Kampkinders 1900-1902. 'n Gedenkboek (1982)

Van Schoor, M C E and others (editors and compilers)

Description:

In prose, poetry and photographs, this book relates the lives of many of the children who were in concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War. The main text and photographic sections are followed by a 14-page alphabetical roll of honour and some 550 portraits of survivors in their old age.

Loose inserts are an invitation to and a programme for a reunion gathering of concentration camp children at the Women's Monument in Bloemfontein on Sunday 10 October 1982.

Brown Skivertex boards, plain endpapers and 143 pp of illustrated text - all in fine and unmarked condition.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: War Museum of the Boer Republics
  • Publisher Place: Bloemfontein
  • Date of Publication: 1982
  • Edition: Frst
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 300 x 210
  • Lot No: 252
  • Hammer Price: $39
  • Bids: 7
  • Visits: 93
  • Estimate: $35
  • Reserve: $25

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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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  • 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.