Unpaginated, uncut edges, quarter bound in green leather which is faded on the spine, with a red title label gilt on the spine, patterned boards and matching slipcase.
This copy is number AP 1.
This private edition, with 1 original woodcut in colour and 14 original wood engravings by Cecil Skotnes, each signed and numbered by the artist, is limited to 75 copies numbered 1 to 75;10 artist’s proofs numbered AP I to AP X and 8 hors commerce numbered HC I to HC VIII. All graphics are printed from the original blocks on Zerkal Buetten paper by Egon Guenther. The text is hand set in 24 point Bembo by Nicholas Pasotti and printed by Egon Guenther. Each copy is hand bound in quarter Oasis goatskin by Peter Carstens. Johannesburg, May 1981’
The Rooinek by Herman Charles Bosman first appeared in the Touleier, Johannesburg in January – February 1931 and is included in the collection Mafeking Road. From the colophon.
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication of Herman Charles Bosman's poignant story Cecil printed fourteen wood engravings and one woodcut in colour at Egon Guenther’s, for an edition limited to 75 copies. (http://cecilskotnes.com/the-rooinek/)
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4vo (350 x250mm)
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- Country: South Africa
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