Quartet: new voices from South Africa
by Rive, Richard, editor, Alan Paton, introduction, Alex La Guma, James Matthews, Alf Wannenburgh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown, 1963. Hardcover. 223p., introduction, biographical notes, bookplate of Leslie Rubin otherwise a very good first edition in decorative cloth boards and unclipped dj with light soiling and short closed tears. Previous owner Rubin "was an outspoken opponent of the apartheid regime in South Africa. A lawyer by training, he was a founder of the South African Liberal party, a member of the senate and a friend of Chief Albert Luthuli, from 1952 to 1967 president of the African National Congress." Guardian obit 2002.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213267
- Title
- Quartet: new voices from South Africa
- Author
- Rive, Richard, editor, Alan Paton, introduction, Alex La Guma, James Matthews, Alf Wannenburgh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; 1960S; Africa; South Africa;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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