• Publication: Nine Unlikely TalesPublication Record # 608433
• Author: E. Nesbit
• Date: 1960-00-00
• Publisher: London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann
• 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: x+297
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: OCLC 1864677, with front flap Summary and list of Contents Price from notice in The Guardian 1960-10-07 p16 "Fairies are Out" by Mary Stott (brief reviews of new children's books). No other hit 2017-03-09 for title in UK/US newspapers 1960. Only 1961 hit Chi. Tribune 1961-11-12 pE47: Coward-McCann thus "bring to a total of 16 the number of author's books in print in this country" (no $ price). Data from e-copy at Archive.org (interior only) Title page gives short title, credits Nesbit and two illustrators only, and shows (four lines, all caps):   Ernest Benn Limited   London   Coward – McCann Inc   New York Illustrations, p[ix]-x, lists 26 by caption, no credits. Stories span p3-197 with plates included in the pagination. p[198] (three lines): "Printed in Great Britain by // Neill & Co. Limited // Edinburgh".
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1864677

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Nine Unlikely Tales • interior artwork by H. R. Millar and Claude A. Shepperson (variant of Nine Unlikely Tales for Children)
• 3 • The Cockatoucan; or, Great-Aunt Willoughby • juvenile • (1900) • novelette by E. Nesbit (variant of The Cockatoucan)
• 51 • Whereyouwantogoto; or, The Bouncible Ball • juvenile • (1899) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 87 • The Blue Mountain • juvenile • (1901) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 131 • The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids • juvenile • (1896) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 161 • Melisande, or Long and Short Division • juvenile • (1900) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 195 • Fortunatus Rex & Co. • juvenile • (1901) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 225 • The Sums That Came Right • juvenile • (1901) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 245 • The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library • juvenile • (1901) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 269 • The Plush Usurper • juvenile • (1901) • short story by E. Nesbit