Politieke Briewe 1911-1912 Deel 2

Politieke Briewe 1911-1912 Deel 2 (First Printing Smuts-Era Political Letters, Vol. 2)

Scholarly Edition of South Africa's Political Correspondence in the Years Immediately After Union, 1911-1912

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Politieke Briewe 1911-1912 Deel 2
• Editor: Dr. A.H. Marais
• Publisher: Tafelberg-Uitgewers Beperk, Kaapstad en Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1973
• ISBN-10: 0624004716
• Edition Details: Eerste druk (First Printing). Volume 2 of Politieke Briewe, covering 1911-1912. Publikasiereeks van INEG: C-Reeks: Dokumente-publikasies.
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth-covered boards with a printed picture-cloth design, black bands, and portraits to the front board. Issued without a dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo, approximately 230 x 165 mm. Slim hardcover volume.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: Green cloth-covered boards with black bands and printed titling and portraits. The spine shows slight bumping and wear at the foot, with a small chip or rub at the base. Corners and edges are generally clean, and the front and back boards are clean.
• Interior: The text block is clean with cream pages and a tight binding. Very slight toning to the page edges. No markings seen.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued). The design is printed directly on the boards.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Politieke Briewe 1911-1912 Deel 2 is the second volume of a scholarly series of political correspondence from the early years of the Union of South Africa. It was edited by Dr. A.H. Marais and published in 1973 by Tafelberg-Uitgewers in Cape Town and Johannesburg, as part of the Publikasiereeks van INEG, the document-publication series of the Instituut vir Eietydse Geskiedenis (Institute for Contemporary History).

The volume is cited by historians for the letters of Jan Smuts, including a letter of 20 January 1911 to M. T. Steyn, and for material relating to Smuts's introduction of the South Africa Defence Bill in February 1912.

As a published primary-source collection in Afrikaans, it is a useful reference for students of the Union period and of Afrikaner political history, and a worthwhile addition to a collection of document publications from this series.

Politieke Briewe 1911-1912 · Afrikaans political letters Union of South Africa · Smuts correspondence 1911 · INEG document series · Tafelberg 1973 Afrikaner history · A.H. Marais editor · Afrikaans primary source history