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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Fairbridge (Dorothea)

HISTORIC HOUSES OF SOUTH AFRICA

With a preface by General J.C. Smuts.

Published: Oxford University Press, London, 1922

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191 pages, colour frontispiece and 10 colour plates reproduced from Gwelo Goodman oil paintings, numerous black & white photographs by Arthur Elliott, many diagrams and text illustrations, presentation inscription on a front free end paper, blue gilt decorated cloth, a very good copy.

Chapters on Constantia, the Castle, Table Valley, Stellenberg, Eerste River, Vergelegen, Stellenbosch, Simonsberg, Mulders Vlei, Groot Drakenstein, Waggon-Maker's Valley, Waveren, old Cape Dutch furniture and the land itself.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 4to (300 x 220 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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