Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom

US$130

The international best-selling autobiography of the first black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom is published by Folio as a striking collector’s edition featuring 41 pages of photographs and an evocative new binding.

Long Walk to Freedom

US$130

Book Details

Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked cloth with a design by David King
Blocked slipcase
Printed map endpapers

Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches

FontSet in Legacy Serif

Pages768 pages

AuthorNelson Mandela

IllustrationPortrait frontispiece plus 40 pages of black & white photographs

Publication Date12/05/2021

Editor's Notes

Politician, campaigner, humanitarian, family man and descendent of the Thembu royal house, Nelson Mandela is, above all, remembered as one of the world’s great moral leaders. In Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela tells the story of his extraordinary life in his own words, from his childhood in the Eastern Cape, to his political awakening, activism and incarceration, and finally his release, 27 years later, into the dawn of a new South Africa in which he would play a pivotal role. Determined to help his country heal and look forward as a unified nation, Mandela was the leader South Africa had been waiting for, and whom the world embraced. His memoir is an extraordinary social and historical record of this turbulent time and one of the most important non-fiction works of the late 20th century. This exceptional collector’s edition includes an expansive collection of photographs, printed map endpapers and an evocative binding featuring an anti-apartheid rally poster by renowned graphic designer David King.

About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the book

A Lavishly Illustrated Edition

Working with image archives from the paperback and illustrated editions of Mandela’s memoir, we have curated a revised selection of 41 black-and-white photographs, published as a collection in this format for the first time. Prominent South African photographers such as Peter Magubane and Jürgen Schadeberg supplied original images for high-resolution reproduction, while the frontispiece portrait is from Allan Tannenbaum’s personal archive: an iconic image from Mandela’s 1994 inauguration. The map of South Africa is also included, carefully redrawn for our edition and reproduced as spectacular endpapers. Finally, the striking new binding features an anti-apartheid rally poster, designed by David King and held by the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

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About the Author

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was a lawyer, activist, prisoner and the first black president of South Africa. Born in the Eastern Cape, Mandela attended the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. He joined the African National Congress in 1943, and was appointed head of the ANC’s Transvaal branch. He led a sabotage campaign against the apartheid government and was arrested and imprisoned in 1962. He served 27 years in prison and was released in 1990. Mandela was president of the ANC from 1991 until 1999, and worked with F. W. de Klerk to bring about an end to apartheid – efforts that led to both men being jointly awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. In the 1994 multiracial general election Mandela led the ANC to power, becoming the country’s first black head of state. He declined a second presidential term in 1999, but remained a prominent activist and elder statesman working to combat poverty and HIV/AIDS. He died at his home in Johannesburg in 2013.