Monsterology by Ernest Drake
Are there monsters among us? Comb through this essential handbook to learn the secrets that even respected scientists don't know. Is it true that a humble stone can summon a sea serpent to your aid?Do you know the best way to remedy a cyclops's lazy eye? What bison-like creature burns its enemies with venomous dung (and must be approached from the front)? How does one reliably tell true beasts from false, and what do stitches and glue have to do with it? Even monsterologists who know their bigfoots from their bakus can be stymied by the unexpected, and here is a no-nonsense source brimming with fun hands-on lessons guaranteed to leave the reader confident and prepared. Among this lavish handbook's special features are:
-- two envelopes with pull-out surprises
-- a removable certificate of achievement
-- four pages of monstrous stickers
-- fact files on beasts of the earth, water, and air -- as well as monsters that are semi-human
According to legend, Dr. Ernest Drake lived in St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, England, in the late 1800s and to have published Dragonology in 1895 in a very restricted edition of 100 copies. Dr Ernest Drake, a prominent dragonologist and a founding member of London's Secret & Ancient Society of Dragonologists, was determined to bring the study of dragons under the rising canopy of nineteenth-century natural sciences. He was certain that dragons existed, and his notes indicate that he had plenty of experience with them. Only one copy of Dragonology is known to have ever been seen in public, having been discovered in the basement of a secondhand bookstore in London in 1987.
A note, dated 1904, sent to an anonymous apprentice accompanied the book. The meticulous work of Dr. Ernest Drake has been authentically replicated in this one-of-a-kind volume. Douglas Carrel, Chief Draughtsman: A Scotsman by birth, Douglas Carrel was a well-known dragonologist who frequently accompanied Dr Drake on his more profitable trips. In a letter to the editor from Constantinople, he writes, It is with great honour, and not a little pride, that I offer my assistance to the compilation of this very meritorious collection.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780763639402 |
| ISBN 10 | 0763639400 |
| Title | Monsterology |
| Author | Ernest Drake |
| Series | Ologies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2008-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |