Tales of Space and Time
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Overview:
- Title: Tales of Space and Time
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Year: 1899
- Publisher: Doubleday & McClure
- Price: $1.50
- Pages: 358
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: Tales of Space and Time
- Notes:
- US edition No statement of printing on copyright page There are at least two bindings, both cloth: green [this record] and maroon.
- Except the linked cover image, this record provides general information about the edition.
- November publication is inferred from the earliest notices found in newspapers: listings in "Books of the Week", N-Y Tribune 11-25 p10, no data; in "Books Received" prior to noon Thursday -11-30, NY Times 1899-12-02 pBR817, as $1.50.
- Early reviews: N-Y Tribune -12-03; Chi. Tribune -12-16 p13, "Mr. Wells' Latest Conceits", primarily on the two "A Story" novellas.
- HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy, evidently without the original cover (plain maroon cloth): -- title page -- narrative, p1-358; no back matter Both novella titles "A Story ..." are displayed as headings without page numbers in the Contest list, and their component stories (5 each) as titles with page numbers. (Both were originally published in magazines as 5-story series.)