Title: A Fruitless Assignment
Title Record # 852971
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-06-24
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Some Haunted Houses
Language: English
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Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1888-06-24
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Some Haunted Houses
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco Examiner, June 24, 1888.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 1893-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Cassell Publishing Company |
iv+ 320 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 1903-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | The Neale Publishing Company |
iv+ 320 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 1910-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | The Neale Publishing Company (The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce #3) | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 1918-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Boni & Liveright | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 1924-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Albert & Charles Boni | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Das Spukhaus | 1969-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Insel (Bibliothek des Hauses Usher) | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
173 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ute Osterwalder , Hans Ulrich Osterwalder | ||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1970-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | 496 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alex Gotfryd | |||
| Das Spukhaus | 1977-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #6) | 3-518-06865-2 | DM 5.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
165 | 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 | Hans Ulrich Osterwalder , Ute Osterwalder |  |
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | 1984-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 0-8032-6071-7 | 496 | 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 | Marvin Cone | ||
| Campfire Stories: Things That Go Bump in the Night | 1985-00-00 | ed. William W. Forgey, M.D. | ICS Books | 0-934802-23-8 | 176 | 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 | |||
| Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts | 1987-12-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Severn House | 0-7278-1474-5 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
249 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Poltergeist: Tales of Deadly Ghosts | 1988-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Severn House | 0-7278-1474-5 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
249 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| La valle degli spiriti | 1988-06-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #28) | 88-347-0065-1 | Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira |
267 | 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 | Philippe Druillet | |
| Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories | 2002-01-20 | Ambrose Bierce | Project Gutenberg | 4387 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| Campfire Stories: Things That Go Bump in the Night | 2002-08-22 | ed. William W. Forgey, M.D. | Globe Pequot Press | 0-934802-23-8 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | ||
| Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories | 2004-05-00 | Ambrose Bierce | IndyPublish.com | 1-4142-8307-5 | $34.99?$: US dollar |
120 | 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. |
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| The Spook House: Terrifying Tales of the Macabre | 2008-10-02 | Ambrose Bierce | Penguin Books (Penguin Red Classics) | 978-0-14-103881-0 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
234 | 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 | Coralie Bickford-Smith | |
| Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce | 2009-00-00 | Ambrose Bierce | Coachwhip Publications | 978-1-61646-002-0 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
167 | 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. |
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| Can Such Things Be? | 2011-08-02 | Ambrose Bierce | Blackstone Audio | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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| Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories | 2013-05-08 | Ambrose Bierce | CreateSpace | 978-1-4637-1782-7 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
50 | 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 | ||
| Campfire Stories: Things That Go Bump in the Night | date unknown | ed. William W. Forgey, M.D. | ICS Books | 0-934802-23-8 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | |
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| Campfire Stories: Things That Go Bump in the Night | date unknown | ed. William W. Forgey, M.D. | ICS Books | 0-934802-23-8 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
176 | 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 | ||
| The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | date unknown | Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | 978-0-8032-6071-9 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
496 | 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 | Marvin Cone | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction