Howard Timmins. Cape Town 1975.. VG condition in G-VG dustwrapper (writing impressions show but no chips, tears, or loss). a bright copy.. Yellow cloth boards. 161pp. illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. Gift inscription by author on title page. Sydney Barnett Potter emigrated to South Africa in the 1930s for health reasons where he worked as a journalist and broadcaster. He left South Africa in 1950 with the rise of the Nationalist government, but returned in later years. He was the Author of the controversial bestseller (in SA) "The Fault, Black Man ..". Much of his unpublished manuscript about flying is included in this biography making it almost autobiographical.

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Bookseller: Fables Bookshop (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9305
Title: BARNETT POTTER, A FIGHTER.
Author: Potter, Ursula Barnett
Book Condition: Used - VG condition in G-VG dustwrapper (writing impressions show but no chips, tears, or loss). a bright copy.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0869781103
ISBN 13: 9780869781104
Publisher: Howard Timmins. Cape Town 1975.
Place of Publication: Cape Town
This edition first published: 1975
Keywords: biography journalist journalism airman aeronautics airplane pilot airoplane royal flying corps the star union review british africa monthly rand daily mail newspaper kenya east eastern south southern african signed inscribed
Bookseller catalogs: Biography;

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