Die Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie (first edition; 1956)

Albertyn, Dr C F (editor)

Description:

10 vols, with index, paginated 1-4748 for ease of reference. Owner's name on endpapers, otherwise a complete, clean and unmarked set of the first edition of this standard work. The contributors vary from volume to volume. This set, well bound in green leatherette, would have been fine except that the binding of Vol 10 is cracked front and back, though with no loss of functionality.

Details:

  • Publisher: Nasionale Boekhandel
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1956
  • Edition: First
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 270 x 200 x 315 (shelf space); 14 kg
  • Lot No: 94
  • Hammer Price: $50
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 113
  • 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
  • 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.