Met de Boeren-Commando's. Mijne Ervaringen als Veldprediker (1903)

Kestell, J D

Description:

This title was translated as "Through Shot and Flame" (London, 1903)and "Mit den Burenkommandos im Felde" (Munich, 1903). Presumably because it was difficult to find a copy of the Dutch original, the Pretoria publisher Protea chose to translate its recent Afrikaans version ("Met die Boerekommando's") from the German. At all events, the original book, of which the copy in the present lot is an excellent example, is now rare.

Brown cloth-boards with black decorations and decorative lettering to the panel and the spine. The original spine has been laid down on tape used to reinforce the binding. Decorative brown and black endpapers (possibly renewed). viii + 287 pp of text with occasional illustrations in the text.

The covers are bumped and frayed at the corners but otherwise sound. The restored binding is firm but no longer square. The endpapers and book pages are clean and undiscoloured and carry no ownership or other marks.

A more than decent copy of beautifully printed letterpress.

Details:

  • Publisher: -- Boekhandel (formerly Hoveker & Wormser)
  • Publisher Place: Amsterdam and Pretoria (printed in the Netherlands)
  • Date of Publication: no date (1903)
  • Edition: first
  • Binding Condition: Good (see description)
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 250 x 180
  • Lot No: 113
  • Hammer Price: $250
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 35
  • Estimate: $500
  • Reserve: $250

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  • Name: Fontein Books
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  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
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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.