The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Drie Verhale by Charles Dickens, translated by Fanny Jordaan

This beautifully bound, 1950 Afrikaans edition includes A Christmas Carol (‘n Kerslied), The Chimes (Die Klokke) and The Cricket on the Hearth (Die Krieke op die Vuurherd Sjerp die Eerste).

Access: https://UnivofPretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/934931725

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.