Die Kroon van die Skool by Theunis Krogh

Die Kroon van die Skool (1944 Afrikaans School Story in Dust Jacket)

A Boys' School Story for Young Afrikaans Readers from the Lente-Serie, Complete with Its Illustrated Dust Jacket

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Die Kroon van die Skool
• Author: Theunis Krogh
• Publisher: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1944
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Binding: Publisher's cloth boards with a printed, illustrated dust jacket in orange and black.
• Physical Format: Small octavo, approximately 190 x 125 mm. Part of the Lente-Serie No. 2.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: The cloth boards are solid and show a pale green-grey tone towards the lower edge. The jacket protects the boards, which are otherwise presentable for a book of this age.
• Interior: The title page is toned, with a few small spots.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket in orange and black, with a boy's face, is toned and spotted along the spine, with chipping and loss at the head and tail of the spine. The back panel is toned with some edge wear and creasing. The jacket is protected in a clear cover and the rear panel advertises the series and other titles.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Die Kroon van die Skool was published in Johannesburg in 1944 by Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel as No. 2 in the Lente-Serie, a series of Afrikaans books for young readers aged roughly eight to fourteen. It is a school story written for children.

The book belongs to a small but cherished tradition of Afrikaans boarding-school fiction for young people, a genre that produced few examples in the language. Early Afrikaans children's books of this period, especially those that survive with their original illustrated jackets, are of interest to collectors of Afrikaans literature and South African publishing history.

Offered here in its original illustrated dust jacket, with the honest toning and wear of a book more than eighty years old.

Author Profile: Theunis Krogh (Stella Blakemore)

Theunis Krogh was the pen name of Stella Blakemore (1906-1991), a South African writer of Afrikaans youth novels. She was born in a tent near Lindley in the Orange River Colony on 13 April 1906. Her pseudonym came from her maternal grandfather, Theunis Johannes Krogh, undersecretary in President Paul Kruger's South African Republic administration.

She is best known for the twenty-book Keurboslaan series, a boys' boarding-school series that remained in print through many reprintings. She also wrote the Maasdorp series for teenage girls, and published under other names including Analize Biermann, Stella Owen and Diem Grimbeeck.

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