Publication: The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales

Publication: The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other TalesPublication Record # 583987
Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Date: 1932-00-00
Publisher: Ernest Benn
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: ix+216
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales by L. G. Illingworth
Notes:
- 1st ed.
- Price 3/6, contents, and artist from Tuck
- As of 2018-03-04 Amazon UK/US provide a book cover image, bright blue with small gold-stamped illustration of an old magician.
- Price 6/- ? "6s." is stated in "Books Received" The Times of India 1932-11-04 p14. "6s." is listed at the head of Evelyn Sharp, "The Fairy Tale Triumphant", Manchester Guardian 1932-12-01 p30-31 (Supplement, pXII-XIII). Sharp barely covers this one of the 20 books in the last paragraph of the article (see Container Title).
External IDs:
- ASIN: B00438ZF1E AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
- LCCN: 32034938
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2536801 222045942
- Reginald-3: 16767

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales • interior artwork by L. G. Illingworth
The Prince Who Hiccupped • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Three Princes and a Dragon • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Elixir of Life • (1926) • short story by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Prince's Birthday Present • (1927) • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Crispin the Turnspit • (1930) • short story by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Strange Affair of Mr. Corpusty • short story by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Rival Magicians • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Diamonds – Black and White • short story by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Ring and the Man • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Two Princes • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
The Last of the Giants • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Bottled Spirit • (1927) • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Koko the Thingumabob • (1928) • short fiction by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-08-26 19:15:01
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-08-26 19:15:01
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Bleiler78	Verified	Rtrace	2021-08-26 19:15:01
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2016-09-03 16:26:17