{"product_id":"the-misty-mountain-pieterse-1985","title":"The Misty Mountain by Pieter Pieterse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Misty Mountain (First Edition, Fifth Impression, Illustrated Boards)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Coming-of-Age Tale of a Boy, His Grandfather and a Pet Bushpig, Set in the Mountain Forests of Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Misty Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pieter Pieterse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e De Jager-HAUM Publishers, Pretoria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0798614749\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, 1985; this copy a fifth impression (1989\/7).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's pictorial hardcover boards with illustrated, apparently laminated, covers. Issued without a separate dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium-sized hardcover, roughly 210 x 150 mm. With text illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pictorial laminated boards, with the front board generally clean. The spine shows marked staining and mottling, with wear to the lower spine, a rubbed top edge and minor bumping at the head. Corners and edges show light wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean with even toning. Show-through of the contents page is visible on the title page. The front gutter shows some stress at the hinge, and the endpaper carries a few small spots. The text block is sound. A small, illegible pencil mark sits near the inner gutter of the title page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Misty Mountain is a coming-of-age nature story by Pieter Pieterse, set on the forested slopes of a mountain in Africa. A six-year-old orphan goes to live with his reclusive grandfather and learns the ways of the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe grows up beside a pet bushpig that eventually returns to the wild. Themes of love, loss and humankind's dependence on nature run through the narrative, and the text is accompanied by illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Pretoria by De Jager-HAUM, the book is an English-language edition of a work by one of South Africa's best-known Afrikaans storytellers. It will appeal to collectors of Pieterse and of South African nature and youth fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Pieter Pieterse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieter Pieterse (1936–2002) was an Afrikaans writer, storyteller and television personality. He worked as a policeman and then an insurance representative before leaving a marketing management post at Sanlam in 1974 to write full time. His first short story was published in 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wrote more than thirty novels as well as screenplays, and won literary awards. Fourteen of his books were translated into English and one into French. From 1991 he presented television series, including Swerwerskos. Other notable titles include Tietiesbaaikos, Manaka, plek van die horings and Die vergete vallei.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Misty Mountain Pieter Pieterse · Pieter Pieterse English translation · South African nature novel · Knysna forest coming-of-age story · De Jager-HAUM first edition · Pieter Pieterse hardcover 1985\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Jager-HAUM Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58787106488623,"sku":"TCB-000399","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/the-misty-mountain93266_cover_1.jpg?v=1793868331","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/the-misty-mountain-pieterse-1985","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}