World-renowned civil rights leader (born 1918) who, in 1994, became the first black president of South Africa. From 1964 to 1990, Mandela was imprisoned for opposing South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of apartheid; in 1993, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Signed book: Long Walk To Freedom. British edition (later printing). London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover in dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed and inscribed in ink (as president) on the half-title page, “To Kelly & Philip, Congratulations on your wedding & Merry Christmas, N. Mandela, 20-12-97.” Mild wear and rubbing to jacket, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
