Viewed collectively, there can be no doubt that farm names are a testament to the profound meaning land holds in South Africa. Scattered across the countryside, often hidden along remote dirt roads, some farm gateways transcend the mere functional purpose of marking the threshold to a piece of property. Mostly created by the owners themselves, farm gates can range from the triumphant to the ascetic, from the humorous to the religious, showing all sorts of imagery - tractors and bicycles on poles, obsolete farm implements, ...
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Viewed collectively, there can be no doubt that farm names are a testament to the profound meaning land holds in South Africa. Scattered across the countryside, often hidden along remote dirt roads, some farm gateways transcend the mere functional purpose of marking the threshold to a piece of property. Mostly created by the owners themselves, farm gates can range from the triumphant to the ascetic, from the humorous to the religious, showing all sorts of imagery - tractors and bicycles on poles, obsolete farm implements, tin cut-outs of animals suspended from rickety posts, rusted handmade signs and roughly hewn carvings or sculptures. Regardless of their form, these extraordinary portals serve the same purpose as conventional art: to mark the presence or past of an individual spirit. Introduced by an incisive essay that examines how it is that a particular parcel of land is claimed, surveyed and named, this book captures the unique character of farm gates around South Africa.
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Add this copy of Gate to cart. $82.00, like new condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2010 by Struik Travel and Heritage, Cape Town.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in Very Good jacket. 128 pages (complete). A most pleasing copy of this loving book of photographs of farm gates that are such an evocative part of the rural landscape in South Africa. The dustjacket is very smart and fresh. It is comfortable and very secure. The boards are tidy, neat, very healthy. The frontispage has a gift inscription (not from author or photographer). The contents are in an immaculate condition. They are tight, bright, clean, clear, very confident, most generous-as if new throughout! fk.
Add this copy of Gate to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2010 by Struik Travel and Heritage.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Complete and intact, with may vibrant photographs. jacket is neat. little edge wear on the book. gift inscription. excellent binding. a neat and impressive copy. [SK]