elephants child de anderson christian (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First published 1977. Wife of Indian Civil Service official in Burma at outbreak of war with Germany in 1939. Then Japanese war starts. Wife travels to India alone to give birth. Book is account of her experiences at those times. Illuminating and detailed regarding the locale, life and region. Sad features of the war years. 148 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £6.60.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine to Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Excellent fine interior just a neat inscription to front e/paper, but no marks, immaculate boards; d/j also near fine showing only a hint of previous usage/faint shelfwear to rear, unclipped./.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> It is 1939 and the Second World Warhas just begun. Robin, a youngIndian Civil Servant, and his wifeare sent to Rangoon, Burma, andlater to Mandalay. Soon the warcatches them in Burma, and thetwenty-one year old bride, nowpregnant, must flee alone to India togive birth to her child. She lands inNew Delhi and eventually her babyis safely born at a clinic on thefoothills of the Himalayas.This is not a war diary, but a verypersonal account of a young womanliving in India and Burma in a timeof stress and deprivation. It is anilluminating, detailed, fascinatingdescription of the locale and life ofthose regions. It is also a verytouching description of the personalexperiences of an Englishwomanliving in those lands during the firstthree years of the Second World War.

(9723) Hardback. 114 pages. This is not a war diary, but a very personal account of a young woman living in India and Burma during the first 3 years of the second world war. Near fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. with faded spine. Gift inscription on front fly-leaf.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 114pp. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Near FINE in VG unclipped d/w,(One closed, internally repaired 25mm tear to front). Dedication "To Adrian, the glamorous barman, with best wishes from Christian Anderson." SIGNED BY AUTHOR.