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
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