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Book of Imaginary Beings
de Borges, Jorge Luis
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- Librería
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Viking, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Peter Sis. Brown cloth spine over white linen boards. Tall octavo. 236 pages, illustrated. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector.
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Studio Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 091210
- Título
- Book of Imaginary Beings
- Autor
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Ilustrador
- Peter Sis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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