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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Oppenheimer, (Harry)

THE FADING COMMONWEALTH

Smuts Memorial Lecture

Published: Cambridge Unviersity Press, Cambridge, 1968

Edition: First

Reserve: $40

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Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Paper covers, string-bound at spine, 24 pages. A good copy.

This lecture delivered at the University of Cambridge on 2 November 1967.

This publication is the Smuts Memorial Lecture delivered and written by the prominent South African mining magnate and politician Harry Oppenheimer. Published in 1968 by Cambridge University Press, the text captures Oppenheimer's contemporary perspectives on the shifting geopolitical landscape of the mid-20th century. 

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 12 x 18 cm


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