
DEVIL STORIES - Maximilian Rudwin, 1st 1921 DEMONS SATAN SHORT STORIES FOLKLORE
DEVIL STORIES: AN ANTHOLOGYBook Details + Condition: Alfred A. Knopf (New York). First Edition, 1921. Hardcover. 332 pages, with Index. Selected and Edited with Introduction and Critical Comments by Maximilian Rudwin - author of DEVIL IN LEGEND AND LITERATURE, SUPERNATURALISM AND SATANISM, and more (please see our other listing for a signed book by the author). Rudwin presents an anthology of short stories all centered around the devil, with tales including:- The Devil in a Nunnery- From the Memoirs of Satan (Wilhelm Hauff, 1828)- The Devil's Wager (Thackeray, 1833)- Bon-Bon (Edgar Allan Poe, 1835)- The Devil's Mother-in-Law- Madam Lucifer (Garnett, 1888)- Lucifer (Anatole France, 1895)- And many more.Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light aging and wear to boards, with fading present; frayed spine ends; bookplate to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.