Publication: Breakdown and Other Thrillers

Publication: Breakdown and Other ThrillersPublication Record # 345031
Editor: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1968-01-00
Catalog ID: 1784
Publisher: Four Square Books
Price:
3/6^?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: 128
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: Four Square Horror WorldCat record OCLC 18887434 reports the four-word title and a list of Contents (10 story titles and authors) in the sequence below. --except that it lists "Beyond the Door" as by "Paul Suter" That WorldCat record and others report publisher New English Library (whose imprint appears to be Four Square), and some note "1st NEL ed." or the equivalent. OCLC notes "Four Square horror. no. 1784" (from the top of the front cover if not elsewhere). OCLC 801088572 reports year 1972. Month and partial page numbers from richarddalbyslibrary.com copy. Other prices on back cover: Australia 60¢, Belgium Fr 35, France 4.05 FF, Germany DM 2.80, Italy Lire 450, Netherlands Fl 2.45, New Zealand 45¢, Switzerland Fr 3.00.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 753110695 18887434
- Reginald-1: 06724C

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Anthology Title: Breakdown and Other Thrillers • (1968) • anthology by Dashiell Hammett

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

Breakdown • (1929) • short story by L. A. G. Strong
5 • Introduction (Breakdown and Other Thrillers) • (1968) • essay by Dashiell Hammett (variant of Introduction (Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills) 1931)
Mr. Arcularis • (1931) • novelette by Conrad Aiken
A Rose for Emily • non-genre • (1930) • short story by William Faulkner
Beyond the Door • (1923) • short story by J. Paul Suter
7 • The Kill • (1931) • short story by Peter Fleming
A Visitor from Egypt • (1930) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
The House • (1932) • short story by
André Maurois^?Andre Maurois
(trans. of La maison 1931)
The King of the Cats • (1929) • short story by
Stephen Vincent Benét^?Stephen Vincent Benet
19 • The Music of Erich Zann • [Erich Zann] • (1922) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
27 • Green Thoughts • (1931) • short story by John Collier

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Publication: Breakdown and Other Thrillers

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

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