MANDELA, Nelson - ALBERTS, Paul.

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Some Evidence of Things Seen. 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

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