AntiquarianAuctions.com: Books - Internet Bidstart 4/18
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| Auction Name | Books - Internet Bidstart 4/18 | Total Sales (USD) | 39,246.00 |
| Auction Date | April 25, 2019 - April 25, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 40,225.00 |
| Sale Number | #74 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 49,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 479 | ||
| Sold Lots | 184 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 129,335.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 38.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 157,275.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 295 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 24.95% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnard, Andrew [Letters] | LETTERS FROM ANDREW BARNARD TO HENRY DUNDAS: |
1799-1800 | USD 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,825.00 |
| 3 | Alexis de Tocqueville | DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY |
1838 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,415.00 |
| 125 | Journal. | THE NORTHERN RHODESIA JOURNAL |
1950 -1965 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,155.00 |
| 396 | Timlin (William) | THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS |
No date (1923) | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,100.00 |
| 10 | Burgess (Anthony) | A CLOCKWORK ORANGE |
1962 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 8 | [Godlonton (Robert)] | A NARRATIVE OF THE IRRUPTION OF THE KAFIR HORDES (Scarce Grahamstown Printing) |
1836 - 1842 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 156 | Goldblatt (David) | PARTICULARS (Signed by the Photographer) |
2003 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 12 | Magic Lantern Slides - a collection. | Box: Presented by Railway Department of the Cape of Good Hope, 23 July, 1908. |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 630.00 | |
| 30 | Mining | The Revised Gold Law of 1896, for the digging for, and Dealing in Precious Metals and Precious Stones within the Z.A.R. |
1896 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 630.00 |
| 15 | Battiss (Walter) | HOME-COMING, Ten Drawings by Walter Battis. (Presentation copy) |
No date | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 235 | Braby A.C. [Publisher] | BRABY'S NATAL DIRECTORY 1920 |
1920 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 536.00 |
| 18 | Photograph Album (George Washington Wilson) | WILSON'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 473.00 | |
| 270 | Francois le Vaillant | Carte de la partie meridionale del l'Afrique |
1796 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 89 | William Eveleigh | South-West Africa. Formerly German South-West Africa. (in original dustwrapper) |
1915 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 93 | A. Boggie | From Ox-Waggon to Railway; being a brief History of Rhodesia and the Matabele Nation - (a very early Rhodesian printing 1897) |
1897 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 35 | Boddington, Craig | Search for the Spiral Horn - First Edition 528/1250 copies. Signed. |
2002 | USD 275.00 - 400.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 176 | Burchell (W.J.) | TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (De Luxe Edition) |
1967 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 306 | Goldblatt, David | SOME AFRIKANERS PHOTOGRAPHED |
1975 | USD 440.00 - 440.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 262 | Schulz (Aurel) & Hammar (August) | A JOURNEY UP THE CHOBE AND DOWN THE OKOVANGA RIVERS, |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 387.00 | |
| 96 | George Cawston, ESQ. | British South Africa Company. Detailed Reports. 1891 to 1895 (three reports bound into one volume) |
1891-1895 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 369.00 |
| 263 | Wallace (Edgar) | THE MISSION THAT FAILED (Author’s first book) |
1898 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 368.00 |
| 75 | John Steinbeck | The Grapes of Wrath (fine first British edition 1939) |
1939 | USD 350.00 - 350.00 | USD 367.00 |
| 340 | Ridsdale, Benjamin | Scenes and Adventures in Great Namaqualand |
1883 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 383 | William Charles Baldwin | African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi |
1863 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 452 | Grant Mackenzie, H. D. | A GLANCE AT INDIA (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR) |
1912 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 342.00 |
