Publication: Untouched by Human Hands

Publication: Untouched by Human HandsPublication Record # 298646
Author: Robert Sheckley
Date: 1955-00-00
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Pub. Series: Novels of Tomorrow
Price:
12/6^?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: 253
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Untouched by Human Hands by Brian Wildsmith [as by Wildsmith]
Notes: • First British edition. • "First published ... 1955" on copyright page. [Currey] • Contents and page numbers from an online scan of the table of contents. Note that this edition drops two stories from the US edition (The King's Wishes and The Demons) and replaces them with two other stories (Watchbird and Hands Off). • Price on front flap in ebay.com photo; Tuck has a 12/- price as well as a page count of 256 • "Wrapper design by Wildsmith" on front flap in ebay.com photo; cover is signed at the right corner of the artwork.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2210403

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Collection Title: Untouched by Human Hands • (1954) • collection by Robert Sheckley

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • The Monsters • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
23 • Cost of Living • (1952) • short story by Robert Sheckley
37 • The Altar • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
46 • Keep Your Shape • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley (variant of Shape)
71 • The Impacted Man • (1952) • novelette by Robert Sheckley
96 • Untouched by Human Hands • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
116 • Watchbird • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
147 • Warm • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
160 • Hands Off • (1954) • novelette by Robert Sheckley
195 • Specialist • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
217 • Seventh Victim • [Victim] • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
237 • Ritual • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
249 • Beside Still Waters • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2011-09-15 10:45:48
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2011-09-15 10:45:48
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-19 22:06:37
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-19 22:06:37