Folio (410 x 293 mm); bound volume of sixteen consecutive issues; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; liberally illustrated. Trace of stippling to cloth; light browning throughout, occasional fox spot. Good to very good condition.
John Patrick Cope (born 1906) "joined the Natal Mercury as their parliamentary and political correspondent, and became friendly with Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, and other prominent political figures. In 1935 he went to Abyssinia and discovered the Italian Plot to annex the country. In 1937 he went to China to cover the Sino-Japanese war for three South African papers. In 1937 he joined his former editor, R J Kingston Russell in his venture to found a political weekly Forum. On Russell's retirement through ill health he assumed the editorship, which he retained for 14 years under the chairmanship of Hofmeyr. In 1951 Forum closed, and Cope rejoined the Rand Daily Mail as editorial assistant." - From Archives Hub, drawing on material at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library at the University of London.
The period covered by these bound journals includes the failure of appeasement with Nazi Germany, advent of war in Europe, and South Africa's domestic tensions due to different views of neutrality and involvement of the Union in the world crisis. In the issue of November 18, 1939, is an early work of fiction by 16-year-old Nadine Gordimer of Springs, Transvaal, entitled 'Come Again Tomorrow', appears. Nadine Gordimer would receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VOLUME IS VERY HEAVY
- Jacket Condition: Not applicable
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: Folio
