AUCTION RESULTS
COLLECTOR'S BOOKS, ANGLO-BOER WAR BOOKS & MEMORABILIA
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BIBLIA dat is De Gansche H. Schrifture vervattende alle de Canonijke
Boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments..., Het boek der Psalmen,
nevens de Gezangen..., Catechismus
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De Nederlandsche Bijbel-Compagnie, 1884 *** leather bound with one
metal clasp (straps decayed), Bible pages not numbered. Family tree of
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Klopper family pasted into back & includes "Formulier van vragen" with
stamp of Geref. Gem. Bethal. Z.A.R. (Cover worn in places, age staining &
several pages detached.)
GODSDIENSTIGE LIEDEREN uitgegeven door en voor rekening van den
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Nederlandschen Protestantenbond. 4de druk.
Evangelische Gezangen Compagnie, 1902 *** leather with 9ct gold clasp,
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399 p. (Cover worn, some time staining)
Het NIEUWE TESTAMENT ofte alle boeken des Nieuwen verbonts onses
Heeren Jesu Christi… 1618 en 1619 te Dordrecht; Het boek der Psalmen,
nevens de Gezangen… 1773; Evangelische Gezangen, 1803, 1804 en 1805;
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Catechismus.
De Nederl Bijbel Compagnie, gedrukt 1840 *** leather with 18ct gold
clasp, marbled endpapers & gilt edges, various pagination. (Leather worn
in places, time staining, some hinges cracked). Inscription on fly leaf
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KOLBE, P. Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van de Kaap de
Goede Hoop : behelzende een zeer omstandig verhaal van den
tegenwoordigen toestant van dat vermaarde gewest, deszelfs
gelegenheit, haven, sterkte, regerings-vorm, uitgestrektheit, en
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onlangs ontdekte aanleggende landen ... : waar by nog komt, een
zeer nette en uit eige ondervinding opgemaakte beschryving van de
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oorsprong der Hottentotten ...
Balthazar Lakeman, 1727 *** embossed vellum, 2 vols., ill., maps: 1ste deel
6 maps (1 folded) & 25 plates; 2de deel 22 plates. (Slight foxing & age
staining, cover stained and slightly worn, cover of part one bent)
Rhodesiana Reprint Library - Gold Series. Facsimile reproduction.
6 vols. **** EDL, leather with gilt tooling & titles on red background
KNIGHT-BRUCE, G.W.H. Memories of Mashonaland.
1970, 242 p., folded map. Vol. 13.
ALDERSON. E.A.H. With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force, 1896.
1971, 308 p., some illustrations & folded maps. Vol. 20.
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HEMANS, H.N. The log of a Native Commissioner.
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1971, 224 p., folded map. Vol. 15.
RORKE, M. Melina Rorke : told by herself.
1971, 285 p., ill. Vol. 18.
CLARK, P.M. The autobiography of an old drifter.
1972, plain, 272 p., ill. Vol. 26.
WILLS, W.A. & COLLINGRIDGE, L.T. The downfall of Lobengula.
1971, 347 p., ill., maps. Vol. 17. (Spine unmarked)
ANGLO-BOER WAR BOOKS & MEMORABILIA
ALLEN, V. & MEIRING, H. Kruger's Pretoria : buildings and
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personalities of the city in the nineteenth century.
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Balkema, 1971 *** laminated cloth, dw., 259 p., ill.
BARNARD, A., the Lady. South Africa a century ago (1797-1801)...
selected by ANDERSON, H.J.
Maskew Miller Longman, 1952 *** pbk, 223 p.
CAPE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. [New series]. No 104, Vol. XVII, Dec.
1878.
Juta, 1878 *** pbk, 384 p. (Cover worn)
CAPE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. [New series]. No 1, Vol. I, Jul. 1879.
Juta, 1879 *** pbk, 64 p. (Cover worn, repaired)
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700
DE STAAT. Zuid-Afrika. Nommer 1. Deel 1. Januari 1909.
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Vereeniginging voor Nauwere Aaneensluiting, 1909 *** pbk, 132 p. 132, ill.
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(Foxing, cover worn.)
DE WET, C.R. & VAN SCHOOR, M.C.E. ed. Die Stryd tussen Boer en
Brit : die herinneringe van die Boere-Generaal - C.R. De Wet.
Tafelberg, 1999 *** pbk, 328 p, ill. & maps.
FRERE, B. Letters from an uitlander : 1899-1902.
J Murray, 1903 *** cloth, 167 p., deckle edges (Foxing, cover worn)
ST LEGER, S.E. War sketches in colour.
A. & C. Black, 1903 *** cloth, 274 p., deckle edges, ill., plates (Foxing,
hinges & spine cracked)
BRANDT, J. The petticoat commando; or, Boer women in secret
service.
Mills & Boon, 1913 *** cloth, 376 p., ill., deckle edges. (Foxing, endpapers
discoloured.)
KRüGER, D.W. Paul Kruger : Deel II : 1883-1904.
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Dagbreek, 1961, 1963 *** laminated cloth.
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NATHAN, M. Paul Kruger : his life and times.
Knox, 1946 *** laminated cloth, 510 p., ill. (Cover worn, hinges cracked.)
VAN DEN HEEVER, C.M. Generaal J.B.M Hertzog.
APB, 1948 *** laminated cloth, 771 p., ill. (Spine worn)
CRESWICKE, L. South Africa and the Transvaal war. Vol I, III,
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VI & VII
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Jack, 1900 ** laminated cloth, 4 vols., ill. (Distressed)
FELIX, G. Le colonel de Villebois-Mareuil et la guerre Sud-Africaine.
Alfred Cattier, [1ère édition : 1901] *** pbk, 304 p., ill. (Cover worn)
KRUGER LE GRAND, et John Bull le Petit, Par Caran D’Ache.
Numéro special Publié par LE RIRE, No. 315. 7e Année. 17 Novembre
1900. 32 p. including covers, 4to (310 x 240 mm), pro-boer caricatures,
some coloured, (Cover brittle & some age-staining)
LE PETIT JOURNAL : supplément illustré. [8 p. supplements with full
page col. cartoons on front & back covers]
19 Janvier 1896; 29 Octobre 1899; 5 Novembre 1899; 24 Décembre 1899;
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11 Février 1900; 18 Mars 1900; 25 Mars 1900; 15 Avril 1900; 29 Avril 1900;
20 Janvier 1901; 19 Janvier 1902; 9 Février 1902; 26 Octobre 1902 (Edges
worn & some age-staining) + mounted print : Le colonel de VilleboisMareuil, mort au Transvaal
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ROSNY, J.-H. La Guerre Anglo=Boer : Histoire et Récits d'après des
Documents officiels.
Ed. De la Revue Blanche, 1902 *** pbk, 716 p., ill. (Cover worn)
VEBER, J. Les camps de reconcentration au Transvaal.
[S.n.], 1901 ** L'Assiete au Beurre. 3e ed. No 26 - 28 Septembre 1901. Pbk
periodical, p. 394-415. Cartoons, some col.
GRINNELL-MILNE, D. Mafeking. [Originaly Baden-Powel at Mafeking]
Four-square, 1960 *** pbk, 191 p., ill.
RANSFORD, O. The battle of Majuba Hill : the First Boer War.
J. Murray, 1967 *** cloth, dw., 154 p., ill. & maps. (Ex Libris Lawrence
grace Oates)
RANSFORD, O. The Battle of Spion Kop.
J. Murray, 1969 *** laminated cloth, dw., 150 p. (Ex Libris Lawrence Grace
Oates)
REITZ. D. Commando : a Boer journal of the Boer War.
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Faber, 1939 *** cloth, 331 p.(Spine damaged.)
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REITZ. D. Commando : A Boer journal of the Boer War.
J. Ball, 1983 *** pbk, 258 p.
REITZ. D. Trekking on.
Faber, 1947 *** laminated cloth, 264 p. (Free endpapers discoloured) (Ex
Libris D. Eybers)
ROSENTHAL, E. General de Wet : a biography.
Dassie, 19- *** pbk, 178 p.
TODD, P. & FORDHAM, D. Private Tucker's Boer War diary.
Elm Tree, 1980 *** plain, dw., 192 p., ill.
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MITFORD, B. A veldt official : a novel of circumstance.
Ward Lock, 1898 *** laminated cloth, 324 p., deckle edges.
(Cover worn, foxing.)
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PAKENHAM, T. Die Boere-Oorlog.
J. Ball, 1979 *** plain, 702 p., ill.
NATHAN, M. Paul Kruger : his life and times.
Knox, 1946 *** laminated cloth, 510 p., ill. (Dw distressed)
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PAKENHAM, T. The Boer War.
J. Ball, 1979 *** pbk, 659 p., ill.
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REITZ. D. Commando : a Boer journal of the Boer War.
Faber, 1983 *** pbk, 258 p.
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VAN SCHOOR, M.C.E. Spotprente van die Anglo-Boereoorlog.
Tafelberg, 1981 *** plain, dw., 131 p, ill. (Ex libris Pieter Swart)
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RADIGNET, M. L'Insaisissable; Compatriotes!; A L'Assaut!
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Le Rire, n.d. [3 framed cartoons from journal] (Time stained)
Literature : Compatriotes! Illustrated in Van Schoor, M.C.E. Spotprente
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van die Anglo-Boereoorlog, p. 20
6 FRENCH COMMEMORATIVE PLATES - maker's mark Terre de Fer HB
& Cie - Blue borders with "Au Transvaal" top centre and inscribed "1. Le
Colosse de Cecil Rhodes; 3. Un Boer de France - Le Colonel de Villebois68
Mareuil; 6. Fleurz pas, Ketty! Je vous promets de me faire faire prisonnier;
7. Payes vous ma Tête, mais respeetez la Reine!; 9. Rendez-vous! - Je ne
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demande pas mieux; 11. Commen les Anglais relèvent les Sentinelles"
respectively. Diameter 19.3cm (Losses evident)
Literature: Oosthuizen, P. Boer War memorabilia, p. 27, pl.56
COMMEMORATIVE PLATE - Maker's mark Sarreguemines - Blue-grey
portrait of President Kruger in the centre, with portraits of "De
Villebois Mareuil, De Wet, Joubert & Cronje" in the border. Diameter
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21.5cm (Slight scratches & cracks to glaze) Literature: Oosthuizen, P. Boer
War memorabilia, p.28, pl.57 WITH Character jug of President Kruger -
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with a pipe as handle - maker's mark Deposse 115 G. (Height 19cm) (Nick
to spout) Literature: Oosthuizen, P. Boer War memorabilia, p.27, pl.55
WITH Character tobacco jar of a Boer, sans lid. (Height 11cm) (Losses)
4 X COMMEMORATIVE PLATES - maker's mark Cecil et Montreau Green borders with sepia transfer decoration, inscribed "2. Les Boers en
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embuscade; 4. Ruse des Boers à l'aide de mannequins; 5. Boers surprenant
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une patrouille de cavalerie; 10. Les Boers défendant un kopje" respectively.
Diameter 21cm.
4 X WINE GLASSES, WITH SLENDER STEM ON A ROUND FOOT, each
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press-moulded with etched decoration of "LES BOËRS" & "GENERAL
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JOUBERT"
A PAIR OF FRENCH SPELTER FIGURES OF A BOER WITH A RIFLE AND
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A BRITISH FIELD OFFICER WITH SWORD & BINOCULARS, the Boer
with a plaque on the base, inscribed Pour l'Indépendance. Bears signature
(Height with base 30cm.)
ORC MAP
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Orange River Colony Degree Sheet Series : [Bothaville] Sheet.
Compiled from OFS Farm Surveys and Lithographed in Surveyor General's
Office, Bloemfontein, under the direction of A.H.F. Duncan Esq, Field
Intelligence Department, September 1901. Scale 2.347 English Miles to 1
Inch /1000 Cape roods to the inch (c 1:149 000). Includes index to
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adjoining sheets. Composite wall map with cloth backing and wooden
rods. Blue pencil lines drawn in, indicating positions of blockhouses. (Size
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185 X 175 cm.) Condition : extensive repairs to edges, insect damage &
the ORC part of the map has been pasted over. Provenance : The map
was inherited by a descendant of the first owner of Melrose House, Mr
George Heys and was probably used by Lord Kitchener while staying in
Melrose House as British Commander-in-Chief.
AUTOGRAPHS
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SWART, C.R. Collection of 3 handwritten notebooks, belonging to
C.R. Swart, State President of the Republic of South Africa, 1961-1967.
One book is dated Bloemfontein, 1917 and entitled "Finale LLB 1918". The
books contain study notes on "Advanced general jurisprudence", "Privaat
Internasionale Reg", en "Kriminele wet". Two of the notebooks are signed
on the first page.
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VERWOERD, H.F. "Ons sal lewe; Ons sal sterwe; Ons vir jou Suid75
Afrika. Beaufort Wes 20/12/61" handwritten and signed. Framed +
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Programme of the State funeral of Verwoerd, 10 September 1966
Mounted PHOTOGRAPH of 1951/2 Malan (National Party) cabinet,
signed JH Viljoen; FC Erasmus; TE Dönges; BJ Schoeman; HF
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Verwoerd; K Bremer; Tom Naudé; SP le Roux; CR Swart; NC Havenga;
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DF Malan; JG Strijdom; PO Sauer; EH Louw. With inscription on the
reverse Literature: Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Vol 2:647.
COLLECTION OF LETTERS from ZAR State attorney W.J. Leyds to
Cornelis Plokhooy from 1901 to 1940. All signed Leyds.
Note : Die heer Plokhooy was a Dutch volunteer who took part in the
Anglo-Boer War. He was taken prisoner while on a secret mission for
Reitz and sent to Portugal. He wrote Met den mauser: persoonlijke
ervaringen in den Zuid-Afrikaanschen oorlog.(Publ. 1901). He
returned to the Transvaal as a teacher and after retiring, became
editor of Hollands Weekblad voor Zuid-Afrika, referred to in some of
the letters.
Literature: 1. Suid-Afrikaanse biografiese woordeboek, Deel IV:415;
2. Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa, 8:618
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1. Handwritten letter to Plokhooy en Louw, dated 1 October 1901, dealing
with fundraising in aid of women and children in concentration camps.
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2. Typewritten letter to Plokhooy, dated 16 Mei 1908.
3. Typewritten note, dated 30 Januari 1933.
4. Typewritten note, dated 5 April 1933.
5. Typewritten letter, dated 6 September 1939.
6. Handwritten letter, with torn cover, posted 13-2-39.
7. Typewritten letter, dated 18 September 1939.
8. Typewritten letter, dated 13 April 1940 (a month before Leyds died.),
dealing with accusations made against him by Kuntze + Sepia
photograph, mounted on cardboard, of Boer soldiers, including
C. Plokhooy, taken at Ladysmith, January 1900. 19 X 25 cm +
Invoice addressed to Plokhooy, dated 26 April 1954.
D'OLIVEIRA, J. Vorster - the man.
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Stanton, 1978 *** plain, dw., 292 p., ill. Signed Vorster 10/10/80, with
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inscription
Burgerrechten door zijn hoog-edele den Staatspresident der Z.A.
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Republiek… aan Jan Prinsloo Kzn… Erf no 813… Middelburg… Mei 1894.
[Signed] S.J.P. Kruger Staatspresident… op den 21ste dag van Mei Een
Duizend Acht Honderd seven en negentig.
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