PLATKOPS CHILDREN (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR) by Pauline Smith

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PLATKOPS CHILDREN (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR) by Pauline Smith

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1935

8vo, 223pp. Original hardcover binding. With fine black and white illustrations by Barbara Shaw.

First Edition, Inscribed By Author

Smith's volume of children's fiction and poetry, Platkops Children, was published in 1935. Later considered interesting primarily for their autobiographical elements, the stories offer character sketches and scenic descriptions in a rhythmic language heavily influenced by Smith's early reading of the Old Testament. Critic Sheila Scholten commented in the book Pauline Smith, edited by Dorothy Driver, that the ballads "although not literary … are delightfully evocative," and she concluded that "[i]n the poems as well as the stories of Platkops … Smith has achieved an authentic picture of life in a small Karoo town at the turn of the century." (yourdictionary.com)

*Location: Johannesburg branch

Condition: Very good. Book has been covered with protective plastic in such a way that the endpapers are not harmed with adhesive tape. Light rubbing to the boards. Text is clean and clear, a well bound copy.