• Publication: The Valley of SpidersPublication Record # 49234
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Date: 1964-00-00
• Catalog ID: 1035
• Publisher: Fontana
• Price:
  3/6^?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: 191
• 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: COLLECTION
• Notes: "This selection first issued in Fontana Books 1964" on copyright page. [Currey] Contento1 has the date as 1966, as does Tuck Currey, Reginald1, Clute/Grant and the British Integrated Library have 1964. Pagination of contents from Contento
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 30234794
  • Reginald-1: 15103

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 7 • Pollock and the Porroh Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 26 • In the Avu Observatory • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 35 • The Flowering of the Strange Orchid • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 45 • The Red Room • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 56 • The Valley of Spiders • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 70 • The Empire of the Ants • (1905) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 90 • The Moth • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 101 • The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 119 • The Temptation of Harringay • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 125 • The Inexperienced Ghost • (1902) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 139 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 156 • The Crystal Egg • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 174 • The Door in the Wall • (1906) • short story by H. G. Wells