Publication: Tales of the Unexpected

Publication: Tales of the UnexpectedPublication Record # 304372
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1924-00-00
Publisher: W. Collins Sons
Price:
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).
Pages: 252
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: • No statement of printing on copyright page • First printing has publisher's advertisements on page 1 dated SPRING, 1924. [Currey] • Reginald has the date as 1922 [not listed in either Clute or Tuck] • Pagination from Tales of the Unexpected on Archive.org.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 904345708
- Reginald-1: 15080

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Collection Title: Tales of the Unexpected • collection by H. G. Wells

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
20 • The Moth • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
33 • The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
54 • Under the Knife • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
71 • The Plattner Story • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
96 • The Crystal Egg • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
118 • The Man Who Could Work Miracles • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
140 • A Dream of Armageddon • (1901) • novelette by H. G. Wells
172 • The New Accelerator • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
190 • The Door in the Wall • (1906) • short story by H. G. Wells
211 • The Apple • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
221 • The Temptation of Harringay • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
228 • Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
245 • The Inexperienced Ghost • (1902) • short story by H. G. Wells
261 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	Not Verified
Bleiler78	Not Verified
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:49:16
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:49:16
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 13:14:27
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 13:14:27
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 13:14:27
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 13:14:27
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 13:14:27
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:49:16
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:49:16
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:49:16