Jacob van Reenen and the

Kirby, Percival R

Description:

. . . of 1790-1791 (1958, ex-lib)

This copy's complete text and eight plates and two maps, all undamaged, make this a good ex-library find, although the unprotected dustjacket, front endpapers and title page are all marred by library duty and the binding cloth is visible between the frontispiece and title page.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Witwatersrand University Press
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1958
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Fair
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 225 x 150 mm
  • Lot No: 156
  • Hammer Price: $20
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 21
  • Estimate: $35
  • Reserve: $20

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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.