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Auction #134 begins on 01 Oct 2026

Cole (Ernest)

HOUSE OF BONDAGE

A South African black man exposes in his own pictures and words the bitter life of his homeland today.

Published: Ridge Press/Allen Lane, London, 1968.

Edition: First. UK

Reserve: $70

Approximately:

Estimate: $80-100

Bidding opens: 1 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 8 Oct 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Text with Thomas Flaherty. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. 

Ernest Cole (1940-1990) is considered as one of the greatest photographers of the apartheid era. He fled South Africa for New York in 1966 with his photographs and published House of Bondage in 1967. Black and white photographs throughout.

The dust jacket is slightly worn on the spine and at the corners, and there is a closed tear to the top front of the jacket. Price-clipped dust jacket. 

  • Jacket Condition: Fair
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good


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