I am trying to find a copy of a book I once owned.  I don't know the
title nor the author.  It was a book of short stories (3 or 4) each of
which featured a unicorn.  The word unicorn was in the title, I'm
pretty sure.  The cover of the book showed a famous tapestry of a
unicorn in a pen, as shown here:
http://www.unicornlady.net/Tapestry/tap7.html
I read the book at least 20 years ago, so it isn't anything newly
released.

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Request for Question Clarification by grimace-ga on 04 Jun 2002 10:37 PDT

Hi - the only book I've found that comes close is an anthology edited
by Bruce Coville, "The Unicorn Treasury". Published 1988.

The paperback edition *doesn't* have 'The Unicorn in Captivity' on the
cover, though it's possible that the hardcover did - do you remember
whether your edition was hard or paper?

Here's a list of the stories in the anthology - any memory-joggers?

What News the Eagle Brought" from THE LAST BATTLE                     
                C. S. Lewis
The Boy Who Drew Unicorns                     Jane Yolen 
Chapters 14, 15 and 16 from THE TRANSFIGURED HART                     
                  Jane Yolen
The Court of the Summer King                  Jennifer Roberson 
Excerpts from A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET        Madeleine L'Engle 
Homeward Bound                                Bruce Coville 
The Lore of the Unicorn                       Bruce Covill 
A Net to Catch the Wind                       Margaret Greaves 
The Paint Box                                 E. V. Rieu 
The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn        Patricia C. Wrede 
Ragged John                                   Bruce Coville 
Riddle                                        Myra Cohn Livingston 
The Snow White Pony                           Ardath Mayhar 
Starhorn                                      Shirley Rousseau Murphy
The Strangers                                 Audrey Alexandra Brown 
The Unicorn in the Maze                       Megan Lindholm 
The Unicorn                                   Ella Young 
Unicorn                                       Nicholas Stuart Gray 
Unicorn                                       William Jay Smith

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Clarification of Question by breanne-ga on 04 Jun 2002 12:25 PDT

Unfortunately, that isn't it.  My copy was a paperback, and I know for
sure that it was before 1988.  And the book I read had only 3 or 4
stories, not that many.  Another thing to consider...it was definitely
not a kids book.  I said I was 10 when I read it...it was given to me
by someone older who knew I liked unicorns...but obviously they had
never read it themselves.  The last story in the book was a bit,
*ahem*, adult in nature.  Not porn, but definitely erotic.

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Request for Question Clarification by robertskelton-ga on 04 Jun 2002 14:10 PDT

Could it be a book of 86 poems split into 4 or 5 sections? This one
came out with two versions which had the tapestry on the cover

The Unicorn and Other Poems 1935-1955
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679425403/qid=1023224471/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7117484-6847304

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1541128271

http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=508166&domain_id=&meta_id=1#full_prod_info

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Clarification of Question by breanne-ga on 04 Jun 2002 14:38 PDT

Sorry, no poems.  Just 3 or 4 short stories.
Thanks for trying!

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Request for Question Clarification by morris-ga on 04 Jun 2002 15:21 PDT

Go to this site, see if you recognize a title:

http://www.unicorncollector.com/bookstore.htm

I thought it would be easy sailing, but since older books only offer
decriptions of the cover art, it's a tough find. A page count, or a
definition like "Children's Book" might help.

Also see

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=unicorn&new_used=U&binding=HARD&isbn=&keywords=stories&min_price=&max_price=&submit=Begin+Search&currency=USD&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr

Which is out-of-print hardcover books with "unicorn" in the title and
"Stories" in the decription.

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Clarification of Question by breanne-ga on 04 Jun 2002 15:36 PDT

No, none of those titles sound familiar.  It is hard to tell whene
there is so little description given for the books that are out of
print.

Hello Breanne,

Sorry, couldn't find what you're looking for.


Here's a collection of 27 short stories with a unicorn theme:

Immortal Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061052248/qid=1023207882/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-4374433-1843869

Booklist says it "may be the year's best anthology of new stories.
None of the unicorns here is cute, some are barely corporeal (...)".

Peter Beagle is author of the great fantasy novel "The Last Unicorn"
(1968), which spawned an equally great animated movie in 1982.


Good luck to the next researcher.

Breanne,

This was a fun question. I’m amazed at the hundreds of unicorn sites
available. I found a book for you that has The Unicorn in Captivity on
the cover. I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for because it’s
not a collection of short stories but is instead a reference book on
unicorn mythology. I’m not approved as a researcher yet, but I thought
I’d give it a shot. Check it out.

czh

http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/unicorn8.html
Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard
1930 Avenal Books NY
ISBN: 0-517-371561
Out of print edition – Unicorn in Captivity on the cover
Several paperback editions are available

Closer than I got, czh-ga, but that's a non-fiction book looking at
unicorn folklore...

Not enough information for me to identify it, but here's two things
for you to try: go to bookfinder [the only booksearch worth bothering
with, since it searches nearly all the others] and enter "unicorn" in
the title and "stories" in the keyword blank. You get quite a few
possibilities no one has mentioned yet:

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=unicorn&submit=Begin+Search&new_used=*&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=stories&min_price=&max_price=&currency=USD&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr

You can also try putting in "unicorns" in the title box instead:
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=unicorns&new_used=*&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=stories&min_price=&max_price=&submit=Begin+Search&currency=USD&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr

Take a look through those and see if any ring a bell. Was it
illustrated, btw?

The other thing to try is go to
http://www.dnai.com/~ochobbit/lost.html which is the Department of
Lost Stories at one of the best sf/fantasy bookstores in the world,
The Other Change of Hobbit in Berkeley, California (no, I don't work
for them). They know a LOT, they have all the necessary reference
books for finding books and stories, and they often have nothing
better to do than to than bat back and forth e-mailed or phoned
queries among the staff and any customers who are present. The results
are often surprising. Tell them everything you told us. Be sure to
mention the tapestry (though it's extremely well known and no doubt
has appeared on the cover of scores of books).

RCB/Encyclopedist

Is this your book, Breanne?

Selling on Ebay at the time of this post:

"THE LORE OF THE UNICORN BY ODELL SHEPARD 1982 EDITION, 1ST PUB IN
1930 ILLUSTRATED AVENEN BOOKS DISTRIBUTED BY
CROWN PUBLISHERS NY,NY" 

Link, if it works:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1541311659

Hope this helps!

Best regards

Actually, that one was recommended by czh a few days ago.  That book
is not the one I'm looking for.  Thanks for trying, though!

This may be a little late, since you asked the question over two years
ago, but since there is no answer...

The book you are looking for is called "Unicorns II" edited by Jack
Dann & Gardner Dozois.  Copyright 1992 and published by Ace.

I found the book since I remembered the name of the author who wrote
the story of the unicorn on the porno movie set was Janet Kagan, then
I simply looked for her bibliography, an voila!

Hope it helps, and better late than never, eh?
Tanamin