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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Alan Paton

Cry, the Beloved Country

A Story of Comfort in Desolation

Published: Jonathan Cape, London, 1948

Edition: 1st Edition

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Jonathan Cape,  light cloth boards with lettering and publisher's device, author's note,  chapters arranged into 3 books, list of words, 269 pages, 135 x 280mm, some minor edgeware to dust jacket, internally:very good, condition: good to very good.

"The author's harrowing account of the abominable conditions of improvised native housing-which, indeed, are not without parallels in our own country-he knows that human hatreds and fears and selfishness lie at the root of this tragic malady, and that there is no medicine for them but love and tolerance ( Francis Brett Young in the London Sunday Times).

  • Jacket Condition: very good
  • Binding Condition: very good
  • Overall Condition: very good
  • Size: 135 x 280mm


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