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Published by Viking Press Inc., New York City NY USA, 1963
Seller: Calm Water Books, Shediac, NB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jean Primrose (illustrator). Book is in very good condition, no markings or writing on any of the pages, very clean. Dust jacket has some wear and tear on upper front , and some on spine. 8th Printing. Beautifully illustrated, with 27 poems - each a simple prayer by one of the animals in Noah's Ark, a rare combination of devotion, grace and wit. Rumer Godden discovered this collections of poems in a cupboard at the Cenacle Convent in London. Godden had many rewarding hours translating them from French first at Stanbrook Abbey, then with Carmen Bernos de Gasztold herself.