City Build on Gold (1960?)

Neame, L E

Description:

Clipped but otherwise complete and well repaired dustjacket; very good paper board covers, gilt embossed design to front and lettering to spine; plain endpapers with name on front paste-down covered with a while label, ex libris label (illustrated) on front free endpaper and back endpapers clean; vii + 248 pp including index + 12 pp of b/w plates, mostly from the 1890s but one close to the date of the book showing the Johannesburg city centre from the north (Berea) before the taller building were built and with the then splendid Joubert Park in middle ground.

A desirable copy of one of the better Johannesburg histories that 50 years after its publication is not frequently seen.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Central News Agency
  • Publisher Place: South Afrca
  • Date of Publication: nd (?1960)
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 225 x 147 mm
  • Lot No: 158
  • Hammer Price: $20
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 16
  • Estimate: $45
  • Reserve: $20

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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.