Paton alan foreword (16 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Printing. 359 Pages. A tight straight book with a light crease in the front cover. Otherwise a book with flawless text pages. This novel is based on the life story of a black woman living in South Africa. Only her name Poppie Rachel Nongena is invented. The book is the story of a humble black woman who under the burden of South Africa's laws never gives up. The heroic nature of Poppie Nongena and the skill of the author make it an epic. No book like it has ever been written before. The most hated laws in South Africa are known as the pass laws that were enacted to control the movement of African people. When the Afrikaners and the British conquered the whole of the country, they set aside land for the conquered people. These were lands now known as Homelands but in fact they are not homelands at all. They are 13% of the land area and are set aside for 70% of the population. Even though many of these people live now in the white cities, the Homelands are overcrowded, and in many parts eroded and barren. Many of their men are away in the cities of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, the places where black men can sell their labour. They are South Africa's migrant labourers, and they can be sent back to the Homelands any time it suits the authorities. The fact is the man's labour is wanted in the industries of the cities, but his wife and children are not. They are left behind in the Homelands and only have money if their husband and father is faithful. Sometimes because the man and his wife and children long for one another the wife breaks the law and goes to visit the husband in the city. This is the story of Poppie Nongena when she marries a migrant worker her whole life changes. In 1976 the black children rise up in rebellion and burn schools and stone cars and this story is told in the chapter titled the Revolt of the Children. The book is the story of a very courageous woman and her struggle to live under the cruelty of the law. …

109p., foreword, very good first trade paper wraps published simultaneously with the hardbound, signed by the poet. Cover illustration by Maria Philpotts.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 16pp lines pamphlet. Rare.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition First Printing. Author's first book, written after two years exploring Africa after he finished grad school at Harvard. "His response to all things African was real & urgent, & his poetry is both dramatic & reflective as he distills the seething mood that is Africa today." A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1969, this hardcover octavo is bound in half green/half pumpkin-colored cloth over boards lettered in bright red to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. A sprinkling of foxing across top outer page edges. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine: colorful with very mild chipping to both ends of spine, light surface soiling; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …

PAPERBACK. Condizione: Good. 1st edition thus. 39pp. 12mo in stapled wraps. Light soiling and wear to wraps, light vertical crease to wraps and throughout, ink stamp on Foreword page, else interior unmarked. Pendle Hill Pamphlet 139.

Wongar, B. with a foreword by Alan Paton., Little, Brown & Co., 1978, c1978, 1st Edition, cloth (hard cover), PO's bookplate on ffep o/w vg+ with spine-faded dj, 120 pp with glossary, small 8vo, "Stories comprise a haunting lament for the aborigines' vanishing life and land in the outback".

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Advance Review Copy. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. v, 111pp., glossary. Lightly age toned and spotted text block. Offset and foxing to endpapers else clean and bright. Slightly rubbed Dustjacket.(BH) 1/2026.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Staplebound paperback (16 pages) in good condition. Covers are scuffed and foxed. Edges and corners are bumped and rubbed, with a crease and small tear to the front upper corner. Occasional spots of foxing on some of the pages which are otherwise clear, and binding is sound. LW. Used.…

Condizione: Very Good. 1960. Paperback. " The best publisher alive or dead". C P Snow. Original printed wrappers.First edition. Not a first edition copy. . . .

Condizione: Very Good. 1960. Paperback. " The best publisher alive or dead". C P Snow. Original printed wrappers.First edition. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good paperback copy; dust wrapper somewhat dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Previous owners inscription on front cover.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16pp Foreword by Alan Paton.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps are shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.