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
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	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
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 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
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
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
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
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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