Rose Tremain — Sacred Country: A Novel
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which this is number ninety-eight. Compared to Virginia Woolf's "Orlando", this novel follows the revelation of young Mary War who, at the age of six, realises that she is a boy. So begins her heroic struggle to change gender. Written by Dame Rose Tremain, an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. In the original quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally, excellent. Original glassine wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
