Title: The Snail Watcher

Title: The Snail Watcher Title Record # 869803
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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Year	Title
1964	The Snail-Watcher

Year	Language	Title
unknown^ⓘTranslated by Thorstein Thelle	Norwegian (Bokmal)	Snegleobservatøren^?Snegleobservatoren
1968^ⓘTranslated by Hans Wollschläger	German	Der Schneckenfreund
1973^ⓘTranslated by Anne Uhde; the translation was first published in 1973 by Diogenes	German	Der Schneckenforscher
1973^ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez	German	Der Schneckenzüchter^?Der Schneckenzuechter
1975^ⓘTranslated by Alain Delahaye	French	L'amateur d'escargots
1975^ⓘTranslated by Giam Paolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli as by G. P. Cossato and S. Sandrelli	Italian	L'uomo che guardava le lumache
1979^ⓘTranslated by Piero Anselmi	Italian	L'uomo che studiava le lumache
1995	French	L'amateur d'escargots
2002^ⓘTranslated by Dirk van Gunsteren	German	Der Schneckenforscher

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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