Title: Dip in the Pool
Title Record # 96464
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1952-01-19
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: horror (1) Add Tags
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1952-01-19
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: A passenger on a cruise ship bets his savings on how many miles the ship will travel the next day. When it seems that the ship will pass that number, he decides to slow things down by jumping overboard.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Yorker, January 19, 1952 | 1952-01-19 | ed. Editors of the New Yorker | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | ||||||
| Someone Like You | 1953-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf | $3.50?$: US dollar |
359 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Someone Like You | 1954-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Secker & Warburg | 12/6?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). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Someone Like You | 1961-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 295 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Someone Like You | 1961-08-00 | Roald Dahl | Dell | F139 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
320 | 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 | Victor Kalin |  |
| Stories My Mother Never Told Me | 1963-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | $5.95?$: US dollar |
401 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Someone Like You | 1965-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Four Square Books | 1229 | 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). |
252 | 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 | ||
| Someone Like You | 1965-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Dell | 8116 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
253 | 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 | ||
| More Stories My Mother Never Told Me | 1965-11-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Dell | 5816 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
190 | 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 | Fred Banbery | |
| Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part I | 1966-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Pan Books | X581 | 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). |
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 | Glenn Steward | |
| Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | 1969-11-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-0697-0 | £?£: UK pound |
442 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Someone Like You | 1970-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-003074-3 | 270 | 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 | Omnific | ||
| Best Horror Stories 3 | 1972-00-00 | ed. Alex Hamilton | Faber and Faber | 0-571-08969-0 | £2.40?£: UK pound |
236 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Someone Like You | 1972-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Pocket Books | 0-671-77485-9 | 246 | 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 Best of Roald Dahl | 1978-05-00 | Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | 0-394-72549-2 / V-549 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 401 |
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 | ||
| The Bedside Book of Sea Stories | 1979-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Arthur Barker | 0-213-16705-0 | £5.50?£: UK pound |
213 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1979-02-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-1751-4 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1979-02-22 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-005131-7 | £?£: UK pound |
282 | 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 | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1979-09-00 | Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | 0-394-74081-5 / V-81 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
[6]+ 471+ [2] |
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 | |
|
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1980-00-00 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-005131-7 | £0.95?£: UK pound |
181 | 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 | ||
| Completely Unexpected Tales | 1986-09-00 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-009820-8 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
405 | 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 | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1990-08-00 | Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | 0-679-72989-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
471 | 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 | Seth Jaben | |
| The Best of Roald Dahl | 1990-08-00 | Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | 0-679-72991-7 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
vi+ 520 |
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 | Jo Bonney | |
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | 1991-09-00 | Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | 0-7181-3545-8 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
iv+ 762 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep | 1994-05-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, T. Liam McDonald | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-191-2 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
xii+ 545 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Lynn J. Binder | |
| Skin and Other Stories | 2000-02-00 | Roald Dahl | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | 0-14-130553-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
vii+ 212 |
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 | Bill Gregory | |
| Ten Short Stories | 2000-03-30 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books (Penguin Student Edition) | 0-14-081778-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | Valerie Conway | |
| Skin and Other Stories | 2000-07-00 | Roald Dahl | Viking | 0-670-89184-3 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
212 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bill Gregory | |
| Skin and Other Stories | 2001-09-27 | Roald Dahl | Puffin | 0-14-131151-7 |
[viii]+ 213 |
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 | Bill Gregory | ||
| Collected Stories | 2006-10-17 | Roald Dahl | Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300) | 0-307-26490-4 | $30.00?$: US dollar |
xxxviii+ 850 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | 2008-09-01 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins) | 978-0-14-103757-8 | A$9.95?A$: Australian dollar |
282 | 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 | |
|
| Someone Like You | 2009-12-07 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 978-0-14-196207-8 | £6.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Someone Like You | 2009-12-07 | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-14-118964-2 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
272 | 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 | Adrianna Williams | |
| Someone Like You | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-003074-3 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
270 | 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 | John Caple | |
| The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Penguin Books India | 978-0-14-015807-6 | Rs 499.00 | 762 | 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 | Elizabeth Thomas | |
| The Hitch-hiker: and Other Short Stories | date unknown | Roald Dahl | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Lire en anglais) | 2-253-05029-6 | 215 | 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 | Alexandre Deļneka | |