Title: A Short History of the World

Title: A Short History of the World Title Record # 1504285
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1922-00-00
Type: NONFICTION [non-genre]
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: In 1919, H. G. Wells published The Outline of History, a 1,324 page work. In 1922, he published this smaller work, at 432 pages according to OCLC 28536133, or 344 pages according to Wikipedia.

Synopsis: WorldCat says: "Useful as a preparatory excursion before the reading of the author's much fuller and more explicit Outline of History is undertaken ... It is not an abstract or condensation of that former work."

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Year	Language	Title
1953^ⓘTranslated by Otto Mandl, Helene M. Reiff and Erna Redtenbacher.	German	Die Geschichte Unserer Welt

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
A Short History of the World	1922-00-00	H. G. Wells	Cassell			xvi+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
The History of the World	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	T. Fisher Unwin (The Works of H. G. Wells #27)			x+ 555	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The History of the World	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Charles Scribner's Sons (The Works of H. G. Wells #27)			555	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
A Short History of the World	1936-03-27	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books	31	-/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).	256	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	1937-05-21	H. G. Wells	Pelican / Penguin Books	A5	-/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).	320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	1946-09-21	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Wells' Eightieth Birthday)	31		366	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic
Die Geschichte Unserer Welt	1953-00-00	H. G. Wells	Zsolnay			487	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	1960-00-00	H. G. Wells	Pelican / Penguin Books	A5	3/6^?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).	367	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	2011-03-02	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	35461	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	2016-01-08	H. G. Wells	A Word To The Wise	978-1-78543-564-5	$5.49^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic
A Short History of the World	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-144182-5	$17.00^?$: US dollar	371	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Kate Gibb

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