White Topee by Eve Langley

White Topee

by Eve Langley

Angus and Robertson, 1954, [First Edition], hardcover, dustjacket

Fair Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and covers, ex-lib with stamps and sticker residue to front and back endpapers, cracked hinge, discolouration to edges of text block, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping creasing and crumpling, jacket edges reinforced with brown tape, sticker to spine (see photographs)

“As in The Pea Pickers, it is the girl Steve who is the central figure – Steve, who loves wildly, hopelessly, passionately, and mocks at her own love; Steve, who glories equally in physical and intellectual effort, in work in the fields, in riding, in poetry and in music.  Her enjoyment of the absurd and fantastic is correspondingly keen, and the mood changes with bewildering swiftness form romantic sorrow to uproarious laughter.  The book is rich, too, in other characters, the lively Italians, the sardonic Australians, and the English empire-builders whose symbol is the white Topee.  This is an adventure in reading a journey into unknown country, with every step revealing some strange beauty or unexpected delight.”