Author: PATON, ALAN
Title: Cry, the Beloved Country (Franklin Library Signed Limited Editions Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library signed edition of Alan Paton's classic 1948 novel which tells of the racial strife in South Africa in the 1940s from both points of view. With illustrations by Howard Rogers and an introduction by Lewis Gannett. Includes a special introductory note by the author. Signed by Mr. Paton on a leaf near front of volume. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. Publisher's Notes from the Editors booklet is included. --- Bound in full tan bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers, with orange silk moire endpapers and matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and probably not previously read.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxxii, [6], 297 pages; Signed by Author. Fine .

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