Girl in a Sloppy Joe Sweater by Peate, M

Optimum Pub Intl, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Optimum Pub Intl, 1988-11. Hardcover. Good.

Montreal: Optimum Pub Intl, 1988. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 202 p.; HC, VG+ in VG+ DJ. Mary Peate was a child during the Depression and a teenager during the war years. In this memoir, published for the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of war, draws on her memories and posters, advertising, newspaper clippings and other popular media to paint a picture of life on the home front. Ms. Peate went on to a 25 year career in writing and broadcasting in Canada. Her memoir of her childhood in 1930s Montreal, Girl in a Red River Coat, is also available.

Montreal: Optimum, 1989. 202 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, reproductions."(A) lighthearted but true-to-life account of Canadian home front living during the war years. When teenaged boys put on uniforms and sailed, flew, and marched off to fight in the Second World War, the teenaged girls they left behind them were in uniform too: a Sloppy Joe sweater, a string of pearls, skirt, bobbysox, and saddleshoes. Meet Mary, one of those girls in a Sloppy Joe sweater; her best friend Cath, and their friends; and follow their fortunes through these six significant years in history that paralleled six of the most formative years of their lives. Through Mary you will learn what they were like; how they passed their time as they waited for the boys to come home; their code of manners and mores; what they talked about at their 'hen parties'; the music and radio programs they listened to; the movies they watched; the books and magazines they read; their fashion 'fads';… Read More

Optimum Publishing, Montreal, 1988, Fine Hardcover / Fine Dustjacket in Brodart cover, 202 pages, 6.25" x 9.25". Cover Art by Sharon Leggett.

Illustrated

Montreal: Optimum Publishing., 1989 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. McClelland and Stewart review stamp on FFEP. 201 pp. Illustrations. Tiny nick to the bottom of the front board otherwise Fine/Fine.

Montreal: Optimum Pub Intl. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888902220 . Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Book and unclipped dust jacket are As New, crisp and clean and unblemished. Illustrated with photos and newspaper clippings. Laid in is a brief request letter from the author. 202 pp. ; Signed by Author .

Optimum Pub Intl. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888902220 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition. Hardcover clean & unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing & light edgewear/crinkling, no tears. A light-hearted but true-to-life account of Canadian home front living during the war years (WWII) . [460]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages .