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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Thetis Blacker (illustrator). A modern retelling of the Sufi parable, "The Conference of the Birds," a poem written in the thirteenth century by Farid ud-Din Attar. In this retelling, the birds of the Earth, led by the Hoopoe, respond to Her call for help and set out on a journey to find the Great Being over the edge of time. In the course of this journey they encounter and overcome the power of the seven invisible monsters who are threatening the life of the planet. Seller Inventory # DADAX1569579075
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Thetis Blacker (illustrator). New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1569579075
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Thetis Blacker (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bristol. Barefoot Books Ltd. 1993. This UK first printing was published a year before the US Shambala publication and is scarce. Hard Cover. Demy 4to 11" x 8¾" [27.9cm x 22.2cm] approx. 40 pp. Mid blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. Brick red endpapers with tiny pair of footprints to each. Book and illustrated jacket with wraparound design are both as new. Colour frontispiece and many more stunning colour illustrations decorate the text. The majority of the pictures were painted in 1981 for a series called 'The Search for the Simurgh'. A retelling of the Sufi parable, "The Conference of the Birds," a poem written in the thirteenth century by Farid ud-Din Attar, in which the birds of the Earth face seven invisible monsters in order to save the world. The jacket will be covered with an inert archival protective sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional photographs. Postage price quoted outside the UK are for a book up to 1kg using UPS mail with tracking. Book(s) above this weight may incur a surcharge. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg and are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£2.85). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. Seller Inventory # YR3OCT13005
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Thetis Blacker (illustrator). Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB1569579075