One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances

Overview:

  • Title: One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances
  • Author: Théophile Gautier
  • Year: 1899
  • Publisher: Brentano's
  • Price: $1.50
  • Pages: xvi+388
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances
  • Notes:
    • New edition
    • {{Tr|Lafcadio Hearn}}
    • Publication date and price from "Brentano's Publish To-Day" (list of four), NY Times 1899-09-02 pSRB589; this one "cloth, with original designs".
    • "New plates have been made and many original head and tail pieces added. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.50." --"Brentano's New Books", NY Times -10-07 pBR677
    • HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) provides full view of two copies from U California that it catalogues thus (records 006544747, 100116497): • "Brentano's, [c1890]"; "xvi, 366 p. 19 cm." • "Brentano's, 1906, c1899"; "388 p. 18 cm." The first includes the original front cover; its page count 366 is mistake for 388. The second title page date is a mistake. Interiors are identical: -- title page: "Theophile Gautier" (no diacritical mark), small decoration or logo, no date § -- t.p. verso: copyrights 1890 by Worthington, 1900 by Brentano's -- Contents, p[v] -- Gautier "Memorial verses" by Swinburne, p[vii] -- To the Reader, p[xi]-xvi, closing "New Orleans, 1882." -- stories span p3-381, with unimpressive headpieces and trivial tailpieces -- Addenda, p[383]-88 -- p[389], blank § § Other HDL copies of Brentano's editions show a different title page decoration, dates 1900 and 1906, and p[389] printer statement. (Wikipedia provides the image of a different front cover design as "Cover of the 1900 Brentano's edition".)
    • Library of Congress record {{LCCN|99003537}} reports the 1900 Brentano's but provides a link to HDL 006544747, a mismatch.
    • WorldCat library records linked here (OCLC, below) are all of those found 2019-02-18, for both print copies and e-reproductions, that report (c)1890 or (c)1899; "[1899]" or no date. Three of five report 366 pages.