Publication: The Avon Fantasy Reader

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Publication: The Avon Fantasy ReaderPublication Record # 35436
Editors: George Ernsberger, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1969-01-00
Catalog ID: S384
Publisher: Avon
Price:
$0.60^?$: US dollar
Pages: 173
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
Cover: The Avon Fantasy Reader by Gray Morrow
Notes: "First Avon Printing, January, 1969"; no number line "Illustration by Gray Morrow" on copyright page, the artwork is also signed Printed in the US
External IDs:
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1731
- OCLC/WorldCat: 7523294
- Reginald-1: 04913

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Anthology Title: The Avon Fantasy Reader • [Avon Fantasy Reader (anthology) • 1] • anthology by George Ernsberger and Donald A. Wollheim

Contents (view Concise Listing)

5 • Foreword (The Avon Fantasy Reader) • essay by George Ernsberger
9 • The Witch from Hell's Kitchen • (1952) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
35 • Black Thirst • [Northwest Smith] • (1934) • novelette by C. L. Moore
75 • A Victim of Higher Space • [John Silence] • (1914) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood
97 • The Sapphire Siren • (1934) • novelette by Nictzin Dyalhis (variant of The Sapphire Goddess)
131 • The Voice in the Night • (1907) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
145 • The Crawling Horror • (1936) • novelette by Thorp McClusky
167 • The Kelpie • (1936) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman

Primary Verifications

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Scott Latham	2007-05-17 20:14:09	Permanent	2015-06-21
Swfritter	2009-10-23 10:18:34	Permanent	2022-09-03
Rtrace	2009-12-17 23:06:44	Permanent	2022-09-04
Don Erikson	2015-03-05 00:25:11	Permanent	2020-03-29
Taweiss	2018-10-18 20:18:14	Permanent	2022-09-02

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2019-04-14 09:05:35
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-04-14 09:05:35
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2014-04-17 18:39:19
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2014-04-17 18:39:19
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2014-04-17 18:39:19
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2014-04-17 18:39:19
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2014-04-17 18:39:19
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-14 11:42:33

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