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Publication: The Fearsome Island

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  • Publication: The Fearsome IslandPublication Record # 384759
  • Author: Albert Kinross
  • Date: 1975-00-00
  • Publisher: Shroud Publishers
  • Pub. Series: Fantasy Reader
  • Pub. Series #: 7
  • Price:
    $1.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 72
  • Format:
    ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
  • Type: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: The Fearsome Island by John Pound
  • Notes:
    • On the copyright page it states: "Printed for Herbert S. Stone and Company at the Chap-Book Offices in the Caxton Building. 1896 Chicago."
    • On the copyright page it states: "The Shroud Library of Forgotten Fantasies - Vol. 1" and that it was published in August 1965 by Kenneth J. Krueger . . . in an edition of 300 copies."
    • It states on the copyright page that "The Fearsome Island" has been copyrighted in “1975 by Kenneth J. Krueger . . . This edition is limited to 3,000 copies."
    • The opening page states that this is "A Shroud Publication", on title page it states "Shroud Publishers", and on page 72 it states that this is a "Fantasy House" publication.
    • This novella opens with a preface by Albert Kinross mentioning that this is a transcribed true story that was originally found in manuscript form and that Kinross has edited the story for publication.
    • This may or may not have any relationship to the 199 page novel that was later published by J. W. Arrowsmith.
    • The last three pages are advertisements for other Fantasy House publications.
    • John Pound does the wrap-around cover for this printing.
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Chapbook Title: The Fearsome Island • (1965) • chapbook by Albert Kinross

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