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Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation
by Paton, Alan
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.. Octavo, ix, [1], 278pp. Maroon cloth, title stamped in blue on cover. Lacking "Scribner's A" on copyright page. Solid binding, free of marks or notations. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, chipping at top of spine, vibrant colors. Signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Jim Bell / with best wishes from Alan Paton / Ixopo / June 4, 1961." From the library of Time Magazine foreign correspondent Jim Bell.
Synopsis
Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13761
- Title
- Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation
- Author
- Paton, Alan
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Linda Winters, Kay Winters, Susan Alexander, citizen kane, Orson welles, Put money in thy purse, Mr Arkadin Orson welles, the cradle will rock welles, hope for south africa, apartheid and the archbishop Paton,
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