{"product_id":"the-faith-barnard-stander-1984-signed-first-edition","title":"The Faith by Christiaan Barnard \u0026 Siegfried Stander","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Faith (First Edition Novel by Christiaan Barnard)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Medical Thriller Co-Written by the Pioneering Heart Surgeon Christiaan Barnard and Siegfried Stander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christiaan Barnard \u0026amp; Siegfried Stander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hutchinson, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0091556309\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, first published 1984. Copy with a dated inscription.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, issued with an illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover, 250 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The plain blue cloth boards are clean, with square corners and a straight spine as far as can be seen. The spine and edges are tidy, and the page edges are lightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean, cream and unmarked, and the binding appears tight. The front pastedown has brown adhesive staining and tape ghosting where a label or card was once attached and removed, with a few rust-coloured spots. A circled number '112' is crossed through in pencil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handwritten in black ink on the front endpaper: 'Auriel McJannet June 84.' Also a circled, crossed-out pencil number '112' and old label stains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The illustrated paddle-steamer wrap-around jacket in glossy pale blue is bright and clean, with no tears. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in London by Hutchinson in 1984, The Faith is a novel with a medical setting, co-written by the heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard and the South African novelist and journalist Siegfried Stander.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story draws on the world of medicine: a surgeon collapses, a hospital isolation ward is closed off, and a mysterious haemorrhagic fever spreads. Meanwhile a doctor looks into the finances of an aid organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarnard and Stander collaborated on several books, among them The Unwanted (1974). This copy combines the authorship of one of South Africa's best-known surgeons with a clean original dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Christiaan Barnard \u0026amp; Siegfried Stander\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristiaan Barnard (1922-2001) was born in Beaufort West and became one of the most famous surgeons of the twentieth century. On 3 December 1967 he performed the world's first human heart transplant, and he continued as a heart surgeon until arthritis forced him to stop operating in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSiegfried Stander (born 1935 in Rietbron) was a South African journalist and author of crime novels and political thrillers. His novels This Desert Place (1961) and The Horse both won the CNA Award. 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