Publication: Tales of Life and Adventure

Publication: Tales of Life and AdventurePublication Record # 304364
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1924-00-00
Catalog ID: 33
Publisher: W. Collins Sons
Price:
2/6^?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: 279
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: - "Manufactured in Great Britain" on copyright page. No statement of edition or printing. - Price on front of jacket. No credit for jacket art - There is no publication year in the book or on the jacket. The following information suggests 1924 is likely:
- On back of jacket: "Messrs. Collins have secured the right of publication in cheap form of all Mr. H. G. Wells's short stories. All the best have been taken and classified under three titles: Tales of the Unexpected, Tales of Time and Space, and Tales of Life and Adventure. ... Tales of Time and Space will appear shortly."
- Per publisher's advertisement following the FFEP, this book is one of the numbered series "Collins' 2/6 Novels" ("in shape and bulk are identical with the 7/6 book".) Tales of the Unexpected is #18 in the series, and this book, Tales of Life and Adventure, is #33. The third planned Wells collection, Tales of Time and Space, is not listed.
- It appears the third collection was published by Collins as Tales of Wonder. There is no Wells collection titled "Tales of Time and Space" either in isfdb or on abebooks.
- Tuck is not authoritative here: he lists only the later 1954 "Olive Classics" editions for the first two Collins collections, and does not list Tales of Wonder.
- Per Currey, Tales of the Unexpected was published in 1924, based on "Publisher's advertisements on page 1 dated SPRING, 1924." For the other two of these Collins collections, Currey has "ca. 1923?" so is not authoritative for them.
- If we assume "Collins' 2/6 Novels" #18 was published before #33, then Collins' H. G. Wells collections Tales of Life and Adventure and Tales of Wonder were published 1924 or later.
– Reginald has the year as 1923
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1915474
- Reginald-1: 15077

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Collection Title: Tales of Life and Adventure • collection by H. G. Wells

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • The Argonauts of the Air • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
22 • In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
35 • A Catastrophe • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
46 • The Lost Inheritance • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
55 • A Deal in Ostriches • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
61 • Through a Window • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
72 • The Flying Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
81 • The Diamond Maker • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
90 • The Hammerpond Park Burglary • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
100 • The Jilting of Jane • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
109 • The Cone • non-genre • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
123 • The Stolen Bacillus • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
131 • The Lord of the Dynamos • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
142 • The Treasure in the Forest • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
152 • The Obliterated Man • (1911) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic 1895)
162 • A Slip Under the Microscope • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
185 • Jimmy Goggles the God • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
201 • Miss Winchelsea's Heart • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
223 • Filmer • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
245 • Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
268 • Mr. Brisher's Treasure • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells

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Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Markwood	2015-12-27 22:41:08	Permanent	2022-10-01

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	Not Verified
Bleiler78	Not Verified
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:03:26
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:03:26
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 12:48:41
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 12:48:41
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 12:48:41
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-07 12:48:41
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-07 12:48:41
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:03:26
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:03:26
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-20 17:03:26

Publication: Tales of Life and Adventure

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