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First editions, first impressions, of all of Chatwin's works published in his lifetime. Chatwin (1940-1989) was an English travel writer, novelist, and journalist. His first book In Patagonia established his reputation as a travel writer. In 1982 he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel for his novel On the Black Hill and in 1988 was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novel Utz. Six works, octavo. Uniformly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in mid-brown morocco with dark brown morocco title labels, raised bands, striped endpapers, gilt edges. Black and white photographs. A fine set.

A historical novel based on the life of a Brazilian slave trader, Francisco Félix de Sousa, adapted into a narrative that spans Africa and Brazil.