• Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - front of dust jacket
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  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - boards and spine without jacket
  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - title page and frontispiece
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  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - Noah's Prayer with illustration
  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - The Prayer of the Dog
  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - The Prayer of the Lark
  • Prayers from the Ark by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, 1963 Viking hardcover - The Prayer of the Bee
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Prayers from the Ark

Prayers from the Ark

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Condition: Very Good

Book Notes: Boards clean; binding tight; pages clean. Dust jacket soiled and toned, with edge wear and small chips at the top edge; brown mark near the left edge of the rear panel; spine toned. Front jacket flap price-clipped.

Author(s): Carmen Bernos de Gasztold

Print: 9th Print

Publication year: 1963

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Viking Press

Condition: Very Good
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Twenty-seven short poems, each a simple prayer spoken by one of the animals in Noah's Ark, translated from the French by Rumer Godden, who also wrote the Foreword and Epilogue. Godden came upon the poems in a small volume while helping the nuns at the Cenacle Convent in London; the poet lived and worked at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny, France. Illustrations by Jean Primrose.

Viking Press hardcover with dust jacket, ninth printing (November 1963).

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  • Like New

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  • Dust Jacket Grading

    (A) Excellent
    The dust jacket is in excellent condition, may show the slightest signs of shelf wear, if any.

    (B) Good
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    (C) Fair
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    (D) Poor
    Contains large tears, several creases, and/or heavy staining.

    (F) As Is
    Shows significant wear and tear. Majority of dust jacket is torn or missing. May contain heavy staining.