• Publication: Hissing TalesPublication Record # 926715
• Author: Romain Gary
• Date: 1964-04-00
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Price:
  $4.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: v+186
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Webpages: archive.org
• Notes: Info from Archive.org copy. Date from code "D-O" on copyright page; the copyright information is more extensive than the first edition, with additional publication credits for "The Oldest Story Ever Told" and "The Birds of Peru" (which was originally published under the title "A Bit of a Dreamer, A Bit of a Fool").

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • A Craving for Innocence • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Je découvre un Gauguin en vrac 1956)
• 11 • Comrade Pigeon • (1964) • short story by Romain Gary (trans. of Citoyen pigeon 1945)
• 18 • The Wall: A Christmas Tale • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Le mur (simple conte de Noël) 1962)
• 23 • The Fake • (1963) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Le faux 1962)
• 40 • Birds in Peru • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou 1962)
• 58 • The Oldest Story Ever Told • (1964) • short story by Romain Gary (trans. of La plus vieille histoire du monde 1962)
• 70 • Nature • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Les Joies de la nature 1962)
• 81 • Decadence • (1964) • short story by Romain Gary (trans. of Décadence 1962)
• 102 • A Humanist • (1963) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Les Belles natures 1958)
• 109 • All Is Well on the Kilimanjaro • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Tout va bien sur le Kilimandjaro 1945)
• 114 • The Night of History • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Une page d'histoire 1945)
• 127 • Speaking of Heroism • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Je rencontre un barracuda 1956)
• 134 • The Lute • (1954) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Le luth)
• 156 • Glass • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Les habitants de la terre 1951)
• 169 • The New Frontier • (1964) • short fiction by Romain Gary (trans. of Gloire à nos illustres pionniers 1962)