OUR LAND ONS LAND 1935 EDITION ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACCO COMPANY WITH 100 CIGARETTE CARDS PASTED IN

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF SOUTH AFRICA BY CHARLES E PEERS, ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACO COS,(SOUTH) LIMITED AND PUBLISHED BY GALVIN & SALES LTD. CAPE TOWN IN 1935.

IT HAD BLANK PHOTOPHRAMES FOR 100 CIGARETTE CARDS TO BE PASTED IN. TIHIS ALBUM IS COMPLETE WITH ALL THE CARDS PASTED IN.

IT IS A GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF SOUTH AFRICAS MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS AT THAT TIME (1930S) BY CHARLES E PEERS. THIS VOLUME WHEN COMPLETED CONTAINS 100 PICTURES ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACCO COS (SOUTH) LIMITED.

HARDCOVER WITH BLUE CLOTH SPINE.

The 100 illustrations were issued as cigarette cards and were designed to be pasted into the album. Texts in English and Afrikaans. The cards show views from: Kaapstad, Cape Town, Transvaal, Blaauwberg, Mowbray, Kaappunt, Simonstad, Stellenbosch, Namakwaland, Swellendam, Die Paarl, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, Komgha, Durban, Pretoria, Goudstad, Johannesburg, Suid-Rhodesie, Swaziland.

SIGNED: STRATIS FOTAKIS 1939 (ASSUME PREVIOUS OWNER)

INTERESTING THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THIS BOOK:

1. DIE SNOEKERS: PAGE 1
During the snoeking season the Cape Town docks at that time was alive with snoekers and sailing ships of days gone bye.

2. OU WATERMEUL SWELLENDAM PAGE 10
At that time one of the last survivors of this primitive method of grinding corn.

3. SPRINKBOK PAGE 12

At that time called the principal town in Namakwaland.
4. BATS CAVE EAST LONDON PAGE 18

SIZE: 24CM WIDE 31CM HIGH 5CM DEEP

COMPLETENESS: IT IS COMPLETE - HAS ALL THE TOBACCO CARDS.

Condition: STILL HAS ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. INSIDE IN GOOD CONDITION.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE ANOTHER BOOK WITH TOBACCO CARDS CALLED OUR SOUTH AFRICA PAST AND PRESENT ON AUCTION.