Author: VALLON, ANTOINETTE DU
Title: Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
Description: Tunbridge Wells, Midas. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0859360261). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Vallon, Antoinette Du. A Very Good+ unmarjked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. Born into a world where Nanny reigned supreme over the nursery and where little girls were fed on Virol and made to wear Liberty Bodices with bones, Antoinette du Vallon looks back over 65 full and fascinating years. A zest for life illuminates her vivid memories of boarding school, holidays in Ireland (including an encounter with George Bernard Shaw), housekeeping for Pa in Sussex, marriage, WVS duties in the Second World War, and her disastrous commercial venture. Irish relations and friends are entertainingly sketched in, as well as odd animals. A unique slice of social history delightfully illustrated by the author. B2B. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Biography, Ireland, Edwardian, Sussex 0859360261 Vallon, Antoinette Du


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