Brown cloth hardback with gilt print to spine. A well preserved, privately owned edition with no marks of ownership. 175 remarkably clear pages. Illustrated dust jacket has slight natural edge wear but good and price unclipped. 

 'Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax' by Antoinette Du Vallon, is a first edition hardcover that delves into the author's compelling autobiography. Published by Midas Books in 1974, this engaging non-fiction piece offers insights into the life narrative set against the backdrop of the second world war era and beyond With 175 pages, this tells the life story and interesting times of the author. This is more than an autobiography, it is a slice of social history told in a beguiling and charming way.

A splendid survivor of this edition.