Great Works of Jewish Fantasy

Overview:

  • Title: Great Works of Jewish Fantasy
  • Author: Joachim Neugroschel
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0330253433
  • Publisher: Picador / Pan Books
  • Price: £1.95
  • Pages: 713
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Tower of Rome
  • Notes:
    • Copyright page states "This Picador edition published 1978 by Pan Books Ltd".
    • Also states "First published in Great Britain 1976 by Cassell & Co Ltd".
    • Contents page states the Foreword begins on page "vii", however the pages it appears on are not numbered.
    • Title page has "Yenne Velt" above the collection's title, presumably referring to the genre ("other world").
    • Publication is divided into Volume One and Volume Two, with Notes on each story that appear after each Volume. Notes are uncredited but presumably written by Joachim Neugroschel.
    • Uncredited titles are from the uncredited anthology The Mayse Book (1602), a medieval collection of Yiddish stories.
    • Only the cover states Neugroschel as the translator of these stories.
    • Also priced A$5.50, NZ$5.85.