Anthologie du conte fantastique français

Overview:

• Title: Anthologie du conte fantastique français
• Author: Pierre Castex
• Year: 1963
• Publisher: Librairie José Corti
• Pages: 348
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Anthology
• Title Reference: Les trous du masque
• Notes:
  • First edition of the completely revised anthology (see title note).
  • Apparent first printing.
  • Data retrieved from Le Visage Vert and BDFI.
  • Uncredited cover art; no visible signature.
  • This is the second edition (1963) of the anthology, which differs from the 1947 one : it contains 31 stories (against 33 for the first version), 14 of which only are common to both publications.
  • Each story or group of stories by a specific author is preceded by a bio-bibliographical presentation by Pierre Castex.
  • As some of these stories are in fact excerpts from longer works, their titles have sometimes been made up by the editor.
  • This anthology, as well as its original 1947 version, are the source of most of Francis Lacassin's Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur, published in 2000.