About this title: Few readers will want, or be able to resist this modern bestiary. Here, you will find the familiar - Gryphons, Minotaurs and Unicorns - as well as the Monkey of the inkpot and other undeniably curious beasts. Borges' cunning and humourous commentary is sheer delight.
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780099442639ISBN:0099442639
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good + English text. First Thus Edition. VG+. Softcover, Mass Market size, 256 pp, light edgewear with slight age toning to pages and rubbing to covers, else a clean and tight copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN-13:9780143039938ISBN:0143039938
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780143039938. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780140180237ISBN:0140180230
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Edition: First U.S. Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780670891801ISBN:0670891800
Description: Sis, Peter. (xv) 236 pages, b/w illustrations by Peter Sis, translator's note, note; 8vo, white/wine boards. Originally published as El Libro de los Seres Imaginarios, Near fine, remainder mark bottom edge; dust jacket very good, scuff rear. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, NY
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780670891801ISBN:0670891800
Description: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0670891800. Illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Spanish by Andrew Hurley. First printing. Lower corners slightly bumped, else fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780099442639ISBN:0099442639
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 176 pages. (176 pages) contains the familiar-gryphons, minotaurs and unicorns-as well as the monkey of the inkpot and other undeniably curious beasts. this work presents a humourous commentary. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2005-11-03
ISBN-13:9780670891801ISBN:0670891800
Description: New. COLLECTIBLE. STATED FIRST EDITION. ALSO FIRST PRINTING WITH FULL 10 DIGIT NUMBER LINE. Brand New hardcover with dust jacket. Excellent overall condition. Nice tight bright book. Text is clean and unmarked. No remainder marks. Packaged carefully and sent promptly in box with free tracking number in US. Gift Messaging available. Satisfaction guaranteed with fast, friendly service. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: DUTTON., NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First American Edition. Near fine in a close to fine dj. (Old style protective jacket has bled through onto dj., though only discernable at upper & lower edges of dj. flaps. Faint purple horizontal lines. Light trace of foxing at top edge) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cape
Date Published: 1970
Description: Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 256pp. 1st english edition of revised edition with 120 pieces co-written with Margarita Guerrero. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover, 1st American edition, a review copy with slip from Dutton, two press releases and ab&w photo of Borges. Book has no marks, names or price-clip--a nice copy with jacket in an archival acetate protector. Text in English, 256 p. 25 cm. Translation of El libro de los seres imaginarios. read more
""The Book of Imaginary Beings" is a slim little volume in which Borges indulges a number of his interests: enumeration, imaginary realities, and the cultural and linguistic history of Europe and Asia. He's at his best when he's describing certain particularly Borgesian animals: the minotaur in his labyrinth, the creatures who live on the other side of mirrors, the fish on whose back rests the entire world. But those are only a few of the 100+ passages here. In the others, he describes many variations on the same themes: fantasy animals which are made from combinations of parts from real animals (like the Sphinx, part human, part lion), or ones which are much larger or smaller than their counterparts in our world. So while this is essential reading for the Borges completist, if you haven't read the Collected Fictions and Non-Fictions, I'd read those first."
"This is quite the interesting little bestiary. I did expect it to be riveting even in its logbook treatment of mythologies, since that's what I like, but it definitely was not riveting. It's a fun read to have before bed, reading a few entries before shutting off the lights. I learned of a great many creatures of the human brain that I did not know about before, and in that especially, this book does its job. If you're looking for something in-depth though, this isn't it. It's a great book to get you started."
"Uma obra de muita utilidade a todo apreciador de literatura, mitologia e a todo escritor de ficção. Uma enciclopédia das mais marcantes criaturas lendárias. 4 Estrelas."
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