Din Ali Mirdrekvandi Gunga (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fair but Torn. Front cover inside flap has corner clipped. Jacket has 13/4" tear on back top and inch tear on bottom, smaller tear on top front by spine and some edge wear/tears. Light stain spots bottom front jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st U.S. Edition. Ali Mirdrekvandi ( who liked to be called Gunga Din ) was an Iranian peasant who for six weeks in the nineteen forties worked as a houseboy at the British Embassy in Tehran. He taught himself English from the Gospel according to St. Matthew, from dictionaries and by listening to the British and American troops. The result is this idiosyncratic piece of Christian fantasy. In 1949 he disappeared and efforts to trace him met with no success. Near fine copy in like, unclipped, dust jacket.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st American Printing. Near very good, some edgewear, foxing, dust jacket faded with small tears & chips. Size 5x8 with 128 pages. A kind of Pilgrim's Progress as a group of soldiers wander in search of Heaven. Edited with intro by John Hemming & foreword by Professor R C Zaehner.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. pgs.128 clean tight copy but for former owner name sticker on inside front cover d/j slight edge and corner lower spine has a small abrasion some crimping to top spine top front some creases.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with light wear on the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Quarter purple cloth with patterned paper boards. Light dust-soiling and wear to extremities. Jacket toned and rubbed. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8880. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. …

Octavo, boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with some dust soiling, mostly to rear panel. (#65666).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pinkish red cloth spine over patterned paper on boards. Book is tight, square and free of all flaws and markings. Very minor fading on the spine. Clipped Dust Jacket would be fine other than clipping and very, very minor shelf wear and scuffing to top of front and spine top. Fantastic color illustrations on front cover, rear has testimonials from other authors. Unique for sure - the author devised a kind of Pilgrim's Progress in which a group of offficers wander the firmament in search of Heaven.The story is superbly imaginative and is written with a delicious humor, compassion and a sure sense of character. the Introduction by John Hemming and a foreword by Professor R.C. Zaehner 1st/1st - now protected by mylar sleeve.…

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Gift message to ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear, faded spine and minor loss. Clipped.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Pb Edition. Only the lightest signs of use.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - Victor Gollancz, London, 1965. 1st ed. Near fine with tanned endpapers, in very good plus unclipped jacket with mild shelf wear.

Hardcover. Second Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Soiling to front and rear panels. Soiling to pastedowns and end pages.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Small owner bookplate on FEP. Light shelf wear on front/rear panels. Light foxing on inner front gutter. Few small closed tears.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small open tear on top front gutter. Foxing on top text block edge.