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The African Patriots: The Story of the African National Congress of South Africa
by [SOUTH AFRICA] BENSON, Mary
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London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Green cloth stamped in red and gilt, in white dust jacket printed in black and yellow; 310pp; publisher's ads to dust jacket rear panel. Signed by author on title page; ownership inscription of J. W. Fredericks on front free endpaper. Sound, lower front corner heavily bumped, spine sunned: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 36s net) but rubbed at edges and toned on spine, with creases at lower front corners and small chip at base of spine: Very Good.
First general history of the ANC, based on personal interviews with key party figures. The ANC was banned in 1960; in 1962, just after Benson completed her research, the Sabotage Act granted the apartheid government greater powers to suppress opposition. This copy from the collection of J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1961-67. [62108].
First general history of the ANC, based on personal interviews with key party figures. The ANC was banned in 1960; in 1962, just after Benson completed her research, the Sabotage Act granted the apartheid government greater powers to suppress opposition. This copy from the collection of J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1961-67. [62108].
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62108
- Title
- The African Patriots: The Story of the African National Congress of South Africa
- Author
- [SOUTH AFRICA] BENSON, Mary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Apartheid;
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