Publication: The October Country

Publication: The October CountryPublication Record # 44799
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1961-00-00
Catalog ID: H422
Publisher: Ace UK
Price:
2/6^?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: 142
Format:
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.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: • "First Ace Books edition 1961" • Printing not stated, no number line • The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the artwork • Omits seven stories from the Ballantine edition and adds The Traveller • Clute/Nicholls mistakenly has the story contents as changing in the '56 Hart-Davis edition but it contains the complete compliment
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8393207

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Collection Title: The October Country • (1955) • collection by Ray Bradbury

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • The Dwarf • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
18 • The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
26 • Skeleton • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury
40 • The Jar • (1944) • short story by Ray Bradbury
52 • The Traveller • [The Elliott Family] • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury
64 • The Emissary • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
71 • Touched with Fire • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
82 • The Scythe • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
95 • Uncle Einar • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
102 • The Wind • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
111 • There Was an Old Woman • (1944) • short story by Ray Bradbury
122 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
133 • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone • non-genre • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2014-06-29 22:09:55
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-14 10:49:59
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2014-06-29 21:54:55
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-14 10:49:59
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2014-06-29 21:54:55