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South Africa in My Time – A notable first edition memoir and political reflection by South African statesman G. Heaton Nicholls, offering valuable firsthand insight into South African politics, colonial administration, race relations, and public life during a transformative period in the country’s history.
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South Africa in My Time by G. Heaton Nicholls is an important and increasingly collectible Africana title that provides a firsthand account of South African political and social life during the twentieth century. Published in 1961 by George Allen & Unwin, this substantial memoir reflects the experiences and observations of The Rt Hon G. Heaton Nicholls, a prominent South African politician and public figure whose career intersected with many of the defining moments in the country’s modern history.
Assisted by Penelope M. Slevin and featuring a foreword by The Marquess of Salisbury, the work explores political developments, imperial relationships, governance, race relations, and the changing identity of South Africa during a turbulent and formative era. As both a personal memoir and a historical document, South Africa in My Time offers researchers, collectors, and readers of Africana an insightful perspective into the attitudes and structures that shaped South Africa in the decades leading up to and during the early apartheid period.
This 1961 first edition retains its original clipped dust jacket and attractive red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, giving it strong shelf appeal for collectors of South African political history and Commonwealth studies. Titles such as South Africa in My Time, dealing with firsthand political recollections from this period continue to attract interest internationally, particularly among collectors of Africana, colonial history, and rare South African non-fiction.
South Africa in My Time is a desirable addition to collections focused on South African politics, twentieth-century history, British Commonwealth affairs, and Africana literature. Suitable for collectors, academics, historians, and readers interested in firsthand historical narratives from a complex and pivotal period in Southern African history.
Condition – Very Good
Very good red cloth covered hardcover with gilt lettering on the spine. Housed in a clipped dust jacket which remains presentable. Prior ownership stamp on the endpaper. Foxing present throughout, particularly affecting the prelims and page edges. Binding remains sound and the book presents well overall for its age.
