Jon Rummer Godden (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. a unique collaboration, is a remembrance of the five years that followed, in the village of Narayangunj--where their father worked as a steamship agent--on a bustling river that feeds the great Brahmaputra. It is an evocation of a few years that will always be timeless for these two, and it is as true an account as memory can accomplish. India, for them, was sun-baked dust between their toes, colored robes in the market place, the chanting of coolies, the deep hoot of steamers on the river, and the smells of thorn trees, mustard, and coconut oil: smells redolent of the sun. India was also people, people of every kind, each different from the other and bringing a trail of other differences, of place, custom, religion, even of skin. It was not an ordinary life for young girls, and later they agreed that it might have been better had they been raised in the simplicity of their Quaker forbears. "Better," Jon was to say, "but not nearly as interesting." In Very Good Used Condition. With Wear To Corners, Edges And/Or Spine Of Dust Jacket and A Few Tape Repairs On The Inside To Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos.…

Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine (Contents fine). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (ABOVE AVERAGE). MOST of these books are literally as new which accounts for the price. In original dustjackets also MOSTLY as NEW (I have approxiamately forty all in similar condition Keyword "the pick of the worlds best sellers " will find them all. E-mail for details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Roger Payne (jacket) (illustrator). No Marks at All.…