RUMER GODDEN BOOKS I HAVE |
REPLACE? |
CONDITION |
Fiction: |
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Battle of the Villa Fiorita |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ & Nice-ish PB |
Black Narcissus |
No |
Lovely old HB |
A Breath of Air |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
A Candle for St. Jude |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ (first edition) |
China Court:The Hours of a Country House |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
The Dark Horse |
No |
Nice-ish PB |
An Episode of Sparrows |
No |
Really nice vintage trade-size PB |
Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy |
No |
Modern HB with DJ |
The Greengage Summer |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ & Nice-ish PB |
In This House of Brede |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
Kingfishers Catch Fire |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love : Stories |
No |
Lovely new PB |
Peacock Spring |
No |
Modern HB with DJ |
The River |
Yes |
Battered old HB with DJ |
Rungli Rungliot-Thus Far and No Further |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
| Breakfast with the Nikolides | Maybe | Contemporary trade-size PB |
| Gypsy, Gypsy | No | Nice hardback, no DJ, not ex-library |
| Coramandel Sea Change | No | Nice modern hardback with DJ, not ex-library |
NonFiction: |
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Two Under the Indian Sun |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep |
No |
Modern trade-size PB |
A House With Four Rooms |
No |
Modern trade-size PB |
The Butterfly Lions |
No |
Beautiful HB, signed by Rumer! |
Shiva's Pigeons (text for photographs) |
No |
Modern HB with DJ, kind of battered |
Prayers From the Ark (translations) |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ |
| Rumer Godden-A Story Teller's Life (by Anne Chisholm) | No | Modern trade-size PB |
Children's: |
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Doll's House |
No |
Lovely old HB with DJ, & vintage PB |
The Diddakoi |
No |
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Home is the Sailor |
Maybe |
Obviously Library HB |
Impunity Jane |
Maybe |
Obviously Library HB |
The Kitchen Madonna |
No |
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Little Plum |
No |
Original Scholastic PB (my first Godden book!) |
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower |
Maybe |
Obviously Library HB |
The Mousewife |
No |
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Mr. McFadden's Halloween |
No |
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The Rocking Horse Secret |
No |
Contemporary PB |
The Story of Holly and Ivy |
No |
Vintage PB |
Thursday's Children |
Yes |
Cheesy pocket paperback |
| Pippa Passes | No | Lovely new HB (Thank you, Rose!) |
REALLY WANT TO FIND: |
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* Hans Christian Andersen -- Published 1970 |
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* Mouse House -- Published 1952 |
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* The Dragon of Og |
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* Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time |
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* Gulbadan, Portrait of a Rose Princess at the Mughal Court |
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* The Lady and the Unicorn |
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* Operation Sippacik |
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* Story of the Beatrix Potter Ballet |
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* The Raphael Bible |
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* Chinese Puzzle |
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* Mrs Manders' Cook Book |
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* Rumer Godden Revisited (by Lynne M. Rosenthal) |
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* Mooltiki: Stories and Poems from India |
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* Swans and Turtles (short stories) |
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* Gone (short stories) |
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* In Noah's Ark |
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* The Creatures' Choir |
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* The Beasts' Choir |
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* A Letter to the World: Poems for Young People |
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* The Fairy Doll |
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* Candy Floss |
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* St. Jerome and the Lion |
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* The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle |
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* A Kindle of Kittens |
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* The Valiant Chatti-Maker |
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* Fu-Dog |
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* Listen to the Nightingale (thanks for the tip, Lady A!) |
Related Links:
A review of Chisholm's biography
The Mousewife was made into a musical for children
This woman set The Beasts' Choir to music
Films based upon Godden's works