Title: De Mortuis
Title Record # 94840
Author: John Collier
Date: 1942-07-18
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John Collier
Date: 1942-07-18
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Dr Rankin is laying down cement in his basement. His friends drop in unexpectedly, and soon begin to suspect that he has just buried his wife.
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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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| The New Yorker, July 18, 1942 | 1942-07-18 | ed. Editors of the New Yorker | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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| The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | 1943-00-00 | John Collier | The Press of the Readers Club | $2.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 247 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | 1945-00-00 | John Collier | Editions for the Armed Services | 871 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
287 | 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 | 1951-11-00 | John Collier | Doubleday | $4.00?$: US dollar |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Margot Tomes |  |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| Pictures in the Fire | 1958-00-00 | 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). |
190 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| 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 | |
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| And Graves Give Up Their Dead | 1964-00-00 | ed. Frederick Pickersgill | Corgi Books | GS1497 | 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). |
174 | 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 (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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Happy Endings | 1974-07-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-51879-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 205 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | 1977-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Fontana | 0-00-614272-9 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Les Edwards | |
| The Master's Choice | 1979-10-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-50419-4 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 358 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
| Dead of Night | 1981-05-00 | ed. Peter Haining | William Kimber | 0-7183-0048-3 | £5.75?£: UK pound |
205 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| 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 | |||
| Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films | 1984-01-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Stein and Day | 0-8128-2848-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
203 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Dead of Night | 1986-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Stein and Day | 0-8128-8246-6 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
203 | 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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| Dead of Night | 1989-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Dorset Press | 0-88029-316-0 | 203 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Short Sharp Shocks | 1990-10-00 | ed. Julian Lloyd Webber | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 0-297-81147-9 | £13.00?£: UK pound |
241 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jefferson Godwin | |
| 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 | |
| Impact: Short Stories for Pleasure | date unknown | ed. Donald L. Stansbury | Prentice-Hall | 0-13-451724-5 |
vi+ 377 |
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 | |