Gedenkboek van die Onderwyskollege Goudstad

Gedenkboek van die Onderwyskollege Goudstad (First Edition Commemorative Volume in Dust Jacket)

A Quarter-Century Souvenir Record of Johannesburg's Afrikaans-Medium Teacher Training College, 1961 to 1986

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Gedenkboek van die Onderwyskollege Goudstad: (by geleentheid van die kwart eeufees, 1986)
• Editor: dr. J W Saunderson
• Publisher: Perskor, Johannesburg en Kaapstad
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN-10: 0628031599
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing (Eerste uitgawe, Eerste druk). Edited by dr. J W Saunderson.
• Binding: Publisher's grey cloth-covered hardcover with the white-printed '25 GOK' emblem to the front board, in a printed colour dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, heavy, squarish hardcover. Illustrated, with colour-illustrated endpapers.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The grey cloth boards are clean, with the white '25 GOK' emblem crisp to the front and sharp corners. The spine and boards are free of visible marks beneath the jacket.
• Interior: The text block appears tight and sound. The pages seen are clean and bright with no marks, and the illustrated endpaper is attractive. The front flap of the jacket is lightly toned at the top edge. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps are present.
• The Dust Jacket: Present: a glossy full-wrap sunset skyline photograph jacket. There are small chips and creasing at the head of the spine and at the top corner of the back panel, with some edge wear, and the front flap is lightly toned. Otherwise the jacket presents well. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published by Perskor in 1987, Gedenkboek van die Onderwyskollege Goudstad was issued to mark the quarter-century festival (kwart eeufees) of the Goudstad Teachers' College in 1986. It was edited by dr. J W Saunderson, with contributions from several members of staff.

The college was an Afrikaans-medium teacher training institution in Johannesburg, operating from 1961 until the end of 1992. This commemorative volume records its history and student life, including its clubs, art, drama and cultural activities, and is richly illustrated.

As a document of Afrikaans-medium teacher training on the Witwatersrand during the apartheid era, the book will interest collectors of Afrikaans educational and institutional history, as well as former students and staff of the college.