Free Statia. Reminiscences of a lifetime in the Orange Free State (Africana Collectanea limited numbered edition; 1965)

Collins, Wm W

Description:

See also Lot 199. The Struik reprint has the benefit of an index prepared for the Johannesburg Public Library for use with the original book and repaginated for this edition. It also has eight illustrations (see one of the images) from James Backhouse's "A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa". This is copy No 236 from the Struik edition limited to 750 copies.

Full-bound in red leatherette-boards with blind embossed design all over and gilt to the panel and spine. The endpapers are sunned in register with the flaps of the now missing dustjacket, with two ownership names to the front. vi + 344 pp of text and index + frontispiece and 8 tinted plates.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Struik
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1965
  • Edition: Africana Collectanea Edition
  • Jacket Condition: (No jacket)
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 220 x 145
  • Lot No: 200
  • Hammer Price: $105
  • Bids: 8
  • Visits: 67
  • Estimate: $40
  • Reserve: $30

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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.