First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author "For Philip Murray, with my best wishes, Peter Carey, Sydney 22/8/88" on the title page. Oscar and Lucinda won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was originally published in Australia earlier the same year. Dr Philip Murray is a noted Irish bibliophile and author The Adventures of a Book Collector (2011).
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