Hieroglyphic Tales
| First published | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Elkin Mathews |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 85 |
The story 'The Bird's Nest' was added to this collection in the 1982 edition.
SFE (in biographical entry by Mike Ashley) describes the 1982 as "rev[ised] with addition of a previously uncollected story" and edited by Kenneth W. Gross.
The British Library calls it a facsimile of the 1785 (ix+50 pages implied) with introduction by Kenneth W. Gross, {{BL|004078887}}.
WorldCat (OCLC, below) reports as Genre:
"Private press books (Publishing) Officina Bodoni"
and as Contents story titles fashioned such as:
"Tale VI: A true love story"
Vital notes include:
"Of this edition 250 copies have been printed by hand in autumn 1926 ..."
"... The text here followed is that of the first edition. Some notes, written by Horace Walpole in his copy of the first-sheets of the first edition, now in the British museum, have been added."
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| |0 | Preface (Hieroglyphic Tales) | Horace Walpole | Essay |
| |1 | A New Arabian Night's Entertainment | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |2 | The King and His Three Daughters | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |3 | The Dice-Box: A Fairy Tale | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |4 | The Peach in Brandy: A Milesian Tale | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |5 | Mi Li: A Chinese Fairy Tale | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |6 | A True Love Story | Horace Walpole | Short Story |
| |8 | Postscript (Hieroglyphic Tales) | Horace Walpole | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| Hieroglyphic Tales | 1974 | Folcroft Library Editions | Hardcover | Collection | 85 | |||
| Hieroglyphic Tales | 1978 | Norwood Editions | Hardcover | Collection | 85 | |||
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1982 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library | Unknown | Collection | xv+ix+50+[5] | ||
| Hieroglyphic Tales | 1993 | AMS Press | Hardcover | Collection | xv+ix+50+[5] | |||
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1993 | Mercury House | Trade Paperback | Collection | Jill McElmurry | xxiv+89 | |
| Hieroglyphic Tales | 2004 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 14098 | |||
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2005 | Alan Rodgers Books | Hardcover | Collection | |||
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2006 | Alan Rodgers Books | Trade Paperback | Collection | Jean-Léon Gérôme | 108 | |
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2010 | Pallas Athene | Trade Paperback | Collection | 77 |