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Title: The Devil's Wager

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Title: The Devil's Wager Title Record # 1187662
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Date: 1833-08-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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2001 The Devil's Wager [as by W. M. Thackeray]
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1833 The Devil's Wager (part 1 of 2)
1833 The Devil's Wager (part 2 of 2)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The National Standard, No. 32, August 10, 1833 1833-08-10 ed. F. W. N. Bayley, Esq., Editors of The National Standard Thomas Hurst  
-/2?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).
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The National Standard, No. 34, August 24, 1833 1833-08-24 ed. F. W. N. Bayley, Esq., Editors of The National Standard Thomas Hurst  
-/2?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).
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Devil Stories: An Anthology 1921-00-00 ed. Maximilian J. Rudwin Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.00?$: US dollar
xix+
332
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840 1972-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-3590-5
$11.95?$: US dollar
viii+
928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840 1972-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Gollancz 0-575-01038-X
£2.50?£: UK pound
viii+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain 1973-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Penguin Books (US) 0-14-003688-1
$2.50?$: US dollar
543
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 Checkmark
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840 1973-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Penguin Books 0-14-003589-3
£0.50?£: UK pound
543
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  
Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain 1974-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Penguin Books (US) 0-14-003688-1
$3.25?$: US dollar
543
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 Checkmark
Echoes of Terror 1980-08-00 ed. Mike Jarvis, John Spencer Hamlyn 0-600-37272-3
£4.95?£: UK pound
96
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Crabb Checkmark
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840 1983-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Penguin Books 0-14-003589-3
£3.50?£: UK pound
543
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 Barbara Lofthouse Checkmark
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New 1987-09-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 10336
$6.98?$: US dollar
xv+
587
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New 1987-09-16 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18563-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
587
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2001-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 1-84193-013-X   519
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 Paul Ashby Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2002-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Gramercy Books 0-517-22095-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
519
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Ashby  
Devil Stories: An Anthology 2010-03-24 ed. Maximilian J. Rudwin Project Gutenberg 31754
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Talk of the Devil: Twenty-Four Classic Short Stories of the Fallen Angel 2010-10-06 ed. Maximilian J. Rudwin Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-237-6
£10.99?£: 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.
anth  
Talk of the Devil: Twenty-Four Classic Short Stories of the Fallen Angel 2010-10-06 ed. Maximilian J. Rudwin Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-238-3
£18.99?£: UK pound
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Devil Stories: An Anthology 2013-10-11 ed. Maximilian J. Rudwin CreateSpace 978-1-4929-6611-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
244
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.
anth  
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