Carey, Peter

WAR CRIMES. Short Stories.

Pp. [viii]+282; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly canted; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, backstrip lightly faded, the back panel faintly soiled; text block lightly browned (as often), two tiny spots of colour bleeding from the orange endpapers onto the half-title page a trifle, bottom fore-corner of a couple of leaves slightly creased, fore-edges of leaves slightly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1979. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the 1979 Miles Franklin Award and the 1980 New South Wales Premier's Literature Award. Item #180157

Price: $250.00