Kaptein Richard by Theunis Krogh

Kaptein Richard (Keurboslaan Series Novel in Dust Jacket)

A Keurboslaan Boarding-School Story by Theunis Krogh, Published by J. L. van Schaik in Pretoria

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Kaptein Richard
• Author: Theunis Krogh
• Publisher: J. L. van Schaik, Beperk, Pretoria
• Publication Date: 1956
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Binding: Publisher's red cloth-covered boards with a printed illustrated dust jacket, a portrait of a man in red and white to the front panel.
• Physical Format: Small octavo. Hardcover. Part of the Keurboslaan Reeks.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: The red cloth boards are visible at the lower edge of the jacket. The dust jacket has a worn spine with chips and losses at the head and tail, and the orange ink is rubbed and flaking in places. The front panel is bright with small edge wear and some losses along the front edges. The corners and edges of the boards beneath the jacket are not described.
• Interior: The title page is clean, with a few faint marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, protected in a Mylar sleeve. The printed illustrated jacket is chipped and worn at the spine head and tail, with ink loss along the spine and some losses to the front edges. The front panel remains bright. Graded Good (G).

Synopsis & Historical Value

Kaptein Richard, published in Pretoria by J. L. van Schaik in 1956, belongs to the Keurboslaan series, a run of Afrikaans boarding-school stories for boys. The series is regarded as one of very few examples of the boarding-school genre in Afrikaans popular fiction for young readers.

The Keurboslaan books proved popular with Afrikaans readers and remain a recognised part of the country's twentieth-century youth literature. This copy, in its original illustrated dust jacket, will appeal to collectors of Afrikaans children's and youth fiction and to those assembling the Keurboslaan series.

Author Profile: Theunis Krogh (Stella Blakemore)

Theunis Krogh is a pseudonym of Stella Blakemore (1906-1991), a South African woman writer of Afrikaans youth novels. She was born near Lindley in the Orange River Colony in 1906 and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. The pen name derives from her grandfather, Theunis Johannes Krogh, an undersecretary in the administration of the South African Republic.

She also published under the names Analize Biermann, Stella Owen and Diem Grimbeeck, and some 66 of her books were published in total. Her mother, Emma Krogh, was a music teacher and the first woman to head a school in Pretoria.

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