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Title: The Nature of the Evidence

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Title: The Nature of the Evidence Title Record # 68313
Author: May Sinclair
Date: 1923-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Fortune, May 1923.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1978Translated by L. Sobez.
German Die Natur des Beweises
1998Translated by Thierry Sandalijan.
French Rosamund
2021Translated by Cristina Cigognini.
Italian La natura della prova

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Uncanny Stories 1923-08-00 May Sinclair Hutchinson  
7/6?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).
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Uncanny Stories 1923-09-00 May Sinclair The Macmillan Company  
$2.50?$: US dollar
362
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Mystery and Detection, April 1935 1935-04-00 ed. Editors of Mystery and Detection World's Work  
1/-?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).
124
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  
The Supernatural Reader 1953-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin, Lucy Conklin Longmans (Canada)  
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Reader 1953-04-13 ed. Groff Conklin, Lucy Conklin J. B. Lippincott  
$3.95?$: US dollar
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Hallock Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader 1957-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin, Lucy Conklin Cassell & Company  
16/-?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).
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of Love and Horror 1961-00-00 ed. Don Congdon Ballantine Books 522K
$0.35?$: US dollar
144
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader 1962-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books AS392V
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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
The Supernatural Reader 1966-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books 01911
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader 1967-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books 01911
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader 1968-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books 01911
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Don Ivan Punchatz  
Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters 1968-08-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Fawcett Crest R1166
$0.60?$: US dollar
224
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 Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader 1970-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books 01911
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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 Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
More Devil's Kisses 1977-07-00 ed. Linda Lovecraft Corgi Books 0-552-10508-2
£0.70?£: UK pound
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
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1992-12-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Xanadu 1-85480-190-2
£14.99?£: UK pound
xv+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1993-02-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Carroll & Graf 0-88184-913-8
$28.00?$: US dollar
xv+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Shudder Again 1993-12-00 ed. Michele Slung Roc / New American Library 0-451-45185-6
$20.00?$: US dollar
357
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Odom (artist) Checkmark
Shudder Again 1994-02-00 ed. Michele Slung Roc / New American Library / SFBC 01772
$9.98?$: US dollar
357
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Odom (artist)  
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1994-04-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0086-6
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
566
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  
Shudder Again 1994-10-00 ed. Michele Slung Roc UK 0-14-023443-8
£4.99?£: UK pound
357
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  
Shudder Again 1995-01-00 ed. Michele Slung Roc / New American Library 0-451-45346-8
$5.99?$: US dollar
363
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 Mel Odom (artist) Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women 1995-05-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Penguin Books 0-14-024318-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
xv+
572
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 Evelyn De Morgan  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
£17.99?£: UK pound
xx+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
xix+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
Uncanny Stories 2006-05-00 May Sinclair Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-492-4   216
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 Villa Désirée and Other Uncanny Stories 2008-12-00 May Sinclair Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-114-7
C$49.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Zerrillo  
The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories 2011-00-00 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2487-5
$7.98?$: US dollar
x+
461
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Charles Errard  
Uncanny Stories 2012-11-00 May Sinclair CreateSpace 978-1-4802-2500-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
104
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  
Uncanny Stories 2019-05-31 May Sinclair Project Gutenberg 59165
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Uncanny Stories 2019-06-20 May Sinclair The Echo Library 978-1-4068-9493-6
$12.90?$: 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  
Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird 2020-09-24 ed. Mike Ashley The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5391-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
350
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
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
Checkmark
Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird 2020-09-26 ed. Mike Ashley The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-6775-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
 
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair 2023-02-18 May Sinclair The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-6850-6
$3.61?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll
Jean de Bosschère?Jean de Bosschere
Checkmark
The Supernatural Reader date unknown ed. Groff Conklin Collier Books AS 392 V
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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
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