The Pack of Pieces
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Overview:
- Title: The Pack of Pieces
- Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
- Year: 1942
- Publisher: Michael Joseph
- Price: 7/6
- Pages: 180
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: Sir Borlays and the Dark Knight
- Notes:
- 1st ed.
- Incomplete contents (see Container Title)
- Some WorldCat library records show heading/title (punctuation varies) "The Pack of Pieces. [A fairy tale for adults.]." (eg, OCLC 556828313).
- Price from publisher advertisements (and earliest newspaper coverage found 2018-03-04) in British weekly The Observer: • -12-06 p3, A Pack of Pieces, 'his witty "fairy stories for adults" ' • -12-13 p3, The Pack of Pieces, among "Books for Christmas" Reported as received during the week in Irish Times (Dublin) -12-21 p2
- Cover artist from SFE3
- Illustrator from review The Observer 1942-12-19 p2 (brief, positive concerning tales and illustrations)
- One dealer at ABEbooks.com notes in part: -- "Witty "fairytales" with delightful line illustrations in black and white by John R Parsons." -- "War-time economy paper throughout." That dealer provides an image of pp. 34-35, which shows tailpiece and headpiece drawings, the latter incorporating one story title (below). Some dealers mention the dust jacket; none provides an image.