{"product_id":"die-goue-vreugde-audrey-blignault-1985-signed-first-edition","title":"Die Goue Vreugde by Audrey Blignault","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDie Goue Vreugde (Signed First Edition in Illustrated Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Signed First Edition of Audrey Blignault's Illustrated Afrikaans Anthology of Favourite Poetry and Prose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Die Goue Vreugde: 'n Keur uit jare se leesgenot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Audrey Blignault\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Human \u0026amp; Rousseau, Kaapstad en Pretoria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0798118458\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition (Eerste uitgawe). Signed and dated by the author, 17 Junie 1985.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's mustard-yellow cloth boards with a white starburst design to the front, in the original illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large-format hardcover, quarto proportions. With full-page colour illustrations by Cora Coetzee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The mustard-yellow cloth boards are clean and square, with a small white mark to the lower edge of the front board. The spine and corners are clean and sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing in evidence. The binding is tight and the colour illustrations are well preserved. The front free endpaper carries the author's signature, and an owner's name and address appear on a further endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed and dated by the author, Audrey Blignault, 17 Junie 1985, on the front free endpaper, with a further handwritten name and date, 17\/6\/85, beneath the signature. A later owner's name and address in pen or pencil, dated 17\/6\/89, appears on another endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present: an illustrated wheat-ear design on cream. The jacket shows honest wear: chipped and torn edges at the fore-edge of the front flap near the head, slight wear to the spine head, a small crease with peeling at the top corner, light edge rubbing, and a faint stain to the front panel near the title. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1985 by Human \u0026amp; Rousseau of Cape Town and Pretoria, Die Goue Vreugde, subtitled 'n Keur uit jare se leesgenot (roughly, a selection from years of reading pleasure), is an Afrikaans anthology compiled by Audrey Blignault. It gathers her personal favourites from the world of words, poetry and prose alike, in a generous large-format volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is illustrated throughout with full-page colour drawings by Cora Coetzee, which give the anthology the feel of a keepsake as much as a reader. It reflects the tastes of a woman who spent a lifetime in Afrikaans letters and magazine journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, which adds a direct personal link to a popular mid-1980s Afrikaans title and makes it of interest to collectors of signed Afrikaans literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Audrey Blignault\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudrey Blignault (1916–2008) was born in Bredasdorp and studied Afrikaans literature at Stellenbosch University, where she took an MA in Afrikaans and Dutch. 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