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The Bechuanalands. A brief history of the countries and their postal services 1836 -1895 (1945) (from the library of Andre Bezuidenhout)
Jurgens, A A
Description:
See also Lot 1.
The green cloth-boards, gilt to front and spine, are a lightly rubbed and frayed at all he usual places. The binding remains tight. The plain endpapers are as those for the previous lot. The xiii + 110 pp of illustrated text and list of subscribers are unmarked and undiscoloured.
In the immediate post-world war years, coffee-table books were not as common as they later became, but this is a good early one, with the ratio of popular history and philately nicely balanced. This time the foreword is by Sir Evelyn Baring, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Bechuanaland (and Basutoland and Swaziland).
Details:
- Publisher: The author
- Publisher Place: Not stated
- Date of Publication: No date (1946?)
- Edition: First
- Jacket Condition: No jacket
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Near Fine
- Size: 310 x 235
- Lot No: 27
- Hammer Price: $60
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 31
- Estimate: $165
- Reserve: $60
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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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- 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.
