The Legal Page

The pages at this site are meant as a tribute to Giovanni Guareschi whom I regard as my mentor. I have made them purely to promote the writings of Giovanni Guareschi, which are largely unknown in India, and possibly in other parts of the world as well, since all of the English translations of his books are out of print and any old editions are very difficult to get hold of.

I derive only personal pleasure in posting these pages and do not expect to receive any consequent compensation, in cash or in kind. All copyright notices from the books that I have quoted from appear at the bottom of the index page of every book and are also listed in complete detail below. I expressly state that I do not intend to infringe any copyrights. Should anybody feel that any part of this site does not adhere to the copyright laws, please contact me via my feedback page and I will remove the offending parts immediately, albeit with great regret.

I implore the publishers / copyright holders to let me pay my tributes to my favourite author in this manner. Of course, I do not contest their rights in this regard.

The Little World of Don Camillo - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by Una Vincenzo Troubridge

First published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1951.

Published in Penguin Books 1962.

Reprinted 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977.

Don Camillo and the Devil - Giovanni Guareschi

First published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1957.

Published in Penguin Books 1962.

Reprinted 1964.

Copyright © Giovanni Guareschi, 1957.

Don Camillo and the Prodigal Son - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by Frances Frenaye

First published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1952.

Published in Penguin Books 1962.

Reprinted 1963, 1966, 1968.

Copyright © Giovanni Guareschi, 1952.

Don Camillo's Dilemma - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by Frances Frenaye

First published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1954.

Published in Penguin Books 1962.

Reprinted 1964, 1966, 1968.

Copyright © Giovanni Guareschi, 1954.

Comrade Don Camillo - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by Frances Frenaye

First published in Italy in 1963 as Mondo Piccolo: Il Compagno Don Camillo

This translation published in the U.S.A. 1964.

First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1964.

Published in Penguin Books 1966.

Copyright © Rizzoli Editore, 1963, © Giovanni Guareschi, 1964.

Don Camillo meets Hell's Angels - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by L.K.Conrad

This translation is from Don Camillo e i giovanni d'oggi

first published in the U.S.A. under the title

Don Camillo Meets the Flower Children, 1969.

Published in Great Britain, under the title

Don Camillo Meets Hell's Angels, 1970.

Published in Penguin Books, 1972.

Reprinted 1974.

Copyright © Rizzoli Editore, 1969.

Translation copyright © Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., 1969.

This edition copyright © Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1970.

The House That Nino Built - Giovanni Guareschi

Translated by Frances Frenaye

This translation first published in the U.S.A. 1953.

Published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1953.

Published in Penguin Books 1967.

Copyright © Giovanni Guareschi, 1953.

P.S. Having written all this, I am now quoting an e-mail sent to me by Alberto & Carlotta Guareschi, in reply to a query on my part about any legalities that may be involved in hosting this wab page.

Roncole Verdi, october 16th, 1997

Dear Vajrang,

There is no problem for what concerns the copyright: you have our permission to put on the web page everything you desire as we are the only owners of the english rights about our father's complete work. In fact the english Publisher's rights have expired.

Alberto & Carlotta Guareschi

Yours Truly most gratefully acknowledges their magnanimous response to my request.