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Title: The Thief Who Played Dead

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Title: The Thief Who Played Dead Title Record # 2403317
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1954-02-13
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Series: Karmesin
Language: English
Synopsis: Karmesin relates to Kersh how he stole an undiscovered Shakespearean poem from the tomb of Edmund Spenser in Westminster Abbey.
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Year Title
1954First published as 'The Thief Who Played Dead' in the Saturday Evening Post, 13 February 1954.
Collector's Piece
1954 A Tomb for Karmesin
Year Language Title
1961 French Le Voleur qui fit le mort

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1954 1954-02-13 ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
John Bull, 22 May 1954 1954-05-22 ed. Editors of John Bull        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Ugly Face of Love 1960-03-11 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
15/-?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).
218
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Fratini  
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1960 1960-07-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine    
$0.35?$: US dollar
 
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK), September 1960 1960-09-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK)    
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).
 
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Mystère #156, January 1961 1961-01-00 ed.
Editors of Mystère?Editors of Mystere
       
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Ellery Queen's 1969 Anthology 1969-00-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Anthology Davis Publications  
$1.50?$: US dollar
319
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth  
Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar 2003-06-00 Gerald Kersh Crippen & Landru Publishers (Lost Classics) 1-932009-03-5
$17.00?$: US dollar
169
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 Carol Heyer Checkmark
Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar 2003-06-01 Gerald Kersh Crippen & Landru Publishers (Lost Classics) 1-932009-02-7
$27.00?$: US dollar
170
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Carol Heyer  
Karmesin: World's Greatest Criminal – or Most Outrageous Liar 2016-09-23 Gerald Kersh Crippen & Landru Publishers (Lost Classics)  
$9.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Carol Heyer Checkmark
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