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Zoo of the Gods : Animals in Myth, Legend & Fable
by Mercatante, Anthony S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0060655615
- ISBN 13
- 9780060655617
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. A bright, shiny, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (8.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Bound in the original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Arranged into 4 major parts: describing animals of the: 1) Water, 2) Earth, 3) Air, and 4) Mind [i.e. unicorns, hydra, mermaid, satyr, phoenix, minotaur, sphinx, griffin, chimera, dragon, siren, Pegasus, roc, loch ness monster, etc]. Annotated Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Meet the bear who married a prince, the hyena that mimics the human voice, foxes who outwit the Angel of Death, and the spider who saved Frederick the Great. These and over 100 other animals... fill the myths, legends, fables, and tales of ZOO OF THE GODS… Encyclopedic in scope, it show how animal mythology, folklore and symbolism has left an impact on the various arts, such as literature, art, and music." From the Prologue: "From the ancient gods of Egypt to the animated cartoons of Walt Disney, man's relationship with animals has been close, often intense, forming a bond even the advances of modern science cannot erase." . First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket.. Illus. by Anthony S. Mercatante . 8vo. xiii, 240pp..
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004462
- Title
- Zoo of the Gods : Animals in Myth, Legend & Fable
- Author
- Mercatante, Anthony S
- Illustrator
- Anthony S. Mercatante
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition (so stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0060655615
- ISBN 13
- 9780060655617
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Literary Biography / Criticism; Nature / Natural History / Ecology / Gardening;
- Size
- 8vo. xiii, 240pp.
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