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Portrait of a South African Village by A Lomax. Molteno 1894-1909 (English and Afrikaans) (numbered and signed limited edition; 1964)
Meintjes, Johannes
Description:
No 415 of 500 copies, signed "Johannes Meintjes"
Ambrose Lomax (1867-1943) was a pharmacist and photographer in the town of Molteno in the Cape Province. Meintjes contributed the biographical sketch and introduction (i-xxiv) and also collected and selected Lomax's photographs (pp 1-126).
A fine copy of a beautiful book.
Details:
- Publisher: Bamboesberg
- Publisher Place: Molteno
- Date of Publication: 1964
- Edition: First
- Jacket Condition: Near Very Good
- Binding Condition: Mint
- Overall Condition: Mint
- Size: 240 x 160
- Lot No: 124
- Hammer Price: $850
- Bids: 51
- Visits: 97
- Estimate: $95
- Reserve: $65
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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.
