The Importance of Being Eve Langley by Thwaite, Joy L - 1989
by Thwaite, Joy L
The Importance of Being Eve Langley
by Thwaite, Joy L
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 8vo (220 x 145 mm), 514 pp, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index. There is a remainder line by the spine foot. This biography of the Australian novelist tells of her years of wandering as a child; of her crop-picking days when she and her sister dressed as, and behaved as boys; of her doomed marriage; of her incessant compulsive writing; of her committal to a mental institution for seven years; of her assumption by deed poll of the name Oscar Wilde; and of her final, lonely days living in a three-roomed hut at Katoomba.' NOTE: Postage within Australia $12.00.
- Bookseller BM Books (AU)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0207153965
- ISBN 13 9780207153969
- Publisher Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication Sydney
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords Langley, Eve, 1908-1974 -- Biography. | Authors, Australian -- Biography. | Women authors, Australian -- Biography. | Oscar Wilde | Katoomba