Tales of Terror, or the Mysteries of Magic: A Selection of Wonderful and Supernatural Stories

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of Terror, or the Mysteries of Magic: A Selection of Wonderful and Supernatural Stories
  • Author: Henry St. Clair
  • Year: 1835
  • Publisher: Charles Gaylord
  • Pages: 178+119
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Tales of Terror, or the Mysteries of Magic: A Selection of Wonderful and Supernatural Stories
  • Notes:
    • Second edition. 8x5 inches. "1833" on front board, i.e. the date of the first edition. "1835" on title page.
    • 2 volumes published in 1. Actual page numbers are with respect to the volumes, i.e. are renumbered as of the start of Volume 2. We record the pages for volume 2 as if they had been numbered continuously, e.g. "The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century", which is shown as on p. 3 of volume 2, is listed here as on p. 181 (=178+3).
    • Reginald lists the page count as 277.
    • Woodcut frontispiece and 2 woodcut title page vignettes. Cloth-backed printed boards, woodcuts on front and rear.
    • "Translated from the Chinese, Turkish, and German"
    • Data from PBA Galleries.