Cold Stone Jug

Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1969. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently rubbed and bumped. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. There is an ink stamp on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with darkening. The edges are rubbed. The rear panel is soiled. There is a 1 inch closed tear in the top edge of the rear panel. From the jacket- "In 1926 Herman Charles Bosman was condemned to death after a catastrophic incident in which his stepbrother was killed. On the judge's recommendation, however, a reprieve was granted and at the age of twenty-one Bosman went to serve a four-year term of imprisonment with hard labour. Cold Stone Jug is the unique chronicle of his prison experiences.