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The Book Of Imaginary Beings
by Borges, Jorge Luis
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099442639
- ISBN 13
- 9780099442639
- Seller
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Morrinsville, New Zealand
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Synopsis
Jorge Luis Borges wrote and edited the Book of Imaginary Beings in 1957 as the original Spanish Manual de zoología fantástica, or Handbook of Fantastic Zoology, expanding it in 1967 and 1969 to the final El libro de los seres imaginarios. The English edition, created in collaboration with translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni, contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. In the preface, Borges states that the book is to be read "as with all miscellanies... not...
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- Bookseller
- Samwise Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11111125039
- Title
- The Book Of Imaginary Beings
- Author
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099442639
- ISBN 13
- 9780099442639
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 6, 2002
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