Product Details

A lovely, vintage 1949 printing of Monica Dickens’ classic postwar drama, "Joy and Josephine". Edition: 1949 Edition (Stated "THIS EDITION 1949" on the copyright page). Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd, London. Printing Details: Made and printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Ltd., Paulton (Somerset) and London. Features the dedication "To Helen & Pippin". Format: Hardback (Cloth boards, no dust jacket). Covers: The red cloth boards show clear signs of age, including historic circular water ring marks/fading on the front surface. Spine & Binding: The black and gold textured spine label is entirely intact and readable with some typical rubbing to the cloth edges. The text block binding remains completely stable and firm. Interior: Internal text pages show age-related tanning and spotting (foxing) and along the margins as pictured, but remain fully intact, clean, and completely readable. One image has a small tear as pictured.