Two and Two Make Five
| 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.
- Price from Tuck
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454) |
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | The Curious Activities of Basil Thorpenden | Vernon Knowles | Novelette |
| 49 | The First Coming | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 59 | The Brief History of a Boy Who Was Different | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 71 | The Two Selves | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 83 | The Road to Tolbrisa | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 95 | The Great Onion | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 109 | The Birds | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 127 | The Shop in the Off-Street | Vernon Knowles | Novelette |
| 147 | The Chimpanzee | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 165 | The Gong of Transportation | Vernon Knowles | Short Fiction |
| 181 | The Painter of Trees | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 189 | A Set of Chinese Boxes | Vernon Knowles | Novella |
| 196 | Mr. Esdale's Tale of the Detachable Soul | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 214 | Mr. Westover's Tale of the Ms. Prelude in C Minor | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 228 | Mr. Searle's Tale of the Portrait-Painter | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| 242 | Mr. Hassell's Tale of the Water That Quenched Thirst | Vernon Knowles | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two and Two Make Five |
|
1935 | George Newnes | Hardcover | Collection | Malcolm Easton | 255 |