‎Grenfell joyce‎

‎GRENFELL JOYCE:‎

‎George - don't do that. . .‎

‎<p>UKslim 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptnand no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminated colour photographic author portrait illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Blue mottled bds with brightcrispstamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w cartoon illustrated eps by John Ward.Top fore- edges bright and clean; contents brighttight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn7-71pp paginated includes b/w line illus vignetted half-title pagetitle pagesvignette illustrated contents list and foreword6 nursery school sketches/monologuesprofusely illustrated by John Ward throughout the text and the bookauthor self-revealing monologue. Joyce Grenfell's Nursery School sketches are perennial favourites in her repertory and have entertained millions.Here they appear in print for the first timeand are just as funny on the page as they are in performance.They exactly catch the bright bluffingly calmand occasionally desperate way in which teachers talk to small children.Added to these six monologues is a devastating self-revelation by a Writer of Children's Books.John WardR.A.is well known as the illustrator of 'Cider With Rosie' 1959.His deceptively casual pictures capture the mingled innocence and ferocity of children and beautifully point up the humour of the words.Mrs Grenfell's foreword describes how they came to be written. John Stanton Wardborn in Hereford 1917son of an antique dealer. Studied at Hereford School of Art 1933-36 and the Royal College of Art 1936-39.served in the Royal Engineers 1939-46.Royal College of Art travelling scholarship 1947. Part-time lecturer at Wimbledon School of Art while under contract to Vogue magazine 1948-52.Since 1952he has worked as a freelance portrait and architectural painter and draughtsman; bookadvertising and fashion illustrator.For his illustrative workhe draws directly from the model in pen and ink without pencil guidelinesallowing the drawing to develop spontaneously.Elected ARA 1956RA 1965. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!</p><br /> LONDON.MACMILLAN,1977. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : rja2487/7 ISBN : 0333220803 9780333220801

‎Grenfell Joyce‎

‎In Pleasant Places‎

‎London: Macmillan London Ltd 1979. 304 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This Second Book Is About My Later Years When Life Was Less Dramatic But Richer. It Has Been Interesting More Demanding And Infinitely More Rewarding. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None Issued. Macmillan London Ltd Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 036796

‎Grenfell Joyce:‎

‎In pleasant places‎

‎London Macmillan 1979 1st ed large 8vo pp304 bw plates index light goldbrown cloth no dw VG Autobiographical writings with interesting personal stories including in South Africa and Australia. London Macmillan 1979 hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 932

‎Grenfell Joyce‎

‎Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure‎

‎London: Macmillan London Ltd 1976. 295 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Joyce Writes Entertainingly Of Her Life Which Led Her Almost By Accident Into Her Triumphantly Successful Career As Entertainer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Macmillan London Ltd Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 103312

‎Grenfell Joyce‎

‎Requests The Pleasure‎

‎London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1976. Autobiography of Joyce Grenfell .Illustrated with lot of photographs294 pp.6.5x9.5 ins.very good book in a very good dust wrapper. First Edition. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 000840

‎Grenfell Joyce‎

‎Stately As a Galleon and Other Songs and Sketches - Signed - 1st/1st‎

‎London: Macmillan 1978. Signed "To Estelle and Tom Briggs with all fond wishes Joyce Grenfell Christmas 1978". This collection of twelve of Joyce Grenfell's best-known sketches and song-lyrics includes many of her favourite characters: The Women's Institute Lecturer The Vice-Chancellor's Wife Shirley's Girl Friend and Mrs. Moss the old old woman in a rocking chair in Virginia. The songs range from the poignancy of 'Dear Francois' through the charming absurdity of the title song about middle-aged ladies 'dancing bust to bust' and the ferocity of 'Ethel' to the sheer joy of 'I'm Going to See Your Today'. Signed Inscribed and Dated. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Not Price Clipped. Illus. by John Ward. Macmillan Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002117