Publication: A Book of Strange Stories

Publication: A Book of Strange StoriesPublication Record # 357200
Editor: Herbert van Thal
Date: 1954-00-00
Catalog ID: 315
Publisher: Pan Books
Price:
2/-^?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: 188
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
Cover: A Book of Strange Stories by Sax
Notes: Artist signature 'Sax' on left side of cover. No price indicated. There are two additional unpaginated pages of author bios at the back, and two unpaginated pages of ads. Price on lower right of cover.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11220888
- Reginald-1: 14513

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • The Cyprian Cat • (1933) • short story by Dorothy L. Sayers
22 • A Visit to Grandpa's • non-genre • (1939) • short story by Dylan Thomas
29 • 'What Dreams May Come' • (1934) • short story by Walter de la Mare
40 • The Dwarfs • (1921) • short story by Aldous Huxley
54 • Dearth's Farm • (1923) • short story by Gerald Bullett
67 • The Ends of Justice • (unknown) • short story by Fielden Hughes [as by G. Fielden Hughes]
87 • The Island • (1924) • short story by L. P. Hartley
104 • The Second Step • (1934) • short story by Margery Sharp
114 • Lady for Drowning • short story by Adrian Alington
121 • Man-Size in Marble • (1887) • short story by E. Nesbit
136 • Miss Sanders' Story • (unknown) • short story by Alan Wykes
148 • Nemesis • short story by Phyllis Bentley
161 • The Zombie of Alto Parana • (1950) • novelette by W. Stanley Moss

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