First edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles.

First edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles. xviii, 510 pages. List of illustrations, abbreviations of manuscript collections, notes, select bibliography, index. Very good with top corners lightly bumped, bottom corner of half title page creased, and long crease to rear board, in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear. Mylar cover on jacket. "Alan Paton is best remembered as the author of CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, the most lyrical and moving plea for racial reconciliation to have come out of South Africa this century. His reputation, however, extends far beyond the fields of fiction and literature, for in addition Paton was a teacher, prison reformer, and politician whose achievements have ensured him a lasting place in the troubled history of his country."