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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Fairbridge (Dorothea)

HISTORIC HOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Oxford University Press & Maskew Miller, London & Cape Town, 1922

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With a Preface by General J.C. Smuts.

91 pages, colour frontispiece and 10 colour plates after Gwelo Goodman, numerous black & white plates and text illustrations, handsomely bound in half red morocco with the spine titled and decorated gilt in panels, red cloth sides with the intitial “P” on in gilt on the upper cover, top edge gilt. A very good copy of this important work on Cape architecture.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (295 x 233 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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