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Title: Poor Little Saturday Title Record # 85183
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Date: 1956-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A boy is taken prey by fits of malaria and finds solace in the derelict garden of a big house that has seen the tragic end of a family. One day he is found by a girl who introduces him to a witch, her birds, cats and a leopard, and also to Poor Little Saturday. He is healed from his illness and is offered a gift that nobody outside the house shall see ...
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantastic Universe, October 1956 1956-10-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson King-Size Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Hannes Bok Checkmark
Witches 1984-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Signet / New American Library 0-451-12882-6 / AE2882
$3.95?$: US dollar
350
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 Kinuko Kraft Checkmark
Young Ghosts 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-020171-1
$11.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Young Ghosts 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-020172-X
$11.89?$: US dollar
xiv+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Marcellino Checkmark
Asimov's Ghosts 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Dragon 0-583-30988-7
£1.95?£: UK pound
202
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Dixie Ghosts: Haunting Spine-chilling Stories from the American South 1988-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Rutledge Hill Press (The American Ghosts Series) 0-934395-73-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xii+
208
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 Harriette Bateman Checkmark
Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters 1988-06-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Armada 0-00-693176-6
£2.50?£: UK pound
413
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.
omni Tony Roberts (artist)  
Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters 1989-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Doubleday 0-385-26359-7
$14.95?$: US dollar
ix+
180+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Larry Elmore Checkmark
Great American Ghost Stories 1991-11-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-146-7
$21.95?$: US dollar
512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Timothy Holland  
Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters 1991-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Bantam Starfire 0-553-29356-7
$3.50?$: US dollar
ix+
180
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 Larry Elmore Checkmark
Great American Ghost Stories: Volume One 1992-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Berkley Books 0-425-13470-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
[2]+
262
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 Barrall  
A Newbery Halloween 1993-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Delacorte Press 0-385-31028-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
xi+
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Norman Rockwell  
The Mists from Beyond 1993-09-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Roc 0-451-45239-9
$20.00?$: US dollar
x+
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Mists from Beyond 1995-09-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Roc 0-451-45498-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
362
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
Dixie Ghosts: Haunting Spine-chilling Stories from the American South 1996-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Rutledge Hill Press 0-934395-73-X
$9.95?$: US dollar
xii+
208
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 Harriette Bateman  
Great American Ghost Stories 1998-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-581-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
512
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  
Great Ghost Stories 1998-09-00 ed. Barry Moser Books of Wonder / William Morrow 0-688-14587-6
$22.00?$: US dollar
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Barry Moser  
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers 1998-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-1002-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xii+
543
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom McKeveny Checkmark
Lone Cowboy and Other Selections by Newbery Authors 2001-01-01 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Gareth Stevens Publishing 0-8368-2953-0   176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers 2002-00-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-3453-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
xii+
543
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 Tom McKeveny  
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful 2012-03-06 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-294-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
384
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 Bliznetsov  
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful 2012-03-26 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-350-1
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) 2022-01-00 ed. uncredited Journey Press 978-1-951320-18-8
$16.99?$: US dollar
x+
294
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 Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) 2022-02-28 ed. uncredited Journey Press 978-1-951320-19-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Frank Kelly Freas  
A Newbery Halloween date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Delacorte Press 0-385-31028-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
xi+
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Norman Rockwell  
Witches date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Signet 0-451-12882-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
350
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 Kinuko Kraft Checkmark
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