Patrick White — Voss

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode LTD and The Book Society LTD, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Patrick White's novelisation of the life and disappearance of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. The first Book Society edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Voss' is a fictionalised account of the life and disappearance of the nineteenth century Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared whilst in the Australian outback.By Patrick White, an Australian author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Only a few small marks to the cloth. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips and closed tears. Light rubbing to the dust wrapper. Spine is age-toned. A few light handling marks to the wraps. Small closed tear to the rear joint. A couple of very small tidemarks to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.