• Publication: The Eerie BookPublication Record # 583970
• Editor: Margaret Armour
• Date: 1898-00-00
• Publisher: M. F. Mansfield
• Price:
  $2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
• Pages: 211
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: The Eerie Book by W. B. MacDougall
• Notes: First US edition Published late in 1898, nearly a year after the 1st ed., perhaps for the Christmas gift season. The first two of three notices found 2019-11-05 in US newspapers do not make clear that this book is yet out, or merely on the season list list. • Literary World 1898-09-17 p304 (by publisher) • NY Times -11-19 pBR774, "Holiday Books: Classified Lists of the Season's Books from the Publishing Centres" The latter observes: "In the first place the number is very large, being augmented by some 'hold-overs' from last Spring, when some European editors saw the downfall of certain New York publishers, either by Spanish shell or insolvency ..." Cover artist and price from listing in publisher advertisement, NY Times 1898-12-10 pBR839: "with 15 full-page illustrations and a cover design by W. B. MacDougall. 8vo, cloth, gilt top,   $2.50 net".
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 31333472

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  The Eerie Book • interior artwork by W. B. MacDougall