Jonathan Cape, 1981, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First

foreword by author. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Set in South Africa during the years 1952 to 1958. It is the story of the beginning and strengthening of the apartheid system, of families broken, of jobs lost and a country at war with itself. The first of a proposed trilogy. Softening of the backstrip and age toning of the textblock edges and internal pages. A date, 17. 2. 82, has been placed to the lower left-hand corner of the free front endpaper, in blue ink. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (16), 3-271, (3) pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Apartheid; South Africa; ISBN: 0224019813. ISBN/EAN: 9780224019811. Inventory No: 0112983.