True first edition of the author's FIRST and most famous work. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1948.
Publisher's beige cloth binding with brown titles on front panel and spine. Binding tight. Internally clean. Contemporary former owner's name on front endpaper. Pictorial jacket in fair only condition, with original price intact but with some loss at spine crown and a few closed tears.
In "Cry, The Beloved Country" a black reverend from rural Ndotsheni, an ancestral home of South Africa's Zulus, searches for his wayward son in hostile, unfamiliar Johannesburg. He finds his son - sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a white man during an attempted robbery in his own house. By a twist of fate, the murdered man was Arthus Jarvis - a dedicated fighter for blacks' equality. This story of the reverend's hopes for a restoration of tribal customs and family unity in South Africa and peace for all men, regardless of race, is as timely today as when it was written in 1948."
- Jacket Condition: Fair
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Sold By: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0741235861
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT, Bank Deposit. For International Customers: Paypal with 6% surcharge, International Transfer
- Trade Associations: A. A. Approved
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