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Lot 269
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,750
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MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013). Long Walk to Freedom. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. 20th-century calf gilt, smooth spine in 5 compartments, 2 gilt-lettered, large central compartment with onlaid South African flag; brown cloth slipcase with inlaid commemorative 5 rand "Madiba" coin featuring Mandela's portrait, issued in 2008 to mark his 90th birthday.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Mandela's first autobiography taken largely from a manuscript he secretly penned while imprisoned. SIGNED BY MANDELA.