Publication: Spook Stories

Publication: Spook StoriesPublication Record # 31823
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1928-00-00
Publisher: Hutchinson
Price:
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).
Pages: 286
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Webpages: archive.org, fadedpage.com
Notes:
- 1st ed. 23 cm.
- Published at least in red and blue covers.
- Data from Reginald1; Tuck; John W. Knott, Jr.; and WorldCat library record of the 1976 Arno photographic reprint OCLC 2317547 ("ix, 287 pages").
- "With dust jacket." --OCLC 11586888, which reports this ed./printing apparently ("[1928]", no mention of cover), and provides identical list of Contents
- Price 7/5 may be reported (Tuck?) Price 7/6 from cover image linked here (jacket spine?) and contemporary newspaper coverage: earliest found, listing Manchester Guardian 1928-03-19 p5 "Books Received"; publisher advert The Observer -03-25 specifies "4th Impression". Price 7/6 is standard for Hutchinson's new novels, evidently from newspaper coverage.
External IDs:
- Bleiler Supernatural: 145
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11586888
- Reginald-1: 01135

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Collection Title: Spook Stories • collection by E. F. Benson

Contents (view Concise Listing)

13 • Reconciliation • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
35 • The Face • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
57 • Spinach • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
85 • Bagnell Terrace • (1925) • short story by E. F. Benson
105 • A Tale of an Empty House • (1925) • short story by E. F. Benson
125 • Naboth's Vineyard • (1923) • short story by E. F. Benson
149 • Expiation • (1923) • short story by E. F. Benson
177 • Home, Sweet Home • (1927) • short story by E. F. Benson
199 • "And No Bird Sings" • (1926) • short story by E. F. Benson
221 • The Corner House • (1926) • short story by E. F. Benson
241 • Corstophine • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
263 • The Temple • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-27 09:46:52
Clute/Grant	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-27 09:46:52
Reginald1	Verified	Mhhutchins	2010-03-17 12:03:12
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2007-09-13 19:05:26
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-27 09:46:52
Bleiler78	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-27 09:46:52
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-27 09:46:52

Publication: Spook Stories

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

Secondary Verifications