Author: Cape Times, The. (Ed).
Title: Sports and Sportsmen. South Africa.
Description: Cape Times / Atkinson & Partners (SA). Cape Town c.1925 1st edition. Gilt titles gilt titles, ruling and dentilles on full red morocco with 5 raised bands. the gilt extends to returns of leather on paste-downs. aeg. marbled eps. xiii + 526pp, large folio 380mm x 290mm x 55mm. 4.9kg. The contents are excellent with crisp clean white pages. Externally this is a worn copy. Both marbled free endpapers have been excised leaving only the marbled paste-downs. Corners are bumped and worn, as are spine ends with loss of leather to the top. Copy No.270 of 500. Covers horse racing & breeding, history of The Wanderers' Club, cricket, university sport, rugby, the 1920 Springbok tour of New Zealand, soccer. These chapters are followed by over 300pp devoted to 120 prominent 'sportsmen' of the period. Many famous names are to be found amongst these, chiefly from business and political circles. This publication acted in the manner of a paid Who's Who. Purchasing an advance premium copy entitled one to a hagiographic entry with photograph.

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