1938 1st CAPRICORNIA *SIGNED* by Xavier Herbert 1/2000 with ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET
$ 160.71
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Express Shipping Worldwide is Free Capricornia By Xavier Herbert Published by The Publicist , Sydney, January 1938 First Edition, 1 of 2000 copies printed Signed and inscribed by Xavier Herbert to the title page: With the compliments of / Xavier Herbert / December 1938 A very rare copy with the intact dustjacket ' Capricornia will always be one of the greatest of Australian novels, a defining work in the search for what it is, or was, to be Australian.' Australian Book Review. Spanning three generations, Capricornia tells the story of Australia's north. It is a story of whites and Aborigines and Asians, of chance relationships that can form bonds for life, of dispossession, murder and betrayal. In 1904 the brothers Oscar and Mark Shillingsworth, clad in serge suits and bowler hats, arrive in Port Zodiac on the coast of Capricornia. They are clerks who have come from the south to join the Capricornian Government Service. Oscar prospers, and takes to his new life as a gentleman. Mark, however, is restless, and takes up with old Ned Krater, a trepang fisherman, who tells him tales of the sea and the islands, introduces him to drink, and boasts of his conquests of Aboriginal women - or 'Black Velvet', as they are called. But it is Mark's son, Norman, whose struggles to find a place in the world embody the complexities of Capricornia itself. 'My Capricornia is a hymn book written in adoration of Australia ... the Land of the Unshackled Southern Cross, the Australian earth itself, out of a passionate love of which alone can a true Australian Nation grow.' Xavier Herbert. In hardcover in with titles in black to the spine, in 595 pages. The Dustjacket: It is complete with short closed tears to the top left and bottom right and at the top and bottom of the flap folds. There some shelfwear. There is sunning to the spine. There is no foxing. The price on the inside flap has not been price-clipped. The Book: There is light shelfwear. There is no sunning. There is no foxing. The pages show some light tanning to the page edges which is usual for this edition. There is some light offsetting to the pastedowns and endpapers. There is a previous owner's very small 1958 Christmas card affixed to the half title page. There is a small chip to the top right edge of the title page. There are no loose, stained, missing, or creased pages. The binding and block are solid. It is complete and original. Measures 13cm x 19cm. A rare first edition, and very much so with the dustjacket. EXPRESS SHIPPING AND HANDLING is Free Worldwide All items are securely and well packed. Thank you for viewing my item.
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