The Illustrated Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela (SIGNED by Nelson Mandela)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: No. 406 of 425 copies.
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Excellent/Fine - Signed on 06 October 1996. Quarter bound by hand from SA. Clamshell slipcase in very excellent condition. Printed white card box included - with minor shelf wear. Loose signed Benny Gool portrait
Few memoirs carry the moral weight and historical grandeur of Nelson Mandela's The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom, a richly visual edition of one of the twentieth century's most profound autobiographies. This illustrated adaptation chronicles Mandela's extraordinary journey — from his rural childhood in the Transkei, through his emergence as a defiant anti-apartheid activist, to his 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, and ultimately to his triumphant ascent to the presidency of a free South Africa. Accompanied by a stunning array of photographs and archival imagery, this edition transforms Mandela's already vivid prose into an immersive visual testament to courage, sacrifice, and an unbreakable will. Beyond the personal narrative, the book stands as a sweeping indictment of institutionalised racism and a luminous argument for the power of forgiveness and reconciliation. Mandela's voice — measured, dignified, and utterly without bitterness — carries the reader through decades of struggle with the authority of a man who turned suffering into statecraft. This illustrated edition makes his story accessible to a new generation, pairing his landmark text with the faces and moments that defined an era, leaving one to wonder: what does it truly cost a man to liberate a nation?
Author: Nelson Mandela
Format: Hardback
Published: 1996, Little, Brown and Company
Genre: Biography
Edition: No. 406 of 425 copies.
Condition remarks:
Book: Excellent
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Excellent/Fine - Signed on 06 October 1996. Quarter bound by hand from SA. Clamshell slipcase in very excellent condition. Printed white card box included - with minor shelf wear. Loose signed Benny Gool portrait
Few memoirs carry the moral weight and historical grandeur of Nelson Mandela's The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom, a richly visual edition of one of the twentieth century's most profound autobiographies. This illustrated adaptation chronicles Mandela's extraordinary journey — from his rural childhood in the Transkei, through his emergence as a defiant anti-apartheid activist, to his 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, and ultimately to his triumphant ascent to the presidency of a free South Africa. Accompanied by a stunning array of photographs and archival imagery, this edition transforms Mandela's already vivid prose into an immersive visual testament to courage, sacrifice, and an unbreakable will. Beyond the personal narrative, the book stands as a sweeping indictment of institutionalised racism and a luminous argument for the power of forgiveness and reconciliation. Mandela's voice — measured, dignified, and utterly without bitterness — carries the reader through decades of struggle with the authority of a man who turned suffering into statecraft. This illustrated edition makes his story accessible to a new generation, pairing his landmark text with the faces and moments that defined an era, leaving one to wonder: what does it truly cost a man to liberate a nation?