Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de godden rumer 1907 1998

The Viking Press, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Unclipped. 8x5x1. Second printing before publication Third printing October 1963; 312 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; binding tight; boards very fine, well protected by d.j. wlel protected by Brodart cover.

Frederick Warne, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/Good. the dustwrapper is rubbed at the head and tail of the spine and at the bottom right hand corner of the front panel with short split, and there is a short closed tear about 2 inches up from the base on the left-hand side of the front panel. Previous owner's name sticker on the bottom of right-hand corner of the front free end page. There is also a faint mottled mark on the top edge of the text block. Internally, there is no damage to describe. The story opens the book; then the ballet is revealed through its "script", a series of working sketches drawn by Christine Edzard; to show how exactly their translation, they are set off by some of Beatrix Potter's illustrations and a text which Rumer Godden has woven from Beatrix Potter's own words. Towards the end, the book flows into stills taken from the picture with an accompaniment of Beatrix Potter's miniature letters,… Leer más

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Author's note. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles and illustration to the back strip. Sophie Barrington Ward finds herself without a husband and two children to look after. Her friends begged her to go to safety, but she opts to stay in India – albeit in Kashmir. She settles in a small cottage surrounded by flowers and herbs, living frugally and peacefully with her neighbours. But, her coming causes turmoil amongst her neighbours as the villages compete fiercely for her patronage. This has catastrophic consequences when her cook makes a drastic bid to secure his position .... Minor softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners and a little too the panels. Fading of the back strip. Age toning and foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Faint offset tanning and foxing to the end pages. Size: Quarto… Leer más

London : Piper, 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Some foxing within. Physical description; 140 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. Children's literature.

London : Macmillan, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 246p. ; 23cm. Subjects: India -- Fiction.

London : Macmillan, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiii, 171p. ; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction.

London : Macmillan, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor shadow staining, Physical description: 202 p. ; 21 cm. Subject: Fiction in English - 1900-1945 - Texts.

New York: Viking Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 153, [7] pages: col. ill., map; 22 cm. Notes: Based on: The history of Humayun / by Gulbadan Begam; the Memoirs of Babur; and The Akbar nama / by Abu l Fazl. Subjects: Gulbadan Begam 1524-1603. Princesses Mogul Empire; Biography. Mogul Empire History. Genre: Biography. Illustrated.

Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1939. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Blue coloured boards with peach coloured embossed title to the front panel and peach coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip (with the publishing house being Sun Dial Press, and not Little, Brown and Company). The story of a group of Anglican nuns who take possession of a summer palace, already occupied and abandoned by missionary brothers, built for a harem, for a school and hospital. But the nuns all come with issues and as the spell of the mountains take hold, the disintegration of the school and hospital seems inevitable .... Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing and fraying of the book corners with the top book corners underlying board visible. Severe fading to the back strip. Age toning and very fine foxing to the text block edges and age toning of the pages. The end pages are quite grubby with… Leer más

New York : Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 312 pages; Description: 312 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Mother and child--Fiction --British--Italy. Form/Genre: Domestic fiction.

New York, Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 312 pages; Description: 312 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Mother and child--Fiction. British--Italy. Form/Genre: Domestic fiction.

London, F. Warne, 1976. Reprint. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 208 pages; Description: 208 p. Illus. (some col. ) , facsims. , music, ports. 30 cm. Subjects: Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 --Adaptations. Tales of Beatrix Potter (Motion picture) . Originally published in 1971.

London : Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 153 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 23cm. Subjects: Gulbadan Begam (1524-1603). Mogul Empire -- Princes and princesses -- Biography.

London : Macmillan, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 p., 23 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English. British - India - Fiction. Fathers and daughters - Fiction.

London : Macmillan, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 243p., [16]p. of plates, ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Godden, Rumer (1907-1998 ) -- Biography. Calcutta (India) -- Social life and customs.

New York: The Viking Press, , 1963. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Molto buono (Very Good). . 8vo. pp. 312. Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione (First Edition).

London: Folio Society, 2000. Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth in a fine slip case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxiv, 170 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. Summary: Five naive English children, thrown on their own in a French inn, find themselves surrounded by mysterious and violent activities. Subjects: Teenage girls France; Fiction. English fiction France. English France; Fiction. 20th century literature. Genre: Bildungsroman. Fiction. Illustrated.

London : Hutchinson, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Travel writer's Owen Rutter's copy with his copious notes. Physical description: 192 pages : portrait ; 19 cm. Notes: ""First published 1955."" -- t.p. verso. Illustrated with frontispiece half-tone portrait. Subjects: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805-1875; Authors, Danish 19th century ; Biography; �crivains danois 19e si�cle ; Biographies; Authors, Danish.