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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Clarke (Sonia)

'VANITY FAIR' IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 1869 TO 1914

Published: The Brenthurst Press, Johannesburg, 1991

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Brenthurst Press, Second Series, Volume 8: 223 pages, colour frontispiece, colour illustrations throughout, original purple cloth gilt, lightly rubbed dust jacket, a good copy.

‘The weekly magazine Vanity Fair was published in London from 1868 to 1914….from early 1869 each issue carried a caricature of a notable person of the day, lithographed in full colour; through the years these reproductions have become collector’s items….In this book a selection of over eighty caricatures is presented, of characters who were all connected either directly or indirectly with events in what was a turbulent era in southern Africa.’ Editor’s note.

This edition is limited to one thousand copies. 850 copies bound in cloth.

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 4to (310 x 245 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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