Tell Freedom

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, decorative red cloth, 370 pages, no dust jacket, Abrahams was born in the slums of Johnannesburg and later moved to England. Autobiography of author's 22 years of struggle before he left South Africa. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise tight and clean copy. Record # 381184

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First American edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, thatched black cover decoration, gilt spine and cover titles, top stain, pictorial dust jacket, 370 pp. Very good book, boards edge worn; very good dust jacket, spine faded and soiled, spine ends chipped, cover edges twice torn, else light wear. Jacket design by Herbert… Read more about this item

Tell Freedom by Peter Abrahams (Faber and Faber Limited, 1st edition 1954). South African novelist Peter Abrahams' autobiographical account of growing up in the slums of Johannesburg. Dustwrapper design by Berthold Ludwig Wolpe. Hardback in dustwrapper. 311pp. 8.25 x 5.5 inches approx. (208mm x 140mm). Dustwrapper worn and creased along top edge; light wear to spine ends; maybe a touch… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: . 370 pages, 2nd printing. Light shelf wear, pages tanned; very good otherwise. The jacket has a little wear and discoloring; a couple tears; price clipped. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 200661. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown and gift inscription to front endpaper. Clean otherwise, a tight copy in a price clipped and slightly edgeworn but very clean and bright dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1954. 311 pp. Slightly yellowed endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Three corners bumped. Green DJ with black and red titles. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+. First Edition.

Faber & Faber, 1982-05-01. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 7.5000 in x 4.9000 in. Wear and creasing to cover and spine.

London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First UK Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" X 5 1/2. Tell Freedom is the story of Abrahams' childhood in the slums of Johannesburg and the country around it. Through writing, he manages to rise above his situation and ends up in… Read more about this item

Collier Books. Very Good-. 1970. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Minor edgewear and creasing. Light foxing to text block. Binding tight, spine uncreased, text clean. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 304 pages .

New York: Knopf, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, stated. Decorative red cloth binding, gold titles, 370 pp. topstained. Owner name on ffep, spine of dustjacket sunned, fading along top edge. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

London: Faber & Faber, 1954. 311pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Lean of the spine, offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise a bright, unmarked copy.Unclipped jacket has edgewear to the lower spine. "For at his thirty-seven years of age Peter Abrahams looks back on a life that ran the gamut of trials-physical, emotional and intellectual to the point that… Read more about this item

TELL FREEDOM, Faber & Faber, 1954, first edition., small stain on f.p.d., else near fine in vg+/ near fine dust-wrapper with a small stain on the rear dust-wrapper flap. This copy bears the signature and ownership label of a J. David Abrahams suggesting perhaps some associational value. A novel concerning apartheid in South Africa.

Random House, 1971. Hardcover. USED Very Good/Very Good Jacket. Sixth printing, September 1971. Jacket, Bro-darted, is price-clipped and has a couple of small chips. Pages clean and binding tight. Random House stamp on underside of pageblock. (Cover may not match stock image: orange background with black silhouette of a face.)

UK: Faber. Good. Paperback. 1985. 311 pages. covers some wear .

Brand: Faber n Faber, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Second printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. Name label. Shallow chipping to spine ends of jacket. .

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Alfred A. Knopf 1956 1st American Edition Very Good/Very Good DJ Light wear to orange and black cloth with gold lettering, solid structure, previous owner's name/stamp blotted out inside cover, sticker removal mark inside back cover. 370 pages. Pages lightly tanned. Light wear to bright orange and black dust jacket with mended tears. Previous owner's… Read more about this item

Knopf. GOOD-/No Jacket. 1954. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library reading copy (C141) .