Title: Taboo
Title Record # 581841
Author: Geoffrey Household
Date: 1939-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Geoffrey Household
Date: 1939-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, London: Chatto, 1939.
Synopsis: The psychiatrist Shiravieff is talking about the bad effects of not expressing one's emotions, and illustrates his thoughts with a story about a very restrained Englishman named Vaughan and an experience which Shiravieff and Vaughan shared a decade earlier. They met while vacationing in a remote Eastern European town. Local people had been disappearing. Talk in the inn turned to stories of werewolves. Vaughan's wife had ideas about humans who behave like werewolves. Shiravieff and Vaughan, both hunters, decided to keep watch in the forest and trap the killer-- one walking up and down in plain sight, the other in hiding, keeping a gun trained in readiness. Their plan succeeded but the solution of the mystery did not make matters any less disturbing. Vaughan's refusal to admit that he was disturbed had lingering psychological consequences.
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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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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1944-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Modern Library | G72 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 1080 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | George Salter | |
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1947-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | 832 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
Hold Your Breath: Stories of Suspense | 1947-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Dell | $?$: US dollar |
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 | |||
Stories for the Dead of Night | 1957-03-00 | ed. Don Congdon | Dell | B107 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
288 | 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 | Jeanette Cissman | |
The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1960-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books (Pan Giant) | X67 | 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). |
319 | 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 | S. R. Boldero | |
Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories | 1963-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Arthur Barker | 15/-?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). |
204 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Stories for the Dead of Night | 1967-04-00 | ed. Don Congdon | Dell Laurel-Leaf | 8295 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
240 | 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 | Paul Davis | |
The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1969-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10067-X | 5/-?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). |
319 | 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 Dark of the Soul | 1970-00-00 | ed. Don Ward | Tower Books | T0753 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
157 | 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 | ||
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1971-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | 0-242-78551-4 | 832 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stein | ||
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | 0-242-78551-4 | 832 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stein | ||
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1977-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Book Club Associates | CN 4361 | 832 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Best Horror Stories | 1977-09-00 | ed. uncredited | Hamlyn | 0-600-38244-3 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
751 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1982-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise | Hutchinson | 0-09-149720-5 | £8.95?£: UK pound |
832 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Stories of Terror | 1982-00-00 | ed. John L. Foster | Ward, Lock (Ward Lock Educational Short Stories #22) | 0-7062-4142-8 | 122 | 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 Best Horror Stories | 1984-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Hamlyn | 0-600-38244-3 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
751 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | 1984-00-00 | ed. J. A. Cuddon | Penguin Books | 0-14-006799-X | £4.95?£: UK pound |
607 | 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 | Steve Crisp | |
Realms of Darkness | 1985-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-86273-244-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
796 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Realms of Darkness | 1985-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-86273-244-1 | 796 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | 1985-00-00 | ed. J. A. Cuddon | Viking UK | 0-670-81034-7 | £10.95?£: UK pound |
607 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | 1985-00-00 | ed. J. A. Cuddon | Penguin Books | 0-14-006799-X | £4.95?£: UK pound |
607 | 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 | Steve Crisp | |
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | 1987-10-00 | ed. J. A. Cuddon | Penguin Books | 0-14-006799-X | £5.95?£: UK pound |
607 | 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 | Steve Crisp | |
Realms of Darkness | 1988-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Chartwell Books | 1-55521-251-4 | 663 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | 1990-04-00 | ed. uncredited | Mallard Press | 0-7924-5250-X | $7.98?$: US dollar |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | 1990-09-00 | ed. uncredited | Ivy Leaf | 0-86363-002-2 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | 1991-00-00 | ed. J. A. Cuddon | Bloomsbury | 1-870630-94-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
607 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Steve Crisp | |
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1994-00-00 | ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise | Modern Library | 0-679-60128-7 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 1034 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Henry Fuseli | |
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1994-10-00 | ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise | Modern Library | 0-679-60128-7 | $21.00?$: US dollar |
xix+ 1034 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fuseli | |
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | date unknown | ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise | Modern Library | 0-679-60128-7 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 1034 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Henry Fuseli | |
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | date unknown | ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise | Modern Library | 0-394-60446-6 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 1034 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Sara Eisenman | |
The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10067-X | £0.30?£: UK pound |
319 | 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 |