First Edition, First Printing (with "A" appearing on copyright page A-9.65[ V ] ) in original dust jacket. Clean yellow cloth boards with reddish brown lettering and small decoration on cover, reddish brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 383 pages. Clean dust jacket is price clipped (front inside flap has clip at both top and bottom edge), 1" closed tear at rear spine fold, a few very small chips at top spine edge, a few short closed edge tears. Faint corner crease. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel set in Australia's sheep country - made into a film (1960) starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov; it was nominated for five Oscars.