Hello, We list twelve lots on this auction. Mostly Africana
Among non-africana items there is an unusual small promotional title by Karl Lagerfeld published for the launch of his 'Jako' perfume, an attractive set of Churchills THE GREAT WAR, an interesting 1936 yearbook from the University of Arizona, and more. The auction opens for bidding later today. Details of the auction are to be found at: http://www.antiquarianauctions.com This is auction #92. It is open for bidding from today, Thursday 8th July, at 16.30 GMT and closes on Thursday 15th July 2021 at 16.30 GMT, ie. 18.30 local South African time. *** We have the following lots on offer: ------------------------------------- Lot 160 #27376 Edgar N. Barclay BIG GAME SHOOTING RECORDS Together With Biographical Notes And Anecdotes On The Most Prominent Big Game Hunters Of Ancient And Modern Times Witherby, London, 1932. Gilt on green cloth boards. 288pp illustrated. Covers many species of game throughout the world, individual chapters for many African species. Makes clear the enormous amounts of game slaughtered in the 19th and early 20th centuries. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/yjdev3mk Lot 161 #27277 . Dyer Ball THINGS CHINESE Or Notes Connected With China Kelly & Walsh, Hong Kong, 1903 4th ed. revised and enlarged. Black and gold on yellow pictorial boards featuring chinese lantern. 811pp. Author's 40 years in China had driven him to distill his knowledge into an alphabetical and encyclopedic format from Abacus to Zoology. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/46z75ycm Lot 171 #25216 William Charles Baldwin. (Illus. James Wolf and J.B. Zwecker) AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE From Natal To The Zambesi Including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 To 1860. Richard Bentley, London, 1863 2nd edition. Blue calf boards, 6 gilt panels to spine. marbled eps and edges. 451pp illustrated 8vo William Charles Baldwin has an honoured place in the gallery of Africa's white hunters of the nineteenth century. Arriving in Durban in 1851 he became one of this continent's great travelers, journeying between 12000 and 15000 miles with his wagons during the last three years of his wanderings. In 1860 he earned the distinction of becoming the second known European to reach the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/hybtbbca Lot 172 #26455 J.E. Burrows SOUTHERN AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES Frandsen Publishers, Sandton, 1990 Gilt title on dark green vynide boards. 359pp illustrated 56 colour plates (over 300 colour photographs) and line-drawings. This book describes ferns growing in forests, in grasslands, on high mountains, species surviving as resurrection plants in extremely arid habitats and a few that are even floating aquatics. The 343 species, including 12 introduced ones, are described and illustrated in detail. Every species is illustrated with colour photographs, and there are over 800 line drawings. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/3y9usk3h Lot 173 #27772 Urs Eggli SUKKULENTEN 343 Farbfotos, 15 Geographische Karten Und 5 Zeichnungen. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1994 1st edition Grey cloth boards. 336pp illustrated 4to. German language text. Covers the subject worldwide. Section headings: Botanische Grundlagen. Die Sammlung - Kultur Und Pflege. Lexikon Der Familien, Gattungen Und Arten (Mit Bestimmungs-Schlusseln). To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/42v87chv Lot 174 #16556 The Associated Students. University of Arizona. (Ed. Rosalie Kendall). THE DESERT 1936 Volume 26 The Associated Students, University of Arizona., Tucson, Arizona, 1936 Silver and brown embossed boards. 248pp illustrated b/w photos. coloured frontis. 4to. Yearbook featuring staff, faculty, fraternities, sports and social administration etc. Postcard-sized original photograph of the 'German Club' included. Full-page photographs in the 'Personalities' pages of Edith MacMahon, Mary Cox, Helen Doyle, and Edward Steichen (the noted photographer) who is is credited as 'selector of queen'. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/ytp3dzpr Lot 183 #27999 Karl Lagerfeld JAKO Steidl, Gottingen, 1997 1st edition. Black cloth boards, grey stamped title, 29 b/w images on black paper. thin card slipcase with title label to front. Author's own photographs, rather sombre imagery. This book was specially printed for the press launch of Karl Lagerfeld's JAKO perfume. Karl Lagerfeld asked publisher Steidl to create a book of his own photography for the press launch of his new perfume, 'Jako'. The publisher recounts: “As the books were placed on the seats, I realised they smelt very strongly of fresh ink on paper, and it didn’t strike me as the ideal situation for a perfume launch ... I told Karl that I didn’t think we should put out the books, but he simply replied: Rubbish! The smell of a freshly printed book is the best perfume in the world”. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/yfkeh2ud Lot 184 #28011 Winston S. Churchill. (The Right Honourable) THE GREAT WAR 4-volume set. Newnes / Home Library Book Company, London, post 1933. Gilt title on red blind-stamped leatherette boards (Red Cape Levant Moroquette), gilt and silver sword design to spine. t.e.g. 1668pp total illustrated b/w. 4 vols. An abridged and heavily illustrated version of Churchill's original 6-volume 'World Crisis'. The Home Library edition in 4 volumes was intended to reach a more general readership than the original 3 volume series. An attractive set. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/te7mpp7s Lot 185 #17114 F.K. Kendall THE RESTORATION OF GROOT CONSTANTIA Juta, Cape Town, 1927 Original gilt decorated navy blue cloth boards. 38pp illustrated plates, photos & plans. large 4to. The original Groot Constantia burnt down in December 1925. This gave the opportunity for a complete reconstruction, little more than piecemeal work having been carried out on an ad-hoc basis as necessary over the preceding years. Thus today we can all see the restored building in a better state than would have been otherwise. This text looks at the house and what was discovered of the construction, and covers in detail the methods of repair and restoration used to closely match the original in every way. To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/6h7axxvk Lot 186 #27335 George McCall Theal THE BEGINNING OF SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1902 1st edition. Red cloth boards. 502pp illustrated 8vo. Theal, in his Preface, notes: "In January 1986 I completed a small volume which was published ... with the title of 'The Portuguese In South Africa', and which is now out of print. The Preface to that volume was as follows:- " ...'South Africa' meant Africa south of the Limpopo. Mainly through the ability of one man ... Cecil John Rhodes - that expression today means Africa south of the Zambesi. The event which I took as an initial point - the arrival of Van Riebeek in Table Valley in April 1652 - has thus come to be incorrect for that purpose, the true starting point now being the arrival of D'Anaya in Sofala in September 1505. I have therefore written this volume, in order to rectify the beginning of my work" ". This work is much amended and increased in scope over the earlier one. It also contains photographic reproductions of an ancient plan of Sofala and the Baptism Of The Monomotapa, the latter having been taken from a picture in the Dominican House, Rome". To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/5cakb4j8 Lot 188 #25987 J.P.R. Wallis, I. Schapera, Constance E. Fripp, & V.W. Hiller. THE OPPENHEIMER SERIES Nos 1 to 9. (13 volumes). Chatto & Windus, London, 1945-1956 all 1st editions. Gilt device and title on red cloth boards. all volumes teg. rough-cut edges. large 8vo. A full set. Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia / Central African Archives. Oppenheimer Series. 9 titles, 13 volumes: No.1. The Matabele Journals Of Robert Moffat 1829-1960 (2 volumes). No.2. The Matabele Mission, A Selection From The Correspondence Of John And Emily Moffat, David Livingstone, And Others (1 volume). No.3. The Northern Goldfields Diaries Of Thomas Baines. First Journey 1869-1870 and Second Journey 1871-1872 (3 volumes). No.4. Gold And The Gospel In Mashonaland 1888. Being The Journals Of: 1. The Mashonaland Mission Of Bishop Knight-Bruce. 2. The Concession Journey Of Charles Dunell Rudd (1 volume). No.5. Apprenticeship At Kuruman. Being The Journals And Letters Of Robert And Mary Moffat 1820-1828 (1 volume). No.6. The Zambesi Journal Of James Stewart 1862-1863 With A Selection From His Correspondence (1 volume). No.7. The Barotseland Journal Of James Stevenson Hamilton 1898-1899 (1 volume). No.8. The Southern African Diaries Of Thomas Leask 1865-1870 (1 volume). No.9. The Zambezi Expedition Of David Livingstone 1858-1863. Journals and The Journals Continued With Letters And Despatches Therefrom (2 volumes). To see this item use this URL: https://tinyurl.com/vamcf63u Lot 199 #26291 F.E.G. Nilant DIE HOUT EN LINOSNEE VAN J.H. PIERNEEF Balkema, Cape Town, 1974 1st edition. Stone buckram boards with Balkema device to front. 197pp illustrated 4to. Afrikaans text. 165 items illustrated and discussed. "Pierneef painted Africa. His landscapes were different from anything seen in paint before. Baines, Oerder and others had painted the same scenes, but Pierneef saw them with new eyes. He created an original style out of this new subject matter" (Dr. Anton Hendriks). Pierneef's original style with simplified shapes and a small range of pale colours is instantly recognisable. 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