THE NEW DECAMERON: FURTHER TALES FROM THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT. Translated by Elisabeth Abbott

Potocki, Count Jan [Hrabia]

Published by The Orion Press, New York, 1967

About this Item

Octavo, cloth. First edition in English. A collection of about fifteen supernatural tales, arranged in the traditional structure typified by THE DECAMERON (or THE CANTERBURY TALES): tales told over a series of days by travelers en route to somewhere or else holed up in transit. The narration of most of the stories here is broken up over several days. A sequel to THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT: A COLLECTION OF WEIRD TALES (1960) which collects the material from the remaining forty-five extant days and the epilogue. "All in all, one of the Romantic masterpieces of the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1326. "His most famous supernatural work ." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 332-33. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 2-43. Reginald 11830. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges and a bit of rubbing to black background ink. Scarce. A much nicer copy than most. (#160883). Seller Inventory # 160883

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE NEW DECAMERON: FURTHER TALES FROM THE ...

Publisher: The Orion Press, New York

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition