Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter

Overview:

• Title: Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
• Author: John Wyndham
• Year: 1966
• Publisher: Ballantine Bal-Hi
• Price: $0.50
• Pages: [6]+150
• Binding: Paperback
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
• Notes:
  • "First Edition: December, 1956 / First Bal-Hi Printing: April, 1966". There is no number line.
  • This printing has the letters "AEP" in black directly under the catalog number on the cover. There is a different version that does not have "AEP" on the cover.
  • The back cover states "This is an original publication–not a reprint." However, it is a reprint of the December, 1956 edition.
  • The is no stated artist credit nor is a signature visible. The source of the Richard Powers credit is the earlier Ballantine printing which uses the same artwork and is signed "Powers." The artwork for this later printing was cropped.
  • "A Note to Teachers and Parents" appears on two unnumbered pages preceding the title page. Here, it is indicated as page [1], and there are four unnumbered pages following it (for a total of 6 unnumbered pages) prior to the actual page 1 (on which the first story begins).
  • The title for More Spinned Against... has the trailing ellipsis ("...") at the beginning of the story. The ellipsis is not included in the table of contents, on the copyright page, nor in the page headers for the story.