• Publication: For Maurice: Five Unlikely StoriesPublication Record # 166361
• Author: Vernon Lee
• Date: 1927-00-00
• Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head
• Price:
  7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: li+223
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes:

  • "First published in 1927" on the copyright page. The introduction is date "August 5 to 17, 1927", so the book was most likely published in late 1927.
  • Includes a 4 page catalog of the author's works at the end, not included in the page count.
  • The Roman numeral pages include separate introductions ("five unlikelier introductions") by the author for each of the five stories -- not included as separate content items here.
  • The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 256-57. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 114. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-48. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-141. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 326. Bleiler (1978), p. 121.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 991
  • LCCN: 83-460080
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2516476
  • Reginald-1: 08777

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introductions (For Maurice: Five Unlikely Stories) • essay by Vernon Lee
• 1 • Tanhûser and the Gods • (1913) • novelette by Vernon Lee
• 69 • Marsyas in Flanders • (1900) • short story by Vernon Lee
• 93 • The Virgin of the Seven Daggers • (1889) • novelette by Vernon Lee
• 141 • Winthrop's Adventure • (1881) • novelette by Vernon Lee
• 207 • The Doll • (1896) • short story by Vernon Lee