South Africa (the Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, Rhodesia, and all the other territories south of the Zambesi) (The Story of the Nations series; 1899)

Theal, George, McCall

Description:

This is a very nicely presented copy of what may be Theal's most accessible work, written for the publisher's "Story of the Nations" series.

Half-bound in red morocco and matching marbled paper boards, gilt and raised bands to the spine, head and tail bands. The same marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. xxviii + 452 pp of text and index + frontispiece and folding map + 37 illustrations in the text.

The paper covers are rubbed front and back and the leather has a few rubbed areas. The binding is cracked between the tipped-in "The Story of the Nations - Subscription Edition" plate at the front and the half-title, and there is some other between-section cracking. The endpapers are clean. There is a dedication (in German) on the fly-leaf. The frontispiece and map are clean and unworn. There is a little foxing on the page edges, but no foxing elsewhere. There are some small brown stains on four or five pages.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: T Fisher Unwin
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1899
  • Edition: Ninth impression
  • Binding Condition: Near Very Good
  • Overall Condition: VG +
  • Size: 200 x 145
  • Lot No: 109
  • Hammer Price: $63
  • Bids: 3
  • Visits: 59
  • Estimate: $100
  • Reserve: $50

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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.