Paton (Alan) Cry, the Beloved Country
£150
London, Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9s6d.
Paton’s searing indictment of South African society, published on the eve of the South African government formally institutionalising apartheid, one of the best-known and most acclaimed works in South African literature.
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Bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown, ink markings to front free endpaper; cloth a little mottled with some rubbing to head of spine; jacket a little sunned and rubbed at spine, but overall very good.
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