Weer Wêreldkampioene by Neil Steyn
Weer Wêreldkampioene (Afrikaans 1970 All Blacks Tour Account in Dust Jacket)
An Afrikaans Account of the 1970 All Blacks Tour of South Africa and the Springbok Series Victory
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Weer Wêreldkampioene: Die 1970-All Blacks in Suid-Afrika
- Author: Neil Steyn
- Publisher: J. P. van der Walt en Seun, Pretoria
- Publication Date: 1970
- Binding: Publisher's green cloth hardcover with a printed pictorial dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Medium-sized octavo hardcover. Afrikaans text covering the matches, teams and individual players of the tour.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The publisher's green cloth boards are clean and bright, with sharp corners. The glossy white pictorial dust jacket carries a colour rugby photograph on the front panel.
- Interior: The pages are cream, with light toning to the page edges and slight spotting to the fore-edge. The text pages examined are clean and unmarked, and the binding is tight.
- The Dust Jacket: Present, and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The glossy jacket is generally good, with light surface scratches and scuffing to the front photograph, faint marks and light toning to the back panel, a small edge nick at the top right corner of the back, and slight wear at the head of the spine. Overall Very Good.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in Pretoria in 1970 by J. P. van der Walt en Seun, Weer Wêreldkampioene: Die 1970-All Blacks in Suid-Afrika is an Afrikaans account of the New Zealand rugby tour of South Africa that year. Neil Steyn follows the matches, the teams and the individual players, with commentary on their play.
The tour took place against a background of controversy, and it ended in a 3-1 series win for the Springboks over an All Blacks side that had been unbeaten in tests since 1965. Written in Afrikaans for the home audience, the book records the tour as it was seen at the time.
A useful volume for collectors of South African rugby literature and for anyone interested in the sporting history of the apartheid era.
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