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 light 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
First Edition: Yes

Condition: Good-.
Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear.

Jacket Condition: Fair to good. Edge-wear to all extremities. Tide-mark to lower edge as well. Foxing to verso. Some creasing. Small closed tears to the edges and corners.
Dimensions: 28.5cm x 21.5cm x 2cm