"The Oxford Book of the Supernatural compiles some of the very best writings on this fearsome subject, drawing from both ancient and modern, from East and West, and from Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist traditions. ... Drawing from both factual accounts and the finest works of literature ... Enright offers material that probes the dark corner where the supernatural and natural worlds collide ..."
--from Publisher description provided to Library of Congress (above)
- Data from Internet Archive scan
- "First published 1994"
- No date other than year. Month from Locus1.
- First printing per number line
- "Chosen and edited by D. J. Enright" per title page
- UK price on front dust jacket flap, no US price listed on book
- Copyright page has both British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data and Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data statements. LCCN per copyright page.
- Cover artist credit per front dust jacket flap which has "Jacket illustration: The Ghost of Koheji, by Hokusai, c. 1831, Tokyo National Museum. The ghost of an actor, who was drowned by his wife's lover, peers down at the couple over a mosquito-net."
- The book consists of numerous untitled extracts from stories, poems, letters, essays, etc. These extracts range from a paragraph to a page long; most are short.
