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Publisher's grey hardcover binding with grey dust jacket illustrated by Walter Battiss.
First and only edition of the last book illustrated by Walter Battiss. Published in Pretoria by Erroll Marx in 1982.
125pp.
The book is clean with white pages and only a former owner's name at the bottom of the front end paper. Book and dust-jacket in fine condition with the jacket still retaining its original price sticker from CNA on the back panel. Originally priced at R14.95 and eventually knocked down to R4.99!
The book is a collection of short sayings or quotes by people of note, translated into Afrikaans by the late Afrikaans lecturer, author, director and actor, Chris du Toit, who starred in films like Elsa se Geheim 1969, Boland! 1974 etc.
The text is complemented with numerous amusing line drawings by Battiss.
- Jacket Condition: Near Fine
- Binding Condition: Near Fine
- Name: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0741235861
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