Title: The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales
Title Record # 2049507
Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Date: 1932-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
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Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Date: 1932-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
Note: 13 stories
Synopsis:
"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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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales | 1932-00-00 | Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976) | Ernest Benn | 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). |
ix+ 216 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | L. G. Illingworth |