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Here is "Footprints : An Anthology of Modern South African Prose Authors", Including: Alan Paton, Olive Schreiner, Laurens van der Post, Nadine Gordimer, et al. This hardcover book was issued in South Africa by APB Publishers and Booksellers in 1956 . Of note in this interesting anthology of South African prose is the inclusion without fanfare of a passage from the internationally heralded novel by Alan Paton, "Cry the Beloved Country", published in 1948. The date of "Footprints" publication,1956, was just three years after Paton founded the South African Liberal Party which was instrumental in opposing South Africa's horrible apartheid policies. The other selections in this book are equally illuminating, painting a word picture of what was, at that time, an extremely troubled land. Only some of the selection have political import; there are also essays celebrating the natural beauties and wildlife of South Africa, as well as the cultural richness that thrives there. Taken as a whole, the selections in this book paint a colorful, complex and fascinating picture of mid Twentieth- century South Africa. TITLE : Footprints : An Anthology of Modern South African English Prose EDITOR : C. Murray Booysen INTRODUCTION : R. M. Titlestad (Professor at University of Pretoria) AUTHORS : Alan Paton, Olive Schreiner, Nadine Gordimer, Laurens van der Post, et al IMPRINT : APB Publishers and Booksellers PLACE : Not Given [ but: Johannesburg] DATE : (1956) EDITION : Presumed First Edition STATUS : OP ? Out of Print PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Trade Hardcover; Introduction; 194 pages; approximately 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"; olive-green cloth with title, etc. printed in black on front board and spine CONTENTS: PART I - HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ** From South Africa -- by Jan H. Hofmeyer ** From Light on a Dark Horse -- by Roy Campbell ** From Lords of the Last Frontier -- by Lawrence Green ** From The Cradle Days of Natal -- by Graham Mackeurton ** From Double Lives, An Autobiography -- by William Plomer PART II - NON-EUROPEAN : ** From God's Stepchildren -- by Sarah Gertrude Millin ** From Cry, the Beloved Country -- by Alan Paton ** From Mamisa -- by Allister Miller ** From Jock of the Bushveld -- by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick ** From Fitz -- by J. P. R. Wallis (The story of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick) ** From Bushveld Adventures -- by Victor Pohl MISCELLANEOUS ** From Story of an African Farm -- by Olive Schreiner ** From Little Karoo -- by Pauline Smith ** From The Soft Voice of the Serpent -- by Nadine Gordimer ** From The Dream and the Desert -- by Uys Krige ** From Venture into the Interior -- by Laurens van der Post **From The Crooked Bluegum -- by Lewis Sowden ** From Trout Streams of Natal -- by Neville Nuttall CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Slight compression to spine extremities; fading to head of spine; there is weathering (a discoloration or fading to both boards near the top spine extremity- not so egregious ) -- slight bumping to corners, else the boards are clean and presentable. Text-block edges are slightly toned, else clean. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : End-papers are toned; text is clean and unmarked. DUST JACKET : Not present.

Original green cloth, with dustjacket (dustjacket partly damaged, spine discolored), else in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition, Fourth Impression. Clean and tightly bound book. Size: Approx 7" Wide - 8" Tall.