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Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation

Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation

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Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation

by Paton, Alan [Dorothy Comingore]

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. From the library of Dorothy Comingore, Hollywood actress and star of Citizen Kane, later blacklisted for her communist sympathies.. Octavo, ix, [1], 278pp. Light blue cloth, title stamped in black and red on spine. Lacking Scribner's A on copyright page. Light dust remnant along top edge, solid binding, dampstaining to lower corners, with no impact to text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, chipping at top of spine, vibrant colors. Signed by Dorothy Comingore on the front free endpaper. An attractive example of one of the best-known works of South African literature. Dorothy Comingore (1913-1971) was the breakout star of Citizen Kane, the critically acclaimed film by Orson Welles. As her fame grew, so did the FBI's attention to her suspected communist activities. In 1952 she declined to answer questions when called in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), resulting in her being blacklisted from Hollywood. She never worked in Hollywood again and struggled with alcoholism in her later years.

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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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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Cry, The Beloved Country; A Story Of Comfort In Desolation
Author
Paton, Alan [Dorothy Comingore]
Illustrator
First edition, second printing of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. From the library of Dorothy Comingore, Hollywood actre
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
very good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1948
Keywords
Linda Winters, Kay Winters, Susan Alexander, citizen kane, Orson welles, Put money in thy purse, Mr Arkadin Orson welles, the cradle will rock welles, hope for south africa, apartheid and the archbishop Paton,

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