AFRIKAANS

[Periodical; South Africa] The Cape Monthly Magazine, nos. 67-78 (12 issues)

Author: 
[South Africa; Periodical]
Publication details: 
Cape Town: J.C. Juta. London, E. Stanford, January 1876-Dec. 1876
£250.00

One year's issues of the periodical, 8vo, printed mustard coloured wraps, wear on top and bottom, some chipping and other minor damage, mainly good-very good. Subjects include: HMS Challenger; poem in Afrikaans; South Afrrican Tribes; History of the Orange Free State; The Search for Gold; The Future Language of South Africa; The Klipmeester; The Topographical Nomenclature of South Africa; Bain's Kloof; etc.

Autograph Letter Signed to C. H. Grinling with presentation copy of his pamphlet 'Spiritual evolution in South Africa'.

Author: 
Theodore Johannes Haarhoff
Publication details: 
Letter dated 2 November 1946, on University of Witwatersrand letterhead; pamphlet printed in Johannesburg and undated (but inscribed by recipient 'C H. G. | Dec. 4. 1946').
£100.00

THE PAMPHLET: 8vo, 21 pages, in original blue printed wraps. Somewhat dusty and bumped in one corner but in good condition overall. Inscribed on title-page 'With the good wishes of the author'. THE LETTER: 1 page, 8vo. Grubby and with jagged closed tear to one edge not affecting text. He thanks him for the note '& the enclosures with their prophetic words. How slow the material world is to react to the vision of its seers!' He hopes his 'little essay' will be of interest. He concludes 'Patrick Duncan was the only Milner man I knew & he, of course, has passed over.

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