• Publication: The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other TalesPublication Record # 614427
• Author: George MacDonald
• Date: 1882-04-00
• Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
• Price:
  21/-^?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: 283+268
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: 2 volumes OCLC, with list of Contents Publ date inferred from listing The Observer 1882-04-09 p6 "Books Received", and from the next item. Price from publisher advert The Scotsman -04-19 p15 "Publications" -- this one "Now Read at all Libraries, 2 Vols, Crown 8vo, 21s" -- as "The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Novelettes" (so advertised again in June) Review Manchester Guardian -05-31 p7 as "The Gifts of the Child-Christ, &c." (mixed) HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of one copy each volume -- covers apparently original (nearly plain green cloth?) -- title pages show "The Gifts of the Child Christ, and Other Tales." -- prose stories span Vol I p[3]-248, Vol II p[3]-75 -- II p[79]-268, "If I Had a Father. A Drama." -- Vol II appends 32-page "List of Publications" -- footer, I-p283 and II-p268, two lines: "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, // Stamford Street and Charing Cross."
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2152313

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• 199 • The Butcher's Bills • novelette by George MacDonald
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