The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Limited Edition Book

This auction lot will be closed at the Global Gift Gala charity auction on 12 December 2015. Please read the Silent Auction Bidding Conditions below for more information.

This beautiful volume has been bound using the highest standards in traditional book binding methods. It is lavishly illustrated with 208 pages covering Mandela's childhood in rural Africa, his move to Alexandra, a poor township of Johannesburg where he learned about poverty and developed confidence and self-reliance. This highly collectible best-selling book comes in a lovely presentation box. Only 260 of a planned limited edition of 950 have been made. This is edition 251/950.    

Mandela was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. In the course of his life, he received more than 250 honours, the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Soviet Lenin Peace Prize. In South Africa he is often called 'Tata', meaning 'Father of the Nation'.

 Proceeds from this auction will support the Global Gift Gala.

Silent Auction Conditions: This auction allows the user with the highest bid at the end of the online auction to obtain the right to participate by proxy at the Global Gift Gala on the 12 December 2015 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Dubai, where this item will be auctioned. The highest online bidder will be able to bid in the silent auction, and will receive information on how to do this once the online auction has closed. The highest bidder from the silent auction will win the item and in the event that the online bidders maximum bid was not exceeded, then the online user will be the winner.  

Conditions: The auction winner will be notified via email and will receive the item within 20 working days of payment being received. The cost of delivery is the responsibility of the auction winner and the cost will be communicated to the winner after the auction has closed. Need more information? Email [email protected] or ring us on 0203 301 5800.