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Title: The Old Man and Death Title Record # 2799831
Author: Aesop
Date: date unknown
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Aesop's Fables
Series Number: 60
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: Ancient Greek
Note: Listed on the Perry Index as "The Old Man and Death". Also known as "The Poor Man and Death".
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Translations
Year Language Title
1848Translated by Thomas James.
English The Old Man and Death
1909Translated by Joseph Jacobs
English The Old Man and Death [as by
Ęsop?Aesop
]
1912Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones
English The Old Man and Death
1998Translated by Olivia and Robert Temple
English The Old Man and Death

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Folk-Lore and Fable 1909-00-00 ed. Charles W. Eliot, L.L.D. P. F. Collier & Son (The Harvard Classics #17)     361
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Harvest of World Folk Tales 1949-00-00 ed. Milton Rugoff The Viking Press     xviii+
734
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Harvest of World Folk Tales 1968-00-00 ed. Milton Rugoff The Viking Press  
$3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xviii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Joseph Low Checkmark
A Harvest of World Folk Tales 1968-00-00 ed. Milton Rugoff The Viking Press (Viking Compass) 0-670-00220-8
$3.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xviii+
734
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The Complete Fables 1998-00-00 Aesop Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 0-14-044649-4   xxv+
262
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Aesop's Fables 2005-08-23 Aesop Tantor Audio      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
The Complete Harvard Classics 2020-11-18 uncredited Moon Classics      
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Checkmark
A Harvest of World Folk Tales date unknown ed. Milton Rugoff The Viking Press (Viking Compass) 0-670-00220-8
$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xviii+
734
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Aesop's Fables date unknown Aesop Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics) 978-1-59308-062-4
$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxiv+
269
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Arthur Rackham Checkmark
The Complete Fables date unknown Aesop Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 0-14-044649-4
£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xxv+
262
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
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