A Pictorial History of the Transvaal and South Africa. Nearly 200 illustrations and six specially prepared maps (no date)

Robinson, R N, Commander C N (ed)

Description:

Paper covers over side-stitched 124 pages of text, maps, photographs and publisher's announcements.

The front cover is essentially present (see image) but chipped at the edges, some material has been lost at the head and foot of the spine, and the chipped back cover is detached but present. Although the first leaves of the text are lightly sunned and there is some further sunning at page extremities, the rest of this profusely illustrated commemorative brochure is in good condition.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: George Newnes
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: No date (?1900)
  • Edition: First
  • Binding Condition: Poor
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 245 x 165
  • Lot No: 148
  • Hammer Price: $25
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 66
  • Estimate: $45
  • Reserve: $25

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  • Name: Fontein Books
  • Address: 27 Voortrekker Street, Philippolis 9970
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: fontein@wol.co.za
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  • Trade Association: AA Approved
  • Additional Information: Fontein Books has for several years participated in Antiquarian Auctions and its predecessor. It specialises in historical and contemporary books on the Free State and Northern Karoo, and is also an active buyer and seller on commission in these and other fields. Fontein's owner, Richard Proctor-Sims, was an editor, writer and small publisher until 2005, when he moved from Johannesburg to Philippolis, the first settlement (1822) north of the Gariep or Orange River, where he opened his first physical bookshop (to which buyers and sellers are welcome), with reasonable holdings in Africana, both Anglo-Boer wars, biography, history, military history, natural history and travel. He regularly visits Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town and offers to deliver heavy or valuable books or sets to these cities on such visits. Richard Proctor-Sims retains the copyright of Fontein's Antiquarian Auction descriptions and these may not be reproduced without permission and acknowledgment.