The History of the Port and Settlement of Walvis Bay 1878-1978 (signed; 1978)

Wilken, J J J and G J Fox

Description:

This attractive volume was researched by its authors over a seven-year period and published to mark the centenary of this West Coast port.

The dustjacket, which reproduces an 1876 engraving, is printed in two colours on heavy grained stock. It is rubbed and chipped, especially at the spine and the corners; inside it is sunned at the spine and moisture stained at the upper right and at the foot of the spine. The white cloth-board covers, gilt to the front and spine carry a mirror of the jacket stains. The binding is sound. The illustrated endpapers feature an unattributed reversed map of Africa. The 197 pp of text are illustrated throughout with maps, sketches and photographs.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: Perskor
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1978
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 280 x 220
  • Lot No: 64
  • Hammer Price: $32
  • Bids: 2
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  • 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
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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.