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117 Days
by Ruth First
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Stein and Day Publishers, 1965 Stein and Day Publishers, New York. 1965. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; wear through paper on lower front tip; dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.95); suntoning to spine; light wear and bumping to DJ upper and lower edges. Brown paper over boards with orange cloth overlay on the spine; bright gilt lettering on the spine; author name in gilt on front board. Green endpapers. 142 pp 8vo. This is the story of the imprisonment of a white woman (the author, Ruth First) by the totalitarian government of South Africa in 1963. It is an invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system that chronicles the author's isolation and abuse at the hands of South African Police interrogators after her arrest. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement under South Africa's notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First's isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators after her arrest in 1963. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement under South Africa's notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016525
- Title
- 117 Days
- Author
- Ruth First
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Stein and Day Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- South Africa, Apartheid System, South African Police, Ruth First, South African Prison, solitary confinement, anti-government newspapers, South African Communist party, African political affairs, African National Congress, anti-apartheid movement, overthr
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Matters;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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