(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1963). Loosely inserted typescript card with the message "Met die beste groete en wense van Die skrywer". 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 198; plate. Dustwrapper edgeworn, partially sunned and a bit foxed; endpapers, outermost leaves and edges a somewhat foxed. Good. Afrikaans text. Holmer Johanssen was the pseudonym of Johan Frederik Holleman (1915-2001), whose slim output attracted critical acclaim. "In Die swerftog van die Helena (1963) bundel Johannsen sketse oor Masjonaland en 'n aantal kortverhale, waarvan die titelverhaal met sy kontras tussen 'n jeugervaring en die ontnugterende herontmoeting met 'n eertydse vriendin die treffendste is." - Kannemeyer: Die Afrikaanse Literatuur 1652-2004, p. 142 .

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12467
Title: Die swerftog van die Helena
Author: Johanssen, Holmer
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1963)
Keywords: Literature. Short Stories. Essays Afrikaans
Bookseller catalogs: Afrikaans;

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Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...