Bruce Chatwin — On the Black Hill

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an award-winning flashback novel set in rural Britain, written by Bruce Chatwin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of On the Black Hill, a novel written by English travel writer and author Bruce Chatwin. Published in Jonathan Cape in 1982.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A flashback novel set in both rural Herefordshire and Radnorshire, the novel won the James Tait Memorial Prize in 1982 and was made into a movie five years later. Primarily known for his travel writing, In Patagonia (1977) and the bestselling The Songlines (1987). In 2008, he was ranked by Times to be in the top fifty 'Greatest British Writers Since 1945' in 2008. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor minimal marks to boards. Minor knocks to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with slight fading to edges. Dust wrapper is bright and clean with minimal edgewear. Minor dulling to wrapper and slight fading to wrapper spine and fly leaf extremities. End papers are bright and generally clean, with faint offsetting to rear end papers, mostly to hinge of rear free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.