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Title Data

Column Proposed Values Warnings
Title Nine Unlikely Tales  
Authors E. Nesbit  
Language English  
Synopsis -  
Title Note -  
Series -  
Series Number -  
Content -  
Non-Genre No  
Juvenile Yes  
Novelization No  
Graphic Format No  

Publication Data

Column Proposed Values Warnings
Date 1960-00-00  
Pub Type COLLECTION  
Publisher London: E. Benn; New York: Coward-McCann  
Pages x+297  
Format hc  
ISBN -  
Catalog ID -  
Price 12/6  
Pub Series -  
Pub Series # -  
Image -  
Note
OCLC: 1864677, with front flap Summary and list of Contents Price from notice in The Guardian 1960-10-07 p16 "Fairies are Out" by Mary Stott (brief reviews of new children's books). No other hit 2017-03-09 for title in UK/US newspapers 1960. Only 1961 hit Chi. Tribune 1961-11-12 pE47: Coward-McCann thus "bring to a total of 16 the number of author's books in print in this country" (no $ price). Data from e-copy at Archive.org (interior only) Title page gives short title, credits Nesbit and two illustrators only, and shows (four lines, all caps):   Ernest Benn Limited   London   Coward – McCann Inc   New York Illustrations, p[ix]-x, lists 26 by caption, no credits. Stories span p3-197 with plates included in the pagination. p[198] (three lines): "Printed in Great Britain by // Neill & Co. Limited // Edinburgh".
 
External IDs -  

Regular Titles

Page Title Authors Date Type Length Warnings
Nine Unlikely Tales H. R. Millar+Claude A. Shepperson 1960-00-00 INTERIORART  
3 The Cockatoucan, or Great-Aunt Willoughby E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
51 Whereyouwantogoto, or The Bouncible Ball E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
87 The Blue Mountain E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
131 The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
161 Melisande, or Long and Short Division E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
195 Fortunatus Rex & Co. E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
225 The Sums That Came Right E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
245 The Town in the Library in the Town in the Library E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  
269 The Plush Usurper E. Nesbit 1960-00-00 SHORTFICTION  

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Submitted by Pwendt (Talk) on 2017-03-09 20:24:23

Approved by MartyD (Talk) on 2017-03-09 22:20:10

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