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Title: The Opener of the Crypt

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Title: The Opener of the Crypt Title Record # 76054
Author: John Jakes
Date: 1952-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: An unofficial sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
User Rating: 8.50 (2 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.33 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: fantasy (1), horror (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1952 The Opener of the Crypt [as by John W. Jakes]
Year Language Title
1975Translated by Angela Sarmento. Revised by Clarisse Tavares
Portuguese Aquele que Abriu o Sepulcro
1988Translated by Daniela Galdo and Gianni Pilo
Italian La cripta

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantastic, November-December 1952 1952-11-00 ed. Howard Browne Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Barye Phillips Checkmark
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology 1965-00-00 ed. Boris Karloff Souvenir Press  
21/-?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).
190
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth S. R. Boldero  
Boris Karloff's Favorite Horror Stories 1965-05-00 ed. Boris Karloff Avon G1254
$0.50?$: 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.
anth Checkmark
Boris Karloff's Favorite Horror Stories 1965-05-00 ed. Boris Karloff Avon G1254
$0.50?$: 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.
anth  
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology 1969-00-00 ed. Boris Karloff Corgi 0-552-08144-2 / GN7621
£0.20?£: 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 Checkmark
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology 1975-00-00 ed. Boris Karloff Everest Books 0-903925-88-5
£0.50?£: UK pound
172
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 Diversifier, #21 July 1977 1977-07-00 ed. C. C. Clingan C. C. Clingan  
$1.25?$: US dollar
76
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Ron Wilber Checkmark
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment 1998-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0855-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
578
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Corvino Checkmark
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