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They Chose to be Birds.

They Chose to be Birds.

Publication details: William Heinemann,1935,

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The author's second novel, preceded also by volumes of poetry and plays - scarce. A work of science fiction based on the relationship between religion and biology, by the son of author Mabel Dearmer, in which a family metamorphose into different types of birds - the preacher, Arthur Fellowes Fall, electing to become a parrot to continue his ability to talk.

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1935, pp. [viii], 280, crown 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in white, publisher's device stamped in blind to lower board, edges spotted, dustjacket with a striking design by Youngman Carter, small closed tear at head of front panel, a couple of miniscule nicks and gently rubbed at extremities, very good

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