Description

• First Thus [Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1984]; octavo; 128 pages; illustrated card covers, spine sunned with author name faded, owner stamp; an excellent copy
• With scarce signature and dedication “For Phil / Gerald Murnane” in author’s hand on first page
• First Penguin edition of the best-known work of this distinctive Australian author, oft-touted as a serious Nobel Prize for Literature contender
• Murnane’s third novel, allegorical in nature following an unnamed filmmaker who travels to the vast, isolated plains of inland Australia
• Cover illustration by David Wong