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Title
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en_US
Peacock's Feather
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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#60 of 249 signed copies
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George S. Hellman
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Creator
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Hellman, George S.
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:18:54Z
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1997-05
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1931
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:18:54Z
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Date Issued
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1931
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Abstract
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One of the strangest and loveliest finds ever. For some reason, I was wandering in a section that seemed to have little definition in a good, funky, basement uptown bookstore. For some reason, I started paging through this book and noticed that chapters seemed to be named after fables. Then I realized that it was a fictional life of Aesop! I had never heard of it. A week later, I found it listed among rare books at the Library of Congress! It is a delightful and creative reading experience. Hellman creates an astonishingly novel persona for Aesop, but fits it well with the traditional information about his life. The book is very fragile. Its gold endpapers and charming peacock-feather cover are both becoming separated. There is a strange nude frontispiece of Atossa as she appeared before Aesop. Wonders will never cease!
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Identifier
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2709 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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The Bobbs-Merrill company
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Indianapolis, IN
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Subject
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PS3515.E34 P4 1931
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Tangential book
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole