Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature

Overview:

  • Title: Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature
  • Author: Alberto Manguel
  • Year: 1984
  • ISBN-10: 0517552698
  • Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter
  • Price: $11.95
  • Pages: xix+967
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Rocking-Horse Winner
  • Notes:
    • "First American Edition." Full number line.
    • Full publication date from {{Locus1}}, who also list the publisher as Crown. Crown is the distributor.
    • The cover art is a detail from The Subway (1950) by George Tooker (credited on back cover).
    • Price from back cover.
    • p. v: Dedication; pp. vi-vii: Epigraphs; pp. viii-xii: Acknowledgments; pp. xiii-v: Contents; pp. 956-967: author bios.
    • Manuel Mujica Láinez's name is printed "Manuel Mujica Lainez" throughout the book; Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's name is printed "Ryunosuke Akutagawa."
    • Joanne Greenberg's name is spelled "Joanne Greenburg" throughout the book.
    • Whereas the Picador edition is subtitled "The Anthology of Fantastic Literature," this edition is subtitled "The Book of Fantastic Literature."