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Title: Dark Melody of Madness Title Record # 870148
Author: Cornell Woolrich
Date: 1935-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1935.
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1935 Music from the Big Dark
1935 Music from the Dark
1935 Papa Benjamin
1943 Papa Benjamin [as by William Irish]
Year Language Title
1982Translated by Marjan Hilverda
Dutch Muziek uit de duisternis
2008Translated by Sigrid Langhaeuser
German Papa Benjamin

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1935 1935-07-00 ed. Rogers Terrill Popular Publications, Inc.  
$0.10?$: 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 Walter M. Baumhofer  
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes 1943-00-00 William Irish J. B. Lippincott  
$2.00?$: US dollar
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll P. Jackson  
Beyond the Night 1959-00-00 Cornell Woolrich Avon T-354
$0.35?$: US dollar
160
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 Checkmark
Feast of Fear 1977-00-00 ed. Vic Ghidalia Manor Books 0-532-15245-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
Mysterious Visions 1979-06-08 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh St. Martin's Press 0-312-55866-X
$15.00?$: US dollar
xxvi+
516
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Mysterious Visions 1980-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-8640-1
£6.95?£: UK pound
xxvi+
516
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Voodoo!: A Chrestomathy of Necromancy 1980-04-00 ed. Bill Pronzini Arbor House 0-87795-262-0
$10.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
295
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antler & Baldwin, Inc. Checkmark
The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich 1981-09-01 Cornell Woolrich Southern Illinois University Press (Alternatives (Southern Illinois University Press)) 0-8093-1008-2
$19.50?$: US dollar
xxvi+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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
Spannende science fiction 1982-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh Loeb (Anthologieën #6) 90-6213-317-7
ƒ29.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
423
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 Kate Higgins Checkmark
Cults!: An Anthology of Secret Societies, Sects, and the Supernatural 1983-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0159-9
$17.95?$: US dollar
358
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  
Nightmares in Dixie: Thirteen Horror Tales from the American South 1987-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh August House 0-87483-034-6
$19.95?$: US dollar
260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Nightmares in Dixie: Thirteen Horror Tales from the American South 1987-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh August House 0-87483-035-4
$8.95?$: US dollar
260
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  
Darkness at Dawn: Early Suspense Classics 1988-06-00 Cornell Woolrich Peter Bedrick Books 0-87226-204-9
$8.95?$: US dollar
xv+
297
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  
Die graue Madonna 2008-07-00 ed. Frank Festa Festa (Festa Horror TB #1521) 978-3-86552-061-6
€13.95?€: Euro
415
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 Markus Vesper Checkmark
Dark Melody of Madness 2012-11-13 Cornell Woolrich Centipede Press 978-1-61347-023-7
$150.00?$: US dollar
300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Matt Mahurin  
Dark Melody of Madness 2013-08-13 Cornell Woolrich Centipede Press 978-1-61347-037-4
$18.00?$: US dollar
220
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  
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