Format:
Book
Author:
Henderson, Caspar, author.
Title:
The book of barely imagined beings : a 21st century bestiary / Caspar Henderson.
Publisher, Date:
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013, c2012.
Description:
xix, 427 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Bestiaries.
Rare animals.
Curiosities and wonders.
Animals -- Miscellanea.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Granta Books, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-411) and index.
Contents:
Axolotl -- Barrel sponge -- Crown of thorns starfish -- Dolphin -- Eel -- Flatworm -- Gonodactylus -- Human -- Iridogorgia -- Japanese macaque -- Kìrìphá-kò, the honey badger -- Leatherback -- Mystaceus -- Nautilus -- Octopus -- Pufferfish -- Quetzalcoatlus -- Right whale -- Sea butterfly -- Thorny devil -- 'Unicorn' : the goblin shark -- Venus's girdle -- Waterbear -- Xenoglaux -- Xenophyophore -- Yeti crab -- Zebra fish.
LCCN:
2012040239
ISBN:
9780226044705 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022604470X (cloth : alkaline paper)
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
799385
Call Number:
591.68 H
Course Reserves:
0
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