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Puck of Pook's Hill

Rudyard Kipling

First published 1906
Series Puck #1
Publisher Macmillan of Canada
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages x+306
Price C$1.75

    10 stories and 16 poems
  • The stories were published as a 10-part serial January to October 1906 in The Strand Magazine 31:1 to 32:4, from issue 31:1, p. 48, with 60 illustrations by {{a|Claude A. Shepperson, R. I.}}. See the short story records for details. The illustrator is so credited in the index of each bound volume, probably also in the front or back pages of each issue. The drawings are generally signed "Shepperson" or "CS".
  • The first 4 of 10 stories were also published January to April 1906 in The Ladies' Home Journal 23:2–5, from 23:2, p. 5, with 8 illustrations by Charlotte Harding. See the short story records for details.
  • The last six stories were also published as "Robin Goodfellow—His Friends" a 6-part serial May to October 1906 in McClure's Magazine 27:1–6, from 27:1, p. 2, with 11 full-page illustrations among others by {{a|André Castaigne}}. See the short story records for details.

    Canadian edition (simultaneous, printed in the UK)
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy (from 1995 microfiche, interior only) -- half-title page header: "Canadian edition" -- p306 closes "THE END", footer "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh" -- p[307-08], "Books by Rudyard Kipling" gives UK editions and prices
  • Illustrations not credited, b/w drawings clearly signed "H R Millar"
  • Price from notice by the Shopping Department Toronto Daily Star 1906-12-17 p9 "In Toronto Shops", a capsule review longest of about 20 items in the short column. It may be a special price offered by one retailer or a few.
  • Published November or earlier, presumably October. Three other hits found in this newspaper promote the book as one initial offering by The Tabard Inn Library (commercial), earliest -11-27.

Wikipedia kiplingsociety.co.uk

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Puck of Pook's Hill 1906 Macmillan and Co. Hardcover Collection x+306
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 1906 Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover Collection 277
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 1906 Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover Collection vi+305
Puck of Pook's Hill 1913 Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover Collection vi+305
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 1986 Piccolo Trade Paperback Collection Shirley Felts 192
Puck of Pook's Hill 1988 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Collection 271
Puck of Pook's Hill 2005 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 15976
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 2008 Wildside Press Hardcover Collection 264
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 2008 Wildside Press Trade Paperback Collection 264
Puck of Pook's Hill 2008 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 26027
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 2009 Dodo Press Trade Paperback Collection 212
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 2010 NuVision Publications Trade Paperback Collection 160
Puck of Pook's Hill Cover 2012 Dover Publications eBook Collection