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A Second Roald Dahl Selection by Roald Dahl (Longman, 1987, 0-582-22499-3, £2.75, iii+150pp, tp, co) [edited by Hélène Fawcett] 1 · Introduction · Hélène Fawcett · in 7 · The Swan · Roald Dahl · nv The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, Jonathan Cape, 1977 25 · Pig · Roald Dahl · ss Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 47 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, Jonathan Cape, 1977 67 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 73 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 87 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 115 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 127 · A Piece of Cake · Roald Dahl · ss Over to You by Roald Dahl, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946 revised from “Missing—Believed Killed” (Tomorrow, November 1944).

Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (Puffin, February 24, 2000, 0-14-130553-3, £5.99, viii+213pp, pb, co, cover by Bill Gregory)     Young-adult collection of 11 stories, selected from The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991), by Wendy Cooling, who adds a new Introduction. vii · Introducion · Wendy Cooling · in 1 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 22 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 35 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 53 · An African Story · Roald Dahl · ss Over to You by Roald Dahl, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946 71 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 90 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 95 · The Surgeon · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy January 1988 129 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 144 · The Champion of the World · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker January 31 1959 179 · Beware of the Dog · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1944 195 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952

Someone Like You by Roald Dahl (Knopf, October 1953, $3.50, 359pp, hc, co)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 23 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 38 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 54 · The Soldier · Roald Dahl · ss 67 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 89 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 106 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss 127 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 150 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 167 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss 173 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss 198 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 218 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 250 · The Great Automatic Grammatisator · Roald Dahl · nv 277 · Claud’s Dog · Roald Dahl · gp _277 · The Ratcatcher · Roald Dahl · ss _294 · Rummins · Roald Dahl · ss _309 · Mr. Hoddy · Roald Dahl · ss _320 · Mr. Feasey · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker July 25 1953, as “Dog Race”

Someone Like You (var. 1) by Roald Dahl (Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1954, B54-4934, 12/6d, 256pp, hc, co)     This edition omits two of the stories (“Neck” and “The Great Automatic Grammatisator”) from the original (Knopf, 1953) edition. 7 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 24 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 36 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 49 · The Soldier · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 60 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 77 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 90 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 107 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 127 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 141 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 146 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 162 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 188 · Claud’s Dog · Roald Dahl · gp Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _188 · The Ratcatcher · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _202 · Rummins · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _215 · Mr. Hoddy · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _224 · Mr. Feasey · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker July 25 1953, as “Dog Race”

Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl (Alfred A. Knopf, October 1974, 0-394-49473-3, $5.95, 210pp, hc, co) 1 · The Visitor [Uncle Oswald] · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy May 1965 77 · The Great Switcheroo · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy April 1974 117 · The Last Act · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy January 1966 165 · Bitch [Uncle Oswald] · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy July 1974

Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (Michael Joseph, February 1979, 0-7181-1751-4, £5.95, 256pp, hc, co) · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953

Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl (Vintage Books, September 1979, 0-394-74081-5, $2.95, 471pp, tp, co)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 21 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 34 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 48 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 67 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 82 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 101 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 122 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 145 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 173 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 185 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 219 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 236 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 267 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 288 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 322 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953 346 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 364 · Georgy Porgy · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 395 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 411 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 426 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, Jonathan Cape, 1977 449 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss 458 · Genesis and Catastrophe · Roald Dahl · ss Playboy December 1959, as “A Fine Son” 467 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It”

A Taste of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (Penguin, May 5, 2005, 0-141-02298-1, £1.50, 56pp, tp, co)     Collection of 3 stories selected from Completely Unexpected Tales (Penguin, 1986). One of the “Penguin 70s”. 1 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 22 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 43 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959

Ten Short Stories by Roald Dahl (Penguin Books, March 30, 2000, 978-0-14-081778-2, £6.99, 190pp, tp, co, cover: Raining by Valerie Conway) [edited by Ronald Carter]     Details taken from online listing. vi · Introduction · Ronald Carter · in 3 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl, Vintage, 1979 10 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 22 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It” 26 · The Hitchhiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 39 · Mr. Botibol · Roald Dahl · nv More Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl, Michael Joseph, 1980 61 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 77 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 91 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 116 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 131 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

Two Fables by Roald Dahl (Viking UK, 1986, 0-670-81530-6, £5.95, 64pp, hc, oc)     Collection of two original fairy tales, published for Dahl’s 70th birthday. 7 · The Princess and the Poacher · Roald Dahl · ss 43 · Princess Mammalia · Roald Dahl · ss

The Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (Viking, May 1998, 0-670-87854-5, $16.99, 279pp, hc, co, cover by Brian Cairns)     Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1996 as The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories) young-adult collection of 13 stories originally written for adults, here selected for teens. This edition omits the introduction by Wendy Cooling. 1 · The Great Automatic Grammatizator · Roald Dahl · nv Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 27 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 49 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It” 54 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 69 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 82 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 115 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl, Vintage, 1979 124 · Katina · Roald Dahl · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1944 156 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 174 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 211 · Vengeance Is Mine Inc. · Roald Dahl · nv More Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl, Michael Joseph, 1980 237 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 256 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl (Knopf, September 1977, 0-394-83604-9, 225pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Bacon) 1 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv 25 · The Hitchhiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 43 · A Note About the Next Story · Roald Dahl · is 45 · The Mildenhall Treasure · Roald Dahl · ts The Saturday Evening Post September 20 1947, as “He Plowed Up $1,000,000” 73 · The Swan · Roald Dahl · nv 99 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · Roald Dahl · na 171 · Lucky Break · Roald Dahl · ar; subtitled “How I Became a Writer”. 207 · A Piece of Cake · Roald Dahl · ss Over to You by Roald Dahl, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946 revised from “Missing—Believed Killed” (Tomorrow, November 1944).

Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories ed. Roald Dahl (Jonathan Cape, October 1983, 0-224-02149-4, £7.95, 235pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 14 ghost stories selected by Dahl in 1958 for adaptation in a projected TV series (which was never made). 11 · Introduction · Roald Dahl · in 21 · W.S. · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review January 1952 33 · Harry · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 47 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 63 · In the Tube · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1922 78 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 81 · Elias and the Draug · Jonas Lie · ss Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie, Kegan Paul, Trence, Truebner, 1893 90 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 115 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 146 · The Telephone · Mary Treadgold · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 154 · The Ghost of a Hand · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”. 162 · The Sweeper · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 179 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 210 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 214 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Stories by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (Drexel Biddle, 1899, 474pp, hc, co) 9 · The Woodley Lane Ghost · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · nv The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Stories by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Drexel Biddle, 1899 37 · The Miser’s Last Christmas · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 49 · Who Was She? · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ar Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine June 1889 65 · My Dread Secret · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 79 · The Amulet Ring · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 93 · A Night’s Adventure · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 109 · A Sublime Sacrifice · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 125 · A Reminiscence · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 137 · Earth-Bound · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 155 · The Fatal Boots · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 169 · My First Patient · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 183 · The Faithful Slave · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly October 1889 201 · A Murder Mystery · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 219 · The Judge’s Dream · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 233 · Before the War · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · na (r) 325 · A Murillo · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 343 · My Moufflon · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 363 · Wilful Betty · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 375 · How Not to Propose · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 395 · The Trouble of a Double · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 411 · His Plural Wives · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 427 · The Poor Author · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 445 · A Harmless Lunatic · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 465 · Leap Year and Coincidence · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r)