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  • Publication: Creeps by Night: Chills and ThrillsPublication Record # 295814
  • Editor: Dashiell Hammett
  • Date: 1931-09-00
  • Publisher: John Day
  • Price:
    $2.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 525
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: ANTHOLOGY
  • Notes: "La Maison" was translated by Jacques Chambrun as "The House" "Die Spinne" was translated by Walter F. Kohn as "The Spider" September publication is from May 1931 newspaper coverage of the call for nominations, deadline June 15. See the collection record. Hammett's introduction is cited in NY Herald Tribune 1931-09-13 and 14. As of 2019-04-30, Amazon ASIN B000H1NXVA provides an image of the front cover (not jacket), reported 1st edition. Several notices in US newspapers mention 20 stories, but there are 21 (manual count). As of the second printing, January 1932, as seen on a scan of the copyright page, there are 20 stories--"A Woman Alone with Her Soul" has been dropped.
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Anthology Title: Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills • (1931) • anthology by Dashiell Hammett

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