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RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1964 First edition — front cover
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RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA

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RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA (1964 First Edition SA Rugby Board Presentation Copy)

A bilingual photographic history of the game in South Africa, published for the South African Rugby Board in its 75th-anniversary year

Bibliographic Specifications

  • Title: RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA
  • Publisher: Johnston & Neville, on behalf of The South African Rugby Board, Cape Town
  • Publication Date: 1964
  • ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
  • Edition Details: First Edition, 1964. Presentation inscription to the front endpaper.
  • Binding: Publisher's green cloth hardcover with gilt blocking, a gilt springbok-and-ball emblem to the lower front board, and silver/gilt lettering to the spine.
  • Physical Format: Quarto-size hardcover, illustrated with black and white photographs captioned in English and Afrikaans.
  • Language: English and Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

  • The Book: Good (G)
  • Exterior / Boards: Green cloth boards with a gilt springbok-and-ball emblem at the lower front. The spine is straight and clean, lettered in silver/gilt, with slight fraying to the headband at the top of the spine. The back board shows a few small pale spots and flecks, and there is a mild notch in the board edge at the fore-edge. Corners are fairly sharp, though the bottom back corner is slightly bumped.
  • Interior: The pages are tight and complete. The endpapers are toned with some small brown specks, light foxing and a slight tan stain near the lower edge. There is light scuffing and a few small marks at the lower corner of one leaf, and a water-type brown spot near the top corner of the copyright page. The text pages are otherwise clean, with black and white photographs throughout.
  • Provenance: Handwritten presentation inscription in blue ink to the front endpaper: "Cape Town High School, T.A.B.D.A. Tournament 7-9-73, with the compliments and best wishes of Hamiltons Sports Club."
  • The Dust Jacket: Not Present

Synopsis & Historical Value

Rugby in South Africa was published in Cape Town in 1964 by Johnston & Neville on behalf of the South African Rugby Board. It is a bilingual history of the game in English and Afrikaans, compiled by Herman Steytler and A.C. Parker.

The book is illustrated with black and white photographs of players, early venues such as Newlands, trophies including the Currie Cup, and Springbok tours such as that of 1951/52.

The Board, the governing body of white South African rugby, ran from 1889 to 1992, and 1964 was the year of its 75th anniversary. This copy carries a 1973 presentation inscription from a sports club to a Cape Town school tournament, which adds a modest period association to a useful reference for collectors of South African sporting history.

Rugby in South Africa 1964 · South African Rugby Board history · Steytler and Parker rugby book · Springbok rugby history first edition · Johnston & Neville rugby · bilingual English Afrikaans rugby book

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