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Title: Monkeys Title Record # 86779
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1933-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A surgeon, having practiced advanced spinal surgery on a monkey, is astounded to see that an ancient Egyptian mummy has had the same procedure.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1933This story was originally scheduled to be published in July of 2017 in an anthology titled The Anatomy of Monsters, which was not published then but ultimately appeared as Primogen: The Origin of Monsters in February of 2018.
The Monkeys
Year Language Title
1978Translated by Jacques Finné
French Les singes

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, December 1933 1933-12-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
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 M. Brundage Checkmark
More Spook Stories 1934-00-00 E. F. Benson 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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll P. Youngman Carter  
More Spook Stories 1935-00-00 E. F. Benson Hutchinson  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Mummy Walks Among Us 1971-00-00 ed. Vic Ghidalia Xerox XF379
$0.75?$: US dollar
151
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 Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson 1974-00-00 E. F. Benson Panther 0-586-04096-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
205
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Uncanny 1974-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Blackie & Son 0-216-89725-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
x+
306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
La chambre dans la tour 1978-00-00 E. F. Benson
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(
Le Masque - Fantastique (2ème série)?Le Masque - Fantastique (2eme serie)
#7)
2-7024-0728-5   249
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 Tibor Csernus Checkmark
Mummy!: A Chrestomathy of Crypt-ology 1980-10-00 ed. Bill Pronzini Arbor House 0-87795-271-X
$10.95?$: US dollar
x+
273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Arbor House Necropolis 1981-11-00 Bill Pronzini Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-338-4
$11.50?$: US dollar
725
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.
omni Checkmark
Spirits, Spooks and Other Sinister Creatures 1984-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-04769-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
136
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of the Dead 1986-09-00 Bill Pronzini Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-61818-4
$11.50?$: US dollar
711
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Dennis Luzack  
Tales of the Dead 1987-00-00 Bill Pronzini Book Club Associates CN3488   711
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Dennis Luzack  
The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse 1988-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Severn House 0-7278-1556-3
£10.95?£: UK pound
263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mummy Stories 1990-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Ballantine Books 0-345-36354-X
$3.95?$: US dollar
225
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
Mummy Stories 1991-01-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Severn House 0-7278-4123-8
£11.99?£: UK pound
225
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Martin Buchan  
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1992-11-00 E. F. Benson Robinson 1-85487-110-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
624
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 Checkmark
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1992-12-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 0-88184-857-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
624
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 Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1996-00-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0365-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
624
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 Kathleen M. Lynch , Barnaby Hall Checkmark
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1996-11-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 1-85487-110-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
624
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  
Sea Mist 2005-02-25 E. F. Benson Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-078-6
C$59.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxii+
342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Douglas Walters  
The Mummies Return 2009-03-23 ed. Jean Marie Stine Pageturner  
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 2012-06-05 E. F. Benson Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-685-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
xi+
705
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 Nathan Clair  
Primogen: The Origin of Monsters: Volume 1 2018-02-16 ed. Robert Teun, Donelle Pardee Whiting Stitched Smile Publications 978-1-945263-17-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
381
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 Greg Chapman  
The Mummies Return 2018-11-28 ed. Jean Marie Stine Wordwooze Publishing  
$19.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Anatomy of Monsters: Volume I unpublished ed. Robert Teun, Donelle Pardee Whiting Stitched Smile Publications 978-1-945263-99-6   215
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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