For Maurice: Five Unlikely Stories

Overview:

  • Title: For Maurice: Five Unlikely Stories
  • Author: Vernon Lee
  • Year: 1927
  • Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head
  • Price: 7/6
  • Pages: li+223
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Virgin of the Seven Daggers
  • Notes:
    • "First published in 1927" on the copyright page. The introduction is date "August 5 to 17, 1927", so the book was most likely published in late 1927.
    • Includes a 4 page catalog of the author's works at the end, not included in the page count.
    • The Roman numeral pages include separate introductions ("five unlikelier introductions") by the author for each of the five stories -- not included as separate content items here.
    • The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 256-57. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 114. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-48. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-141. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 326. Bleiler (1978), p. 121.