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Title: The Return of the Sorcerer Title Record # 63517
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1931-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Cthulhu Mythos
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2008 A Rendering from the Arabic
Year Language Title
1969ⓘTranslated by Jacques Parsons for Roland Stragliati's anthology <i>Les Miroirs de la Peur</i>, 1969.
 French Le retour du sorcier
1970ⓘTranslated by Friedrich Polakovics
 German Des Magiers Wiederkehr [as by C. A. Smith]
1972ⓘTranslated by Claude Gilbert.
 French Talion
1975ⓘTranslated by Heleen ten Holt
 Dutch De terugkeer van de magiër
1976ⓘTranslated by Werner Maibohm.
 German Die Hand vor der Tür
2001ⓘTranslated by Francisco Torres Oliver
 Spanish El retorno del brujo
2001ⓘTranslated by Heiko Langhans
 German Die Rückkehr des Hexers
2018ⓘTranslated by Heiko Langhans
 German Die Rückkehr des Hexers [as by C. A. Smith]
2020ⓘTranslated by José Geraldo Gouvêa
 Portuguese O Retorno do Feiticeiro

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, September 1931 1931-09-00 ed. Harry Bates The Clayton Magazines, 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 H. W. Wesso  
Out of Space and Time 1942-08-00 Clark Ashton Smith Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Hannes Bok Checkmark
Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur 1944-00-00 ed. August Derleth Farrar & Rinehart  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 x+
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur 1944-00-00 ed. August Derleth Editions for the Armed Services R-33
$0.00?$: US dollar
 x+
374
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 Lee Brown Coye  
Sleep No More 1964-12-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 1770
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).
 188
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
Sleep No More 1965-00-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 1770
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).
 188
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 from Sleep No More 1967-02-00 ed. August Derleth Bantam Books H3425
$0.60?$: US dollar
 148
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  
Startling Mystery Stories, Spring 1968 1968-00-00 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 Virgil Finlay Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1969-00-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$7.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Out of Space and Time 1971-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Neville Spearman 0-85435-101-9
£1.75?£: UK pound
 xii+
370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Tom Simmonds  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1971-05-00 ed. August Derleth Beagle Books / Ballantine (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #5) 95080
$0.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
241
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 Victor Valla Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1973-04-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-03226-8
$0.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
241
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 John Holmes Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1974-02-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-23226-7
$0.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
241
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 John Holmes Checkmark
Out of Space and Time: Volume II 1974-03-00 Clark Ashton Smith Panther 0-586-04110-9
£0.35?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Checkmark
The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories 1974-11-00 ed. Michel Parry Mayflower 0-583-12333-3
£0.40?£: UK pound
 205
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 Les Edwards  
Out of Space and Time: Volume II 1975-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Panther 0-586-04110-9
£0.40?£: UK pound
 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.
 coll Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1975-00-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 0-586-04151-6
£0.50?£: UK pound
 239
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 1975-11-00 ed. August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-24687-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
 xiv+
241
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 John Holmes Checkmark
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader 1987-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol Serling, Charles G. Waugh Dembner Books 0-934878-93-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
 x+
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1988-00-00 ed. August Derleth Grafton 0-586-20344-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
 508
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 Tim White Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1990-00-00 ed. uncredited Arkham House 0-87054-159-5
$23.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jeffrey K. Potter Checkmark
Rivals of Weird Tales 1990-05-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-69331-3
$9.99?$: US dollar
 xx+
486
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth John Rosato Checkmark
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 1998-10-00 ed. uncredited Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-42204-X
$12.00?$: US dollar
 xi+
461
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 John Jude Palencar  
The Emperor of Dreams 2002-03-00 Clark Ashton Smith Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #26) 0-575-07373-X
£7.99?£: UK pound
 592
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Out of Space and Time 2006-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Bison Books (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) 0-8032-9352-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xviii+
370
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 Stasys Eidiejus Checkmark
The Door to Saturn: Volume Two of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith 2007-06-15 Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-029-7
$39.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
The Klarkash-Ton Cycle: Clark Ashton Smith's Cthulhu Mythos Fiction 2008-06-30 Clark Ashton Smith Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6046) 978-1-56882-160-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
 x+
212
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 Stephen Gilberts Checkmark
The Return of the Sorcerer 2009-00-00 Clark Ashton Smith Prime Books 978-0-8095-5665-6
$14.95?$: 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.
 coll Peter Bergting  
The Return of the Sorcerer 2009-09-15 Clark Ashton Smith Prime Books 978-1-60701-209-2
$14.95?$: US dollar
 348
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 Peter Bergting Checkmark
The Door to Saturn 2011-02-16 Clark Ashton Smith eStar Books 978-1-61210-200-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Tales 2012-04-17 ed. Colin Azariah-Kribbs, John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4890-3
$0.99?$: US dollar
 1054
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Checkmark
The Return of the Sorcerer 2012-10-10 Clark Ashton Smith Prime Books / SFBC 978-1-62090-569-2
$13.99?$: US dollar
 348
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Peter Bergting Checkmark
The Door to Saturn 2016-01-19 Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-837-8
$17.99?$: US dollar
 xv+
298
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 Jason Van Hollander  
Stories from Sleep No More date unknown ed. August Derleth Bantam Books H3425
$0.60?$: US dollar
 148
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
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos date unknown ed. uncredited Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-42204-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
461
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 John Jude Palencar Checkmark
The Last Hieroglyph date unknown Clark Ashton Smith Roy A. Squires      
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 coll  
The Door to Saturn date unknown Clark Ashton Smith Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-363-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, September 1931 date unknown ed. Harry Bates Pulp Tales Press  
$12.95?$: US dollar
 146
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 H. W. Wesso  
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos date unknown ed. uncredited Arkham House 0-87054-159-5
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jeffrey K. Potter Checkmark
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