Bail, Murray. Eucalyptus

Description

Eucalyptus
by Murray Bail.

Text Publishing, Melbourne, 1998.
First Edition hardback.

Cover design by Chong Wengho.

Winner of the 1999 Miles Franklin and the 1999 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, Eucalyptus was promoted by its publishers as a ‘modern fairy tale’ set on ‘a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree.’

Condition: Light glue mark on dust cover from sticker. Very slight upper and lower shelve wear to dust jacket otherwise near fine. Pages tanned but clean, unmarked and in very good condition.