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Greater South Africa: Plans For A Better World – The Speeches Of General The Right Honourable J.C. Smuts, P.C., C.H., K.C., D.T.D.

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Description

Octavo, xi, 191pp. Black morocco, title in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front cover. All edges gilt. Silk end papers. Cataloguing sticker on spine. Wear at seams and along bottom edge. Signed by J.C. Smuts on front free end paper in blue ink. A scarce limited edition copy from the influential Prime Minister of South Africa.

Comments: Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts served as the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919-1924 and again from 1939-1948. He advocated for racial segregation early in his tenure, but changed his views after the Fagan Commission findings. He lost his seat in 1948 to hard-line nationalists who institutionalized apartheid. Smuts served in both World War I and World War II, being the only person to sign both the Treaty of Versailles and the United Nations Charter. In a 2004 poll, he was named one of the Top Ten Greatest South Africans of all time.

Additional information

Location Published

Johannesburg

Publisher

Truth Legion

Edition

Deluxe Limited Edition

Date Published

1940

ISBN
Binding

Full leather

Condition

Very good

Jacket Condition
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Smuts | J.C.