Volksaltare: Of 'n Veteraan van die Eerste Vryheidsoorlog (Persoonlike Herinneringe van P.C. Joubert) Author: H. J. C. Pieterse (Compiler / Editor)
Volksaltare: Of 'n Veteraan van die Eerste Vryheidsoorlog (Collectible First Edition Era Memoir)
The Gripping and Rare Firsthand Reminiscences of Burger P.C. Joubert During the Transvaal War of Independence, Compiled and Preserved for National History
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Volksaltare: Of 'n Veteraan van die Eerste Vryheidsoorlog (Persoonlike Herinneringe van P.C. Joubert)
- Author: H. J. C. Pieterse (Compiler / Editor)
- Publisher: Nasionale Pers Beperk, Bloemfontein / Port Elizabeth
- Publication Date: 1948
- ISBN-10: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
- ISBN-13: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
- Edition Details: Second Impression / Tweede Druk (Hardcover with Dust Jacket). Published as a feature headline in the famous historical series template.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium gray-green linen fabric cloth-bound hardcover, complete with the rare original illustrated paper dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Small Octavo (8vo), 160 pages. Fully illustrated with archival wartime photographic plates, field portraits, and period documentary sketches.
- Language: English (Main descriptive catalog layout), featuring original quoted metadata and text subjects in Afrikaans.
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's gray-green cloth boards are square, stiff, and nicely bound. The outer panels and fabric spine remain clean with robust structural properties and clear, unworn character. The corners show only microscopic shelf friction from standard, careful archival storage.
- Interior: The internal text block is solid, tight, and securely bound. The text pages and historical black-and-white photographic gloss plates are clean, layout lines remain uniform, and the contents are entirely free of user highlighting, text underlining, severe moisture stains, or marginal notation marks.
- The Dust Jacket: Very Good (VG)
- Condition: The original illustrated paper dust jacket is remarkably complete and presents beautifully, retaining its bold graphic features and original design layout. It displays standard, light age-related wear, with specific minor edge wear and light usage friction localized along the left top edge of the jacket wrapper. To permanently stop any future handling wear and secure its value, it has been freshly housed inside a brand-new, archival-grade clear plastic sleeve wrapper.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Originally compiled in the early 1940s and reissued in this scarce 1948 second printing by Nasionale Pers, Volksaltare is a critical, primary-era historical gemstone of South African military history. The book preserves the raw, unvarnished personal reminiscences and frontline memories of P.C. Joubert, a veteran who fought through the First Anglo-Boer War (The Transvaal War of Independence, 1880–1881).
Originally compiled in the early 1940s and reissued in this scarce 1948 second printing by Nasionale Pers, Volksaltare is a critical, primary-era historical gemstone of South African military history. The book preserves the raw, unvarnished personal reminiscences and frontline memories of P.C. Joubert, a veteran who fought through the First Anglo-Boer War (The Transvaal War of Independence, 1880–1881).
Compiler H. J. C. Pieterse carefully recorded Joubert's primary testimony, tracking the localized actions, skirmishes, and tactical movements that defined the historical Boer uprising against British annexation. The entries provide an unfiltered view of operational commando life, detailing everything from weapon provisioning and hard-rock trench positioning to the sweeping conventional battles at Schuinshoogte, Ingogo, and the final tactical victory at Majuba Hill. Rich with authentic frontline perspective, this rare jacketed printing serves as a foundational acquisition requirement for advanced military historians and serious collectors of antiquarian Africana.
Author Profile: H. J. C. Pieterse
H. J. C. Pieterse was a highly dedicated South African cultural historian, biographer, and archival researcher active during the mid-20th century. Specializing in recovering the lost voices and primary testimonies of old republican fighters, Pieterse noukeurig collaborated with publishing houses to bring historical narratives to light. His landmark documentary works, including Volksaltare and his celebrated recordings of General Wynand Malan's operations, are highly respected by contemporary academic institutions for preserving the human-scale realities and authentic field records of South Africa's foundational conflicts.
H. J. C. Pieterse was a highly dedicated South African cultural historian, biographer, and archival researcher active during the mid-20th century. Specializing in recovering the lost voices and primary testimonies of old republican fighters, Pieterse noukeurig collaborated with publishing houses to bring historical narratives to light. His landmark documentary works, including Volksaltare and his celebrated recordings of General Wynand Malan's operations, are highly respected by contemporary academic institutions for preserving the human-scale realities and authentic field records of South Africa's foundational conflicts.
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