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PRISON POEMS.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: J. Philip O'Hara, Inc., (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 21 poems written while Daniel was in prison and on trial in Moscow (the trial of Daniel and fellow writer Andrei Synavsky is considered by some as the birth of the modern Soviet dissident movement.). Bilingual edition with the original Russian and English translations by David Burg and Arthur Boyars. 75 pp. ISBN: 0-879555017.
Condition: Very near fine in very good minus dust jacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 54619More details Price: $18.00 -
VACLAV HAVEL: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Basic Books (Perseus), (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Havel is one of the 20th century's great playwrights, dissidents, and champion of democracy - along with Nelson Mandela he navigated the gulf between political prisoner and President of his country. This authorized biography, based on unrestricted access to Havel, his friends and even his enemies, is the first definitive account of this Czech leader. Photographs, guide to pronunciation, index. 535 pp. ISBN: 0-465-037194.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34867More details Price: $18.00 -
HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53049More details Price: $20.00 -
HIGHER THAN HOPE: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A dramatic and intimate portrait of the "most important political prisoner of our time" by a woman who is both a sociologist and a friend of Mandela and who was also imprisoned for her anti-apartheid activities. List of Mandela milestones. 427 pp plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-06-0161469.
Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj)
Book ID: 59030More details Price: $18.50 -
AND NIGHT FELL: Memoirs of a Political Prisoner in South Africa.
Edition: First printing.
London: Allison & Busby, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir by a Soweto music teacher, active in the promotion of Black culture and in opposition to apartheid, of the 281 days he was held, without trial, as a political prisoner in South Africa (271 of these days in solitary confinement). 218 pp. ISBN: 0-850315247.
Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (a clean, tight copy, but with rather severe toning to the pages)
Book ID: 72355More details Price: $20.00