• Publication: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic StoryPublication Record # 711099
• Author: uncredited
• Date: 1765-04-00
• Publisher: William Bathoe and Thomas Lownds
• Pages: xvi+200
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes: Second edition. Several sources note that Walpole claimed authorship in the second preface and while that essay does note that the originally credited author and translator were fictitious, he does not appear to identify himself. There is no evidence that his name appears on the title page. However, the dedicatory poem is signed "H. W."
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 1651
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 3269090
  • Reginald-1: 14819A

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Preface to the First Edition (The Castle of Otranto) • essay by Horace Walpole [as by uncredited]
• Sonnet to the Right Honorable Lady Mary Coke • poem by Horace Walpole [as by H. W.]
• Preface to the Second Edition (The Castle of Otranto) • essay by Horace Walpole [as by uncredited]
• The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story • novel by Horace Walpole (variant of The Castle of Otranto 1764) [as by uncredited]