Category Archives: speculative fiction

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume II – by Richard F. Burton

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"The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton.

“The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night” by Richard F. Burton.


Title: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume II
Series: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Richard F. Burton
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): unknown
Language: English
Original Language: Arabic
Original Title: كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة (Kitāb alf Laylah Wa-laylah)
Original Publisher: none
Originally Published: 1885
Publisher: The Easton Press
Published: 1994
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: none
Notes: The illustrator for the pieces located throughout the book is not credited in the book as far as I can tell. If you know who did these illustrations, please let me know.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume I – by Richard F. Burton

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"The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton.

“The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night” by Richard F. Burton.


Title: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume I
Series: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Richard F. Burton
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): unknown
Language: English
Original Language: Arabic
Original Title: كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة (Kitāb alf Laylah Wa-laylah)
Original Publisher: none
Originally Published: 1885
Publisher: The Easton Press
Published: 1994
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: none
Notes: The illustrator for the pieces located throughout the book is not credited in the book as far as I can tell. If you know who did these illustrations, please let me know.

Flatland – A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

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Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Edwin A. Abbott
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Edwin A. Abbott
Language: English
Original Publisher: Seeley and Co.
Originally Published: 1884
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: October 1992
ISBN-10: 048627263X
ISBN-13: 9780486272634

Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ivor H. Evans

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Title: Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Author(s): Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Ivor H. Evans
Language: English
Original Title: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Original Publisher: Cassell
Originally Published: 1870
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: November 1989
ISBN-10: 1234567890
ISBN-13: 9781234567890
Notes: 14th edition

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

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"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.

“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne.


Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Series: Captain Grant and Captain Nemo Universe
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Jules Verne
Cover Artist: Kate Forrester
Interior Artist(s): Milo Winter
Language: English
Original Language: French
Original Title: Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers
Original Publisher: Magasin d’Education et de Recreation
Originally Published: March 1869
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: September 2012
ISBN-10: 143514211X
ISBN-13: 9781435142114

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Title: A Christmas Carol
Series: A Christmas Carol
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Cover Artist: Fred Barnard
Language: English
Original Title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas
Original Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Originally Published: December 1843
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: December 1988
ISBN-10: 0553212443
ISBN-13: 9780553212440

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

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"East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North".

“East of the Sun and West of the Moon – Old Tales from the North”.


Title: East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
Author(s): George Webb Dasent, David Nutt
Editor(s): unknown
Cover Artist: Kay Nielsen
Interior Artist(s): Kay Nielsen
Language: English
Original Language: Norwegian
Original Title: Norske Folkeeventyr
Original Publisher: unknown
Original Author(s): Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe
Originally Published: 1842
Publisher: Calla Editions
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 1606600036
ISBN-13: 9781606600030
Notes: None of the copies I can find indicate who translated “Prince Lindworm”.
Contents:
   “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Blue Belt” by George Webb Dasent
   “Prince Lindworm” by unknown
   “The Lassie and Her Godmother” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Husband Who Was to Mind the House” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Lad Who Went to the North Wind” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Three Princesses of Whiteland” by George Webb Dasent
   “Soria Moria Castle” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Princess on the Glass Hill” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Widow’s Son” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by George Webb Dasent
   “The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain” by David Nutt
   “The Cat on the Dovrefell” by George Webb Dasent
   “One’s Own Children are Always Perfect” by George Webb Dasent

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Title: Frankenstein
Series: Frankenstein
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Mary Shelley
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Original Title: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Original Publisher: Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor & Jones
Originally Published: March 1818
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1994
ISBN-10: 0486282112
ISBN-13: 9780486282114

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

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"The Swiss Family Robinson" by Johann David Wyss.

“The Swiss Family Robinson” by Johann David Wyss.


Title: The Swiss Family Robinson
Series: The Swiss Family Robinson
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Johann David Wyss
Cover Artist: Andrea Dezsö
Interior Artist(s): T.H. Robinson
Language: English
Original Language: German
Original Title: Der Schweizerische Robinson
Original Publisher: Johann Rudolph Wyss
Originally Published: 1812
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: September 2012
ISBN-10: 1435142071
ISBN-13: 9781435142077

The Taoist Priest of Laoshan Mountain, adapted by Cao Zuorui

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"The Taoist Priest of Laoshan Mountain", adapted by Cao Zuorui.

“The Taoist Priest of Laoshan Mountain”, adapted by Cao Zuorui.


Title: The Taoist Priest of Laoshan Mountain
Author(s): Cao Zuorui, 曹作锐, Cáo Zuòruì
Cover Artist: Du Dakai, 杜大恺, Dù Dàkǎi
Interior Artist(s): Du Dakai, 杜大恺, Dù Dàkǎi
Language: English
Original Language: Mandarin
Original Title: 劳山道士 (sometimes written 崂山道士)
Original Publisher: unknown
Originally Published: 1740
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press, 外文出版社出版
Published: 1984
ISBN-10: 0835110915
ISBN-13: 9780835110914