- Publication: The Talking Horse and Other TalesPublication Record # 48347
- Author: F. Anstey
- Date: 1892-01-09
- Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Price: 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: 320
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: COLLECTION
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Notes:
- 1st UK ed. Promoted as "now in press" from late October
- Publication date and price from advertisements published Saturday 1892-01-09 in The Athenaeum #3350 p63 and other weeklies (detail varies): "This day is published, crown 8vo, 6s."
- HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view (2 scans) of one copy with original cover: -- cover undecorated, black lettering on dark brown cloth -- Contents lists story titles and page numbers as below Stories begin on the reported pages, about half under a full-size heading and a smaller subheading that may be interpreted as a subtitle (contrast subheadings such as "Part I" or "Introduction"). For instance: A Canine Ishmael (from the Notes of a Diner-Out) (page 274, all capitals, second line in a smaller font). -- p320 footer: "Spottiswoode & Co. Printers, New-street Square, London." -- p[321-28], publisher advertisements
- A stated "Second Edition" is also dated 1892 (OCLC 33376065) and is the source text for Project Gutenberg Ebook #27284 (see). It may be identical except title page and p[321], "Works by F. Anstey", which is revised to begin with a listing of that publication. This work is not promoted in the back pages of the 1st ed.
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Collection Title:
The Talking Horse and Other Tales • collection by F. Anstey (variant of The Talking Horse 1891)
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 1 • The Talking Horse • (1891) • short fiction by F. Anstey
- 39 • The Good Little Girl • juvenile • (1890) • novelette by F. Anstey
- 72 • A Matter of Taste • (1890) • novelette by F. Anstey
- 127 • Don: The Story of a Greedy Dog • juvenile • (1888) • short story by F. Anstey
- 151 • Taken by Surprise • (1887) • short story by F. Anstey
- 176 • Paleface and Redskin • juvenile • (1887) • novelette by F. Anstey
- 234 • Shut Out • (1884) • short story by F. Anstey
- 250 • Tommy's Hero • juvenile • (1885) • short story by F. Anstey
- 274 • A Canine Ishmael • (1888) • short story by F. Anstey
- 286 • Marjory • (1886) • novelette by F. Anstey (variant of Marjorie 1885)
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