• Publication: Tales of HoffmannPublication Record # 417417
• Author: Hoffmann
• Date: 1932-00-00
• Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
• Price:
  21/-^?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: 206
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: Tales of Hoffmann by Laboccetta [as by Mario Laboccetta]
• Notes:

  • OCLC/WorldCat states: Translated by F. M. Atkinson.
  • Printed in France.
  • An image of the cover and of the title page found in used book listings shows no author name on the front cover or spine; the title page likewise reads: "Tales of Hoffmann / Illustrated by Mario Laboccetta." Therefore the author credit "Hoffmann" used here.
  • Price from brief review The Scotsman 1932-12-08 p4 "George G. Harrap"; here "five of the famous stories of fantasy have been selected for illustration by a young Neapolitan artist, Mario Sabocetta [sic], who is admirably suited ..."
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 829
  • Goodreads: 13483697
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 561039793 2712468

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Tales of Hoffmann • interior artwork by Laboccetta [as by Mario Laboccetta]
• The Interdependence of Things • novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Zusammenhang der Dinge 1819) [as by Hoffmann]
• The Sandman • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816) [as by Hoffmann]
• The Mystery of the Deserted House • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Das öde Haus^?Das oede Haus
  1817) [as by Hoffmann]
• The Lost Reflection • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht 1815) [as by Hoffmann]
• The Walled-In Door • novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Das Majorat 1817) [as by Hoffmann]