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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Fransen, Hans

Architectural beauty of the old Cape as seen by Arthur Elliott

Photographs of houses and farmsteads now largely demolished or ruined taken at the beginning of the twentieth century

Published: A A Balkema, Cape Town, 1969

Edition: First

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The covers of this otherwise fine first edition copy have been restored. Half-bound in grey leathercloth, new gilt lettering to the spine, with the original grey buckram sides, gilt publisher's logo to the upper panel, and new plain endpapers. Frontispiece portrait, viii + 343 pp of text, b/w photographs with captions, and index, all on heavy gloss art paper. The dustjacket is missing.

  • Binding Condition: Fine (restored)
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 270 x 270; 2.1 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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