The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World

Overview:

  • Title: The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
  • Author: Ella Young
  • Year: 1927
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Price: 7/6
  • Pages: 191
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
  • Notes:
    • 1st UK ed., printed in the US (simultaneous publication or nearly so)
    • February publication inferred (ie, London same as New York) from illustrated review Irish Times (Dublin) 1927-03-04 p3 (unusually positive; see Container Title). Earliest found in UK newspapers: price 7/6 and capsule review in The Observer 1927-04-10 p8 "New Novels" by Gerald Gould, brief notice of 15 novels "in an entirely vain attempt to cope with the drenching season".
    • Library of Congress (LCCN and OCLC 4208687, below) reports: -- "New York, London [etc.]" (LCCN) -- "Title on two leaves within ornamental borders." -- list of Contents, 14 story/chapter titles (OCLC)
    • One WorldCat record ({{OCLC|504161337}}, incomplete) states "London; printed in U.S.A., 1927."