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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Cecil Skotnes

The Assassination of Shaka

Published: McGraw-Hill, Johannesburg, 1974

Edition: 1st

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The Assassination of Shaka by Mhlangane Dingane and Mbopa on 22 September 1828 at Dukuza by which act the Zulu nation first lost its empire, McGraw Hill, woodblock prints by Cecil Skotnes, text by Stephen Gray, 43 coloured woodblock prints, includes source notes, biography and notes on the woodblocks, 102 pages, folio,condition: very good

This book was conceived as a 'block book,' that is within the medieval manuscript tradition a book that presents the narrative as both print and word and plays upon the interaction between the two.

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 250 x 350mm


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