THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT: A COLLECTION OF WEIRD TALES. Edited and with Preface by Roger Caillois. Translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott
Published by The Orion Press [1960], New York, 1960
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Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, cloth. A collection of about twenty-five supernatural tales, arranged in the traditional structure typified by THE DECAMERON (or THE CANTERBURY TALES): tales told over a series of days by travelers en route to somewhere or else holed up in transit. Translation of MANUSCRIT TROUVE A SARAGOSSE (1958), which collects the first fourteen days (thirteen of which were published in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1804 and 1805) and the "Tales Taken from Avadoro, a Spanish Story" (first published in Paris in 1813). "All in all, one of the Romantic masterpieces of the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1326. "His most famous supernatural work ." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 332-33. The work was continued in Potocki's THE NEW DECAMERON (1967). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 2-43. Reginald 11831]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25578).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT: A COLLECTION OF WEIRD TALES. Edited and with Preface by Roger Caillois. Translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott
- Author
- Potocki, Count Jan [Hrabia]
- Publisher
- The Orion Press [1960], New York
- Publication year
- 1960
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition in English.
- Seller catalogs
- Horror & Supernatural, Story Collection (single author)
John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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