The Adventures of Intambo and Mafuta or The Vicissitudes of the Botshongweni Family. Book One
by Wilson, Monty (author and illustrator)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Durban: Monty Wilson, [1942]). 180 x 132 mm; side-stitched pictorial card wrappers; pp. (iv) + 59 + (i); illustrations. Wrappers browned and foxed; earlier owner's name to upper cover, which is chipped at top fore-corner; occasional fox spot. Good condition. These sketches, which first appeared in the pages of Durban's "Daily Tribune" and "Daily News", would probably be considered in poor taste by a modern readership. "It is some years since I first met the creator of the Botshongweni family who have been described as the most famous residents in South Africa since Chaka. There, I think, the similarity ends, for the Botshongwenis could hurt no one. Monty Wilson's love of detail and his treatment of the subject that is nearest his heart has endeared him to a great many people in South Africa as well as overseas. They recognise from his drawings, just as we, who are more fortunate in knowing him personally can recognise, a character that still holds a large share of boyish humour combined with a more mature kindliness." - From the Foreword .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12894
- Title
- The Adventures of Intambo and Mafuta or The Vicissitudes of the Botshongweni Family. Book One
- Author
- Wilson, Monty (author and illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (Durban: Monty Wilson, [1942])
- Keywords
- Cartoons. Zulus. Natal Humour
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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