Reminiscences of Johannesburg and London (1976)

Cohen, Louis

Description:

Facsimile reproduction of the 1924 edition with a new foreword (by Eric Rosenthal)and new illustrations.

xvii + 316 pp of text and index + colour frontispiece + 16 pp of halftone illustrations.

The illustrated jacket of this unmarked, tight, very good copy is edge-rubbed and has a moisture stain on the inside of the spine. The blue leathercloth covers, silver to spine, have a small stain at the head of the back covers. The blue tinted top page edges are partially bleached.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Africana Book Society
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1976
  • Edition: First in this form
  • Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 220 x 145
  • Lot No: 5
  • Hammer Price: $37
  • Bids: 3
  • Visits: 44
  • Estimate: $45
  • Reserve: $30

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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.