De Voortrekkers . . . (no date)

Kestell, J D en N Hofmeyr

Description:

". . . of het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe. Een verhaal voor jongelieden"

The spine has been repaired in blue leather, with the original grey cloth-boards, gilt embossed to the front cover, neatly preserved. The corners are rubbed. The new plain endpapers are unmarked and their whiteness contrasts with the rest of the book which is sunned and has a brown stain on an early page. The book's vi + 212 pp of text are all present and unmarked. They are augmented by a monochrome frontispiece and some one dozen other inserted plates.

The book appears to be from the 1890s but we have not so far found another copy.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: [formerly] Hoveker & Wormser
  • Publisher Place: Amsterdam and Pretoria
  • Date of Publication: (?)1890s
  • Binding Condition: Good (restored)
  • Overall Condition: Good +
  • Size: 200 x 142
  • Lot No: 274
  • Hammer Price: $45
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 16
  • Estimate: $85
  • Reserve: $45

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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.