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  • YOUNG MANDELA. by Smith, David James.
    Smith, David James.
    YOUNG MANDELA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The Revolutionary Years." Set in South Africa in the early 1960s, during the years of apartheid, this is a portrait of Mandela as "a committed revolutionary who left his family behind to live on the run, adopting false names and disguises and organizing the first strikes to overthrow the apartheid state" Photographs. Timeline, notes, selected bibliography, index. 405 pp. ISBN: 978-0316035484.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 66331
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  • THROUGH MALAN'S AFRICA. by St. John, Robert.
    St. John, Robert.
    THROUGH MALAN'S AFRICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - A "first hand report on the most explosive racial situation in the world" - one which traces the course of Afrikaner D. F. Malan's National Government in South Africa to its dictatorial powers. Includes interviews with liberal leaders, including Manilal Gandhi, Alan Paton, Luthuli, and young intellectuals. Index. 317 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket(price-clipped, some chipping to ends of spine).

    Book ID: 73159
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  • THROUGH MALAN'S AFRICA. by St. John, Robert.
    St. John, Robert.
    THROUGH MALAN'S AFRICA.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. dj. Hardcover - A first hand look at the explosive racial situation in South Africa at the height of apartheid - and also a book that discusses the hope which can arise from the young liberal leaders - such as Manilal Gandhi, Alan Paton, Luthuli and others. Index. 317 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some chipping to the ends of the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 48965
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  • jANUARY SUN: One Day, Three Lives, A South African Town. by Stengel, Richard.
    Stengel, Richard.
    jANUARY SUN: One Day, Three Lives, A South African Town.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, one which takes us below the surface to look at the lives of three men in the small town of Brits in the Western Transvaal, South Africa -a white Afrikaaner vet, a black taxi driver and a young Indian shopkeeper. Includes an afterword which updates the situation of these three men in 1989. Map. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-671645935.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some discoloration to the black cloth spine, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 69991
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  • MOVING MOUNTAINS: The Principles and Purposes of Leon Sullivan. by Sullivan, Leon H. (1922-2001)
    Sullivan, Leon H. (1922-2001)
    MOVING MOUNTAINS: The Principles and Purposes of Leon Sullivan.

    Edition: First printing.

    Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A later book by this Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans (founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers - OIC), and as an anti-Apartheid activist. It begins in 1971 when he attended the first meeting of the Board of General Motors as a member - the first Black man to hold such a position in the US, and it also focuses on the development of what became known as the "Sullivan Principles" which used the economic strength of US corporations to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Although Sullivan…

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    Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A later book by this Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans (founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers - OIC), and as an anti-Apartheid activist. It begins in 1971 when he attended the first meeting of the Board of General Motors as a member - the first Black man to hold such a position in the US, and it also focuses on the development of what became known as the "Sullivan Principles" which used the economic strength of US corporations to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Although Sullivan wrote many books, and received innumerable awards, books signed or inscribed by him are very scarce. Illustrated with photographs. foreword by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr, list of abbreviations. Index. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-817012893.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88659
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  • MOVING MOUNTAINS: The Principles and Purposes of Leon Sullivan. by Sullivan, Leon H. (1922-2001)
    Sullivan, Leon H. (1922-2001)
    MOVING MOUNTAINS: The Principles and Purposes of Leon Sullivan.

    Edition: First printing.

    Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A later book by this Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans (founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers - OIC), and as an anti-Apartheid activist. It begins in 1971 when he attended the first meeting of the Board of General Motors as a member - the first Black man to hold such a position in the US, and it also focuses on the development of what became known as the "Sullivan Principles" which used the economic strength of US corporations to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. Illustrated with photographs. foreword by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr, list of abbreviations. Index. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-817012893.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88759
    View cart More details Price: $20.00