Homesteads and Villages of South Africa – Walton, James

Dealing with the more celebrated homesteads, churches and villages of the Western Province and the development of folk building throughout South Africa. Included are ornate gabled houses, fortified Frontier homesteads, hardbieshuise, thatched cottages at Mamre and Zuurbraak. Corbelled and Griqua structures. Richly illustrated with sketches, maps and 54 b&w photographs. Some foxing to prelims. Cockling to the top edge of illustrations at the rear. 114 Pages. Contents clean and tightly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to poor. Edge-wear with a number of closed tears mainly to top edge. Open tears to the header and foot of the spine. Creasing with some rubbing to the fold edges. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Publisher: J L Van Schailk Ltd
Date Published: 1965
Publication Place: Pretoria

Condition: Good.
Binding: Hardcover. Mild edge-wear.
Has Dust Jacket: Yes
Jacket Condition: Fair. Edge-wear with some creasing. Foxing and reinforement with white paper to the verso. Purple stamp “File Copy” on the front cover.
Dimensions: 28.5cm x 21.5cm x 2cm