Publication: Out of This World

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Publication: Out of This WorldPublication Record # 195217
Editor: Julius Fast
Date: 1946-03-00
Catalog ID: 537
Publisher: Penguin Books (US)
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 232
Format:
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.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- 4th printing of the Penguin edition, March 1946.
- Paper covers are coated with a thick varnish or thin plastic sheet.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 38714458

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Anthology Title: Out of This World • (1944) • anthology by Julius Fast

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • A Word from the Editor (Out of This World) • (1944) • essay by Julius Fast
1 • Evening Primrose • (1940) • short story by John Collier
13 • Laura • (1914) • short story by Saki
19 • Sam Small's Tyke • [Sam Small] • (1940) • novelette by Eric Knight
57 • Satan and Sam Shay • (1942) • short story by Robert Arthur
73 • A Disputed Authorship (excerpt from A House-Boat on the Styx) • (1895) • short fiction by John Kendrick Bangs
79 • Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies • [The Lobblies] • (1937) • short story by Nelson S. Bond
87 • A Vision of Judgement • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells
93 • Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • short story by John Collier
99 • The King of the Cats • (1929) • short story by Stephen Vincent Benét
115 • The Canterville Ghost • (1887) • novelette by Oscar Wilde
145 • My Friend Merton • (1944) • short story by Julius Fast
158 • And Adam Begot • (1942) • short story by Arch Oboler
175 • The Club Secretary • [Jorkens] • (1934) • short story by Lord Dunsany
180 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London

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