Publication: Francis

Publication: FrancisPublication Record # 617627
Author: David Stern (1909-2003)
Date: 1946-10-21
Publisher: Farrar, Straus
Price:
$2.50^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+216
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Francis by Garrett Price
Notes:
- 1st ed.
- Publication date and price from "Books Published Today" (Monday), NY Times 1946-10-21 p41. (Kirkus Reviews gives the same publication date; see the novel record.)
- Cover image from Amazon.com 2018-11-09 as "Farrar, Straus And Co.; 1st edition (1946)".
- Cover illustration is part of one published in The Hartford Courant Magazine 1946-10-20 pSM14 as 'Portrait by Garrett Price of "Francis", the talking Army Mule ...'; that is one of the interior illustrations presumably.
- Library records (LCCN and OCLC, below) give publisher name "Farrar, Straus and Company".
- Tuck confuses Stern with his father J. David Stern.
- Sources disagree about the pseudonym under which Francis short stories were originally published. The name of the human character should be checked: Peter Stirling or Peter Sterling?
External IDs:
- ASIN: B0007HNDCS AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
- LCCN: 46011914
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1426750
- Reginald-1: 13618

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Collection Title: Francis • [Francis • 2] • (1946) • collection by David Stern (1909-2003)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

Francis • (1946) • interior artwork by Garrett Price
I Meet Francis • (1945) • short story by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Creates a Problem • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Considers OCS • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Comments on My Assignment to G-2 • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis and the Crooked Shirt • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Makes a Phone Call • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Leads an Attack • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis and the Golden Brew • (1945) • short story by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis and the Jap Air Raid • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Plumbs Hidden Depths • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Tackles a Tank • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Unmasked • (1945) • short story by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Knocks 'Em for a Loop • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Has a Rough Trip • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)
Francis Comes to a Dubious End • (1946) • short fiction by David Stern (1909-2003)

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2020-12-29 21:50:22
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2020-12-29 21:50:22
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Bleiler78	Verified	Rtrace	2020-12-29 21:50:22
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2017-05-10 22:33:39