The Plains

Carlton (Australia): Norstrilia Press, (1982). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 126 pp. Original midnight cloth-covered boards, stamped in gold, in a very scarce original, first-issue teal dust-jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends and tips. Light handling wear to jacket, rubbing particular to rear jacket. Ghosting of previous sticker to front flap. Book is tight, square and firm. Page edges lightly toned, trivial wear to panel edges, light curling to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked. Signed by the author on the title page in black pen.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Perhaps best known for his 1982 novel The Plains, he has won acclaim for his distinctive prose and exploration of memory, identity, and the Australian landscape, often blurring fiction and autobiography in the process. The New York Times described Murnane in 2018 as "the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of", and he is regularly tipped to win the Nobel Prize in Literature."