The Coin Catalogue. Hern's handbook on South African coins (1991)

Hern, Brian; photography by John Bothma

Description:

The two-colour varnished dustjacket is complete although rubbed at the front and the flap folds and chipped at the head. The green Skivertex-boards, gilt to front and spine, are unmarked. The plain endpapers are unmarked and undiscoloured, as are the viii + 277 pp of text and illustrations.

Overall, this is a near-fine copy of a book essential for numismatists but already difficult to find.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Ken Hern
  • Publisher Place: Sandton
  • Date of Publication: 1991
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Good +
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 230 x 155
  • Lot No: 302
  • Hammer Price: $45
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $70
  • Reserve: $45

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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.