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Catalogue of BOOKS on Auction 26 October to 1 November 2020 in Association With Catalogue of BOOKS on Auction 26 October to 1 November 2020 In Association with Please note that this is a summary of the titles of the Books on Auction. This is a timed Online Auction hosted by Cannon’s Auctioneers. More details on the Cannon’s Auction Website. Cannon's Auctioneers 1 Tolkien (5 Books) Smith of Wootton Major Farmer Giles of Ham Tolien's World Tree and Leaf Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo 2 Four Seasons - Fishing Diaries 1977 - 1981 3 The Three Rivers of the Amazon 4 The Tales of Genji 5 Jewellery of the 1940's and 1950's 6 African Art (3 Books) African Art Adornment - Jewelry from Africa, Asia and the Pacific Africa Adorned 7 Treasures of the Pharaohs 8 3 1st Edition Wilbur Smith Wild Justice The Eye of the Tiger Eagle in the Sky 9 Fishing in South Africa - 2 Early Books Angler's Guide and Fishing Record 1957 Edition The Angler in South Africa 10 The Complete Works of Shakespeare - Illustrated 11 2 Books Now we are Sixty (and a Bit) Now we are Six 12 Shackleton's Boat Journey 13 Words of a Prophet 14 The Noblest Game - A Book of Fine Cricket Prints 15 Gemstones of East Africa 16 Crop Circle Books Circular Evidence The Crop Circle Enigma 17 Rifles Sniper Variations of the German K98k Rifle U.S. Rifle M14 from John garand to the M21 18 Hitlers 'Mein Kampf' Illustrated - Unexpurgated Edition. 19 The Hunting of the Snark - an Agony, in eight fits The Hunting of the Snark (2 books) 20 4 Wilber Smith - Early Editions The Angels Weep The Sunbird The Dark of the Sun Shout at the Devil 21 160 Years of Export 22 African Village 23 Homesteads and Villages of South Africa 24 James Hadley Chase 6 x 1st Editions I Hold the Four Aces, The way the Cookie Crumbles My Laugh Comes Last So What Happens to Me? Have a Nice Night Knock, Knock! Who's There? 25 Ian Fleming - 2 1st Editions On Her Majesty's Secret Service You Only Live Twice 26 Mystery of the White Lions 27 Poems from Balgowan 28 Formula One - 5 Books Grand Prix de Monaco Remembering Ayrton Senna Twenty-Five Years of Williams F1 Formula 1 - The Autobiography McLaren Formula 1 29 2 African Classics Pilkington of Uganda Thrice through the Dark Continent 30 The Origins of Species 31 Atlas of Kenya 32 NTA 33 J.M. Coetzee Collection - 15 Books Hard Cover Disgrace Diary of a Bad Year Boy Wood Slow Man Inner Workings Elizabeth Costello The Master of Petersburg Life & Times of Michael K Soft cover Youth Foe Age of Iron In the Heart of the Country Dusklands Waiting for the Barbarians J.M. Coetzee and the Ethics of writing Military 34 Rope of Sand 35 Recce - Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines 36 19 with a Bullet - A South African paratrooper in Angola 37 2 Rhodesian Books Selous Scouts - Top Secret War The Elite - The story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service 38 Contact II 39 Zululand at War 1879 40 The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking 41 The Washing of the Spears 42 Gunners 43 Nine Days of War - Namibia - before, during and after 44 Gunners of the Cape 45 2 Rhodesian Books The Silent War - The Fight for Southern Africa The Struggle for Zimbabwe 46 Assam regiment Lot The History of the Assam regiment Vol I - 1941 - 1947 Unique Valour 6 Copies of 'The Rhino' 47 Exit Rhodesia 48 Boer War 49 The 1879 Zulu War 50 The First World War Papers of Margaret Fawett 51 Generaal C.R. de Wet se Krygsleiding by Sannaspos en Groenkop 52 The Boer War - Illustrated Edition 53 Records of the 24th Regiment - from its formation, in 1689 54 Operasie Savannah Angola 1975 - 1976 55 God's Miracles versus Marxist Terrorists 56 The Natal Carbineers 1855 - 1911 57 South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989 58 South African Armed Forces 59 A Soldier in South Africa 60 Invasion of Zuluand 1879 61 Anglo / Boer War - 6 Books Op die Natalse Front Met Cronje aan die Wesfront (1899 - 1900) Oomblikke van Spanning Kaapland en die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog Mag ons Vergeet Die Pad van die Veroweraar 62 The Road to Isandlwana 63 The Work of War Artists in South Africa 64 the Zulu War then and Now 65 The Leaguer of Ladysmith 66 Zulu War 67 Per Noctem Per Diem 68 The Story of the Imperial Light Horse 69 Zulu History - 2 Books Kingdom and Colony at War With the Irregulars in the Transvaal and Zululand 70 The AK 47 South Africa 71 Running the Gauntlet, G.Mossop 72 Indian Folk Tales 73 Rivonia Trial 74 Lest we forget' - The Story of Hillcrest 1895 1995 75 Joseph Baynes - Pioneer 76 SA Racing Books (2 books) They Raced to Win - A History of Racing in SA, 1791 - 1979 Down the Straight 77 Places in South Africa (3 Books) Where on Earth - Place Names of Natal and Zululand Who was Who in Durban Street Names New Dictionary of South African Place Names 78 African Art (3 Books) African Art Adornment - Jewelry from Africa, Asia and the Pacific Africa Adorned Fifty Years of the History of the Republic in South Africa 1795 - 1845 (2 79 Set Volume) 80 A History of the District and Supreme Courts of Natal 1846 - 1910 81 Silence will Speak 82 The Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman 83 Hostage 84 South Africa's First Gold Coin 85 The Buildings of Pietermaritzburg - Volume 1. 86 Lawrence Green - 5 Books So Few are Free OnWings of Fire There's a Secret Hide Away The Coast of Treasure Secret Africa 87 There was a Man 88 2 Rhodesian Books The Log of a Native Commissioner Outpost 89 Barbara Tyrrell - Her African Quest 90 Sutton Diaries 91 Mandela Inauguration 1994 92 Ndedema 93 Heraldry of South Africa 94 Dragon's Wrath 95 Town Furniture of the Cape 96 Stories from Karkloof Hills 97 Indaba, my Children 98 Links in the Chain - or the Tread - volume 1 99 The Assassination of Shaka 100 Addington Children's Hospital and Nurses' Home 101 Robert Jacob Gordon - Cape Travels 1777 to 1786 102 Melton Prior - War Artist in Southern Africa 1895 - 1900 103 Africana Museum 104 Thomas Baines - The Life and Work 105 The Flora Capensis of Jakob & Johann Philippe Breyne 106 Rock Art (2Books) The Rock Art of the Golden Gate and Clarens Districts Art on the Rocks of Southern Africa 107 Rock Paintings - 2 Books Rock Paintings of South Africa - Revealing a Legacy Major Rock Paintings of Southern Africa 108 Rictersveld - the Enchanted Wilderness 109 Swakopmund - Our Heritage 110 Colonial Housing of South Africa 111 Victorian & Edwardian Natal 112 Valley of the Eland 113 Zulu Medicine and Medicine-men 114 The Zulu People 115 Travels in Southern Africa 116 Frontiers 117 Black Sash 118 The Rapture of the River 119 Paul Kruger 120 Gustav Preller Scheepers se Dagboek en die Stryd in Kaapland Talana - die Drie Generaals-slag by Dundee, met Lewensskets van Genl. Daniel Erasmus Ons Parool Dagboek van Louis Trichardt 121 4 Books of Africa Andre Huguenet Churchills in Africa Livingstone's Lake Livingstones Fifty Years After 122 Trail of Andries Botha 123 Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner 124 Tant Alie van Transvaal 125 Trail of the Copper King 126 T.V. Bulpin - 3 Books Lost Trails of the Transvaal Natal and the Zulu Country Islands in a Forgotten Sea 127 The Tycoon & the President 128 Water-mills, Windmills and Horse-mills of South Africa 129 Potters of Southern Africa 130 Sketches 131 The Kitchingman Papers 132 Shifts and Expedients 133 The Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 134 Die Dagboek van Anna Steenkamp 135 Die Adendorff-Trek 136 De Vredesonerhandelingen 137 The Amazing Mr Fischer 138 Philip Bawcombe - 2 Books Johannesburg Kimberley 139 Slachters Nek 140 London to Ladysmith via Pretoria 141 Van Riebeeck First Series - 19 Volumes 32 - 50 Maleo en Sekoekoeni The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N. J. Merriman 1848 - 1855 ( 1957 for 1956) Selections from the Correspondence of John X Merriman 1905 - 1924 (1969) The reminiscences of Sir Walter Stanford - Volume Two 1885 - 1929 (1962) Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa. - Part I By: George Thomposon (1967) Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa. Part 2 & 3 By: George Thomposon (1968) The correspondence of John X Merriman 1899 - 1905. Edited by Phyllis Lewsen (1966) The reminiscences of Sir Walter Stanford - volume One 1850 - 1885 By: J.W. Macquarrie. (1958) Die Konvensie-Dagboek van sy Edelagbare Francois Stephanus Malan 1908 - 1909. Deur: Johann F. Preller. M.A. ( 1951) Reize In de Binnen-Landen van Zuid-Africa Deur: Dr W.J. De Kock. ( 1965) Die Dagboek van H.A.L. Hamelberg 1855 - 1871 (1952) Andrew Smith and Natal - Documents relating to the Early History of that Province. Edited by: Percival R. Kirby ( 1955) Journal of residence in Africa (1842 - 1853) By: Thomas Baines. (1964) The Narrative and Journal of gerald McKiernan in South West Africa 1874 - 1879 By: Dr. P. Serton (1954) The Source book on the Wreck of the Grosvenor East Indiaman. Compiled by Percival R. Kirby (1953) Journal of residence in Africa 1842 - 1853 By: Thomas Baines (1961) Selections from the Correspondence of John X Merriman 1905 - 1924 (1969) The Journal of Joseph Tindall - Missionary in South West Africa 1839 - 55. edited by B.A. Tindall. (1959) 142 Incwadi Yami Art 143 Marcos Duprat 144 Errol Boyley - A Biography - Celebration of a Life 145 The Women of Bonnefoi 146 Anton Anreith - Africa's First Sculptor 147 Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa 148 Kuns & Ons Kuns - 4 Volume Set 149 Pranas Domsaitis 150 Kuns in Suidwes-Afrika 151 The Rock-Engravings of Griqualand & Bechuanaland South Africa 152 Erich Mayer Album 153 Sydney Carter 154 Limpopo 155 Adolph Jentsch 156 Solomon Caesare Malan 157 Strat Caldecott 158 Dorothy Kay 159 Lippy Lipshitz 160 The Art of Africa 161 Joy Collier's Cape 162 F.L.
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