Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon by Denys Blakelock Presentation copy inscribed, dated and signed by the author on the front free end paper; Victor Gollancz Ltd 1966 1st ed, 160pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to pages & slight creasing to the left hand side of the front end paper, slight browning & rubbing to the page extremities at the very top and bottom - noticeably heavier rubbing to those at the side, spine a bit cocked and boards slightly bowed and warped, slight bumping and rubbing to board corners & to the top of both boards - heavier to the sides and bottom of boards and to the top of the spine, significantly heavier to the base of the spine, bumping and rubbing to the front bottom left hand/rear bottom right hand corners, elsewhere both boards and spine a bit marked, the dust jacket has is creased (possibly as a result of damp staining, though I can find no evidence of this either internally or externally), rubbed and marked. Book = good; jacket = acceptable. Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history & satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers. She was the sister of thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon. Denys Blakelock (22 June 1901 – 9 December 1970) was an English actor, teacher, writer and broadcaster. His autobiography, titled Round the Next Corner was published in 1967 by Victor Gollancz in London. With a Foreword by Paul Scofield, it was reviewed as "An intensely personal autobiography that also throws much light on London theatrical life in the twenties and thirties." His book of poetry "The Waters", which focused on his Catholic faith, was published by the Assisi Press in Dublin in 1955. He dedicated the book to Eleanor Farjeon (who encouraged him to write poetry), and was instrumental in her conversion to Catholicism in late adulthood. Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.99/burma)