Description
Special presentation copy of Too Late The Phalarope by Alan Paton, the first impression, signed and dated the month of publication by Alan Patton and the publisher, Frederick Cannon.
Octavo, 253pp, [3]. Full maroon calf, title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Stated “First Published 1953” on the copyright page. Light spotting along top edge of the text block, internally clean.
This copy is signed by the publisher, Frederick Cannon on the front free endpaper. Also signed by Alan Patton and dated 28/8/53, the month the book was released to the public. No other known copies of this presentation are recorded.
The second novel by the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, set in apartheid-era South Africa and centered on a respected Afrikaner police officer whose violation of the country’s racial laws brings private and public ruin.
