Cry the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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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Cry the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
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- First edition, early printing
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- 1948
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Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton, first printing, early copy.
Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped ($3.00) jacket (has all first edition points). The archival jacket has some chipping on top/bottom of spine. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Charles's Scribner's Sons, 1948. With orange cloth and grey lettering on spine. No writing or marking in the book, 278 pp., some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation
by Paton, Alan
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- very good
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- First Edition, Second Printing
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- 1948
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.. Octavo, ix, [1], 278pp. Maroon cloth, title stamped in blue on cover. Lacking "Scribner's A" on copyright page. Solid binding, free of marks or notations. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country.
by Paton, Alan
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- 1948
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, "We have had many novels from… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, The Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
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- 1948
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. A first edition copy of Cry, The Beloved Country a novel of comfort in desolation by Alan Paton. Cry, The Beloved Country is a novel that is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation
by Paton, Alan [Dorothy Comingore]
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- 1948
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. From the library of Dorothy Comingore, Hollywood actress and star of Citizen Kane, later blacklisted for her communist sympathies.. Octavo, ix, [1], 278pp. Light blue cloth, title stamped in black and red… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country.
by Paton, Alan
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- 1948
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, "We have had many novels from statesmen and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country.
by Paton, Alan
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- 1948
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, "We have had many novels from statesmen and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by Alan Paton on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original oatmeal cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine with hinges slightly shaken at pastedowns, bookseller ticket to front pastedown, former owner name to front free end paper and pages toned. In… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country.
by Paton, Alan
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- 1948
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, "We have had many novels from statesmen and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry The Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1948
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- Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket
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DeLand, Florida, USA
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good.
Early Edition with code R-9.56[H]. Green cloth covered boards with white titles. Bindings square and tight. Light shelf wear. Price-clipped dust jacket has wear to extremities and small loss at corners and spine tips. Small tear through "d" of title. Protected… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- 1948
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Good+. First edition, first impression. 269 pp. Oatmeal cloth with crimson lettering. Very Good with front free endpaper excised, light bumping to corners and small stain to back board, in unclipped (9s. 6d. net) Good+ dust jacket with chips at head and tail, some small closed tears, light wear, and a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Very Good
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- 1st
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Granville, New York, USA
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NY: Scribners, 1948. Early printing of the first American edition, lacking the Scribner's "A". Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 8vo., ix+278pp., brown cloth with blue titles and designs. Mild fray a the the lower spine end, some darkening to pastedowns at the gutter, else very good plus in very good dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, The beloved Country
by Alan Paton
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- Good
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- Vintage Copy
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- 1950
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- Clothbound hardcover, vertical orange/black panels
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Davis, California, USA
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Dust Jacket: Intact with unclipped leaves. Rubs and small tears on top DJ edges (photo). Heavy toning in the inside spine area (photo).
Book: Still retains the brilliant color contrast of the black/orange panels and author's distinct imprinted signature (photo). The back paste-on is significantly toned in the gutter area (photo).
The boards and spine are very firm and sturdy.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Southampton, New York, USA
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CA$207.02
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Scribner's, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing (Scribner's seal with "A" on copyright page). Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Scribner's, 1948. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in red and black. Book is very good plus; binding tight, spine straight and pages crisp. Owner inscription on flyleaf and very light bumps to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, The Beloved Country.
by Alan Paton
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- Used - Very good
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- 1949
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- Cloth binding
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire, GBR
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Tan cloth binding with brown title on the spine and front board.
This book would command a £1,200 price tag if its binding had not suffered sun damage and lost its dust jacket.
No dust jacket. First edition. The acclaimed social protest novel by the South African anti-apartheid activist. CRY, BELOVED COUNTRY takes place in the final years of World War II… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - vg/near fine
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- price clipped
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- 29th impression
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 29th impression. hardcover. vg/near fine/price clipped. "A story of comfort in desolation", tape residue on both pastedowns, small shop sticker on front pastedown o/w clean copy, 256 pp Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1948
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Pasadena, California, USA
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CA$1,035.15
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing with Scribner's A and seal on the copyright page. A Near Fine copy of Paton's famous first novel. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner's name on the front end paper and a small blemish to the front board. In a price-clipped Near Fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country; A Story of Comfort in Desolation
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Southampton, New York, USA
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CA$48.31
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Charles Scribners Sons. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, Early Printing (1948 on title and copyright with Scribner's seal but no "A"). Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in black. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Jonathan Cape, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed. Third impression, printed within 3 months of the first. Signed on the front end page by the author, Alan Paton. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with creasing along the edges and a small, closed tear on the spine, but it remains whole and intact despite this. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by PATON, Alan
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- Used
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- First Scribner's School Paperbacks Edition
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- 1968
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- Paperback
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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CA$276.04
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New York: Scribner, 1968. First Scribner's School Paperbacks Edition. Paperback. Paperback. First Scribner's School Paperbacks Edition. A fine copy in publisher's illustrated wraps. An uncommon edition of the Sojuth Africanajuthor's debut novel. It ws issued as the seventh volume in the Scriber's School Paperbacks series for young readers. Signed by the author on the ahlf-title page. Tiny splash mark… Read more about this item Item Price
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