THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUPPETRY ARTS

It ‘s 2 1/4″ thick and weighs nearly 4 kilos (9 pounds) with 864 pages, all in French. There are 506 plates (10″ x 11 3/4″). The book was proposed in 1978, revived in 1995 and published in November 2009. There were 39 editors and fact checkers, 9 translators and 234 contributing authors. Amazon France lists it at 76 Euros but that’s without shipping. With shipping to the USA, it could cost approximately133 Euros, about $200.

Well, no, you can’t pick it up on Amazon just yet, nor at your local bookstore, but UNIMA will gladly ship you one at: http://www.unima.org/uniE18.htm