Mrs P's Journey is the enchanting story of Phyllis Pearsall. Born Phyllis Isobella Gross, her lifelong nickname was PIG. The artist daughter of a flamboyant Huangarian Jewish immigrant, and an Irish Italian mother, her bizarre and often traumatic childhood did not restrain her from becoming one of Britain's most intriguing entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires. After an unsatisfactory marriage, Phyllis, a thirty-year-old divorcee, has to support herself and so becomes a portrait painter. It is doing this job and trying ...
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Mrs P's Journey is the enchanting story of Phyllis Pearsall. Born Phyllis Isobella Gross, her lifelong nickname was PIG. The artist daughter of a flamboyant Huangarian Jewish immigrant, and an Irish Italian mother, her bizarre and often traumatic childhood did not restrain her from becoming one of Britain's most intriguing entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires. After an unsatisfactory marriage, Phyllis, a thirty-year-old divorcee, has to support herself and so becomes a portrait painter. It is doing this job and trying to find her patron's houses that Phyllis becomes increasingly frustrated at the lack of proper maps of London. Instead of just cursing the fact as many fellow Londoners probably did, Phyllis decided to do something about it. Without hesitation she covered London's 23,000 streets on foot during the course of one year, often leaving her Farringdon bedsit at dawn to do so. To publish the map, and in light of its enormous success, she sets up her own company, The Geographer's Trust, which still publishes the London A-Z and that of every major British city. Mrs P's Journey is the account of a strong, independent woman who has left behind an enduring legacy.
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Good. Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); First Edition, first impression. Gift inscription by the author. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 0743208013.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. London: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Hartley's entertaining biography of the extraordinary Phyllis Pearsall is, bar light toning to stock, in VG+, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. x, 334pp.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. 334 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardback 334 pages, ex-library book with rubber-stamp marks and stickers on several pages, very good condition.
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