by Russell Ash, Brian Lake · Pavilion Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781862051027
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«Bizarre Books» is a work of bibliographic curiosities and humour by Russell Ash and Brian Lake, published by Pavilion Books in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Anthology of real unusual books compiled by Russell Ash and Brian Lake during their careers in the book world: absurd titles, double meanings and bibliographic curiosities on horticulture, science or medicine. Includes finds signed by authors such as A. Clot, Richard Daft or Cecil Nutter.
Revised and updated edition, published in 1998. The work originally appeared in 1985 as 'Frog Raising for Pleasure and Profit and Other Bizarre Books'.
Aimed at bibliophiles and those who enjoy the absurd and the curiosities of the publishing world.
Russell Ash was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his series of books on strange-but-true names, Potty, Fartwell & Knob, Busty, Slag and Nob End and Big Pants, Burpy and Bumface. Once described as 'the human Google', his obituary in The Times stated that 'In the age of the internet, it takes tenacity and idiosyncratic intelligence to make a living from purveying trivial information. Russell Ash did just that'.
