ISBN: 9780701150587 - Parveen (4 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. From the collection of an Ex-School library with their markings, small stamp mark on front free end paper page, library pocket rear of the book, with a small code on the spine. Publication of 177 pages. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There are old tape residue marks on the last blank page and on the boards. There is foxing around the block of the book, little within the body of the book. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1975, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Parveen Book by Anne MehdeviIn 1920, sixteen-year-old Parveen Daftar leaves her mother in America to visit her father at his estate in Ali-abad, Khorasan, in northern Persia. Although she spent only three years of her early life there, Parveen has always felt that part of her belongs to the place. She knows her mother was bitterly unhappy during their time in Ali-abad, and seeks to understand both that unhappiness and her parents? separation. As Parveen adjusts to life in her father?s world, she encounters the beauty of the Persian countryside and the slow, unstructured routine of the andarum. The birth of a third daughter also brings consequences that threaten her young stepmother. These experiences help Parveen make sense of her parents? decision and prompt her to consider the possibility of staying in Persia, urged by the neighbouring landowner, Aga Javad. (LL).…

Condition: Used: Very Good. VG+ book/good+ jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 177pp. VG/VG copy, very slight lean, some foxing to top page edge, now preserved in mylar jacket protector.