Title: A Deal in Ostriches

Title: A Deal in Ostriches Title Record # 68471
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1894-12-20
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published: Pall Mall Budget, 20 December 1894

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Year	Language	Title
1905^ⓘTranslated by uncredited.	Italian	Affare di struzzi
1910	German	Ein Straußenhandel^?Ein Straussenhandel
1959^ⓘTranslated by B. Bereanu	Romanian	O afacere cu struți^?O afacere cu struti
1990^ⓘTranslated by Joseph Dobrinsky	French	Une vente d'autruches

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	1895-09-00	H. G. Wells	Methuen			275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	1896-03-00	H. G. Wells	Methuen (Methuen Colonial Library)			275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	1896-05-00	H. G. Wells	Tauchnitz (Collection of British Authors #3128)		ℳ1.60^?ℳ: German gold mark	285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1897-00-00	H. G. Wells	Edward Arnold			vi+ 504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1898-00-00	H. G. Wells	Harper & Brothers			vi+ 504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Novelle straordinarie	1905-00-00	H. G. Wells	Fratelli Treves			211	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	C. Ondano
Der gestohlene Bazillus und andere Geschichten	1910-00-00	H. G. Wells	Julius Hoffmann		M 4.00^?M: East German mark	338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	1924-00-00	H. G. Wells	W. Collins Sons	33	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-10-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran		$5.00^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	The Literary Guild				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	1930-00-00	H. G. Wells	Macmillan and Co.		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	175	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1937-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1937-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			437	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1938-00-00	H. G. Wells	Garden City Publishing Co.			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Time Machine: An Invention and Other Stories	1946-09-21	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Wells' Eightieth Birthday)	573	1/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	1947-00-00	H. G. Wells	Longmans, Green and Co.			82	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1948-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		17/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1951	1951-11-00	ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine			$0.35^?$: US dollar		digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Argosy (UK), February 1952	1952-02-00	ed. Editors of Argosy (UK)	The Amalgamated Press		1/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	144	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Tales of Life and Adventure	1954-00-00	H. G. Wells	Collins			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1957-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		13/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Povestiri	1959-00-00	H. G. Wells	ESPLA (Meridiane)			256	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Collins			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1966-09-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	vii+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Thirty Strange Stories	1974-00-00	H. G. Wells	Causeway Books	0-88356-028-3		504	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1974-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn	0-510-40301-8	$12.50^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1987-00-00	H. G. Wells	St. Martin's Press	0-312-15855-6	$19.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Short Stories	1990-00-00	H. G. Wells	The Folio Society		£14.95^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 262	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Empire of the Ants and Other Short Stories / L'Empire des fourmis et autres nouvelles	1990-09-17	H. G. Wells	Le Livre de Poche (Les Langues Modernes/Bilingues)	2-253-05346-5		311	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Annie-Claude Martin
Thirty Strange Stories	1998-03-00	H. G. Wells	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0488-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 406	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1998-08-00	H. G. Wells	J. M. Dent	0-460-87964-2	£30.00^?£: UK pound	xii+ 883	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	2004-06-24	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	12750			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	2006-01-01	H. G. Wells	The Echo Library	1-84637-515-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar	88	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Complete Short Story Omnibus	2011-04-00	H. G. Wells	Gollancz	978-0-575-09524-3	£25.00^?£: UK pound	959	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	2013-02-14	H. G. Wells	CreateSpace	978-1-4825-4859-4	$6.99^?$: US dollar	86	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	2013-08-01	H. G. Wells	Bottom of the Hill Publishing	978-1-4837-0297-1	$9.99^?$: US dollar	112	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Crystal Egg and Other Stories	2017-01-09	H. G. Wells	Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)	978-1-84022-739-0	£1.99^?£: UK pound	xxx+ 450	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Carolyn Arcabascio
Thirty Strange Stories	2019-06-17	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	59774	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	2024-03-12	H. G. Wells	Faded Page	20240313	C$0.00^?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Odhams Press			375	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Life and Adventure	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Collins / BCE			254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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