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Title: The Waiting Room Title Record # 624789
Author: Robert Aickman
Date: 1956-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Christmas 1956.
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Year Language Title
2022Translated by Usch Kiausch
German Der Wartesaal

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Sketch, December 1956 1956-12-00 ed. Editors of the Sketch        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Dark Entries 1964-11-00 Robert Aickman Collins  
18/-?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).
173
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Dark Entries 1965-00-00 Robert Aickman Fontana FB981
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).
173
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 Arkham Collector, Spring 1971 1971-00-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$0.50?$: US dollar
44
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 Checkmark
The Arkham Collector, Vol. 1 1971-00-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$10.00?$: US dollar
348
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Painted Devils: Strange Stories 1979-03-00 Robert Aickman Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-15999-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
234
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Edward Gorey  
Painted Devils: Strange Stories 1979-09-00 Robert Aickman Charles Scribner's Sons / SFBC 2053
$2.98?$: US dollar
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Edward Gorey Checkmark
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1990-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3
£14.95?£: UK pound
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kim Palmer  
Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways 1991-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Wings Books 0-517-06007-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Fiore  
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1991-12-12 ed. Richard Peyton Futura 0-7088-4997-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
382
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
The Collected Strange Stories, Volume I 1999-11-00 Robert Aickman Tartarus Press 1-872621-47-3
£35.00?£: UK pound
xvi+
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Steven Stapleton  
The Collected Strange Stories, Volume I 2001-00-00 Robert Aickman Tartarus Press & Durtro Press 1-872621-47-3
£35.00?£: UK pound
xi+
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Steven Stapleton  
Dark Entries 2011-03-00 Robert Aickman Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-32-5
£32.50?£: UK pound
ix+
197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stephen J. Clark  
Dark Entries 2014-06-05 Robert Aickman Faber and Faber 978-0-571-31177-4
£7.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
238
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 Tim McDonagh  
Unconventional Fantasy: A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention 2014-11-06 ed. Bill Campbell (I), Sam Lubell, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jean Marie Ward Baltimore Washington Area Worldcon Association, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
1+
736+
684+
764+
660+
560+
90
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Les Edwards Checkmark
Dunkle Pforten 2022-11-29 Robert Aickman Festa (Festa Weird Fiction #3)  
€36.99?€: Euro
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Singer Sargent Checkmark
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