COLONIAL HOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Graham Viney with photographs by Alain Proust
\"Graham Viney has selected twenty-three widely divergent examples to recount the fascinating story of early South African houses which he examines against a background of styles and fashions prevailing at the time, not only in South Africa but elsewhere in the world. In addition to detailed descriptions, the author has provided equally pertinent insights into the attitudes and aspirations of the men who built them, as well as the opinions expressed about them by some of their contemporaries.\"
Original blue cloth, with spine title in silver gilt; laminated pictorial dust jacket and matching slipcase; pp. 288; full colour photographs and period illustrations throughout. Slipcase shows shelfwear, dj creased at top edges, inscription to front free endpaper. Very good+ condition.
Struik Winchester, 1989. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Impression.
PLUS
50 CAPE DUTCH HOUSES
Simpson, Sally & Chris Jansen
\"In this gallery of fifty old Cape buildings, Chris Jansen has not limited his portraits to the beautifully kept national monuments of Cape Dutch architecture, but has wandered through the yards and outbuildings of the farmsteads, capturing the mellow atmosphere of another age and way of life…\"
A Near Fine copy. Hardcover, 96pp, profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Gift copy with donor\'s cards on tipped-in compliments sheet. Minor shelf wear to Dust Jacket.
1st edition, Don Nelson Publishers, Cape Town, 1981.
- Size: 30x23cm + 31x21cm
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