- Publication: The Best of Gerald KershPublication Record # 676830
- Author: Gerald Kersh
- Date: 1960-08-22
- Publisher: British Book Service
- Pages: viii+343
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: COLLECTION
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Notes: Publication date and publisher from Harlan Ellison's Kersh site.
Collection Title:
The Best of Gerald Kersh • collection by Gerald Kersh
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- vii • Preface (The Best of Gerald Kersh) • essay by Simon Raven
- 1 • Neither Man Nor Dog • (1945) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 7 • The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard • non-genre • [Busto's Boarding House] • (1936) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 20 • "Busto Is a Ghost, Too Mean to Give Us a Fright!" • non-genre • [Busto's Boarding House] • (1938) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of Lunatic's Broth)
- 34 • Thicker Than Water • (1954) • novelette by Gerald Kersh
- 64 • The Crewel Needle • (1953) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 76 • The Queen of Pig Island • non-genre • (1949) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 91 • The Sympathetic Souse • (1954) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 100 • The White-Washed Room • (1955) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 105 • The Ape and the Mystery • non-genre • (1948) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Mysterious Smile of Mona Lisa)
- 116 • The King Who Collected Clocks • (1948) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Royal Imposter 1947)
- 147 • Clock Without Hands • non-genre • (1946) • novelette by Gerald Kersh
- 221 • Men Without Bones • (1954) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 233 • The Brighton Monster • (1953) • short story by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Monster 1948)
- 251 • Frozen Beauty • (1941) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 256 • Carnival on the Downs • (1955) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 274 • Teeth and Nails • (1954) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Terrible Ride of Colonel Tessier 1952)
- 308 • In a Room Without Walls • (1946) • short story by Gerald Kersh
- 312 • The Oxoxoco Bottle • (1958) • novelette by Gerald Kersh (variant of The Secret of the Bottle 1957)
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