Title: Two Bottles of Relish

Title: Two Bottles of Relish Title Record # 95225
Author: Lord Dunsany
Date: 1932-11-12
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First serialized in the magazine Time & Tide, Nov 12, 1932

Synopsis: The narrator is a selling a brand of relish door-to-door and sharing living quarters with an Oxford scholar. One of his customers is suspected of murder, but the investigation is at a standstill because no body can be found. The salesman gathers information and the scholar ratiocinates, figuring out how the corpse was hidden.

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Year	Title
1932^ⓘFirst published in <i>Time and Tide</i>, 12 November 1932.	The Two Bottles of Relish

Year	Language	Title
1956^ⓘTranslated by R. Meijer	Dutch	De twee potjes piccalilly
1987^ⓘTranslated by Daniela Galdo and Emma Marciano.	Italian	Le due bottiglie di salsa
1992^ⓘTranslated by Александр Боргардт / Alexandr Borgardt.	Russian	Две бутылки «Нумо-нумо»^?Dve bytylki «Numo-numo» [as by Лорд Дансени^?Lord Danseni ]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Two Bottles of Relish: A Book of Strange and Unusual Stories	1943-00-00	ed. Whit Burnett	The Dial Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 395	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carlotta Petrina
Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense	1947-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Simon & Schuster		$3.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 367	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Unexpected	1948-06-00	ed. Bennett Cerf	Bantam Books	502	$0.25^?$: US dollar	x+ 273	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	Ed Grant
Stories for the Dead of Night	1957-03-00	ed. Don Congdon	Dell	B107	$0.35^?$: US dollar	288	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	Jeanette Cissman
Tall Short Stories	1960-00-00	ed. Eric Duthie	Ace Books	K-113	$0.50^?$: US dollar	352	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	Mona Moore
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1962-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	X161	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).	268	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	W. F. Phillipps
Stories Selected from the Unexpected	1963-03-00	ed. Bennett Cerf	Bantam Books	FP30	$0.50^?$: US dollar	184	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
Stories of Suspense	1963-09-00	ed. Mary E. MacEwen	Scholastic Book Services	T487	$0.45^?$: US dollar	iii+ 220	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	Irv Docktor
Stories of Suspense	1963-11-00	ed. Mary E. MacEwen	Scholastic Book Services	T487	$0.45^?$: US dollar	iii+ 220	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	Irv Docktor
Great Detective Stories	1965-00-00	ed. Rosamund Morris	Hart Publishing (Sunrise Library)			191	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Owls' Watch	1965-08-00	ed. George Brandon Saul	Fawcett Crest	R836	$0.60^?$: US dollar	230	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 Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1966-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	X161	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).	268	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
Masterpieces of Horror	1966-00-00	ed. Rosamund Morris	Hart Publishing		$1.50^?$: US dollar	255	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	Stanislaw Fernandes
Stories for the Dead of Night	1967-04-00	ed. Don Congdon	Dell Laurel-Leaf	8295	$0.50^?$: US dollar	240	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	Paul Davis
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1969-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10161-7	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).	268	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	W. Francis Phillipps
Stories of Suspense	1969-03-00	ed. Mary E. MacEwen	Scholastic	T487	$0.60^?$: US dollar	220	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	Irv Docktor
Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #3	1970-07-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01828-8 / S1828	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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
Space Suits & Gumshoes	1972-00-00	ed. Richard Lunn	Macmillan of Canada	0-7705-0887-1		275	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	Annalee Orr
Stories of Suspense	1972-12-00	ed. Mary E. MacEwen	Scholastic	T487	$0.75^?$: US dollar	iii+ 220	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	Irv Docktor
Stories of Suspense	1975-00-00	ed. Mary E. MacEwen	Scholastic Book Services	T487			unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth
Death	1982-08-00	ed. Stuart David Schiff	Playboy Paperbacks	0-86721-107-5	$2.50^?$: US dollar	237	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 Penguin Book of Horror Stories	1984-00-00	ed. J. A. Cuddon	Penguin Books	0-14-006799-X	£4.95^?£: UK pound	607	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	Steve Crisp
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories	1985-00-00	ed. J. A. Cuddon	Viking UK	0-670-81034-7	£10.95^?£: UK pound	607	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories	1987-10-00	ed. J. A. Cuddon	Penguin Books	0-14-006799-X	£5.95^?£: UK pound	607	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 Penguin Book of Horror Stories	1991-00-00	ed. J. A. Cuddon	Bloomsbury	1-870630-94-7	£4.99^?£: UK pound	607	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Stories Selected from The Unexpected	date unknown	ed. Bennett Cerf	Bantam Pathfinder	FP30	$0.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 184	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
Stories Selected from the Unexpected	date unknown	ed. Bennett Cerf	Bantam Pathfinder	HP4705	$0.60^?$: US dollar	viii+ 184	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
Stories Selected from the Unexpected	date unknown	ed. Bennett Cerf	Bantam Books	011		viii+ 184	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 Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10161-7	£0.50^?£: UK pound	268	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	W. Francis Phillipps

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