Ernest Cole: House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today
Publisher: New York: Random House / Ridge Press, Inc., 1967
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine / Fine
Item #: 106677
$250.00
Specifics
First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gold on cover and spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs and text by Ernest Cole, with Thomas Flaherty. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. Includes a biography. 192 pp., profusely illustrated with black and white plates. 11-3/4 x 8-5/8 inches. [Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006).] Out of print.
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Description
From the publisher: "The House of Bondage is the dwelling-place of the black people of South Africa, whose bitter life is one of the tragedies of our century. Ernest Cole has lived the tragedy as an inmate of the House for most of his twenty-seven years. A remarkably gifted photographer and an eloquent spokesman, he...exiled himself to expose the harsh realities of his homeland. From his unique vantage point, Cole sees every aspect of South Africa's degradation with a searching eye and a passionate heart."