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The Day's Work

Rudyard Kipling

First published 1898
Publisher Macmillan and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 381
Price 6/-

  • 12 stories, all previously published in UK or US magazines, Christmas 1893 to December 1897. They "were written very largely in Vermont, between 1893 and 1896." --Kipling Society
  • 13 story titles including "William the Conqueror—Part I." and "—Part II." (non-genre)

  • 1st ed., 1st printing (one of simultaneous UK and US eds. maybe) 2nd printing, 1898-10
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (see Collection Title) provides full view of the 2nd printing, two copies with matching covers, presumably original: -- front cover dark blue cloth with gold design along top -- t.p. verso (quote in full):   First Edition September 1898   Reprinted October 1898 -- Contents lists 13 including "William the Conqueror--Part I." and "[...]--Part II." -- text spans p1-381; p381 ends, "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh." -- p[383-400], publisher advertisements
  • Price from publisher listing among "New Six Shilling Novels" Manchester Guardian 1898-10-11 p4
  • Some data from Bleiler78 (redundant 2017; if Bleiler lists any story contents they were not entered)
  • Contents lists only those 6 of 12 titles already in the database 2017-10-01, perhaps those identified by someone as speculative fiction. See the collection record.

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Day's Work 2001 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 2569