Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Swanton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Photoplay edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is soiled and worn with faded spine copy, open tears at the top and bottom of the spine and several smaller ones (see photo). A small "Educational Center" label on the front end page. Boards are a little worn in the corners. Text is unmarked. Strong binding.
Synopsis
Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead.
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- Bookseller
- Wood Thrush Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2318
- Title
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- Author
- Alan Paton
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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