Title: The Snail Watcher
Title Record # 869803
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Date: 1964-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Patricia Highsmith
Date: 1964-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Initially written between the end of February and July 1948 & revised in 1951, according to the notes in the 2020 collection "Ladies".
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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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Gamma 3 | 1964-06-00 | ed. Charles E. Fritch | Star Press, Inc. | $0.50?$: US dollar |
130 | 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 | Morris Scott Dollens | ||
The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1966-09-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | X555 | 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). |
239 | 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 | ||
Beyond the Curtain of Dark | 1966-10-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Four Square Books | 1634 | 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). |
320 | 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 | Josh Kirby | |
Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht | 1968-00-00 | ed. Edward Reavis | Bärmeier & Nikel | DM 17.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
324 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Heiner Hoier | ||
The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories | 1970-00-00 | Patricia Highsmith | Doubleday | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 177 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Eleven | 1970-07-00 | Patricia Highsmith | William Heinemann | 0-434-33510-X | £1.50?£: UK pound |
208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht | 1971-07-00 | ed. Edward Reavis | dtv (dtv #767) | 3-423-00767-2 | DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
256 | 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 | Celestino Piatti | |
Best Horror Stories 3 | 1972-00-00 | ed. Alex Hamilton | Faber and Faber | 0-571-08969-0 | £2.40?£: UK pound |
236 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers | 1972-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Taplinger | 0-8008-5042-4 | $6.50?$: US dollar |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1972-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10555-8 | £0.25?£: UK pound |
239 | 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 | ||
Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht | 1972-05-00 | ed. Edward Reavis | dtv | 3-423-00767-2 | DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
256 | 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 | Celestino Piatti | |
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers | 1972-06-00 | ed. Peter Haining | W. H. Allen | 0-491-00881-3 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Beyond the Curtain of Dark | 1972-11-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Pinnacle Books | P138Z | $1.25?$: US dollar |
380 | 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 | ||
Beyond the Curtain of Dark | 1972-11-00 | ed. Peter Haining | New English Library | 0-450-01297-2 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
320 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers | 1973-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Signet / New American Library | Y5568 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
xx+ 256 |
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 | Don Ivan Punchatz | |
Visionen des Grauens | 1973-11-13 | ed. Peter Haining | Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #2) | VTB02 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
161 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
Nine Strange Stories | 1974-00-00 | ed. Betty M. Owen | Scholastic Book Services | TK4467 | 155 | 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 | Joe Ciardiello | ||
Ut av mørket?Ut av morket Ut av moerket |
1974-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Fredhøis Forlag A/S?Fredhois Forlag A/S (Midnattsgrøsseren?Midnattsgrosseren #19) |
82-04-00390-0 | nkr 6.50?nkr: Norwegian krone |
156 | 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 | ||
Nine Strange Stories | 1974-09-00 | ed. Betty M. Owen | Scholastic Book Services | TK2432 | 155 | 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 | |||
A Shocking Thing | 1974-11-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Pocket Books | 0-671-77775-0 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
245 | 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 | Gerry McConnell | |
A Shocking Thing | 1974-11-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Pocket Books | 0-671-77775-0 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
245 | 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 | Gerry McConnell | |
Galassia #205 | 1975-01-01 | ed. Gianni Montanari | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | 205 | Lit 800?Lit: Italian lira |
144 | 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 | ||
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten?Luzifer laesst gruessen: Teuflische Geschichten |
1976-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Wunderlich | 3-8052-0269-5 | DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
335 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Nighttouch | 1977-00-00 | ed. Fred Corbett, Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Storoschuk | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-57348-0 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
156 | 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 | Virgil Finlay | |
Nighttouch | 1977-00-00 | ed. Fred Corbett, Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Storoschuk | General Publishing | 0-7736-1031-6 | 156 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Détours dans les ténèbres | 1977-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Casterman | 2-203-22620-X | 230 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Horror Stories | 1978-00-00 | ed. Bryan Newton | Ward, Lock | 0-7062-3670-X | £1.95?£: UK pound |
128 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten | 1979-07-00 | ed. Peter Haining | dtv (dtv phantastica #1856) | 3-423-01856-9 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
278 | 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 | Celestino Piatti | |
Horroriana | 1979-10-00 | ed. Gianni Montanari | Mondadori (Biblioteca di Fantasy & Horror #2) | Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira |
442 | 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 | Karel Thole | ||
The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1980-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10555-8 | £1.00?£: UK pound |
239 | 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 | ||
65 Great Tales of Horror | 1981-09-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1729-1 | 688 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
65 Great Tales of Horror | 1982-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1729-1 | 688 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Uncanny Tales of Unearthly and Unexpected Horrors | 1983-00-00 | ed. Helen Hoke | Lodestar Books / Dutton | 0-525-66919-1 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 126 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Christiana | |
13 x Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht | 1985-12-00 | ed. Edward Reavis | Goldmann (Goldmann-Taschenbuch #6898) | 3-442-06898-3 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
279 | 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 | Heiner Hoier | |
Gänsehaut-Geschichten für sensible Leser / Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht | 1987-06-00 | ed. Edward Reavis | Goldmann | 3-442-10154-9 | DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
544 | 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 | Heiner Hoier | |
Masters of the Macabre: The Best of the 20th Century | 1993-04-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Robert Hale | 0-7090-5068-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
256 | 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 | ||
Le fantastique féminin d'Ann Radcliffe à Patricia Highsmith | 1995-00-00 | ed. Anne Richter | Complexe (Bibliothèque Complexe) | 2-87027-578-1 | 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 | Dorothea Tanning | |||
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al | 1996-00-00 | ed. Alan Maitland | Viking Canada | 0-670-86863-9 | C$29.99?C$: Canadian dollar |
xii+ 302 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stephen Snider | |
Der Schneckenforscher | 2002-03-28 | Patricia Highsmith | Diogenes | 3-257-06423-3 | €19.90?€: Euro |
275 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Ladies: Frühe Stories?Ladies: Fruehe Stories |
2020-10-28 | Patricia Highsmith | Diogenes | 978-3-257-07152-8 | €24.00?€: Euro |
309 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10555-8 | £?£: UK pound |
239 | 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 |