J.M. Coetzee Lot n° 41

Coetzee (J.M.) In the Heart of the Country, first English edition, signed by the author on title, also signed by activist Hassim Seedat, original cloth, a couple of small marks to spine and lower cover, dust-jacket, small abrasion mark to upper panel, spine head slightly chipped, wear to joints and corners, 1977 § Coetzee (J.M) and Paul Auster, Here and Now, number 56 of 110 copies signed by the authors and specially-bound, original two-tone leather, presentation slip-case, 2013, 8vo (2) ⁂ Hassim Seedat (1930-2019) was an English born barrister and political activist, active in the anti-apartheid campaigns mounted in the UK by the Anti-Apartheid Committee. He was chairman of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) South African Chapter based in Durban, and built up an unprecedented collection of material on Indians in South Africa, with a particular focus on books, pamphlets, magazines and memorabilia from Gandhi's time in South Africa. He also contributed to the book, The South African Gandhi 1893-1914 (edited by Fatima Meer, 1995).