The lore of the unicorn / (Record no. 4332)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | NUCLARK |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250322093114.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 91851351 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | NUCLARK |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | FIC .S54 2021 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shepard,Odell |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The lore of the unicorn / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Odell, Shepard |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Myths and Legends, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1930 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 312 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 448.00 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Chapter I. The Gorgeous East -- Chapter II. The Holy Hunt -- Chapter III. Shaping Fantasies -- Chapter IV. East And West -- Chapter V. The Treasure of His Brow -- Chapter VI. The Battle of Books -- Chapter VII. Rumours -- Chapter VIII. Conjectures -- Chapter IX. Certainties -- Chapter X. Reflections -- Notes on the text. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Odell Shepard', declared one reviewer when this book was first published, 'is a scholarly hunter of the wildest and most elusive game'. His quarry and his delight, has been the Unicorn, and he has pursued the trail of this strange beast through mythology, folk-lore, magic, medicine, literature, art, exploration, poisoning and the history of commerce Urbane and lucid in its presentation, the book is also a storehouse of arcane and curious lore. But the 'holy hunt' is not treated as an end in itself: the Unicorn becomes for Mr Shepard a single, vivid example of 'the ways by which magic rose into religious dogma and this gradually succumbed, or is succumbing, under the attrition of modern science'. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | REVENGE -- FICTION |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | MURDER -- FICTION |
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| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | LONDON (ENGLAND) -- FICTION |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
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