Raaisels op Keurboslaan by Theunis Krogh

Raaisels op Keurboslaan (Collectible 1947 Afrikaans School Story in Red Cloth)

A Classic Keurboslaan Boarding-School Adventure in Afrikaans, Published by Van Schaik in Pretoria

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Raaisels op Keurboslaan
• Author: Theunis Krogh
• Publisher: J. L. van Schaik Bpk., Pretoria
• Publication Date: 1947
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Binding: Publisher's red cloth boards, printed in black to the front board and spine, with a horse silhouette to the front.
• Physical Format: Small octavo hardcover, approximately 190 x 130 mm. No plates or maps.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: Red cloth boards with the title, author's name and horse silhouette printed in black on the front. The spine cloth is intact with clear black lettering, though the head of the spine is slightly rubbed. There is a faint scuff or white line on the front board near the right edge, with a few small white specks. The corners are mostly sound.
• Interior: The title page is clean and lightly toned, with a few small specks and a faint crease. The binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Present

Synopsis & Historical Value

Raaisels op Keurboslaan is the fifth book in the Keurboslaan series, Afrikaans school stories set in a boys' boarding school. It was written by Theunis Krogh and published by J. L. van Schaik in Pretoria in 1947.

The story follows Fanie Niewenhuys and his friends, a notorious and unruly gang of boys at the Keurboslaan boarding school, and a scheme involving the headmaster's horse.

The series was published by Van Schaik between 1941 and 1971 and was written for young Afrikaans readers. It has since attracted scholarly attention for what it reveals about Afrikaner nationalism and the way race was depicted in popular youth fiction of the period. It is a collectible piece of Afrikaans children's literature and of mid-twentieth-century Afrikaner popular culture.

Author Profile: Theunis Krogh (Stella Blakemore)

Theunis Krogh was the pseudonym of Stella Blakemore (1906-1991), a South African woman writer of Afrikaans youth novels, born near Lindley in the Orange River Colony.

Under her own name she wrote the Maasdorp girls' series, which proved even more popular than the Keurboslaan books. Other titles published as Theunis Krogh include Jong Doktor Serfontein and Die Hoof van Keurboslaan.

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