The Talking Horse and Other Tales

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Overview:

Title: The Talking Horse and Other Tales
Author: F. Anstey
Year: 1892
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.
Price: 6/-
Pages: 320
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Talking Horse
Notes:
- 1st UK ed. Promoted as "now in press" from late October
- Publication date and price from advertisements published Saturday 1892-01-09 in The Athenaeum #3350 p63 and other weeklies (detail varies): "This day is published, crown 8vo, 6s."
- HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view (2 scans) of one copy with original cover: -- cover undecorated, black lettering on dark brown cloth -- Contents lists story titles and page numbers as below Stories begin on the reported pages, about half under a full-size heading and a smaller subheading that may be interpreted as a subtitle (contrast subheadings such as "Part I" or "Introduction"). For instance: A Canine Ishmael (from the Notes of a Diner-Out) (page 274, all capitals, second line in a smaller font). -- p320 footer: "Spottiswoode & Co. Printers, New-street Square, London." -- p[321-28], publisher advertisements
- A stated "Second Edition" is also dated 1892 ({{OCLC|33376065}}) and is the source text for Project Gutenberg Ebook #27284 (see). It may be identical except title page and p[321], "Works by F. Anstey", which is revised to begin with a listing of that publication. This work is not promoted in the back pages of the 1st ed.