Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium September Auction, Day 2, 91725, Constantia

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
421	William Makepiece Thackeray	THACKERAY'S WORKS (24 VOLUMES 1886 - 1895)	London	1891	ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
422		COOKE'S POCKET EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL & COMPLETE WORKS OF SELECT BRITISH POETS (8 VOLS.)	London	circa 1800's	ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
423		THE WORKS OF BEN JOHNSON (6 VOLS; 1716)	Lonodn	1716	ZAR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
424		THE COLLECTED POEMS OF ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE (VOLUME 1) by AE Waite	London	1914	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
425		THE POEMS OF MR GRAY (SECOND EDITION) by W Mason	London	1775	ZAR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
426	Dante Alighieri	LA VITA NOVA	London	1914	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	ZAR 676.50
427		THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE WITH CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS (6 VOLS; 1764)	London	1764	ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 6,150.00
428	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE	London	1962	ZAR 400.00 - 600.00	ZAR 492.00
429	Edward Gibbon	AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE	London	1764	ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
430		PAPERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY SOCIETY (LIMITED EDITION)	Cape Town	1963	ZAR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
431	GM Theal	A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO AFRICA	Cape Town	1963	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
432	various authors	BRENTHURST LIBRARY SERIES (SECOND SERIES, 12 VOLS; 2 ADDITIONAL COPIES)	Johannesburg	1985 - 1994	ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
433		BRENTHURST ARCHIVES (LIMITED EDITION; THREE VOLS)	Johannesburg	1994 - 1995	ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
434	Henry B. Wheatley	THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS EDITED WITH ADDITIONS (8 VOLUMES; 1904 - 1905)	London	1904 - 1905	ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	ZAR 11,685.00
435	William Styron	THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER	Pennsylvania	1976	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
436	Josephine Johnson	NOW IN NOVEMBER	Pennsylvania	1976	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
437	Sinclair Lewis	ARROWSMITH	Pennsylvania	1975	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
438	Margaret Mitchell	GONE WITH THE WIND	Pennsylvania	1976	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	ZAR 861.00
439	Sir P. Fitzpatrick	JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD (FIRST PRINTING)	London	1907	ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 9,840.00
440	Katherine Anne Porter	THE COLLECTED STORIES OF KATHERINE ANNE PORTER	Pennsylvania	1976	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
441	Upton Sinclair	DRAGON'S TEETH	Pennsylvania	1977	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
442	Louis Bromfield	EARLY AUTUMN	Pennsylvania	1977	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
443	Thornton Wilder	THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY	Pennsylvania	1976	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
444	D. H. Lawrence	THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY	London	1955	ZAR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
445	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	THE YEARLING	Pennsylvania	1977	ZAR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.