Publication: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells

Publication: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. WellsPublication Record # 775584
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1966-09-00
Publisher: Ernest Benn
Price:
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).
Pages: vii+1038
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: Centenary Edition. Jacket design by Richard Gilbert. Wrap-around artwork may have been his, but not confirmed. Twentieth impression, dated 1966. PV1's copy was imported to the U.S. by Wehman Bros., with price-clipped dust cover front flap, & $9.95 stamped near the clip. No ISBN in this edition, which was purchased from an American bookshop in 1974. September publication is supported and price 21/- stated in a full general review by Martin Seymour-Smith, "Wells--the Gloomy Dreamer", The Spectator 1966-09-30 p420: "H. G. Wells is now, on the centenary of his birth, a persistently underrated, neglected and, above all, misunderstood writer; ..." Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "[1st ed.] 20th impression"; "[1966]", which implies the book is undated; and seven (vii) roman-numeral page numbers, where many library records of the collection report six (vi). Cover image from Amazon UK 2020-05-26 as Hardcover and "Ernest Benn Ltd.; 21st ed. edition (1 Sept. 1966)" and ISBN 0510403018. British Library record BL 003885829 reports ISBN 0510403018 as the Ernest Benn, 1970, 21st impression. The only notice found 2020-05-26 in automated search of US newspapers is a review by Eric Forbes-Boyd, Christian Science Monitor 1966-11-16 p13 (Boston, quoting only the UK price), which concludes noting "this centennial edition is the 20th impression." Page-numbered Contents are from our record as Benn 1974 and 1038 pages, which indicates no source.
External IDs:
- ASIN: 0510403018 AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
- Goodreads: 1648957
- LCCN: 67-78380
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1040334503

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Collection Title: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells • (1965) • collection by H. G. Wells (variant of The Short Stories of H. G. Wells 1927)

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9 • The Time Machine • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • (1895) • novel by H. G. Wells
92 • The Empire of the Ants • (1905) • short story by H. G. Wells
109 • A Vision of Judgement • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells
115 • The Land Ironclads • (1903) • novelette by H. G. Wells
139 • The Beautiful Suit • non-genre • (1909) • short story by H. G. Wells
144 • The Door in the Wall • (1906) • short story by H. G. Wells
162 • The Pearl of Love • (1925) • short story by H. G. Wells
167 • The Country of the Blind • (1904) • novelette by H. G. Wells
195 • The Stolen Bacillus • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
203 • The Flowering of the Strange Orchid • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
212 • In the Avu Observatory • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
220 • The Triumphs of a Taxidermist • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
225 • A Deal in Ostriches • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
230 • Through a Window • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
239 • The Temptation of Harringay • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
245 • The Flying Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
252 • The Diamond Maker • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
260 •
Æpyornis Island^?Aepyornis Island
• (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
273 • The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
284 • The Lord of the Dynamos • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
294 • The Hammerpond Park Burglary • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
302 • The Moth • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
313 • The Treasure in the Forest • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
325 • The Plattner Story • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
346 • The Argonauts of the Air • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
359 • The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
377 • In the Abyss • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
394 • The Apple • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
403 • Under the Knife • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
418 • The Sea-Raiders • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
430 • Pollock and the Porroh Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
447 • The Red Room • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
457 • The Cone • non-genre • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
470 • The Purple Pileus • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
483 • The Jilting of Jane • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
491 • In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
502 • A Catastrophe • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
512 • The Lost Inheritance • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
520 • The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
529 • A Slip Under the Microscope • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
551 • The Reconciliation • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
561 • My First Aeroplane • [Little Mother • 1] • (1910) • short story by H. G. Wells
575 • Little Mother Up the Mörderberg • [Little Mother • 2] • (1910) • short story by H. G. Wells
589 • The Story of the Last Trump • (1915) • short story by H. G. Wells
607 • The Grisly Folk • (1921) • essay by H. G. Wells
625 • The Crystal Egg • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
644 • The Star • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
656 • A Story of the Stone Age • (1899) • novella by H. G. Wells (variant of Stories of the Stone Age 1897)
715 • A Story of the Days to Come • (1899) • novella by H. G. Wells
807 • The Man Who Could Work Miracles • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
829 • Filmer • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
848 • The Magic Shop • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
860 • The Valley of Spiders • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
872 • The Truth About Pyecraft • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
884 • Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland)
899 • The Inexperienced Ghost • (1902) • short story by H. G. Wells
913 • Jimmy Goggles the God • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
927 • The New Accelerator • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
943 • Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
963 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
980 • Mr. Brisher's Treasure • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells
991 • Miss Winchelsea's Heart • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
1010 • A Dream of Armageddon • (1901) • novelette by H. G. Wells

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Publication: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells

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