Book Shelves with Lots of books

You are viewing

On Monsters

No book cover available, blank cover
  • Author: Stephen T ASMA
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 2009
  • Description: Hardback, Very Fine
  • Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine
  • Edition: First(US)
  • Ref: 9786
  • View Terms of Sale & Postage Information

Comments & Further Information

First US Edition hardback copy of “ON MONSTERS” – an unnatural history of our worst fears with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. Price on dustjacket (rear panel). “ON MONSTERS is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters – how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. The book is compiled as follows: PART 1 – Ancient Monsters; PART 2 – Medieval Monsters : Messages From God; PART 3 – Scientific Monsters : The Book of Nature is Riddled With Typos; PART 4 – Inner Monsters : The Psychological Aspects.” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH