The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories
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Overview:
- Title: The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Year: 1976
- ISBN-10: 0394721764
- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Price: $3.95
- Pages: vii+143
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Curate's Friend
- Notes:
- Assumed first printing that states "First Vintage Books edition, September 1976." There is no number line. It seems this is a reprint as the copyright is "Copyright 1947 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Copyright renewed by Dr. Donald Ambrose Perry, Executor of the Estate of E. M. Forster."
- While the copyright page says the initial copyright is by Alfred A. Knopf Wikipedia identifies the "first edition" as published by Sidgwick & Jackson.
- The introduction is signed "E. M. Forster, Cambridge, England 1946" pointing to a 1946 or 1947 first publication.
- The initial publication location/dates are not stated but the author's introduction starts out "These fantasies were written at various dates previous to the first world-war."
- The front cover has the SBN 394-72176-4 and catalog # V-176, the spine has V-176, and the copyright page states "ISBN: 0-394-72176-4".
- The cover artist is not credited nor is a signature visible.