House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today.
by Cole, Ernest; Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld; Text by Thomas Flaherty
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Random House, 1967. First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by both "Ernest Cole" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author "Joseph Lelyveld 9.18.14" on the title page. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. Text written with Thomas Flaherty. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. A searing exposé of the social and economic effects of apartheid on South Africas black population, House of Bondage was banned by the governmentAuthored by a self-taught black South African photojournalist, Ernest Cole, [it] shows his experience of apartheid from the inside. To do this, Cole managed to get himself officially reclassified as coloured rather than black gaining for himself more freedom of movement to carry out his self-imposed assignment" (Parr & Badger II:93, 106).
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127758
- Title
- House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today.
- Author
- Cole, Ernest; Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld; Text by Thomas Flaherty
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Ernest Cole Photographer, ERnest Cole Signed First Edition, House of Bondage First Edition
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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