Title: The Vertical Ladder
Title Record # 95328
Author: William Sansom
Date: 1944-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: William Sansom
Date: 1944-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: There is nothing supernatural in this story, but it has appeared in enough anthologies of horror stories to be considered "genre."
First published in English Story, Fifth Series, 1944.
Synopsis: A boy is dared by other boys to climb an old gas tower.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Housekeeping, November 1946 | 1946-11-00 | ed. Editors of Good Housekeeping | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | ||||||
| Something Terrible, Something Lovely | 1948-00-00 | William Sansom | Hogarth Press | 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). |
232 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Something Terrible, Something Lovely | 1948-00-00 | William Sansom | Clarke Irwin | C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar |
232 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Something Terrible, Something Lovely | 1948-00-00 | William Sansom | Oxford | C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
232 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Something Terrible, Something Lovely | 1954-00-00 | William Sansom | Harcourt, Brace & Company | $3.50?$: US dollar |
231 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Susan Foster | ||
| The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1960-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books (Pan Giant) | X67 | 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). |
319 | 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 | S. R. Boldero | |
| Stories of the Supernatural | 1967-02-00 | ed. Betty M. Owen | Scholastic Book Services | T896 | $0.45?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 |  |
|
| Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade | 1968-02-00 | ed. Jerome Brondfield | Scholastic Book Services | TK1056 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
238 | 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 | Margaret Howlett | |
| The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1969-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10067-X | 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). |
319 | 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 the Supernatural | 1969-09-00 | ed. Betty M. Owen | Scholastic Book Services | T896 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | |
|
| Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade | 1969-10-00 | ed. Jerome Brondfield | Scholastic Book Services | TK1056 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
238 | 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 | ||
| Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade | 1969-12-00 | ed. Jerome Brondfield | Scholastic Book Services | TK1056 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
238 | 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 | Margaret Howlett | |
| Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade | 1970-02-00 | ed. Jerome Brondfield | Scholastic Book Services | TK1056 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
238 | 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 the Supernatural | 1972-12-00 | ed. Betty M. Owen | Scholastic Book Services | T896 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
224 | 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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| Points of View Book 1 | 1980-00-00 | ed. Bryan Newton | Ward, Lock | 0-7062-3857-5 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| You Can't Keep Out the Darkness | 1980-00-00 | ed. Peggy Woodford | The Bodley Head | 0-370-30293-1 | 173 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection | 1986-00-00 | ed. Clifton Fadiman | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-36805-7 |
xiii+ 847 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Various Temptations | 2002-12-14 | William Sansom | Tartarus Press | 1-872621-73-2 | £35.00?£: UK pound |
xv+ 350 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10067-X | £0.30?£: UK pound |
319 | 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 |