Buy this book on-line Clarke, Sonia : ‘Vanity Fair’ in Southern Africa, 1869 to 1914The Brenthurst Press, Johannesburg, 1991 ISBN 0909079471
Quarto. Brenthurst second series, number 8. 223 pp. Beatifully illustrated throughout. Ribbon marker. No visible defects. a lovely dust-jacket. Limited print run, llimited to 850 standard, unnumbered copies."The weekly magazine Vanity Fair was published in London from 1868 to 1914, and catered to the tastes of high-society Victorians and Edwardians. From 1869 each issue carried a caricature lithographed in full colour, depicting a notable person of the day. The portraits, with the often biting of amusing commentaries that accompanied them, provide entertaining glimpses of life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Reproduced here is a selection of over eighty caricatures of personalities who had links with southern Africa during what was a turbulent time in the regions history. A broad commentary relates the characters to their contemporaries and events of the period.". Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Maroon Cloth. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Clarke, Sonia : ‘Vanity Fair’ in Southern Africa, 1869 to 1914. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, incunabula, livres anciens, used books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |