Title: What-O'Clock Tales
Title Record # 2100527
Author: Laurence Housman
Date: 1932-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
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Author: Laurence Housman
Date: 1932-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Language: English
Note:
- "Many of his early stories are Fairytales, ostensibly for children, in the mode of Oscar Wilde. ...[list of four 1894 to 1904 colls, re[-]sorted in two 1922 colls] and later examples were assembled as What-O'Clock Tales (coll 1932)." --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) (This coll includes some stories re-sorted from the four early ones and some presumably later ones, perhaps some original.)
- Encyclopedia of Fantasy continues, apparently regarding "Fairytales, ostensibly for children, in the mode of Oscar Wilde" in all four original and this partly-original collection: "Compared to much that was published at the end of the 19th century, these tales are notable for their lack of cant, the occasionally prominent role given to female protagonists and an underlying sense of rather laid-back decency."
- SFE3 lists What O'Clock Tales among 10 "individual titles" (neither series books, nor non-genre) at the foot of its Laurence Housman entry by John Clute; it is one of two not mentioned in the text.
Synopsis: 15 stories
including "Tales of a Woodcutter" with 7 numbered and titled sections
(inferred from library and bookseller lists of contents)
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What-O'Clock Tales | 1932-10-00 | Laurence Housman | Basil Blackwell | 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). |
viii+ 225 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | J. R. Monsell | ||
| What-O'Clock Tales | 1933-10-00 | Laurence Housman | Frederick A. Stokes Company | $2.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 225 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |