Lost Worlds. What Have We Lost, & Where Did it Go?
by Bywater, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Granta Books, 2004). 8vo; original blue cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 296 (including index). Fine condition. 'Like some Augustan Umberto Eco, Bywater decodes, derides and deconstructs the major and minor archanas of world civilizations, hilariously zooming in and out from chocolate bars to cosmology: anatomizing moustaches and melancholy, dogs and democracy. This marvellous and valuable book transforms itself as you read from a quirky miscellany into something wiser, nobler, deeper, sadder and more remarkable.' - Stephen Fry. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1371
- Title
- Lost Worlds. What Have We Lost, & Where Did it Go?
- Author
- Bywater, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Granta Books, 2004)
- Keywords
- Michael Bywater. Lost Worlds. Extinction. Philosophy. Humour Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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