The Book Collector

04/12/2023

Edward Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".

I see you, Edward. I see what you did there.

07/08/2023

16/06/2023

MY STRUGGLE - ADOLF HI**ER
- First English Edition (Abridged)
- Tenth Impression: January 1934
- Publishers: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd

"Eher Verlag took steps to secure the copyright and trademark rights to Mein Kampf in the United States in 1925 and 1927.
In 1928, the literary agency Curtis Brown, Limited secured the assignment for negotiation of translation rights in the United States and Great Britain, and a German copy was picked up by their employee, Cherry Kearton. However, the firm found it difficult to interest publishers in the 782-page book by the leader of what was then an obscure splinter party in Germany.
Even after the elections of September 1930, when the N**i Party became the second largest party in the Reichstag, publishers were cautious about investing in a translation, due to the Great Depression.
The same election inspired Blanche Dugdale to urge her husband, E.T.S. Dugdale, to write an abridgement of Mein Kampf. Dugdale began his work on this abridgement in about 1931, but he, too, was unable to find a publisher for it.
In early 1933, at the time of the N**i seizure of power in Germany, Dugdale apparently contacted Eher Verlag, who referred him to Kearton, now working for the firm of Hurst and Blackett. The latter firm was in the process of buying the translation rights from Curtis Brown for a sum of £350. Dugdale offered the abridgment to Hurst & Blackett free of charge, with the stipulation that his name not be used for the British edition.
Before the book could go to press, however, Hurst and Blackett were visited by Dr. Hans Wilhelm Thost, London correspondent of the Völkischer Beobachter and an active member of the "N**i organization" in London. Although Eher Verlag was satisfied with Dugdale's abridgement, Thost insisted on taking a copy to Berlin for further censoring and official sanction. The abridgement was finally published in October 1933." - Wikipedia

23/10/2022

Groot eer en verrassing.
We are very happy to unveil the Adult Fiction Shortlist for the SA Book Awards 2022, celebrating books written and published in South Africa, as voted for by South African booksellers. Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist!

SA Book Awards: Shortlist criteria
Each year a longlist is generated for the categories: Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction and Children’s based on the bestselling titles measured by Nielsen BookScan South Africa. Each title must be published by a South African publisher, written by a South African author and published in the previous year.

The longlist is then sent to South African booksellers to vote for the title they have most enjoyed selling. The published shortlist and winner are based on the bookseller votes. There is an opportunity for booksellers to include a title not on the longlist if they wish.

Voting normally takes place in August and the shortlist is announced in the Autumn.

26/09/2022

"Net soms verskyn daar ’n boek wat heeltemal ongewoon en uitsonderlik is. Nicol Stassen se Van Humpata tot Upingtonia is só ’n kultuurprestasie."

07/07/2022

TRETCHIKOFF - DE LUXE EDITION (NO. 85 OF 400)
This beautifully-illustrated, contains an eight-page introduction interspersed with monochrome cartoon illustrations and blue tinted photographs, followed by 64 full-page colour plates of his best-known works.

Edited by the curator of the National Gallery Retrospective, UCT academic Andrew Lamprecht, it includes a series of essays that explore his life, work and legacy by historian Boris Gorelik, art theorist Ashraf Jamal, and Yvonne du Toit, who produced two television documentaries about Tretchikoff.

The foreword is by Stuart Cloete who writes: “He has made more money than any artist dead or alive with the exception of Pablo Picasso.”

Price: R4 500
Edition: First Edition
Published: 1956
Publisher: Howard Timmins
Condition: Fine condition book in gold foil backed dust wrapper with one small closed tear to the top front cover, and some scratch marks to the rear cover.

01/06/2022

SUID-AFRIKAANSE KUNS VAN DIE TWINTIGSTE EEU / TWENTIETH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICAN ART
A book which is of the highest possible standard in every respect; in the selection of the works of art, in the introductory descriptive matter, in the finish of the book as a whole, and in the care devoted to the reproduction of the 162 works of art.

Edition: First Edition

Published: 1966

Publishers: Human & Rousseau.

31/05/2022

NATAL : A SERIES OF PENCIL SKETCHES – CHARLES E. PEERS
– With an introduction by S.W. Pape. Vice President, South African National Society
– Presented to T.E. (Tom) Andrews’ Emagameni Collection by H.W. Turner

First Edition

Published: 1930

Publishers: William, Brown & Davis

28/05/2022

150 SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTINGS – PAST & PRESENT – LUCY ALEXANDER & EVELYN COHEN
An anthology of 150 South African Paintings, it offers a unique and refreshing overview of creative work by South African painters and will inform and delight anyone with an interest in South Africa art and artists.

Edition: First Edition

Published: 1990

Publishers: Struikhof Publishers

27/05/2022

RHENISH 150: 1860-2010

Rhenish Girls’ High School is a boarding school for girls in Stellenbosch in the province of Western Cape in South Africa. It was founded in 1860, thus making it the oldest girls’ school in South Africa (tied with La Rochelle Girls’ High School in Paarl).

Published: 2009

Publishers: Sun Media Stellenbosch

Condition: As new