The Fat Man In History [1st Ed]

$550

By Peter Carey

Scarce copy of the dual-Booker Prize-winner’s first book

In stock

Description

  • First Printing [University Of Queensland, Brisbane, 1974]; burgundy cloth boards, titling on spine, an excellent copy; in very good illustrated dustjacket, chipped & rubbed at extremities, spine a little faded
  • Carey’s first published book
  • Collection of short stories from the author of Booker-Prize-winning novels Oscar & Lucinda and True History Of The Kelly Gang
  • Front jacket cover illustration of Cahill Expressway by Jeffrey Smart
  • ISBN: 0 7022 0899 X / 070220899X