Publication: Tales of the Uncanny

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Publication: Tales of the Uncanny

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Publication: Tales of the UncannyPublication Record # 369525
Editor: uncredited
Date: 1962-10-00
Catalog ID: 1454
Publisher: Panther
Price:
2/6^?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: 127
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: Tales of the Uncanny by John Richards
Notes: • Artist from AbeBooks • Catalog # from Tuck [vol 3] • Contents from the OCLC record
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 800453962
- Reginald-1: 13984

Cover art supplied by Amazon.com

Anthology Title: Tales of the Uncanny • anthology by uncredited

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

The Door in the Wall • (1906) • short story by H. G. Wells
A Tale of Negative Gravity • (1884) • novelette by Frank R. Stockton
The Celestial Omnibus • (1908) • short story by E. M. Forster
A Haunted Island • (1899) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
What Was It? • (1859) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
The Ghost of a Hand • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
The Playfellow • (1929) • novelette by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance • novelette by M. R. James (variant of Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance 1911)

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2017-06-10 18:13:06

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