Title: The Beautiful Suit
Title Record # 68481
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1909-04-10
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1909-04-10
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note:
First published in the US weekly magazine Collier's, 1909-04-10 p. 13, as "A Moonlight Fable: The Little Man and His Gleaming Suit".
--The FictionMags Index
(FictionMags reports no other publication. The source as first publication is unknown.)
Synopsis:
A young boy gets a very fine handcrafted suit as a gift from his mother, but is allowed to wear it only on very few occasions. One night he decides to wear it and goes out for a stroll ...
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1911-08-00 | H. G. Wells | Thomas Nelson & Sons | 2/-?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). |
xii+ 574 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 1911-11-00 | H. G. Wells | Mitchell Kennerley | $7.50?$: US dollar |
153 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 1911-11-00 | H. G. Wells | Grant Richards | 153 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1913-08-00 | H. G. Wells | Thomas Nelson & Sons (Nelson's Library) | -/7?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). |
xii+ 574 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 1915-01-00 | H. G. Wells | Grant Richards | 153 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Country of the Blind | 1923-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #161) | 161 | $0.10?$: US dollar |
62 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
coll | ||
Tales of Wonder | 1923-00-00 | H. G. Wells | W. Collins Sons | 249 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories | 1925-00-00 | H. G. Wells | T. Fisher Unwin (The Works of H. G. Wells #10) |
xiv+ 652 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||||
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories | 1925-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Charles Scribner's Sons (The Works of H. G. Wells #10) |
xiv+ 652 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1926-01-00 | H. G. Wells | Tauchnitz (Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors #4713) | 4713 | 267 | 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 Time Machine and Other Stories | 1927-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | 215 | 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 | |||||
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | 1930-00-00 | Herbert George Wells | Zsolnay (Herbert George Wells: Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben) | RM 6.00 | 371 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | George Charles Beresford | ||
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 | ||||
Short Stories: First Series | 1940-09-00 | H. G. Wells | Thomas Nelson & Sons (Teaching of English #221) | 221 | 218 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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 | |||
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 | |||
Magazine of Horror, September 1964 | 1964-09-00 | ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes | Health Knowledge, Inc. | $0.50?$: US dollar |
132 | 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 | |||
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 | ||||
The Cone | 1965-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Fontana | 1125 | 3/6?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). |
160 | 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 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 | |||
Der gestohlene Bazillus und acht andere Erzählungen | 1969-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Diogenes | 264 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tomi Ungerer | |||
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 Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 1980-00-00 | H. G. Wells | David R. Godine | 0-87923-326-5 | 157 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 1980-07-00 | H. G. Wells | David R. Godine | 0-87923-327-3 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
157 | 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 | ||
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | 1980-09-00 | H. G. Wells | Zsolnay (H. G. Wells Edition #6) | 3-552-03240-1 | DM 24.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
270 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Doris Byer | |
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | 1982-10-00 | H. G. Wells | Ullstein (Ullstein Bücher #20256) | 3-548-20256-X | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
270 | 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 | Theodor Bayer-Eynck | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1996-10-31 | H. G. Wells | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282827-4 |
xxxvii+ 534 |
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 Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2004-04-02 | H. G. Wells | Project Gutenberg | 11870 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 2005-07-22 | H. G. Wells | Project Gutenberg | 456 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | 2006-01-10 | H. G. Wells | The Echo Library | 1-84637-793-5 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
302 | 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 Man Who Could Work Miracles | 2006-12-01 | H. G. Wells | Tartarus Press | 978-1-905784-00-4 | £35.00?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 363 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales | 2009-00-00 | H. G. Wells | Fall River Press | 978-1-4351-1583-5 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 367 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Kazuhiko Nakamura | |
A Dream of Armageddon | 2009-01-00 | H. G. Wells | Cybraria | $3.26?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||||
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 3 | 2009-06-22 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2010-03-23 | H. G. Wells | Waking Lion Press | 978-1-4341-0292-8 | $21.99?$: US dollar |
398 | 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 | ||
A Dream of Armageddon | 2010-05-00 | H. G. Wells | Kessinger | 978-1-161-41702-9 | $30.95?$: US dollar |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Cast Macabre, CM7 | 2010-06-11 | ed. Barry J. Northern | Wolfsbane Publishing | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | ||||
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 | ||
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14 | 2011-09-01 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2013-01-17 | H. G. Wells | CreateSpace | 978-1-4819-9061-5 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
310 | 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 Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2013-07-29 | H. G. Wells | CreateSpace | 978-1-4912-2057-3 | $15.20?$: US dollar |
576 | 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 Door in the Wall and Other Stories | 2013-08-01 | H. G. Wells | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | 978-1-4837-0288-9 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
106 | 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 | ||
Short Science Fiction Collection 50 | 2014-06-01 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
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 | |
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | 2017-04-21 | H. G. Wells | Enhanced Media Publishing | 978-1-365-89161-8 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Frank R. Paul | ||
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy | 2019-10-01 | ed. Mike Ashley | The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) | 978-0-7123-5263-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
296 | 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. |
anth | Enrique Bernardou | |
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 | ||||
A Dream of Armageddon | date unknown | H. G. Wells | Kessinger | 978-1-4191-0103-8 | $21.95?$: US dollar |
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 | |||
Tales of Wonder | date unknown | H. G. Wells | Collins / BCE | 253 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |