Noel Streatfeild – Ballet Shoes and Tennis Shoes – SIGNED and INSCRIBED First Editions 1936 and 1937
£3,750.00
London Dent 1936
First editions, first printings. Original publisher’s cloth, Ballet Shoes in green cloth lettered and illustrated in white to the spine, and Tennis Shoes in orange cloth lettered and illustrated in green. Neither volume is in dust wrapper.
Both volumes are inscribed to the front endpaper by Noel Streatfeild to Rosalind. Ballet Shoes is inscribed: “To Rosalind, from the person who wrote this book, Noel Streatfeild, 1940.” Tennis Shoes is inscribed: “To Rosalind, when she holds her own. Noel Streatfeild. Feb. 1940.”
A very good pair, with rubbing, marking and wear to the cloth.
Ballet Shoes shows fading and soiling to the boards and spine, with notable wear, fraying and splitting to the spine ends and hinges.
Tennis Shoes is rubbed and marked to the cloth, with wear to the spine ends and corners, and some darkening and soiling to the page edges. Contents toned, with some spotting and handling marks.
A charming association pair: Ballet Shoes, the author’s best-known and most enduring work, is especially desirable signed, and the presence here of a similarly inscribed copy of Tennis Shoes makes for a very appealing Streatfeild pairing.
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London Dent 1936
First editions, first printings. Original publisher’s cloth, Ballet Shoes in green cloth lettered and illustrated in white to the spine, and Tennis Shoes in orange cloth lettered and illustrated in green. Neither volume is in dust wrapper.
Both volumes are inscribed to the front endpaper by Noel Streatfeild to Rosalind. Ballet Shoes is inscribed: “To Rosalind, from the person who wrote this book, Noel Streatfeild, 1940.” Tennis Shoes is inscribed: “To Rosalind, when she holds her own. Noel Streatfeild. Feb. 1940.”
A very good pair, with rubbing, marking and wear to the cloth.
Ballet Shoes shows fading and soiling to the boards and spine, with notable wear, fraying and splitting to the spine ends and hinges.
Tennis Shoes is rubbed and marked to the cloth, with wear to the spine ends and corners, and some darkening and soiling to the page edges. Contents toned, with some spotting and handling marks.
A charming association pair: Ballet Shoes, the author’s best-known and most enduring work, is especially desirable signed, and the presence here of a similarly inscribed copy of Tennis Shoes makes for a very appealing Streatfeild pairing.
