His Natural Life The Academy Editions of Australian Literature
Clarke, Marcus; Stuart, Lurline (ed); Roe, Michael; Webby, Elizabeth
$125.00
Place Published: Brisbane
Edition: 1st thus
Date Published: 2001
Illustrator: b&w maps
Size: 8vo
Marcus Clarke’s great convict novel, being a volume in the Academy Editions of Australian Literature from UQP, offering meticulously researched definitive editions of the Australian classics; the current edition restores the original version, as revised by Clarke for the first book edition; comprehensive introduction, detailed explanatory notes, a recored of variants in later editions and a comparison with the longer serialisation in the Australian Journal; further essays by Michael Roe, and Elizabeth Webby (on stage and screen adaptations); blue cloth boards with gilt titling to front and spine; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.