1964. No Edition Remarks. 545 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Top textblock edge dyed yellow. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.
Alan Stewart Paton was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land.