Godden Rumer Translated (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition [no number line]. Ex-Library with minimal library marks. No DJ. Nominal edge wear. Quarter green/with green/white/black patterned illustrated boards with no upper text & gold gilt spine text. B&W and green illustrations of each animal by Jean Primrose on opposite page to each poem + b/w decorated first letter of each poem. Illustrated endpapers. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Book block tight and square. Translated from the French by Rumer Godden. Foreword by Rumer Godden + Epilogue at back on the author's life. 27 prayers, each delightfully illustrated with a phrase or short sentence in French beneath each picture. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. COLLECTIBLES/RELIGION/POETRY/PETS. Jean Primrose (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 12th printing [stated-no number line]. DJ: nominal edge wear, price clipped. Quarter green/with green/white/black patterned illustrated boards with no upper text & gold gilt spine text. Prior owner name obverse upper board. B&W and green illustrations of each animal by Jean Primrose on opposite page to each poem + b/w decorated first letter of each poem. Illustrated endpapers. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Book block tight and square. Translated from the French by Rumer Godden. Foreword by Rumer Godden + Epilogue at back on the author's life. 27 prayers, each delightfully illustrated with a phrase or short sentence in French beneath each picture. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. COLLECTIBLES/RELIGION/POETRY/PETS. Jean Primrose (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in NF dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversize hardcover is as new with no faults to note (tight, clean, unmarked, etc) with minor wear to dust jacket, clean and not price-clipped. A book of poetry for any age. Barry Moser (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. First edition. Slightly oversize hardcover with minor wear, clean, tightly bound, gift inscription on the ffep, else bright, clea and unmarked pages. Very light wear & minor soiling to the dust jacket, price-clipped. Poetry for youngsters. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2nd reprint of 1st English edition in 1963. Translated from the French by Rumer Godden. ILLUSTRATIONS: B/w drawings of each animal by Jean Primrose on opposite page to each poem + b/w decorated first letter of each poem. Illustrated endpapers. CONDITION: Bright, clean unmarked interior. No inscriptions but for gilft message in top right corner of ffep. It reads: 'To.in the hope that you will one day enjoy some of these.' These poetic prayers are for adults as much as older children conveying heartfelt insight, often interjected with humour. Tight binding. The paper covered boards with a green cloth spine has minor wear. The patterned paper cover on front & back boards is only seen on the early Macmillan publications. The jacket is price clipped and has a little wear which is mainly showing at the top of the spine. It also has a little discolouration as is commonly seen for this early edition. It is in a removable, clear protective cover. 71 pages. Foreword by Rumer Godden + Epilogue at back on the author's life. 27 prayers, each delightfully illustrated with a phrase or short sentence in French beneath each picture. WEIGHT: 332 grams unpackaged. Prompt, well packaged despatch. Primrose, Jean (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Less common collection of poetry. Price clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Illustrated. Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919 - 1995) was a French poet and nun. She spent her childhood in the province of Bordeaux, France. She had 5 sisters and brothers. After World War II she went to live at the Benedictine Abbaye Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny.The English translation was written by Rumer Godden (1907-1998) who went to the Benedictine Abbey in France and spent time with the poet to do the translation. Jean Primrose (illustrator). …

hard cover. Condition: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood, hard cover ex-library book with dust jacket, pocket, 69 pages, 8vo.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A selection of twelve poems - prayers from Noah, the dog and the cat, the goat and the owl, the elephant and the glowworm and more, translated from the French and with a foreword and epilogue by Rumer Godden. Illustrated with drawings and decorative initial letters by Jean Primrose. 71 pp. Very near fine in illustrated paper covered boards with a green cloth spine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustwrapper has been laminated. Owner's name. Jean Primrose (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition. Near fine, in gilt-lettered terra cotta cloth over illustrated boards; in a near fine, illustrated dust jacket that is price-clipped and nicked at the spine ends and upper rear panel. Charmingly illustrated throughout by Jean Primrose. Menagerie of poems by the French author, translated, with an introduction by Godden, as a followup to their earlier PRAYERS FROM THE ARK. "Each animal, bird, fish, reptile, or insect voice makes.a statement of its situation."--Rumer Godden. Margaret Rumer Godden, OBE, was an English of over 60 books, many of which were filmed, including THE BLACK NARCISSUS, and IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good. First British Edition. 69 pages. Light background dustjacket which is chipped along the top edge which is taped on the inside, price-clipped o/w dustjacket is clean. Very clean hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Very clean pages. Illustrated by Jean Primrose (illustrator).…

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition First Impression. 1967 First Edition First Impression. Size octavo, 69 pages. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket designed by Jean Primrose. Book conditon fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, corners rubbed, spine ends rubbed with 2 minor tears, else fine, not price clipped. Translated from the French and with a Foreword by Rumer Godden. A companion to Prayers from the Ark. Prayers and poetry "by animals".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Illustrated by Jean Primrose. Jacket is sunned, particularly the spine. Edges are a little creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block head is foxed. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Primrose, Jean (illustrator). Used.…

HBDJ, PC, October 1965, minor rub, wear DJ, small chips DJ primarily top spine DJ, decorated Cloth Cover, VG+/VG-, AS-IS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing thus-first uk macmilolan edition.vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ,1965, stated 1st US Edition, Minor Cvr Rub,69 pgs, VG+/VG+, AS-IS, NODJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1955 reprint of 1947 edition. 71o, very good in dustwrapper. First printed at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Louis du Temple. 27 poems each devoted to one of the animals in the ark. Jean Primrose (illustrator).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. 71 p. class number, stamps and card holders of the library. Jacquet stained and cut in the front part. Promerose, Jean (illustrator).

HBDJ,1965, stated 1st US Edition, ,69 pgs, VG+/VG+, AS-IS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper has been laminated.

Hardback. Condition: VG. VG- Pc DW. 1st Thus. Illustrated paper covered bfoards with matching dustwrapper. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Top text edge lightly spotted. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and spine is browned insaide and out. Small chip at top of spine. Jean Primrose (decorations) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Corners are bumped. Unmarked pages. DJ has surface rubbing, and edgewear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. Hard cover with cloth spine in pictorial dust jacket with an old price sticker on front flap, original price intact ($3.50). A second set of translations of Gasztold's poems with deocrations and initials by Jean Primrose. Size: 8vo. Jean Primrose (illustrator). …