Publication: The Oblong Box & Other Tales of the Uncanny

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Publication: The Oblong Box & Other Tales of the Uncanny

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Publication: The Oblong Box & Other Tales of the UncannyPublication Record # 264853
Editor: Kurt Singer
Date: 1970-00-00
ISBN: 0-7221-7853-0 [978-0-7221-7853-9]
Publisher: Sphere Books
Pub. Series: Sphere Occult
Price:
5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 158
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes: Other prices on back cover seen in bookscans.com photo: Australia 80¢, New Zealand 75¢, South Africa 60¢, East Africa 6/00; United Kingdom price also as 25p.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 20916285
- Reginald-1: 13238A

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Anthology Title: The Oblong Box & Other Tales of the Uncanny • anthology by Kurt Singer

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Almost Immortal • (1916) • novelette by Austin Hall
54 • The Leaden Ring • (1904) • short story by Sabine Baring-Gould [as by S. Baring-Gould]
68 • The Oblong Box • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
80 • The Ghostly Rental • (1876) • novelette by Henry James
113 • Dr. Heidegger's Experiment • (1837) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
123 • Lazarus • (1927) • short story by
Леонид Андреев^?Leonid Andreyev
(trans. of
Елеазар^?Yeleazar
1906) [as by Leonid Andreyeff]
142 • The Voice • (1928) • short story by Nell Kay

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-23 16:38:50

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