A White Bibliography
Compiled by
Ross Burnet
Burnet's Books, Uralla, NSW, 2358
PATRICK VICTOR
MARTINDALE WHITE
Winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature
BOOKS
1. The Ploughman and Other Poems
Illustrations by L. Roy Davies.
Sydney: Beacon Press, 1935, an edition of 300 numbered copies. 38 unnumbered
leaves printed on rectos only. Dustwrapper.
2.
Happy Valley
A novel.
2.1 London & Sydney: George C. Harrap, 1939, 1st edition. 327pp. Dustwrapper.
2.2 London & Sydney: Harrap, 1939 reprint. 327pp
2.3 London & Sydney: Harrap (Harrap's Fiction Library), 1940 reprint.
327pp.
2.4 New York: Viking, 1940. Black cloth with inlaid pink paper labels, dustwrapper.
317pp.
2a 1951 French Edition. Paris: Gallimard (Collection du Monde Entier). Translated
by Marie Viton. 360pp.
3.
The Living and the Dead
3.1 New York: Viking Press, 1941. 383pp. McKnight Kauffer dustwrapper.
3.2 London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1941. [viii],383pp. Black cloth,
lettered in green, dustwrapper.
3.3 Toronto: Macmillan, 1941. 383pp.
3.4 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962, 2nd UK edition (but so noted only
on a cancel slip). 335pp. Nolan dustwrapper.
3.5 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962, 2nd edition (with the imprint page
reset to include 2nd edition).
3.6 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1967.
3.7 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1974 reprint.
3.8 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1975 reprint.358pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue.
18cm. ISBN 0 14 00.2623 1. Price on back cover: UK 90p, NZ $3.05.
3.9 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1977 reprint. 358pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue.
18cm. ISBN 0 14 00.2623
3a Spanish edition. Los Vivos y los Muertos. Barcelona: Barral Editions, 1974.
Paperback.
4.
The Aunt's Story
4.1 New York: Viking Press, 1948. [vi],[ii],282pp with errata leaf tipped
in. Dustwrapper.
4.2 London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1948.[vi],346pp. Cloth, Roy de maistre
dustwrapper.
4.4 Toronto, 1948.
4.5 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958. 303pp. Blue boards, spine printed
in gilt, dustwrapper by Sidney Nolan (catalogue number 6/4174 inside front
flap), 21cm. 4.6 Penguin paperback, 1963.
4.7 Penguin paperback, 1969.
4.8 Penguin paperback, 1971.
4.9 Penguin paperback, 1974.
4.10 London: Penguin paperback, (1976). 287pp. 20cm. ISBN 0 14 004145 1.
4.11 Penguin paperback, 1981. 299,[5]pp. 18cm. ISBN 0 14 004145 1.
4a Italian edition. Mai un passo amico. Milan: Club Degli Editori, 1974. 360pp.
Dustwrapper with tear-off bookmark.
4b Spanish edition. El peso de las sombras. Barcelona, 1974. Luis de Caralt,
editor. 300,[4]pp. Dustwrapper, Nobel Prize wrap-around
5.
The Tree of Man
Awarded the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal for 1956.
5.1 New York: Viking Press, 1955. George Salter dustwrapper.
5.2 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [April] 1956, 1st edition. [viii],500pp.
Blue boards, spine printed in gilt, Don Finley dustwrapper (price inside front
flap 18s. net), 20cm.
5.3 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [April] 1956, 2nd impression.
5.4 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, April 1956, 3rd impression. [vi],499pp.
Blue boards, spine printed in gilt, dustwrapper by Don Finley (with "Third
Impression" inside front flap). 5.5 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1961.
5.6 Middlesex: Penguin Modern Classics paperback, 1963 reprint.
5.7 Middlesex: Penguin Modern Classics paperback, 1965 reprint.
5.8 Midlesex: Penguin Modern Classics paperback (#1657), 1967 reprint. 480pp.
18cm.
5.5 London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. [viii],500pp. Dustwrapper.
5.6 Penguin paperback, 1988 reprint. 480pp. 20cm. ISBN 0 14 001657 0.
5a Swedish edition. Livets trad. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1970. Dustwrapper.
5b Portuguese edition. A arvore de homem. Lisbon: Publicacoes Dom Quixote,
1973. 656pp, paperback.
5c Spanish edition. El arbol del hombre. Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1976.
640pp. Dustwrapper.
5d Romanian edition. Copacul omolui. Bucharest: Editura Univers, 1981. 584pp.
paperback.
6.
Voss
A novel.
Winner of the inaugural Miles Franklin Award.
6.1 New York: The Viking Press, [October] 1957, 1st edition. [vi],442pp. Blue
cloth, title blindstamped on front, spine printed blue-green with title in
silver, George Salter dustwrapper, 21cm.
6.2 London: The Book Society Ltd in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode,
no date [1957] ("issued on first publication"). This is the first
issue, preceding the Eyre and Spottiswoode trade issue. 478pp. Very dark green
linen-grain cloth, spine printed in silver, Nolan dustwrapper (price inside
front flap 16s net, catalogue number 6/4137), 20cm.
6.3 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957, 1st [trade] edition. 478pp. Dark
blue papered boards, Nolan dustwrapper (exactly as for 6.2).
6.4 New York: Viking Press, 1957 Book-of-the-Month edition (printed by Haddon
Craftsmen, Scranton, Pa).
6.5 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958 reprint. 478pp. Blue cloth, spine
printed in silver, dustwrapper, 20cm.
6.6 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958 second reprint. 478pp. Blue cloth,
spine printed in silver, dustwrapper (price inside front flap 16s net), 20cm.
6.7 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958, third reprint. 478pp. Blue boards,
spine printed in silver, dustwrapper, 20cm.
6.8 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959.
6.9 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1960.
6.10 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962.
6.11 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1962 reprint.
6.12 London: Longmans, 1965. Heritage of Literature series. Nolan boards.
6.13 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1966 reprint.
6.14 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1968 reprint.
6.15 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1970 reprint.
6.16 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1971 reprint.
6.17 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1972 reprint.
6.18 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1973 reprint.
6.19 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1975 reprint.
6.20 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1976 reprint.
6.21 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1977 reprint.
6.22 Middlesexd: Penguin paperback, 1979 reprint.
6.23 London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. 478,[2]pp. Dustwrapper.
6.24 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1980 reprint.
6.25 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1981 reprint.
6.26 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1983 reprint.
6.27 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1986 reprint. 448pp. 20cm. ISBN 0 14 001438
1.
6a 1958 German edition. Cologne & Berlin: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1958.
Dustwrapper.
6b French edition. Paris: Gallimard, 1967.
6c Croatian edition. Zagreb: Znanje, 1974. 438[2]pp. Dustwrapper.
6d c1974 German edition. Stuttgart: Deutscher Bucherbund, no date. 512pp.
Dustwrapper.
6e Japanese edition. Tokyo: Simul Press, 1975. 2 volumes, [ii],280,[8] + [iv],281-584,[6]pp.
Dustwrappers.
6f Finnish edition. Helsinki: Otava, 1977. 426pp. Dustwrapper.
6g Czech edition. Prague: Svoboda, 1980. 430,[2]pp. Dustwraapper.
7.
Riders in the Chariot
A novel.
7.1 New York: Viking Press, 1961. x,532pp. George Salter dustwrapper.
7.2 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. 552pp. Brown cloth, spine printed
in gilt, Sidney Nolan dustwrapper (price inside front flap 21s), 21cm.
7.3 New York: Viking Press, 1961 reprint. Dustwrapper.
7.4 Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964.
Paperback (AU11), 492,[4]pp. 18cm. Price on front cover 10/6.
7.5 Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1974
reprint. Paperback (Penguin Modern Classics series),492,[4]pp. 18cm. Price
on back cover: United Kingdom 60p, Australia $1.80, New Zealand $2.10.
7.6 London: Eyre & Spottiwoode, 1976.
7a French edition. Le char des elus. Paris: Gallimard, 1965. Paperback.
7b Spanish edition. El carro de los elegidos. Barcelona: Luis de Caralt, 1966.
Gilt boards, dustwrapper.
7c Finnish edition. Ne jotka vaunnuissa ajavat. Helsinki: Otava, 1967. 2 volumes.
Dustwrappers.
7d German edition. Die im feurigen Wagen. Cologne & Berlin: Kiepenheuer
& Witsch, 1969. Dustwrapper.
7e German Book Club edition. Die im feurigen Wagen. Translated by Curt and
Maria Preraauer. Zurich: Buchclub Ex Libris, 1973 reprint. 545pp. Dustwrapper.
7f Italian edition. I passeggeri del carro. Turin: Einaudi, 1976. [iv],590,[6]pp.
Paperback.
8.
The Ham Funeral
8.1 Acting script, 1962. Sydney. Title leaf + 55 leaves duplicated typescript
for John Tasker's first professional production.
9.
The Season at Sarsparilla
9.1 Acting script, 1962. Sydney. 96+[6] leaves duplicated typescript for John
Tasker's Elizabethan Theatre Trust production. 9.2 Sydney: Currency Press/State
Theatre Company of South Australia, 1984. Paperback.
10.
The Burnt Ones
10.1 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. [x],11-314pp. Brown boards, gilt
lettered spine, Nolan dustwrapper, 20cm.
10.2 New York: Viking Press, 1964. Cloth backed bards, dustwrapper.
10.3 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1968.
10.4 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1974 reprint.
10.5 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1975 reprint.
10.6 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1977 reprint.
10.7 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1979 reprint. 316,[4]pp. ISBN 0 14 002776
9.
10a French edition. Les echaudes. Paris: Gallimard, 1969. paperback.
10b Spanish edition. Los calcionados. Barcelona: Luis de Caralt, 1976. 318,[2]pp.
paperback.
11.
Four Plays
The Ham Funeral, The Season at Sarsparilla, A Cheery Soul, Night on Bald Mountain.
11.1 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965, 1st edition. 356pp. Black boards,
silver lettered spine, Desmond Digby dustwrapper, 21cm. Price inside front
flap 35s.
11.2 Melbourne: Sun Books, paperback. [iv],356pp.
11.2.1 1967.
11.2.2 1972
11.2.3 1974
11.2.4 1977
11.2.5 1978
12.
The Solid Mandala
A novel.
12.1 New York: The Viking Press, 1966. [x],309pp. Blue boards, quarter blue
cloth, spine printed gilt and blue, dustwrapper by Enrico Arno, 21cm.
12.2 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. Advance proof copy.
12.3 London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966, 1st edition. 317pp. Red cloth,
spine printed in gilt, Desmond Digby dustwrapper, 21cm.
12.4 Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode,
1969.
12.5 Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode,
1972 reprint. Paperback. 316+4pp. ISBN 0 14 0029753.
12a Polish edition. Wezel. Warsaw: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1968. Dustwrapper.
12b Swedish edition. Den oforstorbara mandalan. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers
Forlag, 1969. Paperback.
12c French edition. Le mysterieux mandala. Paris: Gallimard, 1970. Paperback.
12d Norwegian edition. Den uknuselige mandala. Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag,
1970. Paperback.
12e Italian edition. Mandala solido. Milan: Bompiani, 1973. 356,[4]pp. Glazed
boards, dustwrapper.
12f Romanian edition. Bila vrajita. Bucharest: Editura Univers, 1974. 318,[2]pp.
Paperback.
13.
The Vivisector
13.1 New York: The Viking Press, 1970. Cloth backed boards, dustwrapper by
Mel Williamson, 23cm. SBN 670-74739-4.
13.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1970 advance proof. 642pp. Wrappers with Jonathan
Cape logo and laid down label, Tom Adams dustwrapper (Proof Only on back flap,
price on front flap 40s, £2.00).
13.3 London: Jonathan Cape, 1970 1st edition. 642pp. Tan boards, spine printed
in gilt, Tom Adams dustwrapper (price inside front flap 40s, £2.00).
13.4 London: Jonathan Cape, 1973 reprint. 642pp. Brown boards, Tom Adams dustwrapper
(price inside front flap £2.95).
13.5 London: Book Club Associates, 1973. 642pp. Brown boards, spine printed
in gilt, Tom Adams dustwrapper (no price). 20cm.
13.6 Penguin paperback, 1973.
13.7 Penguin paperback, 1974.
13.8 Penguin paperback, 1977.
13.9 Melbourne: Penguin Books, 1981 reprint. 617pp + 6pp publisher's adverts.
18cm. ISBN 0 14 003693 8.
13a Swedish edition. Malaren. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, no date (c1971).
548pp. Dustwrapper.
13b German edition. Der Maler. Hamburg and Dusseldorf: Claasen Verlag, 1972.
Dustwrapper.
13c Dutch edition. De vivisector. Amsterdam: Uitgerverij De Arbeiderspers,
1980. 676pp. Dustwrapper.
14.
The Eye of the Storm
14.1 London: Jonathan Cape, 1973, uncorrected proof. Paperback, 608pp. Proof
dustwrapper.
14.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1973, [1st edition]. 608pp. Blue boards, spine
printed in gilt, Desmond Digby dustwrapper, 20cm. ISBN 0 224 00902 8.
14.3 London: Book Club Associates by arrangement with Jonathan Cape, 1973.
608pp. Blue boards, spine printed in gilt, Desmond Digby dustwrapper (with
BCA logo at foot), 20cm.
14.4 London: Jonathan Cape, 1973 reprint. 608pp. Dustwrapper.
14.5 New York: Viking Press, 1974. 608pp. Grey papered boards, quarter blue
cloth, spine printed in reflective pink and silver, 22cm, dustwrapper designed
by Mel Williamson (price inside front flap $8.95). SBN 670-30374-7.
14.6 London: Jonathan Cape, 1974 reprint. 608pp. Desmond Digby dustwrapper.
14.7 New York: Viking Press, 1974, 3rd printing. 608pp.
14.8 London: Penguin paperback, 1975 (Australian edition). 589,[2]pp. 18cm.
Price on back cover $3.15 (recommended).
14a Spanish edition. El foco de la tempestad. Barcelona: Luis de Caralt, 1974.
556,[2]pp. Dustwrapper.
14b Finnish edition. Myrskyn silma. Helsinki: Otava, 1974. 474,[6]pp.
14b.1 Dustwrapper.
14b.2 Dustwrapper noting Nobel award.
14c German edition. Im Auge des Sturms. Dusseldorf: Claasen Verlag, 1974.
600pp. Dustwrapper.
14d Italian edition. L'occhio dell'urango. Milan: Bompiani, 1974. 592,[4],[12]pp.
Card wrappers.
14e Japanese edition. Tokyo: Mikasa-Shobo, 1974. 270,[4]pp. Dustwrapper.
14f Swedish edition. Stormens oga. [Helsingborg]: Forum, 1975. 512pp. Dustwrapper.
14g Polish edition. Oko cyklonu. Warsaw: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1976.
732pp. Paperback.
14h Czech edition. Oko uraganu. Prague: Odeon, 1978. 558,[2]pp. Dustwrapper.
15.
The Cockatoos
Shorter novels and stories.
15.1 London: Jonathan Cape, 1974 proof copy. 307pp. Paper cover with Jonathan
Cape logo and "Uncorrected Proof" on front, dustwrapper by Desmond
Digby (price inside front flap £2.50 net; "Proof only" on
back flap), 20cm.
15.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1974, first edition. 307pp. Papered boards, dustwrapper
by Desmond Digby (price inside front flap £2.50 in UK only), 20cm.
15.3 New York: The Viking Press, 1974, 1st edition.
15.4 New York: The Viking Press, 1974 2nd edition. 308pp. Dustwrapper.
15a Spanish edition. Los cacatuas. Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1976. 360,[6],[2]pp.
Dustwrapper and Nobel Prize wraparound.
16.
A Fringe of Leaves
16.1 London: Jonathan Cape, uncorrected proof, 5th March 1976. 406,[2]pp.
Proof wrappers.
16.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1976, 1st edition. 405pp. Blue boards, spine printed
in gilt, Sidney Nolan dustwrapper, 21cm. ISBN 0 224 01290 8.
16.3 New York: the Viking Press, 1977. 405pp, edges uncut except top. Quarter
green cloth on blue boards, spine printed in blue an white, dustwrapper by
Cornelia Gray (inside front flap: price $10 at top, numbered 0177 at bottom),
22cm. ISBN 0-670-33073-6.
16.4 New York: The Viking Press (Book Club edition), 1977. [xii],303pp. Green
boards, spine printed in blue and white, dustwrapper ("Book Club Edition"
inside front flap, painting by Cornelia Gray), 21cm.
16.5 New York, 1977, 2nd printing. 406pp. Dustwrapper.
16.6 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1977. 366pp + 2pp publisher's advertisements.
20cm. ISBN 0 14 004409 4.
16.7 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1979 reprint.
16.8 Middlesex: Penguin paperback, 1981 reprint. 366pp + 1p publisher's advert.
18cm. ISBN 0 14 004409 4.
16a German edition. Der Lendenschurz. Dusseldorf: Claassen, 1982. 412pp +
adverts. ISBN 3 546 49618 3.
17.
The Night The Prowler
Short story and screen play.
17.1 Penguin Books Australia, 1978, paperback.
18.
Big Toys
18.1 Sydney: Currency Pres, 1978. Paperback.
19.
The Twyborn Affair
A novel.
19.1 London: Jonathan Cape, 1979, uncorrected proof. Paperback. Proof dustwrapper
by Mon Mohan (Medusa head on white background; this was rejected by White).
19.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1979, uncorrected proof. 432pp. Wrappers.
19.3 London: Jonathan Cape, 1979, first edition. 432pp. Brown boards, spine
printed in gilt, dustwrapper (price inside front flap £5.95 net), 20cm.
ISBN 0 224 01733 0.
19.4 As above with variant dustwrapper (no price inside front flap).
19.5 New York: The Viking Press, 1980. 432pp. Fawn papered boards, blck quarter
cloth, spine printed in gilt, dustwrapper (price inside front flap $14.95).
ISBN 0-670-73789-5.
19.6 London: Penguin paperback, 1981. 432pp. 20cm. ISBN 0 14 005544 4.
19a Swedish edition. Fallet Twyborn. [Helsingborg?]: Forum, 1981. 488,[4]pp.
Dustwrapper.
19b French edition. Les incarnations d'Eddie Twyborn. Paris: Gallimard, 1983.
472,[6]pp. Paperback.
20.
Flaws in the Glass
A self-portrait.
20.1 London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, uncorrected proof. Paperback, 260pp. Proof
dustwrapper. (Contains a 9-line paragraph on p51 which was deleted from the
published edition.)
20.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, 1st edition. [x],260,[2]pp. Dustwrapper.
ISBN 0 224 02924 X.
20.3 New York: Viking Press, 1982. [xii],260,[2]pp. Cloth backed boards, dustwrapper.
20.4 London: Penguin Books paperback, 1983. 261pp, 12pp b/w plates. 20cm.
ISBN 0 14 00.6293 9.
20.5 London: Penguin Books paperback, 1985 reprint. 261pp, 12pp b/w plates.
20cm. ISBN 0 14 00.6293 9.
20.6 London: Jonathan Cape, 1987 reprint. 260pp. Dustwrapper.
21.
Netherwood
21.1 Sydney: Currency Press, 1983. 52pp. Paperback.
22.
Signal Driver
A morality play for the times.
22.1 Sydney: Currency Press, 1983. 50pp. Paperback.
23.
Collected Plays, Volume I
The Ham Funeral, The Season at Sarsparilla, A Cheery Soul, Night on Bald Mountain.
23.1 Sydney, 1985. Currency paperback. 362pp.
24.
Memoirs of Many in One
By Alex Xenophon Demijirian Gray, edited by Patrick White.
24.1 London: Jonathan Cape, 1986, uncorrected proof copy. 192pp. Wrappers.
ISBN 0 224 02371 3.
24.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1986, first edition. Green papered boards, spine
printed in gilt, dustwrapper (designed by Mon Mohan), 20cm. ISBN 0 224 02371
3.
24.4 Toronto: Irwin, 1986. 192pp. Dustwrapper.
24.5 New York: Viking, 1988. 192pp. Blue papered boards, blue quarter cloth,
spine printed in gilt, dustwrapper (price inside front flap $15.95). ISBN
0-670-81320-6.
24.6 Toronto: Irwin, 1993.
24a French edition. Memoires eclates d'Alex Xenophon Demijirian Gray. Paris:
Gallimard, 1988. paperback.
25.
Three Uneasy Pieces
25.1 Melbourne: Pascoe Publishing, 1987. Paperback, 59pp.
25.2 London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, uncorrected proof. Paperback, 60pp.
25.3 Melbourne: Pascoe Publishing, 1988, second printing. 59pp + 1p publisher's
advertisement. Red boards, spine printed in white, dustwrapper, 22cm. ISBN
0 947087 13 3.
25.4 London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, 1st UK edition. 59pp. Dustwrapper.
26.
Patrick White Speaks
Edited by Paul Brennan and Christine Flynn.
26.1 Sydney: Primavera Press, 1989. 208pp. Dustwrapper.
26.2 London, 1989, 1st UK edition. Dustwrapper.