Title: Out of the Ruins and Other Little Novels
Title Record # 1201511
Author: Philip Gibbs
Date: 1927-00-00
Variant Title of: Out of the Ruins and Other Little Novels (1928) (by Sir Philip Gibbs) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
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Author: Philip Gibbs
Date: 1927-00-00
Variant Title of: Out of the Ruins and Other Little Novels (1928) (by Sir Philip Gibbs) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
Note:
- 9 stories Genre unknown, rooted in the War and its peace
- Gibbs was one of five official British war correspondents, subject to the censor. --Wikipedia biography
- The title story was acquired by First National Pictures in January 1928 [apparently, from newspaper notices] and adapted as a film released August 1928, a "silent film drama" starring Richard Barthelmess. --Wikipedia film article
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- "Sir Philip Gibbs has given expression to youth's inevitable revolt against this [tragedies of the war and nature of the peace] in a collection of some of his magazine stories ... and in the presentation of the case achieves a melancholy beauty that emphasises the tragedy."
--review by G. I.-C. Manchester Guardian 1927-06-03 p9 (positive)
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out of the Ruins and Other Little Novels | 1927-05-00 | Philip Gibbs | Hutchinson | 7/6?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). |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Out of the Ruins and Other Little Novels | 1928-01-00 | Philip Gibbs | Doubleday, Doran | $2.50?$: US dollar |
350 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |