<Table> Cry, the Beloved Country <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First US edition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Alan Paton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Scribners (USA) & Jonathan Cape (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> December 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (hard ~ & paperback) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> <P> 256 pp (hardback ed., UK) </P> 273 pp (hardback ed., US) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 224 - 60578 - X (hardback edition, UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 13487773 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First US edition </Td> </Tr>

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