First published: Black & White, 25 August 1894
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1895 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Methuen | Collection | 73 |
| March 1896 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Methuen | Collection | 73 |
| May 1896 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Tauchnitz | Collection | 92 |
| 1924 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 61 |
| 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 |
| 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 |
| September 1927 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 | |
| 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 | 224 |
| 1937 | The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 224 | |
| 1938 |
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The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 224 |
| 1938 |
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The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 224 |
| September 1946 |
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The Time Machine: An Invention and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 116 |
| 1948 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 |
| 1954 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | ||
| 1957 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 261 |
| 1960 |
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The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 230 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | ||
| 1965 |
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The Cone | Fontana | Collection | 64 |
| 1965 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | 69 |
| September 1966 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 230 |
| 1974 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 230 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 230 | |
| May 1998 |
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The Red Room and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 3 |
| August 1998 |
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The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 30 |
| June 2004 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 2005 |
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The Stolen Bacillus & Other Incidents | Westholme Publishing | Collection | 59 |
| January 2006 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | The Echo Library | Collection | |
| April 2011 |
|
Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 30 |
| February 2013 |
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| August 2013 |
|
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
|
The Crystal Egg and Other Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 387 |
| March 2024 |
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Tales of Life and Adventure | Faded Page | Collection | |8 |