Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole

Mercury House, 9/30/1993 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 0.4000 6.5000 6.4000.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Mercury House, 1993-10. Paperback. Good.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Mercury House, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:9781562790493

Vintage Canada, 2008. 3rd Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Funny, Absurd, Satirical, And Disturbing—These Stories Are Horace Walpole's Most Original, Yet Least Known Writings These Short Tales Can Claim To Be The First Surrealist Writings In English And Remain Some Of The Strangest Fiction In All Literature. They Were Originally Published In 1785 In An Edition Of Six Copies, All Of Which Walpole Kept For Himself. An Extra Story Is Included, Which Was Preserved Only In Manuscript. Truly Bizarre, Walpole's Stories Defy The Fictional Conventions Of His Day, Beginning With An Often-Imitated Mock Preface Explaining That The Stories Were "Undoubtedly Written A Little Before The Creation Of The World, And Have Ever Since Been Preserved, By Oral Tradition, In The Mountains Of Crampcraggiri, An Uninhabited Island, Not Yet Discovered.

Mercury House. Used - Good. Good condition. (fantasy fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

San Francisco, Mercury House, 1993, trade paperback, xxiv-88 pp, First Printing of this edition by numberline, Signed by the Illustrator, Jill McElmurry, with a brief inscription to the original owner (named) on the half-title page. Very Good condition in bright, pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bumps to front corners. Seven imaginative tales by the late 18th century English art historian, man of letters, Whig politician and author of The Castle of Otranto (1764), each one featuring a clever drawing by the well-known illustrator and children's author of Mad About Plaid. Editor's note by Thomas Christensen. ISBN 9781562790493