Girl In a Sloppy Joe Sweater

Montreal: Optimum Pub Intl, 1988. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 202 p.; HC, VG+ in VG+ DJ. Mary Peate was a child during the Depression and a teenager during the war years. In this memoir, published for the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of war, draws on her memories and posters, advertising, newspaper clippings and… Ler mais sobre este item

A fine copy signed by the author on the title page and protected in an archival cover. This book is inscribed to the late Judy Mappin, who ran the legendary Canadian literature-centric Double Hook book store in Montreal. A notable association copy.

Optimum Publishing, Montreal, 1988, Fine Hardcover / Fine Dustjacket in Brodart cover, 202 pages, 6.25" x 9.25". Cover Art by Sharon Leggett.

Montreal: Optimum, 1989. 202 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, reproductions."(A) lighthearted but true-to-life account of Canadian home front living during the war years. When teenaged boys put on uniforms and sailed, flew, and marched off to fight in the Second World War, the teenaged girls they left behind them were in uniform too: a Sloppy Joe… Ler mais sobre este item

Montreal: Optimum Pub Intl. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888902220 . Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Book and unclipped dust jacket are As New, crisp and clean and unblemished. Illustrated with photos and newspaper clippings. Laid in is a brief… Ler mais sobre este item