The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Newly Updated and Expanded)

Manguel, Alberto; Guadalupi, Gianni; Greenfield, Graham (Illustrator); Beddows, Eric (Illustrator); Cook, James (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0151005419 / ISBN 13: 9780151005413

Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego/New York, 2000

About this Item

Take a fabulous journey to over 1,200 imaginary worlds, cities, islands, countries, & continents in literature invented since the legends of Homer. Orig. published in 1980, then in an expanded paperback edition in 1987 (please see our listing $012398), this edition has been expanded & revised even more & now includes 220 illustrations & maps throughout its 755 pages, with Index in rear. Octavo has rich green cloth-covered boards, blind-ruled to front, lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: as clean & bright as Brand New except for some light smudges to exterior top page edges. Else, virtually flawless, pages white & completely unmarked, binding strong & straight. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with a teeny unclosed tear to head of spine. Beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover Free for years of reading pleasure! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of substantial (at least double) postage increase per USPS rates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Newly Updated and Expanded)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego/New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151005419
• ISBN 13: 9780151005413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Greenfield, Graham; Beddows, Eric; Cook, James
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology
  • Science Fiction-Fantasy
  • Illustrated Books/Illustrators

About this title

Synopsis

An expanded edition of a classic resource of fantastic literature serves as a guide to the imaginative realms, including Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz, touring more than 1,200 lands, including, in this volume, such places as Rushdie's Sea of Stories. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author

Alberto Manguel is the bestselling author of dozens of books including A History of Reading, for which he was recently awarded France's prestigious Prix Medicis. An editor, translator, and essayist, he began his career with the first edition of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places in 1980, with co-author Gianni Guadalupi, a translator, editor, and passionate book collector.