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PREPARING THE GHOST: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First

PREPARING THE GHOST: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer. Hardcover first edition - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Frank, Matthew Gavin

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New York:: Liveright,, (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a good only dust jacket (approximately half of the rear flap of the dust jacket has been cut off) . First printing. A book in which "memory, mythology, and obsession collide . . Moses Harvey was the eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist who first photographed the near-mythic giant squid in 1874, draping it over a shower curtain rod to display its magnitude." One review called this is a "deliciously delirious layering of science, biography, history, mystery, linguistics, myth, philosophy, epistemology, adventure, travel . . a truly great essay. Illustrated with small drawings. Sources. xi, Small format. 297 pp.
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  • Title PREPARING THE GHOST: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer.
  • Author Frank, Matthew Gavin
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Fine in a good only dust jacket (approximately half of the rear flap of the dust jacket has been cut off)
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright,, New York:
  • Date (2014)
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 85207
  • ISBN 9780871402837 / 0871402831
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 4.7 x 1.2 in (18.80 x 11.94 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Geographic Orientation: Newfoundland
  • Library of Congress subjects Giant squids, Harvey, M
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014005845
  • Dewey Decimal Code 594.58

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2014, Page 11
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2014, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 07/13/2014, Page 1
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/21/2014, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 07/15/2014, Page 0

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