Publication: Twelve Stories and a Dream

Publication: Twelve Stories and a DreamPublication Record # 52514
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1903-10-00
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
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: 377
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes:
- WorldCat library records (OCLC, below) report size 19cm, 20cm, and 22cm; these three all as 377pp with identical list of 13 Contents in the sequence below.
- OCLC 458935003 reports no size, same page-count and Contents, and notes (quote): Certaines de ces nouvelles ont été rééditées en 1911, dans "The Country of the blind."
- Publication date from copyright page of apparent 2nd printing, which states (quote in full): First Edition October 1903 Reprinted November 1903 (viewed at HathiTrust)
- HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of two copies, one with original cover. That with original cover is apparent 1st printing, copyright page blank; the other is apparent 2nd printing (above). Only the former contains the first printed leaf "By The Same Author", and advertisements following p377. They appear to be identical otherwise. -- title page shows (various fonts and sizes): London Macmillan and Co., Limited New York : The Macmillan Company [small size] 1903 -- text spans p3-377; p377 footer "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh." -- back pages, apparent 1st printing only, comprise p[379-84] and 16-page catalog separately paginated
External IDs:
- Bleiler Early Years: 2336
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1680
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2495565 990675411 458935003 26867170
- Reginald-1: 15097

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Collection Title: Twelve Stories and a Dream • (1903) • collection by H. G. Wells

Contents (view Concise Listing)

3 • Filmer • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
37 • The Magic Shop • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
59 • The Valley of Spiders • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
81 • The Truth About Pyecraft • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
103 • Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland)
131 • The Inexperienced Ghost • (1902) • short story by H. G. Wells
157 • Jimmy Goggles the God • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
183 • The New Accelerator • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
211 • Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
245 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
277 • Mr. Brisher's Treasure • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells
297 • Miss Winchelsea's Heart • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
331 • A Dream of Armageddon • (1901) • novelette by H. G. Wells

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-12 16:08:21
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-12 16:08:21
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-12 16:08:21
Bleiler78	Verified	SGale	2013-07-05 14:24:07
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-20 21:32:13
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	SGale	2013-07-06 12:53:48
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 16:22:14
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 16:22:14
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 16:22:14
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 16:22:14
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 16:22:14
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-20 21:32:13
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 21:32:13
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-20 21:32:13

Publication: Twelve Stories and a Dream

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

Secondary Verifications