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A Story-Teller's Pack

Frank R. Stockton

First published 1897
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages viii+380+[16]
Price $1.50

  • 10 stories, introduced by Stockton
  • Scribner's essentially re-used the title in 1968 for a different Stockton collection, The Storyteller's Pack, {{LCCN|67023694}}.
  • "It is now four years since the publication of a volume of short stories by Mr. Stockton, and this new volume ... contains a selection of his best work during that time. The book is introduced by a characteristic preface explaining the use of the title and contains nine stories [there are 10], ..." --"Charles Scribner's Sons' Spring Announcement" The Book Buyer 1897-03-01 p210

  • Publication date and price from publisher advertisement NY Times 1897-03-27 pBR16; this one as "Just Published", where the first-listed is "Ready April 3." (See also the collection record.)
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below) links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL).
  • HDL provides full view of 3 copies (4 scans), including one from Harvard University that includes the original cover (nonpictorial silver and gold design on dark green). -- title page lists the 5 artists -- Contents, p.v-vi, inconsistently lists numbers of internal title pages, which precede the pages listed below -- Illustrations, p.vii-viii, lists 16 (frontispiece plus 15 plates not included in the pagination) by title and facing page, without illustrator credits -- text spans p2-380