Murrayfield — en Daarna by Jan Fourie

Murrayfield — en Daarna (1952 Springbok Tour Account in Dust Jacket)

An Afrikaans Account of the Triumphant 1951–52 Springbok Rugby Tour of Britain and Ireland

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Murrayfield — en Daarna: Die Springbok-Rugbytoer van 1951—1952 Breedvoerig Saamgevat
• Author: Jan Fourie
• Publisher: Die Afrikaanse Pers Beperk (printer), Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1952
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards, title and author stamped in dark ink on the front board.
• Physical Format: Small octavo hardcover, approximately 210 x 140 mm. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: Green cloth boards with the title and author stamped in dark ink on the front. The spine and corners are clean, with some lighter mottling to the cloth.
• Interior: The text block is tight, with the stitching visible at the gutter. The pages are toned. The front free endpaper carries rust-coloured stains and a ghost mark from old tape, together with a pencil name and address. The plates and text examined are clean. A bookseller's label of Unie-Boekhandel (Edms) Bpk, Pretoria, is affixed inside.
• Provenance: Pencil name and address on the front free endpaper: L.J. de Lange, Villieria, Pretoria. Bookseller's label inside: Unie-Boekhandel (Edms) Bpk, Kerkstraat 236, Pretoria.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated green and yellow jacket, showing a Springbok on a rugby ball, is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. There is chipping and tearing at the spine head, which exposes the green cloth beneath, a long tear and creases along the front fore-edge, small chips at the foot, and a brown spot at the top corner of the back panel. The back panel is toned and spotted. The inside flaps show old yellow tape stains and the front flap is clipped.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in Johannesburg in 1952, Murrayfield – en Daarna: Die Springbok-Rugbytoer van 1951–1952 Breedvoerig Saamgevat is an Afrikaans account of the Springbok rugby tour of Britain and Ireland. It was written by the team's travelling correspondent and combines match reports, glimpses of life on tour and photographic plates.

The tour opened with a 44–0 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield on 24 November 1951. Across the wider tour the Springboks played 31 matches, winning 30 and losing only one, which has made the side one of the most celebrated in South African rugby history.

For collectors of South African sporting history and Afrikaans rugby literature, this is a contemporary Afrikaans record of that remarkable tour, offered in its original illustrated dust jacket.

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