Africana Books and Pictures: A selection of published papers by Bradlow, Frank Rosslyn
Collectors: Hand-numbered (by Bradlow) number 6 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Signed by Frank Bradlow on the certification page. Marbled boards with Quarter leather.
Africana Books and Pictures: A selection of published papers by Bradlow, Frank Rosslyn
Hardcover, ISBN 9780869610657
Publisher: A.A. Balkema, Cape Town / Rotterdam, 1975
Near Fine in Good jacket. 136 pages (complete).
The dustjacket has a clear cellophane protective cover. The DJ is tidy. It has light wear about the edges and corners from shelving, some sunning / discoloration and slight paper loss on heel area about the spine area. The boards are beautifully preserved. The leather spine the marbled boards and the gilt titling are mint.
"This book represents years of research into certain features of nineteenth-century South African art and artists and offers a comprehensive impression of this widely-developing field to specialist collectors and enthusiasts. Although the main theme is Africana art, a variety of associated topics is covered - including an overall survey of Africana, both written and pictorial.".
'Frank Bradlow was a leading collector and consultant on Africana. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg and at the University of Witwatersrand where he was awarded a B. Comm. degree as the best graduate of the year. In 1934, after leaving university, he joined Bradlows Stores which his father, born in Smorgon (Belarus), had founded in 1903. He worked in various branches of the firm including those in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) which his father had opened after the Nationalist Government in South Africa had passed the Quota Act. This is where his interest in collection Africana started, in 1938. In World War II Frank Bradlow served in the Imperial Light Horse in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Egypt, losing the sight of his left eye through a shrapnel wound in 1942. After being discharged from the army in 1943 he went back to the family business. In 1945 he settled in Cape Town and married Edna Rom. They had three children. At the end of February 1981 he retired from the family business and became an Africana consultant, advising clients on art and books. He had numerous publications, both his own and with his wife, Dr Edna Bradlow. These included books, reviews, journal and newspaper articles, introductions and texts for reprints of the great classics and for newer publications. He served in many public offices, including serving on Council of the University of Cape Town for almost twenty years. His interests were recognized by the award of various honours.'
