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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Theal, Dr George McCall

Willem Adriaan van der Stel. And Other Historical Sketches (1913)

Published: Thomas Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1913

Edition: First

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Unusually, the book is divided into five "Sketches" with a synoptical index for each:

  • Exploration
  • Wars
  • Truces
  • Van der Stel
  • Emigration. 

Publisher's original maroon cloth-boards, gilt to the upper panel and spine, plain black endpapers, vi + 325 pp of text and indexes. Unillustrated. 

CONDITION. Complete and near-fine throughout, Ownership signature to front free endpaper verso, otherwise unmarked. Light foxing to the first and last two leaves and a very few light foxing spots to the top and front page-edges, otherwise undiscoloured.

A rare near-fine copy.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 220 x 155
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
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