Bosman (Herman Charles) Jacaranda In The Night
£175
Johannesburg, A.P.B. Bookstore, 1947.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket.
A solid first edition of this the second book (of three) published in the author’s life-time. Bosman is widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest short-story writer.
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Damp affecting lower fore-corner of covers; jacket worn at head of spine and fore-corners, small closed tear to head of upper panel, otherwise very good.
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