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

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Auction Report
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
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.