British Officer engaged. Accurate accounts of the various engagements. Maps etc. Afghan Campaigns of 1878-1880: This volume contains: One hundred and forty photographs with biographical notices, including officers who lost their lives during the campaign and those awarded the Victoria Cross. Movements in the field of all the British and Indian Regiments engaged. Separate records of nearly every officer employed in the war. A detailed sketch of the campaign. etc. Lot 213 #23196 C.G. Schillings. MIT BLITZLICHT UND BÜCHSE (With Flashlight and Rifle). Neue Beobachtugen Und Erlebnisse In Der Wildnis Inmitten Der Tierwelt Von Equatorial Ostafrika. R. Voigtlander, Leipzig, 1905. Inscribed "Percy Fitzpatrick, Henley, July 05". This was James Percy Fitzpatrick's own copy - excellent provenance. Lot 214 #24725 Ephesian. LORD BIRKENHEAD. Being An Account Of The Life Of F.E. Smith, First Earl Of Birkenhead. Mills & Boon, London, 1926. Inscribed to front pastedown thus: "J. Percy Fitzpatrick, Henley Dec 1926". (Fitzpatrick was a member of the Reform Committee which was involved in the abortive Jameson Raid which led directly to the Anglo-Boer War, and he was of course the author of 'Jock Of The Bushveld'). Lot 215 #14339 Patrick Campbell MacDougall Watson. I REMEMBER IT WELL. Being The Memoirs Of The Late Patrick Campbell MacDougall Watson. "This edition is limited to 15 copies". Unnumbered copy. Schooled at St Ninians in Dumfriesshire, and then at Fette. Came to East Africa in 1914 after some time spent in Malaysia and the 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 222 #23189 Juliet Fredrica Bader. "UBIQUE". Self, Durban, 1976. Copy No.12 of 20. This copy assigned to Jack and Cecily Niven with their name printed on the limitation page. Also an inscription to them "With love and grateful thanks for your help and encouragement. Juliet", plus a signed letter from Juliet to the Nivens covering the gift of this book. Includes Faller & Bader, Read, Wrightson, and Wise family trees. Records a 1923 trip to Petra, a 1927 trip to Siwa, Europe in 1929, Hong Kong & Japan in 1937, and South Africa in 1936. The Niven family lived on the farm 'Amanzi' and this is covered. The Bader family came to South Africa to live after the war and much of the writing throws sidelights upon those times. A last colour photograph shows 'grannie' (Juliet) surrounded by family in Chandolin, Christmas 1973, and the book concludes with the death of her husband Ernest in 1970. Cecily Niven was the daughter of Percy Fitzpatrick. Lot 223 #16510 Agnes Rissik. LETTERS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN. Self, Johannesburg, 1969. Copy No.321 of 350. Covers such diverse historical episodes as the exhumation of Napoleon's body & the siege of Kimberley, while imparting family information for 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. Interesting notes on the naming of Johannesburg. Regrettably this item does not include the separate booklet with family trees. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Any additional information, images, assistance, as required in connection with the above items and the bidding process can be provided on request. IMPORTANT: The items are on the auction and no pre-auction offers will be considered. Items will, if unsold, revert to our previous listed price and no post-auction offers will be considered. If you want to purchase the item as auction-level prices, please bid for it. No 'Buyers Premium' charged on this auction, which means that the purchaser is paying the hammer price clear of the surcharge levied by many other auction houses. Buyers Premium adversely affects the prices bid to the detriment of the seller. Bidding opens: 6 Jul 16:30 GMT Bidding closes: 13 Jul 16:30 GMT Successful bidding! We are available to list and auction collections of suitable material on your behalf. 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