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Title: The Kiss

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Title: The Kiss Title Record # 1189331
Author: William Sansom
Date: 1946-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in The Wind and the Rain, Autumn 1946.
Synopsis: "He is about to kiss a girl whom he had considered well beyond his reach. He notes every detail as he prepares to kiss her. This is his latest success of many in his career. They are about to kiss, their eyes closing. They kiss. His eyes open slightly—and she is staring at him with her eyes wide open. The mood is shattered." -- RayS
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Something Terrible, Something Lovely 1948-00-00 William Sansom Hogarth Press  
8/6?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).
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Something Terrible, Something Lovely 1948-00-00 William Sansom Clarke Irwin  
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Something Terrible, Something Lovely 1948-00-00 William Sansom Oxford  
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Something Terrible, Something Lovely 1954-00-00 William Sansom Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.50?$: US dollar
231
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Susan Foster  
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