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Timed Online Auction 2 - 7 November 2021

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South African collectable books, including Hunting, Natural History, Boer War, Zulu War etc. Also a small collection of interesting items, such as lamps, wooden cabinets and collectables.
This is an ONLINE ONLY AUCTION, each lot will close in numerical order, starting with lot 1 at 2pm on Sunday 3rd Oct 2021- ending one lot every 30 seconds. If a lot receives a bid within the last 10 minutes it will remain open for an additional 10 minutes. If any further bidding occurs, the extension timer will reset to 10 minutes. If no further bidding activity occurs, the lot closes when the timer runs out.

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Wild Orchids of Southern Africa

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Author: Joyce Stewart, H.P. Linder E.A Schelpe, A.V. Hall. Publishers: Macmillan South Africa, 1982. ISBN: 0 86954 070 X. Hardcover with dust jacket, covered in plastic. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R300

Est.

R300 - R400

The Flame Trees of Thika - Memories of an African Childhood

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Author: Elspeth Huxley. Publishers: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1987, ISBN: 1-55584-144-9. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R400

Cinderella

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Illustrated by: Arthur Rackham. Told by C. Sevans. Publishers: William Heinemann, 1987. ISBN: 1 85152 055 4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R150

Ended

Est.

R300 - R400

In Tom's Footsteps

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Author: David Stubbs. Publishers: SElf. Softcover. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R100

Ended

Est.

R200 - R300

Southern African Plant Red Data Lists

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Edited by: Janice Golding. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 14 2002. Publishers: South African Botanical Diversity Network. 2002. ISBN: 1-919795-64-2. Hardcover. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R100

Est.

R300 - R350

Rare and Threatened Plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions

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Author: Rob Scott-Shaw. Published by Biodiversity Division, Scientific Services Directorate, 1999. ISBN: 0-620-24688-X. Hardcover. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R300

Sold R300

Est.

R500 - R600

The South African War - The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

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General editor: Peter Warwick. Advisory Editor: Professor S.B. Spies. Publishers: Trewin Copplestone Books, 1980. ISBN: 0-582-78526-X. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R200

Sold R250

Est.

R300 - R400

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa - 2 Books

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1. Indaba, my Children. Author: Vusamazulu C. Mutwa. Publishers: Blue Crane Books, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus. 2. Africa is my Witness.Publishers: Blue Crane Books, Johannesburg, 1966. Hardcover. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R200

Sold R750

Est.

R500 - R600

The Boer War - Illustrated Edition

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Author: Thomas Pakenham. Publishers: Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg, 1999. ISBN: 1 86842 074 4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R200

Est.

R300 - R400

A Fine Band of Farmers Are We

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A History of Agricultural Studies in Pietermaritzburg, 1934 - 2009. Author: Bill Guest. Publishers: Occasional Publications of the Natal Society Foundation, Pietermaritzburg, 2010. Softcover.Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R100

Est.

R200 - R300

Tracking Dog - Theory & Method

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The First Complete Guide to Successful Tracking Training for Novice and Expert.Author: Glen R. Johnson. Publishers: Barkleigh Productions, Inc. 2012. ISBN: 0-914124-04-8. Softcover. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R250

Est.

R200 - R300

Robert Godfrey - Publication of Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature

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Notes on Xhosa Lore and Language (1909 - 1934). Edited by Jeff Opland. Publishers: University of Kwazulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2019. ISBN: 978 1 86914 404 3. Softcover. Condition: good. Volume No. 7.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R200

Est.

R300 - R400

Safari - The Romance and the Reality

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Author: Molly Buchanan with Shan & Dave Varty. Publishers: National Geographic, 2003. ISBN: 0-7922-2765-4. Hardcover. Condition: good. Signed by the author. Note: The author is a prolific writer and lives in the KZN Midlands.

Starting Bid

R150

Ended

Est.

R300 - R400

The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa & Western Civilization and the Natives of South Africa - 2 Books

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By: I. Schapera. 1. The Khoisan Peoples. Publishers: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1951. Hardcover. Condition: fair 2. Western Civilization and the Natives of South Africa. Publishers: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, London, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R200

Sold R300

Est.

R500 - R600

An African Experience

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Description

Wildlife art and adventure in Kenya. Author: Simon Combes. Publishers: Clive Holloway Books, London, 1989. ISBN: 1 85310 124 9. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R100

Ended

Est.

R200 - R300

Resistance Literature - 3 Books.

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1. The soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter. Author: Albie Sachs. Publishers: David Philip, Cape Town, 1990. ISBN: 0-86486-173-7. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus. 2. The Free Diary of Albie Sachs. Publishers: Random House. Johannesburg, 2004. ISBN: 0-9584468-5-7. Softcover. Condition: good. 3. Slovo - The Unfinished Autobiography. Publishers: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. ISBN: 0 340 66566 1. Hardcover with dust jacket.Condition: good.

Starting Bid

R150

Ended

Est.

R350 - R400

Sugar Cane Industry - 2 Books

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1. My Working Life - Fifty Years in the Sugar Industry. Author: Gerald David Thompson. Publishers: self, 2006, ISBN: 0-620-35941-2. Softcover. Condition: fair plus. 2. The Old illovo. Authors: Robin McGregor & Dr Gerald Thompson. Publishers: Purdey Publishers, Rustenberg, 2007. ISBN: 1-919862-06-4. Softcover. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R100

Est.

R200 - R300

6th Battery Natal Field Artillery S.A.A.

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A Saga of Gunners in the Western Desert 12th August 1941 - 13 June 1942. Author: J.H. Newman and A.G. Vosloo. Publishers: authors, 1990. Softcover. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R150

Ended

Est.

R300 - R400

55 - 60 Years of Mountaineering in South Africa

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Description

Over 300 peaks ascended. Responsible for over 120 first ascents. Author: A.B. Berrisford. Publishers: Mills Litho. ISBN: 0 620 04770 4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R100

Est.

R300 - R400

Serpent Spires

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South African climbers profile the Drakensberg finest peaks. Author: Duncan Souchon. Publishers: Natanya Mulholland, 2005. ISBN: 1 86842 200 3. Softcover. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R50

Ended

Est.

R150 - R200

Long, Long Ago

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Author: R.C.A. Samuelson. Original Publishers: Knox Printing & Publishing Co., Durban, 1929.Reprint: T.W. Griggs, Durban 1974. Hardcover. Condition: fair Limited Edition.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R300

Est.

R350 - R450

My Chief and I

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Or, six months in Natal after the Langalibalele outbreak. Edited by: M. J. Daymond. Publishers: University of Natal Press, 1994. ISBN: 0 86980 886 9. Softcover. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R50

Sold R100

Est.

R150 - R250

Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand - 3 Books

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1. Gold Mining on the Witwatersrand, Author: C. Biccard Jeppe. Publishers: The Transvaal Chambers of Mines, 1946. Hardcover. Condition: fair. 2. Aspects of the gold Mining Industry of the Witwatersrand.. Author: John Martin. An address delivered before the Fifth Quinquennial Imperial Press Conference, JohannesbrugFeb 25th, 1935. 3. (Ex Library) 3. Struzenegger's The Rand Gold Mines Author: L.W. Parker, 1953. Hardcover. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R200

Sold R200

Est.

R400 - R500

Tobias in Conversation, Genes, Fossils and Anthropology

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Authors: Phillip Tobias with Goran Štrkalj & Jane Dugard. Publishers: Wits University Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-86814-477-8. Softcover. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R200

Sold R200

Est.

R400 - R500

First Steps in Civilizing Rhodesia

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Author: Jeannie M. Boggie. Publishers: Belmont Printers, Bulawayo, 1966. Hardcover. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R400

The Red Book - Wildlife in Danger

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Description

Authors: James Fisher, Noel Simon and Jack Vincent. Publishers: Collins, London, 1969.Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair.

Starting Bid

R50

Sold R50

Est.

R150 - R200

Dragon's Wrath - Drakensberg climbs, accidents and rescues.

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Description

Authors: R O Pearse and James Byrom. Publishers: Macmillan South Africa, 1986. ISBN: 0 86954 269 0. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R350

I Planted Trees

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Description

Author: Richard St. Barbe Baker. Publishers: Lutterworth Press, London, 1947. Hardcover. Condition: fair. Half leather / deluxe edition.

Starting Bid

R150

Ended

Est.

R300 - R400

Commando Courageous - A Boer's Dairy

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Author: R.W. Schikkerling. Publishers: HughKeartland, Cape Town, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair, some wear on dust jacket.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R350 - R400

The Folio Society - The Second World War, 2 Books

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1. The Second World War from Casablanca to Post-War Repercussions 1943 - 1945. Author: Martin Gilbert. 2. The Second World War from the Coming War to Alamein and Stalingrad 1939 - 1942. Author: Martin Gilbert. Publishers: the Folio Society, 2011. Hardcover in box. Condition: good plus, box some wear.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R400 - R500

The Folio Society - The First World War, 2 Books

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1. The First World War, The Widening War to Remembrance and Aftermath 1917 - 1919. 2. the First World War, From the Origins of the War to Verdun and the Somme 1914 - 1916. Publishers: The Folio Society, 2011. Hardcover in box. Condition: good plus, box some wear.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R400 - R500

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World - 3 Books (Vol 3,4 & 5)

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1. Volume 3 British & commonwealth AFV's 1940 - 1946. 2. Volume 4 American AFV's of World War II. 3. Volume 5 German AFV's of World War II. Publishers: Profile Publications Limited, 1973. 1972. 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus. There is a stamped name on the edges of the pages.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R400

World War II Battles - 2 books

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1. The Sidi Rezeg Battles 1941. Editor: J.A.I. Agar-Hamilton and L.C.F. Turner. Publishers: Oxford university Press, Cape Town, 1957. 2. Crisis in the Desert May - July 1942. Editor: J.A.I. Agar-Hamilton and L.C.F. Turner. Publishers: Oxford university Press, Cape Town, 1952. Hardcover with dust jackets. Condition: fair, dust jacket has some damage. There is stamped name on outside pages.

Starting Bid

R100

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R400

Cecil Higgs - Close Up

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Description

A Biography by D R Bertram. Publishers: William Waterman Publications, 1994. ISBN: 1 874959 06 4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R200

Ended

Est.

R350 - R400

Diamond Bozas, Life and Work

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Description

Publishers: Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-620-56967-5. Softcover. Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R150

Sold R150

Est.

R300 - R400

150 South African Paintings, Past and Present

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Description

Authors: Lucy Alexander and Evelyn Cohen Publisher: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd Date Published: 1990 Publication Place: Cape Town Condition: fair plus.

Starting Bid

R100

Ended

Est.

R300 - R400

Timed Online Auction 2 - 7 November 2021

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