This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's two tone black and green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.Lovely bright clean copy with just a touch of dust-spotting along the top edge of the book and a few small browning spots to the fore-edge of the book.Laid in at the front of the book is a Coloured Christmas ANC Presidential Card which has been SIGNED by Nelson Mandela in blue pen on the blank verso of the printed Christmas Message.This is the 1994 autobiography of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president, chronicling his early life, political awakening, and 27 years of harsh imprisonment under the apartheid regime.The book was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co and details Mandela's journey from his childhood in the Thembu royal dynasty to his release in 1990 and subsequent presidency.Great copy for the collector.Thick 8vo 558pp First US Edition 1st Impression [1994]