AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 127, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Africanus (Johannes) | A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE OF AFRICA |
London | 1600 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,500.00 |
| 2 | Dutch East India Company Ships Medical reports: | ZIEKTEN AAN BOORD DE UITVARENDE SCHEPEN NAAR INDIE 1774-1783 |
1791 | USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3 | Crawford, A.B. (editor and publisher) | THE TRISTAN TIMES |
Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean | 1943 | USD 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 1,725.00 |
| 4 | Wright (The Rev. William) | SLAVERY AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE |
London | 1831 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | [Colenso (Bishop John William ) Translator:] | IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI ABANGCWELE [1858] - an original printing from Ekukhanyeni Mission Station, Natal |
Natal | [1858] | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,207.50 |
| 6 | Kaempfer (Engelbert) | AMOENITATUM EXOTICARUM POLITICO-PHYSICO-MEDICARUM FASCICULI V, |
Lemgoviae Lemgo | 1712 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | [BRINK, Carl Frederick] | NIEUWSTE EN BEKNOPTE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DER GOEDE-HOPE; |
Amsterdam | 1778 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | USD 1,725.00 |
| 8 | Barrow (John) | A VOYAGE TO COCHINCHINA IN THE YEARS 1792 & 1793: |
London | 1806 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Bouchenroeder (Baron B. F. Von) | REIZE IN DE BINNENLANDEN VAN ZUID-AFRIKA. GEDAAN IN DEN JARE 1803 |
Amsterdam & den Haag | 1806 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Gray (Thomas) | ODES |
Strawberry Hill / London | 1757 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | Doyle (Arthur Conan) | THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1901-1902) |
London | 1901 & 1902 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | De Launay (Louis) | THE DIAMONDS OF THE CAPE (1897) |
Paris | 1897 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Sparrman (Anders) | A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD |
London | 1944 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 14 | Stavorinus (Johan Splinter) | REIZE VAN ZEELAND OVER DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP, NAAR BATAVIA, BANTAM, BENGALEN, ENZ |
Leiden | 1793 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Prior (James) | VOYAGE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA, TO MOSAMBIQUE, JOHANNA, AND QUILOA; TO ST. HELENA |
London | 1819 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 16 | Paterson (Lieutenant William) | A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIA |
London | 1789 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,052.75 |
| 17 | Leyland (J.) | ADVENTURES IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA |
London | 1866 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 399.05 |
| 18 | Graham (Maria) | JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN INDIA |
Edinburgh & London | 1812 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Fernyhough (Thomas) | MILITARY MEMOIRS OF FOUR BROTHERS (1829) - author's inscription & with notes indicating this was working copy for another edition |
London | 1829 | USD 800.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Paton (Alan) | CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1948) - SIGNED |
London | 1948 | USD 650.00 - 650.00 | USD 1,872.20 |
| 21 | [Richardson (John F.), van Velden (Nelia), Davidson (Anthony D.) (compilers)] | SURVIVAL: WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS - OUT OF AFRICA (1990) - limited collectors' edition |
Gaborone, Botswana | 1990 | USD 240.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | de Dree (Stephane) | VOYAGE AUX MINES DE DIAMANTS DANS LE SUD DE L'AFRIQUE 1872-1877 [1878] |
[1878] | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | USD 80.50 | |
| 23 | Chilvers (Hedley A.) | THE STORY OF DE BEERS (1939) |
London | 1939 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | USD 69.00 |
| 24 | Taylor (The Rev. Isaac) | SCENES IN AFRICA, FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF LITTLE TARRY-AT-HOME TRAVELLERS (1820) |
London | 1820 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | USD 103.50 |
| 25 | Ivanoff (Victor) | DIE TWEEDE WERELD-OORLOG IN SPOTPRENTE "The Second World War in Cartoons" (1946) |
Johannesburg | 1946 | USD 140.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
