Publication: Am Abgrund der Welt

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Publication: Am Abgrund der WeltPublication Record # 622646
Author: John Jakes
Date: 1976-03-23
Catalog ID: TF19
Publisher: Pabel
Pub. Series: Terra Fantasy
Pub. Series #: 19
Price:
DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
Pages: 143
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: COLLECTION
Notes:
- First German edition, first printing.
- Copyright © 1963 and 1968 by John Jakes.
- Translated by Lore Strassl.
- Editor: Hugh Walker.
- See Pub Notes Schiff der Seelen. The stories "Flammengesicht (Flame-Face)" and "Das Seidentuch Scheitans (The Courts Of The Conjurer (The Silk Of Shaitan))" are chapters 2 and 3 of Brak the Barbarian.
- Original title of collection as credited on copyright page "Devils in the walls & other stories".
- Cover art not credited on copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork. The artist is believed to be Michael Whelan.
- Interior Illustration (map) by Helmut W. Pesch not credited on copyright page; visible signature on the right side of the artwork.
- As usual in this publication series, the cover counts as page 1.
External IDs:
- DNB: 760308993 200588702
- Goodreads: 36573584
- OCLC/WorldCat: 74307052 717811852

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Collection Title: Am Abgrund der Welt • [Brak the Barbarian] • collection by John Jakes

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

7 • Vorwort (Am Abgrund der Welt) • [Prefaces for Terra Fantasy] • essay by Hugh Walker
10 • Flammengesicht • [Brak the Barbarian] • short story by John Jakes
32 • Das Seidentuch Scheitans • [Brak the Barbarian] • short story by John Jakes (trans. of The Silk of Shaitan 1965)
56 •
Palast der Dämonen^?Palast der Daemonen
• [Brak the Barbarian] • novelette by John Jakes (trans. of Devils in the Walls 1963)
90 • Am Abgrund der Welt • [Brak the Barbarian] • novelette by John Jakes (trans. of The Mirror of Wizardry 1968)

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
JLochhas	2017-06-18 07:11:55	Permanent	2022-09-05

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