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The Island of Animals
by Johnson-Davies, Denys
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0292740352
- ISBN 13
- 9780292740358
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1994. Book. Illus. by Sabiha, Khemir; Khemir, Sabiha. Near Fine. Hardcover. First edition thus.. First University of Texas Press Edition (stated) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to one bottom corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean blue-green endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Illustrated by Sabiha Khemir. Adapted from an Arabic Fable by Denys Johnson-Davies. 76 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Adapted from an Islamic text set down in Basra in the tenth century AD, this tale expounds the teachings of Islam in the form of a fable about man's responsibilities toward his fellow creatures..
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- Title
- The Island of Animals
- Author
- Johnson-Davies, Denys
- Illustrator
- Sabiha, Khemir; Khemir, Sabiha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition thus.
- ISBN 10
- 0292740352
- ISBN 13
- 9780292740358
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, Texas
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- ARABIC FABLES, FOLK TALES, FIRST EDITION, DENYS JOHNSON-DAVIES, ISLAM, ISLAMIC TALES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Philosophy;
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