London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1957). First edition, 1st impression. 8vo. 478 pp. Original navy paper covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped (16s net) dust-jacket. Medium edge wear, curling to spine ends, a few tiny tears, some fray - particular to tips and spine ends to spine foot. A few small wrinkles, toning and handling wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Interior is clean and unmarked sans previous owner’s name penned to top front paste down. Faint pulling from spine crown. A few nicks to panel and page edges. Pages vintage toned with spot foxing.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“Voss (1957) is the fifth published novel by Patrick White. It is based upon the life of the 19th-century Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared while on an expedition into the Australian outback. The novel uses extensive religious symbolism. Voss is compared repeatedly to God, Christ and the Devil. The book was listed among the 100 greatest novels written in English by Guardian journalist Robert McCrum. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973, the only Australian to have been awarded the literary prize.”