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Streatfield, Noel.
Ballet Shoes.
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1936
Stock Code: 11515
First Edition. Octavo, pp. [10], 304. Frontispiece and several in-text illustrations by Ruth Gervis. Publisher’s green cloth with silver titles and ballet shoes motif to spine; top edge green. Some soiling and surface marks to cloth, rubbing to extremities, crease to spine (as usual with this binding). Scattered minor foxing to text-block edges, small areas of foxing to several pages but internally quite clean; no annotations or inscriptions. A solid, square very good copy of a scarce book. The first printing of Streatfield’s perennially popular tale of three orphans who turn to performing in order to make a name for themselves. A timeless story of three girls finding the courage to follow their dreams. £400.00