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Title: Another American Tragedy Title Record # 96592
Author: John Collier
Date: 1940-06-01
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: "A man mutilates himself in order to murder an aged rich relative and impersonate him, to change the will in his own favor - only to discover he isn't the only one who wants the old man dead."(Wikipedia)
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Translations
Year Language Title
1969Translated by Else Hoog
Dutch Een Nieuwe Amerikaanse Tragedie

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The New Yorker, June 1, 1940 1940-06-01 ed. Editors of the New Yorker        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
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  
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  
And the Darkness Falls 1946-04-00 ed. Boris Karloff World Publishing Co.  
$2.75?$: US dollar
ix+
631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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
Checkmark
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  
Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle 1971-03-03 ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald Scott, Foresman and Company 5881   viii+
472
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 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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries 1975-10-00 ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman Washington Square Press / Pocket Books 671-48517-2
$1.50?$: 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 Roland Descombes Checkmark
Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries 1976-01-00 ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman Pocket Books 0-671-48517-2
$1.50?$: 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 Roland Descombes Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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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