Patrick White — Voss
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Patrick White's novelisation of the life and disappearance of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'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.Bookplate to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Light edge wear and discolouration to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
