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Publisher's hardcover binding with portrait dust jacket.
630pp + 24 pages of plates. Map endpapers.
The true first South African edition, without the enlarged space between the imprint and copyright lines on the verso of title page which appears in later impressions.
The following comes from a contemporary Sunday Times newspaper article by Gillian Antsey:
'The fastest-selling hardcover in South African publishing history, Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, has been entered for the Sunday Times' Alan Paton award.
Since its launch in December - when 20 000 copies were snapped up in a day - a record 95 000 books have been sold.
Mr Mandela started writing his memoirs in secret on Robben Island in 1975. A manuscript smuggled out by Mac Maharaj, now Minister of Transport, forms the basis of the autobiography.
The book begins in 1918 with Mr Mandela's birth in a rural Transkei village, and ends on May 10 last year with his inauguration as president of the country that imprisoned him for nearly a third of his life.'
Binding sound. Dust jacket in very good condition. Contemporary Christmas gift message on half-title page.
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Name: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
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