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The auction is currently open for viewing. Details of the auction are to be found at: http://www.antiquarianauctions.com Visit this site for fuller descriptions and images. This is auction #84. It is now open for viewing. Bidding starts this Thursday 30th July 2020 at 16.30 GMT Bidding closes on Thursday 6th August at 16.30 GMT. We have the following two lots on offer: -------------------------------------- Lot 475 #27612 Herman Charles Bosman (Ed. Lionel Abrahams). THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HERMAN CHARLES BOSMAN 2 volumes in slipcase. Jonathan Ball, Bergvlei, 1983 2nd impression of 1st edition This is the definitive "Collected Works" although several other items have been newly published since. "It is fair to say that all the stories, essays, chronicles, sketches, poems and novels that have made him South Africa's best loved writer are included ...". Lot 489 #27613 George Milwa Pemba. MRS GRACE MSIMANG. Pen and ink sketch on paper of Mrs Grace Msimang. Signed M. Pemba December 1981. Grace Msimang was the eldest of three daughters of Isaiah Bud Mbelle, a former secretary of the SA Native National Congress (SANNC) and a prominent court interpreter in Kimberley and later in Pretoria. Grace's husband, Richard Msimang, was one of the first black lawyers in Johannesburg in the early 1900s and a founder member of the SANNC (later the ANC). Grace was a niece of Sol Plaatje and the sister-in-law of journalist and politician H. Selby Msimang. She was born and grew up in Kimberley and later lived in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Excellent provenance. The present owner was a friend of George Pemba. Feel free to contact us regarding the condition of this item which is generally excellent but does have minor paper blemishes not immediately apparent. -------------------------------------- Any additional information, images, assistance, as required in connection with the above items and the bidding process can be provided on request - including p&p estimates for overseas clients. You need to register to take part in the auction and antiquarianauctions.com will be pleased to assist you with the bidding process - which is actually simplicity in itself. If you can log in, you can bid. Registration is easy and the site does not ask for too many personal details. IMPORTANT: The items are on the auction and no pre-auction offers will be considered. Items will, if unsold, revert to our previous listed price and no post-auction offers will be considered. If you wish to purchase an item at auction-level prices, please bid for it. Note: The auction allows 'proxy bids' whereby it judiciously spends up to your maximum bid to stay just ahead of the other bidders - only as long as they do not have a proxy bid in excess of yours. If you are the only bidder then it will not exceed the reserve price until another bidder enters a higher bid. Speak to us if you are unsure on how to use this feature. Note: 'Buyers Premium' is charged on this auction, which means that the purchaser is paying the hammer price clear of the surcharge levied by most other auction houses. Buyers Premium adversely affects the prices bid to the detriment of the seller. Reminder: Bidding closes: Thursday 6th August 2020 16.30 GMT (6.30 pm local SA time). Successful bidding! We are available to list and auction collections of suitable material on your behalf. Fables Bookshop has 30 years of experience and will ensure that your collection is handled to best advantage. Descriptions on antiquarianauctions.com take precedence over the above. T's & C's for the auction displayed on their website. Regards Ian Balchin end --- Fables Bookshop (Proprietor: Ian Balchin) Est. 1990 258 Kowie Road, Bathurst, 6166, South Africa. Tel/Fax: Shop +27-(0)46-625-0202 Telegram: t.me/rhodope Our web site: http://www.fables.co.za/ email: [email protected] Founder member Southern African Book Dealers Association _______________________________________________ fables-list mailing list [email protected] http://fables.activedns.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fables-list
