Seen Children, Signed (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. White softcover with red and black print and illustration on front; red print on spine. Minor bumping to corners and edges; price sticker remains on bottom front corner. Pages/binding tight; pages clean/unmarked. Inscription/signature on title page: "With every blessing+ Fr. Wm. Armstrong, SJ." 86 pages. State 1st printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the author Paul Alberts. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 252 pages. There is gilt on the spine and the front of the boards. The boards are in near fine condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. The wraps are in a very good condition, except for some age related marks and some wearing at the edges. Internally clean and tightly bound. This tall book is complete with 252 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Condition: Very good in slipcase. This is the limited edition, number 12 of 50 copies. Bound in full red leather and signed by Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Judge Albie Sachs and Paul Alberts. "The primary goal of this book is to create awareness and sensitivity about the plight of South Africa's children among opinion-formers, decision-makers and the adults of South Africa." Controversy was created around the signing of these limited edition copies. Initially Mandela used a stamp instead of an original signature, and Tutu signed a bookplate, which was pasted onto the half title page below Mandela's stamp. There was some criticism and the books were returned and correctly signed by Mandela, Tutu, Sachs and Alberts to the page facing the title page. Tutu and Sachs and Alberts also signed at the start of their respective chapters. Photographs and notes by Paul Alberts, an introduction by Nelson Mandela, texts by Desmond Tutu and Albie Sachs and interviews with Johnny Mmeiwa Dhlabu, Kobus Smal, Lizelle Smit, Jane Msimanga, Asnath Manyelo and Pauline Kuzwayo. With a chapter on the situation of children and women in South Africa compiled from material by United Nations Children's Fund and National Children's Rights Committee. Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were both winners of the Nobel Pease prize and Judge Albie Sachs was a Constitutional Court judge and is credited as being one of the chief architects of South Africa's New Constitution. First edition Very good in slipcase Hardcover.

Signed limited edition, extra limited issue, number X of 10 copies issued in blue leather, and signed by Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Albie Sachs, and Paul Alberts; a further 50 copies were issued in green and in red leather. 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 (who both additionally sign the start of their section, as issued). The copies issued in green and red leather were initially only rubber-stamped by Mandela with a signed bookplate by Tutu, and afterwards hand-signed; the copies in blue leather were signed directly without the rubber stamp and bookplate. Accompanying the book are three letters serving as certificates of authenticity, each signed by an assistant verifying that the named individual signed the book: 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. An unsigned trade edition was also published. There is no priority between the different issues. Quarto. Original blue bonded leather, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, blue speckled edges. Housed in the original blue leather slipcase. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A few page corners just turned at upper outer corner, else a fine copy.

Signed limited edition, number 19 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 (who both additionally sign the start of their section, as issued). 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 therefore recalled and the books hand signed by Mandela. Desmond Tutu had also provided only signed bookplates, but added his signature after Mandela. 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, each signed by an assistant verifying that the named individual signed the book: 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. The edition comprised 50 copies numbered in Arabic numerals, bound in red or green leather, with a further ten copies numbered in Roman numerals and bound in blue leather, all without priority. A regular unsigned trade edition was also issued. Due to the controversy surrounding the signing, only a small number of the copies were ever sold. Most were retained by Paul Alberts until his death and acquired by Peter Harrington from his estate. Quarto. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Original red leather, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, red speckled edges. Housed in the original red leather slipcase. A fine copy.

Signed limited edition, number 44 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 (who both additionally sign the start of their section, as issued). 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 therefore recalled and the books hand signed by Mandela. Desmond Tutu had also provided only signed bookplates, but added his signature after Mandela. 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, each signed by an assistant verifying that the named individual signed the book: 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. The edition comprised 50 copies numbered in Arabic numerals, bound in red or green leather, with a further ten copies numbered in Roman numerals and bound in blue leather, all without priority. A regular unsigned trade edition was also issued. Due to the controversy surrounding the signing, only a small number of the copies were ever sold. Most were retained by Paul Alberts until his death and acquired by Peter Harrington from his estate. Quarto. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Original green bonded leather, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, green speckled edges. Housed in the original green leather slipcase. A fine copy.