Title: The Pack of Pieces
Title Record # 2049501
Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
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Language: English
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Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Date: 1942-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Webpages: Blogspot
Language: English
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- 8 stories "Puffballs of wit and whimsy that we can only describe as fairy-tales for adults this delightful eightsome of stories now reappears with fifty new illustrations by A. K. Macdonald" --publisher advert The Observer 1945-11-25 p3 (as The Naughty Princess)
- Incomplete contents (2 stories entered in all 3 records 2018-03-05) are assembled from: • bookseller image of the 1942, pp. 34-35 • review of the 1946, Seafront Bookreader 2010-06-10 (linked above)
- "A collection of short stories that were originally published in The Strand magazine" --Seafront Bookreader 2010-06-10
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- "Armstrong's short stories are, by comparison, slight, and are generally humorous. The Prince Who Hiccupped [...] and The Pack of Pieces (coll 1942; vt The Naughty Princess 1945) ring amusing changes on fairytale Fantasy tropes. (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE3, biographical entry by John Eggeling and David Langford "AA is best remembered for humorous fantasy in which standard Fairytale settings are, with some Satire, updated to house contemporary comedy stereotypes: monarchs are tipsy and henpecked, testy Fairies are a recurring menace at christenings, and younger folk resemble the Bright Young Things chronicled in Punch by A A Milne – the women outrageous modern flirts, the men wriggling through Contracts and Conditions. ..." (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biog. entry by David Langford
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pack of Pieces | 1942-00-00 | Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976) | Michael Joseph | 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). |
180 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | John R. Parsons | ||
| The Naughty Princess | 1945-11-00 | Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976) | Macdonald & Co. | 10/6?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). |
167 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | A. K. Macdonald | ||
| The Naughty Princess | 1946-04-00 | Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976) | Macdonald & Co. | 10/6?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). |
167 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | A. K. Macdonald |