• Publication: Tales of the Persian GeniiPublication Record # 620210
• Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
• Date: 1917-11-00
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Price:
  $2.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: x+225
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: 1st ed. Price from publisher advertisement Chi. Tribune 1917-12-01 p13 "Good Gift Books for Boys and Girls" (earliest found) Brief review in "Books and Authors" The Living Age 1917-12-22 p765 notes illustrated "end pieces" that are not included in the copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL). HDL (catalog record) provides full view of one copy with original cover apparently (HDL 39000005835207 from original at Indiana U -- as of 2017-07-28 catalogued as 1 of 3 copies, but two are the 1919 UK ed. mis-catalogued) -- front cover dark blue with black lettering and green decoration, not illustrated -- title page: "Retold by [FJO] with Illustrations by Willy Pogany" -- t.p. verso states copyrights 1917 FJO and "Willy Pogány"; Published November 1917 -- Foreword, p[v]-vii -- Contents, [ix]-x -- Illustrations, [xi], lists 4 (frontispiece and 3 color plates not included in the pagination) -- text spans p[1]-225 -- p[226], three lines: "The Riverside Press // Cambridge · Massachusetts // U · S · A" The contents are four series of stories set in a brief 5-part frame story (see Title Reference). As of 2017-07-28 Amazon US provides a front dustjacket image that suggests a square book (truncated image?), with design including illustration that nearly matches the front book cover of the 1919 UK ed.
• External IDs:
  • ASIN: B0040VCRRO AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1816619

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Tales of the Persian Genii • interior artwork by Willy Pogany
• v • Foreword (Tales of the Persian Genii) • essay by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 1 • The Fountain of the Genii • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 5 • The History of Abudah and the Search for the Talisman of Oromanes • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 54 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [1] • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 56 • The History of the Sultan Misnar and the Four Enchanters • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 107 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [2] • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 109 • The History of Farrukruz the Favourite of Fortune • novelette by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 141 • Continuation of the Fountain of the Genii [3] • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 142 • The History of King Azad and the Two Royal Sheykhs • novella by Frances Jenkins Olcott
• 223 • Conclusion of the Fountain of the Genii • short story by Frances Jenkins Olcott