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Patrick White – A Fringe Of Leaves – First Edition 1976
£35.00
A first edition, first printing of a Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1976. A fine copy free from internal inscriptions, single bump to lower edge of front board, dark blue top stain to bright and crisp text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine and some light rubbing to extremities.
A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White is a historical novel inspired by true events, set in nineteenth-century Australia. It follows Ellen Roxburgh, a Cornishwoman who survives a shipwreck and captivity among Aboriginal people. Stripped of social pretences, she undergoes a profound transformation, confronting nature’s brutality and her own instincts. White explores themes of civilisation versus savagery, identity, endurance and renewal. Through Ellen’s journey, the novel questions morality, colonialism and the fragile boundaries of human culture.
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A first edition, first printing of a Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1976. A fine copy free from internal inscriptions, single bump to lower edge of front board, dark blue top stain to bright and crisp text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine and some light rubbing to extremities.
A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White is a historical novel inspired by true events, set in nineteenth-century Australia. It follows Ellen Roxburgh, a Cornishwoman who survives a shipwreck and captivity among Aboriginal people. Stripped of social pretences, she undergoes a profound transformation, confronting nature’s brutality and her own instincts. White explores themes of civilisation versus savagery, identity, endurance and renewal. Through Ellen’s journey, the novel questions morality, colonialism and the fragile boundaries of human culture.
