40pp. Hardcover binding. Afrikaans text, facsimile print. Condition: Very good. Very slight bumps to top corners of a few pages. Else fine. Text clean. Solidly bound.
Limited edition of 350 copies. This copy is unnumbered and unsigned. With loosely inserted letter from publisher.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_van_Heerden:
Ernst van Heerden (1916 – 1997) was a prominent South African poet, literary critic, and academic who wrote primarily in Afrikaans. Over his prolific career, he published fifteen volumes of poetry and was honoured with numerous awards, including the prestigious Hertzog Prize.
Unusual for an academic of his stature, Van Heerden was an elite athlete and a South African weightlifting champion. He founded the Western Province Weightlifting Union and the weightlifting club at Stellenbosch University, and he frequently assisted rugby legend Danie Craven with weight-training rehabilitation for injured players. His sporting passions heavily influenced his writing; during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, a collection of his sports poems was awarded a silver medal. He also attended the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki as a judge and manager of the South African weightlifting team.
Size: 8vo (25 x 18cm)
Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1993
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
