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Malherbe (D. F.)

VERGEET NIE : HISTORIES-ROMANTIES VERHAAL UIT DIE ANGLO-BOEREOORLOG (1913)

The pioneering Afrikaans author's first novel and the first Afrikaans novel centred around the Anglo-Boer War

Published: "Het Westen"-Drukkerij, Potchefstroom, 1913

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $70

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt titles to front panel.

163pp. 

Binding sound. Contents clean with contemporary ownerships on front endpaper.

Daniel Francois Malherbe (1881-1969) was a pioneering figure in the Afrikaans language being appointed as the first professor of Afrikaans in South Africa. He was appointed to this position in 1918 at Grey University College in Bloemfontein. He was also the author of Vergeet Nie (1913), the first Anglo-Boer War novel in Afrikaans.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good


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