• Publication: The Tales of HoffmannPublication Record # 384955
• Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Date: 1943-00-00
• Publisher: Limited Editions Club
• Pages: xxiv+336
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. Issued in slipcase. Illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag Signed by the illustrator. Translated by various translators indicated in the respective titles, credited in OCLC/WorldCat record. This appears to be essentially identical to the Heritage Press edition published the same year: same stories, same translators, same illustrator, and both with "A Prologue from the Illustrator". The Heritage Press edition has a tan cover, the Limited Editions Club edition has a black cover, but they both have the same insignia on the cover (and both are slipcased). Data from WorldCat and Rachel Davis Fine Arts (auction house).
• External IDs:
  • DNB: 992457629
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 3009236
  • Reginald-1: 07313

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• A Visit at Midnight: A Prologue by the Illustrator • short story by Hugo Steiner-Prag
• Councillor Krespel • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Rath Krespel 1818)
• Don Juan; or, The Fabulous Adventure Which Befell a Commercial Traveler • (1843) • short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Don Juan 1813)
• Gambler's Luck • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Spielerglück^?Spielerglueck
  1819)
• Introductory Essay (The Tales of Hoffmann) • essay by Arthur Ransome
• Mademoiselle de Scudéry: A Tale of the Times of Louis XIV • novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Das Fräulein von Scuderi^?Das Fraeulein von Scuderi
  1819)
• Notes (The Tales of Hoffmann) • essay by uncredited
• The Entail • (1885) • novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Das Majorat 1817)
• The Mines of Falun • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Bergwerke zu Falun 1819)
• The Mystery of the Deserted House • (1817) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Das öde Haus^?Das oede Haus
  )
• The Sandman • (1885) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816)
•  The Tales of Hoffmann • interior artwork by Hugo Steiner-Prag
• The Uncanny Guest • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der unheimliche Gast 1819)
• The Vow • (1817) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Das Gelübde^?Das Geluebde
  )