Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales

Overview:

  • Title: Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales
  • Author: Vernon Lee
  • Year: 1904
  • Publisher: Grant Richards
  • Price: 3/6
  • Pages: 200
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed.
    • Publication date and price from The Athenaeum #4018 (1904-10-29) p572, "From Mr. Grant Richards's List"; this one noted "[Ready."
    • Contents below are from the 1907 John Lane edition (see), a stated "Second Edition" with identical page-count. Grant Richards went out of business in 1905. John Lane may have acquired some rights and plates.
    • That 1907 Second Edition shows: -- "Pope Jacynth & Other Fantastic Tales" (title page ampersand) -- "The Lady and Death: A Companion Piece to Dürer's Print" (title and small-size subtitle displayed at the head of the fourth story).

      For this edition, WorldCat record OCLC 4322309 shows matching data except: -- Pope Jacynth : and Other Fantastic Tales (heading) -- The Lady and Death (from Contents list)
    • British Library records do fashion the title of this edition "Pope Jacynth, and other fantastic tales." (BL, below) and that of the Second Edition with ampersand ({{BL| 002111589}}).