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Auction #131 begins on 28 May 2026

Bosman (Herman Charles)

COLD STONE JUG (1949)

Published: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg, 1949

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $220

Approximately:

Estimate: $280

Bidding opens: 28 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 4 Jun 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's grey cloth binding with black title on front panel and spine. Illustrated dust jacket.

278pp.

Binding sound. Contents clean. Scarce original dust jacket in very good condition.

'Critics who have read this book in pageproof declare unconditionally that it is a masterpiece.

In COLD STONE JUG the author unfolds a strangely-moving tale of life as it is lived inside the grey iron-stone walls of a South African prison.

COLD STONE JUG is not a sociological work. The author has no "message" in the orthodox sense of expounding a personal theory or a philosophy. He allows life to speak for itself. And the result is a great and profound and startling book: brutal realism blending with inspired fancy in a story about South Africans you don't know. 600 men leading their twilight lives in the COLD STONE JUG.' - editor's note

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Near Fine


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