The Living and the Dead

New York: Viking Press, 1941. Very Good -. New York: Viking Press, 1941. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's rose blind-embossed cloth, gilt printed paper spine label, black topstain; [8],383pp. Moderate shelf wear, shallow strip of fading along top edge of upper cover, small chip to spine label, two small bleach spots to topstain, textblock toned, especially endpapers, front hinge starting, evidence of erased pencil scribbles to front free endpaper, else a Good to Very Good copy.

The Australian Nobel laureate's second novel, preceded only by Happy Valley (1939).