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Fourth edition of Malthus’s Essay , first published in 1798, one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought, and the foundation text of modern demography. 2 volumes, octavo (203 × 126 mm). Contemporary calf, spines lettered in gilt. With half-titles. Contemporary ownership signature to title pages, bookplate of one C. W. Clementine, dated 1901, to front pastedowns. Slight scratch to rear cover of vol. I, endpapers toned and a little soiled, slight worming in fore margin of vol. II (not affecting text), an excellent copy in a well-preserved contemporary binding. £2,250 [157003] 95 MANDELA, Nelson . The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996 signed by nelson mandela First US illustrated edition, signed limited issue, number 230 of 425 copies signed and dated by Mandela on a specially commissioned portrait by Benny Gool. The illustrated edition of Mandela’s autobiography follows the first of 1994, with the text abridged, and was preceded by the UK edition the same year. Quarto. Original black quarter Wassa Goatskin, orange cloth sides, blue textured endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in original black solander case and printed white card box. Illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions. A fine copy. £3,750 [158524]
The signing of the book proved controversial, as Nelson Mandela initially rubber-stamped his signature on the books, despite having agreed to sign them, and his government was then facing accusations of corruption and malpractice. The whole edition was recalled and the books properly signed by Mandela. Desmond Tutu had also provided only signed bookplates but added his signature once Mandela did his own. Both Mandela’s rubber- stamped signature and Tutu’s signed bookplate remain on the half-title. Accompanying the book are three letters serving as certificates of authenticity: the first on behalf of Nelson Mandela in May 1999, the second on behalf of Archbishop Tutu in September 2000, and the third on behalf of Justice Albie Sachs in October 2000. At the point of signing, the individuals were respectively President of the Republic of South Africa, Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Quarto. Original green bonded leather, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, green speckled edges. Housed in the original green leather slipcase. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A fine copy. £3,750 [156940]
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96 MANDELA, Nelson – ALBERTS, Paul. Some Evidence of Things Seen. Rivonia, South Africa: Open Hand Trust, 1997 the only limited edition signed by both nelson mandela and desmond tutu Signed limited edition, number 40 of 50 copies signed by Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Albie Sachs, and Paul Alberts. A remarkable collaboration, this is the only limited edition signed by both Mandela and Tutu – Nobel Peace Prize winners in 1993 and 1984 respectively – alongside a third major figure in the anti-apartheid movement, Albie Sachs, who became a judge on South Africa’s Constitutional Court, helped draft the Bill of Rights, and has received numerous international awards for jurisprudence. The book gathers photographs of South African children taken by Paul Alberts, predominantly from before the end of apartheid, with an introduction by Mandela, and text provided by Tutu and Sachs (both additionally signing the start of their section).
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