The Golden Escarpment: The Story Of The Eastern Transvaal By Pat Evans
The Golden Escarpment: The Story Of The Eastern Transvaal (First Edition Collectible Copy)
A Definitive Photographic Exploration and Corporate-Sponsored Chronicle of South Africa's Dramatic Drakensberg Region
A Definitive Photographic Exploration and Corporate-Sponsored Chronicle of South Africa's Dramatic Drakensberg Region
Bibliographic Specifications
• Title: The Golden Escarpment: The Story Of The Eastern Transvaal
• Author: Photography by Pat Evans (Text edited by Peter Joyce)
• Publisher: Struik Publishers Ltd, Cape Town
• Publication Date: 1986
• ISBN-10: 0869773038
• ISBN-13: 9780869773031
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth boards featuring crisp metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, complete with descriptive regional endpapers.
• Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 144 pages. Lavishly structured as a high-end visual showcase, featuring hundreds of full-bleed color landscapes, environmental wildlife photography, and historical regional archive plates.
• Language: English
• Title: The Golden Escarpment: The Story Of The Eastern Transvaal
• Author: Photography by Pat Evans (Text edited by Peter Joyce)
• Publisher: Struik Publishers Ltd, Cape Town
• Publication Date: 1986
• ISBN-10: 0869773038
• ISBN-13: 9780869773031
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium cloth boards featuring crisp metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, complete with descriptive regional endpapers.
• Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 144 pages. Lavishly structured as a high-end visual showcase, featuring hundreds of full-bleed color landscapes, environmental wildlife photography, and historical regional archive plates.
• Language: English
Official Condition Report
• The Book: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Exterior / Boards: The cloth-covered boards are exceptionally clean, flat, and structurally sound. The geometric corner tips and linear edges show no heavy shelf-rubbing, remaining perfectly square. The spine is completely straight, rigid, uncreased, and undamaged, preserving its tight original binding.
o Interior: The inner text block is tight, crisp, and robustly secured. All 144 high-gloss pages and vivid photographic plates are completely clean, bright, and free of kitchen or storage stains, text highlighting, or dog-ears. Free of personal owner gift inscriptions or dealer markings.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to completely preserve the cloth finish from future storage dust or handling friction.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. Displays only very limited, minimal signs of minor shelf wear or light micro-friction at the corners. The wrap remains bright, complete, unclipped, and highly presentation-ready.
• The Book: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Exterior / Boards: The cloth-covered boards are exceptionally clean, flat, and structurally sound. The geometric corner tips and linear edges show no heavy shelf-rubbing, remaining perfectly square. The spine is completely straight, rigid, uncreased, and undamaged, preserving its tight original binding.
o Interior: The inner text block is tight, crisp, and robustly secured. All 144 high-gloss pages and vivid photographic plates are completely clean, bright, and free of kitchen or storage stains, text highlighting, or dog-ears. Free of personal owner gift inscriptions or dealer markings.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to completely preserve the cloth finish from future storage dust or handling friction.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. Displays only very limited, minimal signs of minor shelf wear or light micro-friction at the corners. The wrap remains bright, complete, unclipped, and highly presentation-ready.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1986 by the renowned house of Struik, The Golden Escarpment stands as a breathtaking and permanent photographic tribute to the unmatched natural beauty of the Eastern Transvaal (modern-day Mpumalanga) and the Drakensberg escarpment. The book’s creation represents a unique corporate-sponsored investment collaboration: it was fully commissioned and sponsored by Ovland Limited (a subsidiary of Ovenstone Investments Limited) to mark their landmark luxury development at the Mount Sheba Hotel and timeshare resort. Pat Evans's magnificent photographs capture the sheer, sweeping grandeur of the region—from rugged crags, mist-shrouded forests, and waterfalls to the deep chasms of the Blyde River Canyon. The text guides the reader through the escarpment's history, mapping its development from ancient violent geological formations through the arrival of the Khoisan and Nguni peoples, the migration of white trekker pioneers, the lawless fortune hunters of the gold rush, and modern conservationists.
Published in 1986 by the renowned house of Struik, The Golden Escarpment stands as a breathtaking and permanent photographic tribute to the unmatched natural beauty of the Eastern Transvaal (modern-day Mpumalanga) and the Drakensberg escarpment. The book’s creation represents a unique corporate-sponsored investment collaboration: it was fully commissioned and sponsored by Ovland Limited (a subsidiary of Ovenstone Investments Limited) to mark their landmark luxury development at the Mount Sheba Hotel and timeshare resort. Pat Evans's magnificent photographs capture the sheer, sweeping grandeur of the region—from rugged crags, mist-shrouded forests, and waterfalls to the deep chasms of the Blyde River Canyon. The text guides the reader through the escarpment's history, mapping its development from ancient violent geological formations through the arrival of the Khoisan and Nguni peoples, the migration of white trekker pioneers, the lawless fortune hunters of the gold rush, and modern conservationists.
Author Profile: Pat Evans
Pat Evans is a highly accomplished and celebrated South African landscape and documentary photographer whose eye for lighting and composition helped define late-20th-century regional photographic anthologies. Working under commission for major publishing houses and corporate conservation patrons, Evans specialized in exploring isolated wilderness terrains to document native flora, fauna, and changing landscapes. This landmark collaboration with premier non-fiction editor Peter Joyce stands as a celebrated contribution to South African geographical documentation, praised by collectors for its fine technical detail and historical preservation value.
Pat Evans is a highly accomplished and celebrated South African landscape and documentary photographer whose eye for lighting and composition helped define late-20th-century regional photographic anthologies. Working under commission for major publishing houses and corporate conservation patrons, Evans specialized in exploring isolated wilderness terrains to document native flora, fauna, and changing landscapes. This landmark collaboration with premier non-fiction editor Peter Joyce stands as a celebrated contribution to South African geographical documentation, praised by collectors for its fine technical detail and historical preservation value.
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