Daughters of the Moon

Overview:

  • Title: Daughters of the Moon
  • Author: Shahrukh Husain
  • Year: 1994
  • ISBN-10: 0571198562
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Price: $22.95
  • Pages: xxi+244
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Painted Skin
  • Notes:
    1st US ed., 1st printing Cover image and some data must be from Amazon.com 2016 or earlier (no price). As of 2023-05-05 Amazon.com provides visually identical image as Hardcover and "Faber & Faber; First Thus edition (January 1, 1994)".

    Open Library provides preview and Archive.org full view of apparent 1st printing (no numberline). Front inside flap states price $22.95. Title leaf, p[v-vi]: · "Collection, Introduction and Notes Copyright (c) 1993 by Shahrukh Husain" · "The acknowledgements on pp. x-xii constitute an extension of this copyright notice." · Credits jacket design by Lorna Stovall, photo by Merlyn Rosenberg. Contents, vii-ix, lists 59 stories in 8 parts such as "1. Alluring Women and Ailing Knights". Story headers include small subtitles such as "(Indian)" and "(Afro-Caribbean)", not in the Contents list. Artwork: heavy black ink illustrations (Part One to Part Eight title pages) and decorations (chapter headpieces) plus few small drawings inline.

    Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports: · Subtitle on front cover & spine: Witch Tales from Around the World · Bibliographical references, pp 223-44 That subtitle does not appear in the book.