First edition, first (and only) impression. The last book illustrated by Battiss.
Book is clean with light tape marks on the front endpaper and a short inscription. Contents clean with a fair dust jacket. The dust jacket is illustrated by Battiss and there are numerous line drawings throughout by him.
125pp. Hardcover. Inscription of a previous oner on a front blank page.
An unusual item for the Battiss collector.
It contains short sayings by people of note, translated into Afrikaans by the late Afrikaans lecturer, author, director and actor Chris du Toit.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (210 x 130 mm)
