This is a fine copy of the illustrated centenary edition of 1968, with its 20 pp introduction by Doris Lessing, a modern novelist sometimes compared to Schreiner. It includes the text of the original preface by Ralph Iron, Schreiner's pseudonym.
Full-bound in blue cloth-boards with gilt design and lettering to the upper face and gilt lettering to the spine; pasted to the front cover is a brown-and-gilt reproduction of a woodcut ("Farmhouse at Prince Albert in the Cape") by J H Pierneef. Tan-printed cream endpapers advertising Hutchinson books published at the same time as Schreiner's novel. Half-title blurb from Lessing's introduction. Title-page illustrated with a duotone portrait of Olive Schreiner and her facsimile signature. xxxiv pp of introduction, preface, glossary and contents. 301 pp of illustrated text, notes and acknowledgments - all on medium-weight matt-art paper.
CONDITION. Complete, unmarked, undiscoloured and fine throughout, though with the lightest edge-rubbing of the lower cover board.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 265 x 200
- Sold By: Fontein Books
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- Country: South Africa
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