Title: Bottle Party

Title: Bottle Party Title Record # 94202
Author: John Collier
Date: 1939-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in Esquire, 1 October 1939.

Synopsis: A young man wanders into a bottle shop where he purchases a bottle containing a genie. The genie grants him his wish of a palace and many beautiful women, but the man eventually grows bored, and seeks the greatest of female beauties.

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Year	Language	Title
1969^ⓘTranslated by Else Hoog	Dutch	Geflest

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	The Viking Press		$2.50^?$: US dollar	327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	E. McKnight Kauffer
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	Macmillan of Canada		C$3.00^?C$: Canadian dollar	327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	Macmillan and Co.		8/6^?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).	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Speak of the Devil	1945-07-00	ed. C. B. Boutell, Sterling North	Doubleday, Doran		$3.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Salvador Dali
Avon Ghost Reader	1946-00-00	ed. uncredited	Avon Book Co. (New Avon Library #90)	90	$0.25^?$: US dollar	258	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
Fancies and Goodnights	1951-11-00	John Collier	Doubleday		$4.00^?$: US dollar	364	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Margot Tomes
The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories	1953-00-00	ed. Hereward Carrington	Ives Washburn		$3.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fancies and Goodnights	1953-04-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Giant)	A1106	$0.35^?$: US dollar	506	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	Charles Binger
Presenting Moonshine	1957-00-00	John Collier	Hart-Davis		13/6^?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).	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fancies and Goodnights	1957-12-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	F1703	$0.50^?$: US dollar	375	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
31 Stories	1961-05-00	ed. Michael R. Booth, Clinton S. Burhans, Jr.	Prentice-Hall			xiv+ 364	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
Fancies and Goodnights	1963-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)	SC91	$0.75^?$: US dollar	418	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
Fancies and Goodnights (selections)	1965-00-00	John Collier	Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program)		$^?$: US dollar	xix+ 328	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	Seymour Chwast
Of Demons and Darkness	1965-00-00	John Collier	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	FS7126	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).	xii+ 303	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
De Dame op de Schimmel	1969-00-00	John Collier	De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127)			255	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	Ferenc Gögös^?Ferenc Goegoes
Fancies and Goodnights	1969-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	N4614	$0.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 418	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
The John Collier Reader	1972-11-00	John Collier	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-46186-X	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 571	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best of John Collier	1975-09-00	John Collier	Pocket Books	0-671-80076-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 492	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	Ed Soyka
Fancies and Goodnights (selections)	1980-00-00	John Collier	Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program)		$^?$: US dollar	xix+ 328	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	Seymour Chwast
Fancies and Goodnights	1981-03-00	John Collier	Doubleday / SFBC	5749	$5.50^?$: US dollar	396	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Fiyalko
Magic for Sale	1983-09-00	ed. Avram Davidson	Ace Science Fiction Books	0-441-51535-5	$2.75^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 210	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	James Warhola
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves	1991-04-00	ed. Alan Dean Foster, Martin Harry Greenberg	Ace Books	0-441-18481-2	$4.95^?$: US dollar	340	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	Robert Grace
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves	1991-05-00	ed. Alan Dean Foster, Martin Harry Greenberg	Ace Books / SFBC	18211	$7.98^?$: US dollar	x+ 276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Robert Grace
Fancies and Goodnights	2003-05-00	John Collier	New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics)	1-59017-051-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 418	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	Neo Rauch

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Reviews

Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction