Title: The Bridge-Builders
Title Record # 531561
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Date: 1893-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: kiplingsociety.co.uk
Language: English
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Author: Rudyard Kipling
Date: 1893-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: kiplingsociety.co.uk
Language: English
Note:
Published Christmas 1893 in The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number or Christmas issue, with illustrations by G. A. Storey and R. Caton Woodville.
--LCCN 2008-570190, Library of Congress catalog record of an 8-page extract from the 1893 Christmas issue (38 cm), original page numbers not reported (quote two notes):
• Includes color illustrated covers bound in.
• Front fly-leaf stamped: "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London".
Synopsis:
First, "a detailed description of the construction of a great railway bridge across the Ganges". The nearly complete bridge is threatened by a flood and saved by Findlayson, Chief Engineer. Findlayson is washed down river in boat, to an island. In a vision the gods "protest against the bridging of the river".
--Kipling Society
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Day's Work | 1898-09-00 | Rudyard Kipling | Macmillan and Co. | 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). |
381 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| John Brunner Presents Kipling's Fantasy: Stories by Rudyard Kipling | 1992-11-00 | Rudyard Kipling | Tor | 0-312-85354-8 | $17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiv+ 206 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bryn Barnard |  |
| Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | 1997-00-00 | ed. Italo Calvino | Pantheon Books | 0-679-41526-2 | $30.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
588 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Kathleen DiGrado | |
| Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | 1998-11-00 | ed. Italo Calvino | Vintage Books (Vintage International) | 0-679-75544-6 | $15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
588 | 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. |
anth | Arnold Boecklin | |
| The Day's Work | 2001-03-01 | Rudyard Kipling | Project Gutenberg | 2569 | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Contos fantásticos do século XIX?Contos fantásticos do seculo XIX |
2004-00-00 | ed. Italo Calvino | Companhia das Letras | 978-85-359-0502-1 | R$69.61?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL |
517 | 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. |
anth | Jeff Fisher | |
| The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | 2007-02-00 | Rudyard Kipling | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #50) | 0-575-07791-3 | £7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xii+ 785 |
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. |
coll | |
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| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | 2008-01-01 | Rudyard Kipling | Pegasus Books | 978-1-933648-78-1 | $17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
800 | 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. |
coll | ||
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | 2008-11-17 | Rudyard Kipling | Pegasus Books | 978-1-60598-030-0 | $19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
800 | 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. |
coll | ||
| Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | 2009-00-00 | ed. Italo Calvino | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-14-139193-9 | £?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Vittore Carpaccio | ||
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | 2009-04-00 | Rudyard Kipling | Pegasus Books / SFBC | 62-1254 | $10.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
800 | 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. |
coll | ||
| Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | 2009-05-00 | ed. Italo Calvino | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-14-119012-9 | £16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
586 | 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. |
anth | Vittore Carpaccio | |
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | 2010-00-00 | Rudyard Kipling | Fall River Press | 978-1-4351-2005-1 |
viii+ 785 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | 2010-11-11 | Rudyard Kipling | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks) | 978-0-575-08601-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | 2014-05-01 | Rudyard Kipling | Pegasus Books | 978-1-60598-664-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday | 2015-03-17 | ed. Italo Calvino | Mariner Books | 978-0-544-15209-0 | $13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xviii+ 586 |
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. |
anth |