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- 'Edited and Translated with a Foreword by Anthony Kerrigan' on the title page.
- Translation of: Cuentos Breves y Extraordinarios, published in 1967 by Editorial Santiago Rueda S. R. L., Buena Aires (note on copyright page).
- Price $5.50 on front flap of dust jacket top corner.
- Publisher number Herder M41159 on front flap of dust jacket top corner.
- Cover art not credited, and no signature is visible. Date given on copyright page (1971) but no statement of subsequent printings on verified copy, no number line.
- Many of the unknown authors could be Anonymous or traditional; there was simply no author listed.
- Anthony Kerrigan clearly wrote the note on page 16.
- Although Amazon gives an ISBN for this book there is none printed in it.
- Wu Ch'êng-ên's name is printed "Wu Ch'eng-en".