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Details of the auction are to be found at: http://www.antiquarianauctions.com This is auction #108. It is now open for viewing. Bidding commences on Thursday 6th July at 16.30 GMT and closes on Thursday 13th July at 16.30 GMT. ie. 18.30 local South African time. See Notes at end hereof for some additional details. We have the following lots on offer: ------------------------------------- Lot 10 Our Ref: #28554 Dr. Samuel Johnson A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals And Illustrated In Their Different Significations By Examples From The Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed A History Of The Language And An English Grammar Printed and Sold by John Jarvis, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, 1786 2 volumes. A-K ('A' to 'Kyd') & L-Z ('Left-handedness' to Zig-Zag'. Triple-column text. A sound and attractive set of this seminal work by Dr Johnson. The 1786 Jarvis edition is relatively scarce and that may be the only year in which it was so published. Specifically this edition does not mention 'John Fielding' as the seller of copies printed by John Jarvis, of which such copies are clearly extant. Modern binding, gilt on half leather, black over tan textured rexine with new eps and trimmed edges. With only light wear externally, this is a very attractive set. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/yc7e35dz Lot 106 Our Ref: #17002 Rowland Ward. (Ed. J.G. Dollman & J.B. Burlace) ROWLAND WARD'S RECORDS OF BIG GAME (1922) With Their Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, And Horn & Tusk Measurements Published: Rowland Ward. London 1922. 8th edition., London, 1922 8th edition. The only issue between 1915 & 1927 inclusive. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3evjmazk Lot 109 Our Ref: #19096 Edward Cole. Offset lithographic prints Nos. 1-12 inclusive. The artist, South Africa, late 1950s These drawings are top class artistic work of the style. There are four lingerie/swimsuit items, three sport items, three children items, and two scenic items of the Cape, numbered 1 to 12. Print No.12 shows a view from the Cape Town harbour towards Table Mountain showing the original Grain Silo which, transformed and renovated, became the world-famous Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa. Edward Francis Cole was a poster designer before the Great War. In the 1920s he also drew postcard art for Pictograph Publishing including the 'Kitten Series' and the 'Artistique Series' (glamour). His iconic 1930's posters for New Zealand Apples are well-known and highly collectable. He left England for South Africa after the war where he established himself as a successful commercial artist, his work including advertising brochures, book covers, and other illustrative work. These works date from this later period. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2p8rcpcz Lot 112 Our Ref: #24956 Major A. St.H. Gibbons (F.R.G.S). AFRICA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH MAROTSELAND. Volume 1. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1904 1st edition The author was in charge of the 1898 to 1900 expedition to Marotseland which was supported by grants from the Royal Geographical Society, Sir John Ardagh of British Military Intelligence, and the British South Africa Chartered Company. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/mw3pxfpu Lot 114 Our Ref: #26700 F.J. Du Toit Spies OPERASIE SAVANNAH. (Operation Savannah) Angola 1975-1976 S.A. Weermag. Pretoria 1989, Pretoria, 1989 1st edition Definitive history of Operation Savannah. Afrikaans text. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/yupkcmy8 Lot 116 Our Ref: #27185 Olive H. Palgrave TREES OF CENTRAL AFRICA Painted By ... National Publications Trust, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1956 1st edition With its extensive photographs and coloured plates this is still a standard work on the subject with informative appendices and indices. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3f36k3sz Lot 118 Our Ref: #27353 Ron Lock & Peter Quantrill. (Comps) THE 1879 ZULU WAR Through The Eyes Of The Illustrated London News Q-Lock / HMR, Natal, 2003. 1st edition Follows the war chronologically with text and illustrations culled from the weekly Illustrated London News. A colonial view of the war with some 200 illustrations. The original illustrations are now extremely collectable. Not generally realised is that the sketches by the various war artists were sent to Britain from South Africa and rendered by engravers working on teak wooden blocks. Foreword by David Rattray. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3n3u266r Lot 120 Our Ref: #27574 Oppi Untracht JEWELRY CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY Robert Hale, London, 1985 "The definitive guide and handbook for jewelry makers of all levels of ability. A unique reference source for those not active in the field but wishing to gain an understanding of jewellery-making. Traditional and innovative contemporary techniques are thoroughly described, making this the most comprehensive book on the subject. More than 900 photographs in colour and black and white illustrate work of all degrees of complexity and show the incredible range of concepts which jewellers in all times, including today, incorporate in their work. Historic, ethnic and contemporary jewellery by nearly 300 jewellers from 26 countries are grouped under particular technical processes. This arrangement dramatically illustrates the bonds between today's creative jewellers and their colleagues: historic style-oriented, and anonymous, tradition-dominated ethnic jewellers. The detailed text is accompanied by 377 illustrations showing tools and processes used to carry out particular techniques. In addition, thirty step-by-step photo demonstrations show master jewellers working from raw material to finished jewels, some of them revealing their methods for the first time. Supplemented by an extensive index, glossaries of jewellery forms and findings, and an international sources supply list, 'Jewelry Concepts and Technology' is indispensable for anyone interested in all aspects of jewellery making". To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/vc9addt5 Lot 123 Our Ref: #28283 Gilberto Ferrez O BRASIL DO PRIMEIRO REINADO VISTO PELO BOTANICO WILLIAM JOHN BURCHELL 1825/1829 (The Brazil Of The First Reign Visited By The Botanist William John Burchell, 1825 /1829). Fundacao Joao Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, 1981. 1st edition Limited edition signed by Author of which this is Copy No.185 of 1000 only. The print-run of this edition was 3000 copies total, 2000 of which were in paperback and 1000 in hardback. Gift inscription to Pieter Wolvaardt who was then with the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and stationed in the Consulate in Brazil. "Of the travelers who in the last century produced valuable visual documentation about Brazil, one of the least known is undoubtedly William John Burchell. This English wanderer, a singular combination of knowledgeable and artist, who moved with equal ease in the fields of science and the arts, botanist by training, painter and draftsman by irresistible vocation, after spending five years on the island of St. Helena and four in South Africa, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in July 1825, attracted by the exuberance of Brazilian flora. The city and its surroundings provide him with the first themes for his drawings in our country - precise drawings, meticulous in capturing the ambiance, in the reproduction of the architecture, rigorous in the visualization of the constructive elements, in the perspectives and in the proportions. fruit of this initial contact is the series of eight prints that form the majestic 360 degree panorama of Rio de Janeiro, taken from the top of the castle hill, an extraordinary set that has no parallel in the baggage of other artists who before and after him have dedicated themselves to portraying the carioca landscape". (Tr. DeepL.com). To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2es63844 Lot 126 Our Ref: #28374 M.S. Mani ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF HIGH ALTITUDE INSECTS Series Entomologica Vol.4. Dr W. Junk, The Hague, 1986 True 1st edition Chapter VII is devoted to The Mountains Of Equatorial East Africa. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2p6rwpxu Lot 127 Our Ref: #28401 R.F. Kennedy CATALOGUE OF PRINTS In The Africana Museum And In Books In The Strange Collection Of Africana In The Johannesburg Public Library Up To 1870 Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1975 1st edition Each item is referenced clearly and illustrated with a description. 2 volumes To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/4r4mcdf2 Lot 129 Our Ref: #28501 Carel Birkby (Ed). THE SAGA OF THE TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT 1932-1950 Howard Timmins for Hodder & Stoughton, Cape Town, 1950. 1st edition "This work is a continuation of the 'History Of The Transvaal Scottish 1902-1932' written by H.C. Juta". It records service in Somaliland, Abyssinia, and North Africa. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2u8ttzat Lot 130 Our Ref: #28503 Bohun Lynch A HISTORY OF CARICATURE 1st Edition Faber & Gwyer, London, 1926 Limited Edition, No.24 of 106. "This signed edition on English handmade paper is limited to one hundred and six copies, one hundred of which are for sale. This is Number: 24". To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3m3er6wh Lot 132 Our Ref: #28515 A.M. Buckton. (Alice Mary). THE BURDEN OF ENGELA. A Ballad-Epic Methuen, London, 1904 2nd edition Nice inscription by Author to ffep dd 1921. A collection of verse telling the story of a woman fighter in the Boer War. (Alice Mary Buckton had never been to South Africa). The 1st edition is scarce because a fire at the publishers destroyed a large amount of the edition. This 2nd edition has the same design of boards. Buckton (1867-1944) was an English educator, poet, community playwright, feminist and mystic. Buckton owned the Chalice Well and with others developed the gardens and waters for inspiration and healing. Her Chalice Well Trust ran this subsequent to her death. The entwined trees on the cover of the book recalls the design of the well cover with a similar design surrounding the vesica piscis central form. This was her second book of poetry. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/4hkptw26 Lot 133 Our Ref: #28521 Edgar Leopold Layard & R. Bowdler Sharpe. (Illustrated John Gerard Keulemans) THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA Bernard Quaritch, London, 1875 - 1884 New Edition. Thoroughly Revised And Augmented By R. Bowdler Sharpe Second edition This item was issued in (4) parts with plain or hand-coloured engravings. Subscribers were bound to take all parts which were then bound as one. The New Edition was much expanded by Sharpe and covered a larger area of South Africa than the first edition, the plates were new also - thus rendering this a much superior edition to the original. Half leather over marbled boards. teg. xxv + 890pp with 11 only of the 12 hand-coloured engraved plates present To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3992ewt4 Lot 134 Our Ref: #28560 Charles Dickens THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS Set of 20 leather-bound volumes Chapman & Hall, London, nd. "Charles Dickens" edition Attractive leatherbound set of Dickens that will fill a 460mm shelf space. Set of 20 leather-bound volumes. Gilt titling on half blue calf over maroon cloth boards. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/4ssa536y Lot 135 Our Ref: #28562 Hendrick Claudius. (Ed. Anna H. Smith) CLAUDIUS WATER-COLOURS IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM With Notes By Anna H. Smith City Of Johannesburg, Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1952 Frank Connock Publication No.1. Gilt title on tan phase box with matching silk ties on three sides. Contents: 35pp 'Notes' and 24 loose colour lithograph plates on heavy paper plus one black & white plate on coated art paper. The water-colours are attributed to Claudius who accompanied Olaf Bergh on his 1683 expedition to find the 'Copper Mountain'. The 'Notes' gives a detailed analysis of the history surrounding the plates as well as extensive comment on each plate. Also given are an identification key of the subject matter and a listing of works mentioning Claudius. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/5xsx4pta Lot 137 Our Ref: #28570 Sir Walter Scott WAVERLEY NOVELS 25 Volume set. Centenary Edition Adam & Charles Black, London, 1886-1887 Attractive leather-bound set of Scott that will fill a 680mm shelf space. Set of 25 leather-bound volumes. Gilt title on maroon half leather over marbled paper-covered boards. top edge gilt. green marbled eps. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/twpp8j6p Lot 138 Our Ref: #28593 J.A.I. Agar-Hamilton & L.C.F. Turner CRISIS IN THE DESERT May-July 1942 Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1952 1st edition As one of the three 'Oxford' volumes this forms part of the later 8 (9) volume Purnell official South African War Histories. It deals with the most critical phase of the Western Desert campaign of 1942. A full account of the battles of Gazala and the 'Cauldron', and the fall of Tobruk are given. It concludes with Rommel's invasion of Egypt, his victory at Mersa Matruh and his halting at El Alamein. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2ev9e93t Lot 148 Our Ref: #28032 John & Sandra Burrows. (Contribs. Duncan Butchart, Simon van Noort, & Geoff Nichols) FIGS OF SOUTHERN & SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA Umdaus Press, Hatfield, 2003 1st edition Provides detailed information on the 48 native figs (Ficus) of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, & Malawi. Also included are the commonly cultivated figs which were introduced into the region for economic and ornamental horticulture and the other members of the Fig family (Moraceae) found in the region, including the cultivated mulberry (Morus), the breadfruit (Artocarpus), and the timber tree which produces iroko lumber (Milicia). A total of 88 species are covered. Three contributors have written chapters in their own specialist fields. Duncan Butchart provides detailed insight into the role that figs play in the lives of birds, animals, and insects; Dr Simon van Noort illuminates the fascinating world of wasps and their involved relationship with figs, while Geoff Nichols covers the cultivation of figs. Introductory chapters provide a general background to the family Moraceae and figs in the African subcontinent. Each indigenous species has a distribution map, a detailed black and white illustration by Sandra Burrows and photographs depicting habitat, bark, leaves, and fruit. A key to the indigenous species in Southern Africa is provided. The authors traveled more than 70,000k through the above-mentioned countries to track down all but one of the species described in this book, this sorting out some of the nomenclatural problems with which tree-lovers are faced in this part of Africa. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/yemhyy8r Lot 149 Our Ref: #25222 G. Van Son THE BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Part 1. Papilionidae And Peiridae. Memoir No. 3, October 1949 Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1970 Reduced format reprint of original Transvaal Museum edition of 1949. Part 1 of the 3-part taxonomic, morphological and faunistic review of the Southern African butterflies largely based upon material in the Transvaal Museum. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/2p929nb8 Lot 150 Our Ref: #27777 James Edmund Granger. THE PTERIDOPHYTES AND CYCADS OCCURING IN LONGSHADOWS PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE, GILLITTS, NATAL University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, November, 1971 "Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of B.Sc. Hons. in the Department of Botany, University of Natal". This thesis includes a species list, illustrations and descriptions of species, detailed examinations of five transects, concluding with a glossary and a bibliography. This reserve is now part of the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve near to Kloof, Natal. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/4cau7eh5 Lot 151 Our Ref: #17929 Vera Fretter & Alastair Graham BRITISH PROSOBRANCH MOLLUSCS Their Functional Anatomy And Ecology The Ray Society, London, 1962. No.144 of the series. 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). Smith was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. The fish was named Latimeria chalumnae after Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer who saved the fish from an East London trawler's catch in 1938. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/3znpnukt Lot 156 Our Ref: #17931 A. Myra Keen & James H. McLean SEA SHELLS OF TROPICAL WEST AMERICA Marine Mollusks From Baja California To Peru Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1971 2nd edition 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). Smith was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. The fish was named Latimeria chalumnae after Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer who saved the fish from an East London trawler's catch in 1938. To view this book use URL: https://tinyurl.com/42sjdf6z Lot 165 Our Ref: #27271 H.R. Hepburn & S.E. Radloff HONEYBEES OF AFRICA Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1998 1st edition Gift inscription from Author (Howard Randall Hepburn) on dedication page. A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis. Includes an updated multivariate analysis of the subspecies based on the merger of the Ruttner database (Oberursel) and that of Hepburn & Radloff (Grahamstown) for nearly 20,000 bees. Special emphasis is placed on natural zones of hybridisation and introgression of different populations; seasonal cycles of development in different ecological- climatological zones of the continent; swarming, migration and absconding; and an analysis of the bee flora of the continent. The text is supplemented by tables containing quantitative data on all aspects of honeybee biology, and by continental and regional maps. 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