Fine/VGC.Little,Brown and co,1996.First edition-first impression of this illustrated edition.Large format pictorial hardback(two small nicks and dent on the edges of the cover) in fine condition, with a plastic Dj cover(two large tears,some nicks and creases on the edges of the plastic Dj cover) in VGC.Illustrated with many colour,b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages as new with a small nick on the outer edges,two small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book exempt for the tears on the plastic DJ cover.208pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book (approx 1.4 Kg). This is another paragraph Book Description: Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. The foster son of a Tembu chief, Mandela grew up straddling two worlds: the traditional culture of his tribe and the hostile reality of a white-dominated nation-state. His pivotal role in the anti-apartheid movement led to a life underground and imprisonment for his political beliefs and activities. A triumphant sequence of events then followed which climaxed in April 1994, with the appointment of Mandela not only as the first-ever black South African president, but as the first man to govern a democratic, multi-racial South African society. This work is Mandela's own account of his and his country's epic journey. Abridged and illuminated with dramatic photographs, this new edition chronicles the man, his land and his people.