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Helen Waddell, trans.; woodcuts by Robert Gibbings.
Beasts and Saints.
Published London: Constable & Co., 1946 reprint (previously issued 1934).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: the Chiswick Press, London.
Size: 126x188x13mm.
Page count: xx,152pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket is quite heavily worn, with its spine almost disintegrated, however a previous owner has enclosed it carefully in librafoil; the book itself has its spine skewed, and a little foxing to the page edges, but otherwise looks in generally good order.


This item £8.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 193g.

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A selection of animal stories translated from a range of sources, particularly the desert fathers and the Celtic saints.

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See also | Helen Waddell | Hagiography |

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