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Title: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Title Record # 11969
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Date: 1908-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1908 The Man Who Was Thursday
1999 The Annotated Thursday: G.K. Chesterton's Masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday
2019 The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare [as by Gilbert Keith Chesterton]
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Bernhard Sengfelder.
German Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
1989Translated by Risto Raitio
Finnish Mies joka oli Torstaina: Painajainen
1995 Spanish El hombre que fue jueves
Year Title
1944 The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1908-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$2.75?$: US dollar
281
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1908-00-00 G. K. Chesterton J. M. Dent     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1908-00-00 G. K. Chesterton J. W. Arrowsmith     viii+
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1912-00-00 G. K. Chesterton J. W. Arrowsmith     viii+
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1930-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Arrowsmith  
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).
viii+
329
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus 1936-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Methuen  
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).
viii+
726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1937-06-18 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books 95
-/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).
184
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.
novel  
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1944 1944-03-00 ed. Mary Gnaedinger All-Fiction Field, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Lawrence Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1946-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Editions for the Armed Services 984
$0.00?$: US dollar
223
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.
novel  
A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus 1947-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Methuen     726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1949-00-00 G. K. Chesterton J. M. Dent  
5/-?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).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus 1949-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Methuen  
10/6?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).
726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
A G. K. Chesterton Omnibus 1953-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Methuen     726
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1958-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books 95
2/6?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).
188
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1960-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Capricorn Books CAP27
$1.15?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel  
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war 1961-07-00 G. K. Chesterton
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
(
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
#397)
397
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
novel Kurt Wirth Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1966-09-00 G. K. Chesterton Dodd, Mead / BOMC 0172
$2.25?$: US dollar
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1971-07-00 G. K. Chesterton Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #32) 0-345-02305-6
$0.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
205
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.
novel Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday 1979-00-00 G. K. Chesterton Paragon / Putnam  
$3.95?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1986-06-00 G. K. Chesterton Dover Publications 0-486-25121-7
$4.95?$: US dollar
120
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1986-07-00 G. K. Chesterton Carroll & Graf 0-88184-225-7
$3.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1986-08-00 G. K. Chesterton Critic's Choice 0-931773-95-4
$3.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1987-10-00 G. K. Chesterton Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0603-X
£8.95?£: UK pound
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Mies joka oli Torstaina: Painajainen 1989-00-00 G. K. Chesterton The Crime Corporation (Suomen dekkariseuran julkaisuja #6) 952-90-0533-4   195
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.
novel Juha Mustanoja Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday 1990-08-00 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) 0-14-018388-4
£?£: UK pound
186
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.
novel  
The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Napoleon of Notting Hill 1991-06-01 G. K. Chesterton Ignatius Press (The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton #6) 0-89870-365-4
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
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  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1995-02-00 G. K. Chesterton Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-236-6
£1.00?£: UK pound
145
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.
novel Jean Béraud  
El hombre que fue jueves 1995-04-01 G. K. Chesterton Losada 950-03-0020-6
$10.80?$: US dollar
 
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 1996-10-00 G. K. Chesterton Oxford University Press 0-19-282359-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
xlvi+
194
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 1999-04-01 G. K. Chesterton Project Gutenberg 1695    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Annotated Thursday: G.K. Chesterton's Masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday 1999-10-01 G. K. Chesterton Ignatius Press 0-89870-744-7
$14.95?$: US dollar
289
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.
novel G. K. Chesterton  
El hombre que fue jueves 2000-12-01 G. K. Chesterton Losada 84-494-1188-2
$10.80?$: US dollar
 
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2001-06-29 G. K. Chesterton Wexford College Press 0-9709917-4-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2001-10-00 G. K. Chesterton Modern Library (Modern Library Classics) 0-375-75791-0
$8.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
198
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2002-07-01 G. K. Chesterton IndyPublish.com 1-4043-1616-7
$23.99?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2004-02-01 G. K. Chesterton Wildside Press 0-8095-9800-0
$28.95?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare 2004-03-31 G. K. Chesterton Wildside Press 0-8095-9255-X
$16.95?$: US dollar
 
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2004-06-30 G. K. Chesterton Kessinger 1-4191-7166-6
$21.95?$: US dollar
 
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2004-10-14 G. K. Chesterton Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6310-0
$7.95?$: US dollar
157
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2007-06-00 G. K. Chesterton Headline Review 0-7553-3886-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
226
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2007-06-26 G. K. Chesterton LibriVox      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2008-05-27 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (US) 978-0-14-103375-4
$10.00?$: US dollar
209
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.
novel Mick Brownfield  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2008-06-00 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books 978-0-14-103125-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
209
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.
novel Mick Brownfield  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2008-08-00 G. K. Chesterton Seven Treasures Publications 978-1-4382-7016-6
$5.75?$: US dollar
168
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.
novel Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday 2008-12-01 G. K. Chesterton Atlantic Books (Crime Classics) 978-1-84354-905-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
188
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.
novel  
The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 2: The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Man Who Knew Too Much 2009-05-01 G. K. Chesterton Coachwhip Publications 978-1-930585-81-2
$19.95?$: US dollar
420
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  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2009-07-16 G. K. Chesterton Modern Library (Modern Library Classics) 978-0-307-42201-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday 2009-07-25 G. K. Chesterton Merchant Books 978-1-60386-242-4
$4.45?$: US dollar
116
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2009-08-15 G. K. Chesterton The Large Print Book Company (World Classics in Large Print) 978-1-59688-126-6
$21.95?$: US dollar
203
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2009-11-01 G. K. Chesterton Cosimo Classics 978-1-60520-937-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
132
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2010-08-00 G. K. Chesterton Simon & Brown 978-1-936041-09-1
£4.25?£: UK pound
180
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.
novel  
The Man Who was Thursday 2010-09-21 G. K. Chesterton Lits 978-1-60942-067-3
$6.00?$: US dollar
120
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2011-03-31 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-119146-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
224
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2011-03-31 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-197081-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Checkmark
The Napoleon of Notting Hill & The Man Who Was Thursday 2011-06-01 G. K. Chesterton Hendrickson Publishers 978-1-59856-666-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
375
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 Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday 2012-09-27 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) 978-0-14-197417-0
£3.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2012-09-27 G. K. Chesterton Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) 978-0-14-119977-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
192
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2012-12-14 G. K. Chesterton Simon & Brown 978-1-61382-402-3
$10.99?$: US dollar
186
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.
novel  
The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories 2013-01-16 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Evelyn Kriete Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4743-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
2284
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 2013-08-12 G. K. Chesterton Catholic Way Publishing 978-1-78379-081-4
$7.44?$: US dollar
164
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2014-03-03 G. K. Chesterton Whitaker House 978-1-60374-965-7
$12.99?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2015-02-01 G. K. Chesterton Ulverscroft Large Print Books 978-1-4448-2289-2
£20.76?£: UK pound
288
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.
novel  
30 Suspense and Thriller Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2019-12-30 uncredited Whitemore Kennett  
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
The Man Who Was Thursday 2022-01-12 G. K. Chesterton Wildside Press 978-1-4344-7897-9
$14.99?$: US dollar
287
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.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare date unknown G. K. Chesterton Modern Library (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books)  
$0.95?$: US dollar
281
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare date unknown G. K. Chesterton Capricorn Books 0-399-50151-7
$2.45?$: US dollar
192
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.
novel Milton Glaser Checkmark
The Man Who Was Thursday date unknown G. K. Chesterton Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) 978-1-4114-2818-8    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Checkmark
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