Publication: What-O'Clock Tales

Publication: What-O'Clock TalesPublication Record # 597762
Author: Laurence Housman
Date: 1932-10-00
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Price:
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).
Pages: viii+225
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: What-O'Clock Tales (1932) • by J. R. Monsell
Notes: 1st ed. OCLC 913314335 has a description of cover (not jacket) OCLC 776817850 has list of Contents -- "Printed in Great Britain for Basil Blackwell & Mott Ltd." Price from listing Manchester Guardian 1932-10-12 p5 "Books Received" Publ date inferred from that and October advertise/announce-ment of a US ed. Stella & Rose's Books (StellaBooks.com), Stock no. 1306705 as of 2016-12-13, provides list of Contents identical except: "What-O'Clocks' (verse)" precedes the 15 items "Tales of a Woodcutter" comprises 7 numbered sections(?) "Tales of a Woodcutter" (see that Title) is entered as a novelette by analogy to "The Bound Princess" (1898). UPDATE from USERNAME 08-04-2021: "Tales of a Woodcutter" is comprised of The Old Yew-Tree, The White-thorn's Story, The Wisdom of the Forest, The Wood-Fairies, The Wood-Find, The Happy Forest, and How the Waggoner filled His Sack. Updated info and contents' page numbers from photo seen on Richarddalbyslibrary.com.
External IDs:
- ASIN: B000IYXJ24 AU BR CA CN DE ES FR IN IT JP MX NL TR UAE UK US (US/UK earn commissions)
- LCCN: 32-31731
- OCLC/WorldCat: 776817850 913314335

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Collection Title: What-O'Clock Tales • (1932) • collection by Laurence Housman

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

vii • 'What-O'Clocks' • poem by Laurence Housman
1 • The Shoes of Go-Seek • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
25 • The Rain-Child • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
44 • Han and Kewan • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
53 • Moozipoo • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
71 • The Spindle-Tree • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
80 • The Kindness of the Crocodile • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
93 • Catspaw • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
106 • Deep Waters • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
123 • Tales of a Woodcutter • (1932) • novelette by Laurence Housman
169 • Gammelyn • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman (variant of Gammelyn, the Dressmaker 1894)
176 • The Green Bird • (1894) • short story by Laurence Housman
185 • The Horse with the Hump • (1894) • short story by Laurence Housman
191 • The Story of the White Mare • (1932) • short fiction by Laurence Housman
208 • The Helping Hands • (1899) • short story by Laurence Housman
217 • The Mountains of the Moon • (1899) • short story by Laurence Housman

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Publication: What-O'Clock Tales

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

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