Tales of the Masque

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of the Masque
  • Author: J. H. Pearce
  • Year: 1895
  • Publisher: A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • Price: $1.25
  • Pages: 207
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Tales of the Masque
  • Notes:
    • 1st US ed., printed in the UK
    • Publication date (inferred) and price from listing in "Books Received", NY Times 1895-09-01 p27, and unsigned review in the same newspaper -09-15 p27, "Sad Views of Life". Earliest found in the local Chicago Tribune this one is bottom of a column perhaps all as books McClurg "Have Just Published", -10-05 p11.
    • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy without original cover: -- title page shows (all caps):   Chicago:   A. C. McClurg & Company.   London: Lawrence & Bullen. [equal size]   1895. -- stories, p[3]-207 -- UK publisher advertisements, back pages [1]-7 (UK publications and prices) Printed pages are identical to those of the 1st ed., except title leaf and p[207], whose footer names the London printer, data relocated from the 1st ed. title leaf: "Woodfall & Kinder, Printers, 70-76, Long Acre, W.C."
    • WorldCat (OCLC, below) provides a list of Contents (15 story titles).