Coins of South Africa (numbered and signed edition; 1983) (from the library of Andre Bezuidenhout)

Jacobs, Ken and Eli Levine

Description:

Unflawed except for the lack of a normal dustjacket, this is a fine collectable copy, No 46 of the collector's edition of 1000 copies signed by the authors. Black cloth boards, plain black matt endpapers, xv + 178 pp of full-colour illustrated text, which except for the prelims is reversed out of solid black - a lavish production.

Details:

  • Publisher: Self-published; distributed by the South African Gold Coin Exchange
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1983
  • Edition: First limited numbered and signed edition
  • Jacket Condition: A colour flyer (see image) replaces the dustjacket in this copy
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 285 x 220
  • Lot No: 168
  • Hammer Price: $132
  • Bids: 10
  • Visits: 97
  • Estimate: $100
  • Reserve: $50

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  • Name: Fontein Books
  • Address: 27 Voortrekker Street, Philippolis 9970
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
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  • 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.