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Voss: A Novel
by Patrick White
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$678.29NZ$610.46
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition of this novel based on the life of Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. First edition. Based on the life of Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt who disappeared while on an expedition into the Australian outback. Written by Patrick White, a British-born Australian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1973 - the only Australian to have been awarded the prize. He was also the inaugural recipient of the Miles Franklin Award. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine
Synopsis
PATRICK WHITE (1912-1990), an Australian novelist and playwright, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. His novel The Vivisector was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892T67
- Title
- Voss: A Novel
- Author
- Patrick White
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Voss White Leichhardt Australia White
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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