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	1 A Backward Place Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Penguin Books Canada, Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1983 Trade Paperback Good, No Jacket as Issued 4th Printing 0140052909 / 9780140052909 A5 - A 4th printing trade paperback book in good condition. Book has glue residue on the front top right corner, some chipping on the front left side, a slight creases on the back top right corner, discoloration on the front sides and back sides, discoloration, and shelf wear. The trouble with Bal was not his lack of ideas but the fact that they tended to be rather grand long-term visions whereas his life was organized on a decidedly short-term basis. 7.75"x 5.25". 189 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EC297BB  Price: 5.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Esmond in India Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Penguin Books Canada, Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1983 Trade Paperback Good, No Jacket as Issued 3rd Printing 0140052879 / 9780140052879 A5 - A 3rd printing trade paperback book in good condition. Book has a sticker residue on the front top right, has some light black marks on the back, a light stain on the back top right side, discoloration, and shelf wear. A master of both comic and the serious, her richly ripe Indian comedy of manners strips bare a certain section of affluent Indian society particularly vulnerable to the sedcutions of an imperial presence. 7.75"x 5". 205 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EC296BB  Price: 5.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Get Ready for Battle Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Penguin Books Canada, Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1981 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket as Issued 0140052895 / 9780140052893 E2 - Cover has light shelfwear. Cover is tanned and foxed at spine and edges. Outer page edges and text pages tanned. MC822BB  Price: 5.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Heat and Dust Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks New York, NY, U.S.A. 1987 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket as Issued 0671646575 / 9780671646578 Remainder CG5 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall wear with some very light creasing on the front and back covers plus there is some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges plus there is a remainder mark on the botom outside paper edges. A story set in India in the 1920s. It is about a beautiful, spoiled, bored English colonial wife who is drawn to a minor Indian prince. She leaves her husband to elope with the prince. This book is also about her step-granddaughter 50 years later. The young woman is drawn to India by her fascination with the letters left behind by her ancestor and a desire to understand the mystery surrounding the scandal she created. This book is a winner of the Booker Prize. 181p. SCW01857  Price: 3.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Out of India: Selected Stories Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks New York, New York, USA 1987 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket as Issued 0671642219 / 9780671642211 BD1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus a very light bump to the top right corner plus a remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges plus some very light soiling of the outside paper edges. A collection of stories by a noted contemporary novelist and storyteller. They are based on the author's experiences while living most of her adult life in India. This book contains pieces from and previous collections brought together by the author to be representative of the essence of her Indian experience. This book is a New York Time Book Review 'Best Book'. The author is a winner of the Booker Prize. By the author of "Heat and Dust" and a number of Merchant-Ivory screenplays including "Heat and Dust," "The Bostonians," and "A Room with a View," for which she won an Academy Award. 288p. SCW02288  Price: 4.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 Poet and Dancer Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Doubleday New York, New York, USA 1993 Hard Cover Very Good, Good First American Edition 0385468695 / 9780385468695 Ex-Library BD4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library labels, pocket, and stamps on the inside surface of the front board, front endpaper, and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glue down to the inside surface of the boards. The dust shows very minor overall shelf wear plus some very light sunning on the spine and front plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A book about a tender and intimate attachment between two young girls that, in adulthood, deepens into something complex and dangerous. The author is a winner of the Booker Prize and a winner of Academy Award for one of her screenplays written for the Merchant Ivory film team. By the author of "Heat and Dust," "Travelers," "A Backward Place," and "Esmond in India." 199p. SCW04610  Price: 4.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7 Poet and Dancer Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Doubleday New York, NY, U.S.A. 1993 Hard Cover Good, Good First American Edition 0385468695 / 9780385468695 Ex-Library BD4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some tape staining on the outside board surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is a small patch (about 0.25"x0.5") of surface damage on the front outside board surface down by the bottom edge in about the middle from the tape used to tape the dust jacket to the boards plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus the book is slightly shelf cocked plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page. The dust shows minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading along the spine plus there is a library label on the back plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A book about a tender and intimate attachment between two young girls that, in adulthood, deepens into something complex and dangerous. The author is a winner of the Booker Prize and a winner of Academy Award for one of her screenplays written for the Merchant Ivory film team. By the author of "Heat and Dust," "Travelers," "A Backward Place," and "Esmond in India." 199p. SCW07671  Price: 4.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8 The Householder Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Penguin Books Canada, Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1987 Trade Paperback Good, No Jacket as Issued 3rd Printing 0140052887 / 9780140052886 A5 - A 3rd printing trade paperback book in good condition. Book has a price label on the front top right, a light line stain on the back, some wrinkling on the top edge, discoloration, and shelf wear. From her pages rise the heat, the smells, the flashing iridescent colours and the ceaseless rythms of Indian life. 7.75"x5.25". 138 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EC295BB  Price: 5.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart