Publication: The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories

Publication: The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable StoriesPublication Record # 7107
Editor: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1956-10-00
Catalog ID: A1519
Publisher: Bantam Books
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
Pages: xi+210
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: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories by Daniel Schwartz (artist)
Notes:
- According to L. W. Currey, this is the first edition.
- "Published, October, 1956 on copyright page." - Currey
- Cover artist is not credited. Signature (DSchwartz) is on the cover.
- LCCN on copyright page.
External IDs:
- Bleiler Supernatural: 263
- LCCN: 56-10486
- OCLC/WorldCat: 4985220
- Reginald-1: 01754

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction (Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories) • (1956) • essay by Ray Bradbury
1 • The Circus of Dr. Lao • (1935) • novel by Charles G. Finney
93 • The Pond • (1949) • short story by Nigel Kneale
99 • The Hour of Letdown • (1951) • short story by E. B. White
103 • The Wish • (1948) • short story by Roald Dahl
106 • The Summer People • (1950) • short story by Shirley Jackson
118 • Earth's Holocaust • (1844) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
135 • Busby's Petrified Woman • (1948) • short story by Loren Eiseley
142 • The Resting Place • (1954) • short story by Oliver La Farge
153 • Threshold • (1940) • short story by Henry Kuttner
167 • Greenface • (1943) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
192 • The Limits of Walter Horton • (1954) • short story by John S. Sharnik
201 • The Man Who Vanished • (1955) • short story by Robert M. Coates

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Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-02-05 21:15:51
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Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2017-11-13 18:23:43
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2017-11-13 18:23:43
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2017-11-13 18:23:43
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-06-15 18:42:00
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-06-15 18:42:00
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-15 18:42:00
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-15 18:42:00
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