The Tree of Man

London : Eyre & Spottswoode, 1956. Octavo, original dark blue cloth boards with original dustjacket illustrated by Don Finley (corners lightly rubbed, not price-clipped, light foxing verso), 499pp, publisher’s reply card loosely enclosed. A fine first edition copy. Hubber & Smith F2a.

Patrick White (1912-1990), the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1973).