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    The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories (var. 1) by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK Children’s Books, August 25, 2016, 978-0-857-53484-2, £25.00, xii+318pp, hc, co)
        Collection of 16 stories, originally published untitled as by ’Uncle Jim’ in the ’Children’s Circle’ section of Bucks Free Press (1966-1973). Illustrations by Mark Beech. This is the slip-cased collector’s edition produced for Waterstones, which includes the contents of the trade edition, plus a print of the author as a wizard by the artist, two extra stories, “Johnno the Talking Horse” (1972) and “The Wild Knight” (1966), plus a commentary by Suzanne Bridson (Terry’s adult fiction editor) after each story, and an end-piece by Rob Wilkins.
    • ix · Introduction · Terry Pratchett · in
    • 1 · The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press January 2 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 25 · The Great Train Robbery · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press July 22 1966 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 43 · The Truly Terrible Toothache · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 29 1973 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 75 · The Frozen Feud · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press September 22 1967 (+1), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 89 · Darby and the Submarine · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 30 1966 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 119 · The Sheep Rodeo Scandal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press August 8 1969 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 145 · An Ant Called 4179003 · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press February 27 1970 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 161 · The Fire Opal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 27 1968 (+6), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 199 · Lord Cake and the Battle for Banwen’s Beacon · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press August 23 1968 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 215 · The Time-Travelling Television · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 2 1972 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 239 · The Blackbury Park Statues · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press January 30 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 259 · Wizard War · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press February 16 1968 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 281 · The Extraordinary Adventures of Doggins · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press May 27 1966 (+7), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 319 · Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press March 16 1973 (+9), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 355 · The Johnno the Talking Horse · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press April 28 1972 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
    • 373 · The Wild Knight · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press May 6 1966 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim
































    The Ultimate Dinosaur ed. Byron Preiss & Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra, July 1993, 0-553-37304-8, $19.95, 336pp, tp, oa, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe)
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) original anthology of 11 stories about dinosaurs, plus 15 essays and full-color illustrations by various artists.


    The Ultimate Dinosaur ed. Byron Preiss & Robert Silverberg (ibooks, June 2000, 0-7434-0006-2, $16.00, xvi+336pp, tp, oa, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe)
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) original SF anthology.
    Details taken from online listing.













    Four Legs in the Morning by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance Publications, October 27, 2011, 978-1-58767-258-3, $35.00, 107pp, hc, oc, cover by Steven C. Gilberts)
        Limited to 550 signed and numbered copies. Also available in a traycased edition of 26 signed and lettered, leatherbound, copies ($175).
    Details taken from online listing.









    Arrow Book of Spooky Stories ed. Edna Mitchell Preston (Scholastic, 1962, TX331, 90pp, pb, an)
        Anthology of 11 folk tales and ghost stories aimed at younger readers.
    • 1 · Horace the Happy Ghost · Elizabeth Ireland · ss Story Parade 1951, as “How Horace Learned to Moan”
    • 10 · Never Mind Them Watermelons · Maria Leach · vi Rainbow Book of American Folk Tales ed. Maria Leach, World Publishing, 1958
    • 12 · The Tinker and the Ghost · Ralph S. Boggs & Mary Gould Davis · ss Three Golden Oranges and Other Spanish Folk Tales ed. Ralph Steele Boggs & Mary Gould Davis, Longmans, Green & Co., 1936
    • 22 · The Lucky Man · Maria Leach · vi The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach, World, 1959
    • 24 · The Stubbornest Man in Maine · Moritz Jagendorf · ss New England Bean Pot by M. Jagendorf, Vanguard Press, 1948
    • 31 · Here We Go! · Maria Leach · ss The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach, World, 1959
    • 35 · The Friendly Ghost · Elizabeth Yates · ss Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes, Aladdin Books, 1949
    • 49 · The Dancing Jug · Lupe de Osma · ss The Witches’ Ride and Other Tales from Costa Rica by Lupe de Osma, Morrow, 1957
    • 59 · The Strange Visitor · Joseph Jacobs · ss English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, David Nutt, 1890
    • 64 · A Shiver of Ghosts · translated by Cyril Birch · ss Chinese Myths and Fantasies by Cyril Birch, Oxford University Press, 1961
    • 79 · The Ghostly Fisherman · Natalie Savage Carlson · ss The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada by Natalie Savage Carlson, Harper & Row, 1942







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