This copy would have been even more highly rated had it not had a dedication in pen that takes up almost half the front free endpaper and had it not had some very small crush marks at the top of its laminated dustjacket.
This very useful and comprehensive book, illustrated by almost 500 photographs, offers an invaluable record from the start in 1860 to the Act of Union a hundred years ago of what is today one of South Africa's more attractive cities -- not only the capital of the Free State, the seat of the Appeal Court and the location of South Africa's third-oldest surviving school (Grey College), but a city -- "the City of Roses" -- that has remained modest in size and neat and ordered in the layout and conservation of its buildings and open spaces.
As with all this author's non-fiction works, this book, honouring his home Province, was the subject of painstaking research.
- Jacket Condition: VG+
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 280 x 220
- 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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