Dictionary of Imaginary Places

 

My new favorite used bookstore find courtesy of the Second Story Books used book warehouse in Maryland (they also have a smaller DC location) is...The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, by Alberto Manuel and Gianni Guadalupe. More fantasy than mystery, I still find it fascinating. 

This heavy reference book features fictional places from fantasies including maps and detailed descriptions of places. The copy I found had an artist who used a highlighter to color certain maps. 

You can find descriptions of Eastwick, as detailed in John Updikes, The Witches of Eastwick; Earthsea as depicted in Ursula LeGuin's, A Wizard of Earthsea; and Jurassic Park from Michael Crichton's novel of the same name. 

This edition was published in 2000, and I've been unable to find a reference to a more recent edition.