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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Felix V. Lategan

The Jan Felix Lategan Commemoration Collection of Historical Fire-Arms (Signed and Inscribed by Author, with Letter)

Published: N/A, N/A, N/A

Reserve: $58

Approximately:

Estimate: $60-75

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher and date of publication not indicated.

Small 8vo, 52pp. Softcover binding, full-colour illustrations and black lettering on covers. Dual-language edition in Afrikaans and English.

Inscribed and signed by the author, and with a handwritten and signed letter, loosely inserted. Lategan is the author of “Die Boer se roer. Die groot geweerboek van Suid-Afrika”, and numerous other books.

Felix V. Lategan (1907-1998) Literary academic, critic, author and translator. Co-author (with Gerhard J. Beukes) of Skrywers en Rigtings, a valuable overview of Afrikaans literature (Beukes wrote the drama sections). Translator, into Afrikaans, of W.B. Yeats’s play Land of Heart's Desire as Moeder Ierland. (https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Felix_V._Lategan)

Condition: Very good. Light rubbing and spots of light foxing to covers. Light foxing to last page, and small creases to bottom corner of front cover.

  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo


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