Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium November Auction, 111725, Constantia

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 17, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 273 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
241 Frederick J. Hatch and J.A. Chalmers

THE GOLD MINES OF THE RAND

London 1895 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 861.00
242 C. Biccard Jeppe

GOLD MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND (2 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1946 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,476.00
243 Owen Letcher

THE GOLD MINES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

Johannesburg and London 1936 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,476.00
244 Walter Hutchinson

CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF MANNERS RITES AND CEREMONIES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN ALL COUNTRIES by Walter Hutchinson (2 VOLS)

London 1912-1914 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
245

ILLUSTRATED TRAVELS: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY, GEOGRAPHY AND ADVENTURE Illustrated H. W. Bates (6 VOLS)

London c1868 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 7,995.00
246 Adolf Erman

LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT (FIRST EDITION)

United States of America 1894 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
247 by Arthur Silvia White

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

London 1890 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
248 William Henry Parr Greswell

GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA SOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI by William Henry Parr Greswell

Oxford 1892 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
249 George McCall Theal

RECORDS OF SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA

Cape Town 1964 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,936.00
250 W.J. Burchell Cape

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2 VOLS)

Town 1967 ZAR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 3,936.00
251 Henry M.

THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA: ITS TOPOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS

London 1875 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,337.00
252

A GROUP LOT ON DR. LIVINGSTONE

London 1880 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
253

WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (FIRST EDITION)

London 1839 ZAR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 5,166.00
254 Charles Bunbury

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE AT A CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: WITH EXCURSIONS INTO THE INTERIOR AND NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND THE NATIVE TRIBES

London 1848 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,198.00
255

SCRIPTA AFRICA SERIES (3 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1987, 1989, 1985 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,952.00
256 Gerald S. Cubitt, Arnold Helfet Cape

SOUTH AFRICA (SIGNED)

Town 1975 ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
257 John R Shorten

THE JOHANNESBURG SAGA (LIMITED EDITION PRESENTATION COPY; SIGNED)

Johannesburg 1970 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,706.00
258 Joyce Newton Thompson

A GROUP LOT OF BOOKS ON THE CAPE 1.) A Story of a House

Cape Town 1968 ZAR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 2,706.00
259

A GROUP LOT ON HISTORICAL SOUTH AFRICA 1.) A Very Smart Medal by Thelma Gutsche (Limited Edition, Signed by Author)

Cape Town 1970 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,460.00
260 Boet Dommisse and Tony Westby

SIMONS TOWN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS)

ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 861.00
261 Shan Varty and Molly Buchanan

I SPEAK OF AFRICA (COLLECTORS LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED)

Rivonia 1997 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,107.00
262 Abel Chapman

SAVAGE SUDAN: ITS WILD TRIBES, BIG-GAME AND BIRDLIFE

New York 1922 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,952.00
263 Donald Mackenzie

THE FLOODING OF THE SAHARA: AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROPOSED PLAN by Donald Mackenzie For opening Central Africa to commerce and civilisation from the North-West Coast with a description of Soudan and Western Sahara and notes of ancient manuscripts

London 1877 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 984.00
264

A VOYAGE TO THE RIVER SIERRA-LEONE: ON THE COAST OF AFRICA

London 1966 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
265 Dr. Jameson by P.E Aston

THE RAID ON THE TRANSVAAL (FIRST EDITION)

London 1897 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 ZAR 2,091.00
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