1. A Grove of Fever Trees, 256pp, hardcover binding with dust jacket. Condition: Overall very good. Some rubbing and light edgewear to DJ, slight mildew stains to boards and spine, slight foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Text clean, well bound.
2. The Sea Hath Bounds, 361pp, hardcover binding without dust jacket. Condition: Good. Small stains and indentations to rear board, light shelfwear to top and tail of spine, previous owner’s signature to front endpaper, spots of insect wear to front pastedown, some splitting to gutters between endpapers and pastedowns, light foxing to edges of textblock, spot of light insect wear to fore edge of textblock. Text clean.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Rooke: Daphne Marie Rooke (née Pizzey) (1914 – 2009) was a South African author of works such as "Mittee", "Ratoons" and "Wizards' Country". She also wrote travel articles and books for children set in India, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. She became a journalist and author. In 1946, she was co-winner of the Afrikaanse Pers literary prize, for a work that was eventually published as her first novel, under the title "A Grove of Fever Trees". In the meantime (1937) she had married an Australian named Irvin ("Bertie") Rooke, whom she had met while doing organizational work for the Transport Workers Union. To reconnect with Bertie's Australian family, they left for Australia in 1946. They returned to Natal in 1953, but disturbed by the police state mentality in South Africa, moved back to Australia in 1965. In the 1980s her work was "rediscovered" by the University of Natal, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1997. She remained in Australia until Bertie's death in 1989 when she moved to Cambridge, England, where she lived for the rest of her life.
First editions published 1951 and 1946.
Size: Small 8vo (19,5 x 13,5cm)
London & Johannesburg: Jonathan Cape & APB Bookstore, 1946-1951
- Overall Condition: Good-Very Good
- Size: 8vo
