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Editore: Gollancz
Da: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Photograph available on request.
Editore: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958
Da: Back and Forth Books, Rohnert Park, CA, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Massud (illustratore). First Edition. "The story of a village in Persia's first tentative steps out of the past into the present century" - Front cover. Author of "Persia is my heart". Author was born in Teheran in 1930, studied in the US where she met Hinckley, and went back to the village of Sarbandan, to help bring sanitation to its inhabitants and education to its women and girls. This is the story of that experience over several years. Illustrated with b/w photo plates, ink sketches and map. 273 p. Notes on several organizations involved in the project. Fine cover, mylar protected, corners clipped, Original price $4.43. Portrait of author on jacket back. Trace of pocket removal on mustard colored endpaper. Only one library stamp on title page. No markings inside. Harper Crest library binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Editore: Victor Gollancz, London, 1960
Da: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Reprint ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), edges lightly foxed, some foxing top section first & last few pages, faint foxing reverse side jacket (flap square-clipped, chipping & few edge tears). 273 pp. A deeply moving account of how a young and beautiful Persian girl, the daughter of a great Persian family, has tried to alleviate the poverty and poor health in a native village. Najmeh Najafi writes with a simple dignity that underlines her modesty. Her first book, Persia Is My Heart, told of her break with traditions and her decision to study in America, in order to help her people. This very special book tells of the use to which she has put her studies: what she has achieved in the village of Sarbandan - a community of 1500 people not far from Tehran (now Iran). (1960 reprint edition: has dustjacket.).