P. W. Botha: 40 Jaar (Afrikaans Edition) Author: Jan J. van Rooyen
P. W. Botha: 40 Jaar
A Comprehensive Chronicle Documenting Four Decades of Political Influence and Provincial Leadership
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: P. W. Botha: 40 Jaar (Afrikaans Edition)
- Author: Jan J. van Rooyen
- Publisher: Hoofraad van die Kaaplandse Nasionale Party, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 1976 (First Edition)
- ISBN-10: 0620021632
- ISBN-13: 9780620021630
- Edition Details: First Edition.
- Binding: Original publisher's full-cloth hardcover boards with matching pictorial paper dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 112 pages. Enriched with historical black-and-white documentary photographs illustrating his early legislative career.
- Language: Afrikaans text.
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's cloth boards are structurally complete, flat, and square. Minor surface shelf rubbing along the lower extremities and light corner wear consistent with age. The spine is robust, firm, and securely bound.
- Interior: The 112-page text block remains exceptionally tight and securely attached to the hinges. Internal pages and photo galleries are clean, bright, and free from user underlining, text highlighting, or dog-ears. There is slight, localized foxing present on the preliminary pages (prelims), which is completely stable and restricted to the early leaves.
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The Dust Jacket: Good (G)
- Condition details: The original pictorial paper dust jacket shows clear signs of age, including edge wear, rubbing, and a few small tears and micro-chipping along the upper/lower extremities and the head of the spine panel. Slight surface marking and natural shelf fading are visible.
- Preservation: The dust jacket has now been professionally fitted with a brand-new archival-grade, clear plastic protective cover to stabilize the existing tears and safeguard it against future handling friction.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1976 by the Head Council of the Cape National Party, P. W. Botha: 40 Jaar serves as an important, authorized historical tribute commemorating Pieter Willem Botha’s forty unbroken years of active service to the National Party. Released just two years before he would assume the office of Prime Minister, this biography captures Botha during his long-running tenure as the powerful Minister of Defence and leader of the Cape National Party.
Veteran political journalist Jan J. van Rooyen traces Botha's journey from an energetic 20-year-old party organizer in 1936 up to his position as a chief institutional architect of mid-20th-century South African policy. The book details his aggressive modernization of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and his legendary, strict internal party management. Heavily enhanced by rare archival photographs, this text provides collectors of modern Africana, National Party history, and Cold War political biography with a crucial primary source documenting the foundation of the Groot Krokodil's absolute executive power.
Author Profile: Jan J. van Rooyen
Jan J. van Rooyen was a highly prominent and influential twentieth-century South African political journalist, editor, and author. He began his illustrious career in 1946 when he was personally recruited by Dr H.F. Verwoerd as a political reporter for Die Transvaler. He spent nearly fifteen years serving as the chief parliamentary correspondent for Nasionale Pers in Cape Town and Pretoria, gaining unprecedented access to the innermost caucuses of the ruling administration. Later appointed as the co-editor-in-chief of Die Transvaler in 1962, Van Rooyen's biographical prose is widely recognized by modern historians and collectors for its detailed, first-hand knowledge of parliamentary history and its precise tracking of contemporary Afrikaner political figures.
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