Nectar Sieve: First Edition (11 results)
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. S-1336 , very good, creases Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. , paperback.
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. S-1336 , very good -fine, reading crease Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. , paperback.
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. S-1336 , near fine, unread, but name stamps inside Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. , paperback.
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. S-1336 , near fine, unread, Cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg. , paperback.
Published by Juniper Press, La Crosse, WI 1983
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. A very good plus copy in stapled wrappers with some light soiling and wear Signed and nicely inscribed by Cutler on the title page in the year of publication. Uncommon as such. Signed.
Published by Putnam, London 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition of the author's classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes and love, Kamala Markandaya January 1955." Very good in a very good dust jacket. This is the first example of this title we have seen signed or inscribed. Named Notable Book of 1955 by the A…merican Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. "Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country.if anything.better." (Saturday Evening Post).
More imagesPublished by Putnam, London 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this critically acclaimed novel set in India, by the popular British-Indian author Kamala Markandaya. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrapper.This novel was written by Kamala Markandaya…, a pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, who has been considered to be one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English. The work is set in India and chronicles the marriage between Rukmani and Nathan. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely aside from an old ink inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1954. The wrap is smart with a few small closed tears to the head of the wrap, marks to the rear, fading to the extremities and spine and slight creasing, chipping and wear to the edges. Spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine. None (illustrator). book.
Published by Putnam. London 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. DJ is dark brown on the front cover, with white lettering. Rear cover white with sepia/brown portrait of the author. Front cover has two closed tears - one about 2 inches and the ot…her only half an inch. DJ now protected in mylar. Binding good and tight. No date on title page. Copyright page says only First Published 1954. 248 pages. Very good condition inside and out, with early dealer's price in pencil on the front endpaper and a dime-sized dot where something has been blotted out with black marker. This is Markandaya's first book. First edition. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.
More imagesPublished by Putnam, London 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A superb copy in a near-fine dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth and stamped brightly in gilt on the spine. Clean and tight throughout; virtually unread. In a splendid dust jacket by Chadwick with the original price of 12s .6d. net at the bottom of the inside front flap. Wit…h a striking sepia photograph of Kamala Markandaya on the rear panel. With a touch of wear to the top and bottom corners and some light soiling and toning to the top white edges of the rear panel and along the rear fold. Otherwise, a lovely collectors copy of her first novel. The novels title "Nectar in a Sieve" (1954) was taken from S.T. Coleridge's Poem "Work without Hope" - "Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live." Kamala Markandaya (1924 2004),[1] pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. She has been called "one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English".[2] Markandaya was born into an upper-middle-class Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family.[3][2] A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers. After India declared its independence, Markandaya moved to Britain, though she still labelled herself an Indian expatriate long afterwards. Kamala was a descendant of diwan Purnaiya and was fluent in Kannada and Marathi.Nectar in a Sieve was named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association. It is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. "Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country.if anything.better." (Saturday Evening Post). First edition with "First Published 1954" on the copyright page and no subsequent printings listed. 1st Edition. With "First Published in 1954" on the copyright page.
