CAREY, Peter. Bliss. London: Faber & Faber. 1981. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the metallic dust jacket. Signed without dedication by the author to the title page. A very good or better copy, the cloth clean, very gently bumped along spine tips. The binding tight and square, the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (£6.50 net), a little crimped at extremities but obscured somewhat by the unusual jacket design.
The author’s first published novel, written while living in the alternative community of Bellingen, New South Wales. The locale and Carey’s memories of it would go on to inspire his Booker -winning Oscar and Lucinda (1988). This debut won the Miles Franklin Award.
CAREY, Peter. Bliss. London: Faber & Faber. 1981. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the metallic dust jacket. Signed without dedication by the author to the title page. A very good or better copy, the cloth clean, very gently bumped along spine tips. The binding tight and square, the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (£6.50 net), a little crimped at extremities but obscured somewhat by the unusual jacket design.
The author’s first published novel, written while living in the alternative community of Bellingen, New South Wales. The locale and Carey’s memories of it would go on to inspire his Booker -winning Oscar and Lucinda (1988). This debut won the Miles Franklin Award.
