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Title: Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences

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Title: Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences Title Record # 187848
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1843-10-14
Type: ESSAY
Webpages: en.wikisource.org
Language: English
Note:
  • First published under this shortened title in the September 13, 1845 Broadway Journal.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
User Rating: 9.00 (2 votes) Including variants and translations: 8.67 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1843 Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences [as by Edgar A. Poe]
1880 Diddling: Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
1905 Diddling
Year Language Title
1901Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg]
German Das Schwindeln: eine exakte Wissenschaft
1974Translated by Elga Abramowitz
German Der Schwindel als exakte Wissenschaft betrachtet
1993Translated by Heide Steiner
German Das Diddeln als eine der exakten Wissenschaften betrachtet

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1856-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607+
447
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Second Series 1877-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose 1880-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     clxxviii+
676
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series 1889-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe A. C. Armstrong & Son     vi+
446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Der Engel des Wunderlichen 1901-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. C. C. Bruns (Edgar Allan Poes Werke in zehn Bänden #10)     240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 7 1905-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby
(The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #7)
     
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     1296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms 1931-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Blue Ribbon Books     [32]+
918
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe and the Philadelphia Saturday Courier: Facsimile Reproductions of the First Texts of Poe's Earliest Tales and "Raising the Wind" 1933-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe University of Virginia Press     xi+
85
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1938-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone  
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Signet Classic / New American Library CD29
$0.50?$: US dollar
383
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  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
819
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library     vii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Erzählungen 1974-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Rütten & Loening (Bibliothek der Weltliteratur)  
M 9.30?M: East German mark
518
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1975-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books 0-394-71678-7 / V-678
$5.95?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
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
The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales of Terror 1976-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Andor Classic 002-2
$0.95?$: US dollar
223
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 Jim Bellamore Checkmark
Erzählungen 1978-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Rütten & Loening (Bibliothek der Weltliteratur)  
M 9.30?M: East German mark
518
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Forty-Two Tales 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Octopus Books 0-7064-1053-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
Edgar Allan Poe 1983-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press 0-517-41375-2   xii+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1984-08-01 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$27.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1985-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books 0-517-05358-6   ix+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1991-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-07407-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
821
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jackie Schuman  
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1992-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) 0-679-60007-8
$20.00?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Die Morde in der Rue Morgue 1993-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Insel (Insel Taschenbuch #1529) 3-458-33229-4
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
387
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 Max Ernst Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1994-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$37.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales 1998-04-00 Edgar Allan Poe Signet Classic / New American Library 0-451-52675-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
384
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  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 4 (Raven Edition) 2000-04-01 Edgar Allan Poe Project Gutenberg 2150    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems 2009-11-29 Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books 978-0-7858-1453-5   xiv+
842
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) G40   xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone Checkmark
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Signet Classics CP396
$0.60?$: US dollar
384
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
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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