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Two and Two Make Five

Vernon Knowles

First published 1935
Publisher George Newnes
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Malcolm Easton
Pages 256
Price 7/6


12 stories • The 12-story collection of "Fantastic Tales" is reviewed and advertised in 1935 newspapers (see the 12-story publication record). • Brian Stableford notes in the Encyclopedia of Fantasy entry on Knowles, "Eight stories from the later collections were reprinted, along with four new ones, in Two and Two Make Five (coll 1935)." (The 5th to 12th stories (8) have earlier publications; the first four of 12, or the first four and last four of 16, have no earlier publications--at ISFDB as of 2019-10-08. Library record {{OCLC|6713352}} alone provides a list of stories, namely 11 of the first 12 stories, lacking "The Chimpanzee".)

16 stories (probably spurious as 1935) • Bleiler lists all 16 stories in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction p295 (see). • The same 16-story sequence is reported as "[1935]" in A Guide to Supernatural Fiction see at Tartarus Press.

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16 stories --reported by Bleiler, probably spurious as 1935 Clute/Nicholls reports 12 stories; OCLC 6713352 lists 11; sources of other Secondary Verifications listed below may be silent. Two newspaper advertisements and one review specify 12 stories; see the collection record and 12-story publication record.

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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Two and Two Make Five Cover 1935 George Newnes Hardcover Collection Malcolm Easton 255