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New York:: International Publishers,, (1954). First edition -. Good condition in gold wrappers with red lettering (toning to the covers and edges of textblock). First US printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The author, a foreign correspondent for the Daily Worker in London, describes the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa and the abuses of the colonial system. Includes a Foreword by Alphaeus Hunton, Secretary of the Council on African Affairs. 99 pp.

New York: International Publishers, [1954]. First Edition. Wrapper issue. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's yellow card wrappers lettered in red; vii,[3],99pp. Wrappers slightly worn and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Account of "the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa in the face of terrible repressions.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: International Publishers, 1954. The author, the foreign correspondent for the Daily Worker (London), recounts the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa in the face of terrible repressions; with an introduction by Alphaeus Hunton, Secretary of the Council on African Affairs, chaired by Paul Robeson and W.E.B. DuBois (corners and spine ends slightly bumped, review copy notice with hand-written date of publication pasted to first page; yellow dust jacket with red lettering, sunned along spine, edgewear at ends of spine, otherwise completely intact, a bright, clean copy). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

北京.[Beijing].: 世界知識社.[Shi jie zhi shi she].. 1955.. 109pp, ex-library copy with library stamps, label on spine and pocket, corner little worn and browned, occasional underlinings in ink, sound reading copy. Text translated from English into Chinese. 18.6 x 13cm. .

[Egypt?]: Muassasat Sijil Al-Arab [i.e. Arab Record Foundation], 1965. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Half leather bound in Egyptian style raised six bands to spine, Arabic lettered gilt in second and fourth. 'Abdelzehar Binding' stamp on back endpaper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 179, [1] p. First Arabic edition of Kartun's 'Africa! Africa! A continent rises to its feet' which describes the struggle for freedom in British colonial Africa in the face of horrible pressures. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kartun was the improbable combination of a leftist activist, a captain of industry, a Daily Worker journalist and an author of spy thrillers. Kartun was the son of a Russian-French father and a Polish-English mother. He was born into the world of the cultured bourgeoisie, his uncle being the pianist and conductor Léon Kartun. His father had left Paris Conservatoire when he realized that he would not be one of the great violinists… Read More