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Title: The Mask Title Record # 63179
Author: Robert W. Chambers
Date: 1895-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: King in Yellow (Chambers)
Webpages: Blogspot, librivox.org, stitcher.com
Language: English
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Current Tags: Librivox (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), ghosts (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Jacques Finné for his anthology, L'Amérique fantastique de Poe à Lovecraft, 1973.
French Le masque
1976Translated by Jef Panken
Dutch Het Masker
1976Translated by Jacques Finné.
French Le masque [as by Robert William Chambers]
1976Translated by G. Lenzo
Italian La maschera [as by Robert William Chambers]
1982Translated by Waltraud Götting
German Die Maske
2000Translated by Rubén Masera.
Spanish La máscara
2002Translated by Andreas Diesel
German Die Maske
2007Translated by Christophe Thill.
French Le masque
2014Translated by Edmundo Barreiros
Portuguese A máscara
2021Translated by BOOKS桜鈴堂
Japanese
仮面?Kamen
[as by
ロバート・W・チェンバース?Robāto W. Chenbāsu
Robato W. Chenbasu
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The King in Yellow 1895-00-00 Robert W. Chambers F. Tennyson Neely (Neely's Prismatic Library)  
$0.50?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The King in Yellow 1895-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Chatto & Windus     316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Robert W. Chambers  
The King in Yellow 1895-00-00 Robert W. Chambers F. Tennyson Neely     316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Robert W. Chambers  
The King in Yellow 1902-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Harper & Brothers     274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The King in Yellow 1916-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Constable & Co. Ltd.     312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Mask and Other Stories 1929-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Whitman Publishing Company     126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ghost Stories, February 1930 1930-02-00 ed. D. E. Wheeler Constructive Pub. Corp.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
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 Dalton Stevens  
The King in Yellow 1938-00-00 Robert W. Chambers D. Appleton-Century Company  
$2.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943 1943-12-00 ed. Mary Gnaedinger All-Fiction Field, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
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 Lawrence Checkmark
Super Science Stories (Canadian), August 1944 1944-08-00 ed. Alden H. Norton Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada  
C$0.15?C$: Canadian dollar
84
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 Leo Morey  
Magazine of Horror, November 1964 1964-11-00 ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Health Knowledge, Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
132
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 Fred Wolters Checkmark
The King in Yellow 1965-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Ace Books M-132
$0.45?$: US dollar
253
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Tales of the Uncanny 1968-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer W. H. Allen 0-491-00002-2
30/-?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).
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bill Botten  
The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories 1970-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Dover Publications 0-486-22500-3
$2.75?$: US dollar
xiii+
287
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 Checkmark
The Plague of the Living Dead & More Tales of the Uncanny 1970-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer Sphere Books (Sphere Occult) 0-7221-7854-9
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).
160
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  
Tales of the Uncanny 1974-09-00 ed. Kurt Singer White Lion 0-85617-384-3   286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Kings of Horror 1975-04-00 ed. Ken Krueger Ken Krueger / Shroud (Fantasy Reader #6)  
$1.00?$: US dollar
77
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
anth Greg Bear Checkmark
The King in Yellow 1977-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Ace Books 0-441-44481-4
$1.50?$: US dollar
274
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 Stephen Hickman Checkmark
The King in Yellow 1982-07-00 Robert W. Chambers Ace Books 0-441-44482-2
$2.50?$: US dollar
274
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 Checkmark
The Plague of the Living Dead & More Tales of the Uncanny 1984-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer Ace/Stoneshire  
£1.95?£: UK pound
158
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 King in Yellow 1989-07-00 R. W. Chambers Dedalus 0-946626-51-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
253
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 Tim Gray  
Origins 1998-02-13 Robert W. Chambers Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-41-9
C$51.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
163
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Lamb  
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories: The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers 2000-07-00 Robert W. Chambers Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6023) 1-56882-126-3
$19.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
643
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 H. E. Fassl  
The King in Yellow 2002-09-01 Robert W. Chambers Wildside Press 1-58715-540-0
$29.95?$: US dollar
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories: The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers 2004-02-00 Robert W. Chambers Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6023) 1-56882-170-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
643
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 H. E. Fassl Checkmark
The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories 2004-08-00 Robert W. Chambers Dover Publications (Dover Mystery, Detective, Ghost Stories and Other Fiction) 0-486-43750-7
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
287
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 Jeff A. Menges  
The King in Yellow 2005-07-01 Robert W. Chambers Project Gutenberg 8492
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2005-09-20 Robert W. Chambers Wildside Press 1-55742-368-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
189
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 Checkmark
Fantasies of Science, Romance, and the Weird: Volume 2 2009-03-23 Robert W. Chambers Coachwhip Publications 978-1-930585-79-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
363
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 King in Yellow 2010-05-15 Robert W. Chambers Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-644-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
xi+
179
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 Nathan Clair Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2011-10-27 Robert W. Chambers Underworld Amusements 978-1-4664-7665-3
$16.66?$: US dollar
210
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 G. Edwin Taylor  
The Mask: An Excerpt from The King in Yellow 2012-04-01 Robert W. Chambers Weiser Books (The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe: A Weiser Books Collection) 978-1-61940-070-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Bizarrocast, EP:14 2012-11-15 ed. Chris Boyle Bizarrocast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2013-01-28 Robert W. Chambers CreateSpace 978-1-4820-9766-5
$8.99?$: US dollar
154
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 King in Yellow 2013-04-13 Robert W. Chambers CreateSpace 978-1-4841-1680-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
170
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 King in Yellow 2014-00-00 Robert W. Chambers Fall River Press 978-1-4351-5545-9   xv+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The King in Yellow 2014-02-21 Robert W. Chambers Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0839-1
£0.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The King in Yellow 2014-03-02 Robert W. Chambers Corundum Classics 978-1-62375-079-4
$6.99?$: US dollar
204
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 King in Yellow 2014-03-10 Robert W. Chambers Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (Cclap Victoriana Series) 978-1-939987-19-8
$14.99?$: US dollar
260
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 King in Yellow 2014-03-12 Robert W. Chambers Falcon Press 978-1-4961-4985-5
$6.99?$: US dollar
160
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 Jack Gaughan  
The King in Yellow 2014-03-18 Robert W. Chambers Atria Books 978-1-4767-8868-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The King in Yellow 2014-03-18 Robert W. Chambers Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-0373-8
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2014-03-21 Robert W. Chambers Blackstone Audio      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2014-09-16 Robert W. Chambers Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0890-0
$11.99?$: US dollar
208
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  
LampLight, March 2015 2015-03-00 ed. Jacob Haddon Apokrupha 978-1-5114-3020-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
66
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.
mag Paula Snyder  
LampLight, March 2015 2015-03-00 ed. Jacob Haddon Apokrupha  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Paula Snyder  
The King in Yellow / The Mystery of Choice 2015-07-28 Robert W. Chambers Stark House Press (Stark House Supernatural Classics) 978-1-933586-77-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
233
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 Robert W. Chambers  
Lamplight, Volume 3 2016-02-29 ed. Jacob Haddon Apokrupha 978-1-5234-7716-6
$22.99?$: US dollar
400
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 King in Yellow 2017-10-26 Robert W. Chambers Pushkin Press 978-1-78227-376-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Classic Fantasy Collection 2018-03-01 ed. uncredited Sirius / Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-340-3
$19.99?$: US dollar
927
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Ridley Checkmark
The King in Yellow 2018-03-20 Robert W. Chambers Lanternfish Press 978-1-941360-13-2
$16.00?$: US dollar
vi+
305
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  
Out of the Dark 2018-10-04 Robert W. Chambers HarperCollins (Collins Chillers) 978-0-00-826537-3
$13.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Out of the Dark 2018-10-09 Robert W. Chambers HarperCollins (Collins Chillers) 978-0-00-826536-6
$12.99?$: US dollar
496
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 King in Yellow 2019-11-26 Robert W. Chambers Lanternfish Press 978-1-941360-39-2
$16.00?$: US dollar
vi+
305
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 Ernst Haeckel  
The King in Yellow 2020-11-09 Robert W. Chambers LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Robert W. Chambers  
Weird Horror Short Stories 2022-07-19 ed. Mike Ashley Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-935-6
$30.00?$: US dollar
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Cosmic Horror Monthly, October 2022 2022-10-00 ed. Charles Tyra Cosmic Horror Monthly  
$10.99?$: US dollar
 
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.
mag Branden Singletary  
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