Lot # 130 - Antique Books About Africa

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Pickup Instructions: Pickup Dec 14 10-3
Start Date/Time: 02-Dec-2025 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 09-Dec-2025 9:09:00 PM
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Highest bidder:

Dakiam

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Description :

Description:Grouping of three antique hardcover books centered on African themes of travel, colonial life, and missionary work. The standout volume is Exploration and Adventure in Africaby Prescott Holmes (1897, Henry Altemus), featuring over 80 engravings and a decorative pictorial cover with palm trees and rifle-bearing explorers. Accompanying it are The Story of an African Farm, a seminal 1883 novel by Olive Schreiner exploring colonial identity and gender roles in South Africa, and Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africaby David Livingstone, chronicling his mid-19th-century expeditions and missionary efforts. Together, these volumes offer a compelling literary and historical snapshot of Africa through Western eyes.

Auction History

Highest bidder is Dakiam

Date Bid User
03-Dec-2025 2:44:49 PM $5.00 Dakiam

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