What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Into the Unknown
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SOLVED. 70s/80s encyclopedia on UFOs, cryptids, ghosts, etc. [s]
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This is probably not the book, but it has all the aspects you're looking for.Mysteries Of The Unexplained by Readers Digest
That’s not it, as you suspected
Not the Mysteries of the Unknown books by Time-Life, is it?Man, I loved those books. If they're not the same ones you're thinking of, then I need to figure out what you're looking for too. I love that stuff.
ETA: Was it one book that had all of those things in it? Or a collection of books covering different topics?
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Here are the contents according to www.worldcat.org. This list is VERY long, so I'll use the spoiler link. (You need to view using the desktop site, not mobile app.)
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Sorry, neither of those,To answer that first question, yes, it was one book that had all the topics in it! It was also rather big, bigger than A4, not a pocket digest or regular paperback size.
Hahah, found it! Very tricky, no authors listed. I have two of these at a relatives house so I will try to dig themmout.https://www.amazon.com/Into/dp/090948...
http://www.babooks.co.nz/product/2289...
We knnow, I posted it earlier.
Wolfrott wrote: "We knnow, I posted it earlier."She posted the goodreads link to the book, it's useful to have them, too.
Hi Rosa,Thank you for starting this thread. I have been looking for a book that was my fathers which is the same as you have described.
I remember it being quite large, black and white with heavy paper. It had lots of information on, unknown sea monsters, spontaneous human combustion, children raised by animals.
Would you be able to share some photos of the contents inside the book so I can confirm it was the same one? It would be a huge help :)
Thanks in advance,
Elliott
Elliott Mackie wrote: "Would you be able to share some photos of the contents inside the book so I can confirm it was the same one?"The cover isn't on this one, but you should be able to preview the inside contents: https://archive.org/details/intounkno...
Hey Ann,Thank you for tracking that down :) I really appreciate it – very close but unfortunately not the one.
The book I'm looking for is quite large and only in black and white.
I remember it having a white cover and from memory it has documentation of mysteries including:
Mysteries of Kasper Hauser
The wolf boy
Spontaneous combustion
Big foot – near human
Lochness
Thanks for the helping the hunt :)
Thanks Rosa,Unfortunately not. Although those do look like great books!
The book Im looking for is nearly an inch thick and larger than A4
it would have been published between 1970-1985.
I am hoping these are enough clues to help identify it :)
Thanks Rosa,Noted – This was the first thread that came up with similar searches that paralleled the book so was hoping someone might have it in their collection from similar themes and interests.
I will put the topic up :)
Elliott, did you put the topic up? I can’t figure out how to search posts and I am looking for the same book. At least I think I am, mine was definitely earlier than the Mysteries of the Unknown and doesn’t look like any of the Enchanted World Series. And it had spontaneous combustion as a topic.
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Exploring Unsolved Mysteries (other topics)Science and Unreason (other topics)
Into the Unknown (other topics)
Encyclopedia of Strange and Unexplained Physical Phenomena (other topics)
Mysteries of the Unexplained (other topics)
The cover was black with a part of the title, ‘Unknown’, repeated over and over in purple and white, so it looked like
__________________ (first text)
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN....
could be 1990s which is when I read it, but likelier 70s or 80s, it was old and dated. Usborne maybe a publisher but nothing’s come up when I looked.