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Title: Boy in Darkness

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Title: Boy in Darkness Title Record # 44028
Author: Mervyn Peake
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Gormenghast
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1983ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Annette%20von%20Charpentier&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Annette von Charpentier</a>
 German Ein Junge im Dunkeln

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sometime, Never 1956-00-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Eyre & Spottiswoode  
12/6?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).
 224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Stein Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1957-06-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 215
$0.35?$: US dollar
 vi+
185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1957-06-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books H-215
$2.75?$: US dollar
 185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Powers  
Sometime, Never 1957-09-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 215
$0.35?$: US dollar
 [6]+
185+
[1]
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1962-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books F657
$0.50?$: US dollar
 185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1962-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books F657
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1967-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Bal-Hi U2853
$0.50?$: US dollar
 185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1969-04-00 ed. uncredited Allison & Busby 0-85031-005-9
25/-?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).
 151
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited Corgi 0-552-08500-6
£0.25?£: UK pound
 190
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 Ian West Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1971-06-00 ed. uncredited Paperback Library 64-614
$0.75?$: US dollar
 160
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1971-06-00 ed. uncredited Paperback Library 64-614
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
 160
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1971-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 0-345-02428-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
 [6]+
185
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1971-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 0-345-02428-1
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 [6]+
185
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1975-00-00 ed. uncredited Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library) 0-552-09748-9
£0.40?£: UK pound
 187
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 Joe Petagno Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1976-00-00 Mervyn Peake Wheaton 0-08-019798-1   61
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.
 chap  
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 1981-00-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake Penguin Books 0-14-004629-1
£5.95?£: UK pound
 576
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 Mervyn Peake Checkmark
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 1981-00-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake The Overlook Press 0-87951-121-4
$25.00?$: US dollar
 576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mervyn Peake  
Phantastische Literatur 84 1983-12-00 ed. uncredited
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Phantastische Literatur #72033)		 3-404-72033-4
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 346
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 Stephen Fabian Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1996-00-00 Mervyn Peake Hodder Children's Books 0-340-68323-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
 114
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap P. J. Lynch Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1997-04-00 Mervyn Peake Hodder Children's Books (H Signature) 0-340-67822-4
£3.99?£: UK pound
 115
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.
 chap P. J. Lynch  
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 2000-11-02 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake Penguin Books 0-14-118559-7   576
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 Mervyn Peake  
Boy in Darkness and Other Stories 2008-06-15 Mervyn Peake Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1306-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
 145
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  
Peake's Progress 2011-06-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake The British Library 978-0-7123-5834-7
£25.00?£: UK pound
 576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mervyn Peake Checkmark
Boy In Darkness and Other Stories 2011-07-01 Mervyn Peake Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1389-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
 224
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  
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