• Publication: Fancy FreePublication Record # 220069
• Editor: W. G. Bebbington
• Date: 1949-04-00
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
• Price:
  3/-^?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).
• Pages: ix+131
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: The Supernatural Index has price at 6/-

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• vii • Foreword (Fancy Free) • (1949) • essay by W. G. Bebbington
• 1 • Uncle Arthur • (1939) • short story by John Pudney
• 14 • A Horseman in the Sky • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 22 • The Truth About Pyecraft • (1903) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 36 • The Dancers • (1929) • short story by Eric Linklater
• 58 • The Ghost Ship • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton (variant of The Ghost-Ship)
• 71 • How Jembu Played for Cambridge • [Jorkens] • (1928) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 87 • Wottie • (1929) • short story by A. J. Alan
• 98 • Over the Side • (1897) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 107 • The Celestial Omnibus • (1908) • short story by E. M. Forster