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Lot 42
A UP5 DONNA CHAIR AND RED BALL OTTOMAN DESIGNED IN 1969 BY GAETANO PESCE FOR CASSINA & BUSNELLI ITALIA of female form, manufacturer`s stamp on the base ""The chair was actually designed to resemble a prehistoric, female fertility figure, with a ball attached to symbolize captivity: “In this design I have expressed my idea of women. A woman is always confined, a prisoner of herself against her will. For this reason I wanted to give this chair the shape of a woman with a ball chained to her foot to use the traditional image of a prisoner.”1 The unconventional nature of the shape also applies to the construction and marketing of the chair which was one of a series of six. Together they succeeded in marking a radical break from traditional upholstery production thanks to the technology developed by C & B Italia for creating oversized foam parts. “Donna” consists of a molded monoblock of foam without any supporting structure since the “foam rubber” is dense and free-standing."" 2
Lot 289
THE VICTORY STAMP ALBUM AND THREE OTHERS WITH MISC COLLECTION OF WORLD STAMPS, mainly early Twentieth Century TOGETHER LOOSE COLLECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY MINT STAMPS, some in original Philatelic postage packs including Special Approvals together with loose OLD ALBUM LEAVES, with misc nineteenth century and later GB world stamps
Lot 1101
A Fancy Shaped Diamond Set Ring, with rows of channel set brilliant cut diamonds centrally, to domed shoulders inset with round brilliant cut diamonds, on a chunky white shank, total estimated diamond weight 0.60 carat approximately, finger size O The ring is in good condition. It has a stamp, which has not been deciphered. In our opinion it would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI1/SI2/I1. Gross weight 11.0 grams. CR made 4th March 2014
Lot 1125
A Silver Brooch, by Georg Jensen, numbered 256, in the form of a kneeling deer, measures 4.6cm by 3.7cm The brooch is in good condition. It fastens with a pin and revolver catch. It is stamped `GEORG JENSEN` and `STERLING` and `256`. It is hallmarked with maker`s mark `GJLd`, London, and the date stamp is not formed. Gross weight 15.6 grams. CR made 2nd April 2014
Lot 1138
A Diamond Solitaire Pendant, the round brilliant cut diamond in a yellow four claw setting, on an 18 carat gold fine figaro link chain, estimated diamond weight 0.35 carat approximately, chain length 43cm The necklace is in good condition. It fastens with a bolt ring catch. The pendant bears no hallmark, nor stamp, but in our opinion it would test as gold. The necklace is hallmarked with sponsor`s mark `MST`, Sheffield (import), 1989. The approximate qualities of the diamond are; colour G/H, clarity SI1/SI2. Gross weight 3.4 grams. CR made 15th April 2014
Lot 1156
A Stone Set Bracelet, circa 1880, comprising octagonal panels each inset with a gemstone; amethyst; citrine; garnet and aquamarine, and alternated with panels set with split pearls in blue enamelled frames, length 17cm, with a loose garnet set locket heart shaped pendant, in a fitted case The bracelet is in good condition. The locket loop is damaged and the bracelet appears to have been altered so the locket is no longer suspended. It fastens with a tongue and box catch. It bears no hallmark, nor stamp. Gross weight 33.0 grams. CR made 2nd May 2014
Lot 1160
A Bug Brooch, circa 1900, the bug set with a peridot and seed pearls, on a bar, length 4.5cm The brooch is in good condition. It bears no hallmark, nor stamp, but in our opinion it would test as gold. It fastens with a pin and hook catch and features a safety chain. Gross weight 4.2 grams. CR made 2nd May 2014
Lot 1175
A Pair of Diamond Trio Cluster Earrings, each with three round brilliant cut diamonds in yellow claw settings, total estimated diamond weight 0.60 carat approximately, with post fittings for pierced ears The earrings are in good condition. They bear no hallmark, nor stamp, but in our opinion they would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour G/H/I, clarity SI1/SI2/I1. Gross weight 1.6 grams. CR made 15th April 2014
Lot 1207
A Diamond Solitaire Ring, the old mine cut diamond in a white millegrain fronted setting, on a yellow tapered shoulder shank, estimated diamond weight 1.50 carat approximately, finger size P The ring is in good condition. It has a worn stamp `18CT` and in our opinion it would test as platinum fronted gold. The diamond measures 6.93mm x 6.25mm x 5.08mm. The approximate qualities of the diamond are; colour tinted yellow, clarity SI1/SI2. Gross weight 2.2 grams. CR made 14th April 2014.
Lot 1227
A Diamond Solitaire Ring, a round brilliant cut diamond within four claws, in a squared setting, to a chunky mount, with lined decoration, estimated diamond weight 0.45 carat approximately, finger size M1/2 The ring is in good condition. It is stamped `585` and in our opinion it would test as gold. It is also stamped `HT` and with another indetermined stamp. The approximate qualities of the diamond are; colour I/J, clarity SI1/SI2. Gross weight 7.4 grams. CR made 16th April 2014
Lot 369
•ANNIE FRENCH (Scottish 1872 - 1965) THE DREAMLAND EXPRESS Signed pen, ink and watercolour, 25.5 x 38cm (10 x 115") Provenance: John McGhie, artist (1867 - 1952), thence by decent Annie French was born in Glasgow, studied at Glasgow School of Art working with Jessie Marion King as a pupil and later teacher. She exhibited at The Brussels Salon in 1903. Best known for her illustrations of fairy tales and poems. The accompanying letter also reveals another side of the artists life. Translation of The Annie French letter; Inner envelope: Eaglesmore, 2 Trinity Rise, Tube Hill, London, SW2 31/2p stamp inscribed for sixteen prints from Mr & Mrs McGhie for two watercolours, many thanks, Annie French March 24 - 1919. Envelope addressed to: Mrs John McGhie, 351 Renfrew Street, Glasgow Letter reads; February 2, 1919 Dear Mrs McGhie Thank you so much for the £6 which came safely. I hope you won`t tire of the little picture. I am not sure which one it is as Mr Gibson had had several one or two of which had gone the way of - not - all pictures some time before. I am so ashamed of the trouble in Glasgow. One has always felt proud of Glasgow but it has always had the black mark upon it in socialism. Just one, but so bad. The socialists just live for themselves and the present. They don`t see that through the generations there`s a rise and fall in degree, that a peers grand children may some of them fall down to the gutter, while an uneducated man`s grandson through his fineness, may have reached the highest position in life. It seems so wrong that unreasoning brainless workman should get equal rights with men who have to direct them in everything they set to do. What could they do but break stones and heads if the employees of labour want a strike. The children are being educated and they would settle the future nicely when they grow up, but in the meantime their fathers will wreck everything I suppose. It is expected that London will be in a bad state by next Thursday. It is in the air, you see groups of fellows talking loudly and laughing in a raised kind of way, not talking about the strikes, perhaps just about ordinary things, but one sees that they are excited when a decent looking business man in the darkness said `wah wah wah!, to me I thought he was Bolshevist or Bolshevian or whatever they are called - but I found he was just talking to his little dog. You see how excited I am myself, but I am so miserable that we can`t have peace and happiness now the war is over. Here is the formal - or rather informal acknowledgement of the money. It is a little cottage to go by the Dreamland Express. When you happen to dream that the Bolshevians are swarming over the town. I am sorry it isn`t a better cottage but it is Sunday night, my letter writing night and I need to hurry. So thanking you again and with my love I am ever sincerely Annie French. I got your letter here when we arrived from Glasgow, by mistake it had been not forwarded to me but I didn`t receive one from Mr Gibson which he told me had been sent about that time. The watercolour of the thatched cottage doorway bears a one penny stamp inscribed; `To acknowledge with a kiss six pounds from Mrs John McGhie for a watercolour, January 28th 1919.
Lot 564
A Dinky Toys Dublo Bedford flat truck, No 066, and eight other Dublo vehicles, all boxed (9) Condition report Report by MW Bedford Flat Truck - No 066, grey. Paintwork in good condition. Rubber tyres not perished. Original box. One very small stain to the one end, some discolouration commensurate with age. Light buffing to corners. Bedford Articulated Flat Truck - the yellow cab having some chips to the paint, but having a good gloss finish. Original grey rubber tyres not perished, the red trailer having some very small paint chips, and grey rubber tyres not perished. Original box with light discolouration. One small stain to the flap end, light buffing/bruising to the corners of the box. One flap end very slightly torn on the crease. Morris Pick-up. Red paint has very small paint chips and good gloss finish. Original grey wheels not perished. Original box in good condition. Ford Prefect, 061, fawn paintwork in good condition with one small chip on the roof, just above the windscreen on the driver's side, paint finish in good condition. Original box in good condition with one small stain to an end flap and pencil price of 1/9, and some small scuffs to the corners. Singer Roadster, 062, orange paintwork with some chips on the wings front and rear, good gloss finish, original grey rubber tyres not perished, original box in good condition, one end flap having a pencil price 1/9. Commer Van, 063 , paint finish good, having a good gloss, having original box, one end flap having a pencil price 1/9, and there is a stain on one side (small) and the edges of the flaps have some minor knocks. Austin Taxi, 067, two tone blue and cream, paintwork having a good gloss finish, and having a couple of very small paint chips, the original grey rubber tyres not perished, having original box, one end having a creased flap, and also the corners of the box are slightly knocked. Austin Lorry, 064, paintwork having a good gloss finish, the original grey rubber tyres are not perished, having original box in good condition, one inner flap end having a stamped reference number. Royal Mail Van, 068, good gloss paint finish, Royal Mail transfers good, there are some minor paint chips to the corners of the roof and the rear doors, having original grey rubber tyres which are not perished, the original box in good condition with light scuffing to the corners, and one inner end flap has an ink stamp reference number.
Lot 584
An album of GB stamps, Queen Victoria onwards See illustration Condition report Report by RB The £1 lilac stamp: the photograph should give you the best indication of condition, and you will no doubt notice, the top left hand perforation which is missing, in a modern album. The number under the stamp (printed on the paper) is 129.
Lot 1
Anglo-Zulu War 1879: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF CAPTAIN THE HON. FITZWILLIAM ELLIOT (1849-1928) A group of 13 letters and 2 continuations to his mother written between 20th May and 4th August 1879 whilst on active service in Zululand by Captain the Hon. Fitzwilliam Elliot, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (93rd Foot), son of the 3rd Earl of Minto and younger brother of the 4th Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India. Most with the envelopes addressed to his mother the Countess of Minto at 48 Eaton Square, London or Minto House, Hawick, N.B., with the 6d rubber stamp – ‘On active service in the field, no stamps procurable.’ The letters are closely written on 74 pages of folded blue note paper each 200 x 125 mm. Elliot, as an experienced officer and from a privileged social position, provides valuable insight into the campaign and the organisation of the army. Also included: Four carte de visite photographs, two of Elliot himself which are inscribed in his hand on the back, ‘Self on joining 93rd in 1867`, and one each of his mother and father the Earl and Countess of Minto.A carte de visite photograph of John Dunn taken by B.Kisch, Photographer & Artist, Durban, Natal. Elliot’s ‘Record of Services of Hon. William Fitzwilliam Elliot.’ Army Form B.199, printed on blue paper. Elliot’s commission appointing him Captain on 19th October 1878. Elliot left England aboard the Conway Castle on 20th May 1879 and arrived in Cape Town on Friday, 6th June. He stayed at Government House where he was privy to some of the gossip in high places surrounding the war and the recent death of the Prince Imperial. He comments about Lord Chelmsford, ‘He has excellent officers in his army but cannot apparently get them to pull well together owing in a great degree to the unpopularity of Col. Crealock his military secretary….Now I am not with the army yet and am quite at liberty to tell you everything I hear of my future Commander in Chief and in saying that I believe Frere has little confidence in him, there is the impression the staff here has given me and of course in giving it to me they know, probably wish, that I won’t keep it to myself. No one seems to expect the war to end this year.’ He departed on 9th June aboard The Melrose arriving in Durban on Saturday 14th June where he received orders to joint Lieutenant-Colonel Crealock’s column on the Tugela River. He comments about the Prince Imperial’s death, ‘I think as usual people are hasty in their strong condemnation of (Captain) Carey. I don’t know him, but I do many of his friends and they all say he a good fellow but not a brilliant one. He is to be tried and I am afraid will be found guilty in which case there is no choice of punishment. It is a very nasty business.’ By 30th June he was at Camp Durnford where his detachment was involved with raiding the Zulu kraals and where they anticipated an advance to Ulundi and the arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley by ship. However Wolseley was unable to land owing to rough seas and was forced to return to Durban. Elliot describes meeting John Dunn. There is evident frustration with Crealock’s slow progress, ‘His staff did all they could to make him move, but no, he would do nothing…he has had a grand chance and lost it and I should doubt his ever receiving another good command. If he does I hope I shan’t be serving under him.’ In a letter dated Camp Durnford, 10th July, he describes the cavalry and ‘Dunn’s men’ moving in support of the advance towards Ulundi and meeting the first Zulu warriors who had been present at the battle of Ulundi on 5th July and the news that Cetshwayo had escaped with one regiment to the north. On 13th July he writes of receiving the first dispatches from Lord Chelmsford’s column about the victory at Ulundi. Happiness at this success is tinged with disappointment and discontent with Crealock for not having pressed on more vigorously. ‘Yesterday I was speaking to Sir Garnet who asked me if I have been lucky enough to see anything and I answered that I had been so far fortunate in having seen everything that was to have been seen with the column since its advance, but that was almost nothing…..on which Sir Garnet replied that, “ I should have thought not of what the column should or could have done, but rather by what sort of man it was commanded.” These are strong words for the C. in C. to use to me….’ He continues describing his own personal experiences, ‘I have therefore been very lucky in being attached to the cavalry and seeing more action than anyone not belonging to it. They have been doing all the dirty work for months past. In such a war there is nothing to be gained except by very fear and no glory in defeating such savages against whom there is no feeling of enmity but rather the opposite. I have taken rather a fancy to the Zulus, they are always so thoroughly manly, they never look cowed, but hold themselves always like men, never appearing angry, nor even humiliated at the loss of homes, cattle, women, everything indeed which they possess.’ On 19th July he writes describing a parade at which Wolseley presented Chard with his V.C. for his role at Rorke’s Drift commenting, ‘He (Chard) is a rum’un to look at, and most unprepossessing. It is generally considered that the V.C. is a most unsuitable reward and it would have been better to have given something else. Chard was the senior officer at Rorke’s Drift and got the chief kudos, whereas Bromhead was in point of fact in charge of the fighting element. The man to whom the chief credit for the defence of the post in given is a commissariat officer, but as he is a non-combatant it is probably his doings which will never be known beyond the troops here. Pearson has returned to England where probably he will be made much of, greatly to the amusement of all here. He is quite universally considered to be one of the greatest muffs this war has produced.’ In a letter dated 5th August Elliot gives a very detailed account of the composition of the 1st Division (Crealock’s column) naming all the senior officers and comments on them. He describes the equipment carried by the men and their rations, and also the transport wagons and what they carried. The final letter, dated at Ulundi, 12th August 1978. William Fitzwilliam Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, retired from the army as a Lieutenant-Colonel. His service records show that prior to Zululand he had served in Nova Scotia in Canada. In his final letters he makes mention of wishing to be posted back to Canada where there was evidently a romantic interest for on 4th February 1880 in Halifax he married Elizabeth Fanny Rutherford. They had three children. His son ‘Jock’ served in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. After the Zulu campaign Elliot served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General Dublin District 1881-1884, in the War Office from 1884-89 and North East District 1889-92. He published two books, The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto (1897) and The Battle of Flodden and the Raids of 1513 (1911).
Lot 3
Alexander (Sir James Edward) AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 8vo (210 x 125 mm) Through the hitherto undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, performed Under the Auspices of Her Majesty`s Government, and the Royal Geographical Society. 2 volumes, xxiii, 302 + viii, 306 pages followed by 6 pages of the publisherÂ’s catalogue, engraved frontispieces in each volume, folding map, 6 engraved plates and 7 engravings in the text, original blind stamped blue straight grained cloth, titled and decorated gilt on the spines, edges uncut, original endpapers intact, bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages, light offsetting of the frontispieces onto the title pages, contents bright, a very good copy with the plates free of usual oxidisation. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1:20-21: `He proceeded to Namaqualand and Damaraland, which countries were very little known at the time. Leaving Cape Town in 1836, he traversed these regions in an ox wagon, and went through a large part of South West Africa arriving at Walvisch Bay almost exhausted with the difficulties of travel and want of water. He succeeded in obtaining a good collection of zoological and other specimens, many of which were at that time unknown to the scientific world. The volumes contain an account of the social condition of the Namaquas, Bushmen and Damaras.` Very good London Henry Colburn 1838
Lot 4
Arbousset (Rev. T.) & Daumas (Rev. F.) NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY TOUR TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 8vo (220 x 140 mm) Translated from the French by John Croumbie Brown. xii, 313 pages (the page numbers 249-256 are used twice so 321 pages in all), quarter black morocco with grey cloth sides, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page, a very good copy of the first Cape Town edition. A South African Bibliography, volume I, page 80, originally published in Cape Town in 1846, “a small impression was thrown off at the Cape for circulation amongst the friends of the mission.” From the preface to the London edition published in 1852. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1:49-50, `An account of a tour taken by two French Protestant missionaries who were settled in Basutoland, to that part of South Africa between the Orange and the Vaal Rivers, which was mainly inhabited by the Bechuanas. The tour lasted about three months, and much of the information published was related for the first time, including notes on the Bushmen, Corannas, Basutos, Bechuanas, Griquas, Zulus, and other nations, with chapters on botanical and geological matters, hunting and even literature. There is a full account of the Zulu army, including the names of the regiments, together with those of the Commanders, Lieutenants, and sub-lieutenants, and there are interesting accounts of Chaka and Dingan, with a description of the death of the former, and an ode to the later. There is a short history of the Bechuana tribes’. Very good Cape Town A.S., Robertson. Saul Solomon & Co., St George`s Street 1842
Lot 5
Barrow (John) AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 4to (270 x 215 mm) In the years 1797 and 1798: including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; And sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed a description of the present state, populations, and produce of that extensive colony; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels. 2 volumes: I. viii, 419, (i errata). II. xi, (i errata), 452 pages, folding aquatint plate with sepia tint of `Entrance to Cape Town from Green Point` as frontispiece in volume 2, large folding map in volume 1, 8 smaller maps - two partly coloured and folding - one the Military Plan of the Cape Peninsula, contemporary full diced calf neatly rebacked with new spines which are titled and decorated in gilt and blind in panels and with the arms of Sir Richard Borough (1756-1837) of Basildon Park, Berkshire stamped in gilt on the upper covers, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages. The folding map is foxed and strengthened with tape at all the folds, the first gathering in volume I is detached, apart from some light offsetting from the maps the contents are in very good condition. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1:87-88. ‘Barrow was attached to the staff of the Earl of Macartney, one of the governors of the Cape Colony during the first occupation by the British. Barrow accompanied an expedition from Cape Town to Graaff-Reinet, and another to Namaqualand, and he gives an excellent description of the country traversed, particularly with regard to the botany and zoology of these regions. He provides significant evidence of the alleged brutality of the Boers to their slaves and Hottentot servants, and there is a description of the characteristics, habits, and customs of the various native races.’ Good London T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1801-1804
Lot 6
Campbell (Rev. John) TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 8vo (215 x 140 mm) Undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society; being a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country. 2 volumes, I. vii (including the advertisement leaf), xii + 322. II. 384 pages, hand coloured aquatint frontispiece in each volume, 10 hand coloured aquatint plates, folding map coloured in outline, repaired at first fold, handsomely bound in three-quarter crimson morocco with contrasting title labels and gilt decoration on the spines, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages, minor repairs to some staining at the top of the frontispiece and title page and title page in volume I, very good set. ‘Upon the death of Dr J.T. van der Kemp the London Mission Society sent Campbell to South Africa to visit and report on their mission stations. Campbell was the first missionary traveller to undertake a long journey into the interior, visiting far-flung missions. From Bethalsdorp he went to Graaff Reinet where he met the traveller W.J. Burchell. Finally after crossing the Orange River he reached Klaarwater mission station and advanced to Lattakoo and beyond, north-west of Malapeetze. When he was returning from this first journey of 4,800 kilometres, Campbell followed the South Bank of the Orange River for 960 kilometres, 480 kilometres on foot, in a region little known to Europeans. Having reached Pella he turned south via Silwerfontein where Cornelius Kok lived and where he received valuable information about Namaqualand, Damaraland and the Bushmen. He also brought back natural history and geological specimens for the L.M.S, museum. In November 1818 Campbell, accompanied Dr John Philip aboard the Westmoreland, made his second voyage to Cape Town. He, Philip and Robert Moffat visited the eastern part of the Colony until halted by the Fifth Frontier War (1818-19). He then set out on his second journey into and beyond the known interior, proceeding further north than in 1812 via the Orange River to Griqua Town and Lattakoo. He returned to Cape Town where he remained for several months before returning to England in November 1820.’ Dictionary of South African Biography, volume 3, pages 127-8. Very good London Printed for the Society 1822
Lot 8
Leyden (John) HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 8vo (210 x 135 mm) By the Lates John Leyden, M.D. Enlarged, and Completed to the Present Time. With illustrations of its geography and natural history, as well as of the moral and social condition of its inhabitants, by Hugh Murray.Esq., F.R.S.E. 2 volumes: xx, 512. II. viii, 536 pages, large folding map of Africa as frontispiece in volume I and another smaller folding map as frontispiece in volume II, 4 other maps – 1 folding, recent mottled half leather with red title labels on the spines, brown cloth sides, bookplate in volume I and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages. A very good copy. A compendium of travels drawn from a wide variety of sources including those of the ancients and the middle ages and recent travellers up to the time of publication in 1817. For instance travellers in Southern Africa quoted include Kolben, Sparrman, le Vaillant, Barrow, Truter & Sommerville, Lichtenstein, Campbell and Burchell. Very good Edinburgh, George Ramsay, and London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1817
Lot 9
Lichtenstein (Henry) TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 4to (282 x 216 mm) In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. Translated from the Original German by Anne Plumtre. Two volumes: I. xii,183, (xxxi appendix and index). II. xiv, 368, (xxvii appendices and index) pages, folding map, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in volume I, 8 engraved plates – 2 folding (the folding plate in volume II `A View of the Karree Mountains with Ostriches and Quaggas,` is usually bound in as the frontispiece but in this copy appears at page 209), full red leather with blue leather title labels and gilt decoration on the spines, top edges marbled, other edges gauffered, bookplates on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages. The text in volume 1 is a little browned and signatures (Gg) pages 225-232 and (Uu & Xx) pages 329-334 are heavily foxed as usual, the text in volume 2 is clean and bright with some light foxing and offsetting on the plates. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1.899. ‘Dr Lichtenstein was tutor to the son of Governor Janssens of the Cape Colony. The author offers a criticism of Barrow in his references to earlier travellers, accusing him of being `totally unacquainted with the general habits and mode of life of the colonists...` Lichtenstein travelled with the Governor through the interior. Bushmen and Bechuanas are described and the information about the wild life and their natural surroundings is recorded in detail.’ Good London Printed for Henry Colburn 1815
Lot 10
Lucas (Captain Thomas J.) PEN & PENCIL REMINISCENCES OF A CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 4to (290 x 210 mm) Illustrated with Twenty-one Beautiful Colour-tinted Lithographs. By Captain Thomas J. Lucas, Cape Mounted Rifles. 35 pages of letterpress, hand coloured lithographic frontispiece, additional hand coloured title page and 19 hand coloured plates each with tissue guards, original brownstraight-grained cloth, covers blind stamped and titled and decorated in gilt on the upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. The cloth is split and lifting for forty millimetres along the spine, top corner of the front free endpaper missing, the hinges are splitting and the binding has been strengthened (the original binding was made with gutta-percha – a latex solution derived from the Palaquium tree – which over time dries and cracks. Almost all books bound in this way in the 19th century now need the attention of a bookbinder), the frontispiece and title page are lightly foxed, some foxing on the other plates but this is mainly restricted to the backs of the plates, the hand colouring remains bright, the text pages are generally unaffected. Overall a good well coloured copy. Good London Day & Son No date (1861)
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Paterson (Lieutenant William) A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS 4to (295 x 225 mm) AND CAFFRARIA IN THE YEARS ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE. Illustrated with a map and seventeen copper-plates. First edition: vi, ix-xii, 171 pages followed by iii index, (i) errata and directions of placing of the plates, 17 engraved plates (15 of botanical subjects and two of Bushmen habitations and Hottentots), folding map at the end, half green morocco with marbled paper sides and endpapers, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. Corner of the first page of text has been torn away and neatly repaired, small tear in the margin of leaf 60/61, a tear through leaf 123/4 has been repaired – the front edge of this leaf is soiled and frayed, tear in the upper margin of the folding map which does not affect the printed area. The text and plates are bright with only some very faint occasional foxing. Paterson, William (1755-1810) PATERSON, WILLIAM (1755–1810), traveller and lieutenant-governor of New South Wales, was born on 17 Aug. 1755. He entered the army at an early age, but not before he had developed a strong liking for natural history, especially botany. The interest and patronage of Lady Strathmore enabled him to gratify these tastes, and before entering upon active service he had made a series of exploring expeditions in the Hottentot country. He left England early in 1777, arrived at Capetown in May, and on 16 Oct., in company with Captain Gordon, made his first expedition, returning to Cape Town on 13 Jan. 1778. His second expedition lasted from May to 20 Nov. 1778. His third was into the district which he called Caffraria, and claimed as hitherto unknown, and it lasted from 23 Dec. 1778 to 23 March 1779. His fourth journey occupied him from 18 June to 21 Dec. the same year. He made several fresh contributions to science, and is credited with having brought to England the first giraffe-skin ever seen there. The French traveller Le Vaillant several times refers to his researches in high terms. Paterson published ‘A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria in the years 1777–8–9,’ London, 1789, 4to. A second edition and a French translation appeared in 1790. His botanical collections are in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paterson,_William_(1755-1810)_(DNB00) Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 2:143-4, `Mr Paterson accompanied Colonel Gordon (Commander of the Troops of the Dutch East India Company in South Africa) and Jacob van Reenan in several trips to the interior. He remarked that he does not give a description of the Cape as he would be only repeating what Sparrman and Masson had already communicated in their publications. In the course of his travels the author penetrated as far as Namaqualand on the west, and the Great Fish River on the south-east. Although the principal feature of the work is the description of the botanical specimens collected and noted by Mr. Paterson, there are many interesting notes respecting the natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch Colonists.` Good London Printed for J. Johnson 1789
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Percival (Captain Robert) AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 4to (295 x 230 mm) Containing An Historical View of its original Settlement by the Dutch, its Capture by the British in 1795, and the different Policy pursued there by the Dutch and British Government. Also a Sketch of its Geography, Productions, the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, &c. &c. With a View of the Political and Commercial Advantages Which May be Derived From its possession by Great Britain. 339 pages followed by 4 pages of the publisher’s catalogue, paper covered boards with brown cloth back titled gilt on a red leather label, edges uncut, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page, some very light foxing. Overall a good copy. As a captain in the Eighteenth or Royal Regiment of foot, Captain Percival took part in the first British Occupation of the Cape in 1795. Under General Craig he led the attack on the fortifications of Muizenberg, and was the first officer to reach Cape Town. He remained at the Cape for two years. His book was published after the second British occupation in 1805 when there was a renewed demand for more detailed knowledge about the new colony. Theal is very harsh on the book describing it as ‘one of the most unreliable that has ever been issued from the press,’ but it nevertheless provides much interesting detail of the Cape at the time of the first occupation. This copy is from the first issue with the split heading on page 247 ‘CAPE OF GO ODHOPE’ uncorrected. Good London Printed for C. and R. Baldwin 1804
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Rose (Cowper) FOUR YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. 8vo (230 x 145 mm) xii, 308 pages, aquatint frontispiece, contemporary dark green cloth with a red leather title label on the spine, edges uncut, complete with the half title page which has a publisher’s list on the verso, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. The cloth shows signs of an old repair, light foxing on the endpapers, frontispiece and title page, otherwise the contents are bright. Mendelssohn (S.) A South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 248/9, ‘Sketches of life in the Cape Colony and Kaffraria during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. There is some information respecting the lives of the Boers of the interior at this period, with a description of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, and of the slave system of the country, together with some sporting talesÂ….’ Good London Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1829
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Sparrman (Andrew) A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE ROUND THE WORLD 4to (280 x 220 mm) But chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776. By Andrew Sparrman, M.D., Professor of Physic at Stockholm, fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, and Inspector of Its Cabinet of Natural History. Translated from the original Swedish. First English edition: 2 volumes, I. xxvii, 368. II. viii, 350, (ii errata and directions to the book-binder), pages, copper engraved frontispiece in volume 1, 9 engraved plates bound at the end of each volume, folding map, quarter brown leather with brown cloth sides, bookplates on both paste-down endpapers and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages. The leather is worn along the edges and on the raised bands, the folding map is torn at the first fold, pencil annotations in the margins throughout both volumes and with a page of pencil notes loosely inserted in each volume, light offsetting and foxing on the plates but overall the contents are in very good condition. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 414–5, `On his arrival at the Cape on January10, 1772, Sparrman had only the small sum of twenty-five rix dollars in his possession, but the kindness of his reception and the hospitality of the colonists enabled him to pursue his researches and his expenses on his short expeditions were defrayed by the Swedish East India Company. About the latter end of the year, the English Exploring Expedition under Captain Cook visited Table Bay, and Sparrman was invited to accompany it and he sailed in the Resolution on November 22, 1772. He did not return to South Africa until March 1775, when he determined to make an expedition into the interior with a friend named Immelman, and they made a start on July 25, the journey being extended to April, 1776. They penetrated through Kaffararia as far as "Bruntjes Hoogte," and the narrative of their travels is interesting and instructive, and is described by Mr Theal as the "most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of people residing in it" that had been published in the eighteenth century. Sparrman died at Stockholm in 1820 at the age of 73; his work, originally written in Swedish, was translated and published in French, English and German and went through several editions.’ Good London Printed for G.J. and J. Robinson 1785
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Andersson (Charles John) LAKE NGAMI 8vo (250 x 165 mm) or Explorations and Discoveries, during four years` wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa. Second edition: 546 pages, tinted lithographic frontispiece, 15 tinted lithographic plates, numerous wood engravings in the text, large folding map, half red calf, light red cloth sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. The leather dry, the spine faded and the edges and corners worn. The frontispiece is cracked along the gutter owing to being too tightly bound, other than some occasional foxing the contents and plates are bright. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, pages 41. `The narratives describe two expeditions, one in which the author was accompanied by Mr Francis Galton which extended to Nangoro`s Werft in the Ovampo country and the other when he travelled by himself to Lake Ngami. The courage and endurance of the explorers were remarkable, and their sufferings from the dearth of water were at times very terrible. Few, if any books give so full and complete an account of Namaqualand, Damaraland, and the Ovampo country and the description of the fauna of these countries is absolutely unequalled. Galton sailed for England in early 1852 and Andersson commenced his journey to Lake Ngami in the early part of 1853, reaching the lake about the middle of the same year. He gives descriptive accounts of the ostrich, giraffe, rhinoceros and other animals and a full description of the native races.` This is Andersson`s major work and great care was taken over its publication. The tinted lithographs were executed by Joseph Wolfe and printed by Hanhart. Its success was somewhat overshadowed by Livingstone who had returned from Africa towards the end of 1856 and by the publication of his Missionary Travels the following year. It nevertheless ran to two impressions in 1856 and an American edition with wood engravings instead of the lithographs the following year. Good London Hurst and Blackett, Publishers 1856
![[Blount (E.)] NOTES ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 8vo (195 x 125 mm) Made during an excursion in that colony in the year 1820.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/36503/2907686/78-2014517101352_468x382.jpg)
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[Blount (E.)] NOTES ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 8vo (195 x 125 mm) Made during an excursion in that colony in the year 1820. 207 pages, half brown morocco titled and decorated gilt on the spine, brown cloth sides, top edge gilt, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page, a very good copy. Mendelssohn (S.) South African Bibliography, 1.290. ‘The anonymous author evidently did not remain long in the Cape, but he gives an interesting account of the state of the country at the time of his visit. He remarks on the opposition of the `Dutch Boers` to the settlement of the Cape by Europeans, and observes, `With still greater animosity and alarm do they contemplate the extensive plan of colonisation now about to be carried out by the British Government.` Much is related concerning the habits of the Dutch, whose manners, it is stated, `are prepossessing to travellers`, although in other respects their habits are severely criticised. Some parts of the country are recommended to settlers who possess substantial sums of money with which to commence farming, and the Knysna district, in particular is well spoken of for this purpose.’ Mendelssohn, writing in 1910, mentions the ‘anonymous author.’ Alfred Gordon-Brown, in Africana Notes & News, volume I, Number I, December 1943, describes how he was able to identify the author as Edward Blount. He continues, ‘Though Theal said that the book “was not of any particular value,” it has considerable interest for its description of social life at the Cape and the early days of the 1820 settlers. It contains a chapter on “Hints to Emigrants,” and, in fact, belongs to that interesting group of books prepared to take advantage of the market created by public interest in the 1820 Settler movement.’ Good London John Murray 1821
![[Burchell (W.J.)] THE SOUTH AFRICAN DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM J. BURCHELL (2 volumes). Large 4to (360 x 265 mm) Volume One: The Ba](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/36503/2907686/79-2014517101353_468x382.jpg)
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[Burchell (W.J.)] THE SOUTH AFRICAN DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM J. BURCHELL (2 volumes). Large 4to (360 x 265 mm) Volume One: The Bachapins of Litakun. Volume Two: Landscape Drawings. Collotype Reproductions with Descriptive Text. Edited by Helen M McKay. 2 volumes, unpaginated, frontispiece portraits, 1 map in each volume, 19 + 20 (13 folding) collotype reproductions with descriptive text (4 + 11 in colour), half red morocco gilt – the corners are worn, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the dates on the title pages, light foxing throughout volume 2, without the dust jackets, a good set. Gubbins Trust Publications Numbers 1 & 2. Each volume published in an edition limited to 300 copies of which these are numbers 99 and 137. Good Johannesburg Witwatersrand University Press 1938 & 1952
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Latrobe (Rev. C.I.) A JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (230 x 140 mm) With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope. Second edition: vii, 580 pages, folding map as frontispiece - Latrobe`s journeys indicated in red and blue, 4 engraved plates bound in opposite page 1, quarter brown leather, brown cloth sides, uncut edges, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp below the date on the title page. The plates are browned otherwise to contents are in good condition. Good London L.B. Seeley 1821
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Bleek (W.H.I.) & Lloyd (L.C.) SPECIMENS OF BUSHMAN FOLKLORE 8vo (225 x 155 mm) With an introduction by George McCall Theal. 468 pages, colour frontispiece, 49 plates - 8 partly coloured, pictorial green cloth gilt, some very light insect scarring on the cloth, top edge gilt, contents good. The front hinge has been simply repaired. Ex-Libris stamp of R.B. Young on the front paste-down endpaper. Good London George Allen & Company, Ltd. 1911
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Murray, A H Die Volksraad. Die Beginsels en Vraagstukke van Volksregering, met besondere verwysing na Suid-Afrika (1939) 220 x 145 In retrospect it seems anomalous that an eminent academic - the author was professor of ethics and politics at the University of Cape Town - should have been writing about the democratic idea (demokratiese gedagte) in South Africa in 1939. He was, however, echoing the then entrenched status of the country`s Afrikaans-speaking and English-speaking white groups, and his book begins with an analysis of what South Africa had adopted from the democratic experience of the two mother countries, the Netherlands and `England`. Soon Murray reaches his main theme - democracy in action, including parties, the House of Assembly, the Senate and the civil service, with a six-page nod in the direction of trusteeship for the Native (die voogdy oor die Naturel). The book - small type, so not as short as suggested by its 182 pages of text and bibliography - paints a clear picture of the institutions of power in South Africa up to the start of the second world war. What a pity it is not available in translation! This copy is in excellent condition overall - there is little more than the Dewey classification on the spine and a rubber stamp on the front free endpaper to indicate that it spent time in the library of the Trompsburg (OFS) High School. Plastic-protected torn dustjacket (see image), maroon cloth-boards, and unmarked and undiscoloured contents. Very Good Pretoria J L van Schaik 1939
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Whitfield (G.M.B.) SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE LAW 249mm x 162mm x 43mm During the 17 or more years since the first edition a large body of new decisions enunciating the principals of Native Law has been built up by the Native Appeal Courts, while numerous legislative changes have been effected in terms of the extensive provision for legislation by proclamation and regulation contained in the Native Administration Act. These developments have rendered the first edition less useful, and for some years the need has been felt for a more up-to-date treatise on Native Law. ix plus 662pp. Cloth hardcover, gilt title to spine, blind embossed frame to front and back covers and publisher`s blind stamp to rear board. Light edge-wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owners name penned to front fixed EP. Otherwise very good indeed. Good Cape Town and Johannesburg Juta & Co. 1948
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D C Boonzaier SIGNED: My Caricatures A personalised inscription in front, signed and dated by Boonzaier February 1913. Ex libris stamp and previous ownership also in front. 48 portraits which include Mr Merriman, Dr Engelenberg, Dr Kolbe, Sir David Graaff, President Steyn, General Botha and Sir Starr Jameson, General de Wet, Sir Henry Juta and more. A large book with the original grey boards. The boards are worn on the edges. An extra tape is pasted to the spine. Content of this book clean and in good condition. Cape Town Townshend, Taylor & Snashall
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J.S.Bergh (red.) Geskiedenis Atlas van Suid-Afrka 235 x 320mm Geskiedenis Atlas van Suid-Afrka, die vier noordelike provinsies, J.L.Van Schaik, ex-reference library copy (never lent out), pocket,2 x labels and 1 x stamp on front endpaper, maps & text, photographic images, forward, index, 375 pages, 235 x 320mm, condition:very good. Captions of Maps include: Die Anglo-Transvaalse Oorlog, 1880-81; Die Diamantveldkwessie en die Keate-Uitspraak van 1871; Swart Gebiede Ingevolge 1913-en 1936-Wetgewing; Die Voortrekkers tot ca.1844; Die Slag van Donkerhoek 1900; Die Slag van Nooitgedacht, 1900; Die Ontstaan en Uitbreiding van die Witwatersrandse Goudvelde ca. 1886-1910; and others. very good South Africa J.L.Van Schaik 1998
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