Noord-Transvaalrugby 50
Noord-Transvaalrugby 50 (Commemorative 1988 Northern Transvaal Rugby History)
A Fifty-Year Afrikaans Chronicle of the Northern Transvaal Rugby Union, 1938 to 1987
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Noord-Transvaalrugby 50
- Editor: M C van Zyl
- Publisher: Noord-Transvaalse Rugbyunie
- Publication Date: 1988
- ISBN-10: 0620115408
- Binding: Publisher's hardcover boards with pictorial laminate printed directly on the boards. Issued without a separate paper dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large illustrated hardback with many black-and-white photographs of players.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: Photographic illustrated boards showing a trophy presentation scene. There is slight surface scuffing or lifting of the laminate near the upper left edge of the front board. The white spine, lettered in black and grey with the 50 logo, shows a slight crease or wear at the head. The rear board carries an Eerste Nasionale Bank advertisement with minor edge wear. Corners and edges are fairly clean.
- Interior: The text block is clean and bright, with no foxing or markings seen. The binding is tight. A lightly toned endpaper carries a stadium photograph.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
Noord-Transvaalrugby 50 was produced by the Noord-Transvaalse Rugbyunie in Pretoria to mark the union's fiftieth anniversary in 1988. Edited by M C van Zyl, with contributions from several writers, it is a commemorative volume that records the union's story from its founding in 1938 through to 1987.
The chronological chapters follow the provincial side's Currie Cup campaigns, notable matches and the players who defined them, illustrated throughout with photographs. It is chiefly a record of the union's achievements, and it is listed as a gedenkbook in Springbok rugby bibliographies.
For collectors of South African sporting history, it is a substantial and well-illustrated record of one of the country's best-known provincial unions, written in Afrikaans.
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