The Purple and the Gold the Story of Pretoria and Johannesburg by Collier Joy
The Purple and the Gold the Story of Pretoria and Johannesburg by Collier Joy
Hardcover
Publisher: Longmans, 1965 first edition.
Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some signs of edge wear and tear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Slight tanning of first and last pages. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this new book - by the author of Portrait of Cape Town - Joy Collier tells the profoundly dramatic story of endeavour and achievement by the forerunners and founders of Pretoria and Johannesburg. The reader is given new insight into the lives of some of the leading figures in the drama that lies behind the founding and development of two of the greatest cities of modern Africa. Original in its approach, the book, as a result of intensive research, throws new light on the first English settlers of Pretoria who shared the Vicissitudes of the town s earlier years with the Voortrekkers, on aspects of early Johannesburg, and on such crucial events as the Jameson Raid and the discovery of gold. The saga is traced back to its very beginning when a small but valiant people trekked into the unknown and founded their own capital city in a new land. The essential irony of the Situation lay in the fact that this land was later found to Contain the richest gold deposits in the world. Joy Collier has illustrated this volume with a large number of her own charming and sensitive drawings of actual scenes, ranging from Robert Moffat s house in Kuruman and Andries Pretorius s farm near Graaff-Reinet, to Henri Bettelheim s eastern phantasy in Doornfontein, and those houses occupied by the inner circle of the Reformers These drawings are a valuable record, for while many of the houses illustrated are threatened with demolition, some have already suffered this fate. This is a book to be read and re-read, and treasured for the beauty of its text and illustrations.
