The Fearsome Island
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Overview:
- Title: The Fearsome Island
- Author: Albert Kinross
- Year: 1975
- Publisher: Shroud Publishers
- Price: $1.00
- Pages: 72
- Binding: Pamphlet
- Type: Chapter Book
- Title Reference: The Fearsome Island
- Notes:
- On the copyright page it states: "Printed for Herbert S. Stone and Company at the Chap-Book Offices in the Caxton Building. 1896 Chicago."
- On the copyright page it states: "The Shroud Library of Forgotten Fantasies - Vol. 1" and that it was published in August 1965 by Kenneth J. Krueger . . . in an edition of 300 copies."
- It states on the copyright page that "The Fearsome Island" has been copyrighted in “1975 by Kenneth J. Krueger . . . This edition is limited to 3,000 copies."
- The opening page states that this is "A Shroud Publication", on title page it states "Shroud Publishers", and on page 72 it states that this is a "Fantasy House" publication.
- This novella opens with a preface by Albert Kinross mentioning that this is a transcribed true story that was originally found in manuscript form and that Kinross has edited the story for publication.
- This may or may not have any relationship to the 199 page novel that was later published by J. W. Arrowsmith.
- The last three pages are advertisements for other Fantasy House publications.
- John Pound does the wrap-around cover for this printing.