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About the product Signed by Kepler Wessels on the front free endpaper. 8vo; original green boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xi + (i) + 348, incl. index; plates in monochrome and full colour. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; slight bump to top fore-corner of upper board; gift inscription to front free endpaper, plus inscription by Kepler Wessels; edges a little browned. Very good condition."Throughout, he has endured as much criticism as praise but in times and places when lesser men would have walked away, Wessels has stood his ground, gutsed it out. and prevailed. The game of cricket has been played by many batsmen with more natural talent, by many who have provided greater excitement and by many with more flair, but by very few as brave. Why spend a year writing a biography of such a capable but unflamboyant cricketer? Because, through the story of his career, Wessels proves an eternal truth: that no matter how dark the night, no matter how great the obstacle, guts can carry you through. Even if you don't tell jokes."

About the product Number 89 of an edition limited to two hundred copies, signed by the author. 4to; quarter-leather deluxe binding, marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; tinted top edge; pp. (xiv) + 196, incl. index; colour plates after contemporary artwork; monochrome illustrations in text, from original photographs and artwork, with some sketches by the author. Very slightly shelf-rubbed. Very good to near-fine condition."Early explorers and settlers, courageous and eccentric personalities, trade, farming and enterprise, shipwrecks and frontier wars - this is the subject matter of the panorama of Port Elizabeth. The enthusiasm and conscientious scholarship of Eleanor Lorimer, regional historian of the social and cultural life of P.E., is manifest thorughout this absorbing book. Colonel Robert Gordon, Sir Rufane Donkin, Frederick Korsten, Captain Francis Evatt, Sophia Pigot, the Lovemore family - these are some of the names that feature in the early history of the region.. This rich and varied story is enlivened by a unique collection of illustrations: an extensive search was made for old photographs, with exciting results; there are reproductions of pictures by Daniell, Bowler, Baines, Huggins, and of engravings from contemporary issues of'Illustrated London News'and'Graphic'. The author herself has made wash drawings based on old photographs and Tony Grogan has contributed line illustrations of houses and monuments made especially for this edition."