First published in the Pall Mall Gazette. Locus attributes it to a December 1893 edition under the title "The Advent of the Flying Man". The Complete Short Story Omnibus attributes it to the 04 January 1895 edition. A search of the The British Newspaper Archive shows the latter attribution to be correct ("The Advent of the Flying Man" is not a story and may not be by Wells. It was reprinted in the Brisbane Courier January 1894).
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1895 |
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The Pall Mall Gazette, 4 January 1895 | MAGAZINE | 1 | |
| September 1895 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Methuen | Collection | 106 |
| March 1896 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Methuen | Collection | 106 |
| May 1896 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Tauchnitz | Collection | 115 |
| 1924 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 72 |
| 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 |
| 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 |
| September 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 | |
| 1929 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | The Literary Guild | Collection | ||
| 1930 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | ||
| 1937 |
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The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 239 |
| 1937 | The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 239 | |
| 1938 |
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The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 239 |
| 1938 |
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The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 239 |
| September 1946 |
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The Time Machine: An Invention and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 126 |
| 1948 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 |
| 1954 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | ||
| 1957 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 278 |
| 1960 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 245 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | ||
| 1965 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | 78 |
| November 1965 |
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Oul de cristal | Editura Tineretului | Collection | |
| September 1966 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 245 |
| 1974 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 245 |
| October 1978 |
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Les pirates des mer et autres nouvelles | Jules Tallandier | Collection | 178 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 245 | |
| August 1998 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 42 |
| June 2004 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 2005 |
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The Stolen Bacillus & Other Incidents | Westholme Publishing | Collection | 85 |
| January 2006 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | The Echo Library | Collection | |
| April 2011 |
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Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 42 |
| February 2013 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| August 2013 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
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The Crystal Egg and Other Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 367 |
| March 2024 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | Faded Page | Collection | |9 |