Title: The Dead Hand
Title Record # 570265
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1857-10-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1857-10-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Household Words 394 (1857-10-10) as part of the second of the five chapters of "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices", written jointly by Collins and Charles Dickens. Serialization of "The Lazy Tour" had begun the previous week. "Chapter the Second" opens with an introductory section by Dickens, Collin's story occupying pp. 340-9 of the magazine. Reprinted in The Queen of Hearts as "Brother Morgan's Story of the Dead Hand". — quoted from p 380 of Norman Page's collection of Wilkie Collins short fiction Mad Monkton and Other Stories.
Synopsis: "Arthur Holliday arrives in Doncaster during the busy September race-week. The only accommodation he can find is a shared room with a body occupying the other bed. His apparently dead companion revives in the night. He has an uncanny resemblance to Arthur and years later is found to be his illegitimate half-brother."—Wilkie Collins Information Pages
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Queen of Hearts | 1859-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Harper & Brothers | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Queen of Hearts | 1859-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Hurst and Blackett |
iii+ 314+ 359+ 307 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |  |
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| Told in the Dark | 1950-10-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 152 | 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). |
256 | 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 | Val Biro | |
| Told in the Dark | 1952-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 152 | 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). |
192 | 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 | Sax | |
| Tales of Suspense | 1954-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | The Folio Society | 255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Tales of Terror | 1961-00-00 | ed. Charles Higham | Horwitz | PB93 | A4/6?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). |
194 | 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 | Frank Benier | |
| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $3.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
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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| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-06-00 | Wilkie Collins | Peter Smith Publisher | 0-8446-4725-X | $11.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Tales of the Dark #2 | 1987-09-00 | ed. Lincoln Child | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-90769-9 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 181 |
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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| Ghost and Horror Stories | 1990-07-00 | ed. uncredited | Tynron Press | 1-871948-11-8 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
579 | 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 | Sue Harmer | |
| The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins | 1990-11-00 | Wilkie Collins | Robert Hale | 0-7090-4224-8 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
303 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Helen Hale | |
| Mad Monkton and Other Stories | 1994-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282260-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
xxxviii+ 383 |
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 | Caspar David Friedrich | |
| The Haunted Hotel & Other Strange Stories | 2006-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) | 1-84022-533-5 |
xiii+ 317 |
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 Queen of Hearts | 2009-01-03 | Wilkie Collins | Project Gutenberg | 1917 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-821-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
584 | 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 Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-822-3 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
584 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | date unknown | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $6.50?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
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 | Fred Walker | |