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Title: A Short Guide to the City

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Title: A Short Guide to the City Title Record # 65498
Author: Peter Straub
Date: 1990-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1992Translated by Gérard Coisne.
French Petit guide à l'usage des touristes

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Houses Without Doors 1990-10-00 Peter Straub Grafton 0-246-13759-2
£13.99?£: UK pound
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Goodfellow  
Houses Without Doors 1990-11-00 Peter Straub Dutton 0-525-24924-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
358
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Wood Checkmark
Houses Without Doors 1990-12-00 Peter Straub Dutton / BOMC  
$17.95?$: US dollar
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Rob Wood  
Houses Without Doors 1991-00-00 Peter Straub Grafton Overseas 0-586-21202-7
£4.50?£: UK pound
448
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 Stuart Bodek  
Iniquities, Spring 1991 1991-03-00 ed. Buddy Martinez Iniquities Publications  
$4.95?$: US dollar
96
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag J. K. Potter  
Houses Without Doors 1991-07-00 Peter Straub Dutton / QPBC  
$9.95?$: US dollar
356
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 Rob Wood  
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press 0-312-06007-6
$15.95?$: US dollar
liv+
552
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 Thomas Canty Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection 1991-07-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press 0-312-06005-X
$27.95?$: US dollar
liv+
552
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Best New Horror 2 1991-08-00 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones Robinson 1-85487-094-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxv+
433
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 Luis Rey Checkmark
Best New Horror 2 1991-11-00 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 0-88184-736-4
$20.95?$: US dollar
xxv+
433
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Luis Rey Checkmark
Houses Without Doors 1991-11-00 Peter Straub Signet / New American Library 0-451-17082-2
$5.99?$: US dollar
454
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
Houses Without Doors 1992-04-00 Peter Straub Grafton 0-586-21202-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
448
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 Stuart Bodek  
Sans portes ni fenêtres 1992-10-00 Peter Straub Olivier Orban 2-85565-708-3   382
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 Rob Wood  
The Giant Book of Best New Horror 1993-00-00 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones The Book Company 1-85487-193-5
A$?A$: Australian dollar
xv+
619
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 Luis Rey Checkmark
Houses Without Doors 1993-06-00 Peter Straub Grafton 0-586-21202-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
303
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 Melvyn Grant  
Sans portes ni fenêtres 1993-12-00 Peter Straub Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Terreur #9106) 2-266-05737-5   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.
coll P. O. Templier Checkmark
American Gothic Tales 1996-12-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
544
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 Albert Pinkham Ryder  
American Gothic Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin / BCE 14636   viii+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Houses Without Doors 2004-09-00 Peter Straub Signet / New American Library 0-451-17082-2
$7.99?$: US dollar
454
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  
Terror Tales (Number Three) 2006-02-00 ed. John B. Ford, Paul Kane Rainfall Books 0-9549923-5-0
£12.00?£: UK pound
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.
anth Steve Lines Checkmark
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now 2009-00-00 ed. Peter Straub The Library of America (The Library of America #197) 978-1-59853-048-3
$35.00?$: US dollar
xv+
713
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fredrik Broden , Renee Rhyner Checkmark
Nightmare Magazine, September 2013 2013-09-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Nightmare Magazine  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Fred Fraser  
Nightmare Podcast, September 2013 2013-09-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Nightmare Magazine  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag  
Best New Horror #2 2016-02-15 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones PS Publishing 978-1-84863-358-2
$9.45?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ken Bald  
Interior Darkness: Selected Stories 2016-02-16 Peter Straub Doubleday 978-0-385-54105-3
$28.95?$: US dollar
474
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Silver30 Checkmark
Interior Darkness: Selected Stories 2016-02-16 Peter Straub Doubleday 978-0-385-54106-0
$13.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Silver30 Checkmark
Interior Darkness: Selected Stories 2017-02-21 Peter Straub Anchor Books 978-1-101-97122-2
$16.95?$: US dollar
474
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  
American Gothic Tales date unknown ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
544
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 Albert Pinkham Ryder Checkmark
Houses Without Doors date unknown Peter Straub Signet / New American Library 0-451-17082-2
$5.99?$: US dollar
454
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
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