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Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet

William Bowen

First published 1922
Publisher The Macmillan Company
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art J. Ormsbee
Pages xvi+232

Notes

  • Price from listing NY Times 1922-10-15 p60 [book review p29?] "Latest Books", 12mo.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of two copies with original cover (better quality original from Cornell University).
  • Title page begins (all caps) "Solario the Tailor" over "His Tales of the Magic Doublet".
  • Copyright page gives publication date September 1922.
  • Both pages incorporate small unsigned drawings but neither mentions illustration.
  • Tiny cover illustration matches b/w drawing on title page.
  • "Illustrations" p[ix] lists 12 full-page including frontispiece, of which several have discernible signatures "J Ormsbee 22".
  • "To Be Read First" p[xi]-xiii seems to be a synopsis of The Enchanted Forest (1920) to which this book is sequel.
  • There are three unnumbered pages between page xiii and page 1, one of which includes a list of "audience" characters (would be page xv).

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet Cover 2018 Forgotten Books Hardcover Collection 276