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Title: Nunc Dimittis Title Record # 100045
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1953-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in Colliers, September 1953.
Synopsis: Gladys Ponsonby persuades Lionel Lampson that his younger girlfriend doesn't actually like him and talks him into humiliating her. She wants him for herself, but she won't get what she wants, and neither will anyone else.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1959Translated by Max Schuchart
Dutch Nunc Dimittis
1962Translated by Hans Edinga
Dutch Nunc dimittis
1970Translated by Pentti Saarikoski
Finnish Nunc dimittis
1977Translated by Hans-Heinrich Wellmann
German Nunc Dimittis

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Someone Like You 1953-00-00 Roald Dahl Alfred A. Knopf  
$3.50?$: US dollar
359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Someone Like You 1954-00-00 Roald Dahl Secker & Warburg  
12/6?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Playboy, June 1956 1956-06-00 ed. Editors of Playboy    
$0.50?$: US dollar
76
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1957-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 1959-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   189
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.
anth R. van Giffen  
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1959-04-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell D281
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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.
anth  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1960-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books (Pan Giant) X71
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).
378
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.
anth S. R. Boldero  
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1960-10-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell D281
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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.
anth  
Someone Like You 1961-00-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph     295
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Someone Like You 1961-08-00 Roald Dahl Dell F139
$0.50?$: US dollar
320
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.
coll Victor Kalin Checkmark
M'n liefje, m'n duifje 1962-00-00 Roald Dahl Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20) E20   253
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
M'n liefje, m'n duifje 1963-00-00 Roald Dahl Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20) E20
ƒ4.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
253
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
Someone Like You 1965-00-00 Roald Dahl Four Square Books 1229
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).
252
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.
coll  
Someone Like You 1965-00-00 Roald Dahl Dell 8116
$0.60?$: US dollar
253
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.
coll  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books M251   378
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.
anth S. R. Boldero  
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl 1969-11-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-0697-0
£?£: UK pound
442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Someone Like You 1970-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-003074-3   270
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.
coll Omnific  
Someone Like You 1972-00-00 Roald Dahl Pocket Books 0-671-77485-9   246
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.
coll  
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten 1977-00-00 Roald Dahl Volk und Welt  
M 6.20?M: East German mark
304
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1978-06-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0-440-13640-7
$1.50?$: US dollar
224
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.
anth  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-02-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-1751-4
£5.95?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-02-22 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-005131-7
£?£: UK pound
282
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.
coll  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-09-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-394-74081-5 / V-81
$2.95?$: US dollar
[6]+
471+
[2]
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.
coll Checkmark
Tales of the Unexpected 1980-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-005131-7
£0.95?£: UK pound
181
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.
coll  
Küßchen, Küßchen!?Kuesschen, Kuesschen!
1980-10-00 Roald Dahl Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft 01079 3   446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wolfgang Lauter Checkmark
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten 1983-00-00 Roald Dahl Volk und Welt 6471633
M 6.40?M: East German mark
304
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.
coll Regine Schulz , Burckhard Labowski Checkmark
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi 1985-00-00 Roald Dahl Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho 951-643-680-3   258+
198
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Completely Unexpected Tales 1986-09-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-009820-8
£2.95?£: UK pound
405
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
Tales of the Unexpected 1990-08-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-679-72989-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
471
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Seth Jaben  
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl 1991-09-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-3545-8
£15.99?£: UK pound
iv+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 2002-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Amereon House  
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Collected Stories 2006-10-17 Roald Dahl Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300) 0-307-26490-4
$30.00?$: US dollar
xxxviii+
850
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Unexpected 2008-09-01 Roald Dahl Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins) 978-0-14-103757-8
A$9.95?A$: Australian dollar
282
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.
coll Checkmark
Someone Like You 2009-12-07 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 978-0-14-196207-8
£6.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Someone Like You 2009-12-07 Roald Dahl Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) 978-0-14-118964-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
272
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Adrianna Williams  
Someone Like You date unknown Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-003074-3
£6.99?£: UK pound
270
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll John Caple Checkmark
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl date unknown Roald Dahl Penguin Books India 978-0-14-015807-6 Rs 499.00 762
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Elizabeth Thomas  
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   189
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.
anth R. van Giffen Checkmark
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