The Black Poodle and Other Tales
| First published | 1884 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 269 |
| Price | 6/- |
- 1st ed.
- October publication is possible. Price from advertisements in Longman's Magazine (Aug and Sep without comment; Oct and Nov as "[Nearly ready"). And in The Athenaeum 2973 (1884-10-18) p484 with closing annotation "[Nearly ready." By mid-November it is listed in "Messrs. Longmans & Co.'s New Books" without comment, and is listed as received in The Observer.
- "With Frontispiece by G. Du Maurier and Initial Letters by the Author." --stated in publisher advertisements August to November
- Internet Archive provides one digital copy without the original cover. -- five leaves printed front matter -- stories span p[1]-269 -- no back matter At least the first initial letter by Anstey is unusually large and elaborate: a line drawing of the black poodle; signed "F.A." (page 1).
- WorldCat record OCLC 259967202 reports a copy at HathiTrust Digital Library, not found February 2019.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction |
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Poodle | F. Anstey | Novelette |
| 46 | The Story of a Sugar Prince | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 69 | The Return of Agamemnon | F. Anstey | Short Fiction |
| 93 | The Wraith of Barnjum | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 115 | A Toy Tragedy | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 149 | An Undergraduate's Aunt | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 168 | The Siren | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 182 | The Curse of the Catafalques | F. Anstey | Novelette |
| 232 | A Farewell Appearance | F. Anstey | Short Story |
| 256 | Accompanied on the Flute | F. Anstey | Short Fiction |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Black Poodle and Other Tales | 1884 | John W. Lovell | Trade Paperback | Collection | 239 | |||
| The Black Poodle and Other Tales | 1896 | John W. Lovell | Hardcover | Collection | 264 | |||
| The Black Poodle and Other Tales |
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2009 | Munsey's | Trade Paperback | Collection | 202 | ||
| The Black Poodle and Other Tales | 2011 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 37235 |