CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
by Paton, Alan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Early printing, with "1948" on title page and copyright page. Scribner colophon on copyright page, but no Scribner "A" on copyright page.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Waugh Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4450
- Title
- CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY:
- Author
- Paton, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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