Title: Creeps by Night
Title Record # 1282691
Editor: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1961-00-00
Variant Title of: Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills (1931) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Language: English
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Editor: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1961-00-00
Variant Title of: Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills (1931) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Language: English
Note:
10 stories, with introduction by Dashiell Hammett
The stories are 10 of the 21 in the 1931 anthology Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills, which were selected by Hammett from public nominations (see that parent collection).
Unknown: whether Hammett revised or the publishers cut the introduction
Jointly the 1961 anthologies Creeps by Night and The Red Brain (see) contain 20 of the 21 stories. The exception is "A Woman Alone with Her Soul" (1912) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the oldest of the 21.
The 20 are not divided in tens by publication date, nor as first and second halves of the original sequence.
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Creeps by Night | 1961-00-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Belmont Books | 230 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
141 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Creeps by Night | 1966-02-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Four Square Books | 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). |
141 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) |