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Before Van Riebeeck. Callers at South Africa from 1488 to 1652 (1967)
Raven-Hart, Major R
Description:
The book features 153 travellers to South Africa and their works, arranged chronologically - from Bartholomeu Dias (1488) to Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1649).
The dustjacket is chipped at the head and the foot with small loss of material. The grey cloth-boards are lightly shelf worn. The binding is tight. The plain endpapers have an owner's signature on both free leaves. The rest of the book - vii + 216 pp of text, bibliography and explanatory index + frontispiece and 18 inserted monochrome plates - is in original condition.
Details:
- Publisher: Struik
- Publisher Place: Cape Town
- Date of Publication: 1967
- Edition: First
- Jacket Condition: Good +
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 255 x 160
- Lot No: 56
- Hammer Price: $56
- Bids: 3
- Visits: 121
- Estimate: $100
- Reserve: $50
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Seller Details:
- 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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- Preferred Payment Methods: Internet bank transfer or Visa or Mastercard
- 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.
