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Greig, George : Facts connected with the stopping of the South African Commercial Advertiser : a facsimile reproduction of the original handbill and its first postcript together with a transcription of the subsequent postscripts

Africana Connoisseurs Press, Cape Town, 1963

29 pages (complete). Numbered 19 of a limited edition of 510 copies (under the supervision of F J Wagener). A placid copy. The boards are benign. They have storage scuffing, some light wear about, and some light marks. They are secure and steady. The contents have flushes and areas of very light tanning from storage. The pages are tight, comfortingly clean and clear, certain and amenable. fk. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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Greig, George : Facts connected with the stopping of the South African Commercial Advertiser. A facsimile reproduction of the original handbill and its first postscript together with a transcription of the subsequent postscripts

(Cape Town: Africana Connoisseurs Press, 1963)

Number 80 of an edition limited to 510 copies. 4to; original maroon rexine, lettered in gilt on upper cover; pp. 29. Somewhat foxed. Very good condition. 'The story of the struggle for the freedom of the press in South Africa is well known, but the broadsheet "Facts connected with the Stopping of the Press" is such a rare document that its re-publication is bound to arouse great interest. ... A handbill was ... posted outside the Printing Office announcing that "Facts connected with the stopping of the Press and the censorship of the Fiscal" would be published the following Monday morning at 8 a.m. Greig arranged his "Statement of Facts", and his comments on the "insult offered to an innocent and meritorious editor". This was all set in type, ready to be thrown off and published, but Somerset was determined it should not appear, so he sent the Fiscal on Sunday afternoon with a warrant to seal up the press. Greig showed him how this should be done, but as the type was not mentioned in the warrant, this was not sealed. The Fiscal departed, delighted that there would be no publication of the Facts next morning. Greig immediately added a copy of the warrant and an account of the day's events to the Facts already in type, and then the three printers worked all night pressing wetted paper with "mallet and planer" on to the inked type! Next morning the street in front of the office was thronged with people, and hundreds of copies of the Facts were thrown from the upper storey windows, to the deep mortification of Somerset and the Fiscal. When it was too late, the latter appeared again to seal up the type and the composing room!'

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