Die Kerk teen Seinheuwel by Etienne G. Malan

Die Kerk teen Seinheuwel (Centenary History of the Drieankerbaai Church)

A Centenary History of the Drieankerbaai Dutch Reformed Congregation in Sea Point, Cape Town, 1880 to 1980

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Die Kerk teen Seinheuwel: Drieankerbaai 1880 — 1980
• Author: Etienne G. Malan
• Publication Date: 1980
• Binding: Publisher's cream cloth-type hardcover, the front board with a blue and gilt coat of arms and gilt lettering, the spine lettered in gilt and blue.
• Physical Format: Small octavo, approximately 220 x 150 mm. Title page facing a colour photograph of the church and parsonage in 1980.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: Cream cloth-type boards with a gilt and blue front panel bearing the church's anchor coat of arms. The copy shows honest wear: the lower front corner at the foot of the spine is bumped and frayed with board exposed, and the spine head and tail are chipped and frayed. There is rubbing and fraying along the top edge of the back board, with dark specks and spotting to the back board. The spine and front edges are somewhat darkened and soiled, and a small crack runs across the spine near the lower part of the title.
• Interior: The binding appears tight. Small brown specks show on the endpaper near the gutter, and the page edges are toned. A pencil inscription appears on the front free endpaper.
• Provenance: Pencil inscription on the front free endpaper: "J. S. KRIEL CAFDA BOOK SHOP CLAREMONT JAN 1994."
• The Dust Jacket: Not Present

Synopsis & Historical Value

Die Kerk teen Seinheuwel: Drieankerbaai 1880 \u2014 1980 is a centenary history of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde congregation of Drieankerbaai (Three Anchor Bay) on Cape Town's Atlantic seaboard, published in 1980 to mark one hundred years of the congregation.

The congregation was founded on 10 March 1880, when it separated from the Groote Kerk congregation of Cape Town. The book follows its life from those beginnings to its centenary year, and the title page faces a colour photograph of the church and parsonage as they stood in 1980.

Written in Afrikaans by Etienne G. Malan, it is a useful source for local church history and for the story of the Sea Point area, and will appeal to collectors of Cape Town congregational histories and Afrikaner religious heritage.

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