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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 <i>Saturday Evening Post</i>, 13 February 1954.
Collector's Piece
1954 A Tomb for Karmesin
Year Language Title
1961 French Le Voleur qui fit le mort

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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  
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1960 1960-07-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK), September 1960 1960-09-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK)        
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 2003-06-01 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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