Hendrik Pierneef. Die Man en sy Werk (1945)

Grosskopf, J F W

Description:

Green linen boards with striking gilt image and lettering to the panel and gilt lettering to the spine. Despite some corner and spine bumping, the cover is crisp and attractive. The binding has loosened, however, with some cracking at the endpapers and between some sections, and there are some 15 square tape marks on the paste-downs. The book itself - frontispiece + 24 pp + reproductions of 74 oils, watercolours, etchings, woodcuts and drawings dating from 1915 to 1944 - is clean and in better than very good condition.

Valuable more for the content than the packaging.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: J L van Schaik
  • Publisher Place: Pretoria
  • Date of Publication: 1945
  • Edition: First
  • Binding Condition: Fair to Good
  • Overall Condition: Good to Very Good
  • Size: 300 x 220
  • Lot No: 122
  • Hammer Price: $126
  • Bids: 15
  • Visits: 170
  • Estimate: $75
  • 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.