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Publication: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells

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  • Publication: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. WellsPublication Record # 775584
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Date: 1966-09-00
  • Publisher: Ernest Benn
  • Price:
    21/-?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: vii+1038
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Notes: Centenary Edition 20th impression in the publisher's terms, probably September publication is supported and price 21/- stated in a full general review by Martin Seymour-Smith, "Wells--the Gloomy Dreamer", The Spectator 1966-09-30 p420: "H. G. Wells is now, on the centenary of his birth, a persistently underrated, neglected and, above all, misunderstood writer; ..." Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "[1st ed.] 20th impression"; "[1966]", which implies the book is undated; and seven (vii) roman-numeral page numbers, where many library records of the collection report six (vi). Cover image from Amazon UK 2020-05-26 as Hardcover and "Ernest Benn Ltd.; 21st ed. edition (1 Sept. 1966)" and ISBN 0510403018. British Library record BL 003885829 reports ISBN 0510403018 as the Ernest Benn, 1970, 21st impression. The only notice found 2020-05-26 in automated search of US newspapers is a review by Eric Forbes-Boyd, Christian Science Monitor 1966-11-16 p13 (Boston, quoting only the UK price), which concludes noting "this centennial edition is the 20th impression." Page-numbered Contents are from our record as Benn 1974 and 1038 pages, which indicates no source.
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Collection Title: The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells • (1965) • collection by H. G. Wells (variant of The Short Stories of H. G. Wells 1927)

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