Long Walk to Freedom & Mandela - My Prisoner, My Friend
Macdonald Purnell, 1994. The first edition and first printing of Mandela's autobiography, signed in the year of publication. First published in South Africa by Macdonald Purnell. Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president during the 1994 elections at the end of Apartheid. Winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize along with FW de Klerk for their respective roles in ending Apartheid. This copy inscribed; "To Rona Mandela 14 / 12 / 94" Below that is an inscription from Christo Brand who used to be a prison guard at Robben Island. "I was 19 years old when I came face to face with Nelson Mandela. Hew was 60. until that day I had never heard of him, or his African national Congress. I was his prison warder on Robben Island and he chnged my life forever, Christo brand 06 / 06 /2019". Christo's inscribed book "Mandela My Prisoner, My Friend" included in this lot. VG good book with some foxing along edges, slight fading of DJ on spine. Red pen mark on the ffep. Brand's book a fine copy inscribed on half-title. Item #30728
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