Love Despatches Family by Stibbe Nina, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Signed dedication by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book and dustjacket both in near fine condition. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed, 1st Edition. Dust jacket in near fine condition very slight bumping to the spine comes with protective casing. Book in near fine condition very little damage very very slight foxing to the text block but this is hardly noticeable (see photos). All in all a lovely copy. In the 1980s Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family. There's a cat nobody likes, a visiting dog called Ted Hughes (Ted for short) and suppertime visits from a local playwright. Not to mention the two boys, their favourite football teams, and rude words, a very broad-minded mother and assorted nice chairs.From the mystery of the unpaid milk bill and the avoidance of nuclear war to mealtime discussions on pie filler, the greats of English literature, swearing in German and sexually transmitted diseases, Love, Nina is a wonderful celebration of bad food, good company and the relative merits of Thomas Hardy and Enid Blyton. Signed by Author(s).