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The Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda : and other stories / by Fr. Rolfe, Baron Corvo ; with an introduction by Cecil Woolf.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC85 R6440 957c
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 74 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Nicholas Vane, 1957.
- Contents:
- An unforgettable experience
- Little Petronilla in Paradise
- Why the ass has long ears
- The mystery of the silent aitch
- The simplicity of Fra Innocent of the Nine Choirs
- The saint, the priest, the nowt, the devil
- Some examples of Sewer's End
- The tattooed wedding ring
- How I was buried alive
- The Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda
- The princess's shirts
- Deinon to Thely.
- Notes:
- Front cover has the author's facsimile signature in the lower right hand corner, with the spine lettered in gold.
- "Two hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed, numbered 1 to 250. There are besides twelve copies on Hodgkinson's hand-made blue-laid paper, lettered A to L."--P. [ii].
- T.p. has author's circular device originally designed for "Don Renato" reproduced in black.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 22.
- Culture Class Collection copy has unopened leaves.
- Cited in:
- Woolf, C. Corvo A14.
- OCLC:
- 3987979
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