(Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1946). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 338; plates. Dustwrapper edgeworn, with loss, and earlier owner's tape repairs to reverse (nevertheless, a remarkable survival); backstrip sunned at head and tail; front free endpaper removed; edges and prelims. foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. Afrikaans text. Sought-after and uncommon title, covering the history of South African rugby to 1938. (South African Rugby 1889-1989: A bibliography of monographs, 244) 'Ou Tokkelossie vertel aan "Broertjie" hoe ons leer rugby speel het en vervolg die geskiedenis daarvan tot ons Springbokke na kragmetings teen die Britte, Franse, "All Blacks" en Wallabies hulle plek verower het as die wêreld se baasrugbyspelers. Op boeiende, lewendige wyse ontrol die beeld voor ons gees waar ons saam met Broertjie luister na die spannende wedstryde. Hierdie werk sal onder die jeug en die sportliefhebbers opspraak verwek en in duisdendtalle verkoop. Dit is die eerste van sy soort in Afrikaans, en bowendien van 'n gehalte wat onteenseglik hoogstaande is en gedra word deur die regte gesindheid aangaande die gesonde sportlewe gees, sodat dit noodwendig die harte stormenderwyse moet verower.' .

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11972
Title: Ons Springbok-Rugbyspelers - En Tokkelossie
Author: Smith, Topsy
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: (Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1946)
Bookseller catalogs: Sport;

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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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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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....