Africana Books

Address: 14 Windburg Ave, Devil's Peak, Cape Town, South Africa
Contact Person: Arne Schaefer
Country of Origin South Africa
Email: bookman@africanabooks.com
Website: http://www.africanabooks.com
Trade Association: Member of SABDA
Additional Info: We accept books on consignment with a view to offering them on AntiquarianAuctions.com. We charge 30% gross of the hammer price obtained, for our services, which includes the collating, describing, researching, photographing, packing, despatching and collection of payments, including some 13% of the hammer price in auctioneering fees and financial charges, plus $1 per item listed as well as the VAT these external charges incur. Feel free to contact us for further information. We specialize in books about Africa, with emphasis on Southern Africa. Our stock comprises books published between the 17th & 20th centuries, mainly in English and Afrikaans, with smaller numbers of Dutch, German and French titles - in the following broad categories: Agriculture/Horticulture Anthropology/Ethnology Archaeology Biography BoerWar Botany Conservation Fiction & Literature African Art Geology Historical Hunting Fishing Military Miscellaneous Politics & Current Affairs Travel Exploration Zoology For our local customers we issue three catalogues yearly; E-mail catalogues can be issued on request and 'Wants Lists' are most welcome. All our stock is accessible on the Web ( see address above ) and keywords associated with your favourite subjects can be used when searching for books. If you would like to view our collection when in Cape Town, please phone to make an appointment. Africana Books is situated only a few minutes from the city centre and parking is no problem. We look forward to meeting you.

Results in Auction #27

Lot Author Title Hammer Price
181 Various Press Cuttings - 2 books 1900-1902 $467
182 BAILLIE F D Mafeking - a Diary of the Siege $100
183 ( BRADLEY J ) A Pottery Man's Journal of the Siege of Kimberley $300
184 WILSON H W After Pretoria: the Guerilla War $120
185 CECIL E On the Eve of the War $144
186 CHURCHILL W S ( Winston ) London to Ladysmith - via Pretoria $140
187 CRESWICKE L South Africa and the War 6 Vols $116
188 CRONWRIGHT-SCHREINER S C The Land of Free Speech $200
189 DOONER M G The Last Post $250
190 GEORGE NEWNES (publ) Under the Union Jack (weekly) Vol 1 No's 1-18 $90
192 GASKELL H S With Lord Methuen in South Africa $200
193 GUEST H M Boer War Episodes $300
195 HAMILTON J A The Siege of Mafeking $180
196 BRIGGS E C The Staff Work of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1901 $200
199 YOUNG F The Relief of Mafeking $125
200 LLOYD F & RUSSELL A comps First or Grenadier Guards in South Africa 1899-1902 $300
201 MAURICE F et al History of the War in South Africa $900
203 REITZ D Commando $200
206 SCHREINER O & S C The Political Situation $300
209 WALLACE E Writ in Barracks (Inscribed by author) $120