Accession number
PML 193165
Creator
Carey, Peter, 1943-
Published
London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, [1984].
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
"Probable publication date: 15 April 1985 Probable price: £9.95 net (hardback). Uncorrected advance proofs"--Front wrapper.
Early proof copy of Peter Carey's novel, showing editorial corrections reproduced within the text.
Early proof copy of Peter Carey's novel, showing editorial corrections reproduced within the text.
Description
600 p. ; 23 cm
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Printed green wrappers, with two copies of of the pictorial dust jacket designed by Pentagram and illustrated by Pierre Le Tan, one of them a variant proof, unlaminated, printed in a lighter shade, and lacking the price on the front flap.
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