Diddakoi by Rumer Godden, First Edition (11 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Green and blue cover shows a few small spots of foxing on spine and light wear to corners. No markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is the first Harper Trophy edition and is a clean book with light wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Clean, tight hardcover with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($5.95) with one small chip and light wear to the panel edges. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket. 147pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Creina Glegg (jacket design and decorations) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, Macmillan 1972 London. This book is in fair-good condition - ex-library, and although the binding is sound and the text clean, there is a notice to borrowers stuck on ffep plus several tape marks and some wrinkles; on the rfep there is a crossed out sticker, remains of something stuck in, several stamps and some tape marks; there is a small library stamp on the last page of the text and on the publication information; two pages have a small crease in upper corner; occasional dirty mark, eg. fingerprints on title page. The dust jacket is in good+ condition - not price-clipped; mild edge wear (no tears); protected by clear non-adhesive covering which has been stuck down with sticky tape on the inside flaps. Photos available if required.

Condition: Good. 1978. First Edition Thus. 140 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.

Tapa dura. Condition: Buena. Edición En Castellano. Los gastos de envío están calculados para envíos que no superen 1 kg de peso, y solamente para España peninsular Los envíos a Ceuta Melilla Baleares y Canarias , tienen tarifas distintas consúltenos sin compromiso antes de realizar el pedido superando 1 kg peso los gastos de envío aumentan ligeramente Size: 13x19xx3cm. Narrativa.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean red/black patterned paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with blue top-stained upper page edges, clean gold endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 147 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears; price clip at upper corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful story of a gypsy girl who has to adapt to life among traditional society after her grandmother dies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth half bound to spine over red patterned paper on boards. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Beige endpapers, top edge dyed blue. Clipped color pictorial Dust Jacket has drawing of horse drawn carriage. An orphan half-gypsy girl has to adjust to attending an English village school. Source for a Disney film and was filmed by the BBC as "Kizzy" (Winner of the Whibread Children's Book Award) Now protected in archival quality mylar. 147pp.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st UK, 1st impression. Signed by the author to the front end paper. Such a special book, it won the Whitbread prize for children's literature and was then adapted into the BBC TV series "Kizzy" (first aired in 1976) and later a BBC Radio production. A wise, sensitive and kindly author, Godden here combines themes of identity, exclusion and redemption into a tremendously satisfying (and instructive) read for older children. This copy is very good to fine overall with no marks or inscriptions other than the author's signature (with no dedication), with some spotting to text block edges, not intruding to pages. The (price-clipped) jacket is a little worn to the top edge, with a small closed tear to the top RH corner front, but retains its beautiful colouring and superb wrap-around illustration. Very rare in this format; all now protected in full Brodart wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition of this children's novel about a Romani child from British author Rumer Godden. The first edition, first impression of this children's novel from English author Rumer Godden, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper. Signed by Godden to the title page: 'with thanks for this wonderful award, Rumer Godden'.The story of an orphan Romani child called Kizzy, who faces persecution in a hostile, close-knit village community. This work won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category.Best known for the 1939 novel 'Black Narcissus', and its 1947 film adaptation, Godden authored over sixty works. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with a small closed tear at the head of front wrap and rear wrap. Signed to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

A first edition, first printing of 'The Diddakoi' by Rumer Godden, published by Macmillan in 1972. A very good book with a neat name to the head of the endpaper. In a very good clipped wrapper with some light edgewear and two short closed tears to the head of the front panel. The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden is a poignant story about Kizzy, a half-Romani (diddakoi) orphan girl who struggles to find acceptance in a prejudiced, close-knit English village. Raised by her fiercely independent great-great-aunt and their beloved horse, Kizzy faces bullying and hostility when her aunt dies. The book explores themes of identity, resilience, and belonging as Kizzy's life intertwines with both cruelty and unexpected kindness. Godden's lyrical writing paints a vivid picture of Kizzy's world, balancing the hardships she endures with the eventual compassion of others. It's a moving tale of courage and humanity in the face of adversity.