1988 Oscar And Lucinda Peter Carey First offers UK Edition First Impression Dust Wrapper

The first UK edition, first impression of this novel, preceded by the true first Australian edition of the same year. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1988 and shortlisted for The Best of the Booker, it follows the story of Oscar Hopkins and Lucinda Leplastrier. Together, they create and are created by a spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia. By Peter offers Carey, Australian novelist. Complete with its dust wrapper, price clipped.  Condition Report: In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is price clipped and very smart with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with only a touch of age toning, as usual due to the type of paper used. Overall: Fine