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Title: Special Diet Title Record # 817701
Author: Charles Birkin
Date: 1933-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 5.00 (1 vote) Including variants and translations: 5.67 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1933 Special Diet [as by Charles Lloyd]
1936 Special Diet [as by Charles Lloyd Birkin]
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Tomás Doreste
Spanish Una dieta especial [as by Charles Lloyd]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Horrors: A Collection of Uneasy Tales 1933-00-00 ed. uncredited Philip Allan  
2/6?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).
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Devils' Spawn 1936-00-00 Charles Lloyd Birkin Philip Allan  
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).
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books X161
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).
268
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 W. F. Phillipps  
Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories 1963-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Arthur Barker  
15/-?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).
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories 1966-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books X161
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).
268
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 Third Pan Book of Horror Stories 1969-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 0-330-10161-7
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).
268
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 W. Francis Phillipps Checkmark
Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #3 1970-07-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Berkley Medallion 0-425-01828-8 / S1828
$0.75?$: US dollar
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.
anth  
Antología del horror y el misterio 4 1990-00-00 ed. Tomás Doreste Grijalbo (Antología del horror y el misterio #4) 968-419-896-5   310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Harlem Horror 2002-00-00 Charles Birkin Midnight House 0-9707349-8-0
$40.00?$: US dollar
231
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski  
Devils' Spawn 2015-11-24 Charles Birkin Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-14-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
168
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  
Devils' Spawn 2015-11-24 Charles Birkin Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-13-7
$31.99?$: US dollar
168
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories date unknown ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 0-330-10161-7
£0.50?£: UK pound
268
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 W. Francis Phillipps  
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