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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

First published 1927
Publisher Ernest Benn
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 1148
Price 7/6


63 stories (not confirmed) US publisher advertisement 1929-02-24, NY Times p66 and NY Herald Tribune pJ15, lists five titles and continues "and fifty-eight others!"


• No statement of printing on copyright page • Price from Tuck • First trade edition, issued in light green cloth boards • Printed at least four times in 1927 plus a deluxe edition

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 The Time Machine H. G. Wells Novella
104 The Empire of the Ants H. G. Wells Short Story
124 A Vision of Judgement H. G. Wells Short Story
131 The Land Ironclads H. G. Wells Novelette
158 The Beautiful Suit H. G. Wells Short Story
164 The Door in the Wall H. G. Wells Short Story
184 The Pearl of Love H. G. Wells Short Story
190 The Country of the Blind H. G. Wells Novelette
223 The Stolen Bacillus H. G. Wells Short Story
231 The Flowering of the Strange Orchid H. G. Wells Short Story
241 In the Avu Observatory H. G. Wells Short Story
250 The Triumphs of a Taxidermist H. G. Wells Short Story
255 A Deal in Ostriches H. G. Wells Short Story
261 Through a Window H. G. Wells Short Story
271 The Temptation of Harringay H. G. Wells Short Story
278 The Flying Man H. G. Wells Short Story
287 The Diamond Maker H. G. Wells Short Story
296 Æpyornis Island H. G. Wells Short Story
310 The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells Short Story
322 The Lord of the Dynamos H. G. Wells Short Story
333 The Hammerpond Park Burglary H. G. Wells Short Story
342 The Moth H. G. Wells Short Story
355 The Treasure in the Forest H. G. Wells Short Story
367 The Plattner Story H. G. Wells Short Story
391 The Argonauts of the Air H. G. Wells Short Story
406 The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham H. G. Wells Short Story
426 In the Abyss H. G. Wells Short Story
445 The Apple H. G. Wells Short Story
455 Under the Knife H. G. Wells Short Story
471 The Sea-Raiders H. G. Wells Short Story
483 Pollock and the Porroh Man H. G. Wells Short Story
502 The Red Room H. G. Wells Short Story
513 The Cone H. G. Wells Short Story
527 The Purple Pileus H. G. Wells Short Story
541 The Jilting of Jane H. G. Wells Short Story
550 In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story H. G. Wells Short Story
562 A Catastrophe H. G. Wells Short Story
573 The Lost Inheritance H. G. Wells Short Story
581 The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic H. G. Wells Short Story
591 A Slip Under the Microscope H. G. Wells Short Story
613 The Reconciliation H. G. Wells Short Story
623 My First Aeroplane H. G. Wells Short Story
641 Little Mother Up the Mörderberg H. G. Wells Short Story
655 The Story of the Last Trump H. G. Wells Short Story
675 The Grisly Folk H. G. Wells Essay
695 The Crystal Egg H. G. Wells Short Story
716 The Star H. G. Wells Short Story
730 A Story of the Stone Age H. G. Wells Novella
796 A Story of the Days to Come H. G. Wells Novella
898 The Man Who Could Work Miracles H. G. Wells Short Story
919 Filmer H. G. Wells Short Story
942 The Magic Shop H. G. Wells Short Story
955 The Valley of Spiders H. G. Wells Short Story
968 The Truth About Pyecraft H. G. Wells Short Story
981 Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland H. G. Wells Short Story
997 The Inexperienced Ghost H. G. Wells Short Story
1013 Jimmy Goggles the God H. G. Wells Short Story
1028 The New Accelerator H. G. Wells Short Story
1045 Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation H. G. Wells Short Story
1066 The Stolen Body H. G. Wells Short Story
1085 Mr. Brisher's Treasure H. G. Wells Short Story
1097 Miss Winchelsea's Heart H. G. Wells Short Story
1118 A Dream of Armageddon H. G. Wells Novelette

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1927 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection 1148
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1927 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection 1148
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells 1927 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection 1148
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1929 Doubleday, Doran Hardcover Collection vi+1015
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1948 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection 1148
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1957 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection vi+1038
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Cover 1960 Ernest Benn Hardcover Collection