The Black Poodle and Other Tales

Overview:

  • Title: The Black Poodle and Other Tales
  • Author: F. Anstey
  • Year: 1884
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Price: 6/-
  • Pages: 269
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Black Poodle and Other Tales
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed.
    • October publication is possible. Price from advertisements in Longman's Magazine (Aug and Sep without comment; Oct and Nov as "[Nearly ready"). And in The Athenaeum 2973 (1884-10-18) p484 with closing annotation "[Nearly ready." By mid-November it is listed in "Messrs. Longmans & Co.'s New Books" without comment, and is listed as received in The Observer.
    • "With Frontispiece by G. Du Maurier and Initial Letters by the Author." --stated in publisher advertisements August to November
    • Internet Archive provides one digital copy without the original cover. -- five leaves printed front matter -- stories span p[1]-269 -- no back matter At least the first initial letter by Anstey is unusually large and elaborate: a line drawing of the black poodle; signed "F.A." (page 1).
    • WorldCat record OCLC 259967202 reports a copy at HathiTrust Digital Library, not found February 2019.