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Title: The Spectacles in the Drawer Title Record # 264481
Author: Thomas Ligotti
Date: 1987-06-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1997Translated by Malte Schulz-Sembten
German Die Brille im Geheimfach

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Etchings & Odysseys #10 1987-06-30 ed. Eric A. Carlson, R. Alain Everts, John J. Koblas The Strange Company     116
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Hans P. Werner Checkmark
Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, June 1988 1988-06-00 ed. W. H. Pugmire Cryptic Publications  
$4.50?$: US dollar
44
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine  
Fantasy Tales, Spring 1991 1991-07-15 ed. Stephen Jones, David A. Sutton Robinson 1-85487-059-9
£2.95?£: UK pound
196
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Fantasy Tales, Spring 1991 1991-08-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Carroll & Graf 0-88184-733-X
$3.95?$: US dollar
182
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.
mag J. K. Potter Checkmark
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works 1991-12-00 Thomas Ligotti Robinson 1-85487-090-4
£13.95?£: UK pound
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works 1991-12-00 Thomas Ligotti Carroll & Graf 0-88184-739-9
$18.95?$: US dollar
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works 1994-10-00 Thomas Ligotti Jove Books 0-515-11471-5
$4.99?$: US dollar
x+
230
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 Nightmare Factory 1996-00-00 Thomas Ligotti Raven Books / Robinson Publishing 1-85487-436-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
xxi+
551
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 Eric Dinyer Checkmark
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales 1996-05-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton The Book Company 1-86309-224-2
A$?A$: Australian dollar
xxiii+
553
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.
anth J. K. Potter  
The Nightmare Factory 1996-08-00 Thomas Ligotti Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0302-4
$13.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
551
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 Eric Dinyer  
Teatro Grottesco und andere Erzählungen?Teatro Grottesco und andere Erzaehlungen
1997-09-00 Thomas Ligotti Edition Metzengerstein (Edition Metzengerstein #4) 3-932320-03-4
DM 20.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
coll Malte Schulz-Sembten  
Teatro Grottesco und andere Erzählungen?Teatro Grottesco und andere Erzaehlungen
2000-04-00 Thomas Ligotti Blitz (Edition Metzengerstein #2704) 3-932171-49-7
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
174
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 Malte Schulz-Sembten Checkmark
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World 2005-10-01 Thomas Ligotti Cold Spring Press 1-59360-058-5
$13.00?$: US dollar
259
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 Daniel Govar  
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World 2006-05-00 Thomas Ligotti Subterranean Press 1-59606-057-3
$50.00?$: US dollar
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works 2011-07-31 Thomas Ligotti Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-409-6
$40.00?$: US dollar
226
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Aeron Alfrey  
Grimscribe: Sein Leben und Werk 2015-07-27 Thomas Ligotti Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2638) 978-3-86552-320-4
€28.00?€: Euro
317+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Diana Dihaze Checkmark
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe 2015-10-06 Thomas Ligotti Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310776-7
$17.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
448
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 Chris Mars  
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe 2015-10-06 Thomas Ligotti Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-698-40928-6
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe date unknown Thomas Ligotti Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310776-7
$17.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
448
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 Chris Mars Checkmark
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe date unknown Thomas Ligotti Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310776-7
$17.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
448
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 Chris Mars  
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