Piet Uijs, of Lijden en Strijd der Voortrekkers in Natal (1917)

Van der Post, C W H

Description:

This was a posthumous book by Christiaan van der Post. Perhaps best known today as the father of Laurens van der Post, he achieved great things in his own life. Born in the Netherlands, he came to South Africa with his parents at the age of three. The book opens with a portrait frontispiece of the author and a three-page appreciation of his life, which ended in 1915 at the early age of 59. He was variously a teacher at Grey College, Bloemfontein, senior partner in one of the largest law practices in the Free State, a member, and later president of the Free State parliament, consul for the Netherlands and consular agent for France, a Commandant in the Free State and the Transvaal in the Anglo-Boer War and MP for Philippolis in the parliament of the Orange River Colony.

"Ignas Prinsloo" and "Piet Uys, or the Suffering and Struggle of the Voortrekkers in Natal" were his two major literary works.

Though legible and functional, the green-grey cloth-boards are rubbed, scuffed and stained. The binding has loosened but is intact. The printed front free endpaper is missing. The half-title has a horizontal tear and an ownership name and date. The frontispiece is detached but present. However, the xii + 206 pp of text and notes are unmarked and undiscoloured, making this quite an attractive copy of a rare title.

Details:

  • Publisher: J H de Bussy; H A UM
  • Publisher Place: Pretoria and Amsterdam; Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1917
  • Edition: Second revised edition (with simplified spelling)
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good +
  • Size: 195 x 135
  • Lot No: 155
  • Hammer Price: $35
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 14
  • Estimate: $50
  • Reserve: $35

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  • Name: Fontein Books
  • Address: 27 Voortrekker Street, Philippolis 9970
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
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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.