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Hesitant Wolf & Scrupulous Fox: Fables Selected from World Literature
by Kennerly, Karen (ed.)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394464966
- ISBN 13
- 9780394464961
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1973 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxiii (i), 327 (1) pp. First Edition, 1973. Price clipped. Only the faintest wear external, else, Pristine. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white, and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Beige cloth with decorative illustration on front, and brown lettering to spine. Illustrated dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. b&w frontis, forward, introduction by Karen Kennerly, Part I. 1. Cynical Fables in Which We Are Doomed No Matter How Exemplary Our Behavior May Be; 2. Fables of GFables Which Make Social and Political Statements; 5. Variant Plays on the same Fables; 6. Fables Juxtaposed to Display Various Aspects of Fabulous Animals; 7. Various Oral and Literary Modes Which Narrate Fables; 8. Fables Couched in Other Literary Forms. Part II. "Fables Are a Succession of Changes"; biographical ntes on the Fabulists, index..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005429
- Title
- Hesitant Wolf & Scrupulous Fox: Fables Selected from World Literature
- Author
- Kennerly, Karen (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394464966
- ISBN 13
- 9780394464961
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- LITERATURE SELECT 4000 YEARS OF FABLES FABULISTS WORLD WIDE
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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