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One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances

Théophile Gautier

First published 1882
Publisher Richard Worthington
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages ix+321
Price $1.75


6 stories {{tr|{{a|Lafcadio Hearn}}}} "Stories selected from Nouvelles and Romans et contes." --{{OCLC|54358110}}, with list of Contents (6 stories only)

According to Wikipedia (citing Servello, 2006), Lin Carter intended to reissue this work in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.

  • 1st ed. "Faithfully {{tr|{{a|Lafcadio Hearn}}}}" --stated in the listing cited below, also on 1886 and 1890 title pages viewed at HathiTrust
  • Publication date (inferred), price, page count, and size 8-1/4x5-1/2 inches --all from listing in "Books of the Week", The Independent (New York) 34.1738 (1882-03-23) p12: "Owing to the bewildering variety recently introduced ... we shall hereafter, for the present, at least, give the measures of books in this list in inches and quarters."
  • Bleiler Supernatural and/or Reginald-1 probably give page count x+322. WorldCat (OCLC, below) and the listing cited above reports ix+321, which matches the 1886 and 1890 Worthington Co. eds./printings (viewed at HathiTrust).

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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances 1899 Brentano's Hardcover Collection xvi+388
One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances 1907 Maclaren & Co. Hardcover Collection xvi+388
One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances 1928 Brentano's Hardcover Collection xxiv+388
One of Cleopatra's Nights Cover 1999 Wildside Press Trade Paperback Collection ix+321
One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances 2012 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 39397