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Title: The Blue Spectacles Title Record # 63092
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1949-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Title
1949 The Blue Spectacles [as by Stephen Grendon]
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Gérard Coisne
French Les lunettes bleues

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, July 1949 1949-07-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Matt Fox Checkmark
Mr. George and Other Odd Persons 1963-00-00 Stephen Grendon Arkham House  
$4.00?$: US dollar
viii+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Robert E. Hubbell Checkmark
Mr. George and Other Odd Persons 1964-07-00 August Derleth Belmont Books (Belmont Future Series) L92-594
$0.50?$: US dollar
176
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 Ralph Brillhart Checkmark
Kurt Singer's Ghost Omnibus 1965-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer W. H. Allen  
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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
When Graveyards Yawn 1965-00-00 August Derleth Tandem T30
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).
176
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 W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Kurt Singer's Second Ghost Omnibus 1967-12-00 ed. Kurt Singer Four Square Books 1982
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).
125
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
Kurt Singer's Ghost Omnibus 1971-07-00 ed. Kurt Singer Leisure Books 0-8439-0020-2
$0.75?$: US dollar
174
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 Dennis Anderson Checkmark
Le fantôme du lac 1987-01-00 August Derleth Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #185) 2-7304-0418-X
F45.00?F: French frank
159
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 Jean-Michel Nicollet Checkmark
Pirate Ghosts of the American Coast: Stories of Hauntings at Sea 1988-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh August House 0-87483-077-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
206
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 Jan Taylor Weeks  
Pirate Ghosts: Tales of Hauntings at Sea 2007-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Barnes & Noble Books 978-1-4351-0170-8   206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Raluca Motei , Stuart Brill , Ross Elmi  
That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #3) 978-1-55246-815-9
C$30.00?C$: Canadian dollar
328
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 Matt Fox Checkmark
That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #3) 978-1-55246-815-9   328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Matt Fox Checkmark
Weird Tales 2012-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
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