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Title: The Killing-Bottle Title Record # 556149
Author: L. P. Hartley
Date: 1927-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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1927 The Killing Bottle

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery 1928-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Charles Scribner's Sons  
$2.00?$: US dollar
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery 1928-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
7/6?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).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery 1929-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
3/6?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).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Killing Bottle 1932-10-00 L. P. Hartley G. P. Putnam's Sons     303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Century of Creepy Stories 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
3/6?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).
xi+
1178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories 1948-00-00 L. P. Hartley Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories 1951-00-00 L. P. Hartley James Barrie  
9/6?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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories 1959-00-00 L. P. Hartley Arthur Barker (Barker Dragon Book #40)  
2/6?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).
191
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 Second Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1967-00-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana  
3/6?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).
221
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  
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1969-00-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana 0-00-612106-3
4/-?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).
221
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  
The Second Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1974-08-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana / Collins 0-00-612106-3
£0.30?£: UK pound
221
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 Checkmark
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1980-00-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana     221
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  
The Complete Short Stories of L. P. Hartley 1986-00-00 L. P. Hartley Beaufort Books 0-8253-0353-2
$24.95?$: US dollar
x+
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley 1987-11-00 L. P. Hartley Beaufort Books / QPBC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
x+
760
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  
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 1993-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Orion 1-85797-092-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
578
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  
Night Fears and Other Supernatural Tales 1993-12-00 L. P. Hartley J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library) 0-460-87360-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
xi+
217
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  
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 1994-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Artus Publishing 1-898799-03-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
578
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  
The Armchair Horror Collection 1994-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Orion 1-85797-411-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
ix+
675
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  
The Collected Macabre Stories 2001-12-00 L. P. Hartley Tartarus Press 1-872621-62-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 2003-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Bounty Books 0-7537-0851-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
578
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 Checkmark
The Collected Macabre Stories 2005-04-00 L. P. Hartley Tartarus Press 1-872621-62-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
xv+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories 2017-10-02 L. P. Hartley Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-79-3
$16.99?$: US dollar
246
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  
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories 2017-10-02 L. P. Hartley Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-78-6
$29.99?$: US dollar
246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery date unknown ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson     252
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  
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