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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Marais (Eugène N.)

SKETSE UIT DIE LEWE VAN MENS EN DIER (1928) DWAALSTORIES (1931) DIE MIELIES VAN NOOITGEDACHT (1937) SPORE IN DIE SAND (1949)

Four vintage editions of the famous Afrikaans author's collected short stories

Published: Kaapstad & Johannesburg, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1949

Edition: First Editions

Reserve: $60

Approximately:

Estimate: $80

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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1.) SKETSE UIT DIE LEWE VAN MENS EN DIER

First edition published by Nasionale Pers, Kaapstad, 1928.

Publisher's illustrated cloth binding.

199pp. Includes original errata slip.

Binding sound. Contents clean.

This edition was published six years before his great work Die Siel van die Mier.

2.) DWAALSTORIES EN ANDER VERTELLINGS

Second impression, Nasionale Pers, Kaapstad, 1931.

Publisher's cloth-covered card binding.

76pp. Illustrated. Portrait frontispiece of "Old Hendrik the Bushman" by Erich Mayer.

Binding sound. Contents clean.

3.) DIE MIELIES VAN NOOITGEDACHT

Published by Nasionale Pers, 1937.

Publisher's illustrated cloth binding.

188pp.

Binding sound. Internally clean.

This is the second edition of Sketse uit die Lewe van Mens en Dier but was published under a different title.

The cover illustration was done by T. O. Honiball of Oom Kaspaas fame.

4.) SPORE IN DIE SAND EN ANDER VERHALE

First edition published by Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg, 1949.

Publisher's grey cloth binding with the scarce original dust jacket.

182pp.

Binding sound. Contents clean. Jacket with chips at spine ends and moderate age-associated wear.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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